Chapter 495: Evil Monarch's Fall (6k)

Instantly, the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's massive body was dyed the same color as the light pillar of the Soul-Shattering Dragon Pupil, then gradually shattered in the air.

Successful? As Mental Detection Sharing conveyed a strong sense of danger, the few instantly realized—no! As countless rays of light fell from the sky, the three narrowly dodged; looking up, they saw the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord had somehow moved into the sky, now mockingly gazing at them.

What was just crushed was merely an illusion he created using a skill similar to a simulated soul skill, not the true Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord.

His true form had long ago, while using the Light of Destruction to stall the Soul-Shattering Dragon Pupil and gain time, escaped via spatial power to above everyone.

At this moment, the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord hovered high in the sky, countless black mental paralysis rays poured down, and his pupils once again glowed with the dark green hue symbolizing the Light of Destruction.

These three humans are indeed strong, already enough to threaten his life; he must go all out to fight them.

Seeing the green light about to burst forth, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, who had just recovered their two-person forms, embraced again, the light shining, and they once again employed the Soul Fusion Technique.

Countless icy-blue spikes shot out instantly; Ice Thorn Frost Forest, the duo's strongest group skill, blocked the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's mental paralysis rays.

At the same time, a crimson ray shot from the center of Ice Thorn Frost Forest, heading straight to collide with the Light of Destruction.

Golden Dragon Prison-Suppressing Slay, likewise a powerful soul skill effective against mental power, collided with this Light of Destruction while in the Soul Fusion state.

Compared to the Soul-Shattering Dragon Pupil just now, Golden Dragon Prison-Suppressing Slay's power was obviously much smaller; it did not overpower the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's Light of Destruction, but instead collided with it, fiercely consuming each other.

Taking the opportunity while Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong blocked all of the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's attacks, Long Xiaoyao vibrated his wings, used spatial power, and instantly appeared before the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord.

The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord snorted disdainfully, all his tentacles shooting out, ready to annihilate this overreaching human.

However, a terrifying sight then appeared before him.

Long Xiaoyao swung his dragon claw, and in an instant he gouged the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's tentacles.

Only then did he notice that black flames had begun to burn on Long Xiaoyao's body at some point, the more they burned, the more terrifying his aura became.

Having lived so many years, the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord had seen everything; he instantly recognized the ability Long Xiaoyao was now using.

Burning the soul core! Using this move, a Limit Douluo is surely doomed! What's wrong with this old thing, to fight him to the death! Long Xiaoyao himself is a profoundly cultivated Limit Douluo; now, with the dual boost of burning his soul core and the Golden Dragon Ferocious Domain, he has directly reached the level to clash with beings like Di Tian and the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord.

Immediately afterward, the final red soul ring on Long Xiaoyao's body lit up.

In an instant, his body erupted with near-infinite dark power; a massive black dragon claw reached out toward the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord, and wherever the claw passed, space shattered.

Fear appeared in the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's eyes; at this moment he felt as if he had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, facing the wrathful Beast God Di Tian.

What's more terrifying, he saw a tiny black crystal appear before Long Xiaoyao.

That black crystal was spinning rapidly, drawing heavenly and earthly essence from the air, obviously about to explode imminently.

Long Xiaoyao's Ninth Soul Technique was merely a delay; his true plan was to seize the opening when the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord blocked his Ninth Soul Technique, then, while his body still held ample energy, detonate his own soul core.

He believed the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord would certainly not die, after all being a ferocious beast that has lived nearly eight hundred thousand years; even Di Tian, on his home turf of the Star Dou Great Forest, could not retain him, let alone Long Xiaoyao.

But a Limit Douluo-level self-detonation is absolutely not something the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord can easily withstand; if he takes this blow, he will surely suffer grave injury, and with the strength of Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, they will surely win the battle.

His plan was truly too simple, direct, and obvious; the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord saw through it at a glance, he angrily roared, and then the entire sky suddenly turned deep blue.

Having just blocked the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's mental paralysis rays and Light of Destruction, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, who were preparing to rush forward to help, suddenly staggered, their eyes flashing with shock.

This is——

"Light of Time and Space."

This is the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's ultimate hidden skill; initially, it relied on this powerful ability to escape from Di Tian's grasp.

Through insight into spirit and space, it comprehended the power of time and space—a temporal-spatial force originating from the spiritual origin, capable of stripping all beings of their spiritual origin, causing it to instantly weaken.

Back then, although the Beast God Di Tian had heavily wounded it, because it was struck by the Light of Time and Space, it needed a full thousand years of rest to recover its peak condition, showing just how powerful the Light of Time and Space is.

Now, faced with Long Xiaoyao's suicidal attack, he finally could not hold back and unleashed this powerful attack.

To be frank, he truly did not want to use this move; employing the Light of Time and Space consumes a great deal of his vitality, and his eight-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation is imminent—using it now is tantamount to suicide for him.

Yet not using it is impossible; after their recent clash, even if he were reluctant, he must admit that Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's combined strength now surpasses his—if he took Long Xiaoyao's this self-detonation blast and ended up gravely wounded, he would likely have no chance to flee.

The Light of Time and Space travels extremely slowly, yet unavoidable; for the instant it is released, the spacetime of the Evil Demon Forest congeals as if frozen—spatial power cannot be used, and the flow of time seems to slow greatly, causing everyone's movements to become sluggish.

The deep blue light directly struck Long Xiaoyao, completely dyeing him the same color.

Afterward, his massive dragon body simply began to disintegrate in midair, the soul core explosion he had been preparing to trigger was forcibly halted by the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord.

With Long Xiaoyao's death, the time-space domain formed by the Light of Time and Space also dissipated; the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord gasped two rough breaths and immediately prepared to withdraw.

The strength of this invading force truly far exceeded his expectations; to deal with Long Xiaoyao's self-detonation, he had been forced to expend his vitality to use the Light of Time and Space—if the fight continued, even if he did not die at Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's hands, he would surely perish under the eight-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.

As he knew, even Di Tian relied on the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and the Lake of Life as two great safeguards to barely survive the eight-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation; lacking such treasures, he must be far more cautious than Di Tian.

Yet Long Xiaoyao gave his life as payment to help block the attack—how could Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong possibly let him escape?

As brilliant golden light blazed forth, a huge vertical eye appeared in the air, its central dragon pupil shining brightly, emitting powerful spiritual undulations, its edge rippling with rose-gold hues.

Another Soul Fusion Technique? The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord paid it no heed.

Given his speed, if he were determined to flee, a Soul Fusion Technique—which requires some charging time—could not possibly stop him.

But the next instant, he again sensed something amiss.

Because countless Water Fire Blue Silver Emperors suddenly surged forth, rushing at him under the leadership of the Water Fire Dragon King.

At the same time, a golden figure shot up to high altitude at astonishing speed, instantly cutting the distance between them by more than half.

It was Tang Wulin.

But why? Wasn't he using the Soul Fusion Technique with his partner! The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord then suddenly realized that the aura emanating from this vertical pupil was obviously much weaker than before.

Accordingly, its charging time was also much shorter.

As the terrifying golden light shot forth like lightning, the dragon pupil at the center of the vertical eye returned to the appearance of a normal pupil.

Obviously, this dragon pupil was a disguise by Huo Yutong using a simulated soul skill.

She and Tang Wulin had not actually used the Soul Fusion Technique; they feigned this illusion merely to seize this moment's opening.

Now, Tang Wulin has already arrived before the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord.

The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord burst into a roar, countless tentacles reaching toward him.

Tang Wulin raised his spear; a massive qi-blood golden dragon instantly danced in the sky, easily sweeping aside the attacks of the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord, who had already expended most of his strength.

Just as the tentacles were swept aside by Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong's soul impact arrived.

Intense golden light struck the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Overlord's body, instantly dyeing him entirely gold; his whole body involuntarily stiffened, his eyes filled with disbelief.

What he didn't know was that the reason Huo Yutong's Martial Soul True Body turned a brilliant golden color was because she had used the Golden Rank Body Martial Soul Second Awakening.

After borrowing the Secrets of the Body from the Undying Poison, Huo Yutong quickly grasped the mystery of the Golden Rank Body Martial Soul Second Awakening.

In fact, all Golden Rank Second Awakenings evolve from Silver Rank, and only the outstanding among Silver Rank Body Martial Souls are qualified to evolve to Golden Rank.

Originally, the Undying Poison brought the vast majority of Body Sect's experts to Shilake Academy, even willing to go to war with the Academy to seize Huo Yutong, because in his view her Spirit Eyes were the only existing Body Martial Soul qualified to inherit his legacy seed.

Gu Tong of the Body Sect already had a Silver Rank Body Martial Soul with his eyes lacking any spiritual attribute, while Vena's brain martial soul was one of the highest Silver Rank Body Martial Souls, yet Huo Yutong's martial soul surpassed them both, being a fusion of eyes and brain.

Thus the Spirit Eyes martial soul inherently possesses the potential to evolve into a Golden Rank Body Martial Soul.

Even when Huo Yutong's Spirit Eyes martial soul evolved into the Eye of Fate, that potential had already become inevitable.

What's more terrifying is that Huo Yutong just used not only a single Golden Rank Body Martial Soul Second Awakening move.

She also unleashed her final Fate Soul Skill, Fate Judgment.

The effect of this soul skill is simple and brutal: at the cost of quintupling soul power consumption, the next mental-type soul skill released by the Eye of Fate martial soul will have its power tripled and also carry the Fate Judgment effect; anyone afflicted by Fate Judgment will have their luck for the next day determined by Huo Yutong.

Don't think exchanging fivefold consumption for triple power gain isn't worth it; know that this directly raises the attack power ceiling, far from being a simple one-plus-one equals two.

The terrifying boost from the Golden Rank Body Martial Soul Second Awakening, the Eye of Fate Martial Soul True Body, and Fate Judgment—three amplifying skills—instantly elevated that soul strike's power to an incredibly fearsome level. The Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch felt only a mental force so powerful he could not resist it surge into his Sea of Spirit, almost piercing it entirely.

Even he could only desperately gather mental power to patch things up, utterly unable to resist.

However, exerting all his strength to delay the collapse of his Sea of Spirit meant he had no remaining strength to block Tang Wulin, who was right before him.

The Golden Dragon Spear instantly pierced the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's massive body, its devouring property fully erupted, and began rapidly absorbing his life force from within.

"Ah——"

In pain, the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch raised its eighty-one tentacles again, trying to entangle Tang Wulin.

But just then, he faintly felt as if he heard a mermaid's song.

Immediately after, another brilliant golden soul strike slammed into his Sea of Spirit.

Mermaid Duet, Huo Yutong's eighth soul skill, which, with the help of the mermaid Li Ya, allows her spiritual attack to be released a second time.

Although Li Ya cannot use Fate Power, so this strike lacks Fate Judgment's boost, the terrifying attack power formed by her Martial Soul True Body combined with the Golden Rank Body Martial Soul Second Awakening alone is enough to worsen the already severely wounded Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's situation.

The next second, Huo Yutong's figure abruptly appeared beside Tang Wulin.

Relying on the pseudo-instant movement caused by her mental clone, she lunged into Tang Wulin's embrace.

Afterward, the light of their third Soul Fusion Technique shone in this battle.

Although that just-concluded burst of output was indeed high, achieving the battle's highest result so far, the consumption was also enormous.

Even at full power, releasing a soul strike in Martial Soul True Body state already consumes a considerable amount, and under Fate Judgment it increases fivefold—just that alone is enough to nearly deplete Huo Yutong's soul power reserves.

Moreover, there's the Golden Rank Body Martial Soul Second Awakening; know that prolonged use of it can even consume life force like the Light of Space-Time, and although her usage this time was brief, the loss has put her into a state of exhaustion.

As for the final Mermaid Duet, it mainly came from Li Ya's effort; although it also consumed some of her mental power, the consumption is not severe.

Therefore, with both her soul power and mental power now exhausted, Huo Yutong chose to hand over battlefield command to Tang Wulin, letting him dominate the remaining fight.

Although the command was transferred to Tang Wulin, in fact there is now little left to continue fighting.

At this moment, the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's eyes hold only despair.

His Sea of Spirit is nearly shattered, his life force drained by over half from the Light of Space-Time and the Golden Dragon Spear; his condition has reached the point where even if left alone, he cannot be saved.

Without a doubt, he is completely finished.

Under his despairing gaze, the light of their Soul Fusion Technique faded, revealing Tang Wulin clad in ice armor, tall and handsome, spear in hand, aimed at the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's eyeball, ready to thrust.

Instantly, the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's gaze turned resentful and ferocious.

He knows he's done for, but he refuses to die in such frustration; even in death, he wants to drag someone down with him.

A deep blue light flared again from the center of his pupils; he expended his last remaining life force to unleash a final Light of Space-Time at Tang Wulin in his Ice Sky Dragon Emperor state.

Space-Time was sealed once more, the flow of time slowed, and given the distance between him and Tang Wulin, Tang Wulin could hardly avoid this fatal blow.

Tang Wulin is finished! At that moment, the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch suddenly locked eyes with Tang Wulin.

He then realized Tang Wulin's eyes held no panic at all, were completely calm, even tinged with pity.

Instantly, a strong sense of fear filled the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's heart.

"Why is this human showing such an expression? Doesn't he know he's about to die!"

The next moment, Tang Wulin gave the answer.

At the very instant the Light of Space-Time touched Tang Wulin, a strong rose-gold light suddenly rose from the depths of his eyes.

Fate Illusion! Although the Ice Sky Dragon Emperor is a Soul Fusion Technique formed from the powers of the Golden Dragon King and Ice Sky Snow Girl, given Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's current fusion degree, if they wish, using it in the Ice Sky Dragon Emperor state is quite easy.

Before this soul skill that can completely isolate the causality related to the two of them, even the Light of Space-Time cannot have the slightest effect.

The Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch watched helplessly as the deep blue light symbolizing the Light of Space-Time was overwhelmed by the rose-gold light, leaving him completely dazed.

Only now did he truly fall into despair.

With a 'puchi' sound, the Golden Dragon Spear pierced the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's pupil like stabbing tofu; the intense pain made him involuntarily let out a huge wail.

His eighty-one tentacles also flailed wildly in the air, expressing his master's current state.

No matter how he struggled, Tang Wulin stood firm as a mountain on his body, spear in hand, rapidly absorbing his life force.

Soon, the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's pupils turned completely gray, and then his massive body began to disintegrate bit by bit in the air.

His bodily remains fell from high altitude, heavily hitting the ground, and at the same time his body, made extremely fragile by the draining of life force, shattered into pieces.

Afterward, on the cleared ground where his body disintegrated, a blood-red soul ring appeared, bearing seven complete golden lines, and even an eighth golden line had already emerged halfway.

This is precisely the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch's soul ring, with an age limit of nearly eight hundred thousand years; speaking of spirit-type soul rings, there is probably none in this world that can surpass it, not even the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's soul ring necessarily.

And at the center of this soul ring lay a tiny dark-blue pupil, emitting an eerie blue light.

Tang Wulin in his Ice Sky Dragon Emperor state slowly descended onto the open ground before the soul ring; then a flash of light separated them back into two people, who looked somewhat surprised at the floating soul ring above the ground and the dark-blue eyeball drifting within it.

"Is this… an external soul bone?"

When a soul beast of over 100,000 years dies, it inevitably produces a soul bone along with its soul ring.

But the eyeball before them is clearly not any of the six normal soul bones, so Tang Wulin could only guess it to be an external soul bone.

Huo Yutong lightly nodded, her expression also somewhat delighted.

"Mm, this is truly an unexpected joy."

The Evil Eye clan actually has a trait: the soul bones they produce upon death are always skulls.

Unfortunately, Huo Yutong already possesses a soul bone of the Snow Emperor with a seventy-thousand-year rank, making it impossible for her to fuse another.

Therefore, before battling the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, she had already resolved in her heart to give up the soul bone produced by the Evil Emperor, intending to bring it back for a suitable person to use.

But if it is an external soul bone, the situation is completely different.

External soul bones are not limited in number that can be absorbed; as long as the parts are not completely identical, theoretically one can keep absorbing them.

An external soul bone of nearly eight hundred thousand years—if she absorbs it, Huo Yutong's spiritual power would likely undergo another qualitative change.

Huo Yutong took out a soul tool used for storing soul rings, aiming it at the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign's soul ring.

Even if it is a soul ring of seventy-thousand-year rank, it is ultimately just a soul ring, with all its energy condensed within the ring, making it utterly unable to resist absorption by the soul tool.

Huo Yutong does not intend to immediately absorb the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign's soul ring, because she needs to use the power within his soul ring to condense a second yin-yang complementary soul core; this process must not be disturbed, and the Evil Demon Forest is not far from Mingdu, making problems too likely to arise.

She plans to bring it back to Shilake Academy for absorption.

After successfully storing the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign's soul ring, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong slightly bowed toward the sky, expressing their gratitude to the deceased Long Xiaoyao, then rose and flew away.

At this moment, with the collapse of the Holy Spirit Sect, a massive Evil Soul Master organization that had existed for thousands of years, the Ri Yue Di Guo finally lost all possibility of a last counteroffensive.

From that day onward, the Douluo Continent entered an extremely long period of peace.

Unexpectedly, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, who had shone brilliantly in the recently ended war, both vanished without a trace.

Only those closest to them knew that shortly after the war ended, they entered the underground cultivation chambers of the Sea God Pavilion, specifically reserved for the Sea God Pavilion Master to retreat and train, and never appeared again.

In the blink of an eye, over a year passed.

By the way, this morning's physical test left me utterly exhausted.

Not only did it take up my entire morning, but because I was so fatigued, I slept straight through to past five in the afternoon.

That's it for tonight's chapter; I'll make up the next chapter tomorrow.

(End of chapter)