Chapter 70: The Death of the Behemoth
Held tightly by Xiao Yu, Ye Lingling's face turned red, but she didn't push him away. Instead, she said she felt a bit dizzy and leaned further into his embrace.
Seeing this, Huo Wu let out a soft snort, then turned her focus entirely to the battle ahead.
Three Title Douluo were going all out to encircle and kill a terrifying hundred-thousand-year soul beast. This was likely a once-in-a-lifetime sight, and Huo Wu quickly immersed herself in the fight, trying to gain some insights from it.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Wyvern Emperor's Flame!"
"Sixth Soul Skill, Thunder Strike!"
"Sixth Soul Skill, Crimson Poison Needle!"
The three Title Douluo launched their attacks at the Titan Giant Ape, but its defense was astonishing. If it were any other hundred-thousand-year soul beast, facing the sixth soul skills of Title Douluo in their true martial forms—especially three of them—even if it didn't die, it would at least be scarred. But the Titan Giant Ape seemed completely unfazed, its terrifying muscles, tougher than granite, didn't show a single wound.
"Roar!"
The Titan Giant Ape roared towards the sky, and a terrifying wave of soul power spread out from it as the center. Radamanthys, Milo, and Aiolia all felt their bodies grow heavy as everything around them seemed to become more oppressive.
This was a domain!
The three Title Douluo immediately became alert, recalling Xiao Yu's warning before the battle that the Titan Giant Ape possessed a gravity-control domain, allowing it to manipulate gravity at will within that field.
"Be careful, this beast is no joke! Don't let it catch you off guard!" Radamanthys shouted as his dragon wings flapped furiously, charging straight at the Titan Giant Ape. Despite the weight of the gravity domain making him feel as if he were carrying Mount Tai, a dragon does not crawl on the ground.
A flash of apprehension crossed the Titan Giant Ape's eyes. The wyvern martial spirit before it triggered a faint sense of bloodline suppression.
And it was no wonder—Radamanthys was not only a Specter in the underworld but, in the age of myth, he was also the son of the god-king Zeus and Europa. Even though he had been greatly weakened upon arriving in the Douluo Continent, the bloodline of a god-king was still the bloodline of a god-king. Even a trace was enough to intimidate most soul beasts.
The Titan Giant Ape didn't dare be careless. It raised its mountain-sized fist to meet the charging wyvern head-on.
Dragon and ape clashed mid-air with a thunderous crash, releasing a violent surge of soul power that sent both man and beast staggering backward.
"Scarlet Piercer!"
Milo, a speed-type Title Douluo, seized the moment of the Titan Giant Ape's retreat to exploit its brief vulnerability. In a flash, he appeared before the Titan Giant Ape, and a streak of red light shot towards it.
This was Milo's self-created soul skill, based on his sixth soul skill, concentrating the "Crimson Poison Needle" into a single point to unleash explosive destructive power. The red beam forcefully pierced through the Titan Giant Ape's famously impenetrable muscles, boring a hole through its chest.
The searing pain drove the Titan Giant Ape into a frenzy. With a roar, it unleashed its most powerful attack—Titan Skybreaker!
This was the Titan Giant Ape's full-force attack, compressing air into a terrifyingly powerful energy blast by manipulating gravity. Its power was strong enough to rival the ninth soul skill of an average Title Douluo.
A massive yellow beam of light erupted from the Titan Giant Ape. Milo, not daring to underestimate it, also unleashed his strongest strike.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Crimson Needle Flame!"
Milo's attack not only included the scorpion's venomous sting but also harnessed the flames of Riegel's "Cosmic Inferno." The red and yellow beams of immense power shot forward, colliding mid-air with a tremendous explosion that shook the heavens and the earth.
Both man and beast exerted their full strength, and the intertwining energy of the two beams formed a massive glowing sphere in the middle, locking them in a stalemate.
"Aiolia, go all out! Finish off this beast!"
Radamanthys shouted at Aiolia. Aiolia nodded. This was a hunt for a soul ring, not a fair duel. If he didn't strike while the Titan Giant Ape was vulnerable, held in place by Milo, he would be missing a golden opportunity.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Maximum Alert!"
"Ninth Soul Skill, Limit of Aegis!"
The two men unleashed their strongest attacks without hesitation. Radamanthys's ultimate move focused soul power into his hand, firing a barrage of dark energy blasts at the target. This technique had two modes of attack; this time, Radamanthys chose the concentrated attack mode, continuously firing energy blasts like a machine gun.
Aiolia's attack was equally formidable, channeling highly compressed lightning into the enemy's body, paralyzing it with high-voltage electricity. The instantaneous release of lightning pierced through its body, a technique rivaling Saga's Galaxy Explosion.
The two powerful ninth soul skills struck the Titan Giant Ape with precision. The sound of bones breaking echoed, and the Titan Giant Ape let out a pained wail. Blood sprayed from its massive body, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.
The immense pain left the Titan Giant Ape unable to exert its full strength. Seeing this, Milo pushed his soul power beyond its limits. The red beam of light finally overwhelmed the yellow beam, the scorching crimson energy breaking through the Titan Giant Ape's vaunted defenses, sending it flying.
"Hui Ho, finish it off!"
Hui Ho, who had been waiting for the signal, moved like lightning. A massive bird, engulfed in black flames, soared out, releasing a sphere of concentrated energy, containing more than half of Hui Ho's soul power and intense heat. The battered Titan Giant Ape was engulfed by the energy sphere, its enormous body quickly consumed by the flames, turning charred and lifeless as it slowly fell to the ground.
The king of the forest, the hundred-thousand-year soul beast Titan Giant Ape, had met its end. A red soul ring emerged from its now-ruined body.
"Hui Ho, quickly absorb the soul ring. We don't know when the Sky Blue Bull Python might notice something's wrong, so let's move fast."
With the battle over, Xiao Yu stepped forward with the two women, urging them to act quickly, fearing that delays might lead to complications. With Hui Ho's willpower, physique, and the quality of his martial spirit, there should be no issues in absorbing the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring.
Hui Ho nodded, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes to begin absorbing the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring.
"Who's there?"
Radamanthys approached the Titan Giant Ape's corpse, his eyes scanning its massive body. Suddenly, he reached into its left arm and dug out a soul bone, glowing with a dense earthy hue. Just as he was about to hand the soul bone to Xiao Yu, his expression suddenly changed. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he turned toward a shadowy area, shouting in a stern voice.
(End of Chapter)
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