Douluo: Martial Soul White Tiger, I am the White Emperor of Heaven

Zhao Feng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the pain, and focused his attention on his soul frequency. He slowly adjusted his frequency, making it softer and more fluid, to approach the frequencies of Lin Mo and Qian Renxue. Lin Mo also made adjustments; his frequency became more stable and profound, to approach the frequencies of Zhao Feng and Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue did the same, her frequency becoming sharper and more resolute, to approach the frequencies of Zhao Feng and Lin Mo.

The three frequencies slowly approached each other amidst the pain, and finally, at a certain moment, they perfectly overlapped.

"Om-!"

With a clear buzzing sound, the souls of the three simultaneously erupted with dazzling light, which intertwined to form a massive golden pillar. The three souls began to merge; Zhao Feng's composure and steadiness, Lin Mo's sharp agility, and Qian Renxue's noble gentleness blended perfectly together, transforming into a completely new soul form.

It was a colossal golden phantom, hundreds of feet tall, with six pairs of enormous golden wings unfurled behind it, and eighteen golden spirit rings encircling its body, radiating a suffocating pressure. The phantom's face was blurred, yet the outlines of Qian Renxue, Zhao Feng, and Lin Mo could be vaguely discerned. The phantom's right hand gripped a massive golden battle axe, its surface covered in runes and radiating the power of conviction; its left hand held a golden book, its surface shimmering with purifying light; and floating behind it was a golden holy sword, its surface burning with sacred flames.

"Is this... the power of soul fusion?" Zhao Feng's voice came from the phantom, tinged with shock.

"It's too powerful..." Lin Mo's voice also came out, "I feel as if I have infinite power."

"Concentrate and don't get distracted," Qian Renxue's voice rang out, calm and firm. "The soul fusion state can't last long. We must destroy the Seed of Nothingness as soon as possible."

The golden phantom slowly raised its right hand, and the huge golden battle axe was raised high. The axe blade was filled with the power of the three people—the power of faith, the power of purification, and the power of holiness. The three powers were perfectly integrated on the axe blade, turning into a dazzling golden light.

"Power of belief, purify the void!" Qian Renxue's voice resounded throughout the entire soul's origin space.

The golden battle axe slammed down, unleashing a massive golden axe beam that shot straight towards the Seed of Nothingness. Wherever the axe beam passed, space itself was torn apart, leaving behind golden cracks. Sensing a deadly threat, the Seed of Nothingness trembled violently, its black patterns flashing wildly, and countless black tentacles extended from the seed, attempting to block the golden axe beam.

However, the power of the golden axe beam was too great. The moment the black tentacles touched the axe beam, they were purified into nothingness. The axe beam, undiminished in its momentum, slammed straight into the protective layer of the Seed of Nothingness.

"boom--!"

A deafening roar erupted, and the protective layer of the Void Seed trembled violently, revealing countless tiny cracks. However, the protective layer did not shatter; instead, it rapidly repaired itself, the cracks healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Again!" Qian Renxue shouted.

The golden phantom raised its battle axe again and slammed it down. The second axe beam struck the protective layer, and cracks reappeared, deeper and denser than before.

The third axe blow, the fourth axe blow, the fifth axe blow...

The golden phantom unleashed nine consecutive axe strikes, each more powerful than the last. When the ninth strike landed, the protective layer of the Void Seed finally gave way, shattering completely with a crisp crack. The fragments of the protective layer dissipated into countless black specks of light, vanishing into the air.

The core node of the Seed of Nothingness was exposed before the three. It was a black bead the size of a fingernail, its surface swirling with eerie black runes, radiating a chilling power of nothingness. The bead was rapidly absorbing the surrounding power of nothingness, attempting to rebuild its protective layer.

"Now!" Qian Renxue shouted sharply, "Pour all your power into the core node!" The golden phantom held up a golden book in its left hand. The book opened, and countless golden runes flew out, transforming into a golden beam of light that shot straight towards the core node. Its right hand gripped the golden battle axe, and a final golden axe beam condensed on the blade, following closely behind the beam of light. The golden holy sword that had been floating behind it also shot out, its blade burning with holy flames, transforming into a golden stream of light.

Three attacks simultaneously struck the core node.

"boom--!"

A deafening roar shook the core node violently, and the black runes on its surface began to crumble. Wisps of black mist seeped from the node, but were quickly purified by the golden light. The cracks on the node multiplied and widened until the entire node was collapsing.

"We did it!" Lin Mo shouted excitedly.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened.

The collapsing core node suddenly erupted with a blinding black light, and an extremely terrifying void power surged from the node, transforming into countless black tentacles that tightly bound the golden phantom. Strange black runes flowed on the tentacles, radiating a powerful devouring force, and the golden phantom's divine power was being rapidly consumed by the tentacles.

"This is... the will of the Void Source!" Qian Renxue's voice was filled with disbelief. "It wasn't destroyed at all! It has been hiding deep within the core node, waiting for us to take the bait!"

"Hahaha!" The voice of the Void Source emanated from the black light, aged and hoarse, carrying an aura of decay and destruction. "Foolish Angel God, did you think I would be so easily sealed by you? A hundred years ago, I deliberately allowed my will projection to be sealed by you, just to wait for this day! The fusion of your souls has given me the opportunity to devour you! Three powerful souls, plus the soul essence of the Angel God, are enough to restore my power to its peak!"

The golden phantom struggled violently, but the black tentacles tightened their grip, their devouring power growing stronger. The phantom's light began to dim, and the three people's consciousnesses began to blur.

"No...it's impossible..." Zhao Feng's voice was filled with resentment, "We've sacrificed so much...are we really going to fail like this?"

"I'm not reconciled!" Lin Mo's voice was filled with anger and resentment. "We still have so many things to do, so many people to protect, how can we fall here!"

Qian Renxue was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke, her voice calm and firm: "Zhao Feng, Lin Mo, listen to me."

"Lord Qian Renxue..."

"I have a way to completely destroy the will of the Source of Nothingness," Qian Renxue said with a hint of determination, "but I need your cooperation."

"any solution?"

“Soul self-destruction.” Qian Renxue uttered these four words, her voice eerily calm. “Detonating the essence of our three souls simultaneously will generate enough energy to completely destroy the will of the Source of Nothingness. But the price is that our souls will be completely annihilated, without even the chance of reincarnation.”

Zhao Feng and Lin Mo fell silent. They knew this was the last resort, and the only way. (End of Chapter)