Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 138 Zhang Lexuan, Severely Injured

"Humanity?"

Hyotei raised her head and swept her cold, weary, yet still fiercely powerful emerald green eyes over Zhang Lexuan and Yin Chen, who had suddenly appeared.

The huge hole in her chest pierced by the golden arrow has been forcibly sealed by a thick layer of emerald-green ice that exudes extreme cold, temporarily stopping the further loss of life and the erosion of the power of light.

But this was merely a temporary fix; she clearly sensed that her life and strength were irreversibly heading towards their end.

A dying beast is often the most ferocious and reckless.

Hyotei was no exception at this moment.

The moment she saw humans, both old and new grudges erupted in her heart like a volcano.

Although the bodies of those who have undergone Nirvana in the Hall of Rebirth have changed in essence, they were all originally human beings.

Add to that the long-accumulated aversion to human soul masters hunting soul beasts... all the negative emotions found an outlet at this moment.

Moreover, she didn't know if the two were from the Hall of Rebirth.

The killing intent spread as if it were a tangible thing.

Without any warning, Hyotei made their move.

A terrifying chill erupted from her center, spreading instantly like an invisible ripple of death.

The surrounding air crackled and sputtered as it was instantly frozen into a pale blue ice crystal field, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of solid ice that shimmered with an eerie light.

"careful!"

Zhang Lexuan's expression changed drastically, and almost instinctively she instantly shielded Yin Chen behind her.

A phantom of a silver moon appeared above her head, its soft moonlight spilling like mercury, quickly forming a solid silver light shield that enveloped the two of them.

"Chichichichi——!"

The extreme cold struck the Moonlight Shield, producing a teeth-grinding corrosive sound. The shield's light flickered violently, and frost quickly condensed on its surface, but it managed to barely withstand the first wave of the cold air's impact.

However, Hyotei's attacks went far beyond that.

Just as Zhang Lexuan was doing her best to maintain the Moonlight Shield, a green, lightning-fast phantom appeared in front of the Moonlight Shield without warning, as if breaking through spatial limitations.

That's the tail of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

The tip of the scorpion's tail gleamed with a cold light that could pierce through metal and stone and freeze the soul.

"Pfft-!"

A soft sound, not loud at all, struck Zhang Lexuan like a thunderbolt.

The Moonlight Shield, which contained the power of her Soul Douluo, was as fragile as paper and easily pierced by the scorpion tail.

The next moment, a cold, devastatingly chilling touch came from her chest.

Zhang Lexuan lowered her head in disbelief, staring blankly at the emerald green scorpion tail that was piercing through her left chest, bringing with it a splash of tragically beautiful blood.

The excruciating pain, like a belated tide, instantly overwhelmed her senses.

"Uh-huh...!"

She couldn't help but let out a painful groan, and bright red blood uncontrollably spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Sister!"

Yin Chen's exclamation rang out behind her.

Zhang Lexuan bit her tongue hard, using the intense pain to forcefully stimulate her almost fading consciousness.

She couldn't fall; Yin Chen was still behind her.

"Go away!"

She let out a sorrowful and indignant cry, and a silver moon suddenly rose, bursting forth with intense light.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—eight spirit rings shone brightly together. She ignored the scorpion tail piercing her body and instead poured all her power into the blood-red 100,000-year spirit ring with a desperate gamble.

"Eighth Soul Skill - Blood Moon Eclipse!"

The silver moon in the sky was instantly dyed an ominous blood red, and a blood-red beam of light filled with an aura of destruction and death shot toward the Ice Emperor.

Wherever it passed, the air seemed to evaporate completely.

At the same time, with her last bit of strength, she turned around abruptly and let out a heart-wrenching scream at Yin Chen:

"Yin Chen—Run!!!"

Faced with this 100,000-year soul skill, which was enough to severely injure or even kill an ordinary titled Douluo, the dying Ice Emperor only had coldness and disdain in her eyes.

She didn't even move; she simply raised her small, snow-white hand, a point of intense emerald light gathering at her fingertips, and casually pointed it forward.

"laugh--!"

A thin, yet perfectly condensed, emerald-green beam of cold light shot out, precisely striking the front of the awe-inspiring crimson pillar of light.

The devastating Blood Moon Eclipse seemed to have met its nemesis. The moment it came into contact with the emerald green light, it began to freeze and disintegrate rapidly, eventually turning into a sky full of red ice crystal dust and disappearing without a trace.

The gap in strength is too large.

At that moment, Hyotei's figure vanished from the spot and reappeared in front of Zhang Lexuan, who was suffering a backlash from her broken soul skill and spitting out blood.

She looked at the tenacious human woman without any emotion in her eyes, and simply struck out with her palm.

"Bam—!"

An irresistible force struck, and Zhang Lexuan's body was thrown backward like a kite with a broken string, blood drawing a dazzling arc in the air.

"Sister!"

Yin Chen's pupils shrank sharply, and almost instinctively he stepped forward, opened his arms, and caught Zhang Lexuan as she flew backward.

But even he couldn't completely neutralize the terrifying power contained within his palm strike.

"Boom——!"

The two were blasted away like cannonballs, crashing heavily into the ice wall behind them.

The solid, millennia-old ice wall was smashed into a huge dent, and countless shattered ice fragments fell like raindrops, burying the two figures.

"Well……"

Yin Chen groaned, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted. He felt a sweet taste in his throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Ignoring his own injuries, he immediately looked down to check on Zhang Lexuan in his arms.

At this moment, Zhang Lexuan's face was as pale as paper, her breath was extremely weak, and blood was still seeping from the penetrating wound in her chest, staining her moon-white dress and Yin Chen's collar red.

She struggled to open her eyes, looking at the bloodstains at the corner of Yin Chen's mouth, her eyes filled with guilt and despair.

If she hadn't been in such a hurry to leave the far north, she wouldn't have encountered this desperate situation.

Hyotei coldly watched the two who were blasted into the ice wall, without immediately giving chase.

A series of tearing pains shot through the frozen spot in her chest, forcing her to stop and catch her breath.

Hyotei glanced indifferently at the two people in the ice shards, confirming that they did not have the nauseating deathly aura of the Nirvana Corpse, but rather the vibrant life force of living humans.

'Turns out they were just two unlucky humans…'

A fleeting sense of understanding crossed her mind, but it was quickly replaced by weariness and indifference.

Whether they were human or not made no difference to her at this moment; they were just two ants who had accidentally wandered into her path to death.

She had no interest in finishing off the enemy; she only wanted to take the Snow Empress's essence, find a quiet corner, and wait for the final outcome.

(End of this chapter)