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Chapter 194: Asura Goddess
In the video.
The aura that burst forth from Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's god rings naturally attracted the attention of the upper-tier demon.
Without hesitation, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Tower appeared in Ning Rongrong's hand. Now that her martial soul had accompanied her in achieving godhood, it had long since transformed into a divine artifact. However, unlike Ye Cheng, her martial soul had not grown a tenth layer. Thus, the function of this divine artifact was always support-oriented.
Without needing to recite a soul incantation, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Tower in her hand burst forth with dazzling rainbow light. A radiant glow then enveloped Zhu Zhuqing, shrouding her entire body in a layer of colorful brilliance.
In an instant, Zhu Zhuqing's aura surged dramatically. Around her body, a layer of a gray, hazy domain rapidly expanded in all directions!
In a flash, it enveloped a hundred-mile radius!
After Ning Rongrong finished enhancing Zhu Zhuqing's attributes, her own aura instantly diminished significantly. Without daring to delay, she transformed into a streak of colorful light and swiftly fled into the distance.
Although she had now become a God Ring Master and was no longer limited to support, possessing a certain degree of combat power, she was still slightly inferior compared to a true combat-oriented God Ring Master. Furthermore, the upper-tier demon they faced was much stronger than both of them; staying here would only cause trouble. It would also burden Zhu Zhuqing, forcing her to be distracted while looking after her. Fleeing early was the best choice.
The upper-tier demon paid no mind to the enveloping domain or the fleeing Ning Rongrong. It merely stared at the astonishingly formidable Zhu Zhuqing with its crimson, hideous red eyes. Without opening its mouth, a voice rang out.
"An interesting little thing..."
The voice was ancient and hoarse, making it impossible to distinguish its gender or age.
As the voice faded, a skull-headed scepter appeared in its hand. Flesh and blood still seemed to cling to it, as if it had just been violently ripped from someone's body. One could even see pulsating blood vessels still attached to the bone. Just looking at it evoked a twisted, bloody, and hideous sensation. This was a demonic tool unique to demons!
A layer of dark-red light also surged from the demon's body, effortlessly dispersing the surrounding domain. Immediately after, it gently jabbed the skull-headed scepter in its hand into the ground!
Within the hollow skull, two points of red light abruptly flared, and then its mouth suddenly gaped open!
In an instant, thick black smoke spewed from the skull's open mouth, and streaks of blood-red phantoms surged out with it.
Upon closer inspection, these phantoms clearly showed vague humanoid outlines—old and young, male and female. The only thing they had in common was that these humanoid phantoms all had distorted expressions, screaming in frenzied delight as they rushed like a plague of locusts toward the distant Zhu Zhuqing!
[These things are... souls??]
[Obviously!]
[These demons can imprison the souls of the dead and then command them...]
[Horrifying! No peace even in death.]
[Look how dense they are! There must be hundreds of thousands of souls, right?]
[I remember a clip from a previous video that said demons can steal people's souls, then imprison them and make them devour each other!]
[These hundreds of thousands of phantoms... unless they were extremely powerful in life, judging by this, it must have taken tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of souls devouring each other to cultivate so many powerful ones!]
[Terrifying!]
[These phantoms must be the souls of people from other worlds. If it were our world, we would definitely know if so many people had been killed.]
A flurry of bullet comments scrolled by. The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but shiver as they watched the terrifying phantoms that covered and permeated the entire sky in the video.
At the same time, they couldn't help but feel alarmed! If demons were to occupy the Douluo Continent, then these phantoms would likely be their fate.
In the video.
Watching the overwhelming tide of phantoms surging from all directions, their grating shrieks and mournful wails mixed, forming a terrifying spiritual assault.
Zhu Zhuqing frowned. Left with no choice, she had to retract her domain, maintaining it only within a radius of a few dozen meters around her. Any phantom that entered the domain dissolved under its power as if it were ice and snow.
However, while the phantoms could not harm her, their numbers were simply too great. The skull-headed scepter continued to spew them forth ceaselessly, as if they were endless.
Zhu Zhuqing knew she couldn't let these phantoms continue their assault; she had to do something. And so, light and shadow transformed. Around her body, a hundred-meter-tall humanoid phantom appeared, rapidly solidifying into a tangible form.
From its appearance, the phantom was curvaceous, with a truly devilish figure! It wore heavy yet form-fitting blood-red armor and held two crescent moon scimitars, its features an exact match for Zhu Zhuqing's. Streaks of blood-red lightning covered its body. The swarming phantoms that charged toward it sizzled like moths flying into a flame upon touching the lightning, transforming into wisps of green smoke and dissipating.
[Wow!]
[Now I get why Zhu Zhuqing is called the Asura Goddess!]
[So beautiful!]
[In ancient legends, there is the Asura clan, who are skilled in combat and love to kill! The males are ferocious and ugly, while the females are exceptionally beautiful.]
[This image fits Zhu Zhuqing perfectly.]
[Cold and sinister! Ruthless and bloodthirsty!]
[This is Shura!]
A flurry of bullet comments scrolled by, and many people were stunned by the sight of Zhu Zhuqing in the video.
"Can my future self truly become that outstanding?" Zhu Zhuqing gazed at the majestic female war god in the video, her heart filled with yearning.
...
The colossal Asura Goddess held her crescent moon scimitars and unleashed a violent, cross-shaped slash! The attack tore through space itself!
Accompanied by blood-red arcs of lightning, it melted the phantoms in its path like snow under a scorching sun. Its ultimate target was the upper-tier demon.
But the demon remained unhurried, showing no other reaction. The scepter in its hand glowed, and a dark barrier firmly enveloped its body.
"Boom!!!"
The blood-red cross slash impacted the barrier. It was actually blocked by this seemingly fragile shield.
In reality, in the God Realm.
The five God Kings were watching the battle on the screen and began their discussion.
"The power gap is too vast. This upper-tier demon's strength is roughly equivalent to a First-Rank God. It's absolutely not something Zhu Zhuqing can contend with," the Destruction God analyzed, watching the scene where Zhu Zhuqing's strenuous slash with her divine artifact was casually blocked by the demon's barrier.
"Indeed. Once you reach the realm of gods, it all comes down to your own fundamental strength," said the God of Good.
"The role soul skills can play in a battle becomes very minor at the god-level. Even with the support of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Tower, Zhu Zhuqing failed to break through the barrier of a First-Rank God. At most, she has temporarily reached the peak of a Second-Rank God," the Asura God summarized.
"It's clear that the demon in the video is not someone Zhu Zhuqing can contend with. Unless she's hiding some other ability, she is sure to die once the demon gets serious!" said the God of Evil.
"Oh? It seems the situation has changed!" the Life Goddess suddenly exclaimed.
The God Kings refocused their attention on the video.
(end of chapter)
In the video.
The aura that burst forth from Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's god rings naturally attracted the attention of the upper-tier demon.
Without hesitation, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Tower appeared in Ning Rongrong's hand. Now that her martial soul had accompanied her in achieving godhood, it had long since transformed into a divine artifact. However, unlike Ye Cheng, her martial soul had not grown a tenth layer. Thus, the function of this divine artifact was always support-oriented.
Without needing to recite a soul incantation, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Tower in her hand burst forth with dazzling rainbow light. A radiant glow then enveloped Zhu Zhuqing, shrouding her entire body in a layer of colorful brilliance.
In an instant, Zhu Zhuqing's aura surged dramatically. Around her body, a layer of a gray, hazy domain rapidly expanded in all directions!
In a flash, it enveloped a hundred-mile radius!
After Ning Rongrong finished enhancing Zhu Zhuqing's attributes, her own aura instantly diminished significantly. Without daring to delay, she transformed into a streak of colorful light and swiftly fled into the distance.
Although she had now become a God Ring Master and was no longer limited to support, possessing a certain degree of combat power, she was still slightly inferior compared to a true combat-oriented God Ring Master. Furthermore, the upper-tier demon they faced was much stronger than both of them; staying here would only cause trouble. It would also burden Zhu Zhuqing, forcing her to be distracted while looking after her. Fleeing early was the best choice.
The upper-tier demon paid no mind to the enveloping domain or the fleeing Ning Rongrong. It merely stared at the astonishingly formidable Zhu Zhuqing with its crimson, hideous red eyes. Without opening its mouth, a voice rang out.
"An interesting little thing..."
The voice was ancient and hoarse, making it impossible to distinguish its gender or age.
As the voice faded, a skull-headed scepter appeared in its hand. Flesh and blood still seemed to cling to it, as if it had just been violently ripped from someone's body. One could even see pulsating blood vessels still attached to the bone. Just looking at it evoked a twisted, bloody, and hideous sensation. This was a demonic tool unique to demons!
A layer of dark-red light also surged from the demon's body, effortlessly dispersing the surrounding domain. Immediately after, it gently jabbed the skull-headed scepter in its hand into the ground!
Within the hollow skull, two points of red light abruptly flared, and then its mouth suddenly gaped open!
In an instant, thick black smoke spewed from the skull's open mouth, and streaks of blood-red phantoms surged out with it.
Upon closer inspection, these phantoms clearly showed vague humanoid outlines—old and young, male and female. The only thing they had in common was that these humanoid phantoms all had distorted expressions, screaming in frenzied delight as they rushed like a plague of locusts toward the distant Zhu Zhuqing!
[These things are... souls??]
[Obviously!]
[These demons can imprison the souls of the dead and then command them...]
[Horrifying! No peace even in death.]
[Look how dense they are! There must be hundreds of thousands of souls, right?]
[I remember a clip from a previous video that said demons can steal people's souls, then imprison them and make them devour each other!]
[These hundreds of thousands of phantoms... unless they were extremely powerful in life, judging by this, it must have taken tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of souls devouring each other to cultivate so many powerful ones!]
[Terrifying!]
[These phantoms must be the souls of people from other worlds. If it were our world, we would definitely know if so many people had been killed.]
A flurry of bullet comments scrolled by. The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but shiver as they watched the terrifying phantoms that covered and permeated the entire sky in the video.
At the same time, they couldn't help but feel alarmed! If demons were to occupy the Douluo Continent, then these phantoms would likely be their fate.
In the video.
Watching the overwhelming tide of phantoms surging from all directions, their grating shrieks and mournful wails mixed, forming a terrifying spiritual assault.
Zhu Zhuqing frowned. Left with no choice, she had to retract her domain, maintaining it only within a radius of a few dozen meters around her. Any phantom that entered the domain dissolved under its power as if it were ice and snow.
However, while the phantoms could not harm her, their numbers were simply too great. The skull-headed scepter continued to spew them forth ceaselessly, as if they were endless.
Zhu Zhuqing knew she couldn't let these phantoms continue their assault; she had to do something. And so, light and shadow transformed. Around her body, a hundred-meter-tall humanoid phantom appeared, rapidly solidifying into a tangible form.
From its appearance, the phantom was curvaceous, with a truly devilish figure! It wore heavy yet form-fitting blood-red armor and held two crescent moon scimitars, its features an exact match for Zhu Zhuqing's. Streaks of blood-red lightning covered its body. The swarming phantoms that charged toward it sizzled like moths flying into a flame upon touching the lightning, transforming into wisps of green smoke and dissipating.
[Wow!]
[Now I get why Zhu Zhuqing is called the Asura Goddess!]
[So beautiful!]
[In ancient legends, there is the Asura clan, who are skilled in combat and love to kill! The males are ferocious and ugly, while the females are exceptionally beautiful.]
[This image fits Zhu Zhuqing perfectly.]
[Cold and sinister! Ruthless and bloodthirsty!]
[This is Shura!]
A flurry of bullet comments scrolled by, and many people were stunned by the sight of Zhu Zhuqing in the video.
"Can my future self truly become that outstanding?" Zhu Zhuqing gazed at the majestic female war god in the video, her heart filled with yearning.
...
The colossal Asura Goddess held her crescent moon scimitars and unleashed a violent, cross-shaped slash! The attack tore through space itself!
Accompanied by blood-red arcs of lightning, it melted the phantoms in its path like snow under a scorching sun. Its ultimate target was the upper-tier demon.
But the demon remained unhurried, showing no other reaction. The scepter in its hand glowed, and a dark barrier firmly enveloped its body.
"Boom!!!"
The blood-red cross slash impacted the barrier. It was actually blocked by this seemingly fragile shield.
In reality, in the God Realm.
The five God Kings were watching the battle on the screen and began their discussion.
"The power gap is too vast. This upper-tier demon's strength is roughly equivalent to a First-Rank God. It's absolutely not something Zhu Zhuqing can contend with," the Destruction God analyzed, watching the scene where Zhu Zhuqing's strenuous slash with her divine artifact was casually blocked by the demon's barrier.
"Indeed. Once you reach the realm of gods, it all comes down to your own fundamental strength," said the God of Good.
"The role soul skills can play in a battle becomes very minor at the god-level. Even with the support of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Tower, Zhu Zhuqing failed to break through the barrier of a First-Rank God. At most, she has temporarily reached the peak of a Second-Rank God," the Asura God summarized.
"It's clear that the demon in the video is not someone Zhu Zhuqing can contend with. Unless she's hiding some other ability, she is sure to die once the demon gets serious!" said the God of Evil.
"Oh? It seems the situation has changed!" the Life Goddess suddenly exclaimed.
The God Kings refocused their attention on the video.
(end of chapter)
