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Chapter 186 Nana Slays Zhu Shu
Chapter 186 Nana Slays Zhu Shu
The battle in the sky was already clear.
On one side, the mangled corpses of the Hou brothers silently testified to the brutal outcome of the power struggle that had just taken place; on the other side, the balance of power was tilting irreversibly.
Zhu Shu would have a hard time beating Nana in a one-on-one fight, so if Dai Youheng joined the battle, she would have no chance of winning at all.
Her only chance now is to use her speed to tear a gap between the two men and escape.
But Dai Youheng wouldn't give her that chance; he didn't rashly join the battle.
One reason is to let Nana fight Zhu Shu one-on-one and gain some combat experience.
Secondly, it was to observe Zhu Shu's actions from the outside. As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly. If they entered the battlefield, and the two could not cooperate tacitly, it would be easier for Zhu Shu to find a flaw and escape.
But being outside, he could clearly see Zhu Shu's every move and prevent her from escaping.
Zhu Shu's forehead was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. She could clearly feel that icy gaze. Dai Youheng was like a lurking cheetah, circling slowly on the outside. Every flap of his ice and fire wings brought up heart-palpitating energy ripples.
He didn't join the fray, yet his mere presence suffocated her more than if he had. He blocked all her possible escape routes, his composed demeanor seeming to say: You're trapped.
Her heart pounded faster and faster, fear creeping up on her like vines. She had to escape! That was the only thought in her mind.
"Netherworld Gale!" Zhu Shu shrieked, a flash of light appeared on her right leg, and her speed surged again. Her figure almost became an elusive streak of light as she tried to break through Nana's entanglement by relying on the extreme speed of an agility-type Soul Douluo.
Dai Youheng's eyes lit up. Zhu Shu's move just now was not a soul skill, but a soul bone skill. It seems that she has a good right leg bone.
However, after this period of adjustment, Nana's once slightly inexperienced eyes had calmed down, becoming composed and profound. She remained unfazed by Zhu Shu's sudden increase in speed.
"First Soul Skill: Speed Increase."
"Second Soul Skill, Phantom."
Nana's figure also became ethereal and elusive. As her speed increased dramatically, two phantom clones, almost identical to her original form, suddenly appeared, forming a triangular shape to block Zhu Shu's path. Zhu Shu swung her claws wildly, instantly tearing the two phantoms apart, but this brief delay was enough.
Nana's true form appeared like a ghost on Zhu Shu's side, her level-five soul tool, the Crimson Flame Blade, slashing horizontally with scorching heat.
Zhu Shu quickly twisted to block, the dark cat claws colliding with the crimson blade, sparks flying. The 500-degree heat made her feel a burning pain in her claws.
"Damn it!" Zhu Shu cursed angrily, using the momentum to propel herself backward, attempting to break through from another direction. But as soon as she moved, a short, cyan knife silently appeared in her retreating path.
"Light and agile blade, wind-splitting!"
Nana's cold voice rang out, and another level-five soul tool, the Light Spirit Blade, unleashed six incredibly sharp wind blades that appeared out of thin air, weaving together a net of death that sealed off Zhu Shu's escape route.
Nana is a Soul Master who controls Soul Tools. Although she can't make Soul Tools, she is quite good at controlling them. However, at the Title level, using a Level 5 or 6 Soul Tool is simply not enough to fully support her Soul Power.
She forgot to ask Lingya to make her a few better ones.
Zhu Shu forcibly twisted her body, barely avoiding the wind blades in an extremely disheveled manner, her clothes torn in several places by the sharp wind blades.
She had just regained her footing when Nana's fifth spirit ring lit up.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Ghostly Scream!"
An invisible yet extremely penetrating shriek of the soul shot straight into Zhu Shu's mind. Zhu Shu felt as if her head was about to explode, her soul power instantly became disordered, and her body stiffened for a moment. In that instant, Nana's eighth soul skill followed.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Soul Threads!"
Countless invisible and intangible soul threads emerged from Nana's fingertips, precisely wrapping around Zhu Shu's limbs and torso. These threads ignored physical defenses, directly connecting to her soul. Zhu Shu immediately felt her body become incredibly heavy, as if sinking into quagmire, and her speed suddenly decreased significantly.
"Get out of my way!" Zhu Shu was both shocked and furious. Her soul power erupted wildly, trying to break these strange threads. The powerful soul power of the Soul Douluo did have some effect, and the soul threads were stretched so hard that they creaked, but they could not break free completely for the time being.
"Martial Soul True Form!" Nana's Martial Soul True Form transformed into a gigantic, three-meter-tall shadow. In her shadow form, her aura became incredibly profound and terrifying, and the effects of all her soul skills were greatly enhanced. The already difficult-to-break soul threads suddenly became even more resilient and tightly bound together.
Alarm bells rang in Zhu Shu's mind; the shadow of death completely enveloped her. She let out a shrill cry, risking the backlash of her soul power, and forcibly burned her soul power, unleashing her Sixth Soul Skill, Netherworld Burning!
Dark flames rose from her body, barely severing some of the threads of her soul. She rushed desperately to the side, no longer daring to choose Dai Youheng's direction.
However, Nana was even faster. In her ghost form, she appeared in front of Zhu Shu as if by teleportation. The blinking sword in her hand, though only five inches long, exuded a terrifying destructive power.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Illusion Domain!" Nana activated the domain once again.
A distorted force field suddenly expanded from Nana's center, completely enveloping the entire airspace.
The light within the area became bizarre and surreal, and eerie whispers resounded deep within Zhu Shu's soul, frantically eroding her will and interfering with her judgment. Her mental perception was compressed to its limit, and the flow of her soul power became sluggish like never before.
Zhu Shu felt like a moth caught in a spider's web; the more she struggled, the tighter it became. She frantically swung her claws, sending dark claw shadows tearing at the domain, but they were like stones sinking into the sea, only causing the domain to ripple slightly.
Nana hovered in the center of the domain, her enormous form resembling an all-powerful queen. She spotted an opening in Zhu Shu's defenses, and the blinking sword in her hand transformed into an almost invisible white line.
"Pfft!"
The short sword pierced Zhu Shu's right shoulder with precision, and the violent destructive force instantly tore her scapula apart, causing her entire right arm to hang limply.
"Ah!" Zhu Shu let out a piercing scream, the intense pain causing her to freeze in her tracks.
Nana gave her no chance to catch her breath. Her sixth spirit ring shone brightly, "Sixth Spirit Skill, Soul Liberation!"
The remaining soul power in the surrounding environment was instantly activated, transforming into a solid soul impact that slammed heavily into Zhu Shu's chest.
"Pfft—" Zhu Shu spat out a mouthful of blood, her body falling from the sky like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground below, raising a cloud of dust. She struggled to get up, but found that her soul power had been completely shattered, her bones felt like they were falling apart, and she could no longer muster any strength.
Faced with Nana, who was becoming increasingly adept at controlling her own power, she was utterly defeated.
Footsteps approached slowly. Dai Youheng descended from the sky and stood in front of Zhu Shu, looking down at the once arrogant patriarch of the Zhu family.
"Cough...cough..." Zhu Shu struggled to lift her head, blood continuously oozing from the corner of her mouth, "Dai Youheng..."
"You...you can't kill me...the Zhu family won't let you get away with this..."
Dai Youheng's face was expressionless, only filled with icy killing intent. "The mere Zhu family? I'll be going to find them soon."
Desperate fear finally appeared in Zhu Shu's eyes. "No...please...you can't kill me. I'm the only one who can use the Netherworld White Tiger with Hao now. If you kill me, the Duke's power will be greatly reduced."
"What does that have to do with me?" Dai Youheng interrupted her coldly. "Your only value is death."
He slowly raised his right hand, and a chilling power of darkness and cold gathered on the Abyss Ice Prison Tiger Claw.
"Go to hell and give my regards to Dai Huabin, and tell him that I will soon send his mother down to join him."
The sharp claws slashed down, and blood splattered. Zhu Shu's pleas for mercy ceased abruptly, and the light in her eyes dimmed completely.
Dai Youheng flicked the blood off his claws, his expression cold as ice. Nana stood quietly behind him, her true form already deactivated.
"Nana, you're fighting a bit too slowly. A Title Douluo with a 100,000-year soul ring should be able to kill a Soul Douluo instantly, but you and she have exchanged blows at least twenty times. You even finished the battle later than me. My opponents, those two Soul Saints, have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that's almost at the Soul Douluo level," Dai Youheng said.
It's really unreasonable that a Title Douluo is slower than a Soul Emperor when fighting a Soul Douluo. Even though Dai Youheng has many advantages and is different from a typical Soul Emperor, there is still a difference of three levels. Moreover, Nana also has a 100,000-year Soul Ring.
Nana lowered her head in shame and said, "Yes, young master, it is Nana's incompetence."
She possesses immense strength, but lacks experience in combat at the title level, making it impossible for her to fully utilize it.
"It's alright. You went directly from Soul King to Title Douluo, unlike other strong people who grow step by step. You're just a newbie among Title Douluos. You can accumulate combat experience slowly. Now, let's loot the loot boxes!" Dai Youheng said calmly.
Zhu Shu is, after all, the head of the Zhu family, so she must have a lot of good things on her. The soul bone she just used was also their spoils of war.