Douluo: Spiritual Sword

A pink light instantly struck one of the bat king's heads. The head didn't shatter but suffered brain death.

Unfortunately, for the bat king, unless all three heads were destroyed simultaneously, it could regenerate endlessly.

A neighboring head bit off the dead one, and in less than a second, a new head regrew from the ruined stump.

"What amazing self-healing!" Hu Liena exclaimed.

But she also noticed that while the bat king's physical regeneration was strong, her spiritual attack had weakened its soul.

A plan formed in her mind. Hu Liena showed a sly smile. At that moment, Tianlin was busy with sword qi attacks, not noticing.

Tianlin's endless attacks couldn't kill the bat king, but they did inflict heavy damage and completely interrupted its charge-up.

In the original, Tang San used Purple God Light, hidden weapons, and the Clear Sky Hammer together to destroy all three heads at once.

Tianlin didn't need so much trouble. He planned to use Soul-locking Mind Blade to turn the bat king's body to dust—surely it couldn't regenerate from that.

But just then, another beam of light from Hu Liena smashed a head.

"Hu Liena, that won't work! You have to destroy all three heads at the same time!" Tianlin shouted.

But Hu Liena seemed not to hear, repeating ineffective attacks.

Tianlin underestimated her. With the wisdom skull, her mental power wasn't at Soul Douluo level, but it wasn't inferior to high-level Soul Sages. Spirit Hall had mental cultivation methods, and after so many spiritual attacks, the bat king was struggling to retaliate.

But it didn't care much. No matter how many times it was attacked like this, it couldn't die.

After its head was destroyed and regenerated for the fourth time, Hu Liena suddenly changed tactics: "Charm!"

She didn't need a soul ring for this. Now, she could use her charm skill naturally.

Her repeated attacks had been to weaken the bat king's soul and ensure her charm would succeed.

All three pairs of eyes on the bat king flashed pink—it was clearly under her control.

"Well done!" Tianlin couldn't help but praise her—such a plan meant he didn't even need to use his Soul-locking Mind Blade; he could easily cut off all three heads now.

"Thank you, Sword Prince." Hu Liena gave a charming smile, then her expression turned cold. "Bat King, kill him!"

Charmed, the bat king rushed at Tianlin like a puppet.

"Teleport!" Tianlin dodged with his soul bone skill, seeing Hu Liena making a break for the first section of Hell Road.

As she ran, she destroyed the path behind her with her external soul bone—cutting off Tianlin's escape route. Even if he beat the bat king, he'd have to die with it.

"I knew you couldn't be trusted." Tianlin wasn't worried about the path—he could fly with his sword if necessary, though that would prevent him from fighting with it.

"Ugh, I should have built another sword for flying. I can't use my magic sword for that!" Tianlin complained, but he wasn't flustered. Hu Liena had her plans, but so did he.

"Demon-suppressing Domain!" Tianlin unleashed his domain, suppressing the Slaughter City's domain around him. Six soul rings from his magic sword appeared.

Hu Liena, not far away, looked back in shock. "How is this possible? Why can Tianlin use soul rings here?"

"Third Soul Skill: Flow of Wind and Water!"

The next moment, Tianlin showed her that not only could he use soul rings, but he could also deploy soul skills. Under Flow of Wind and Water, the bat king's charmed state was instantly broken.

"Soul Bone Skill: Mind Control!"

A flash of light on Tianlin's forehead. When it came to soul bones, Tianlin was no worse than Hu Liena. He even thanked her for draining the bat king's spirit so much—it made it easy for him to control the bat king.

The bat king stopped attacking Tianlin and turned viciously toward Hu Liena.

Seeing this, Hu Liena knew things had gone wrong. The bat king was now controlled by Tianlin.

"Kill!" Tianlin ordered coldly, and the bat king pounced on Hu Liena.

Hu Liena's sword skills were decent against humans but useless against this beast. After her repeated use of soul bone skills, she was drained and soon caught by the bat king, suspended in the air. Without her external soul bone and sharp dagger from Bibi Dong, she'd have been torn to shreds.

"Tianlin, Spirit Hall won't forgive you! My teacher will avenge me!" Knowing she was doomed, Hu Liena didn't beg—her blood was no less than any man's.

"If Bibi Dong wants to kill me, I'll send her down too. Fourth Soul Skill: Glimmering Immortal-Slaying Slash!" Tianlin leaped forward, his giant magic sword piercing both the bat king and Hu Liena at once.

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At Spirit Hall, in the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong suddenly felt a pang of dread.

"Elder Chrysanthemum, Elder Ghost, how long has the Golden Generation been out training?"

"Reporting to Your Holiness, almost two years. Xie Yue and Yan have completed the canyon trials, both reaching level 60. I think we can bring them back for their sixth soul ring." Elder Chrysanthemum replied.

Bibi Dong nodded. "Good, at least they didn't disappoint me further. I'll send someone to pick them up. Elder Ghost, Elder Chrysanthemum, you two have another task: go to the back mountain of Slaughter City—the exit to the Hell Road. Wait for Nana to come out."

"Yes, Your Holiness!" The two saluted and left.

"You must come back alive, Nana!" Bibi Dong thought anxiously. In her heart, Hu Liena was even more important than her daughter, Qian Renxue.

She had never given maternal love to Qian Renxue; it had all gone to Hu Liena. If anything happened to Hu Liena, Bibi Dong's madness would surely escalate.