Amorous vs. Ghost Emperor

Facing the quasi-god Ghost Emperor, Amorous Douluo naturally dared not be careless and immediately went all out.

With a gentle wave of the crystal-clear sword in Amorous Douluo's hand, a faint mist of water suddenly appeared in the air. This seemingly slow mist was actually spreading outward at an extremely fast speed.

Enci, who was moving away from the battlefield, suddenly felt the air around him become extremely viscous, as if he had fallen into an invisible quagmire. His speed drastically decreased, and he couldn't help but frown.

A domain?

Three-word battle armors and above possess their own unique domains, and what Amorous Douluo was now unleashing was his battle armor domain, The Amorous Love Loathes Itself For Wrongly Devoting Love For The Heartless Domain.

With a martial soul like the Amorous Sword, one might assume that Amorous Douluo was a strong attack-type soul master. However, in reality, he was a true spirit control-type soul master, and he had even earned the title of the continent's number one controller in the Douluo Federation.

The evaluations from the strong individuals who had fought Amorous Douluo in the Douluo Federation were unanimous. Amorous Douluo might not be the most powerful among the known Limit Douluos, but he was definitely the opponent they least wanted to face. The reason was simple: the soul skills he chose were very... annoying!

His soul skills were not as powerful in terms of lethality compared to other strong attack-type Limit Douluos, but once entangled, it was like encountering sticky candy, making it almost impossible to break free.

"The Amorous Love Loathes Itself For Wrongly Devoting Love For The Heartless Domain" was one of Amorous Douluo's most troublesome abilities, an extremely powerful large-scale auxiliary domain. Within this domain, any attack method would be weakened, and speed would be significantly reduced. The degree of weakening was closely related to the cultivation level of the soul master trapped in the domain.

The Ghost Emperor looked at this domain with interest, showing no intention of escaping from this troublesome domain. A green skull instantly appeared beside him, opening its mouth, and green flames poured down like a river towards Amorous Douluo.

Amorous Douluo's eyes flashed with seriousness. Facing the quasi-god level Ghost Emperor, he dared not be the slightest bit careless. The death aura contained in the green flames could erode the soul even if a demi-god were to touch a trace of it.

Sixth Soul Skill—Entangling Threads of Love.

The crystal-clear sword in his hand trembled slightly, and the blade traced a mysterious trajectory. Thousands of water threads, as fine as hair, intertwined into a huge net in front of him.

The green flames collided with the water net, emitting a sizzling corrosion sound, but the water threads continuously regenerated and entangled like living creatures, forcefully weakening the impact of the flames layer by layer.

"Quite interesting."

Seeing this, the Ghost Emperor clenched his right hand in the air, and the green skull suddenly expanded. The flames spewing from its mouth instantly surged several times, almost breaking through the water net!

Amorous Douluo slightly retreated and, with a flicker in his eyes, activated his fifth soul skill.

In an instant, his figure became illusory, as if merging with the surrounding mist. The green flames passed through his body but, like hitting a phantom, caused no harm. In the next moment, Amorous Douluo followed the energy trajectory of the flames upstream and directly appeared beside the Ghost Emperor!

Fifth Soul Skill—Retrace!

Retrace: Upon entering the retrace state, he could instantly become immune to all energy-based attacks. Moreover, when an energy attack hit his body, the retrace effect would immediately activate, instantly following the trajectory of the opponent's energy attack and appearing in front of the opponent!

Normally, getting close to a powerhouse like the Ghost Emperor would not be a wise choice, but Amorous Douluo was confident that he could retreat unscathed in a short time.

Seeing Amorous Douluo close in, the Ghost Emperor exuded a terrifying aura, and Amorous Douluo's eyes turned serious as his first soul ring suddenly lit up.

"Once Upon a Time!"

The Ghost Emperor frowned. Even with his peak spiritual domain level, he was affected and plunged into memories of the past.

Time seemed to flow backward, and the Ghost Emperor's already raised hand, ready to counterattack, was forcefully pulled back to its original position.

Once Upon a Time: Evoking the purest emotions from the depths of the heart, like the emotional impact of first love... Well, although Amorous Douluo liked to describe his soul skills in poetic terms, the practical effect in this moment was simple and brutal, all actions were instantly reverted to one second ago!

Many strong individuals knew that Amorous Douluo liked to follow up Retrace with Once Upon a Time, but even knowing this, they had no way to counter it, simply because the Once Upon a Time soul skill was difficult to deal with.

After all, no matter what you did, your actions would return to one second ago, making any effort futile.

Fortunately, when Amorous Douluo used Once Upon a Time, he himself would also be affected by emotions and unable to launch an attack. Moreover, this soul skill could only be used to revert actions, not states. Otherwise, this move would truly be unstoppable.

The key was that this was Amorous Douluo's first soul skill, his initial soul skill...

One could only say that most of the monsters in this version of Douluo were concentrated among the older generation.

"Regret!"

After the effect of Once Upon a Time disappeared, Amorous Douluo used his third soul skill.

As the name suggested, this soul skill could affect others' spirits, making them recall their own regretful past.

However, the Ghost Emperor was not the slightest bit affected by this direct spiritual attack.

"Don't bother showing off such soul skills in front of me."

Countless mournful wails echoed in the void, and twisted ghost faces emerged from the black mist. Amorous Douluo suddenly felt countless negative emotions flooding his mind, despair, pain, regret, resentment... These emotions surged like a tide, impacting his spiritual defenses.

Amorous Douluo grunted and stumbled backward.

The Ghost Emperor had no intention of giving him a chance to catch his breath. Pale flames appeared at his feet, spreading wildly and beginning to erode the boundaries of the "The Amorous Love Loathes Itself For Wrongly Devoting Love For The Heartless Domain" domain. At the same time, he formed hand seals, and eight ferocious Ghost King apparitions appeared behind him, each exuding a terrifying pressure—

The temperature in the surroundings plummeted, and countless vengeful spirits poured out from the void, emitting mournful wails. Amorous Douluo's domain was immediately suppressed and continuously shrank.

However, Amorous Douluo was not panicked by this suppression.

The gap between a quasi-god and a demi-god was indeed significant, but it wasn't easy for a quasi-god to take down a demi-god either. Moreover, for some reason, he felt that the Ghost Emperor's cultivation and the aura he sensed didn't match, and the power of his soul skills wasn't as strong as he had imagined.

The Ghost Emperor's cultivation had reached the limit of the quasi-god level, completely different from someone who had just entered the quasi-god level.

Amorous Douluo had seen several such peak quasi-gods, and if measured by semi-deities, at least three demi gods would be needed to contend with such a peak quasi-god.

Therefore, he knew that the opponent's strength was definitely more than this, and they shouldn't be fighting on equal terms...

Was he really trying to frame him?

Amorous Douluo felt that it wasn't that simple.

...

Huo Yuhao merely glanced at the distant Limit Battlefield, then suddenly turned his gaze to the void beside him.

"Since you're here, why hide?"

A light laugh came from the void. "Such keen perception. At such a young age, your spiritual power has reached the spiritual domain level. You truly have the potential to touch the divine realm. At least in terms of spiritual power, your chances of stepping into the divine essence are higher than mine."