Divine

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

Shen Hai exclaimed as he and Tang Jian Ci looked back at the shattering seal. An eerie voice suddenly rang inside Shen Hai's mind.

"Call your subordinates back. We need to retreat."

"You told me that no person alive can escape that seal before the time limit."

"There is no time to argue, I miscalculated. Switch with me quickly!"

The air around Shen Hai started to change and black steam rose out from the crevices of his mask. He examined the scepter in his hand and found that it was now eighty percent full.

'This is not ideal but it will have to do.' He thought to himself and then began absorbing the death energy gathered by the scepter. The more he absorbed the more the weapon change becoming more streamlined and the skull slowly floated down binding to the shaft.

Tang Jian Ci realize the change on put away the smirk forming on his face and held back his snarky a comment. The man in front of him had change and he could sense fatal danger emanating from this person's aura. The scattered evil soul masters have also began backing off from their fights as the gather near their leader like bees returning to their hive. They were being pursued by the defense force until they Feng Shi Jin appeared in the air.

"All you stay back! Focus on defending the citizens. I repeat! All of you retreat! she ordered. The soldiers followed and retreated back confused by the command. They felt that this was their chance to corner the enemy and end this battle but they were horribly mistaken; this fight had develop beyond them and she was correct.

Shen Hai's presence disappeared from the senses of the common soul masters alarming the limit douluo present. Another shocking revelation has occurred; there is now a second aura of divinity on the battlefield and they can tell that it was extremely malicious and hostile. Lin Ming also became aware of this development as he stood near his family checking on the barely conscious Li Lin cradling her wounded husband.

He instantly flew towards the leader of the evil soul masters opening with a overhead swing using his massive halberd. Shen Hai received the blow with his scepter and both of them plummeted to the ground with blazing speed.

Wild eerie laughter erupted from Shen Hai while they are whizzing through the air.

"I underestimated your kind but this only further proves that this world is ripe for the taking. Our harvest will be bountiful. Kek kek ke."

Lin Ming's expression remained cold and ferocious hearing these words as he poured more strength into his blow. The entity using Shen Hai became considerably upset after being ignored and more black steam started to ooze from his mask and body. Then with a burst of strength the creature halted their momentum and using his scepter, parried away the blow shocking Lin Ming.

"Mortal you dare ignore me! It seems the taste of divinity has blinded you let me show you true strength!"

Dark smoke started to rise from the skull's mouth and deathly tortured screams of the dead accompanying it. The man wielded his weapon and prepared to launch his attack but got sorely interrupted by a powerful upswing sending him hurtling upwards leaving a trail of black smoke.

Shen Hai flew up like a ragdoll from Lin Ming's strike and he helplessly gritted his teeth trying to stabilize his momentum but before he could recover; he felt a powerful grabbing force squeeze his face then heard the words "you talk to much." before Lin Ming went to hurl him outside the city sending him crashing down towards the desert floor.

Lin Ming landed in front of him as he crushed the mask he held in his hand. He proceeded to gather silver soul power onto his halberd while Shen Hai was picking himself up from sand tomb he found himself in. Sinister soul power gush forth from Shen Hai, he stood straight and move his scepter to point at Lin Ming and channeled his energy to fire towards his foe.

Dark beams of light bombarded Lin Ming with unceasing intensity, he raised his weapon to deflect the attacks with his soul power but came to realize that this would put him in a passive position so he started to evade and circle around Shen Hai while devising a plan to counter attack.

His speed tore through the desert sand, raising up dust clouds while he prepared his move. Shen Hai on the other hand remain determine to keep firing his attack regardless of them hitting or not. Lin Ming notice this peculiarity and began to realize the goal the once golden desert was now begining to turn dark and eerie for the beams of light not only devasted the place of impact but also showed an invasive property dying the ground black.

Sand begun turning into tar or sludge Lin Ming wasn't too sure but he knew this could not continue. Erupting with divine might, a silhouette of his mighty martial soul appeared around him as his bulging muscles tightened before he shouted while swinging his halberd towards Shen Hai. The creature possessing Shen Hai finally had a change of countenance revealing a sense of dread for his own well being a finally retreating to defend himself forming a shield made of barbed scales made out of black sludge to surround him. He proceeded to increase the distance between him and Lin Ming despite the already large gap between their positions because he could feel that the next attack would contain a profundity he could not comprehend.

'Oozaki - Churning Tides, Crushing Depth'

Lin Ming Swung his weapon in the air in front of him without regard for his enemies retreat and launched himself subsequently towards the fleeing Shen Hai. The malevolent aura pouring out of Shen Hai trembled causing him to pause in his step before an ear shattering screech came from his mouth. Sound waves blasted through the desert further leveling the remaining sand dunes and blowing away any flora or faun unfortunate enough to have survive this long and crashing against Lin Ming's unrelenting momentum causing the silver soul power around him to ripple like an ocean in a storm.

Agony overcame the creature possessing Shen Hai who felt it's connection to it's host almost severed while realizing he no longer has access to it's plane although this was merely fraction of itself, the creature could not help lament the loss of it's main body and the strength it might never recover. It was overcame with grief for a moment and was immediately replaced by overwhelming fury which it quickly directed to the charging Lin Ming.

Dark aura surged as the creature began waving the scepter it held willing the skull head to release black soul power that quickly became thick fog that began to attack Ling Ming while it spoke to the awakening Shen Hai to retreat.

Lin Ming saw the enemy faltering and did not miss the moment he weave around the smoke and arrive close enough to give the final blow. Raising his halberd over his head and then swinging with all his might. He felt victory was his until a dark feral creature leaped out of the body of Shen Hai bursting and transforming into chains that wrapped around him forcing to halt allowing Shen Hai to gather himself and quickly flee.

Furious that his enemy had run away he began to violently resist the chains that had coiled around his limbs and torso.

"I admit human I did not expect to meet someone of your caliber in this mortal plain but you should cease your pathetic attempts of resistance. Your current might be too much for my current self but it is only temporary and this is just a fraction of my being which I am more than willing to sacrifice to get rid of a threat as significant as yourself. Kek kek ke"

"You.. talk..! TOO MUCH!"

The chains around Lin Ming began rattle and creak unceasingly from his immense strength. The creature wrapping around him felt it's grip slipping but it was not worried because right at that moment the thick fog from earlier finally caught up and reinforced him. Black spikes fell from the fog above them stabbing into Lin Ming causing him to groan in pain and pinning him in place.

"Now perish with me!"