Killing the Electro Cicin Mage and Obtaining the Second Soul Ring

The dust filling the air slowly settled, revealing a scene of devastation on the central main Soul Fighting platform.

Keqing held Lion's Roar in one hand. Her long, straight legs were wrapped in dark purple stockings, and the hem of her skirt fluttered slightly. There was not a ripple of emotion on her exquisitely beautiful face, as though the world-shattering lightning sword formation she had just unleashed had been no more than a casual strike.

Not far to her left, Zhu Zhuqing quietly withdrew her Martial Soul and cast an indifferent glance at the unconscious Dai Mubai before silently stepping back to a position half a pace beside Keqing.

At the eastern edge of the Soul Fighting platform, Tang San knelt amid the rubble, his right hand braced against the ground as blood continued to spill from the corner of his mouth.

Keqing's Starward Sword had not only shredded every strand of Blue Silver Grass he had released in an instant, but its overwhelmingly domineering violet divine lightning had also rebounded through his mental connection to his Martial Soul, shaking his internal organs into a violent turmoil.

"Brother! How are you?!"

Xiao Wu, who had fallen several yards away, scrambled to her feet. Ignoring the bloody graze that Sword Qi had left on her arm, she panicked and tried to rush over to help Tang San up.

"Xiao Wu, don't come over! Get back!"

Tang San jerked his head up and shouted hoarsely.

Defeated?

It hadn't even been ten breaths since the Soul Fight began!

The thirty-seventh-level Dai Mubai had been taken down in a single head-on exchange by Zhu Zhuqing, while the Blue Silver Grass control and Tang Sect Hidden Weapon techniques he was so proud of had proved as fragile and laughable as children's toys before this purple-haired girl!

No, he absolutely couldn't lose like this!

If he lost this wager, not only would Shrek Academy have to put up a sign and get out of Suotuo City, becoming the laughingstock of the entire Balak Kingdom, but his own pride would also be utterly crushed!

A flash of crazed ruthlessness passed through Tang San's eyes.

His left hand quietly reached for the storage pouch of Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at his waist, his fingertips closing around a heavy, cold black iron case. At the same time, a mechanism slid silently into place on the inside of his wrist.

The Godly Zhuge Crossbow! And the Silent Sleeve Arrow on his wrist!

That was not all. Tang San forcibly suppressed the agony in his meridians and drove the internal force of his Mysterious Heaven Skill to its limit without reservation, channeling all of it into his eyes!

Two dense clusters of purple light flared in Tang San's eyes!

Purple Demon Eye, at full power!

Since ordinary Hidden Weapon techniques couldn't keep up with the purple-haired girl's uncanny lightning teleportation, he would use Purple Demon Eye to forcibly lock onto every trace of her movements. Then, with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, powerful enough to pierce the defenses of a fortieth-level Soul Ancestor, and a last-ditch Hidden Weapon killing strike, he would gravely wound her in an instant!

Through the vision granted by Purple Demon Eye's Detailed realm, everything around him seemed to slow down.

Tang San fixed his gaze on Keqing's sword hand. His left hand had only just drawn one corner of the black case from the light at his belt, and his thumb was about to press the trigger.

"Stubborn fool."

At the center of the Soul Fighting platform, Keqing's amethyst eyes narrowed slightly.

As the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, she had been through countless battles, large and small. How keenly could she sense killing intent?

"Sizzle-!"

Leaving a purple afterimage that had yet to fade, Keqing's slender, graceful body transformed once more into a streak of purple-gold lightning that tore through the air. In an instant, she crossed thirty yards and appeared three feet directly in front of Tang San!

"What?!"

Tang San's pupils abruptly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and every hair on his body stood on end!

Too fast!

Even though his Purple Demon Eye had barely caught the path of that streak of lightning, his arm muscles and nerves could not react in time to raise the heavy Godly Zhuge Crossbow!

More terrifying still, when his Purple Demon Eye looked directly at Keqing's sword edge, so close at hand, and the Electro Vision at her waist, the divine might of lightning's laws, far above ordinary Soul Power, roared into his mind along his line of sight!

"Crack!"

It was as if an invisible lightning hammer had slammed into the depths of his sea of consciousness!

The old injury to his eyes, caused by Chu Yuan's countershock at the night market three days earlier, burst open again at that moment!

Tang San let out a piercing cry of pain as two streams of glaringly red tears burst from his eyes. His Purple Demon Eye was forcibly shattered on the spot by the violent lightning, and his vision plunged into a sea of blood-red and darkness!

Before he could cover his eyes and retreat, Keqing had already turned her sword around. With the force of a thunderbolt, she swept its spine cleanly across him, striking Tang San hard on the chest and left shoulder!

"Bang-!!"

With a muffled sound of bones shifting, Tang San's left shoulder dislocated with a crack. The black case of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, only halfway drawn, flew from his hand and landed on the stone slabs in the distance with a clang!

The violent, thunderous force sent Tang San himself flying backward, coughing blood. He crashed heavily onto the ground below the Soul Fighting platform, completely unable to fight again!

Xiao Wu, who had been rushing over, watched helplessly as blood streamed from Tang San's eyes and a single sword strike sent him flying off the platform. She instantly panicked and cried out, jumping straight from the edge of the platform and throwing herself to Tang San's side to support him.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

Tang San's eyes were tightly shut, blood mingling with sweat as it continued to run from their corners. His left arm hung limply at his side, his face was as white as paper, and he no longer had the strength to lift even a finger.

In the spectator area, Flender and Zhao Wuji both shot to their feet, their expressions turning utterly grim!

Defeated!

A crushing, complete and unquestionable defeat!

One thirty-seventh-level Battle Soul Elder and two twenty-ninth-level Soul Grandmasters had been swept aside by the two girls with the force of dry weeds being crushed and rotten wood smashed, all in little more than ten breaths!

After several breaths of silence, the entire central main Soul Fighting Arena suddenly erupted in fervent cheers and exclamations like an avalanche and a tsunami!

"Heavens! They won! Those two young girls swept aside all three from Shrek Academy!"

"They're too strong! Whether it's the cat girl in black or the purple-haired sword maiden, their strength is simply that terrifying!"

"Just who is that young master in white who didn't even enter the arena?!"

Tens of thousands of spectators excitedly rose to their feet and shouted. Countless gazes filled with awe and fervor turned in unison toward the open VIP box on the second floor.

At that moment, by the railing of the second-floor VIP box.

With Mona and Ning Rongrong attending him, Chu Yuan walked slowly out and descended step by step at an unhurried pace, following the white marble stairs that led to the inner arena around the Soul Fighting platform.

In his sea of consciousness, the Crown of Heavenly Principles, infused with the fervent esteem and reverent Vow Power of tens of thousands, radiated an unprecedentedly brilliant divine light, continuously feeding it back into every part of Chu Yuan's body.

"My lord."

Seeing Chu Yuan descend the stairs and reach the edge of the arena, Keqing and Zhu Zhuqing immediately leaped down from the raised platform and respectfully took their places on either side of him.

Keqing put away Lion's Roar. The instant her eyes met Chu Yuan's, the cold and fierce Yuheng from the platform softened, a trace of tenderness and bashful delight melting into her gaze.

Chu Yuan gave Keqing a slight nod and naturally reached out to brush a stray lock of purple hair away from her ear. He then turned his gaze downward toward Tang San, who had fallen to the ground not far away, and Dai Mubai, whom Flender and Zhao Wuji had just hurried to rescue.

"Brother, don't scare me. Why are your eyes bleeding so much..."

On the open ground below the Soul Fighting platform, Xiao Wu knelt, supporting Tang San. Looking at his miserable, blood-covered face, she reddened around the eyes and scrambled to wipe the blood away.