Old Zhao, Stop! No More Recklessness!

Driven to extremes of anger, Zhao Wuji laughed instead, then slammed his thick legs down against the ground!

"Boom!"

The white stone beneath his feet instantly cracked open, leaving a huge crater!

He had not released his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul, but the savage Soul Power pressure of a level seventy-six Power Attack System Battle Soul Saint still came crashing down on Chu Yuan and his companions like a collapsing mountain and a tsunami!

At the same time, Zhao Wuji's huge, fanlike hand swept forward amid a howling gale, reaching for Chu Yuan's shoulder with the force of Mount Tai bearing down upon him. He clearly intended to seize Chu Yuan in front of everyone!

Seeing Zhao Wuji attack, Dai Mubai, standing behind him, immediately broke into a gleeful sneer:

"Teacher Zhao is the Immovable Wisdom King, a level seventy-six Soul Saint! Even without his Martial Soul, that grab is enough to snap an ordinary Soul King's bones and tendons. Let's see how that pretty boy keeps acting arrogant!"

Tang San's eyes narrowed as well. He watched the scene intently, wanting to see what trump card Chu Yuan had against a Soul Saint's absolute strength.

Yet in the face of Zhao Wuji's mighty Soul Saint strike, Chu Yuan remained as calm as still water.

"Insolence! How dare a brute like you run wild before my lord!"

A cool, spirited shout suddenly rang out!

Keqing stood to Chu Yuan's left, a cold gleam surging in her amethyst eyes!

Before Zhao Wuji's hand could come within three zhang, the Electro Vision at Keqing's waist erupted with dazzling violet-gold lightning!

Unlike yesterday at the Rose Hotel, when she had casually driven Dai Mubai back, the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing held nothing back against the level seventy-six native Soul Saint before her, displaying the true edge she had gained from the Heavenly Principles' blessing!

Clang-!

The instant the one-handed sword Lion's Roar left its sheath, the air above the entire street was utterly set ablaze by wild, pure divine lightning from the violet heavens!

Keqing's slender, graceful figure, clad in purple and black, transformed into a sharply angled purple Lightning Stiletto and vanished in an instant!

"What?!"

Zhao Wuji's pupils contracted sharply as he lunged toward Chu Yuan. Purple light flashed before his eyes, and a deadly, razor-sharp sword intent that made every hair on his body stand on end appeared three chi from his chest in an instant!

No Soul Rings!

Not a single Soul Ring had lit up on her body, yet the violet-gold lightning law gathered on that slender sword was so exalted in level and so fierce in its killing power that he, the Immovable Wisdom King famed for his defense, felt an intense stabbing pain!

"First Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body!!"

Horrified, Zhao Wuji no longer dared hold back in the slightest. Though he had originally intended not to use his Martial Soul, he instantly summoned the Great Strength Vajra Bear and activated Martial Soul Possession. Seven Soul Rings-two yellow, two purple, and three black-lit up at once. Golden light blazed from his First Soul Ring, his muscles swelled, and he crossed his palms before his chest to take the sword strike head-on!

The very instant he completed his Martial Soul Possession, Keqing's figure appeared fiercely in midair!

Purple hair whipping wildly, her slender, shapely legs, wrapped in dark purple stockings, traced a breathtaking arc through the lightning. Lion's Roar carried the thunderous might of Starward Sword, transforming into a skyful of interwoven violet-gold sword shadows that slashed head-on against Zhao Wuji's crossed arms!

"As one with my blade, I cut through all that is worthless!!"

Rumble!!

A terrifying crash, like a thunderclap out of a clear sky, exploded in the middle of the street!

The raging violet-gold lightning sword Qi slammed into Zhao Wuji's golden Soul Power shield, and the blinding lightning sent the bluestone paving slabs within ten zhang flying in an instant!

"Crack!!"

They had been locked in a stalemate for less than half a breath when the golden shield of Zhao Wuji's prized First Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body, gave a sharp, overburdened crack under the cutting force of Keqing's pure, ultimate Electro divine power and concentrated sword intent. Cracks spread across it, and it shattered on the spot!

Immediately afterward, the final, near-solid ray of violet-gold sword light struck Zhao Wuji's crossed arms with tremendous force!

"Ngh-!!"

Zhao Wuji let out a muffled grunt of pain. As though a mountain of thunder weighing ten thousand jun had struck him head-on, his burly frame of over two hundred jin could no longer hold its ground. He staggered wildly backward, taking a full seven or eight great steps!

Only when he had retreated to Flender's side did Zhao Wuji manage to dispel the tyrannical force of lightning that had invaded his body. His entire arms had been scorched by the electricity!

In midair, Keqing used the force of the rebound to leap lightly backward and land once more beside Chu Yuan. Her sword pointed diagonally at the ground, a strand of purple lightning hissing at its tip.

Not a crow or sparrow made a sound!

Dai Mubai, who had been waiting to see Chu Yuan make a fool of himself, now stared so hard his eyes nearly popped out, his mouth hanging wide enough to fit an egg.

That was a level seventy-six Battle Soul Saint, the Immovable Wisdom King Zhao Wuji, famed for his defense and strength!

After activating his strongest defensive Soul Skill short of his Martial Soul Avatar, he had his protective golden light shattered head-on by a single sword strike from the purple-haired girl beside Chu Yuan, who had not even revealed a Soul Ring, and had been forced back eight steps?!

"Th-this... how is this possible?!"

Behind them, Tang San sucked in a sharp breath, his palms instantly drenched in cold sweat.

Through his Purple Demon Eye, he had seen that what the purple-haired girl had just used was no Soul Skill at all, but a terrifying power that fused swordsmanship and the law of lightning to their utmost!

If a girl attending at his side could drive a level seventy-six Soul Saint back head-on, just how terrifying was the strength of the white-clad youth she respectfully protected behind her?!

When Tang San remembered that he had tried to peer into the other party with his Purple Demon Eye the night before, a bone-deep chill surged through his back.

Xiao Wu clutched Tang San's sleeve tightly. She looked at the awe-inspiring Keqing, then at the indifferent Chu Yuan, her beautiful eyes filled with shock.

But the most shocked person present was none other than Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy!

Flender's eyes stared fixedly through his lenses at the Lion's Roar in Keqing's hand. Then he glanced at the astrologer Mona, whose presence was equally unfathomable; Zhu Zhuqing, shrouded in lightning shadows and a baleful aura; and Ning Rongrong, standing obediently to one side. He felt as though a raging storm had risen in his mind!

No Soul Ring fluctuations, yet she broke through Old Zhao's Immovable Bright King Body head-on with pure lightning sword intent... since when did a monster like this appear on the continent?!

Flender's heart pounded, and a trace of cold sweat seeped from his temple.

He had thought that the Shrek Academy he had founded, having gathered geniuses like Dai Mubai and Tang San, was already a gathering place for monsters rarely seen under heaven.

But compared with the lineup around this mysterious youth, it was a little sorcerer in the presence of a great one!

A purple-haired sword maiden who could shake a Soul Saint head-on without revealing a Soul Ring; a blue-clad girl who was just as unfathomable; and, in addition, a Hell Spirit Cat that had mutated and evolved, and the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect...

These were no wild geniuses. They were clearly a terrifying force capable of making the entire continent's Soul Master World tremble!

"Old Zhao, stop! No more recklessness!"

Seeing Zhao Wuji's face flush red as though he still wanted to use a high-level Soul Skill to save face, Flender hurriedly placed a hand on his shoulder and shook his head, his eyes full of wariness.

If they really continued fighting, and the white-clad youth at their head and the other blue-clad girl attacked together, the two old fellows would probably not only fail to gain the slightest advantage today, but might even take a huge fall in public in Suotuo City!