Standing Up for Justice, Part 2

Mu Dagen saw that his sneak attack had no chance of succeeding and could only obediently return to the ground.

"Now that's more like it! What's so good about being a rat? I know I'm more handsome than you, but there's no need to hide!" Hu Haoran immediately mocked him when he saw Mu Dagen return to the ground.

Faced with someone as cunning as Hu Haoran, Mu Dagen felt utterly helpless. He could only force himself onward. "Brat, die! Fourth Soul Skill, Spirit Snake Constriction!"

Mu Dagen swung his snake tail and coiled up the tree. He opened his bloody maw, exposing sharp fangs dripping with venom, and bit toward Hu Haoran.

"Lightning Walk! Zigzag Thunder Kill!" Hu Haoran charged forward. With his advantage in speed, he had no fear of Mu Dagen's attack. Instead, the ferocious assault stirred the fighting spirit deep within him. An arc of lightning moved in a zigzag, flashing past all of Mu Dagen's attacks and appearing behind him.

Mu Dagen twisted back to bite, his entire body seeming to turn independently as he made a full one-hundred-and-eighty-degree rotation. His bloody maw and venomous fangs instantly appeared before Hu Haoran again.

"Hmph! Thunder Roar Piercing Ears!" Hu Haoran immediately switched techniques. A massive thunderclap exploded in Mu Dagen's ears, making him feel as though he had fallen into a sea of lightning where thunder continuously detonated. Mu Dagen's vision blurred, and caught off guard, he lost focus right in front of Hu Haoran.

Hu Haoran naturally would not let such a good opportunity slip by. He thrust his sword forward with incomparable speed.

"Vicious Thunder Stab!"

The Soaring Sword was covered in purple-gold arcs of lightning, its power more than twice as strong as it had been when he was a level-twenty Soul Warrior.

The immense danger jolted Mu Dagen awake, but the Soaring Sword had already reached his chest. Unable to block it in time, he could only twist aside and avoid the strike aimed directly at his heart.

Pfft...

Hu Haoran's sword pierced Mu Dagen's right shoulder. Blood poured from Mu Dagen's wound. Though he had avoided the fatal strike, his right shoulder had been pierced through, and the Soaring Sword's lightning paralysis had successfully entered his body. His combat strength would inevitably be affected in the battle to come.

Mu Dagen refused to be outdone after taking that strike. With a sweep of his massive snake tail, he sent Hu Haoran flying backward.

"Cough... cough..." After being struck by Mu Dagen's tail, Hu Haoran felt dizzy and lightheaded as well. He climbed out of a human-shaped pit and checked himself, finding no serious injuries. He secretly marveled, Good thing I mastered the Ice Fire Immunity Body. Otherwise, that blow would have killed me or at least stripped a layer of skin off me.

Mu Dagen was dumbfounded at the sight. Even Mu Jiaren had coughed up blood after being struck like that, yet Hu Haoran merely patted the dust off himself as though nothing had happened. How was he supposed to fight this?

"Hehe! Don't just stand there—make your move!" Seeing that Mu Dagen's attacks seemed to have little effect on him, Hu Haoran immediately grew arrogant. "You big idiot, I'm talking to you! If you don't attack, then don't blame me for being rude! Swift Lightning Wind Thunder."

Hu Haoran swung the Soaring Sword, sending wave after wave of sword light streaking out with purple-gold lightning arcs.

"Second Soul Skill, Snake Shadow Trace!" Mu Dagen twisted his snake body and dodged Hu Haoran's sword lights one after another. But every time his body moved, the numbness in his right side spread from the wound throughout his body.

Hu Haoran had not intended to defeat Mu Dagen with Swift Lightning Wind Thunder. He only wanted to trigger the lightning static that had entered Mu Dagen's body, using it to gradually slow Mu Dagen's movements.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Spirit Snake Constriction." Mu Dagen could not possibly surrender without a fight, even though the paralysis from Hu Haoran's lightning was growing more severe. Dragging his snake body along, Mu Dagen charged straight at Hu Haoran.

"Zigzag Thunder Kill!" Hu Haoran pressed forward fearlessly, his footwork tracing a zigzag pattern. The two soul rings behind him suddenly shone brilliantly with seven-colored light.

"What kind of soul rings are those?!" Mu Dagen froze when he saw Hu Haoran's seven-colored soul rings. This had already exceeded the limits of his understanding. Even Mu Tengfei, Mu Yucheng, and Mu Dajing, who were watching from afar, wore bewildered expressions. By common sense, soul rings only came in five colors: white, yellow, purple, black, and red.

Although Mu Dagen was startled by Hu Haoran's unknown seven-colored soul rings, the technique in his hands did not stop. His snake tail drove his body forward as he coiled toward Hu Haoran.

Clang, clang, clang...

Mu Dagen used the scales on his body to successfully block all of Hu Haoran's killing moves.

"What hard scales! The Soaring Sword can't even cut through them!" Hu Haoran was startled for a moment, but quickly noticed something. "No, even though he blocked the killing moves, that doesn't mean he wasn't injured. I've already chopped off quite a few of his scales. He won't be able to hold on much longer. Keep it up—Zigzag Thunder Kill!"

Seeing Hu Haoran's killing move coming at him again, Mu Dagen chose to retreat. "Second Soul Skill, Snake Shadow Trace!"

"A Soul Ancestor being forced back three feet by a Great Soul Master like me—you're the first." Seeing Mu Dagen retreat so quickly, Hu Haoran could not help mocking him.

Mu Dagen was practically breaking down inside. Where did such an absurd Great Soul Master come from?!

"Mu Dajing, die!"

At that moment, Mu Tengfei and Mu Yucheng rushed to Mu Dajing's side, their daggers about to slice off his head. Mu Dajing had been severely injured by Mu Jiaren's explosion and could not move. He could only watch helplessly as Mu Tengfei and Mu Yucheng threatened him.

"You two beasts! How dare you! I'll kill you!" Mu Dagen turned around and saw Mu Tengfei and the other man ambushing the severely injured Mu Dajing. Panic surged in his heart, and he charged toward Mu Dajing without regard for his own safety, exposing his back to Hu Haoran.

"A perfect chance!" Hu Haoran saw that Mu Tengfei and Mu Yucheng had created such a good opportunity for him. He certainly could not waste it.

"Lightning Walk! Thunder Roar Piercing Ears! Vicious Thunder Stab!" Hu Haoran showed no mercy, unleashing all three moves in one breath.

His figure streaked across the sky like lightning as he charged at Mu Dagen. Thunder roared from the Soaring Sword as it rushed toward Mu Dagen's ears, instantly plunging him into the illusion of a sea of lightning. The Soaring Sword, wrapped in purple-gold arcs, stabbed into Mu Dagen's back and pierced through his chest. The current on the blade violently erupted, instantly blasting Mu Dagen's heart apart and completely taking away the last of his life.

When Mu Tengfei and Mu Yucheng saw Hu Haoran kill Mu Dagen, they showed no mercy as they aimed their daggers at Mu Dajing.

After a while, Hu Haoran had fully recovered.

"My name is Hu Haoran. I'm the third young master of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan," Hu Haoran introduced himself. "Where are you from? Why were you being hunted?"

The Mu Family brothers exchanged glances, seemingly unable to believe Hu Haoran's words. They remained silent for a long time, and Hu Haoran did not urge them. Mu Tengfei asked, "What proof do you have?"

Hu Haoran was stunned at first, then could not help thinking, Do people in Douluo Continent also have to deal with the ridiculous business of proving that your mother is really your mother?

"This is a token of the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan. Believe it or not, it's up to you." Hu Haoran took out a badge made from blue ice crystal, with a majestic giant dragon engraved upon it.

After seeing the badge, the two Mu Family brothers could not help embracing each other and bursting into tears.