Cai Xukun yanked hard with his left hand, sending Tang Wulin flying, then hurled him toward Ye Xinglan, who was charging at him.
Seeing Tang Wulin flying toward her, Ye Xinglan immediately made her decision and abandoned her attack. She braced his body from behind with her hands, letting out a muffled grunt as the immense force pushed her backward for some distance.
The gap in Soul Power was simply too great. No matter how strong Tang Wulin was, with support from Golden Dragon Shocks the Heavens and his Gauntlet Battle Armor, he could at most match a four-ring Soul Ancestor. If he erupted with full force, he might perhaps contend with a Soul King.
But Cai Xukun was clearly no ordinary Soul King. Five Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings—such a being, even at Shrek Academy, was likely something only Fors could achieve.
Xie Xie silently appeared behind Cai Xukun. His Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger flashed out together, poised to stab into Cai Xukun's shoulders.
Yet streams of pitch-black water suddenly emerged from Cai Xukun's body, winding around him.
Xie Xie recognized them at once. They were the same currents Cai Xukun had used when the group had surrounded and attacked him earlier. At the time, those currents had worked with his Soul Power pressure to directly push them all away.
The only difference was that they had been ordinary water then, while now they were black.
The Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger plunged straight down, but to Xie Xie's surprise, Cai Xukun did not even glance at him, simply allowing the attack to land.
"Trickle, trickle."
The sound of flowing water rang out. The Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger stabbed into the current, yet Xie Xie showed no sign of joy.
*I've fallen into