Soul Land: I, the Judgment of Destruction, Master of Annihilation
Chapter 42

He Killed So Cleanly and Decisively

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He Killed So Cleanly and Decisively

Overbearing!

Endlessly overbearing!

After today, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would cease to exist.

What kind of confidence did he possess to dare utter such a heaven-defying declaration? Was he going to take on the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by himself?

Should he be called foolish, ignorant, or simply arrogant?

Even those who had witnessed Chen Changfeng fight began to wonder whether he was being too reckless.

He actually dared to charge into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan alone.

At this moment, the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan plaza was deathly silent.

Only the mountain wind, carrying Destruction Aura, swept down from the peak. Only the Soul Ancestor who had spoken with Chen Changfeng earlier could no longer keep his legs steady; his entire body was trembling.

He had just been lecturing the man so earnestly, only to find that the clown had been himself all along.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

A crisp round of applause came from Yu Yuanzhen's palms.

When enemies met, Yu Yuanzhen did not lose control. Instead, he laughed. Satisfaction and approval rippled through the smile on his face, yet it carried a sinister edge. "You finally came."

He spoke as though he had known Chen Changfeng would come. In a calm voice, he said, "Young man, you truly have remarkable courage. My efforts have not been in vain, then. Form the array! Nine Dragon Confinement Array!"

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

As Yu Yuanzhen's words fell, the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan plaza suddenly began to tremble. Nearly everyone felt unsteady on their feet, as though an earthquake had struck.

The next second.

Nine azure pillars of light rose from the nine corners of the plaza.

An ancient, profound blue hexagram array emerged beneath Chen Changfeng's feet. Nine majestic phantom Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons appeared in the sky, and an overwhelming pressure crashed down. The stone slabs beneath Chen Changfeng shattered with a boom, and even his feet sank into the ground under that immense force.

The Nine Dragon Confinement Array.

It was originally the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's defensive grand array, jointly formed by three hundred clan disciples.

A grand array condensed from the combined Soul Power of three hundred disciples.

Now, it was being used to trap Chen Changfeng.

Seeing the array take shape, Yu Yuanzhen looked at the trapped Chen Changfeng, a sharp killing intent flashing through his eyes. "Brave but brainless. Since ancient times, the tallest tree in the forest has always been the first to be destroyed by the wind. Today, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan shall become your burial ground. Today, I will use your blood to declare war on Spirit Hall once and for all!"

"Grandfather! Let me avenge Second Uncle!"

The moment Yu Yuanzhen finished speaking, Yu Tianheng behind him had already leaped into the air. His first soul ring flashed brightly, and the Thunder Dragon Claw he had condensed struck out, rushing straight toward Chen Changfeng's head within the array. It was a fatal blow.

Straight for the vital point.

And it was unbelievably fast.

By the time everyone reacted, Yu Tianheng had already landed once more.

The lightning dragon claw he had unleashed left behind a trail of light more than twenty meters long that had yet to fade. Wherever it passed, the air twisted violently, erupting with chilling crackles.

Was it over?!

It was over!

Bang!!

The next second, something that left everyone in the plaza utterly dumbfounded happened.

Under countless shocked gazes, Yu Tianheng did not turn around as expected. Instead, his entire body slowly slid down, and with a thud, he dropped to his knees. A purple mark had appeared on his terrified face, and a streak of blood trickled down from his forehead.

Even in death, his eyes remained wide open.

Terrifying beyond belief!

"H-How is this possible..."

Yu Tianheng opened his mouth as if in a final flash of life. Looking at his hands, which were gradually turning into purple mist, he desperately tried to turn his head toward Yu Yuanzhen. "Grand... Grandfather..."

As his voice faded, his body finally shattered with a boom before countless horrified eyes.

Then it turned into purple mist that scattered away with the breeze.

Nothing was left behind.

Suffocation!

An intense sense of suffocation instantly spread throughout the plaza. Clearly, Yu Tianheng had launched the attack, so why was he the one who died?

And among everyone present, only three people saw what had truly happened: Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, and the mysterious man in black.

Yu Tianheng had indeed made the move, but just as his Thunder Dragon Claw reached Chen Changfeng's head, Chen Changfeng moved as well. A single finger, seeming both fast and not fast at all, touched Yu Tianheng's forehead. The next instant, a purple blade pierced straight through his skull.

Then Yu Tianheng landed, and his delayed death arrived.

It had been too fast.

Yu Tianheng himself had not even noticed it. After all, he was only a level-forty Soul Ancestor. Without the strength of a Titled Douluo, it was simply impossible to see Chen Changfeng make his move.

Not trapped?

Of course.

How could the Source of Destruction possibly be restrained?

"Tianheng!" Yu Yuanzhen cried out in grief, yet he had no idea this was only the beginning.

Buzz~

Silence!

Everything fell into silence.

Aside from the Titled Douluo, every Soul Master present in the plaza, including the powerful ones, was frozen in place at that instant.

In a flash, Destruction Power burst forth from Chen Changfeng's body and flowed back into the blue six-pointed star array beneath his feet.

"A man lives but one lifetime, as grass and trees last but one autumn. When their eyes close, all return to dust. That is the true meaning of destruction."

As Chen Changfeng's mournful sigh faded, the three hundred Soul Master disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan controlling the Nine Dragon Confinement Array at the edge of the plaza dropped to their knees one after another like falling rain.

Then, just as he had said.

A man lived but one lifetime, as grass and trees lasted but one autumn.

When their eyes closed, all returned to dust.

Like Yu Tianheng, the three hundred Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples turned into purple sand and vanished before everyone's eyes.

Silence!

A terrifying silence!

Not only were the Soul Masters filling the mountain stunned, even Ning Fengzhi and the others were dumbfounded by the sight before them. They had never expected that guy to act so decisively, not even leaving them a chance to catch their breath.

The hearts of everyone in the plaza who had recovered their senses suddenly tightened, as though icy snakes were crawling up their spines.

Had the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples become this weak?

No.

That young man was simply too strong!

They were numb!

Everyone present was numb.

Qian Renxue stared blankly at the familiar figure in the arena. The worry in her heart had completely vanished, replaced by a helpless sigh as she turned her gaze toward Yu Yuanzhen. You were the one who awakened a sleeping demon.

The scene before him made Yu Yuanzhen's body and mind tremble. "You're ruthless!"

"Ruthless?"

Chen Changfeng looked up at Yu Yuanzhen and said coldly, "When you wanted to kill me just now, weren't you the same?"

What was ruthlessness?

And what was justice?

Or perhaps, what was mercy?

At this moment, Chen Changfeng had none of those things in his heart. He understood only one truth: this Douluo world, where the strong preyed on the weak, had always been this way. If you did not destroy, then you would be destroyed.

None of this had ever been equal to begin with, so there was no need to dwell on right or wrong.

From the day Chen Changfeng crawled out of the ruins and was taken in by Spirit Hall, the gears of his fate had already begun to turn.

Especially after his Spirit Awakening, Chen Changfeng swore from the bottom of his heart that in the future, whether it was the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, or the various races and forces across Douluo Continent, anyone standing in Spirit Hall's way would be destroyed.

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