When everyone followed that bloodcurdling scream with their eyes, the sight before them left them so stunned they could not close their mouths.
Xue Beng, who had been brimming with arrogance just moments ago, now lay sprawled on the ground like a lump of mud, soaked from head to toe in blood as though he had just endured a brutal slaughter.
Most striking of all, Xue Beng's shoulder appeared to have been pierced by a bizarre arrow. It seemed to have appeared out of nowhere without the slightest warning, then vanished once more. Yet blood continued to gush endlessly from the wound, as if it were a bottomless bloody hole that could never be filled.
The scene was simply too inconceivable. Everyone's gaze unconsciously focused on that wound. Where had that arrow come from? And how had it pierced Xue Beng's body in an instant?
The Hunt Always Hits!
The instant an arrow left the bowstring, it was already destined to hit its target. Hitting the target was no longer the result, but the cause. In other words, it was not because Lang Lei fired the arrow that Xue Beng was struck. Rather, because Xue Beng was struck, Lang Lei fired that arrow.
This causal relationship had already transcended the limits of time and space. Even if, for one reason or another, the arrow could not hit its target at that very moment, it would cross the barriers of time and space and strike the enemy with absolute accuracy at some point in the past or future!
The surrounding crowd immediately stirred. Some were commoners whom Xue Beng had once persecuted at will by relying on his status as an Imperial Prince; they secretly rejoiced, faint smiles appearing on their faces. Others could hardly believe that Lang Lei dared lay a hand on an Imperial Prince, staring wide-eyed in shock. Still others feared that the powerful Lang Lei before them might suddenly turn on them, the bystanders, and hurriedly backed away to keep their distance from him.
But at that moment, Dugu Bo, who had been under the strange stares of everyone around him, could finally no longer endure those uncomfortable gazes. After all, he was a Titled Douluo! Although he might have been the weakest among all Titled Douluo, he absolutely could not lose his dignity or face!
Yet despite the fact that he had already made his move, some snot-nosed brat had ruthlessly injured the person he was supposed to protect right in front of him. This was an enormous humiliation! The fire in Dugu Bo's heart ignited instantly as he roared furiously, "Kid, you've got some nerve!"
Before his words had even faded, Dugu Bo charged forward like a savage beast, pouncing straight at Lang Lei. His goal was clear: to teach this ignorant brat a harsh lesson!
Normally, when someone was firmly locked onto by a Titled Douluo's presence, they would be frightened out of their wits and lose all composure. Yet Lang Lei showed no such reaction at all. It was as if he had not noticed Dugu Bo's existence whatsoever. He stood steadily in place without moving an inch.
Seeing this, a trace of contempt rose in Dugu Bo's heart. He secretly mocked Lang Lei as nothing more than a coward who had been frightened senseless.
However, just as his palm was about to touch Lang Lei's body, an even more powerful pressure suddenly descended from the sky, crashing down on him like Mount Tai.
"Old man, you dare touch my man?" With that furious shout, Ice Empress appeared between Lang Lei and Dugu Bo like a ghost. She was as fast as lightning, leaving everyone no time to react. With a sweep of her arm, a terrifying force surged forth like a landslide and tsunami, sending Dugu Bo flying.
Dugu Bo stared in astonishment at the young-looking girl before him, secretly marveling that she too was a Titled Douluo! At that moment, Prince Xue Xing stepped forward, surrounded by a group of guards.
"Your Excellency, may I ask how we should address you?" Prince Xue Xing was extraordinarily polite. After all, he was facing a "young" Titled Douluo, someone with strength that ordinary people could not afford to provoke.
However, Ice Empress could not be bothered to waste words with them. She snapped without ceremony, "Take your people and get out!"
Her voice was icy and imposing, as though it permitted no doubt. In the past, someone like Prince Xue Xing would not even have been qualified to stand before Ice Empress, let alone speak with her.
As a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Prince Xue Xing had always been treated with the utmost respect. When had he ever suffered such cold treatment and rebuke? His expression immediately turned extremely ugly, leaving him unable to save face.
"We have been so humble, yet Your Excellency is so overbearing. Isn't that somewhat inappropriate?" Prince Xue Xing suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and tried to keep his tone calm.
"Humble?" Lang Lei mocked mercilessly. "Is the humility you speak of this trash relying on his status to try and molest two Titled Douluo?"
Lang Lei's words were like a heavy hammer smashing brutally into Prince Xue Xing's face, making his expression turn even uglier. Moreover, his words left everyone around them utterly shocked.
Whether it was the crowd that had just gathered or the students who had been watching from the side for some time, all were greatly surprised by Prince Xue Xing's actions. They had never expected this notoriously wastrel Imperial Prince to have the nerve to brazenly molest two Titled Douluo.
The two graceful, slender beauties standing behind this brat were actually both Titled Douluo! Prince Xue Xing felt a surge of terror in his heart. The reason he possessed his current position, aside from his status as a prince, was entirely because he relied on Dugu Bo's protection—but that protection was not permanent...
He merely relied on the fact that Dugu Bo owed him a favor, which was why he could act so recklessly.
Yet his dear nephew had ignorantly provoked two Titled Douluo at once, and these two Titled Douluo seemed even more powerful than Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo! At this moment, even Xue Beng's screams became cautious. He no longer dared cry out loudly, afraid of drawing the displeasure of the two Titled Douluo, and could only turn his agonized cries into faint groans.
At the same time, Xue Beng was secretly filled with regret. He had never imagined that he would be so unlucky as to offend two Titled Douluo of such immense strength at once! Even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects, had only about that many Titled Douluo within its ranks!
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