A single thought.
When those four words fell lightly from Han Yuchen's lips, it was as though all the air had been sucked from the entire council hall.
Every elder, including Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, felt a chill rise from the depths of their souls.
Arrogant!
Utterly arrogant!
A level-forty Soul Ancestor telling a level-eighty-seven Soul Douluo that killing him required only a single thought?
A minute ago, they would have considered it an enormous joke.
But now, as they watched Elder Liu—the fiery old man they called "Hot Pepper"—stand frozen like a statue, his face filled with terror and cold sweat streaming down his brow, yet unable to mobilize even a trace of Soul Power...
No one could laugh.
Only one thought remained in everyone's mind.
—He was telling the truth.
"What... what kind of power is this?" an elder asked hoarsely, breaking the dead silence.
Yes, what kind of power was this?
It was not a soul skill, because they had not seen a single soul ring flash.
Han Yuchen did not need his soul rings to flash when using Restraint. Restraint was his instinct to begin with; greatness needed no further words.
It was not Spiritual Power, because they had not sensed even the slightest spiritual fluctuation.
It was not even Soul Power suppression, because not a trace of Soul Power had been released from Han Yuchen's body.
He had merely snapped his fingers, and a Soul Douluo who had been famous for years had been "disarmed."
Such a method had completely surpassed their understanding of the soul master system!
"Elder Liu, how do you feel?" Ning Fengzhi looked toward the elder still frozen in place and asked at the right moment.
The fiery old man known as Elder Liu had his lips trembling for a