(Xiao Xiao illustration)
"Excellent!"
Scarlet battle intent blazed in Lu Bu's eyes. Instead of dodging, he stepped forward, curled his left hand into a claw, and grasped at the Clear Sky Sect members ahead from a distance!
"Second Soul Skill—Greedy Wolf's Grasp!"
A bizarre scene unfolded!
Countless thin yet pure streams of Soul Power were forcibly drawn from the Clear Sky Sect disciples maintaining the formation, and even from several Elders, beyond their control.
Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they converged in Lu Bu's left hand, instantly condensing into a thick, solid energy shield with a Dark Red wolf-head totem flowing across its surface!
"Boom—!!!"
Tang Xiao's "Piercing Character Technique" hammer strike, powerful enough to pierce mountains and shatter peaks, slammed solidly into the sudden shield!
Amid the deafening crash, dark gold lightning and Dark Red baleful energy collided and annihilated one another madly!
The shield shook violently, its light flashing wildly as countless cracks spread across it, yet it stubbornly refused to shatter!
Lu Bu stood firm as a rock. Only the ground beneath his feet exploded into a giant pit.
"What?!"
Tang Xiao's pupils constricted. His full-force strike, bolstered by the formation, had actually been blocked by a shield from the opponent's Second Soul Skill?
Inside a private room of King's Hall.
"Rumble—!"
The terrifying impact and energy tremors from outside could be heard clearly even through the hall's barriers.
They made Ye Lingling, who was listening to Lin Jiang's teachings, tremble all over, her lovely face beneath the veil turning slightly pale.
Yet Lin Jiang remained as calm as ever, as though the world-ending battle outside was no more than a breeze brushing past him.
He had just explained his reasons to Ye Lingling:
He valued the extraordinary, unrecognized traits hidden within her Nine