Soul Thorn, Kadi Falls

Under the siege of a group of Prison Clan trial takers, Wu Sheng easily subdued that Sky Grade martial artist from Thunder Star Mountain, leaving the Nine Spirits Society and Blood River Squad staring in stunned disbelief.

With mere Earth Grade ninth-tier strength and no domain, how could he be so powerful?

Still, this wasn't the time to gawk. The biggest 100 billion had been snatched by Wu Sheng, but plenty of Elite Trial Takers remained.

These were all walking Cosmic Crystals!

Even if not for the money, just to gather enough battle suits, they'd fight to the death!

"Kill! Wipe out every scumbag from Thunder Star Mountain!"

The Prison Clan trial takers clashed in a frenzy!

Unfortunately, while the overall strength gap between the two sides existed, it wasn't enough for one to easily crush the other.

Thunder Star Mountain and Cangming Valley had too many trial takers. Even if they'd suffered heavy losses last time from misjudging Li Long's strength, the foundation of those two major forces was solid—definitely not something the Nine Spirits Society and Blood River Squad could chew through.

The reason the Nine Spirits Society and Blood River Squad had won last time was mainly Li Long's intervention, which dealt a crushing psychological blow to the enemy.

Now that Li Long was held back by the trio of Leo and the others, the gap between the remaining fighters on both sides had narrowed significantly. In fact, the Nine Spirits Society and Blood River Squad were now slightly at a disadvantage. Only the intense lure of massive Cosmic Crystals and battle suits drove them to charge in and fight recklessly.

Of course, one major reason lay with the Blood River Squad itself.

Di Fei, He Na, and their Blood River Squad were just a small part of Blood Sun City. The main force was in the Southern Domain, once echoing Thunder Star Mountain across the Central Domain.

And even if the main force of Blood Sun City wanted to fight, they'd choose the Western Domain, coordinating with Yan Yu of the Extreme Flame Realm to battle Pesili of the Realm Lord's family—not coming here to help He Na and the others.

What exactly was going on, even Wu Sheng didn't fully know, let alone those Nine Spirits Society trial takers.

"Wu Sheng, everyone knows your strength now—you're a match for a Sky Grade first-tier Special Elite. If you can, please help us!"

He Na, who had advanced to Sky Grade, called out to Wu Sheng while seizing a chance to recover her energy.

Li Hu's unexpected death, combined with Wu Sheng's sudden display of power, made her instinctively link the two based on woman's intuition.

But this wasn't the time to discuss that. Thunder Star Mountain and Cangming Valley still had many people, and their Blood River Squad couldn't field anyone noteworthy.

If Wu Sheng could step up forcefully now, their Blood River Squad would finally hold their heads high in this Trial Ground.

"Alright!"

Wu Sheng replied and stepped forward, assigning the unlucky Thunder Star Mountain Sky Grade martial artist to Man Gu and Bai Yu for guarding.

But before He Na could rejoice, she noticed something wrong.

Wu Sheng did join the fight—but not on their side. He headed straight for Li Long's battlefield!

"What is he trying to do?"

"Ah, he wants to snatch the other 100 billion too!"

"Aaaah! So powerful, so bold! An Earth Grade ninth-tier guy dares to go after Kadi? He's amazing—if I were a woman, I'd fall for a strongman like him!"

"I think you're falling for his 100 billion!"

"Holy crap, here I am, Long Tian'ao, breaking through to Sky Grade in this Trial Ground with hard work, thinking I'd shine and bring glory to my ancestors. Turns out, I don't even deserve to show my face here! Not even fit to be his backdrop!"

"Such a fierce man—why have I never heard of him before?"

"This bastard, is he blind with greed? That Kadi is now Sky Grade second-tier, even more formidable in this desert terrain—his domain power probably isn't weaker than a second-layer one. How dare he go after him?"

He Na was genuinely furious. With Wu Sheng's strength, among their group of Sky Grade elites, he could indeed slaughter left and right—his power had proven he matched a Sky Grade first-tier, first-layer domain Special Elite.

But now Wu Sheng was facing Kadi, a Sky Grade second-tier with a domain close to second-layer. He clearly didn't know how to spell death.

Going by surface combat power, Kadi's was at least four times his!

"Fine, go ahead! I don't believe I can't beat those Thunder Star Mountain bastards on my own!"

He Na recovered a bit and threw herself back into the battle.

But when both sides were evenly matched, unless one drained the opponent's energy first, victory was extremely hard to come by.

On the distant battlefield with the fewest fighters, the domains of Li Long, Leo, Kadi, and Cang Ge clashed continuously.

Though Li Long was powerful, fighting three at once, he realized after a short time that victory was hard to achieve and began to consider retreating.

Not because he didn't want to avenge his brother, but because his remaining energy was running low.

"Huh, what's that kid charging over for?"

Li Long noticed Wu Sheng rushing into the area where their domains collided, heading straight for Kadi!

He had a decent impression of Wu Sheng—aside from using soul illusions to kill Yu Yan last time, this time he'd also captured the Thunder Star Mountain Sky Grade martial artist who killed his brother Li Hu, which shocked him further.

But Wu Sheng was still Earth Grade ninth-tier. Even with strong willpower and extra boosts, his true strength fell far short.

Especially now—Kadi and Cang Ge had both broken through to Sky Grade second-tier, and Leo, slightly behind, was stuck at first-tier peak. That was why Li Long couldn't take them down quickly.

He was improving, but so were they!

"Roar! Kid, you dare kill me?"

Kadi's furious roar sounded as if he had suffered a great insult.

"Come on! A mere Earth Grade ninth-stage nobody—I'll show you what a true Special Elite is capable of!"

With that, Kadi swung his right claw, which was fitted with a yellow claw guard. Not only was it razor-sharp, but it also radiated streaks of yellow light.

A Third-Grade High-Quality Weapon!

Wu Sheng sighed softly. This was yet another advantage of being a Special Elite, but he wasn't foolish enough to engage in close-quarters combat with him.

After all, his Primal Force was only at Planet Grade eighth-stage, still a bit short of ninth-stage.

"Soul Thorn, kill!"

Wu Sheng pushed his will to its peak, then, following the soul attack technique Soul Thorn he had mastered, he condensed a hundred finger-length red soul thorns.

Finally, under the command of his powerful will, these hundred red thorns rapidly fused together, forming a red needle about a foot long and as thick as a finger.

That enormous red needle transformed into a streak of red light and shot straight at Kadi.

"Hmph, you think a soul attack condensed from a basic technique can harm me? My Soul Suppressing Bell is a type of law technique. Even though I only have the foundational parts of the first three volumes, it's still far beyond ordinary basic techniques."

"Soul Suppressing Bell, guard me!"

Kadi activated the soul defense technique around his soul, then, without another thought, charged at Wu Sheng once more.

He wanted to let this provoking little ant know just how powerful he truly was!

However, the moment the massive red needle pierced into Kadi's body, a flicker of terror appeared in his eyes. Then, his powerful life force rapidly faded, and his body lurched forward a few steps from momentum before crashing to the ground.

Kadi had fallen.

"Just as I thought," Wu Sheng murmured.