Looking down from on high.
Ice-blue vertical pupils silently gazed down at Yu Tianheng.
Like a king looking down upon one of the many defeated foes on his path to the throne.
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is nothing special..."
A bland sentence, spoken with barely a trace of emotion.
Yet it stung more sharply than any blade.
For someone like Yu Tianheng, who had once taken pride in his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and looked down on other people's Martial Souls,
feeling the enormous gap between his Martial Soul and another's was no different from the heavens collapsing.
And what shattered his world even more than Yu Shuangbai's words was the trembling fear coming from his own Martial Soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
No matter how hard he tried to suppress it, the fear rising from deep within his bloodline lingered in his heart, impossible to dispel.
What was it?
Looking at the ice-blue dragon horns atop Yu Shuangbai's head, Yu Tianheng was filled with confusion.
What kind of Martial Soul could make the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon react like this?
They had never heard of such a thing!
Of course, Yu Tianheng couldn't understand.
Among all dragon-type Martial Souls, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was considered high-ranking.
Usually, even if another race possessed a slightly higher-ranking dragon-type Martial Soul, the difference wouldn't be great.
Unless the gap in cultivation was enormous, it would never cause this kind of trembling fear from deep within the bloodline.
But Yu Shuangbai's Martial Soul was the Ice Dragon King.
A Martial Soul that should never have appeared in a human.
Across the entire history of the Douluo Continent, it was unprecedented.
Naturally, there was no precedent to learn from.
"Laughable pride, pathetic strength."
Leaving behind those cold words,
Yu Shuangbai withdrew his gaze and turned to leave the stage.
The chill around him dissipated, and the ice-blue dragon horns atop his head gradually vanished.
His dignified vertical pupils returned to normal, and he looked as he usually did.
Lying sprawled on the ground, Yu Tianheng struggled to raise an arm and cover his eyes.
The sunlight overhead stung them.
The winner had been decided.
The spectator stands fell utterly silent.
"Tianheng!"
Yu Tianxin, captain of the Thunder Academy team and the other Twin Star of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, hurried over.
He hastily called for the healing Soul Master to take Yu Tianheng away for treatment.
"Brother Shuangbai, that was incredible!"
Feng Xiaotian gave him a thumbs-up, sincerely impressed.
He knew the strength of Yu Tianheng, his old rival.
Feng Xiaotian was confident he could defeat him too.
But, if he was honest with himself, he couldn't have crushed him as completely as Yu Shuangbai had.
Anyone with eyes could see it.
This spar had never been an evenly matched fight. It had been a one-sided beatdown.
Huo Wu's eyes shone even brighter.
She had an extremely forceful personality.
She had always admired the strong.
Now, she was even starting to feel the urge to challenge Yu Shuangbai.
If her brother, Huo Wushuang, hadn't been doing everything he could to stop her, she would probably have issued a challenge by now.
"That was so cool, Shuangbai!"
Shui Yue'er exclaimed, her cheeks flushed with excitement.
"That'll teach Yu Tianheng to act so arrogant."
She scrunched up her delicate little nose.
"Those people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan always think they're above everyone else, looking down on people through their nostrils. I've been fed up with them for ages!"
Shui Yue'er waved her little fist, looking thoroughly satisfied.
Shui Bing'er, being the more composed one, didn't say anything.
But the expression on her pretty face quietly revealed what she was thinking.
"It was nothing." Yu Shuangbai's expression remained utterly calm.
He wasn't excited about it.
After all, to him, this had been only natural.
The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul held bloodline suppression over the vast majority of dragon-type Martial Souls.
He had also been receiving careful instruction from the two peak powerhouses, the Ice and Snow Emperors, all along.
If he couldn't beat Yu Tianheng, he might as well go find a wall and bash his head against it.
If Yu Tianheng hadn't picked a fight, Yu Shuangbai wouldn't even have wanted to fight him.
He didn't like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
But he had no actual grudge against them.
"Still, Young Master Yu, you may want to be careful."
Shui Bing'er suddenly spoke.
"The last thing you said might reach the ears of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"They..."
"They're not exactly magnanimous."
Shui Bing'er spoke obliquely, but everyone understood what she meant.
There was nothing wrong with Yu Shuangbai defeating Yu Tianheng.
After all, Yu Tianheng had started the spar.
But there were the words he had left behind after defeating Yu Tianheng:
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is nothing special."
If those words reached the ears of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan,
they would obviously be displeased.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had never been particularly forgiving.
Yu Tianheng, one of the Twin Stars, was a perfect reflection of them.
They were extremely proud and cared deeply about their reputation.
They had long been at odds with the Star Luo Imperial Family over the title of the world's strongest Power Attack System Beast Martial Soul.
If they heard Yu Shuangbai's plainly contemptuous words about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon,
they might decide that the clan's dignity had been insulted and secretly seek revenge.
And yet...
"Then let them come."
Yu Shuangbai still showed no concern.
A threat from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?
He wasn't afraid in the slightest!
Beside him, Snow Empress folded her arms, her expression calm.
"If they get in the way, I'll deal with them."
Her tone was utterly nonchalant, as if she were simply stating a fact.
A mere Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan wasn't worth her attention.
If some fool really came looking for trouble,
her Emperor Sword had gone far too long without tasting blood.
Everyone fell silent.
They were secretly astonished.
Just who were these two?
They didn't even care about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the third-ranked clan in the world.
Shui Bing'er was also taken aback.
She had heard from Shui Rou'er that Snow Empress was an extraordinary senior.
But judging by her utter disdain for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, she seemed even more terrifying than Shui Bing'er had imagined.
Dugu Yan, who had remained silent all this time, finally spoke.
She didn't want to believe Yu Shuangbai's claim that both she and her grandfather, Dugu Bo, had been poisoned.
But Yu Shuangbai's performance just now, and Snow Empress's contempt for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan,
both showed that they were no ordinary people.
A thought began to grow uncontrollably in Dugu Yan's mind.
Could it be...
Could everything he said be true?!
Had both she and her grandfather already been poisoned?!
After hesitating for a while, Dugu Yan finally spoke.
"Could you come with me?"
"My grandfather is in Heaven Dou City right now. Would you come with me to see him?"
"Of course." Yu Shuangbai agreed without hesitation.
That was the purpose of his trip, so there was no reason to refuse.
He hadn't expected that just fighting Yu Tianheng would already make Dugu Yan start to believe him.
At least he hadn't gone to the trouble of beating that guy up for nothing.
Sure enough, facts were more convincing than any words.
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