"Inconsistent? Today, my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is taking this boy from your Skywater Academy. What can you do about it?"
Yu Luomian said coldly. Now he had completely torn off his hypocritical mask, making no effort to hide his domineering, savage face!
A mere Skywater Academy had, at most, one level-eighty-six Soul Douluo stationed there. He could crush it with a flip of his hand!
At first, because this was Four Elements City, territory under the Heaven Dou Empire, he had to consider the empire's dignity as well as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's reputation, so he hadn't acted rashly.
But now, Li Jiuxuan had revealed potential that would undoubtedly threaten the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. They no longer needed to care about superficial morality and benevolence!
"On the arena, life and death are left to fate. In a Soul Master duel, if you're outmatched, you die—that's always been the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's way of doing things, hasn't it?"
Li Jiuxuan's clothes snapped in the wind, and his voice rang like a bell. "Whenever your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan competes against promising Soul Masters, you try to take their lives. How many geniuses have you secretly harmed with underhanded methods? Don't you know in your own hearts how vile and underhanded you are?!"
At this point, he had nothing to fear!
Li Jiuxuan stood on the shattered arena, not a trace of fear in his eyes as he openly confronted Yu Luomian!
His words also struck a chord with many people.
Especially Xue Furong, who stood in Yu Luomian's way. Her eyes were bloodshot. Her child had died just like that!
Originally, her Xiao Bao had been clever and exceptionally well-behaved. During a match against a disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had been in the lead and on the verge of winning, only to be ambushed with a Hidden Weapon. He was gravely injured and died soon after!
Ever since then, she had especially hated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Soul Masters who used Hidden Weapons!
"You're courting death!"
Yu Luomian was thoroughly enraged. He stopped holding back, and the eight Soul Rings around him surged wildly. Deep-blue lightning swept across the entire plaza like a flood, scorching the air until it warped.
He wanted to leap straight onto the arena and kill Li Jiuxuan!
In an instant, Han Ningshuang, Xue Furong, and all seven Soul Saints in front of him activated their Martial Souls, their Soul Rings appearing!
Their Soul Power could not match the Soul Douluo's vast might, but it still surged like a tide, and the entire plaza filled with the power of ice!
"Just eight Soul Saints and one Soul Emperor think they can stop a level-eighty-nine peak Soul Douluo? That's nothing but ants trying to shake a tree!"
Yu Luomian looked at the nine women trying to stop him and gave a cold snort. Then he reached out with his right arm, and thunder rumbled through the heavens and earth, forming an endless field of lightning!
The nine beauties' expressions changed abruptly!
The lightning field hadn't even released a bolt, yet it had already suppressed their Soul Power into a violent frenzy. Electricity coursed through their bodies, and strands of lightning energy wrapped around them, as if sealing their bodies in place. For a moment, they could barely move!
Although they had unleashed all their Soul Power without holding back, the gulf between a Soul Douluo and Soul Saints and Soul Emperors was like a chasm!
"Pfft!"
Xue Furong bore the brunt of it. The violent thunder overhead shook her until she spat blood, and her body could barely stay upright. Only sheer willpower kept her knees from buckling!
Han Ningshuang and the seven Soul Saints were suppressed as well. They weren't gravely injured, but their skin stung all over, and their movements were severely restricted. They needed time to fight off the lightning energy!
Yu Luomian took one step forward, and even the air trembled. His eyes, brimming with killing intent, locked onto Li Jiuxuan. "Today, this little beast of yours will be buried alongside Yu Zigang!"
At this moment, he thought the boy's Martial Soul was too sacred. Perhaps passing such a Martial Soul on to his descendants would require extraordinary conditions!
It was safer to kill him on the spot and eliminate the threat for good!
"Fifth Soul Skill, Intentional Thunder Fist!"
Torrents of lightning gathered in Yu Luomian's palm, the power stacking and swelling without end. As thunder and lightning roared across the sky, the force—enough to kill any Soul Master below the Soul Emperor rank in a single blow—made Li Jiuxuan's bones crack!
Even a Soul Saint couldn't move once locked in place, let alone a level-seventeen Soul Master like him!
Shui Bing'er's face was deathly pale as she charged toward the arena without a thought for her own safety. "Stop!"
Shui Yue'er trembled all over, tears bursting from her eyes. "Jiuxuan!"
At this critical moment, just as Yu Luomian's killing blow was about to fall!
Hum!!!
"Seven Star Ice Seal Array!"
The seven female Soul Saints behind them broke free of their restraints. Their Soul Power burned at full force, and seven pillars of icy-blue light erupted in a dazzling blaze. Using Tianshui Plaza as their foundation and their own blood essence as a catalyst, they activated the academy's protective array!
Patterns of black ice surfaced across the plaza, and a chill shot into the sky. In an instant, snowflakes filled the heavens and earth, while biting winds howled and raged.
The seven beautiful Soul Saints united their thoughts and shouted together, "Seal!"
A sheet of bone-chilling light erupted beneath Yu Luomian's feet. Endless cold surged up his legs like dragons, coiling around them in a frenzy. In an instant, it had frozen him from his ankles to his waist, then climbed to encase his chest, until at last his entire body was wrapped in thick black ice!
As the Ice Seal Array rose, the Thunder Field Area was interrupted. All the Skywater students looked fearfully toward the center of the plaza.
"D-did they restrain him?"
A towering pillar of ice rose above the arena, reaching as high as the sky. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's second elder was frozen inside, his face twisted into a ferocious expression!
"Though it isn't a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the seven directors of Skywater have joined forces to activate the academy's protective array and even sacrificed their blood essence. They should be able to seal a Soul Douluo temporarily!"
Many Skywater students said this as they hurriedly backed away from the plaza.
With a battle between a Soul Douluo and Soul Saints breaking out, those unable to intervene had to evacuate together!
"Li Jiuxuan, run!"
Han Ningshuang flashed in front of Li Jiuxuan, grabbed his wrist, and quickly headed for the gates of Skywater Academy.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"
Han Ningshuang's Martial Soul was an Ice Bird. With a cry, she took Li Jiuxuan with her and soared into the air, propelled by her Soul Saint-level Soul Power!
Yu Luomian's target was Li Jiuxuan. Staying here was no solution.
Besides, taking Li Jiuxuan away would move the main battlefield outside Skywater Academy!
But just as Han Ningshuang carried Li Jiuxuan away at Extreme Speed, the heavens and earth shook violently!
"Second Soul Skill, Giant Strength Stomp!"
A deafening roar suddenly exploded!
The ground split open at its center. A violent tremor surged through the earth and shot skyward, abruptly cutting off Han Ningshuang and Li Jiuxuan's flight path!
Han Ningshuang felt an irresistible force slam up from below. Her flight instantly went off balance, and her Martial Soul Avatar was shattered. Still clutching Li Jiuxuan's slight frame tightly, she plummeted from the air!
"Vice Dean! Jiuxuan!" Seeing this, Shui Bing'er hurried over to them and checked their condition.
The impact of the fall had landed almost entirely on Han Ningshuang. Li Jiuxuan was unharmed.
At that moment, blood trickled from Han Ningshuang's lips as she glared furiously at the source of the attack. "Huff... Huyan Zhen!"
That was right. The Elephant Armor Sect's leader, Huyan Zhen, had just made his move!
That level-eighty-nine peak Soul Douluo had activated his Martial Soul, Diamond Mammoth, and unleashed his full power. His mountain-heavy Soul Power crashed down on the ground!
"Ha ha ha... Han Ningshuang, with two Soul Douluos here today, do you really think Skywater Academy can still turn things around?!"
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