Tyrant Dragon Destruction Kill

Li Jiuxuan lightly tapped the ground with his toes. Icy-white Soul Power quietly spread from beneath his feet. Having just finished absorbing the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon's left leg Soul Bone, his aura had already changed completely.

The Soul Power of a twentieth-level Soul Grandmaster wasn't top-tier, but the holy king's pressure that came from his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul instantly froze the moisture in the surrounding air.

"Mentor Xue, watch closely..."

Li Jiuxuan spoke in a low voice. The next second, his passive skill, Tyrant Dragon Extreme Speed, activated!

He first demonstrated the passive skill of the Tyrant Dragon Soul Bone's left leg bone. His speed was astonishing; he vanished in an instant, leaving behind a phantom image where he'd stood.

At first, Xue Furong thought he'd moved to the left. Only after looking did she realize he'd appeared on the right.

The young man was grinning smugly at her.

"Very fast. Far beyond other Soul Grandmasters at the same level. Your speed is every bit as good as an agility-type Soul Master's!"

Xue Furong nodded in approval. As expected of the boost from a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone—it was truly formidable!

Whoosh!

Just as she was praising him, Li Jiuxuan suddenly formed three Ice Blades and shot them toward her neck, heart, and knee.

Xue Furong's expression shifted slightly. Her reactions were no slower than Li Jiuxuan's. With a wave of her hand, she froze the blades, which then shattered.

Li Jiuxuan grinned. The next moment, he vanished again, leaving only an afterimage where he'd been.

Xue Furong still stood with her hands behind her back. Li Jiuxuan was now using Extreme Speed to move within a thirty-meter radius.

Afterimages kept appearing in midair, and every so often, three Ice Flying Blades came hurtling toward her.

Xue Furong's gaze sharpened slightly. Soul Power at the Soul Emperor level quietly spread out, and a water-based Soul Power barrier shielded her. No matter how many Ice Flying Blades Li Jiuxuan sent at her, each was frozen layer by layer half a foot from her before shattering.

"Mentor Furong, you're amazing. I can't hurt you at all!"

Even while moving at Extreme Speed, Li Jiuxuan couldn't help exclaiming in admiration.

The gap between him and a Soul Emperor was simply too great. She just stood there without moving, and he could use everything he had without even breaking through her defenses.

Xue Furong's expression remained cool. She was testing Li Jiuxuan's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Skill and wouldn't let him keep using it without pressure. "Next, I'll attack you too. Use your Extreme Speed to dodge. Don't get hit!"

Soon, she lightly flicked her jade fingers, sending out several concentrated beams of Soul Power as clear as water. They accurately shot toward the afterimages Li Jiuxuan had left in midair, trying to force his true position into the open.

The Soul Power beams were as fast as shooting stars, carrying an unstoppable force. Li Jiuxuan's nerves tightened as he pushed Tyrant Dragon Extreme Speed to its limit.

The pinnacle of speed depended on mental power. The stronger one's mental power, the quicker one's reactions; the shorter the gap between thought and action, the closer one could get to the utmost limit of speed.

After several exchanges, Li Jiuxuan relied on his ability to predict her attacks and his extreme speed to make every one of Xue Furong's attacks miss.

She struck more than ten times in succession without once touching Li Jiuxuan. Xue Furong was secretly astonished. Even the seasoned agility-type Soul Masters in the academy might not be as fast as the young man before her.

"Be careful!"

Xue Furong's gaze turned intent, a glint flashing in her eyes as she precisely predicted Li Jiuxuan's landing point. She suddenly sprang forward, her slender jade hand turning into a fierce eagle's claw as she reached straight for him!

Once a Soul Emperor took things seriously, her speed was so great that Li Jiuxuan was caught off guard. She'd been deliberately holding back before; now, with just a little more force, she had already put him under immense pressure.

Xue Furong's prediction was accurate to the slightest detail. Her eagle claw shot straight toward the spot where Li Jiuxuan was about to land!

But just as her sharp claws were about to touch him, Xue Furong grabbed at empty air!

"He vanished?"

Xue Furong's expression froze for a moment. She looked around, but Li Jiuxuan had already disappeared from the ground.

"Hey, Mentor Furong!"

The familiar voice rang out suddenly. Xue Furong's body tensed, and she abruptly retreated several steps.

Boom!

Three Ice Flying Blades slammed into the spot where she'd just been standing, sending shattered stone flying.

Xue Furong looked up and saw that Li Jiuxuan had actually used Tyrant Dragon Extreme Speed to run through the air, hovering above her.

"Good. For someone so young, you have a strong sense for battle." Xue Furong gathered her thoughts. "Let's see if you can dodge this next attack!"

Li Jiuxuan's expression turned serious. He knew Xue Furong was truly getting serious this time.

"Dance of the Water Snake!"

At her call, Xue Furong drew on twenty percent of her Soul Power and activated her First Soul Skill.

Her pale-blue First Soul Ring lit up. A gentle, water-element energy surged before her and instantly condensed into two thick water serpents. Wrapped in howling winds, they lunged toward Li Jiuxuan in midair!

The attack covered a wide area and was fast. Even using only twenty percent of her Soul Power, an ordinary Soul Elder would have turned pale and wouldn't dare meet it head-on!

Xue Furong wanted to see whether Li Jiuxuan's Soul Bone passive skill, whose speed rivaled that of an agility-type Soul Master, could let him dodge without a scratch.

"Bring it on, Mentor Furong!"

Instead of being startled, Li Jiuxuan was delighted. The power of his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul surged through him at full force, resonating intensely with the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon's left leg bone. Icy-blue light blazed brightly!

"Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon left leg Soul Bone Skill, Tyrant Dragon Destruction Kill!"

A blinding icy-blue light erupted from his left leg. The fierce pressure unique to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone swept in every direction. A massive phantom of the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon took shape, baring its claws and fangs as it charged straight at the two water serpents and tore into them!

As the Wind-Snow Tyrant Dragon appeared, it carried the power of ice with it, and even the void seemed ready to shatter!

Li Jiuxuan didn't choose to dodge. Instead, he met offense with offense, taking Xue Furong's attack head-on! This was the perfect chance to test his Soul Bone Skill!

But in Xue Furong's eyes, his action wasn't brave at all. It was utterly reckless!

"Li Jiuxuan, what are you doing? Dodge, now!"

Her cool face turned terrified. She'd used her Soul Skill to restrict Li Jiuxuan's movements and test his speed, not to make him meet her attack head-on.

Even at just twenty percent of its power, a Soul Emperor's cultivation was far beyond what a Soul Grandmaster like Li Jiuxuan could withstand!

Taking the attack head-on like this would leave him torn apart by the violent Soul Power!

"Boom!"

Dragon and serpents collided!

A blinding light erupted in midair, and a violent shockwave of energy swept outward from the center.

The bluestone tiles on the ground exploded. Shattered stone and icy mist filled the air, and the entire plaza shook violently!

The two forces clashed fiercely and canceled each other out. Neither side crushed the other; instead, they remained locked in a stalemate in midair!

Xue Furong's expression froze as stormy waves surged through her heart. She'd thought twenty percent of her Soul Power would be enough to suppress him with ease, but she hadn't expected Li Jiuxuan to stand evenly matched against her First Soul Skill despite being only a Soul Grandmaster!

The next moment, the two energies finally exploded against each other, and boundless ripples spread in every direction.

"Pfft!"

Li Jiuxuan spat out a mouthful of blood. He'd just barely blocked Xue Furong's First Soul Skill, but the shockwave of a Soul Emperor's Soul Power still slammed into his organs, gravely injuring him on the spot!

The gap in cultivation between a Soul Grandmaster and a Soul Emperor was ultimately an insurmountable chasm.

"Jiuxuan!"

Xue Furong was panic-stricken. Seeing Li Jiuxuan's Soul Power exhausted and his body flying through the air, she immediately leaped after him and swept forward, catching him securely in her arms.