As night deepened, the streets of Shrek City became increasingly deserted.
Lin Ciyan led Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao along slowly, the moonlight stretching their shadows long.
Wang Dong was still excitedly fiddling with the Light Dragon Crystal, his short, light blue hair swaying gently in the night breeze.
Xiao Xiao carefully held the several wooden boxes, her delicate face full of satisfaction.
"Teacher, how long do you think it will take to see the effects of wearing this dragon crystal?" Wang Dong asked, looking up.
His eyes, disguised as a boy's, gleamed in the moonlight.
Lin Ciyan glanced at her lazily. "What's the rush? Cultivation is something that takes longer the more you rush it."
"But..."
Before Wang Dong could finish speaking, Lin Ciyan suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He tilted his head slightly, his gaze fixed on the direction outside the city, a golden glint flashing in his deep eyes.
"Teacher?" Xiao Xiao keenly noticed his unusual behavior.
Lin Ciyan's lips curled into a playful smile, "Interesting."
Just a moment ago, his mental energy sensed a familiar fluctuation...
That was Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection, which was being conducted at full intensity.
More importantly, he also sensed six Soul Power auras filled with killing intent, one of which reached the Soul Emperor level, and the other five were Soul King.
"Looks like someone's got no sense," Lin Ciyan muttered to himself.
Almost simultaneously, thousands of meters outside the city, Huo Yuhao was facing a life-or-death crisis.
He clutched a VIP card reserved for Soul Engineer tightly in his hand...
This was just given to him by Teacher Fan Yu today, so he could come to the Treasure Appreciation Fair buy some spiritual treasures he needs.
The card had a limit of 500,000 Gold Soul Coin. Although it wasn't a lot, it was an astronomical figure for Huo Yuhao.
He did indeed buy those three spiritual power sets: Spirit-Nourishing Wood, Soul-Cleansing Dew, and Ancient Notebook.
He paid on credit, as the college granted him VIP privileges that allowed him to take the items first and pay later.
As Huo Yuhao walked out of the Treasure Appreciation Pavilion, his heart was filled with gratitude.
He secretly vowed to repay the academy for its cultivation with his own strength.
But at this moment, all gratitude turned into tension.
Huo Yuhao felt an extremely strong sense of crisis when he left the Treasure Appreciation Fair.
He immediately launched Spiritual Detection, and found six figures lurking in the woods two hundred meters away, their Soul Power fluctuations as heavy as mountains.
He suddenly remembered... the bet he made with Dai Huabin at the opening Soul Fighting Arena.
Although he won with the help of the Soul Tool, he never forgot the venomous look in Dai Huabin's eyes when he left.
The moment he saw the ambush, Huo Yuhao turned and ran, his Soul Tool Thruster emitting a blinding white light.
The six ambushers were clearly not expected that their target would suddenly turn around, and they hesitated for a moment before giving chase.
One Soul Emperor and five Soul King surrounded them from both the air and the ground.
Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and released a distress signal, causing golden-red light spots to explode in the air.
But Shrek City is still several kilometers away. Will reinforcements arrive in time?
The three Soul King in the air had closed to within fifty meters, their Soul Ring glowing, and their attacks were about to land.
A resolute glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes as he prepared to use his trump card—the fixed-installation Soul Tool...
Just then, something unexpected happened.
A lazy voice rang out in the night sky without warning:
"What's all the noise about so late at night?"
The sound wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
Then, everyone witnessed a scene they would never forget.
Under the moonlight, a white figure appeared ten meters in front of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong without them noticing.
He just stood there casually, as if he had been waiting there for a long time.
Lin Ciyan yawned, his white robe swaying gently in the night breeze. He glanced back at Huo Yuhao and nodded, "Not bad, not stupid enough to fight head-on."
Then he looked at the three Soul King in the air, his gaze as if he were looking at three annoying flies.
"You... you are..." The leading Soul King was filled with doubt and surprise.
He had no idea how this person had appeared!
The Soul Emperor on the ground also changed his expression drastically, and shouted angrily, "Where did this brat come from? Get out of the way! Or I'll kill you too!"
Lin Ciyan smiled.
The smile was gentle, yet it sent a chill down the spines of all six ambushers.
"Kill me too?" he repeated, then shook his head. "Are you worthy?"
The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Ciyan moved.
No, to be precise, he didn't move at all.
He simply raised his hand slightly.
The First Martial Soul, the Holy Radiance Qilin, the Sixth Soul Ring... that Soul Ring with a deep red color flowing with ice-blue seven-colored light, quietly lit up.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Aurora Qilin Dance."
There was no earth-shattering spectacle, only a faint, seven-colored aurora rippled outwards from Lin Ciyan.
The aurora borealis is dreamlike and unbelievably beautiful.
The surrounding world instantly changed color, covering an area of hundreds of meters in a flash.
Then, the six ambushers discovered in horror.
Their bodies began to stiffen, and their Soul Power became sluggish.
The surrounding temperature plummeted, and tiny ice crystals condensed in the air.
The three Soul King in the air fared the worst; their wings were instantly covered in frost, their flight Soul Skill were abruptly interrupted, and they fell like three stones.
"What... what is this?!" The Soul Emperor screamed in horror, desperately urging his Soul Power to resist, but the extremely cold power was like a bone-deep infection, constantly eroding his body and Soul Power.
Lin Ciyan, however, acted as if nothing had happened and turned to Huo Yuhao, saying, "Watch closely, I'll teach you a trick today... what attribute suppression is."
As he spoke, the Soul Ring on his body switched.
The Second Martial Soul, the Light of the Five Elements, quietly possessed him.
An extreme Soul Power, ten times more terrifying than before, erupted.
A multicolored halo appeared around Lin Ciyan, continuously spreading outwards.
The two Soul King who had just landed hadn't even had time to stand properly when they saw Lin Ciyan beckon them with his finger.
"First Soul Skill, Extreme Ice Thrust."
Before he could even make a move, two icy blue spikes appeared out of thin air, instantly piercing through the shoulders of the two Soul King and pinning them to the ground.
Absolute Freeze! The Soul King's protective Soul Power is utterly useless before the Ultimate Ice!
"Ah...!" A scream echoed through the night sky.
The remaining three Soul King and the Soul Emperor panicked completely and turned to run away.
But how could Lin Ciyan let them escape?
"Second Soul Skill, Emperor Scorpion Domain."
Light Domain unfolded, and the temperature within its range dropped below 100 degrees Celsius.
The four escapees moved ten times slower in an instant, and thick layers of ice formed on their bodies.
Lin Ciyan walked over slowly, as if taking a stroll.
He approached the Soul Emperor, tilted his head, and looked him over. " Soul Emperor? That's all?"
Then raise your right hand, loosely clenching your fist with your five fingers.
" Ice Emperor's Body Protection "
An icy blue armor instantly covered his right arm, increasing his defense by 300%.
Lin Ciyan didn't even use any Soul Skill; he just casually punched the Soul Emperor in the face.
"Bang!"
The Soul Emperor's face instantly contorted, and he was sent flying backward, crashing through three large trees before finally coming to a stop, where he immediately lost consciousness.
The remaining three Soul King were so terrified that one of them even wet his pants.
Lin Ciyan frowned in disgust, too lazy to even move his hand.
With a thought, the External Soul Bone, the Ice Jade Snow Phoenix Wings, unfolded behind him.
They were a pair of exquisite ice-blue wings, their surface shimmering with iridescent light, which flapped gently.
Four icy feathers shot out, accurately piercing the limbs of the three Soul King and pinning them to the ground.
The last one pierced through the dantian of the unconscious Soul Emperor... crippling him.
The entire process took less than thirty seconds.
All six ambushers were wiped out.
Lin Ciyan put away his Martial Soul and Soul Bone, dusted off non-existent dust from his hands, and turned to look at Huo Yuhao was dumbfounded, and Wang Dong Xiao Xiao, who had followed him.
"Have you learned it?" he asked.
Huo Yuhao opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he managed to stammer out, "I... I've ruined my studies..."
Wang Dong's eyes lit up, and her face flushed with excitement. "Teacher! You're amazing!"
Lin Ciyan waved his hand. "Basic stuff, don't be silly."
He walked over to the unconscious Soul Emperor, nudged him with his toe, and then pulled a token from the man's pocket.
The token is engraved with a White Tiger.
" The White Tiger Duke Mansion?" Lin Ciyan raised an eyebrow and casually tossed the token to Huo Yuhao.
"You're responsible for handling your own troubles."
Huo Yuhao took the token, his hands trembling.
It wasn't fear, it was anger.
It really was Dai Huabin!
Lin Ciyan looked at his expression and said calmly, "Hatred can be a driving force, but don't let it become a demon in your heart."
After saying that, he stretched and said, "Alright, let's go back. This little thing isn't worth staying up all night for."
Just then, a whooshing sound came from afar.
A fiery red figure was rushing towards them at an astonishing speed, its intense heat palpable even from a great distance.
Lin Ciyan sensed it for a moment and then smiled.
" Xiaotao is here; it's perfect timing to let her clean up the mess."
He waved to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong Xiao Xiao: "I'm leaving first. You two explain to her."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ciyan's figure disappeared from the spot, leaving behind only a patch of frost and six half-dead ambushers.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong looked at each other in bewilderment.
Everything that just happened feels like a dream.
One Soul Emperor and five Soul King couldn't even last thirty seconds in front of their teacher.
Is this... the true powerhouse?
In the distance, Ma Xiaotao's exclamation could already be heard:
" Huo Yuhao! Wang Dong! Are you alright?!"
Under the moonlight, the outline of Shrek City appeared and disappeared in the distance.
On a street in the city, Lin Ciyan strolled leisurely, as if he had just casually swatted a few mosquitoes.
[Ding! The host casually crushed six enemies, perfectly embodying the "invincible through 'playing it easy'" principle. " Slacking Value +2000! The Slacking Influence ' has greatly increased!"]
"Not bad." Lin Ciyan nodded in satisfaction.
He looked up at the moon and remembered Zhang Lexuan's gentle smile.
"It's time to go back and rest."
The figure gradually disappeared into the night.