"Afraid of you? As if!"
Xie Xie struck first. The Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger appeared in his hands at the same time, and he moved with incredible speed, appearing beneath Guang Biao in an instant.
"You little bug!"
Guang Biao snorted coldly, raised his right foot, and stomped hard on the ground. The immense force instantly sent Xie Xie flying ten meters away.
"Xie Xie!"
The Thousand-Year Soul Ring beneath Tang Wulin's feet surged upward. Vast amounts of Blue Silver Grass threaded with golden veins appeared all around them.
When Guang Biao saw the Thousand-Year Soul Ring beneath Tang Wulin's feet, a hint of surprise crossed his face.
Vast amounts of Blue Silver Grass surged rapidly toward Light Dragon, while a layer of ice began forming over a wide area of the surrounding ground.
Tang Wulin glanced at Gu Yue and immediately understood what she meant.
Two Thousand-Refined Sinking Silver Hammers appeared in Tang Wulin's hands. He then hurled them at Guang Biao.
Seeing the hammers flying toward him, Guang Biao paid them no mind. He simply clenched his fist and punched.
Bang!
The Thousand-Refined Sinking Silver Hammer collided with Guang Biao's fist, producing a dull thud!
"Thousand Refinement!"
Guang Biao was a mecha pilot and knew a fair amount about the profession of blacksmithing. The instant his fist met the hammer, he could tell the metal was at the Thousand Refinement level.
But Guang Biao was a Soul Emperor, after all. The Thousand-Refined Sinking Silver Hammer did him no harm and was instead sent flying.
Tang Wulin reacted quickly, controlling the Blue Silver Grass to catch the Sinking Silver Hammer with pinpoint accuracy.
At the same time, Tang Wulin moved, sliding swiftly across the ice.
After nearly a month of training, he had greatly improved his control over his strength and body. Moving over the ice actually made him even more nimble.
One end of the Blue Silver Grass was wrapped around the Sinking Silver Hammer, while Tang Wulin held the other and swung it, turning it into a meteor hammer.
Attack his feet!
That was Tang Wulin's plan. If he could throw Guang Biao off balance by attacking his feet, then with the ice beneath him, there was a good chance he would fall.
Bang!
Tang Wulin controlled the Sinking Silver Hammer and struck Guang Biao's foot with pinpoint accuracy.
But things did not go as he had hoped. Guang Biao did not budge at all. Instead, he stepped forward, and the ice beneath his foot shattered instantly.
Guang Biao took another step and appeared in front of Tang Wulin in an instant.
He raised his knee and drove it into Tang Wulin.
Tang Wulin had no time to dodge. Guang Biao's knee struck him squarely in the stomach.
Bang!
Like a kite with its strings cut, Tang Wulin crashed into a pile of junk behind him.
"You've got some strength. No wonder you could break my younger brother's arm!" Guang Biao clapped his hands, then beckoned to Gu Yue with a crooked finger.
"Three minutes left!" Guang Biao said, watching Gu Yue with a mocking smile.
Gu Yue gritted her teeth and glared fiercely at Guang Biao. "You'd better pray he's all right!"
"Hahaha!" Guang Biao laughed loudly. "What, if he dies, are you going to kill me?"
Before his words had even faded, the Yellow Soul Ring beneath Gu Yue's feet burst into dazzling light, and a ball of light appeared in her hand.
A flash of silver followed. Gu Yue appeared in front of Guang Biao in an instant and smashed the ball of light she had formed into his face.
The blinding light forced Guang Biao to shut his eyes for a moment.
But another flash of silver shimmered around Gu Yue, and she appeared right on Guang Biao's shoulder. A silver dagger had appeared in her hand—the same one she had used to attack Light Dragon earlier.
Without hesitation, Gu Yue gripped the dagger with both hands and stabbed it straight at Guang Biao's neck.
It worked!
But the blade had only pierced less than a centimeter.
Gu Yue's attack was not over. Several fireballs she had already formed slammed into the wound.
They were so close that the fireballs even singed some of Gu Yue's hair.
"Huh?"
Even someone as powerful as Guang Biao felt a sharp stab of pain. He reached out to grab Gu Yue.
Gu Yue tried to use her spatial power to get away from him, but she had clearly underestimated a Soul Emperor's abilities.
As Guang Biao reached out, he also stomped on the ground. A tremendous pressure pinned Gu Yue's body in place, leaving her unable to use even her spatial power.
"Ghk!"
Guang Biao's hand clamped around Gu Yue's neck, and her bones ground together with a cracking sound. If this went on, her neck might not break, but she would still suffocate to death.
"Don't forget about this young master!" Xie Xie shouted furiously. His figure blurred like a shadow, and he moved even faster than before.
For some reason, after Tang Wulin had been knocked into that pile of junk, Xie Xie soon felt his Martial Soul growing excited, almost exhilarated. The patterns on the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger seemed to grow more solid, and Xie Xie even felt his Soul Power rise a little.
That small, temporary boost let Xie Xie get close to Guang Biao. With the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger gripped together, he plunged them into the wound Gu Yue had just made.
"Ugh!"
Pain flashed across Guang Biao's face. He instantly reached out with his other hand and grabbed Xie Xie by the neck, then flung the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger to the ground.
"Let's go together!"
"Let him go!"
Tang Wulin's voice rang out from the pile of junk, and a dazzling golden light flared.
Tang Wulin slowly walked out of the debris, his upper body bare and blood still trickling from the corner of his mouth.
But what drew the most attention was his right hand, now covered in golden scales that shimmered with rainbow light. His fingers had transformed into claw-like talons.
Tang Wulin had unleashed the Golden Dragon King's power—the Golden Dragon Claw.
"What tremendous vitality!" Guang Biao stared at Tang Wulin, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes. He could feel his Martial Soul being suppressed. It was only slight, but the suppression came from a pure difference in rank, like a mouse seeing a cat or a sheep seeing a wolf.
"Just trying to scare me!" Guang Biao shook his head, trying to rid himself of that sliver of fear.
Tang Wulin's pupils had turned into golden vertical slits, and he fixed his gaze on Guang Biao.
Boom!
A sonic boom burst beneath Tang Wulin's feet. His explosive speed was already on par with that of an agility-type Soul Master.
In the next instant, Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw was already reaching for Guang Biao's head.
Guang Biao's eyes narrowed. He flung Gu Yue and Xie Xie aside, never expecting Tang Wulin's speed to increase so dramatically.
Bang!
Guang Biao barely managed to raise his arm and shield himself.
A Soul Emperor facing a One-Ring Soul Master was like heaven and earth apart. Guang Biao did not believe Tang Wulin's strike could force him back.
But in the next instant, Guang Biao's expression changed drastically. Tang Wulin's attack had indeed failed to push him back even a single step, but Guang Biao felt the bones in his hand shatter—not merely break, but truly crumble to pieces.
That was the Golden Dragon Claw's power: to shatter everything.
Terrified by the change, Guang Biao immediately retreated several steps. Even so, several of his fingers had been completely pulverized, and some of the bones in his palm had been crushed as well.
Guang Biao stared fixedly at Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw.
"Those golden claws are strange. They don't look like a Martial Soul or a Soul Bone."
At that moment, Gu Yue, who had been flung to one side, struggled to open her eyes. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and barely managed to sit up. When she saw Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw, a complicated look appeared in her eyes.
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