Bing'er's Arrival!

Xiao Jinchen suddenly raised his right foot. Rainbow-colored Emperor Flame surged from his palm in an instant, then spread downward and directly enveloped his right foot.

"Leo Flying Kick!"

Xiao Jinchen shouted low, his body abruptly transforming into a meteor blazing with rainbow flames. His right leg came crashing down, aimed straight at Ma Xiaotao below.

As his kick descended, even the air along its path rippled, and a thunderous sonic boom erupted.

When Xuan Zi saw the Emperor Flame rising from Xiao Jinchen's hand, his massive frame shuddered. The chicken leg and wine gourd fell from his hands with a clatter as he cried out in shock, "How could such flames exist?! Flames that surpass ultimate attributes!"

As a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo, Xuan Zi's perception was extraordinarily sharp. The flames rising from Xiao Jinchen's palm were more than five times stronger than Huo Yuhao's ultimate ice.

Facing Xiao Jinchen's Leo Flying Kick, a resolute look flashed through Ma Xiaotao's eyes.

Powerful Soul Power erupted from Ma Xiaotao without reservation. The Spirit Rings around her flashed madly as the yellow, purple, and black rings blazed brightly before instantly merging into one, continuously pouring their power into her right arm.

By then, the clothing on Ma Xiaotao's right arm had completely vanished, revealing an arm as crimson as burning coal.

This strike of Ma Xiaotao's contained the will of her Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, Bathing Fire Phoenix, Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, and Phoenix Burst Strike, the soul skill attached to her right-arm Spirit Bone. The terrifying power of all three abilities had been compressed together.

She pushed Shrek's secret art of soul skill compression to its limit. The three powers were forcibly compressed, and surging Soul Power wrapped around dark-red phoenix evil fire as she threw a punch at Xiao Jinchen's Leo Flying Kick.

Yet at the very instant they were about to collide, Ma Xiaotao's seemingly terrifying attack was instantly annihilated by the horrifying heat of the Emperor Flame on Xiao Jinchen's foot.

"What?" Ma Xiaotao's pupils abruptly contracted. It felt as though an invisible hand had gripped her heart tightly, and the sensation of death instantly enveloped her.

How was that possible? This was her ultimate trump card—Shrek's secret art! A supreme offensive technique that could merge three skills into one! Yet before Xiao Jinchen's Emperor Flame, it did not even have the slightest room to resist.

Before Ma Xiaotao could recover her senses, Xiao Jinchen's Leo Flying Kick had already crashed down upon her.

The rainbow-colored Emperor Flame on Xiao Jinchen's foot erupted in an instant, raising a sea of fire that completely swallowed Ma Xiaotao.

"Aah!"

Ma Xiaotao's shrill scream lasted only half a second before cutting off abruptly.

Her martial soul instantly collapsed. Then, her crimson right arm, delicate face, and even every strand of hair and piece of clothing on her body were burned away beneath the flames of Xiao Jinchen's kick. Only a charred body remained, rolling amid the blazing fire.

"Brat! How dare you!" Xuan Zi finally reacted. He roared at Xiao Jinchen in the arena as the Soul Power fluctuations of a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo swept forth. With a flash, he charged onto the competition platform.

The corners of Xiao Jinchen's lips lifted slightly. He lightly tapped the air with his foot and drifted backward, instantly opening a distance of dozens of meters.

Xuan Zi rushed straight into the sea of fire and caught Ma Xiaotao in his arms.

The moment Xuan Zi's palm touched Ma Xiaotao's body, his heart sank sharply.

Ma Xiaotao now resembled a piece of charred wood. Her skin was cracked, her hair had been completely burned away, yet the rainbow flames still burned wildly across her body without weakening in the slightest.

The dense earth-yellow Soul Power within Xuan Zi surged out like a tide, attempting to forcibly suppress the rainbow flames on Ma Xiaotao's body.

Yet the instant Xuan Zi's seemingly immense Soul Power touched those rainbow flames, it was burned into nothingness as though a clay ox entering the sea.

"Even my Soul Power can be burned?!" Xuan Zi's expression changed drastically. Holding the still-burning lump of charcoal in his arms, he found it unbearably scorching but did not dare let go. A profound sense of helplessness rose within him.

The referee was completely dumbfounded by then, staring blankly at the charred body in Xuan Zi's arms.

"Xiaotao!"

"No!"

"Save her! Save her, quickly!"

"Big Sister Xiaotao!"

At the same time, terrified screams erupted from Shrek's waiting area.

Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and the others rose abruptly, their eyes nearly splitting with fury as they rushed onto the competition platform. Even their voices had changed pitch.

"Hiss!"

The entire audience fell deathly silent before erupting in sharp gasps. Everyone stared in utter shock.

Dead? She was dead just like that? Shrek's six-ringed Soul Emperor had died just like that? And in such a humiliating way—a fire-attribute Soul Master had actually been burned to death by flames, reduced to charcoal.

In the viewing stands, Xu Jiawei shot to his feet, even overturning his chair. His pupils constricted sharply as though his heart had skipped a beat.

This was bad!

What status did Ma Xiaotao have?

She was Yan Shaozhe, the dean of Shrek Academy's precious darling!

She was also a genius of Shrek Academy's younger generation.

Yan Shaozhe had no children in his life. He had always regarded Ma Xiaotao as his own daughter.

Now that Ma Xiaotao had died in the Star Luo Empire, if Shrek caused trouble over this, the Star Luo Empire would not be able to bear the consequences either!

Ignoring the rainbow flames still burning on Ma Xiaotao, Xuan Zi trembled as he held her in his arms. The scorching heat transmitted through his palms instantly reddened his eyes, and towering fury surged to his head.

Xuan Zi suddenly raised his head and stared fixedly at the young man in the distance, whose face still bore a faint smile. He roared:

"Xiao! Jinchen!"

Consumed by rage, he no longer cared that Xiao Jinchen was the Young Hall Master of the Soul Hall, nor did he care whether a Limit Douluo stood behind him. Violent earth-yellow Soul Power swept out.

Nine Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—rose from beneath his feet. His eyes were bloodshot as he panted like a bull and roared, "Brat! Come back to Shrek with this old man and accept the judgment of justice!"

"Oh? Down syndrome?"

Even under the terrifying Soul Power pressure locking onto him, Xiao Jinchen remained calm. He did not even blink an extra time.

Not to mention that his wife Bing'er was watching from the shadows, even if the Ice Empress were not present, he was completely confident that he could kill Xuan Zi before him.

After devouring the Bone Chilling Flame, once he activated the third transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, his strength could soar to the level of a Limit Douluo.

What was more, he now held four kinds of Heavenly Flames and could already create a four-colored Fire Lotus—the Destruction Fire Lotus.

Forget a mere Xuan Zi; even if Mu En of Shrek Academy came, the outcome would be the same.

After placing the charred Ma Xiaotao on the ground, Xuan Zi immediately transformed into an earth-yellow streak of light. Carrying the terrifying pressure of a rank ninety-eight Douluo, he charged straight at Xiao Jinchen.

"Hmph! Have you given up resisting?" Seeing Xiao Jinchen show no sign of resistance, Xuan Zi snorted inwardly.

The distance between them instantly vanished.

Just as Xuan Zi's fingertips were about to touch the hem of Xiao Jinchen's clothes—

"Buzz!"

A bone-piercing chill suddenly spread before Xiao Jinchen. The cold was so terrifying that it instantly blanketed all of Star Luo Plaza.

An icy-blue radiance gathered before Xiao Jinchen, and a small fist containing terrifying frost energy suddenly blasted out from the void without warning!

"Bang!"

A muffled explosion rang out in an instant.

Xuan Zi's charging body abruptly halted. He was struck head-on and sent flying backward even faster than he had come.

Like a cannonball, Xuan Zi slammed viciously into the distant ground. Dust and debris rose into the air, and a massive crater appeared in the earth.

No one saw what had happened. They only saw Xuan Zi, afflicted with down syndrome, inexplicably sent flying away.

Then, a cold yet beautiful voice resounded through every corner of Star Luo City.

"If Achen is harmed, then your Shrek will have no reason to exist either."