Fallen Judgment Sword

On the arena stage, Meng Hongchen watched her brother and Li Qingming face off. Her face was filled with anxiety, yet her eyes held an indescribable excitement.

"Stop fighting, you two! Don't fight over me anymore, hehe."

There was still a trace of sorrow on Meng Hongchen's face when she began speaking, but by the end, she could barely hold it in and burst out laughing.

On the stage, Xiao Hongchen shot Meng Hongchen a glare. He was rather helpless when it came to his unreliable little sister.

But seeing that his sister was entirely on Li Qingming's side, Xiao Hongchen grew somewhat angry.

Especially when he looked at Li Qingming's face. The boy before him was indeed handsome, even far more so than himself.

The moment he saw that face, Xiao Hongchen inexplicably felt a surge of fighting spirit.

As the two took their positions, a large number of students had already gathered around the arena, including quite a few second- and third-years.

There were also some fourth-year students, and their numbers continued to grow.

Especially after hearing that someone dared challenge Xiao Hongchen, a leading figure among the younger generation, even some fifth-year students gathered around.

After all, no one in the academy had ever dared to challenge Xiao Hongchen.

He was a peerless genius who had reached the four-ring Soul Ancestor realm at the age of twelve. Such talent was virtually unheard of even within the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, not to mention that he was the academy headmaster's own grandson.

Someone with such status and talent—anyone who dared face him head-on naturally aroused the students' curiosity.

Faced with the students' curious and appraising gazes, Li Qingming remained calm.

He merely looked calmly at Xiao Hongchen, who looked back at him.

As the referee raised his hand and declared the match begun, Xiao Hongchen immediately lifted his hand. Countless metal components around him rapidly assembled, and four Class 3 soul cannons instantly took shape.

The next second, terrifying cannonfire flashed from the four soul cannons, and four shells shot out in an instant.

It happened so quickly that their firing speed was even faster than Li Qingming could release his martial soul.

Yet as the four shells came hurtling toward him, Li Qingming simply stood there quietly.

An extremely terrifying evil power spread from his body. That ultimate power of depravity made everyone nearby feel a chill in their hearts.

As Li Qingming's Fallen Angel martial soul appeared behind him, many students sucked in a cold breath at the sight of the enormous purple-black angel bound by purple chains.

Even Xiao Hongchen frowned slightly as he looked at the Fallen Angel, which radiated a strange and evil aura.

He could sense the terrifying power emanating from that bizarre angel, but he was not afraid. His Three-Legged Golden Cicada martial soul was also a top-tier martial soul.

As the four shells approached, Li Qingming's first soul ring lit up.

Dozens of entirely pitch-black feathers streaked through the air, moving at astonishing speed.

In mere seconds, they sliced through all four shells, leaving neat gashes in each of them.

Xiao Hongchen's eyes flickered at the sight.

"I thought you had some impressive trick. So you're just relying on a Soul Master's soul skill."

"This era has changed. Soul tools are a Soul Master's greatest strength, not the power of the Soul Master himself."

Xiao Hongchen looked at Li Qingming with disdain in his eyes.

While he spoke to Li Qingming, the four cannon platforms behind him had already become eight.

As the eight platforms fired again, eight Class 3 soul cannon shells shot out at once, carrying terrifying explosive force.

This time, Li Qingming did not block them head-on. His body swiftly darted forward.

As his first soul skill continued to burn around him, countless black feathers descended upon Xiao Hongchen like arrows filling the sky.

These feathers were extremely fast, and each carried the property of depravity.

Yet Xiao Hongchen's expression remained unchanged at the sight.

He raised his palm, and four soul rings appeared around him. His second soul ring instantly shone brilliantly.

"Witness my second soul skill—Metal Boiling!"

Xiao Hongchen let out a low roar, and the metal components assembled around him suddenly began to tremble.

More soul cannon shells flew out, colliding heavily with the feathers.

Amid thunderous explosions, the eight cannon platforms behind Xiao Hongchen directly became sixteen.

Seeing this genuine humanoid cannon platform, many students looked on with both envy and shock.

"As expected of a martial soul with divine beast bloodline. Senior Xiao's talent is simply incredible. That's sixteen Class 3 soul cannon platforms! Every shell possesses the combat power of a three-ring Soul Elder. Even if this kid is also a four-ring Soul Ancestor, it'll be hard for him to block all of them, right?"

The students below spoke with deep emotion in their voices.

Yet facing the dozen-plus Class 3 soul cannon shells flying toward him, Li Qingming merely raised his hand.

He knew this was not Xiao Hongchen's trump card, but Li Qingming himself had not used his full strength either.

Li Qingming fixed his gaze on Xiao Hongchen. Just as Xiao Hongchen watched him with a teasing expression—

As though he wished to see helplessness in the boy's eyes, four soul rings appeared around Li Qingming.

The four purple-black soul rings flickered slightly, and then the fourth purple-black soul ring instantly lit up.

Behind Li Qingming, the Fallen Angel that had been bound all over by chains suddenly opened its eyes. Terrifying malice and the power of depravity spread wantonly from those pupils.

At the same time, the Fallen Angel slowly raised both hands, interlacing its fingers. As ultimate depraved power gathered, it formed a jet-black longsword.

Countless undead spirits, resentful souls, and the power of depravity surged wildly within that jet-black longsword.

Seeing the sword and feeling the terrifying power within it, Xiao Hongchen's pupils suddenly contracted.

The contempt and disdain in his eyes instantly vanished, and his first soul ring lit up as well.

As countless cannons around him began to tremble, all their muzzles turned golden.

Even more powerful shells erupted in an instant. Cannons boomed across the sky, and terrifying power crashed toward Li Qingming.

Yet Li Qingming did not retreat in the slightest. His palm descended.

As the Fallen Judgment Sword slashed down in an instant, ultimate depraved power spread out at once.

The next second, beneath Xiao Hongchen's somewhat terrified gaze, the Class 3 soul cannon shells he had been so proud of instantly shattered.

Even though he had raised his hand and dozens of Class 3 soul tool shields appeared around him in an instant—

Facing this terrifying strike, or rather, this absolutely overpowering strike, Xiao Hongchen still could not resist.

He felt the metal elements around him shatter in an instant as ultimate depraved power spread, corroding the metal elements immediately.

Xiao Hongchen raised both hands in front of his chest in panic.

Seeing this, the surrounding students all cried out in alarm.

Yet one second before the strike was about to fully descend and kill Xiao Hongchen, Li Qingming casually stopped his hand.

He still held the Fallen Angel Sword in his hand, his gaze fixed on Xiao Hongchen, his eyes as calm as ever.

"I concede, Senior Xiao Hongchen."