Qian Jue: Three Black, Six Red—Xuan Zi, Is This Your Whole Life?

The fallen Shrek disciples stared in shock, their minds seemingly completely shut down.

No one had expected Elder Xuan, who stood so high in their hearts, to end up in such a state.

He couldn't even withstand a casual move from his opponent!

Could the man before them be an Ultimate Douluo who stood at the continent's peak, just like Elder Mu, the master of Sea God Pavilion?!

But judging by his appearance, he was clearly not even fifty!

"You... broke through to Ultimate Douluo?!"

Inside the massive crater, Xuan Zi was covered in blood as he struggled to crawl out of the rubble.

The oppressive force from Qian Jue's casual strike had made him truly experience the helplessness and despair he felt when facing Elder Mu.

They hadn't seen each other for only a few years. How could this brat have crossed that chasm and become an Ultimate Douluo?!

Impossible!

"Since when did insects deserve to ask questions?"

Qian Jue looked down at him from above, his gaze treating him like an ant.

"Xuan Zi, what you should be thinking about now isn't my cultivation level. It's who, out here in this wilderness and away from Shrek Academy's protection, can save your miserable old life."

Along with those icy words, Qian Jue stepped through the air, descending one step at a time.

At the same time, one suffocating halo after another slowly rose beneath his feet.

When the Shrek disciples, along with Xuan Zi, saw the Soul Ring configuration surrounding Qian Jue, everyone's pupils abruptly shrank. Their hearts even seemed to skip a beat.

Black, black, black, red, red, red, red, red, red!

Three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and six 100,000-Year Soul Rings!

Those six dazzling scarlet glows illuminated the entire Star Dou Great Forest as though it were Nine Netherworld Hell!

"Three black... six red?!"

Xuan Zi looked as though he'd seen a ghost. His voice was completely hoarse, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

"How is that possible... Is that even a configuration a human can possess?!"

The Shrek Inner Court disciples were forced back again and again by the terrifying pressure of those six 100,000-Year Soul Rings. The weaker ones even spat blood and passed out on the spot.

Even Zhang Lexuan, with all her experience and knowledge, felt her scalp go numb.

How many Titled Douluo spent their entire lives unable to obtain even a single 100,000-Year Soul Ring?

Yet this man possessed six of them!

Just how many 100,000-Year Soul Beasts had he slaughtered?

Or perhaps... he wasn't human at all?!

"Qian Jue... you monster..."

Xuan Zi gritted his teeth, and genuine fear finally surfaced in his eyes. Yet in the next instant, that fear turned into the madness of a trapped beast's final struggle.

He knew full well that against an Ultimate Douluo with six 100,000-Year Soul Rings, there would be no peaceful resolution today.

"Lexuan! Take them and run! Return to Shrek and find Elder Mu!"

Xuan Zi suddenly let out a miserable roar, then recklessly began burning the source of his Soul Power.

His battered Taotie Divine Bull Martial Soul swelled once more. Dark crimson blood flames ignited across his body as he charged madly toward Qian Jue in the air with the desperate momentum of mutual destruction!

Faced with the life-burning final strike of a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo, Qian Jue's eyes remained utterly calm.

He didn't even raise a hand. He merely parted his lips and uttered two emotionless syllables:

"Disperse."

The instant those words fell, an incomparably bizarre force of law descended.

There was no explosion of clashing Soul Power, no earth-shattering boom.

The blazing blood flames around Xuan Zi's body, along with the violently surging Soul Power within him, were extinguished completely in the instant Qian Jue spoke those two words, like candle flames snuffed out by a gale!

"What?!"

Xuan Zi's body froze in midair. To his horror, he discovered that the Soul Power inside him had seemingly evaporated into thin air, completely beyond his senses.

Before he could react, Qian Jue's icy voice rang out again:

"Kneel."

Word Spirit Demon—Zagred's Power, Word Becomes Law!

Bang—!!!

An irresistible force of heaven and earth smashed viciously onto Xuan Zi's shoulders.

Xuan Zi felt his knees give way. His kneecaps shattered instantly, and his entire body crashed uncontrollably to its knees before Qian Jue, blasting two deep pits into the ground.

Humiliation! Utter humiliation!

Blood dripped from Xuan Zi's eyes as he desperately tried to rise, but that invisible force was like an entire Mount Tai pressing down on his back, leaving him unable to move even a finger.

"What... what kind of demonic technique is this..."

Xuan Zi growled in despair.

It wasn't Soul Power suppression, nor was it Martial Soul restraint. The other man had merely spoken two sentences and stripped him of all ability to resist!

"Demonic technique?" Qian Jue landed before Xuan Zi and looked down at the humiliated old face. A cruel smile curled at his lips.

"Against trash like you, there's no need for any demonic technique. I merely stated a fact."

Qian Jue slowly raised his right hand. A dark purple blade of soul light quietly condensed in his palm.

At that moment, killing intent locked onto Xuan Zi's brow without the slightest concealment.

"For the debt from ten years ago, I'll collect some interest from you first today."

Just as that blade of light was about to pierce Xuan Zi's skull, a cool yet anxious female voice suddenly rang out nearby.

"Senior! Please show mercy!"

At some point, Zhang Lexuan had struggled back to her feet. Enduring that suffocating pressure, she hurriedly stepped in front of Xuan Zi.

The young woman spread her arms wide, firmly shielding Elder Xuan behind her. Her delicate face was pale with fear, yet her gaze was exceptionally resolute.

"Oh?" Qian Jue's hand paused slightly. His amused gaze fell upon Shrek Inner Court's eldest senior disciple, whom he had just saved. "What? You want to die in his place?"

"Lexuan... run!"

Xuan Zi struggled to raise his head. His blood-smeared old face twisted as he stared fixedly at Zhang Lexuan, who stood before him.

Though arrogant and conceited, he didn't want to watch the academy's finest Inner Court disciple throw away her life for nothing.

"Senior, please show mercy! We can talk this out!"

Zhang Lexuan ignored Xuan Zi's urging. Under Qian Jue's terrifying gaze that seemed capable of seeing through her soul, she suppressed the fear in her heart. Her voice trembled, but her plea remained clear and orderly.

"What happened today was indeed Elder Xuan's impulsive offense. Lexuan apologizes to you on his behalf!

Please be merciful and spare Elder Xuan's life... for the sake of Elder Mu, master of Sea God Pavilion, and for the sake of Shrek Academy!"

Bringing up Elder Mu and Shrek was already the only card Zhang Lexuan had left to play.

At the same time, she couldn't help letting out a deep sigh inwardly.

Elder Xuan, Elder Xuan, have you drunk yourself senseless? When you should act, you don't, but when you shouldn't, you insist on charging in!

When facing a monster this unfathomable, you couldn't win, yet you still had to fight head-on and even provoke him. Well, now you've kicked an iron plate, haven't you?

Now not only is your life in danger, but you've dragged everyone else into fear as well.