Loyalty!

"Hm? There are other little pests here."

The middle-aged man muttered casually, paying Qian Mo and the others no mind.

The next instant, a figure leaped high into the air. The already ferocious pressure of his soul power instantly grew even more terrifying.

Only then did Qian Mo and the others finally see the newcomer's appearance clearly.

He was a burly, middle-aged man with a full beard. He stood a full two meters tall, his muscles knotted all over his body, even more exaggerated than Zhao Wuji's.

What drew the eye most, however, were the three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings with crescent patterns, still dazzling beneath the star-filled sky!

This man was clearly a powerful Soul Saint with the optimal Soul Ring configuration!

At this time, there was only one person in Qian Mo's mind who fit the conditions of hunting down Zhao Wuji while clearly being a strength-type Soul Master.

The Power Clan's leader, Titan!

But the situation before them gave Qian Mo no time to think further.

Several Soul Rings on Titan's body lit up as he descended from the sky, then he brazenly swung his fist at the group.

At the sight, everyone's eyes nearly split with fury!

This was a High-Rank Soul Saint's punch!

A punch from someone strong enough to rival an army of thousands!

Other than Ye Lulu, no one present dared claim they could take that punch head-on—not even its aftershock!

Just then, Zhao Wuji let out an enraged roar, activated Martial Soul Possession, and leaped upward.

"You mongrel! If you've got the guts, come at me! What kind of bastard attacks innocent people?!"

As he spoke, Zhao Wuji activated his first soul skill, the Immovable Bright King Body!

In an instant, dazzling yellow light burst forth. Zhao Wuji's first soul skill actually tore open a vacuum within Titan's soul power pressure by force.

From the looks of it, Zhao Wuji intended to sacrifice himself to block this fatal blow for everyone.

There were no flashy tricks. The purely violent punch slammed into Zhao Wuji's crossed arms, sending his entire body crashing into the mountain wall behind Qian Mo and the others.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, a massive human-shaped crater appeared in the mountain wall. Savage cracks spread out around it, as though the entire cliff face had nearly been destroyed along with him.

Seeing this, Titan, who had landed from midair, was about to burst into laughter.

Heaven had eyes. It had been nearly a month since this bastard injured his clansman, and he had finally caught him!

But before Titan could consider throwing another punch to kill Zhao Wuji—

Ye Lulu suddenly shouted in fury.

"Bastard, look what you've done!"

In the pitch-black night, dazzling golden light suddenly flared. By the time Titan reacted, Ye Lulu was already charging at him with the Radiant Holy Sword raised high.

Titan's pupils contracted instantly, every hair on his body standing on end. He instinctively raised both arms to block.

A biting sword aura slashed out, whipping up a howling gale and sending Titan flying.

From Titan's attack to Ye Lulu's counterattack, everything had happened in mere seconds.

A Soul Saint's pressure was terrifying, but it could not directly kill mid-level Soul Masters. Thus, aside from being pressed to one knee at the start, Liu Erlong was not badly affected.

Although Qian Mo's cultivation was only that of a Soul Elder, his spiritual power far exceeded his current realm. With it, he managed to protect Xiao Qi as well.

But if Qian Mo had not reacted quickly enough—

Had that soul power pressure fallen directly upon Xiao Qi, she would have been severely injured even if it did not kill her!

And how could Ye Lulu, who had long loved Xiao Qi like a younger sister, possibly tolerate such a thing!

Thus, after protecting everyone and coming to her senses, Ye Lulu immediately struck in furious rage!

Yet although Titan had not reached the Soul Douluo level he would possess twenty years later, he was no ordinary opponent even now.

"That hurt, you little brat..."

Titan's voice came from the distance, suppressed with anger.

There was a bloody gash on each of his arms, but as his soul power surged, a suit of dark gray true-body armor instantly covered him from head to toe, concealing his sorry state.

As for why Titan was being so cautious, it was naturally because any Soul Master capable of wounding him with one sword strike could not possibly be ordinary. He had no choice but to be careful.

However, Titan did not rush to counterattack. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and carefully examined Ye Lulu, his long-unused brain beginning to race.

"Someone from the Angel Clan? Reaching the Soul Saint level at such an age? What terrifying talent."

Suddenly, a flash of insight crossed Titan's mind!

Tang Chen had gone out in search of a path to godhood and had not returned for years. Although the Haotian Sect remained the number one sect under heaven, without Tang Chen—the true pillar of the sect—its overall situation had gradually become delicate in recent years.

And with the Evil-Punishment Decree recently issued by Martial Soul Hall, that delicate situation had become even more apparent.

After all, in a world like Douluo Continent, where strength reigned supreme and the weak were prey to the strong, the Haotian Sect had done no shortage of bullying, plundering, and seizing things by force.

In the past, it had not mattered much when there were no conflicts of interest.

But now, they had been labeled not only as the strong, but as evil as well.

To those Angel Clan lunatics who had killed until their eyes ran red, weren't they simply perfect experience points?!

Even the Power Clan, where Titan belonged, had been affected. After all, their clan was the Haotian Sect's foremost lapdog and had often helped it do its dirty work.

Titan did not care much about that.

They were merely ordinary clansmen. It was not worth antagonizing the Angel Clan over them.

But now that Titan thought about it carefully—

When the Angel Clan killed members of his clan, they weakened the Haotian Sect's power. When they killed members of the Haotian Sect itself, they weakened the prestige of the number one sect under heaven.

If this continues, the Haotian Sect left behind by my old master may be in danger, Titan thought silently.

But soon, Titan raised his eyes to meet Ye Lulu's gaze, straightening his back a little more.

At this moment, Titan's heart was filled with one word: loyalty!

As Tang Chen's foremost lapdog, Titan would not allow the Haotian Sect to decline because of this!

Titan's eyes then filled with icy killing intent as he looked at Ye Lulu.

"A Quasi-Soul Saint under thirty years old... Even a genius of the Angel Clan would make them ache if she died.

"At the same time, they would understand that if they keep acting so recklessly, the assassinations of Angel Clan geniuses from back then may very well happen again!"

Ye Lulu's heart tightened at once under his gaze.

As the daughter of a high-ranking member of a law enforcement squad, how could Ye Lulu not know the experts among the various great factions?

Titan might only be a Soul Saint, but he was an Extreme-Style Soul Saint in Yu Xiaogang's words, and a strength-attribute Soul Saint at that. His power was enough to battle Soul Douluos; in terms of pure strength, few Soul Douluos could even compare to him.

Faced with Titan's killing intent, Ye Lulu would not have panicked under normal circumstances.

Because she could fly.

Aside from his strength, Titan's other attributes were abysmal. Otherwise, he would not have spent so long chasing down a single Zhao Wuji.

But now, Qian Mo, Xiao Qi, and Liu Erlong were beside her.

How could Ye Lulu abandon them and flee for her life alone!