Star Transposition

A voice rang out from behind the Imperial Guards, making the soldiers, who had already begun to consider retreating, stop in their tracks and turn toward the person issuing the command.

Yet even after stopping, not one of them dared step forward to seize the mysterious man before them. They merely stood there hesitantly, exchanging looks.

Seeing that no one had stepped forward despite his command, the man immediately grew anxious and began shouting.

"Move!"

"You are all soldiers of the empire! What are you hesitating for?"

Under his repeated urging, the Imperial Guards finally moved forward slowly and surrounded Duan Yu.

Duan Yu was taken aback. He wanted to see who was so blind as to provoke him, so he raised a brow and looked over.

He saw a blue-robed man in luxurious attire standing at the back with a folding fan in hand, arrogantly giving orders.

"You are Imperial Guards carefully cultivated by the royal family. If you retreat, where will the royal family's dignity go?"

The instant he saw the young man in blue, Duan Yu was startled. Though three years had passed since they last met, he still recognized him.

The Heaven Dou Empire's Fourth Prince, Xue Beng.

When Duan Yu realized it was Xue Beng, his eyes instantly darkened.

Had he gotten addicted to playing the fool, to the point of putting on an act right in front of him?

Duan Yu slowly stepped forward and coldly looked at them. "Get lost. For the sake of your being soldiers of the empire, I can spare your lives."

"Arrogant!" Xue Beng roared. Two soul rings lit up around him as he prepared to attack Duan Yu.

Duan Yu sneered and lightly pointed in Xue Beng's direction.

The spatial power that had previously surrounded the Imperial Guards suddenly erupted. Spatial ripples spread outward, forming an incomparably magnificent silver storm.

Before the silver storm formed from countless layers of overlapping space, Xue Beng's two-ring Swan Martial Soul had no ability to resist whatsoever.

As for the Imperial Guards who had stubbornly refused to retreat and insisted on protecting their master, Duan Yu rewarded them as well, sending them into the silver storm alongside Xue Beng.

Under the silver storm's onslaught, Xue Beng held on for a while before completely losing the ability to resist.

Duan Yu looked at the barely alive Xue Beng. Silver light flashed across his finger as he prepared to strike.

Since you wanted to die, then I would settle you for Qinghe and spare him the trouble of being stabbed in the back by you later.

Be on your way, Fourth Prince.

Duan Yu's finger erupted with power. A force capable of slicing through space suddenly shot toward Xue Beng.

At that moment, a figure abruptly stepped in front of Xue Beng.

"What?"

Before Duan Yu could react, seven soul rings rose beneath the feet of the figure standing before Xue Beng.

A three-meter-tall brilliant golden giant bear rose from the man's body, then smashed a fist toward Duan Yu.

Boom!

Before the brilliant golden giant bear's fist even reached Duan Yu, a violent current of air was already rushing toward him.

Silver light flashed around Duan Yu as he hurriedly retreated, barely avoiding being crushed to death by the sudden punch.

The instant he saw that brilliant golden giant bear, how could Duan Yu not know who this person was?

Zhao Wuji, Shrek Academy's level-seventy-six battle Soul Saint.

Duan Yu frowned. Damn it, why was Zhao Wuji here in Heaven Dou City?

Duan Yu never could have guessed that Zhao Wuji had merely happened to pass by and witnessed the Heaven Dou Empire's Fourth Prince being attacked.

Thinking that rescuing Xue Beng would allow Shrek Academy to rise to greatness, Zhao Wuji immediately began to grin.

Before Duan Yu could figure things out, Zhao Wuji cheerfully rushed at him with another punch, clearly intending to capture him.

Duan Yu cursed under his breath. "Damn it, I gave you face, didn't I?"

Duan Yu took a step forward, his body becoming space itself. He passed directly by Zhao Wuji, then struck Zhao Wuji's back with a palm.

As he unleashed the palm strike, a trace of silvery white appeared within his palm.

When this palm was struck out, Zhao Wuji's earlier attack suddenly went out of his control and swung backward toward Xue Beng behind him.

The Spatial Dragon King lineage's innate skill, Star Transposition.

Using the power of space to redirect an opponent's own strength into a reversed attack across three major realms, it was a true divine skill.

Faced with Zhao Wuji's sudden palm strike, Xue Beng had no time to react and was sent flying into the wall. Blood flowed freely from his body.

Fortunately, Zhao Wuji had thrown that attack with the intention of capturing Duan Yu alive, so he had not used lethal force.

Otherwise, with Xue Beng's soul power, he would have already died beneath that palm.

"Immovable Bright King, well done. I never expected the Immovable Bright King to be so skilled at attacking members of the royal family."

"Why don't we kill the Fourth Prince together? Then, whenever we take assassination jobs in the future, it'll sound impressive when we tell people about it."

Seeing Xue Beng's miserable state, Duan Yu clicked his tongue a few times and could not help saying this.

This was worse than if Duan Yu had simply finished Xue Beng off with a single throat-sealing strike. At least Duan Yu's attack would have caused only an instant of pain, while Zhao Wuji's blow hurt like hell.

Sensing the strange nature of his opponent, Zhao Wuji no longer dared attack from afar. He rushed forward, intending to capture Duan Yu through brute force in close combat.

However, this attempt was destined to be futile as well. No matter how Zhao Wuji attacked, Duan Yu would appear somewhere else, leaving Zhao Wuji unable to touch him.

After some time, Zhao Wuji finally saw through the mysterious man's unusual teleportation ability. Among his yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black soul rings, the seventh one lit up.

Zhao Wuji transformed into the brilliant golden giant bear and stomped on the ground, intending to force Duan Yu out.

Duan Yu sneered at the sight. Taking a step forward, white radiance swirled around him as the silver storm swept toward Zhao Wuji.

"Immovable Bright King, you are quite fortunate. Be glad that you are in Heaven Dou City right now."

"The next time we meet, I will join forces with several Platinum Bishops of Spirit Hall to kill both you and Xue Beng!"

As his words fell, Duan Yu deliberately exposed the Papal Token at his waist.

Then he took another step. Spatial ripples emerged around him, and he vanished from the spot.

The next moment, in the outskirts not far from Heaven Dou City, a white-haired figure stepped out from a fissure in space.

The moment Duan Yu vanished, powerful auras began appearing around Xue Beng throughout Heaven Dou City.

After sensing dozens of Soul Emperor auras, along with scattered auras belonging to several Soul Saints and Soul Douluos,

Duan Yu looked toward Heaven Dou City in the distance and let out a breath.

Whew, that was close. I almost ran into that old man Meng.

It was all Zhao Wuji's fault for wasting so much of his time. Otherwise, Xue Beng would already be dead.

But Zhao Wuji, Xue Beng was still unconscious. You were the prime suspect now. He wondered how Shrek Academy would explain this to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Even if Xue Beng woke up, Spirit Hall would take the blame for him. Either way, it had nothing to do with him.