Gu Yue: Carry Me!

After all, this was only a spar between students, with no great demands. Wu Zhangkong had them stand thirty meters apart before directly announcing the start of the match.

On the training ground, Xie Xie, who had already been thoroughly spent, forced himself to lift his head, wanting to see which lucky person was going to challenge that monster Tang Li one-on-one.

To his surprise, Tang Li's opponent was a graceful and beautiful girl whose looks were not inferior to Tang Wulin's. Xie Xie immediately felt sorry for the young girl. Such a delicate flower was about to be ravaged by Tang Li, that evil beast.

Tang Wulin, who had already completed ten laps of physical training, was still running around the field, but her attention had already shifted to Tang Li.

However, unlike Xie Xie, Tang Wulin's focus was elsewhere. She only felt that the girl looked extremely familiar, but she could not remember where she had seen her before.

Tang Wulin was different from Tang Li. She had never seen Na'er after she grew up. In her memories, Na'er had always been that adorable little silver-haired girl. Thus, she only found Gu Yue very familiar and could not connect her with Na'er.

Still, she hoped Tang Li would go a little easier on her. He should not always strike so ruthlessly. If he caused trouble and got himself hurt because of it, that would be bad.

If she had known that Gu Yue had come to Eastsea City specifically for Tang Li, Tang Wulin probably would not have thought that way...

But what happened next nearly made Tang Wulin trip in shock—

Tang Li held the Heavenly Frost Sword in one hand and Xie Xie's Shadow Dragon Dagger in the other, then vanished directly from everyone's sight.

In an instant, dozens of Frost Blades slashed toward Gu Yue. Tang Li himself hid amidst those icy flashes, preparing to unleash something big on her!

Facing the overwhelming barrage of ice-element sword energy, Gu Yue's hundred-year yellow Soul Ring lit up beneath her feet. A circle of flames rose around her, protecting her within its fiery ring.

The Frost Blades that first touched the flames were instantly vaporized into a thick mist. Then, silver light flashed around Gu Yue's body within the mist, and she directly escaped Tang Li's encirclement.

But none of this could escape Tang Li's Spiritual Power. With his eyes closed, his body swayed slightly as he immediately hurled the Shadow Dragon Dagger toward Gu Yue's teleportation landing point.

Right after that, he gripped the Heavenly Frost Sword tightly. Chilling sword intent enveloped his body, and he transformed into a sharp blade, shooting toward Gu Yue like a white rainbow.

To outsiders, Gu Yue was already somewhat flustered by the Shadow Dragon Dagger. When she saw Tang Li's Heavenly Frost Sword streaking toward her like lightning, she could only helplessly close her eyes and wait for the blade to pierce her delicate body.

That scene scared Tang Wulin pale!

Her little Li was going to kill someone! Teacher Wu, stop him already!

Xie Xie also broke into a cold sweat for Gu Yue. If she was hit by that sword, she would probably die on the spot.

Sigh, who would have thought Tang Li was such a ruthless monster, capable of destroying a delicate flower without even changing his expression? No wonder he had achieved so much. He was terrifying!

As the person closest to the sparring ground, Wu Zhangkong did not immediately intervene. First, Tang Li's strike had truly shocked him. That biting, all-cleaving sword intent was precisely the sword intent Wu Zhangkong had comprehended.

Tang Li had only watched him use it once, yet he had already grasped it to such a degree. Such talent was astonishing!

At the same time, he sensed that the instant Gu Yue closed her eyes, a flash of purple light appeared and vanished between her jade-white brows. Immediately afterward, a wave of Spiritual Power enveloped Tang Li.

After Tang Li was struck by that Spiritual Power, the sword intent around him dissipated by more than half in an extremely short time. It only looked frightening.

Sure enough, after Gu Yue barely dodged the Shadow Dragon Dagger's attack, the giant sword Tang Li had become made an almost imperceptible turn, brushing past Gu Yue's shoulder.

Everyone on the training ground who had been watching breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Li himself felt even more helpless. That little girl Gu Yue had just projected her true appearance into his senses. Faced with a face identical to Na'er's, Tang Li simply could not bring himself to strike. He could only abandon the idea of hitting Gu Yue hard.

He had not intended to seriously injure Gu Yue with that attack anyway. He had only wanted to see whether she was hiding some secret move.

If she truly refused to fight back, Tang Li would have canceled that sword strike himself.

As for why he could use Wu Zhangkong's sword intent, Tang Li could not explain it either. Whenever a weapon entered his hand, countless ways of using it would directly appear in his mind. He had taken one look at that sword intent and suddenly knew how to use it.

The same was true of Xie Xie's Shadow Dragon Dagger. Once he held it, he naturally knew how to hide himself and strike with lethal precision.

"You really went soft on me."

Gu Yue's words made Tang Li feel helpless. He could not bring himself to attack family members like Na'er and Wulin. If Gu Yue kept doing this, there was nothing Tang Li could do about it.

But Tang Li was unwilling to let others control him. His expression turned solemn as he said,

"You should understand that I am not going easy on you. If you keep choosing to do this, I may have to use some rather undignified methods."

As soon as he finished speaking, his second purple Soul Ring suddenly lit up. Three chains shot out of the Demon-Sealing Pot like venomous dragons emerging from their lair, stabbing straight toward Gu Yue.

In that flash of lightning, Tang Li had already devised a plan. As long as he moved fast enough and subdued Gu Yue before she could use that move, he naturally would not have to face the problem of being unable to bring himself to hurt her.

After rebuilding her cultivation, Gu Yue's Spiritual Power was not weak either. The instant Tang Li attacked, she had originally intended to use spatial teleportation to evade. But she suddenly discovered that when facing those chains, she felt a fear rising from the depths of her soul.

That fear was as bottomless and profound as an abyss, seizing even her soul. The plan she had prepared could not be carried out as her soul stiffened in terror.

Screech—

The three chains twisted together with a terrifying sound, binding Gu Yue tightly and pulling a silver dragon-shaped phantom from her body.

As the Demon-Sealing Pot swallowed that silver dragon-shaped phantom into its mouth, Tang Li instantly understood the wondrous uses of the Silver Dragon King's elemental power!

He withdrew the chains and lifted the Second Soul Skill's seal on Gu Yue. "Now, I'll use your Martial Soul to spar with you, so Teacher Wu can clearly see your strength!"

With that, flames erupted from Tang Li's palms, while fierce winds roared around him. He shoved the flames forward, and with the wind feeding the fire, a blazing tornado swept toward Gu Yue.

Gu Yue snorted coldly. As the mighty Silver Dragon King, inheriting the Dragon God's abilities in Spiritual Power, elements, and more, how could she be inferior to others in elemental control?

She raised her jade-like hand lightly. Ice and fire danced through the air, transforming into a frost storm and a blazing tornado that collided head-on.

A dense cloud of steam was violently scattered by the strong winds. Gu Yue's eyes suddenly shone like gold, and radiant elements shot outward in every direction through the refraction of ice crystals.

This Radiant Prism Crystal made Wu Zhangkong, who was watching with Purple Demon Eyes from nearby, see her in a new light.

But Tang Li's response was equally brilliant—

Several ice cones precisely intercepted every beam of light. Using the refraction of ice as well, he redirected them all toward the same point and annihilated every attack at once.

Afterward, Gu Yue continuously unleashed all kinds of elemental attacks. The assaults formed through the coordination of two, or even three, elements left Wu Zhangkong dazzled.

Tang Li was the same. His Spiritual Power surpassed Gu Yue's, and with the theories of elemental generation and restraint in his mind, methods to counter every attack came effortlessly to him.

For a time, the violently colliding elemental power around them scattered in all directions, forcibly forming a ring of elements.

By this point, Wu Zhangkong had already acknowledged Gu Yue's talent. Just as he was about to call a stop, he saw mixed elemental lightning, formed from wind, fire, and light in Tang Li's hand, shoot straight toward Gu Yue.

Yet it naturally dissipated before reaching her. Gu Yue took the opportunity to sit down on the ground, looking weak and exhausted. Her watery eyes gazed pitifully at Tang Li as she spoke softly,

"Tang Li, my feet hurt. Carry me!"

Tang Wulin, who had hurried over to check on Gu Yue for Tang Li's sake, suddenly froze in place...