The First Glimmer of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, Simp Sanshi's Backlash, Xuanzi's Fury

Jia's Yang Wood extended, endlessly generating life.

Yi's Yin Wood corroded, breaking defenses.

It was no exaggeration to say that a martial soul combining these two abilities could be called a top-tier martial soul.

Yet this was merely the first soul skill of Lin Yuan's Heavenly Stems Qilin Martial Soul, displaying the two attributes of Yin Wood and Yang Wood.

Xu Sanshi, meanwhile, was utterly dazed, his mouth hanging open for a long while.

His Black Tortoise Shield was supposedly the continent's number one defense, after all, and it possessed the Black Tortoise Bloodline.

Just what kind of martial soul did his opponent have?

How had it actually broken through his defense?!

"Impossible! How could anyone of the same rank break the defense of my Black Tortoise Shield?"

Although he had not chosen to defend immediately, that was also because Lin Yuan's martial soul skill had been too fast. Logically speaking, even without deliberately defending, while in the Black Tortoise Shield state, even a Soul King would have needed a full-power strike to break through his defense.

From what he could sense, Lin Yuan had already reached level fifty, yet no fifth soul ring had lit up. Could a ten-thousand-year first soul ring really be this overpowered?

Then Xu Sanshi thought of something else. The moment his opponent's martial soul had appeared, it had suppressed his Silver Eyes.

The realization made him instinctively question him with jealousy twisting his already hideous face.

"Just what is your martial soul?"

"I told you before. The divine beast bloodline you take such pride in is merely the most insignificant thing within my martial soul."

Lin Yuan spoke the truth with a calm expression, yet his words thoroughly enraged Xu Sanshi.

"Arrogant brat, die!"

Xu Sanshi roared and instinctively tried to gather all his focus, directly activating Black Tortoise Descent.

Even a Titled Douluo would be stunned for an instant by the primordial might of that move. It would definitely be enough for him to finish off his opponent.

He had originally intended to at least take down two of them, but now, he could not endure it any longer.

Someone who had harmed Nannan was acting so arrogantly before him. That was something simp Xu Sanshi could never accept.

Seeing that his opponent intended to kill him, Lin Yuan's expression turned cold. Without the slightest hesitation, his second soul ring lit up.

"Bing-Ding Yin-Yang Fire Escape!"

One bright and one dark, the vast, heaven-scorching flames instantly raised the temperature of the area to a horrifying level. They felt no weaker than phoenix fire.

Xu Sanshi's intended move was forcibly halted at once. Under those flames, if he did not resist, he would not even get the chance to activate his soul skill.

He could feel that his body simply could not withstand it.

Thus, he could only hold up his Black Tortoise Shield and rely on its abyss-like black water to continuously extinguish the encroaching Bing Yang Fire.

On the other side, after Lin Yuan lightly snapped his fingers, the Ding Yin Fire, like flames descending from the netherworld, struck.

Just as Xu Sanshi grit his teeth and barely finished resisting the Yang Fire, preparing to gather all his concentration to activate Black Tortoise Descent and take Lin Yuan down with him, the Ding Yin Fire burrowed straight into the back of his head.

Ding Yin Fire did not burn physical objects. It burned only soul cores and spiritual power.

Xu Sanshi had already been in an extremely tense state because of the battle. In his rage, his Sea of Spirit had been on the verge of collapse, with his feelings for Jiang Nannan serving as his final anchor of sanity.

The instant his Sea of Spirit was attacked, it collapsed.

Boom!

Amid a terrifying wave of dizziness, Xu Sanshi let out a despairing howl.

Then he instantly lost consciousness. Blood trickled from his mouth, nose, and seven orifices.

The imposing attack he had been gathering was accompanied by a series of crisp cracking sounds from his bones.

The backlash from the attack that had failed to form forced fine beads of blood to burst from all over his body.

He fell helplessly into a pool of blood.

Lin Yuan merely stood there in silence, his expression indifferent as he slowly said,

"Those who bring ruin upon themselves cannot be saved."

The sight left everyone in a daze. After all,

this was Xu Sanshi, a genius from Shrek Academy. Even without entering that special state, he had gritted his teeth and endured attacks from a Soul King. Yet against Lin Yuan, who was of the same rank,

he had failed to withstand even two soul skills.

Even stranger, each of Lin Yuan's soul skills seemed to possess two forms.

"You dare, you little beast!"

Not long after Xu Sanshi collapsed on the stage, an enraged roar rang out as a dark yellow figure descended in an instant.

Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu, the referee, saw his expression abruptly change. He wanted to intervene, but it was already too late.

As for Lin Yuan, his gaze turned grave. The terrifying force was not even directed at him, merely released into the air, yet its pressure sent him sliding dozens of meters away. He nearly lost his footing, and sweetness rose in his throat as he involuntarily cursed under his breath.

"Old beast!"

At this moment, Xuanzi's gaze was not focused directly on Lin Yuan. Instead, he looked at the unconscious Xu Sanshi, somewhat panicked.

In terms of background, Xu Sanshi ranked among the top three members of the reserve team. Not only was he the young sect master of the Black Tortoise Sect, his mother was also an imperial princess of the Dou Ling Empire.

If someone like him truly died, the consequences for Xuanzi were easy to imagine. Elder Mu would be absolutely furious.

Therefore, Xuanzi immediately began pouring soul power into him.

He tried to awaken Xu Sanshi, but it was futile.

As his powerful soul power entered Xu Sanshi's body, it instead seemed to make his body suddenly break apart. Bloody gashes burst open across his skin, and blood flowed freely.

Xuanzi's expression immediately turned ugly to the extreme.

Sensing that Xu Sanshi had not merely fainted but was on the verge of losing consciousness altogether, barely clinging to life,

Xuanzi abruptly raised his head. The killing intent in his eyes seemed ready to descend at any moment.

"You could clearly have defeated him already. Why did you strike to kill? Are you provoking this old man?"

"Referee, I believe this child is violent by nature and ruthless in his methods. He actually tried to kill his opponent during the match. His qualification to compete should be revoked."

Xuanzi spoke to Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu in an almost commanding tone.

What he failed to notice was that Huang Jinxu's expression had become incomparably ugly.

What a joke!?

Revoke his qualification!?

Hadn't Shrek Academy previously killed members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as well? And they had killed two at once!

If they truly revoked the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's qualification now, such blatant double standards would be contempt—even humiliation.

How was that any different from directly demanding that the Star Luo Empire go to war with the Sun Moon Empire?

The moment those words were spoken, Star Luo Plaza erupted in an uproar.

In the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's resting area, Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen looked even more livid.

"This is going too far! This is outrageous! Do they really think we're pushovers they can bully however they want? Why?"

Xiao Hongchen could not endure it any longer. He abandoned his healing, leaped up from his seat, and questioned them.

Lin Yuan, however, looked at Xuanzi and asked in return,

"Oh... so you also think being too cruel is wrong, right?"

"Isn't that fucking obvious?"