The giant serpent thrashed through the valley, its agonized shrieks utterly harrowing.
Dugu Yan watched with an aching heart. Her grandfather, who had always seemed all-powerful to her, was being tormented like this. The girl's sky had collapsed.
But with her strength as a Soul Grandmaster, she could do nothing in a soul fight at this level.
Seeing the giant serpent repeatedly slam into the rocks and ground, unable to endure the tormenting itch and already covered in wounds, Dugu Yan ran up to Xu Huxiao and pleaded, "Please, Dragon Giant Hero, please spare my grandfather! Please, I'll kneel before you!"
Flicking his forked tongue, Dugu Bo screamed shrilly, "Ah! It itches! Yanyan, don't kneel! Don't kneel to him!! Ah, Dragon Giant Hero, I'll kill you!"
Xu Huxiao raised his hand, sending out a strand of soul power to support the girl before she could kneel. His dragon banner curled, and he said, "Freeze."
In an instant, as though his words had become law, Dugu Bo's thrashing giant serpent body stiffened in place.
The itching vanished.
But.
He could not move!
He could not circulate his soul power either. Every acupuncture point throughout his body felt as though countless invisible spikes had nailed him in midair.
Apart from thinking, Dugu Bo could do nothing now-not even deactivate his Martial Soul Avatar!
This time, genuine fear gripped Dugu Bo's heart.
Because in this state of absolute control, if the other man intended to kill him, he was certain to die!
Of course, his own death was secondary. More importantly, his granddaughter would also be left at the man's mercy!
Dugu Bo regretted it. Only now did he realize that beyond every great person stood someone greater, and beyond every sky lay another sky. This time, he had run headfirst into an