Ultimate Kill

Qin Haoyuan grinned bitterly. "That's right. I lost half the battle the moment I underestimated you from the start. Then I kept looking down on you during the fight, so I lost completely. It wasn't an unjust loss. But..."

Si Tingxuan looked at Qin Haoyuan, who still insisted on standing there, and sneered. "You've already lost. What, you still want to turn this around?"

Qin Haoyuan said, "I want to try! Heh heh!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his Seventh Soul Ring lit up.

"Martial Soul Avatar!"

Si Tingxuan narrowed his eyes. If Qin Haoyuan had used his Martial Soul Avatar from the very beginning—

It would have enhanced all his soul skills and every aspect of his physical abilities. Si Tingxuan might not have been able to wound him so easily.

But now, it was already too late!

Qin Haoyuan's Eighth Soul Ring lit up as well. "Eighth Soul Ring Skill—Thunder Extinguishing the World!"

"Crackle! Crackle!"

Countless electric currents suddenly appeared in the air, forming bolts of lightning.

They enveloped an area of nearly a hundred meters.

At this point, under Si Tingxuan's signal, Hua Wufeng had already arrived at the Oriental Family's manor gate and stood together with Zhao Zhengtian and the others.

But—

This attack covered such an enormous range that it actually reached them. Hua Wufeng's first reaction was to grab Hua Qingluo and retreat swiftly.

"Ah!"

Zhao Zhengtian, Dongfang Runhong, and Dongfang Yuanchen were also badly frightened.

This was the most powerful strike of Qin Haoyuan, a Soul Douluo!

The strongest among them, Zhao Zhengtian, was only a Soul Sage. How could they dare let themselves be caught in it?

Their expressions changed drastically.

Then they all pushed off with their legs and leaped backward together!

They fled Qin Haoyuan's attack range!

"Fall!"

Qin Haoyuan pulled his hand downward, and the lightning in the sky came crashing toward the ground like rain.

Si Tingxuan looked up, his expression changing slightly.

The scene before him could truly be called the end of the world!

"Rumble!"

The lightning crashed down, destroying everything in its path. Even the bluestone paving the ground was blasted to pieces.

The houses at the side were instantly reduced to ruins as well!

Even the Oriental Family's imposing manor gate became a pile of rubble in an instant!

It had to be said that Thunder Extinguishing the World—

Truly deserved the words "extinguishing the world." Within its attack range, almost nothing could survive.

Zhao Zhengtian, Dongfang Runhong, Dongfang Yuanchen, Hua Wufeng, and the others all revealed relieved expressions.

They truly should be grateful. If they had not been at the edge of the attack range, with enough time to escape—

They would probably have ended up like the manor gate before them, smashed to pieces!

Zhao Zhengtian let out a breath. "Thank goodness, thank goodness."

Dongfang Runhong and Dongfang Yuanchen nodded repeatedly. Compared to their lives, what the hell was a manor gate worth?

Hua Qingluo, however, looked anxiously toward the lightning.

Who could possibly survive such power?

She could not help murmuring, "Teacher..."

Tears had already welled up in her eyes.

Long Wu and Yun Piaopiao comforted her from the side. "Don't worry! Teacher will be fine!"

As they spoke, they stared firmly into the lightning, because they believed they would soon see their teacher emerge.

For some reason, these two little girls had blind faith in Si Tingxuan.

Zhao Zhengtian, Dongfang Runhong, and Dongfang Yuanchen exchanged glances.

Could Si Tingxuan really be all right?

They looked again at the shattered manor gate. It had been forged from the hardest Azure Steel Stone!

Even it had been reduced to this. If a person took a hit, they would probably fare even worse!

Even Si Tingxuan, the Number One Genius of the Continent, would be no exception!

"Cough, cough."

A smile appeared on Qin Haoyuan's face, but his excitement tugged at his wounds, making him cough up blood again.

Still, the smile remained on his face, because he had not seen Hua Bufan escape from his attack.

As long as Si Tingxuan had not escaped, he was confident that even if Si Tingxuan did not die from this attack, he would be crippled!

Then, even if Qin Haoyuan died, he could die without regrets.

His body swayed!

His figure had become somewhat unstable as well!

In truth, Si Tingxuan's previous strike had already broken the spine in the middle of his back.

That was right. Si Tingxuan's Ice Flame Dual Swords—Fourth Soul Ring Fusion Skill—Ice Flame Slash!

Had left an X-shaped wound on his back.

One blade of ice and one blade of flame crossed directly over his spine.

The flesh there had even turned glassy and was completely necrotic.

How could his spine possibly have remained unharmed?

He was still standing only because of the powerful body of a Soul Douluo and his unyielding will.

Otherwise, he would have collapsed long ago, let alone launched a soul skill in retaliation.

That was why, after he was struck, they had both essentially accepted that he had already lost.

Because regardless of whether he could hold on with his final breath and kill Si Tingxuan in return—

He was doomed to die.

So, he had lost!

Even if he really killed Si Tingxuan in return, he had still lost, because he was a Soul Douluo while Si Tingxuan was only a Soul Sage.

If a Soul Douluo perished together with a Soul Sage, what else could that be but defeat?

But the next moment!

The smile on his face froze, and his mouth fell wide open.

His eyes revealed unwillingness.

Because amid the lightning, a golden figure appeared before him.

Who else could it be but Si Tingxuan?

Si Tingxuan looked proudly at Qin Haoyuan. "I told you that you lost. No matter how unwilling you are, it's useless. You're merely struggling in vain!"

"You can't change the fact that you were destined to lose."

Qin Haoyuan's gaze fell on Hua Bufan's left arm. What had appeared there was the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Left Arm Bone.

"A left arm soul bone? I remember that the soul ring you obtained came with an eight-thousand-year right leg bone, and it was a control-type soul skill. How..."

"Heh heh. In your eyes, am I, Si Tingxuan, the kind of person who steals my disciple's soul bone?"

"And who says I can't have a soul bone of my own?"

As he spoke, he looked at Qin Haoyuan's right arm, where there was also a soul bone.

He said teasingly, "Now, I'm about to obtain my second one! Suddenly, I find that I have a bit of goodwill toward you. After all, you brought me a soul bone, didn't you?"

"I'm a polite person. So here, I, Si Tingxuan, would like to say thank you to Vice Bishop Qin!"

After saying that, he revealed a brilliant smile.

Si Tingxuan could swear to the heavens that in both his lives, he had never smiled so brilliantly before.

"Y-you... Pfft!"

Qin Haoyuan clutched his chest with one hand and pointed at Si Tingxuan with the other, his face flushing crimson with fury!

Yet the anger lodged in his chest left him unable to utter a single word.

In the end, he spat out a mouthful of blood!

Then he collapsed to the ground, because the will that had sustained him until now was utterly shattered by Si Tingxuan's words!

After Qin Haoyuan fell, Si Tingxuan's expression turned solemn. He looked back at the battlefield behind him.

His face was more grave than ever before.

It had to be said that a Soul Douluo's strongest strike was truly terrifying.

If not for the Invincible Golden Body of the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Left Arm Bone, he would have been the one to die.