What Do You Mean He Beat You Without Even Summoning His Martial Soul?

"Is that so?"

Lin Ye didn't believe him.

The very next second,

he showed Snake Lance Douluo what an attack beyond a Martial Soul looked like.

Lin Ye's thoughts stirred!

Blue light blazed from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in his palm.

A deep-blue barrier instantly enveloped Snake Lance Douluo.

It was the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's second ability—the Cosmic Mind-Stilling Shroud.

Snake Lance Douluo had no time to react.

In the next instant,

dizziness washed over him. His Soul Power abruptly seized up, his body was rooted to the spot, and he couldn't move the snake lance in his hand an inch.

"What is that...?"

Porcupinefish Douluo went pale with shock.

He had roamed the Douluo Continent for decades, yet he had never seen such a bizarre attack.

Was the azure triangular prism in his opponent's hand a Martial Soul?

No!

He was certain it wasn't.

A Soul Bone Skill?

Snake Lance Douluo rejected that possibility too.

He had no Soul Bone himself, but he had seen Soul Bone Skills before.

When his opponent used that control ability, no part of his body had given off a fluctuation of Soul Power.

That was why Snake Lance Douluo had been caught before he could react.

But...

Before he could think further,

Lin Ye's real attack arrived.

"Cosmic Demon-Breaking!"

A blinding, deep-blue beam erupted from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Bearing a demon-breaking force that unraveled Soul Power, it slammed into Snake Lance Douluo.

Snake Lance Douluo wanted to dodge.

But...

he was held fast and couldn't move at all.

Boom—

The blow struck Snake Lance Douluo squarely.

A tremendous force sent him flying hundreds of meters.

"Blech—"

Snake Lance Douluo coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The strike wounded him, but it also broke the restraint.

Snake Lance Douluo stared