Gu Yue's protection

"Trying to use your first Soul Skill? Too late!"

Just as Xie Xie's Twin Dragon Storm forced Wu Changkong back, rattling the soul power within him, and he instinctively tried to unleash Frost Mark to counterattack, Xu Xiaoyan, who had been lurking in the shadows, made her move.

The night belonged to the stars.

"First Soul Skill, Star Wheel Chain!"

Xu Xiaoyan's somewhat dreamy eyes suddenly blazed with brilliant violet-blue starlight. She crossed her hands before her, as though plucking the strings of the night sky.

Clatter—

Countless chains glowing with deep blue light shot out like tentacles reaching from the void. They instantly pierced the Blue Silver Grass covering the ground and wound precisely around Wu Changkong's ankles, wrists, and waist. These chains were not physical objects, but condensed from pure starlight energy. Cloaked by the night, they moved with incredible speed and carried a strange, clinging resistance.

"Hm?!"

Wu Changkong felt a chill around his ankles, followed by a tremendous binding force. The soul power within him surged wildly as he tried to shatter the chains. As a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, he should have been able to break restraints of this level instantly.

"Wow, these chains are tough..." Xu Xiaoyan couldn't help exclaiming as she watched Wu Changkong bound up like a wrapped rice dumpling.

Though they had only made contact for an instant, she could feel the terrifying soul power within Wu Changkong, like an erupting volcano. Against any other Soul Master, the chains would probably have shattered the moment they touched him.

"Break!"

Wu Changkong snorted coldly and gave the Heavenly Frost Sword a slight shake. A burst of explosively cold ice power instantly spread outward.

Crack! Crack!

Under the crushing force, more than half of the resilient Star Wheel Chains snapped at once. Although Xu