On the platform.
Dai Jinge's white robes billowed, and dense, domineering soul power wreathed his body.
Even without releasing his Soul Rings, the pressure of a level sixty-two Battle Soul Emperor had already deeply intimidated the two facing him.
At his side.
Zhu Zhuqing stood slender and coldly beautiful, her aloof eyes concealing a sharp edge as she stared fixedly at Zhu Zhuyun.
Opposite them.
Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun looked grim and tense.
"I'll deal with Dai Weisi."
"Zhu Zhuyun is yours."
Dai Jinge took a single step forward. That simple movement alone made Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun instinctively retreat half a step in alarm.
"All right!"
Zhu Zhuqing watched Zhu Zhuyun as she slowly approached. She had waited a long, long time for this day.
"Zhu Zhuyun, it's time we settled things between us!"
As her words fell.
Zhu Zhuqing released a hellish purple glow, her speed suddenly soaring, her movements both light and swift yet bursting with explosive force.
Almost simultaneously, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun completed their Martial Soul Possession.
Zhu Zhuyun moved to meet Zhu Zhuqing.
Dai Weisi had no choice but to face Dai Jinge as well.
Though countless fears gripped Dai Weisi's heart, he raised his tiger claws and lunged straight at Dai Jinge with a razor-sharp gust!
"Second Soul Skill-White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
A dazzling ball of white light gathered in his palm before blasting out with domineering force.
Dai Jinge met it head-on and grabbed it with one hand.
Boom!
Dai Weisi's domineering White Tiger Fierce Light Wave exploded with a thunderous roar. Dai Jinge had crushed it in his hand.
"This..."
Dai Weisi's eyes widened. For a moment, he had no idea how to describe what he felt.
Watching Dai Jinge crush his second Soul Skill with one hand without using a Martial Soul or Soul Skill plunged him into utter despair.
Before Dai Weisi could recover, Dai Jinge brought his fist down. The soul power coiling around it erupted, blasting Dai Weisi away like a force smashing through rotten wood.
Thud!!
Dai Weisi flew more than ten meters backward and slammed heavily onto the platform. His blood surged wildly, agonizing pain shot through his chest, and he lay unable to rise, his eyes filled with defiance.
Seeing this, Dai Jinge withdrew his hand and stopped, turning toward Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun.
Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun had similar soul power levels, but the power of their Soul Skills could not even be compared!
Barely a dozen breaths later.
Zhu Zhuqing seized an opening and flashed close, using her "Second Soul Skill-Void" to evade Zhu Zhuyun's fatal strike before counterattacking.
Her right hand pressed against Zhu Zhuyun's neck, a trace of crimson appearing on her sharp fingertips.
"You lost."
Zhu Zhuyun's expression stiffened. Her defeat felt inexplicable, and she could not accept it. She had not even brought her full strength into play.
Yet-
The outcome of this one-on-one duel was settled!
Dead silence fell around the platform. The students watching stood dumbstruck.
After all.
Until now, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun had been the undisputed leading figures of their generation at the Star Luo Royal Academy. No one could rival them.
But now...
Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing had appeared and defeated them both in less than a minute.
Dai Weisi had not even been able to fight back!
Zhu Zhuqing withdrew her hand and returned to Dai Jinge's side. Dai Jinge said calmly,
"I'll give you another chance, so your defeat can be more complete. Use your Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"Don't get cocky!"
Dai Weisi gritted his teeth and shouted, "Zhu Yun!"
Zhu Zhuyun nodded firmly. As the two drew close and touched, two streams of supreme soul power, one white and one black, violently blended, entwined, and erupted!
Martial Soul Fusion Skill-Hell White Tiger!
A Hell White Tiger eight meters long and nearly three meters tall at the shoulder appeared on the platform.
Roar!
A soul-shaking tiger roar reverberated throughout the Soul Fighting Arena, and formidable pressure spread in every direction.
"Zhu Zhuqing."
Dai Jinge took Zhu Zhuqing's small hand. They exchanged a glance, and the soul power released from their palms quietly fused.
Boom!
An even more formidable pressure spread in all directions, instantly eclipsing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. A larger Hell White Tiger with an even more powerful presence then appeared on the platform.
The atmosphere instantly grew taut. Everyone eagerly anticipated the coming clash between the Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
Everyone believed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were about to face their greatest crisis.
Roar!
Feeling the crushing pressure, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun grew tense and decided to strike first.
"Hell White Tiger Break!"
With a thought, Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing likewise gathered their soul power and sent their Hell White Tiger charging forward, its roar echoing.
Roar!
There were no elaborate moves, only a single charge!
Boom!!
The two sides' soul power collided with a thunderous crash. Under an absolute disparity in strength, the Hell White Tiger formed by Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun could not hold out for even a second!
The enormous Hell White Tiger instantly shattered, its soul power dispersing as the fusion skill collapsed.
Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun suffered the backlash of their fusion skill. Both grunted and were sent flying backward.
They crashed heavily outside the platform and passed out, completely losing the ability to fight!
On the platform.
The Hell White Tiger shimmered with black and white light before dispersing. Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing stood side by side at the center of the platform, straight-backed and unharmed.
The two approached Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. Dai Jinge asked softly, "Zhu Zhuqing, what do you intend to do?"
Zhu Zhuqing's expression was conflicted. "When we were little, she treated me very well..."
Dai Jinge nodded.
Then he tied Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun up with a rope.
"We're going to the palace now."
"Zhu Zhuqing, after we've dealt with this, do you want to go home for a visit?"
Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.
She no longer felt any attachment to that home.
The only person she still felt a little longing for was the father she remembered from childhood...
Whoosh!
Dai Jinge activated his hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor right leg Soul Bone. Holding the rope in one hand and Zhu Zhuqing's hand in the other, he flew toward the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun dangled in midair, the rushing wind gradually rousing them.
When they saw that they were bound with a rope and suspended in the air, both began to panic.
Dai Weisi looked up at Dai Jinge and Zhu Zhuqing, his face anxious and tense. "What are you going to do to us?"
Dai Jinge lowered his eyes to glance at them and said calmly, "From today onward, the Star Luo Empire will have a crown prince and crown princess. That will be Zhu Zhuqing and me."
Dai Weisi snapped angrily, "That duel doesn't count at all! Our real duel is supposed to take place when you turn twenty-five!"
At those words, a contemptuous expression crossed Dai Jinge's face.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at Dai Weisi with disdain. "Jinge and I are both younger than you. We're in the best years for cultivation, and we're already stronger than you now. In thirteen years, you'll be even less of a match for us!"
Dai Weisi's expression stiffened.
Zhu Zhuyun helplessly pressed a hand to her forehead. Dai Weisi was usually quite clever. Why had he become so stupid now? Had Dai Jinge beaten the brains out of him?
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