"Help! Captain, help!"
The screams pierced the thick mist and reached Yu Chenxiao and Ye Xinglan.
"You're asking for death!" Yu Chenxiao flew into a rage.
The mighty Shrek was being beaten down by people from Tianhai Academy? If word got out, how could he, Yu Chenxiao, ever show his face again?
"Lin Kong, hold your ground here. Xinglan, come with me to rescue them!"
Lightning blazed over Yu Chenxiao's body. He pinpointed the direction of the cries and charged straight toward them.
Ye Xinglan followed close behind, sword energy pulsing from the Stargod Sword in her hand.
They had barely taken a few steps.
The thick mist ahead suddenly began to churn violently.
Without warning, a towering dark figure blocked their path.
Dark red demonic markings flickered across the figure's body, and the savage pressure he exuded brought Yu Chenxiao's charge to an abrupt halt.
The thick mist cleared a little.
Lu Guan rolled his neck and flexed his wrists, standing in front of Yu Chenxiao and Ye Xinglan.
"Where are you going?"
Lu Guan raised a hand, pointing first at Yu Chenxiao, then at Ye Xinglan.
"Your opponent is me."
The dark red mist churned ceaselessly.
"You alone?" Yu Chenxiao laughed in fury.
He was the heir to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and captain of Shrek Academy's team, yet a brat barely over ten was pointing right at his nose and provoking him.
This was not merely an insult to him, but a challenge to the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!
"Xinglan, fall back," Yu Chenxiao called over his shoulder. "Susu, boost me! Lizhi, get the buns ready!"
Two figures hurried over from behind the thick mist.
Ning Susu lifted both hands, a crystal-clear, seven-story pagoda spinning in her palms.
Three Soul Rings-yellow, yellow, and purple-rose and fell around her.
"Seven treasures turn, glazed tiles shine!"
"First: Strength!"
"Second: Speed!"
Two brilliant beams of colored light pierced the Battle Mist and landed precisely on Yu Tianheng.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda! The continent's greatest support Martial Soul!
Yu Chenxiao threw back his head and roared. His already powerful arms swelled further, his blue scales thickened, and the lightning dancing across them changed from pale blue to dazzling white.
Savage lightning spread outward from his body, forcibly driving back the dark red mist within ten meters.
"Brat, there's a price to pay for angering me."
Yu Chenxiao drove his feet into the ground.
The ground exploded with a thunderous crash, debris flying everywhere.
He became a streak of blue lightning, shooting straight at Lu Guan's face.
His right arm rose high, lightning compressed to its limit over his dragon claw with an ear-piercing crackle.
A Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, with a thirty-percent boost across the board from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda!
Even a Five-Ring Soul King would have to avoid the brunt of this strike!
Ye Xinglan was not idle either.
She lightly tapped the ground with her toes and drifted into the surrounding Battle Mist, the Stargod Sword in her hand ringing with clear, crisp notes.
A frontal assault and an assassination from the flank.
It was a tactic they had rehearsed countless times.
Faced with Yu Chenxiao's crushing punch,
Lu Guan said, "Me, avoid his attack?"
He tilted his head up slightly, watching the lightning now mere inches away.
An aura ten times more ferocious than Yu Chenxiao's erupted from within him.
Dark red demonic markings instantly spread over his entire body.
With a series of sharp cracks, four thick arms sprouted beneath his ribs!
Every arm was covered in eerie demonic markings, its muscles knotted with explosive strength.
Then two more eyes opened on either side of his forehead!
Four eyes, six arms!
War Lord Demon Body, activate!
Yu Chenxiao's fist had already arrived.
Lu Guan raised his empty lower left hand, spread his fingers, and met it squarely.
Bang!
The dull impact made the entire arena platform shudder.
Savage lightning rampaged along Lu Guan's arm, trying to tear through his defenses.
But the dark red demonic markings swallowed every last spark without so much as a ripple.
Yu Chenxiao's pupils abruptly contracted.
He felt as though his punch had struck an immovable barrier. The tremendous recoil left his entire right arm numb.
"Impossible!" Yu Chenxiao cried out involuntarily.
No one knew better than he did how powerful that punch was with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's boost.
This brat had caught it with one hand?
And he had six hands!
"That's it?" Lu Guan cocked his head, mockery gleaming in the two newly opened Demon Eyes on either side of his forehead.
"You're asking for death!"
Yu Chenxiao flew into a rage. The pride of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would not let him accept such humiliation.
His left arm underwent Dragon Transformation as well, its powerful dragon claw hurtling toward Lu Guan's face amid even more dazzling white lightning.
Unfortunately.
Bang!
Another dull impact rang out.
His left fist was caught just as firmly.
Two utterly different powers collided wildly between them.
White lightning and dark red Blood Fiend Aura tore at each other, the energy storm whipping the surrounding Battle Mist into a violent churn.
"Decent strength. Too bad you're up against me."
Lu Guan scoffed, all six arms exerting force at once.
Yu Chenxiao felt an overwhelming force, powerful enough to topple mountains and overturn seas, surge from his opponent's arms.
Even his formidable physique, enhanced by thirty percent through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, was losing out against this strength!
I can't take this head-on!
Boom!
Yu Chenxiao used the force to propel himself backward, crashing into the ground more than ten meters away and plowing a deep furrow.
"Captain!"
Ning Susu and Xu Lizhi cried out together.
Ye Xinglan's figure instantly emerged from deep within the Battle Mist. She stood in front of Yu Chenxiao, sword energy pulsing from her Stargod Sword as she watched Lu Guan warily.
Yu Chenxiao climbed to his feet and shook his numb arms, his expression grim.
"Susu, boost me with everything you've got! Lizhi, give me a bun! Lin Kong, assist me!"
"Coming!"
Xu Lizhi rubbed his hands together frantically, tossing two steaming buns precisely toward Yu Tianheng and Ye Xinglan.
"Recovery Meat Bun!"
Yu Chenxiao swallowed the bun in one bite, and the Soul Power within him instantly brimmed anew.
Ning Susu held up the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda with both hands, her third, purple Soul Ring blazing brightly.
"Seven treasures turn, glazed tiles shine!"
"Third: Soul!"
Even richer colored light pierced the dark red Battle Mist and landed on Yu Chenxiao.
The other Shrek student, Lin Kong, wielding a Jade Shield, took up a guarding position around Lu Guan.
Yu Chenxiao threw back his head and roared. The blue scales on his body spread rapidly until even his neck and cheeks were covered in thick armor.
His lightning power surged.
The air over the entire arena platform grew scorching under the savage lightning, erupting in a barrage of crackling blasts.
"With lightning, shatter the mist!"
Yu Chenxiao pushed off, and the ground instantly collapsed beneath his feet.
He became a thick pillar of lightning and charged at Lu Guan again. This time, his speed was more than twice what it had been!
Lu Guan stood where he was, all four eyes locking onto Yu Tianheng's trajectory.
"Just what I wanted."
He curled his hands around empty air.
Dark red light flickered.
Ge, Shu, Ji, Spear, Yi.
Five ancient, heavy weapons appeared in five of his hands. His remaining hand formed a fist seal.
"War Lord Heart Method!"
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