Qian Renxue followed Lin Yuan's gaze.
On the other side of the ruins.
The battle had not ended.
To be precise-
Yao Kurong was still taking a beating.
Bang!
Snake Lance swept his lance across.
Yao Kurong raised both arms to block it head-on, but his protective Soul Power shattered explosively the moment it formed.
He flew backward dozens of meters.
Before he could steady his feet.
Snake Lance was already upon him again.
The lance thrust straight at his chest!
Boom!
Yao Kurong hastily twisted aside.
The lance blade grazed his body as it descended, blasting a crater several meters deep into the street behind him.
Shattered stones filled the air.
Yao Kurong's expression was utterly grim.
The Ebon Deer of Abundance had already been slain.
The Abundance plants spread throughout Heaven Dou City were also steadily dissipating.
Without the endless vitality supplied by the Ebon Deer, he no longer possessed his earlier, almost frenzied regenerative ability.
Against Snake Lance Douluo's fierce assault.
He could only retreat again and again.
Qian Renxue raised a hand and pointed at him.
"What about him?"
Lin Yuan sat leaning against the rubble.
His face was still pale.
At her question, he merely gave a dispassionate glance.
"Take him prisoner."
Just three words.
Yet Yao Kurong heard them perfectly clearly.
His expression changed abruptly.
Take him prisoner?
He knew better than anyone what awaited him if he fell into Spirit Hall's hands.
The Far North stronghold.
Nuoding City.
The Hall of Relief.
Now even their largest stronghold in Heaven Dou City had been uprooted.
He knew too much.
He absolutely could not be taken alive!
"You want to capture this old man?"
A ruthless gleam flashed through Yao Kurong's eyes.
"Dream on!"
Boom!
Nine Soul Rings erupted at once.
He took a blow from Snake Lance head-on, using that terrifying force to shoot backward.
At the same time, he pushed off hard with his foot.
His entire body shot straight into the sky!
Run!
The sacred deer was dead.
Heaven Dou City was completely out of control.
Staying any longer meant certain death!
Yao Kurong drove his Soul Power to its limit.
His figure became a streak of golden-green light heading straight out of the city.
Snake Lance sneered.
"Only thinking of running now?"
He was just about to give chase.
Hum-!
A sword's ringing suddenly resounded across the sky.
Yao Kurong's body abruptly froze.
Ahead.
A Seven Kill Sword materialized out of thin air.
Its blade pointed downward.
Boom!
It plunged viciously into the earth!
Terrifying sword intent instantly sealed off his escape route.
Yao Kurong spun around.
A second Seven Kill Sword was already descending from the sky.
Boom!
His left side was sealed off.
Immediately after.
A third!
A fourth!
A fifth!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-!
Several streaks of sword light fell from the heavens in succession.
From front, back, left, and right, they trapped Yao Kurong completely in the center!
The streams of sword Qi linked together.
They formed a chilling sword prison.
Yao Kurong's face turned ashen.
"Chen Xin!"
In the distance.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin held two fingers together.
His sword fingers pointed toward Yao Kurong from afar.
His expression was indifferent.
"Stay."
Yao Kurong roared.
"Break!"
His Eighth Soul Ring suddenly lit up.
Violent Soul Power blasted fiercely toward the sword formation!
Bang-!
The Soul Power exploded.
The Seven Kill Swords merely trembled slightly.
The sword formation remained intact.
Instead, several razor-sharp streams of sword Qi instantly swept back at him.
Splat!
Blood sprayed from Yao Kurong's chest.
He staggered backward.
Before he could regain his footing.
A figure had already dropped from above.
Bang!
Snake Lance Douluo planted a foot on his back.
Yao Kurong's entire body slammed heavily into the ground.
"Running?"
Snake Lance rested his lance on his shoulder and grinned.
"Keep running."
Yao Kurong was just about to summon his Soul Power.
Snake Lance had already smashed the shaft of his lance into the center of his back.
Boom!
Soul Power blasted straight into his body.
Yao Kurong's face suddenly flushed scarlet.
"You dare-"
Snake Lance gave him no chance to finish.
Another palm strike fell!
Bang!
Violent Soul Power surged straight into his meridians.
It swept through everything in its path.
The Soul Power that had just gathered inside Yao Kurong collapsed on the spot.
His nine Soul Rings flickered violently.
Then-
They went out one after another.
"Pfft!"
Yao Kurong violently spat out a mouthful of blood.
He instantly wilted.
Snake Lance pressed a hand against his dantian.
He added another Soul Power seal.
Locking it down completely!
His movements were so practiced it made one's heart ache.
After all, he had captured far too many members of the Medicine King Holy Church lately.
For dealing with these lunatics who stuffed pills into their mouths at the drop of a hat.
Spirit Hall already had a complete procedure.
Cripple their Soul Power.
Seal their meridians.
Dislocate their jaws.
Then-
Search.
Snake Lance seized Yao Kurong's chin.
Crack!
He dislocated it outright.
Yao Kurong: "Mmph-!"
"What are you making noise for?"
Snake Lance looked down at him.
"This is precisely to stop people like you who love swallowing random things."
Storage Soul Tool.
Confiscated.
Hidden pouch at his waist.
Opened.
Sleeves.
Checked.
Boots.
Checked.
Even his hair and the gaps between his teeth had not been spared.
Before long.
A whole assortment of things lay on the ground before Snake Lance.
Pills.
Medicine bottles.
Poisoned needles.
Several Soul Tools.
And a few golden-green crystals of unknown purpose.
Snake Lance casually summoned two Spirit Hall Soul Masters.
"Take him away."
"Keep him in solitary confinement."
"Without orders, don't let him touch anything."
"Yes!"
The two Soul Masters immediately stepped forward.
They hoisted Yao Kurong up, one on either side.
Yao Kurong still tried to struggle.
Snake Lance raised his lance.
He immediately behaved himself.
Elsewhere.
Chen Xin withdrew his sword fingers.
The several Seven Kill Swords trapping Yao Kurong slowly dissipated.
His gaze, however, fell on Lin Yuan.
To be precise.
It fell on Lin Yuan's now-empty hands.
That arrow just now.
He would not forget it.
With the Ebon Deer's regenerative ability.
Even five Titled Douluo working together had failed to kill him outright.
Yet Lin Yuan's final arrow.
Had pierced his skull.
And extinguished his life in a single strike.
Even the power of Abundance could not repair the damage.
Not to mention.
That phantom that had appeared behind Lin Yuan.
Just a blurry outline.
Had made his Seven Kill Sword tremble instinctively.
Chen Xin had lived for so many years.
Yet this was the first time he had encountered anything like it.
"Kid."
Lin Yuan looked up.
"Senior Sword Douluo."
Chen Xin looked at him for a moment.
"Recover your Soul Power first."
"Once you've recovered."
He raised a hand and pointed toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"Come find me at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"As for what happened today."
"You'd better give me a proper explanation."
Lin Yuan was not surprised.
Chen Xin had seen the Ebon Deer of Abundance with his own eyes.
He had also personally seen the Medicine King Holy Church's people reduce Heaven Dou City to this state.
It was only natural that he wanted clear answers.
"All right."
Lin Yuan nodded.
Chen Xin did not press him any further.
This clearly was not the time to ask about such things.
He turned around.
His gaze swept across all of Heaven Dou City.
Collapsed houses.
Ruptured streets.
The lingering remnants of Abundance that had yet to dissipate completely.
The large numbers of Spirit Hall Soul Masters rescuing and isolating the wounded.
And-
Yao Kurong, who had just been escorted away.
What had happened today had already gone far beyond an ordinary incident of an Evil Soul Master causing havoc.
A large number of powerful Spirit Hall figures had suddenly appeared in Heaven Dou City.
The Medicine King Holy Church actually had a Titled Douluo.
And there was that terrifying Ebon Deer, the likes of which had never been heard of.
Any one of these matters.
Would have been enough to put the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on alert.
Let alone all of them happening at once.
He had to tell Ning Fengzhi immediately.
Chen Xin raised his hand.
The Seven Kill Sword flew beneath his feet.
"I'll be leaving first."
As his words fell.
Boom!
Sword Qi shot into the sky!
Chen Xin transformed into a streak of fierce sword light and shot up from the ground.
He crossed Heaven Dou City's walls in an instant.
His speed kept increasing.
After just a few breaths.
He had vanished into the horizon.
He had to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect immediately.
Everything that had happened in Heaven Dou City today.
Spirit Hall.
The Medicine King Holy Church.
The Ebon Deer of Abundance.
And that arrow of Lin Yuan's that had pierced the heavens.
Ning Fengzhi had to-
Learn of it as soon as possible.