A One-Sided Battle, Spider Emperor Sense (Part 2)

Five figures wreathed in brilliant lightning formed a circle, constantly shifting positions to trap Ling Bai in the center. Bolts of lightning arrows shaped from Soul Power condensed and shot at Ling Bai from all directions!

Watching the chaotic Lightning Shadows and arrows, Ling Bai's pupils shone with a golden radiance rivaling the lightning!

One Sword Seven Slashes!

The seven sword strikes each formed their own stance, each distinct from the others, yet arranged in perfect accordance with a heptagram!

Advanced version of the First Soul Skill!

Radiant Spirit Array · Defense!

The heptagram unfolded, spreading into the form of the Big Dipper Seven Stars Array Diagram and perfectly intercepting every arrow Chu Qingtian fired!

The Big Dipper Seven Stars Array Diagram curled back, enclosing them!

The lightning was forcibly compressed by the Radiant Spirit Array into an even thicker, gleaming golden arrow, aimed at one of the constantly shifting lightning phantoms!

"How did he know!?"

Chu Qingtian's face was filled with horror. The golden arrow had locked onto his true body!

There was only a one-in-five chance. How could Ling Bai possibly find him!

Luck?

Or ability?

"Go!"

Ling Bai shouted coldly, and the golden arrow shot back at an even faster speed than it had arrived, blooming into a dazzling beam of light against the dark sky!

"Boom—"

The golden arrow traced a beautiful arc through the air. Without any surprise, Chu Qingtian was directly blown apart!

Of course, at the critical moment, he switched places with one of the Lightning Shadows, letting it take the damage in his stead.

"You have three chances left."

Ling Bai smiled at Chu Qingtian and raised three fingers. To Chu Qingtian, that scene was like a demon's countdown—when time ran out, he would be chopped into pieces and made into dumplings!

Cold sweat streamed down, gathering at his chin before finally dripping onto the ground. Chu Qingtian and the three Lightning Shadows stood frozen in place.

He couldn't attack!

He couldn't defend!

He couldn't run!

Monster!

Only the word monster remained in Chu Qingtian's mind. In the past, though, that was how others had described him.

Every Shrek student had once been the monster in someone else's story. But in this gathering place of monsters, only monsters among monsters were qualified to be called monsters!

"Second Soul Skill, Evil-warding Slash."

No matter what Chu Qingtian thought, Ling Bai's attacks would not stop. A brilliant golden sword aura slashed down, its target unmistakable—Chu Qingtian's true body!

"Again!?"

This time, Chu Qingtian could finally be certain that Ling Bai had not guessed through sheer luck. He truly possessed the ability to see through the Lightning Shadows!

He switched positions again!

"Boom!"

Of the four Lightning Shadows, two remained. Together with Chu Qingtian's true body, the three identical figures looked, to the others, like chickens awaiting slaughter in an abattoir, waiting for the butcher's blood-soaked cleaver to fall!

"Boom—"

The same sword aura, the same explosion!

Chu Qingtian had only one Lightning Shadow left!

Du Weilun, who had been watching from the side for quite some time, suddenly said to Zhang Lexuan beside him, "Lexuan, don't you think Ling Bai's perception seems particularly strong?"

"Yes, excessively so."

Zhang Lexuan agreed with Du Weilun's assessment. Chu Qingtian was known as the fastest in the outer academy. Among Soul Ancestors, his speed ranked among the very best. Yet no matter which direction or position he shifted to, Ling Bai could always predict it in advance.

Prediction was not really the right word. Ling Bai had simply locked onto Chu Qingtian. The so-called Lightning Shadows were nothing but clowns!

Zhang Lexuan continued, "If one's spiritual realm is sufficiently profound, the Lightning Shadows would not be able to deceive them. The Six-Winged Angel is powerful, but its strength lies in areas such as its sacred attribute rather than spiritual power. Ling Bai's spiritual cultivation should not be enough to break through the Lightning Shadows... Could it be some secret technique of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect?"

"That should be it."

After thinking it over, Du Weilun felt that Zhang Lexuan's guess seemed the most plausible.

For an ancient sect with a ten-thousand-year legacy to possess any number of fancy secret techniques was hardly surprising.

Since he was in battle, Ling Bai did not hear their conversation clearly. In truth, both Zhang Lexuan and Du Weilun were wrong. The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had never possessed such a secret technique. This was one of his innate talents, originating from his second martial soul—the Death Prison Spider Emperor!

As a god-tier martial soul, the Six-Winged Angel was naturally no ordinary being. The Death Prison Spider Emperor, which could stand against it on equal footing and even faintly gain the upper hand, was likewise extraordinary.

Apart from the Rakshasa divine power flowing within it, the Death Prison Spider Emperor, formed by fusing the two top-tier soul beasts, the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, had already reached the pinnacle of the Death Attribute!

Ultimate Death!

One of the Death Prison Spider Emperor Three Ultimate Talents—Spider Emperor Sense!

When a spiderweb was struck by an external force, it produced minute vibrations. As a spider-type soul beast, the Death Prison Spider Emperor could sense danger before it arrived. As its martial soul's owner, Ling Bai had effectively become a human radar, able to sense the precise location of any being within a certain range that harbored killing intent or hostility toward him!

The Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture that had tried to ambush him from behind in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Chu Qingtian, who was now using Lightning Shadows to interfere with him, had both long since exposed themselves to Spider Emperor Sense.

Spider Emperor Sense was Ling Bai's passive talent. Even without releasing the Death Prison Spider Emperor martial soul, he could still detect a circular area one hundred meters in diameter centered on himself. Any creature hoping to strike him while he was unprepared could only despair before Spider Emperor Sense.

"One real and one fake? Let's settle this in one go."

Chu Qingtian and the final, barely lingering Lightning Shadow were reflected in Ling Bai's eyes. He had more or less figured out Chu Qingtian's level.

He had some skill, though not much.

He posed virtually no threat to him, so Ling Bai lost interest in continuing the battle!

The Second Soul Ring flared brilliantly!

Evil-warding Slash!

"What's going on?"

Chu Qingtian had already prepared himself for one final fight, but the moment he saw the Evil-warding Slash, he could not help hesitating.

The golden sword aura was not aimed at his true body, nor at the remaining Lightning Shadow. It actually slashed toward the empty ground between them!

"An opening!"

A sharp gleam flashed in Chu Qingtian's eyes. The greatest advantages of an agility-attack soul master were speed and explosive power, with the focus on a single fatal strike! He did not know whether Ling Bai's move was an accident or a mistake, but he knew his chance to turn defeat into victory had arrived!

The First Soul Skill, Rapid Lightning, activated. Lightning crackled beneath his feet, and his speed soared!

At the same time, Chu Qingtian's Fourth Soul Ring, which he had held back all this time, finally burst into light!

"Fourth Soul Skill, Thunderstorm!"

Chu Qingtian roared, as if venting every bit of frustration and resentment he had suffered in this battle. Vast quantities of golden lightning gathered around him. Even his originally handsome face twisted somewhat as his speed, strength, and physical toughness rose to another level. He became like a Lightning Maniac Panther racing wildly through the wilderness!

"Go, Brother Chu! Take him down!"

The inner academy freshmen who had known him for years shouted aloud. Bei Bei and Tang Ya could not help clasping each other's hands tightly. They could all see that victory or defeat would be decided in this one move!

"That was a little reckless."

Watching Chu Qingtian's desperate attack, the seasoned Zhang Lexuan and Du Weilun instead shook their heads.

Chu Qingtian had overlooked a very simple fact: with the abilities Ling Bai had displayed, how could he possibly make such an absurd mistake as missing with a soul skill?

Sure enough, just as Chu Qingtian charged forward with all his strength amid flashes of lightning and rolling thunder, the golden sword aura suddenly split into two. One struck at the Lightning Shadow attacking in tandem with Chu Qingtian, while the other flew straight at Chu Qingtian's true body!

Advanced version of the Second Soul Skill, Evil Purging Twin Blade Slash!

The Lightning Shadow was instantly annihilated!

The Evil-warding Slash easily pierced through the lightning around Chu Qingtian. His body flew sideways, hitting the ground and rolling several times.

"I haven't lost yet!"

Chu Qingtian climbed to his feet with bloodshot eyes. The sacred sword aura had left a bloody gash across his shoulder, soaking his clothes crimson.

Ling Bai frowned slightly. He had already held back. Otherwise, with the Six-Winged Angel's attack power combined with the Angel Holy Sword, Chu Qingtian's entire arm would have been severed in an instant.

It was only an assessment. He had not wished to cripple anyone, yet Chu Qingtian possessed such fierce resolve.

"Radiant Spirit Array · Storm."

As the indifferent words fell, sacred power condensed into a brilliant golden tornado that reached the heavens, howling as it charged toward the spent Chu Qingtian!

"Arghhhhh!"

Chu Qingtian's miserable scream rang out from within the tornado!

Then moonlight spilled down from the sky, tearing apart the sacred tornado in the most domineering fashion and gently setting Chu Qingtian back on the ground.

Chu Qingtian slowly opened his tightly shut eyes and began feeling himself all over.

Arms? Still there!

Legs? Still there!

Junior? Still there!

He was completely unharmed!?

Chu Qingtian discovered that only his clothes had been sliced apart. His earlier screams had been entirely psychological.

Ling Bai walked over, extended a hand to Chu Qingtian on the ground, and smiled.

"You let me win, Brother Chu."