Chapter 33: You Are Mine
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“This is the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. Hurry over and pay your respects.”
Yun Nian ignored them completely.
“How dare you disregard this prince? Seize him!”
Feeling slighted, Xue Beng immediately ordered his men to capture Yun Nian.
“Thunder Seal.”
“Step.”
Yun Nian planted his left foot forward, and a field of purple lightning spread across the entire area.
The men were paralyzed in an instant. As they stared into Yun Nian’s eyes, the fear of death surged through them.
“Step—step—”
In two strides, Yun Nian had leapt past the group and appeared before Xue Beng.
As Xue Beng’s pupils widened in terror, Yun Nian drew back his right hand.
“Yun Nian.”
At the sound of his name, Yun Nian stopped and turned around.
A slender, pure-looking beauty with silver hair stood not far away, watching the scene.
“Pat, pat.”
Yun Nian turned back with a faint smile and pretended to brush the dust from Xue Beng’s clothes.
“Are you all right, Fourth Prince? See you next time.”
As Yun Nian walked through the crowd, the paralyzed men collapsed one after another.
“Ah—ngh—”
“Hello, Yun Nian.”
“Hello. My name is Ye Lingling. Come with me. I’ll take you to register.”
Her voice was very pleasant, though Yun Nian sensed a certain unnaturalness in it.
“If you had really brought that punch down just now, you would have been expelled no matter how you entered the academy.”
“Thank you.”
System: “Mission activated: Subdue the Heaven Dou Academy First Team. Reward: Exclusive Spirit Bone Refresh Rate increased by ten percent, Spirit Power increased by two levels, Qian Renxue’s Favorability increased by five points.”
“Click—”
“Teacher, I’ve brought Yun Nian.”
Ye Lingling led Yun Nian into a lounge, where the other members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team were gathered.
“Excellent. Yun Nian, come over here. I’ll introduce you.”
Qin Ming waved to Yun Nian cheerfully.
“Yun Nian was specially recruited into the academy. Starting today, he will become your new teammate.”
Aside from Qin Ming, who was applauding, everyone else was waiting to see how Yu Tianheng would react. He sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, one arm wrapped around a green-eyed woman.
When Yu Tianheng remained silent, the woman in his arms spoke instead.
“Teacher, even if he is joining our team, shouldn’t you at least select someone from the second team? When did the academy become so careless? We don’t accept trash.”
“Yan Yan!”
Qin Ming’s tone hardened. Dugu Yan fell silent and said nothing more.
“Teacher, let me handle this.”
Yun Nian stopped Qin Ming from continuing and slowly stepped forward.
“I’m sorry for ruining everyone’s mood, but I had no choice.”
Yun Nian wore an expression of helplessness.
“What do you mean?”
Dugu Yan’s curiosity was piqued.
“If all of you possessed strength that surpassed everyone on the continent, there would have been no need for me to appear. I wonder if you understand that. If you don’t—”
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“Slap!”
Before Yun Nian could finish, Dugu Yan slapped the table and stood up.
“What right do you have to criticize us? Do you dare fight me?”
“Looks like this battle can’t be avoided. Fine, then all of you come at me together!”
As he spoke, Yun Nian glanced over the rest of the team.
“Slap!”
Yu Tianheng stopped Dugu Yan before she could speak.
“Yun Nian, it seems you’re very confident in your abilities.”
“If I weren’t confident, I wouldn’t have come here.”
Dugu Yan shook off Yu Tianheng’s hand and glared angrily at Yun Nian.
“You’re not qualified to challenge our entire team.”
“Would beating you make me qualified?”
Yu Tianheng pulled Dugu Yan back.
“Since you want to fight our entire team alone, then so be it. But if you lose, whoever recommended you is irrelevant. You will apologize at once and get out.”
“Agreed.”
Heaven Dou Academy’s Intermediate Spirit Arena
The first team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was practically a symbol of faith for all the academy’s students. Thus, even without anyone spreading the news, it had soon traveled throughout the school. Before long, every seat in the arena’s stands was filled.
“Who is that? He actually dares to challenge the entire first team. What an arrogant fool.”
“That’s right. I want to see what this brat is capable of.”
…
Looking at the packed arena, Yun Nian could only sigh inwardly.
“Next time we meet, I’ll have to make her pay dearly.”
Yu Tianheng spoke slowly.
“Thirty-ninth-level Assault System Battle Soul Master. Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.”
Dugu Yan immediately followed.
“Thirty-eighth-level Control System Battle Soul Master. Martial Soul: Jade Phosphor Serpent.”
…
…
Only after the seven of them summoned their Martial Souls did Yun Nian slowly extend his right hand.
“Forty-second-level Assault System Battle Soul Master. Martial Soul: One Mind, One Dream.”
“What? A Soul Elder?”
The spectators outside the arena and the seven people within it were equally stunned.
A purple-black blade carrying a field of lightning swept across the arena before gradually rising into Yun Nian’s grasp.
Yellow, yellow, purple, black!
The appearance of a ten-thousand-year spirit ring instantly filled everyone’s vision. A powerful aura descended over the entire arena.
Inside the VIP Room
Xue Qinghe watched the unprecedented scene with a smile.
“Have Xue Ye and Xue Xing arrived?”
“Reporting to Your Highness, they are both in the room next door.”
“Good. Yun Nian, the audience is all here. The rest is up to you.”
On the Arena Floor
“Watch me finish you with one move.”
Lightning flashed once more as Yu Tianheng charged forward impatiently.
“Third Spirit Skill: Wrath of Thunder!”
His attack power rose sharply. With a dragon claw wreathed in lightning gripping a sphere of electricity, he lunged toward Yun Nian.
Yun Nian turned his right hand forward, blade pointed ahead, and casually raised it. A dark sword aura swept toward Yu Tianheng.
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“Swish!”
“Tianheng! Go!”
The sword aura instantly severed the sphere of lightning. With the threat eliminated, Yu Tianheng descended steadily, and the scene was far less spectacular than anyone had expected.
The dragon claw was dodged by Yun Nian with a sidestep. He spun once, then brought One Mind, One Dream down in a slash.
Although Yu Tianheng managed to block it, the immense force still sent him flying several meters backward, and a crack appeared in his wrist.
Yu Feng, whose Martial Soul was the Wind Chime Bird, and Oslo, whose Martial Soul was the Ghost Leopard, charged in simultaneously from above and below.
“Third Spirit Skill: Exalted Body Guard.”
A streak of purple lightning shot past the two of them, leaving only a shadow of thunder in its wake.
Shi Mo and Shi Mo quickly raised their shields.
“Second Spirit Skill: Shield Transformation!”
“First Spirit Skill: One-Slash Unleashed!”
“Boom!”
With a single strike, the black shields conjured by the two brothers shattered instantly.
At that very moment—
“Second Spirit Skill: Thunderous Might!”
“Third Spirit Skill: Jade Phosphor Purple Venom!”
Yun Nian kicked the Shi brothers before him, using the force to propel himself backward toward the center of the arena.
“Fourth Spirit Skill: Insulating Banner Seal!”
A massive black spirit ring rose into the air, instantly covering half the arena.
One Mind, One Dream slipped from his grasp as Yun Nian brought both hands together.
“Boom!”
A thunderous explosion erupted across the arena. A surging tide of purple lightning instantly filled every corner, and the lingering shadows of thunder left behind moments earlier exploded as well.
All seven members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team were pierced by purple lightning. Their bodies went numb, leaving them unable to move.
The scene left everyone in the stands utterly incredulous.
It was merely a fourth spirit skill, yet its area of effect and power were already comparable to those of an ordinary Soul Master’s sixth spirit skill.
Gasping heavily, Yun Nian slowly opened his violet eyes.
“True Shadow: Eternal Severance!”
“Boom—zzzt, zzzt—”
Purple currents surged through the bodies of all seven Heaven Dou Academy students at once. Their senses vanished, their eyes went blank, and they collapsed one after another.
The purple electricity also spread into the audience stands, where cries rang out one after another.
The light in Xue Qinghe’s eyes grew brighter as he looked at Yun Nian.
“No wonder that old woman thinks so highly of you. From now on, you belong to me.”
“Knock, knock—”
“Your Highness, Emperor Xue Ye summons you.”
“Understood.”
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