"..."

The air seemed to freeze, and Lin Yao's gaze fell on Xue Beng's arrogant face, with only one thought in his mind.

Allowing such scum to breathe even a single breath of air is a waste of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

His soul power fluctuated faintly, carrying a chilling aura that made one's heart tremble; even the surrounding moonlight seemed to be frozen by this coldness.

When the spray landed on the avalanche, it inexplicably caused the avalanche to shiver.

The next second, dazzling starlight suddenly condensed in Lin Yao's palm, and the Star Sword Martial Soul emerged.

The longsword was shimmering with pale purple starlight, and the six soul rings embedded in its spine flickered alternately as if they were alive.

The first two purple rings were as deep as the night sky, while the last four black rings were as rich as an ink abyss. The interwoven purple and black light was particularly dazzling under the moonlight.

This configuration of "two purple and four black" spirit rings caused everyone present to gasp in astonishment.

Even the three strongest Soul Douluo instructors in the academy focused their attention on Lin Yao, their eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

Lin Yao didn't give everyone much time to marvel; with a swift movement, he vanished from the spot.

The speed was so fast that it even left a faint afterimage of starlight in its wake.

If everyone present weren't exceptionally powerful Soul Masters, they would probably think they were seeing things.

However, before the crowd could react, they were stunned by Lin Yao's spirit ring configuration and all they saw was a blur.

The light and shadow of the Star Sword still lingered in his eyes, but his body had no time to react at all.

In particular, the three instructors, who possessed the strength of a Soul Douluo, could clearly sense Lin Yao's soul power fluctuations, yet they couldn't even track his movements.

He could only watch helplessly as the afterimage swept through the air, its target seemingly an avalanche. Immediately, he felt a sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, the more you try to avoid something, the more likely it is to happen.

"Pfft—"

A dull thud of flesh tearing apart shattered the deathly silence.

Immediately following was an avalanche-like, horrifying scream: "Ah..."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Xue Beng's arrogant smile was still frozen on his lips, but his pupils were dilated to the extreme due to extreme pain.

His five limbs were severed, turning into five lumps of flesh that fell to the ground. However, his body seemed to have lost very little blood because of the star soul power attached to it.

With all five limbs severed and no support, the man collapsed limply onto the cold stone pavement, a few drops of blood soaking his tattered brocade robe.

A blinding dark red spread out under the moonlight.

"Help...help me..."

The avalanche sounded faint, blood kept spilling from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with fear and resentment.

He never imagined that Lin Yao would actually dare to attack him, and so ruthlessly at that.

Seeing the devastation of the avalanche, everyone present was stunned as if frozen in place, and the entire dormitory area fell into a deathly silence.

Only the rustling of the wind through the leaves and the faint gasps of the avalanche created a suffocating atmosphere.

"How...how dare you?! How dare you cripple a prince?!"

The first to come to his senses was Prince Xuexing. He didn't even bother to investigate why Lin Yao had such an excessively high soul ring age; his mind was completely blank.

His eyes widened, his eye sockets reddened with extreme anger, and even his voice trembled.

Stumbling and staggering, he ran to Avalanche and, seeing her mangled limbs, hurriedly channeled his soul power into her body to try and stop the bleeding.

At the same time, he wanted to help reattach the broken limbs, but the warm blood and broken bones that his fingertips touched made him want to piece them back together.

However, it was repelled by the star soul power above and could not connect at all.

Then the star's soul power spread out and directly annihilated the five limbs.

Seeing this, Prince Xuexing's anger erupted like a volcano.

He turned around abruptly, his trembling finger pointing directly at Lin Yao, his chest heaving with heavy breathing, his eyes filled with murderous intent and disbelief.

Everyone present knew that even if he survived the avalanche, the injuries from having all five limbs severed would inevitably leave him with lifelong sequelae.

To completely cure it, perhaps only the intervention of that Soul Douluo powerhouse from the Nine Heart Begonia Clan offers a glimmer of hope.

However, the healing ability of the Nine-Heart Begonia is extremely precious, and the price to pay for it to treat such severe injuries would be considerable.

Furthermore, if we want to find that Contra Master to help us now, we know how much we'll have to pay. If we drag this out for too long, the effect will definitely be much worse.

"Crippling him is just to let him experience the pain he inflicts on others."

Looking at Prince Xuexing's panicked appearance, Lin Yao gently shook his head, his tone as calm as if he had just crushed an ant.

Before he finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it again, and the fifth black ring on the Star Sword suddenly lit up.

A water-attribute sword, both gentle and sharp, carrying starlight, hurtled straight towards the avalanche.

Prince Xuexing's pupils contracted sharply; he could clearly feel the terrifying power contained within this sword strike.

How could a Soul Emperor possibly unleash such explosive power comparable to a Soul Douluo?

He immediately retreated without hesitation, a hint of fear flashing across his face, his survival instinct suppressing even the thought of protecting the avalanche.

As for the three education committee members who wanted to make a move, they were also subtly intimidated by the domain power of Lin Yao's fifth spirit ring and were unable to act.

And so, everyone watched as the seemingly slowly moving water-attribute sword energy gently slid across the neck of the fallen Xue Beng.

A thin trail of blood was slowly seeping out. The trail grew deeper and longer, eventually severing his trachea and carotid artery completely.

The powerful water elemental force extinguished his life force. Xue Beng's body twitched twice, the light in his eyes went out completely, and he was no longer heard from.

"You crippled him, fine... but you dared to kill him?! You dared to kill Avalanche?! Do you know what you're doing?!"

Prince Xuexing went completely mad. He stared at the blood gushing from Xue Beng's neck, his voice hoarse with extreme anger, and his whole body trembling violently.

The Soul Saint guards behind him also stepped forward, releasing a powerful sense of oppression as they circulated their soul power.

However, he found that his aura had no effect. He was wary of Lin Yao's strength and, without Prince Xuexing's orders, he dared not make a move rashly.

Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, was also completely stunned.

Although she had long been dissatisfied with Xue Beng's actions and had even considered getting rid of him, she never imagined that Lin Yao would be so decisive.

After destroying Avalanche, he still dared to kill her in front of the three education committee members and Prince Xuexing at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, leaving no room for maneuver.

Her fingers, hanging by her sides, curled slightly, and a complex light flashed in her eyes—shock, worry, and a barely perceptible hint of admiration.

The three education commissioners turned pale, their faces filled with shock and panic.

They never imagined that Lin Yao would dare to be so audacious.

On the territory of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, in front of so many teachers and students, a prince was killed.

Even though Lin Yao has the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School backing him up and is the personal disciple of Sword Douluo Chen Xin, he still has a lot of influence.

There's no need to completely break ties with the Heavenly Dou royal family for a commoner woman they don't even know, is there?

They were filled with doubt.

What kind of connection could a commoner woman with no background have with Lin Yao, the top genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?

Moreover, the speed Lin Yao just unleashed completely exceeded the limits that a Soul Emperor should have, allowing him to easily cripple and kill a prince right under the noses of the three Soul Douluos.

What alarmed them even more was...

When Lin Yao killed Xue Beng, the three of them wanted to stop him.

However, the powerful pressure emanating from the Star Sword Martial Soul bound them like invisible shackles, leaving them without even the courage to raise their hands.

We could only watch helplessly as the tragedy unfolded.

Unexpectedly, this young genius has grown up so quickly, and has already reached a level of strength comparable to those of us old guys.

I was just a little impulsive.

However, given such background and strength, it's understandable that they might act impulsively.

"Xiao Yao has not only reached the Soul Emperor level, but his combat strength has probably already surpassed that of a Soul Emperor... But is it worth it for a stranger?"

Among the three education committee members, Meng Shenji, the strongest, looked at Lin Yao with a mixture of confusion and helplessness in his eyes, and then couldn't help but speak.

"Xiao Yao, is it really worth it for you to do this?"

Lin Yao didn't care about this at all; he only cared about his own inner peace.

The Star Sword Martial Soul slowly dissipated, and he stood in place, his gaze falling on the avalanche corpse lying on the ground.

His eyes remained completely still, as if he had only resolved a trivial matter.

"After he brutally murdered someone, he was still so arrogant in front of me. I can't feel at ease until he pays the price."

"Killing him is no big deal. It's just slaughtering a beast. I've rid the royal family of a menace."

Hearing Lin Yao's words, Meng Shenji remained silent, feeling a slight stirring in his heart.

They too had moments of unbridled joy and revenge in their youth, but as their strength increased, they gradually became more constrained.

Even now, with the strength of a Contra master, he no longer has the same high spirits he once had.

Seeing Lin Yao like this now, I feel a little envious.

All of this was brought about by Lin Yao's talent.

They also knew about Lin Yao's background.

When Lin Yao joined the Star Dou Royal Academy, they also investigated his background. He came from an ordinary family, with only a Soul Master father and a Soul Venerable mother.

However, his own talent brought him the background of a titled Douluo master.

Furthermore, given Lin Yao's current Soul Emperor strength, even if Ning Fengzhi feels helpless, he probably won't give up on such a pillar of strength and a beam of light supporting the sea.

Even if it means fighting the Heavenly Dou royal family to the bitter end, they will not give up.

If they were to abandon such a genius, they would all think that Ning Fengzhi, the universally acknowledged wise man of the mainland, had been possessed by a lunatic.

Moreover, Emperor Xueye is now old, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who is gradually taking over power, does not seem to be averse to Lin Yao's behavior.

Of course, Lin Yao said this, but he knew very well that his actions would cause a huge uproar in the Heaven Dou Empire.

It could even trigger a conflict between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the royal family.

But as I said before, he never regretted it.

The avalanche's actions had long exceeded the limits of what he could tolerate.

Moreover, given his strength, coupled with the background of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Sword Douluo, rather than swallowing his anger for the sake of the so-called "big picture," he should directly take action to completely eradicate this cancer.

He cultivated to become stronger, not to suffer such humiliation, nor to tolerate such scum swaggering in front of him.

In fact, in the original novel, Xue Beng became the victor because he fawned over Tang San and wished he could call Tang San his father.

It's easier to finish it off sooner rather than later.

The moonlight shone on Lin Yao, casting a faint silver glow on his figure.

Those who were unaware of Lin Yao's thoughts, upon seeing this scene, felt that Lin Yao was not only radiating the dazzling light of a genius, but also carrying a chilling decisiveness and coldness.

The surrounding students were too frightened to utter a sound at the infighting involving high-ranking imperial forces.

They were both shocked by Lin Yao's terrifying strength and afraid of being dragged into the "killing of the prince" controversy, so they all lowered their heads and even their breathing became cautious.

Those who had been secretly discussing the avalanche's actions just moments before have now fallen silent.

The only sounds in the entire dormitory area were heavy breathing and Prince Xuexing's suppressed gasps.

Upon hearing Lin Yao's nonchalant words, Prince Xuexing grew increasingly angry, trembling all over and his lips quivering.

However, he maintained a sliver of rationality and never dared to order the Soul Saint behind him to make a move.

He knew very well how terrifying Lin Yao's talent was now; the "two purple and four black" soul ring configuration was enough to prove his future potential.

In addition, there were Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo standing behind him.

If things really fall apart completely, no matter what, you won't gain anything, and you might even become a scapegoat.

More importantly, without Emperor Xueye's order, if he were to attack Lin Yao on his own, he would bear the entire pressure from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School alone.

After the power struggle between the royal family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School ends, I am destined to die.

Moreover, Prince Xuexing, in addition to his anger, also harbors a hidden fear.

In his view, Lin Yao was likely just a hothead. If he angered him now, the other party might kill him as well, which would be a real loss.

After all, the strength Lin Yao just displayed was so great that even a Soul Douluo couldn't stop him, and the Soul Saint guards behind him might not be able to withstand that longsword that shimmered with starlight.

Thinking of all this, Prince Xuexing could only point at Lin Yao with a trembling finger, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time, his eyes filled with anger and resentment.

"Xiao Yao, you..."

Just then, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, snapped out of her daze and quickly stepped forward. Looking at Lin Yao's calm profile, she felt a mix of emotions.

She was both shocked by Lin Yao's decisiveness and chivalrous spirit of seeking justice and revenge, and deeply worried about the consequences this matter would bring.

If not handled properly, not only will Lin Yao be in danger, but it may even affect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and disrupt her plans over the years.

Her original plan was to create discord between the imperial family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School through certain conflicts, thereby weakening the strength of both sides.

He then profited from the situation, paving the way for his future control of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Now that she has the opportunity, she should be happy, but seeing that Lin Yao is involved, she hesitates.

She didn't want to see Lin Yao get into trouble, and she didn't want her plans to harm him.

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