Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Was this attack imbued with mental attributes? Kong Tianxu keenly sensed the fleeting mental fluctuation. Although it was extremely weak, he still managed to detect the strange fluctuation.

He also noticed that Ye Nongfeng was wearing a pair of golden handcuffs. A faint white light emanated from Ye Nongfeng, struggling to expand outwards, but the golden handcuffs only flashed slightly before the white light instantly dissipated.

Like most students at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Ye Nongfeng's martial soul was extremely weak, and all his soul skills only had the function of amplifying soul power output. Faced with that handcuff soul tool, which was obviously of a high grade, he was completely powerless to resist.

Three figures in school uniforms surrounded Ye Nongfeng. Kong Tianxu noticed that although the three had different builds and appearances, they all had dark skin and clearly possessed some royal blood.

One of the handsome young men, with a cold and aloof demeanor, was wearing a black school uniform representing Mingde Hall, while the other two also possessed considerable soul power fluctuations, wearing yellow school uniforms representing senior students.

Ye Nongfeng had only been enrolled for a few days, so why had he gotten into trouble with this group of upperclassmen? Kong Tianxu didn't act rashly; the situation was still relatively under control, and he planned to observe the situation before making a decision. If both sides were entangled, there was no need to meddle.

Seeing Ye Nongfeng's convulsing appearance, the skinny, monkey-like youth carrying what appeared to be a whip but was actually a leather belt spirit weapon grinned maliciously and said:

"Hehe, try being stubborn again? My Copper Head Belt Martial Soul and Dragon Binding Lock are a perfect match. No matter how powerful you are, you'll suffer the pain of mental tearing. I heard you're a Soul Guidance Genius? I wonder if you'll still be able to think straight after a few more hits?"

The Dragon Binding Lock? Isn't that a level-six soul tool used by the royal guards to detain prisoners? No wonder Ye Nongfeng was powerless to resist. Kong Tianxu looked at the skinny monkey's bulging, excited appearance and felt a slight displeasure.

The skinny monkey shook the leather belt with three yellow spirit rings around it, as if to swing it again—

"Alright." The tall young man behind him spoke up to stop him, "Xu Yunyuan, we called you here to make him apologize. Judging by your attitude, you might actually beat him to death."

After saying that, he squatted down, grabbed Ye Nongfeng's hair (who had just calmed down), patted the other's pale cheek, and said:

"Kid, aren't you going to back down? You heard it too, this guy's martial soul is no ordinary one, I specially invited him. It may not be good at anything else, but it has one thing: it can injure people without leaving a mark. Even if we really beat you into an idiot today, no one will see it, and none of us will do anything. Listen to me, go and apologize to Teacher Xuan, admit your mistake, and say that you've figured it out. All those high-powered soul tools are just bullshit, and the civilian use of soul tools is the trend of the times. Then we won't bother you anymore, and you can go back to being your little genius, how about that?"

Wang Shaojie spoke very sincerely, his grip on Ye Nongfeng's hair tightening. Seeing the boy's face gradually contort in anger, he added:

"If you don't want to, that's fine too, Xu Yunyuan, keep hitting him, let him taste what it's like when his hands don't obey his commands."

The skinny young man tightened his belt, oblivious to the disdainful look in the eyes of the other young man behind him, and said with a grin:

"Brother Jie, the Dragon Binding Lock I stole from home works pretty well, right? After this is over, could you talk to Uncle Mo Chen and let me join the disciplinary team? I probably won't graduate, but I'm good at torturing people."

Upon hearing the words "inspection team," Ye Nongfeng tightened his grip on the ground, causing hard soil to seep through his fingers.

"Brother Yunhuang, I didn't teach him this. Your brother just likes it, and there's nothing I can do about it." Wang Shaojie looked innocently at the effeminate young man behind him.

"Stop talking nonsense, Wang Shaojie. Get this over with. If it weren't for Yun Yuan, who would be doing this dirty work with you?" the effeminate young man said coldly.

Xu Yunyuan shrugged and swung the belt in his hand again—

"I apologize." Ye Nongfeng lowered his head, burying the hatred in his eyes deep within.

Wang Shaojie clapped his hands and said, "Okay, then go now—"

"He's not going anywhere!"

"And they won't apologize."

A calm yet powerful voice suddenly struck everyone's ears. Kong Tianxu no longer concealed his presence and turned out from behind the teaching building.

Now he has figured out the reason for this farce.

He knew Xuan Ziwen's character, so this scene must have been the work of Wang Shaojie, Xuan Ziwen's disciple in the original story.

"Xu Yunhuang, why didn't you tell me you had someone there!"

Wang Shaojie was startled for a moment when he saw Kong Tianxu, but when he noticed that Kong Tianxu was wearing a white school uniform for a lower grade, he immediately relaxed and turned to look at the effeminate young man behind him with a nonchalant expression, complaining.

"No, I didn't sense any presence at all."

The young man named Xu Yunhuang had a gloomy expression. Unlike Wang Shaojie and Xu Yunyuan, he was a Soul Master, specializing in stealth, reconnaissance, and the use of Soul Guidance Devices, not a Soul Master. That was because he possessed a variant of a powerful Martial Soul from the direct lineage of the royal family—the Purple Jade Thunder Dragon.

Although it is a weakened mutation and has lost the strongest destructive attribute of the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon, it has its own innate ability—electrocution—which gives it an extremely strong ability to sense bioelectric currents within its range.

However, at such close range, this incredibly useful skill had completely failed to detect Kong Tianxu's presence. This set off alarm bells in his mind, but his habitual thinking led him to believe that the other party possessed some special soul tool that was interfering with his perception, and he didn't delve deeper into other possibilities.

After all, even in a place like the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, which gathers the nation's elites, his martial soul was among the best. How could he have imagined that his most proficient lightning element would betray him the moment he came into contact with Kong Tianxu?

Ye Nongfeng's eyes lit up the moment he heard Kong Tianxu's voice, but dimmed again when he saw that Kong Tianxu was alone.

He knew Kong Tianxu was strong, but he didn't think he could be a match for a sixth-grade level 5 Soul Master, let alone the fact that there was another Mingde Hall student among them who was at least a level 5 Soul Master.

He looked at Kong Tianxu, who had squatted down, and said in a low voice, "This is my business, you should leave."

"Kid, who are you to him to stand up for him? This is a matter for nobles, you'd better think it over." The skinny monkey named Xu Yunyuan grinned maliciously, revealing a mouthful of mottled yellow teeth.

"I'll consider myself his class monitor for now," Kong Tianxu said casually, fiddling with the handcuffs. Upon hearing this, Wang Shaojie and the other two immediately revealed disdainful sneers.

However, his next words instantly froze the smiles on the faces of the three people opposite him: "Now, do you want to kowtow and settle this matter, or do you want me to take it back?"

"Crack—" The level-six soul tool, the Dragon Binding Lock, snapped in response.

Chapter 46 One Tiger Kills Two Sheep

"Sizzle—" At the point where the Dragon Binding Lock broke, the overloaded soul power circuit instantly burst into several sparks, and Wang Shaojie and the other three, including Ye Nongfeng, all looked at Kong Tianxu in astonishment. They clearly did not expect that Kong Tianxu would be able to and choose to break the Dragon Binding Lock directly.

Amid the piercing crackling of electricity, Kong Tianxu remained unperturbed, not even glancing at the three men, and went straight to help Ye Nongfeng up.

"How dare you!" Xu Yunyuan shouted in shock and anger, "You dare damage the disciplinary team's property! Have you forgotten what I just said? I'll—"

"Have you forgotten what I said?!" Kong Tianxu suddenly shouted, his eyes filled with icy coldness.

Xu Yunyuan shuddered, and then he saw a jade-like hand rushing towards him with a fierce wind.

With a "crack," his body flew backward, crashing through several small trees as thick as an arm and landing on the ground. More than a dozen yellow teeth, stained with blood, fell out, and his fate was unknown.

Kong Tianxu was no saint. Since a peaceful resolution was impossible, he was determined to strike first. They were just a few members of the royal family, and it was uncertain whether they were even direct descendants. Given his status, what difference would it make if he killed a prince?

Within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Kong Deming's private domain, he was the true uncrowned king. This was the Kong family's overwhelming power within Sun Moon!

"Yun Yuan!"

Xu Yunhuang cried out in despair. He hadn't expected Kong Tianxu to be so audacious, daring to attack them even knowing they were dark-skinned nobles. He was even more astonished by the opponent's strength; his younger brother, whose cultivation was nearing the Soul Master level, was no match for him.

He didn't even release his martial spirit!

Wang Shaojie reacted the fastest. As he released his martial spirit, more than forty soul-guided cannons of various styles suddenly appeared on his body. Although they were not soul-guided artillery turrets, the speed of his actions and the number of soul-guided cannons were comparable to those of a typical soul-guided artillery turret.

Xu Yunhuang, as expected of an elite student of Mingde Hall, immediately raised his arms after a brief moment of anger, and five soul rings appeared: two yellow, two purple, and one black. Two slender cyan-purple swords flashing with dazzling lightning instantly appeared in his hands covered with dragon scales.

"Showing off your Dragon Martial Soul in front of me?" Kong Tianxu almost burst out laughing. These two were quite interesting. The burly Wang Shaojie was a ranged Soul Master, while the slender Xu Yunhuang was a melee Soul Master. The two melee Soul Tools in their hands were clearly not ordinary items.

A barrage of soul-guided rays and soul-guided projectiles flew towards Kong Tianxu simultaneously, but he ducked low, almost skimming the ground as he slid away at incredible speed through the hail of bullets. A few soul-guided rays struck him, but were all blocked by a golden light shield that suddenly appeared on his chest.

"An invincible shield?!" Wang Shaojie and Xu Yunhuang exclaimed in unison.

The lowest level of an invincible shield is a level five soul tool, which means it requires at least the soul power of a Soul King to activate. But the boy in front of me looks only twelve or thirteen years old, so how could he use a level five soul tool?

More importantly, the price of the Invincible Shield is extremely high. Due to the extremely low yield of the core gold crystal used to create it, even the most basic Invincible Shield starts at 100,000 gold soul coins, and the actual transaction price is much higher than that.

All Soul Masters would regard such an expensive, disposable item as a life-saving treasure. Just now, he actually used an invincible shield when he could have easily withstood the situation with an ordinary Soul Guidance Shield.

If Kong Tianxu knew what the two were thinking, he would definitely scoff. More than half of the Sun Moon Empire's gold crystal mines are controlled by the Hall of Offerings; he could eat them like candy without any problem. As he said, as Kong Deming's only grandson, why would he lack an invincible shield?

Taking advantage of the moment when the two were slightly stunned by the appearance of the invincible shield, the distance between them of less than ten meters was covered in an instant. Kong Tianxu's muscles were tense, his body bent into an arc, and he stepped forward with his right foot, his left fist striking Wang Shaojie head-on with a simple and unadorned blow.

But in Xu Yunhuang's eyes, this punch was by no means simple.

It was as if all his energy and spirit had instantly condensed into this one fist. In his eyes, the original Kong Tianxu was reduced to just this one fist, a fist that shone with a jade-colored light.

"His invincibility shield has only one second left, defend now!"

Seeing the punch, Xu Yunhuang suddenly seemed to remember something and shouted sharply at Wang Shaojie. As he spoke, he crossed his two purple lightning and green light swords into a stance that could be used for both offense and defense.

Without needing any reminder, Wang Shaojie's combat skills were definitely on point. He raised his hands and threw out four hexagonal dark gold boxes in succession, creating a dark gold light screen that protected him and Xu Yunhuang.

As if still fearing it wasn't secure enough, he slapped his wrist, and another small golden shield instantly appeared in his hand. Holding the shield with both hands, he poured all his Soul King-level Soul Power into it, and the intense Soul Power fluctuations caused a layer of pure white light to rise from the shield.

A level 5 invincible shield can block attacks from any Soul Master below the level of an Eighth Ring Soul Douluo for three seconds, and even if the two of them exhausted all their Soul Power, they could not unleash an attack at the level of a Soul Saint. Therefore, before Kong Tianxu's invincible shield dissipated due to the exhaustion of Soul Power, they could only passively take the hits.

Wang Shaojie first released a physical defense soul guide shield for himself. After Xu Yunhuang reminded him, he added a soul power defense soul guide shield, using a two-pronged approach.

He certainly had an invincible shield, but he wouldn't use such a luxury item rashly. Although Kong Tianxu's power seemed extraordinary, he didn't think he couldn't withstand it.

This decision sealed his fate.

Just as he was about to raise the second layer of soul-guided shield, Kong Tianxu's fist arrived.

"boom--"

The dark golden light shield shattered instantly, unable to withstand the slightest force of Kong Tianxu's main martial soul's muscles erupting and his body strength being at the level of a seven-ring Soul Saint.

As their fists and shields clashed, Wang Shaojie's feeling in that instant could be best described in two words: emptiness.

He felt as if not only his shield had been destroyed, but also his mind. A completely overwhelming feeling washed over him, as if everything he possessed had vanished.

With a "pfft," Wang Shaojie spat out a mouthful of blood and instantly collapsed to the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices. His eyes rolled back, and he immediately lost consciousness. However, the shield in his hand did not break.

The invincible shield had lasted for three seconds. Kong Tianxu's jade-colored eyes gradually faded and finally landed on Xu Yunhuang, whose face was pale but whose eyes were shining with a strange light.

"You really are the same kind of person as that madman Ji Juechen!"

Xu Yunhuang's twin swords surged with lightning, and with one thrust, five purple sword flowers materialized in the air, like five blooming violets, which enveloped all of Kong Tianxu's vital points with a resounding dragon's roar.

Chapter 47 The Prototype of Combat Techniques

He showed no mercy in this attack, having completely integrated his martial spirit ability into his twin swords. If he had previously underestimated Kong Tianxu because of his age, he now placed him on an equal or even higher level than himself.

This was not only because Kong Tianxu had killed a Soul Venerable and a Soul King in such a short time, but more importantly, because he felt something similar to the sword intent of Ji Juechen, that sword fanatic, in that punch.

They were both swordsmen, and he had been suppressed by Ji Juechen for so many years. Today, finally, a similar student appeared, not only to avenge his younger brother, but also because he had already regarded Kong Tianxu as Ji Juechen's substitute in his heart.

Standing still, Kong Tianxu made no move, letting Xu Yunhuang's twin swords approach. The terrifying aura that had previously seemed to shake the heavens and earth also dissipated.

Yes, Xu Yunhuang was right. The ability he just used was a fist intent similar to Ji Juechen's sword intent, or, in more professional terms in the Soul Master world, a prototype of a combat technique.

Using his own martial spirit as the foundation and the Myriad Beginnings Returning to Origin Domain as a guide, he combined his spiritual will with it, which was his greatest gain from the last deep meditation.

Although it is not yet fully perfected and cannot integrate soul power, the fact that he comprehended and forged his own path at the age of twelve has already laid the foundation for him to become a true powerhouse, and has once again proven his unprecedented talent.

He still had a great deal of soul power left in his body; a level-five invincible shield wouldn't significantly deplete his current soul power. The reason he went to such lengths was because he strongly agreed with a viewpoint held by the Body Sect—

Each time a soul skill is used, the opponent becomes familiar with it, while combat skills are ever-changing and can be presented in any form, so he will not easily reveal his soul skills unless necessary.

Of course, the incident with the Xuanming Sect doesn't count; Kong Tianxu believed they would always keep it a secret for him.

As for the remaining one...

Kong Tianxu looked at the approaching sword tip and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

The next moment, his eyes turned into vertical pupils.

The lightning on Xu Yunhuang's body immediately went out, his legs gave way, and he knelt down on both knees.