Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Because besides fire, there is also wind.

A vortex of cyan light appeared, and the small sun in Kong Tianxu's hand began to spin naturally. The wind fanned the flames, instantly filling the surrounding air with the smell of burning.

Its magnificent aura burst forth, instantly offsetting much of the omnipresent oppressive force of the Xuanming Shield Formation, and even showing a faint tendency to rival it.

How can this kid use so many elements, and be so strong at them all?

Seeing this, Xu Yunxiao almost gritted his teeth to pieces. He knew he could no longer let Kong Tianxu do as he pleased, or his side would suffer heavy losses.

He slammed his hand on his Xuanjia shield. Black energy surged, and the three Soul Kings' auras surged. With a shout, the shields expanded at an accelerated speed, blotting out the sky and crushing towards Kong Tianxu. In the blink of an eye, they were completely closed.

At the same time, his soul rings flashed behind him, and the Xuanming Hand reached out to grab Kong Tianxu again.

"Do you dodge and fail, only to be suppressed, or do you take the hit head-on and be swept away by your own soul skill? Kid, how do you want to die?"

Xu Yunxiao's eyes flashed with a fierce light. After being thwarted one after another, his killing intent toward Kong Tianxu was no longer just about keeping the existence of the soul bone a secret.

Kong Tianxu stood motionless, ignoring the rapidly approaching Xuanming Hand. The small sun in his hand spun faster and faster, gradually turning blue, and was about to reach a threshold.

Black Light, we've arrived.

"Die!" Xu Yunxiao roared, covering the area with his Xuanming Shield.

To his surprise, the moment the Xuanming Hand touched Kong Tianxu's body, he lost control of his soul skill, as if he had suddenly disappeared.

At this moment, perhaps even he himself did not realize that his voice had become tinged with fear due to Kong Tianxu's endless control over the elements.

Just before the several Xuanjia shields, stretched to their limit, were about to close together, Kong Tianxu finally raised his head.

What Xu Yunxiao didn't see was that just as the Xuanming Hand was about to touch his body, a layer of hazy moonlight completely enveloped him.

The imposing Xuanming Hand seemed to melt into the moonlight, causing him no harm whatsoever.

Now, the moonlight is fading, and in its place are thousands of flashing, flickering lightning bolts.

The next moment, his body seemed to transform into one of the countless bolts of lightning, flashing out from the last gap of the Xuanming Shield Formation with an astonishing speed, carrying a blazing deep blue light.

Almost the instant the Xuanming Coffin took shape, he arrived behind the weakest Soul King.

When Kong Tianxu reappeared, his face was somewhat pale. He couldn't even bother to adjust his somewhat disordered breathing, as he was about to lose control of the increasingly violent wind and fire elements in his hands.

The left-hand elemental creed split open from the middle, and then, in Xu Yunxiao's incredulous gaze as he looked back, pierced the small sun that was spinning faster and faster.

The rotation abruptly stopped, and then, it erupted and exploded!

Elemental Creed, Wind and Fire Transformation! Second Soul Skill, Solar Storm Domain!

A blue fireball, like a cannonball, hurtled straight toward the Xuanming Shield Formation with a trail of blue and red flames.

The Soul King who was first hit could not be stopped in the slightest. The blue meteor pierced through his chest in an instant and struck the Xuanming Shield, which had not yet dissipated.

The massive wind and fire elements raged, instantly scattering the Xuanming Sect's formation. They could only desperately rely on their sturdy Xuanjia shields to protect their bodies from being burned and cut.

Xu Yunxiao was in the same situation. He was closest to the center of the firestorm and didn't even have time to release his Martial Soul True Body. Although he had Soul Power protecting him, he was only slightly better off than the other two.

Kong Tianxu turned and began his desperate sprint. From the gap in the middle of the Elemental Creed sword where it connected to the bracers, a small cannon barrel emitted a wisp of blue smoke.

He just released a dual-attribute energy wave from here, which, along with a compressed solar storm domain, struck the Soul King and instantly detonated, unleashing a wide-range attack approaching the level of a seventh-ring Soul King.

As for his second soul skill, it comes from a special soul beast called the Sun Worm, which has a cultivation of five thousand years and is a powerful worm king that has mutated to the wind attribute.

Even in the Sun and Moon Royal Family, which inherits the Sun Martial Soul, the soul rings of such soul beasts are extremely rare, because the danger level of the place where the Sun Worm is located can be compared with that of the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.

However, with his grandfather by his side protecting him the whole time, that soul-hunting journey was no different from a picnic, and he easily obtained this powerful area-of-effect soul skill. It was nothing like the ups and downs of this trip.

This is the Douluo Continent, where the strong are respected. Kong Tianxu smirked.

Despite it being his first time killing someone, he felt no unusual emotions; instead, he became increasingly calm, quickly considering his next move.

Although he managed to break through the Xuanming Coffin by using the advanced application of his first soul skill, Mad Demon Lightning Flash, and reduced the enemy's numbers by almost teleporting, his own situation was still precarious.

Putting everything else aside, even facing Xu Yunxiao alone head-on, he had no confidence whatsoever.

Chapter 11 Cold Sky Snow Seal

Escape was impossible. In this perilous Star Dou Great Forest, even at his peak with his level forty cultivation, escaping the pursuit of a Soul Saint was a pipe dream.

After all, no matter how gifted he was, his years of cultivation were far too short, and his accumulated soul power was far from comparable to that of a seventh-ring expert.

That being the case...

His vertical pupils briefly returned to normal, and through the thick smoke, he could see his target—

Less than ten meters away from him, Xu Yingluo looked completely bewildered, seemingly utterly confused about what had happened.

Attack where the enemy is going to defend themselves.

Xu Yuanxi retreated all the way to the outermost edge of the battlefield, but she was still shaken. She had once thought that her cousin, Xu Sanshi, was the most talented Soul Master in the world, an insurmountable mountain in her eyes. But there was always a glimmer of hope to catch up. However, what she saw and heard today completely overturned her understanding.

Those three noble purple soul rings, the mysterious and majestic silver dragon body, and the clean and swift way she killed Ye Handong—all of this brought an indescribable shock to her proud and arrogant self.

She quickened her pace and took a few steps forward, arriving in front of Xu Yingluo. Although she had stolen the other party's soul ring, she didn't intend to completely break off relations. The Xuanming Sect had a strict hierarchy between the main family and collateral branches, and she wanted to bridge this conflict as much as possible.

Just as she was about to speak, Xu Yingluo gripped her hand tightly, seemingly still somewhat bewildered, as if completely unable to understand why the once harmonious group had turned against each other with swords drawn. Her palms were sweaty and slightly cold from the tense situation, while Xu Yingluo's were warm and dry, making her feel somewhat relaxed.

Seeing the other person's blank expression, she couldn't bring herself to say the words she had prepared.

Oh, you fool, sometimes fools have all the luck.

She sighed silently, a rare moment of tenderness creeping into her heart. She knew that given Xu Yingluo's favor with the sect leader, once Elder Yunxiao brought back the soul bone, this opportunity would surely fall to her.

Yes, even now, she doesn't think Kong Tianxu has any chance of struggling.

The difference between launching a surprise attack and killing a Soul Emperor and facing a prepared Soul Saint is like heaven and earth. This young man, whom she had taken seriously from the beginning, had indeed shown strength far beyond her expectations, but it was not enough, far from enough.

If only that soul bone didn't exist, her relationship with the boy would have had a good start. She was fully confident she could win him over; with the boy's talent, perhaps she could…

"Quickly, trade places with me!"

Just as she was feeling a pang of pity and looking down on Kong Tianxu, lamenting that he was about to die before he could even grow up, Xu Yunxiao's anxious call pulled her back to reality.

Her pupils suddenly contracted as a silver dragon claw, shimmering with an icy blue luster, reached out towards her from the dissipating smoke and dust.

He's still alive! Xu Yuanxi was horrified. As Kong Tianxu's dragon claws approached, she hurriedly released her martial soul, and her fourth soul ring flashed at an extremely fast speed.

This time, unlike the last time the golden wolf attacked, Xu Yunxiao was watching intently, and she was not disturbed at all. If Xu Yingluo died or something else happened to her under these circumstances, she would not have a good ending either.

A fierce wind swept in, and the sharp dragon claws were already close at hand; it was too late!

Xu Yuanxi remained calm under pressure, and with her complete focus, time seemed to slow down. The claws, carrying the shadow of death, vanished the instant they touched the two of them, accompanied by the black light of Xuanming's replacement, and her soul power instantly disappeared.

She didn't notice that a faint silver hue was mixed in with the black light belonging to Xuanming's replacement, and a smile of triumph appeared on Kong Tianxu's lips.

Xu Yuanxi let out a deep breath, as if she had survived a close call. Her tense mind, suddenly relaxed, didn't dwell on the reason for the abnormal depletion of her soul power. She patted Xu Yingluo's hand, which was tightly gripping hers, and looked at Xu Yunxiao's figure in front of her with unprecedented peace of mind.

etc.

Xu Yingluo?

Xu Yunxiao?

Didn't I switch places with Xu Yunxiao?

How am I still here?!

She immediately looked up at where Xu Yunxiao had been standing, and her face turned as pale as the two people beside her.

"careful!"

Right behind the two Soul Kings of the Xuanming Sect, in the spot where Xu Yunxiao had been a second ago, Kong Tianxu, whose face was even paler, suddenly appeared in the brilliant silver light.

An extreme chill spread out, and his hands had completely turned into a crystal-clear white jade, which he then lightly patted towards the two of them.

The two Soul Kings of the Xuanming Sect were bewildered the moment they saw Kong Tianxu disappear. It wasn't until Xu Yuanxi reminded them that they snapped out of their daze and turned around to protect themselves with the Xuanjia Shield.

The instant the two made contact, that pure, unadulterated white spread from Kong Tianxu's hand to the surface of the pitch-black armor shield. A layer of frost completely enveloped the Xuanming Shield at an astonishing speed, and the two Soul Kings who directly suffered this blow were transformed into two ice sculptures by this gentle, snow-like erosion.

The third soul skill, Frosty Snow Seal, ignores defense and provides strong control. If the person hit cannot resist its chilling attack immediately, the terrifyingly low temperature that penetrates deep into the lungs is enough to instantly take a person's life. However, it also has a limitation: it requires physical contact to trigger.

Despite these limitations, the power of this soul skill was still extremely terrifying. With just one strike, two Soul Kings perished.

Four out of the seven members of the Xuanming Sect were gone, leaving only one Soul Saint, one Soul Sect Master, and one Soul Venerable.

His palms touched the Xuanming Shield and immediately separated. Kong Tianxu withdrew his hands, which had returned to their original state, unable to even maintain his Martial Soul Possession, and collapsed to the ground with a thud. He then gasped for breath, his soul power feeling utterly depleted.

He had never been this weak since his martial spirit awakened.

He unleashed the full power of his level-six soul tools twice and used five soul skills in succession. Although the Mad Demon Lightning Flash and Solar Storm Domain were only thousand-year soul skills, their powerful strength was based on the premise of high soul power consumption.

As skills that are thousand-year soul rings, each of them consumes the equivalent of a ten-thousand-year soul skill's soul power in Kong Tianxu's own.

Finally, and most importantly, the silver light that altered the outcome of the Xuanming substitution was none other than the strongest attribute controlled by the Silver Dragon Clan—space.

His cultivation level was insufficient, and his spatial attribute had not yet fully awakened. He needed to come into contact with Xu Yuanxi herself to change her substitution position. However, according to Kong Tianxu's own estimation, he should be able to completely master this attribute after obtaining his seventh soul ring and achieving Martial Soul True Form.

As for Xu Yuanxi, she thought it was her extraordinary performance that allowed her to complete the substitution before being caught, but in fact it was just the result of Kong Tianxu's deliberate control.

Chapter 12 Peak of Level Nine, Flawless Moon

After repeated bursts of full-force output, even with the combined soul power of his twin super martial souls, he could no longer sustain it. The Myriad Beginnings Returning to Origin Domain was operating at full capacity, replenishing the nearly dried-up soul power in his meridians.

But the battle is not over yet.

Xu Yunxiao bypassed Xu Yingluo and Xu Yuanxi, who were slumped on the ground, and walked slowly toward Kong Tianxu with a solemn expression. The seventh soul ring on his body shone brightly, and the pitch-black aura covered his body, making the hoarseness in his voice even more distinct.

"Your talent is beyond description. Perhaps only the legendary Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy could cultivate a monster like you. I thought I had given you enough attention, but I still paid such a heavy price. From now on, I will go all out. Prepare to die."

As he spoke, his tone was extremely calm, as if his previous anger had dissipated, but the heartache in his eyes was impossible to conceal. One Soul Emperor and three direct-line Soul Kings—these were the backbone of the Xuanming Sect. He didn't know how to explain this to the Sect Master, Xu Yingluo's father.

When the Xuanming Turtle's true form reappeared, Kong Tianxu realized how suffocating the seemingly omnipresent viscous substance was after losing the blessing of the Silver Dragon Martial Soul. He no longer even had the power to control the elements to break the illusion, and the gap in soul power was despairing.

The reason he didn't choose Xu Yunxiao as the target of the Frost Snow Seal was precisely this. While the Frost Snow Seal could control Xu Yunxiao for a short time, it was unlikely to inflict particularly effective damage given the vast difference in their soul power and the fact that the opponent was prepared.

A dense black light appeared, and amidst the brilliance of the sixth soul ring, the Xuanming Turtle resembled a giant ball of light, hurtling straight towards Kong Tianxu, who had almost exhausted his soul power. Kong Tianxu, however, seemed to have given up resisting, remaining motionless and simply placing his left hand flat on his waist.

The sixth soul skill of the Ten Thousand Years, Turtle God Strike, is Xu Yunxiao's strongest attack and a sure-kill blow.

However, just as the imposing tortoise god was about to strike him, a hazy moonlight once again rippled across his chest.

The moonlight was extremely thin and transparent, yet it appeared incredibly resilient. Xu Yunxiao's full-force attack in his Martial Soul True Form state failed to affect the moonlight in the slightest way, not even causing the slightest deformation. Only the watery moonlight rippled slightly with Kong Tianxu's movements.

The level nine peak soul tool, the Flawless Moon, has only two functions, the most important of which is defense.

When its energy is abundant, even if a Limit Douluo were to arrive, he would not be able to break through its defense within four strikes.