Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of Kong Tianxu. He only extended three fingers, and when those three fingers came together, they firmly clamped down on Xuanzi's hand, which seemed unavoidable in Old Ma's eyes.

An invisible darkness spread through the air like ink, causing everyone around the arena, including the five titled figures from the Star Luo Empire such as Shattered Star Douluo, to freeze in place, as if time itself had stood still.

The figure standing below the stage, yet so proud as if isolated at the pinnacle of heaven and earth, had one hand behind his back and the other slowly bending Xuanzi's arm into a right angle, calmly looking at the Shrek Academy students opposite him.

"You want to rebel?"

These five simple words struck the hearts of every Shrek Academy team member and teacher like five giant hammers, leaving them speechless.

What kind of power is this to generate such terrifying pressure? With his own strength, he can make hundreds of thousands of people tremble, and he can even restrain Xuan Lao, a top-tier Super Douluo of level ninety-eight, in an instant.

Is this level of strength truly attainable by a Soul Master?

In the audience, Moon stood up from his recliner, trembling. His movements were so fast that it was hard to believe he was over 250 years old. However, his back was still hunched over at almost a 90-degree angle, and he could only support himself with a cane.

His lips trembled as he murmured:

"Free and easy..."

"Long Xiaoyao".

Xu Liuyun's expression was extremely grim, and the moment he uttered the name, Xu Jiawei's face changed drastically. Dai Hao was initially somewhat bewildered, but after another Title Douluo explained it to him, a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

Without a doubt, the one who appeared below the stage, intimidating everyone, was none other than the Dark Holy Dragon, one of the two Limit Douluo, the Black and White Holy Dragons, a supreme being of level ninety-nine, the Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao.

Xuanzi's pupils suddenly contracted. As a level 98 Super Douluo, he could sense Long Xiaoyao's terrifying soul power, which was as deep as an abyss, more clearly than anyone else.

His expression immediately turned serious, and he casually used a burst of yellow soul power to send the Shrek group behind him away.

Then, he snorted coldly, stepped forward with his right foot, and struggled with all his might.

"boom--"

With a single stomp, it was as if the earth itself had turned upside down! The surrounding ground shattered in response, and the violent shockwaves transformed into fan-shaped yellow rays that swept towards Long Xiaoyao's feet.

A terrifying force began to crack the ground beneath his feet. Within a diameter of several thousand meters, it truly resembled an earth dragon turning over, constantly emitting violent roars and vibrations under the influence of Xuanzi's powerful soul force and strength.

Long Xiaoyao seemed completely unaware, and didn't even send off the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy students behind him like Xuanzi. The thick, powerful yellow light hadn't even reached him before it quietly disappeared into the darkness.

Naturally, the three fingers that were gripping Xuanzi's arm remained as steady as a rock, without moving an inch.

Under the intense yellow light, Xuanzi's veins bulged. He had done his best, and three indented finger marks had already appeared on his right hand, which was as hard as metal.

However, no matter what, the three fingers gripping his arm were as if cast in bronze and iron, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not break free.

Xuanzi's expression finally changed.

As the owner of a top-tier earth-attribute martial soul, with his body firmly planted on the ground and enhanced by soul power, his physical strength is arguably unmatched in its class on the continent.

Even the Poison Old Monster of the Body Sect didn't dare to wrestle with him on the ground without releasing his Martial Soul, yet the other party was able to silently withstand all of his power. What does this mean?

This indicates that his level is above his own, and he is already a level 98 Super Douluo. Combined with the dark attribute that Long Xiaoyao unconsciously revealed during their battle, he already knew the other party's identity:

"The Limit... Dark Dragon Emperor, Long Xiaoyao?"

Xuanzi's voice was dry and trembling with disbelief.

Long Xiaoyao responded calmly:

"The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament has a history of ten thousand years, and even during the Spirit Hall era, the tournament has never been disrupted. If someone gets into trouble and you want to settle scores, please find the referee. According to the rules, to demonstrate true strength, participating team members must go all out. Who can go all out and then stop? And the referee controls the competition. If someone has an accident, it only means the referee failed in their duty. What does it have to do with our team members? If you still intend to break this ten-thousand-year-old rule—"

His eyes sharpened:

"Why not give it a try and see if my dragon claws are still sharp?"

Xuanzi wanted to argue further: "Yes—"

"Snapped!"

The clear sound of a slap echoed through the silent square.

Long Xiaoyao withdrew his hand:

"This is to teach you a lesson. As a Super Douluo, you should have the pride that belongs to a Super Douluo. You, with your nine-ring strength, bullied a child who is not even fourteen years old. You are simply a disgrace to Shrek Academy and even the Sea God Pavilion behind you."

Kong Tianxu walked out slowly, stood side by side with Long Xiaoyao, and spoke leisurely:

"It seems that level 98 is just level 98 after all. Compared to a level 99 Limit Douluo, it is indeed... nothing special, and there's nothing it can do."

Chapter 127 The Bullfighting Master and the Dark Dragon Emperor

Xuanzi was clearly stunned by Long Xiaoyao's identity and the sudden slap, still staring blankly at Long Xiaoyao without making a move. It wasn't until Kong Tianxu uttered those words that he snapped out of his daze, his eyes flashing with murderous intent:

"you--"

"Snapped."

Long Xiaoyao slapped him again with his backhand.

Was he wrong?

Xuanzi couldn't help but cover his aged cheek, where a palm print was visible, and turned to Long Xiaoyao again:

"I--"

"Snapped."

An even heavier slap landed on the other half of Xuanzi's face. This time, Long Xiaoyao was too lazy to say anything, but he used a bit of his soul power.

"Long Xiaoyao, you are a legendary figure, known alongside Elder Mu as the Black and White Twin Saint Dragons. Are you going to bully us younger generations with your superior strength?"

Xuanzi's voice trembled slightly as he barely suppressed his grief and indignation, speaking slowly and deliberately.

Long Xiaoyao? The Black and White Twin Holy Dragons?!

Kong Tianxu and Long Xiaoyao did not deliberately lower their voices when they spoke, and the people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, as well as some high-level Soul Masters in Star Luo Square, all heard their conversation.

The five Title Douluos, including Shattered Star Douluo, who were attempting to break through the invisible darkness laid down by Long Xiaoyao, suddenly stopped in their tracks. As retainers of a top-tier nation like the Star Luo Empire, they had heard of the legends of the previous era in the Soul Master world.

Since a Limit Douluo has taken action, this battle is definitely no longer their concern.

Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, had a look of schadenfreude in his eyes. Twenty years ago, when he was still hot-blooded, he had attacked Xuanzi in anger because he was dissatisfied with Xuanzi's domineering style when he led the Shrek Academy Inspection Team. In the end, he was taught a bad lesson.

Now the tables have turned. No matter how big the old glutton's fist is, it seems he'll still get beaten up if he encounters someone even bigger.

But at the same time, shock and a heavy feeling involuntarily surfaced in their hearts—

Behind such a genius, is there actually another Limit Douluo?

The students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were both surprised and delighted. They thought that being stopped by Shrek Academy's top expert at level 98 today would definitely lead to a bad end, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better. Behind Kong Tianxu, there was actually a legendary Limit Douluo!

Old Ma was equally dumbfounded. He had already prepared to cooperate with Old Kong in making a move, but he could hardly imagine that the one who made the move was an unheard-of level 99 expert. Xiao Hongchen's mouth was even wider open. He didn't have a clear understanding of Kong Deming's strength, only thinking that Kong Tianxu had such a status because of his grandfather's extremely high seniority.

But Long Xiaoyao's appearance made him realize even more the vast gap between himself and Kong Tianxu.

Cain and Xu Tianzhen were a little better off. They and Kong Tianxu were the first to come out of Qiankun Wenqing Valley, and they knew a little about the Holy Spirit Cult. However, they were also clearly shocked by Long Xiaoyao's true strength, and their rosy lips were slightly open.

Long Xiaoyao said indifferently, "So what if it is? When you were intimidating people just now, why didn't you say that you were bullying the weak? Xuanzi, you have disappointed me too much. Is this how Mu En and Shrek taught you to act?"

"Still not admitting your mistake?"

As he spoke, he gestured as if to raise his hand again.

Xuanzi's face turned red from Long Xiaoyao's teasing. He usually looked unkempt and had the demeanor of an ordinary, slovenly old man, but he was still a level 98 Super Douluo. Even if his strength was different from that of a Limit Douluo, it was definitely not as great as he was showing now.

Having been pampered in Shrek Academy and even the Three Kingdoms, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

What's more, the Shrek team he led had just lost its championship glory that had lasted for ten thousand years.

When the Golden Path struck Kong Tianxu and Electrolux appeared, he almost thought victory was assured. But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment; at that moment, his heart ached as if he had fallen from a high mountain.

The anger of self-reproach instantly overwhelmed his reason.

"Then let's give it a try!"

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red—nine spirit rings, gleaming with dazzling brilliance, rose up in an instant.

Xuanzi's back arched abruptly, his tattered, oil-stained clothes ripped apart, and his bronze muscles bulged, instantly doubling his size. A terrifying aura surged skyward, threatening to change the very fabric of the world.

Most strangely, a spiral horn grows from each side of his head, radiating an indescribable mysterious luster, as if nine colors of light are shimmering on it, eventually turning into a jade-like white.

The moment he released his martial spirit, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, and even Long Xiaoyao's eyes became sharp.

The nine sons of the Dragon God, of the Taotie bloodline...

Kong Tianxu stared intently at Xuanzi's pair of jade-like, nine-colored spiral horns, his eyes flashing.

The top-tier martial soul, the Taotie Divine Ox, is only a hair's breadth away from the super level.

Xuanzi's messy hair turned completely brownish-yellow. He looked up, and his pair of crystal-yellow bull eyes suddenly stared at Long Xiaoyao. The nine soul rings on his body suddenly lit up with a brilliant flame as if they were burning, and a white light that shone like diamonds suddenly shone between his bull horns.

As the owner of the top-tier martial soul, the Gluttonous Divine Ox, and possessing a powerful cultivation level of ninety-eight, although he was no match for Long Xiaoyao, if he were to unleash his full power, he would certainly not be as powerless to resist as before.

Long Xiaoyao snorted coldly, showing no fear. One of his hands, covered in black scales, had transformed into a dragon claw, and he still gripped Xuanzi's arm tightly. His powerful dark attribute soul force suppressed the Taotie Divine Ox's earth attribute, making it impossible for it to lift its head.

In the other palm, a black vortex had already appeared.

The moment this black vortex appeared, it seemed as if all the light around it was sucked into it. Spatial rifts appeared and then disappeared, and not a sound could be heard.

Clearly, Long Xiaoyao was truly enraged.

The aftershocks of Xuanzi's first collision with him were already quite significant to outsiders, but even so, it was actually the result of him suppressing it with his own soul power; otherwise, the outcome would not have been as simple as the earth dragon turning over.

In his youth, Long Xiaoyao was also a man of fiery and strong character. He had patiently spoken to this point only out of respect for Mu En. But now, the other party was pushing his luck, showing no regard for the consequences of going all out, and had even begun to use the power of his martial soul's origin.

Since that's the case, then I'll teach you a lesson.

Long Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes slightly, and within the black vortex, a black dragon shadow could be faintly seen swirling.

This is to combine two soul cores of darkness and space attributes that resonate in the same position, condense them into a miniature soul core, and then integrate the silent dark domain into it?

Kong Tianxu was slightly surprised. This kind of attack required an extremely high level of mastery over one's own martial soul and soul power. Long Xiaoyao's pure understanding of his own martial soul was probably the best among the three limits in the world.

Long Xiaoyao's eyes flashed with silver light as he was about to send the group from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy away. Kong Tianxu stopped him, and a holy phantom flashed past behind him.

"Has this old man had a bout of mad cow disease? How could he?"

On the city wall of the imperial city, Xu Jiawei's forehead was already covered in a fine layer of cold sweat.

There is an unwritten rule in the world of Soul Masters: when Title Douluo-level powerhouses fight, they must go to a high place to avoid the impact of the battle's aftershocks on ordinary people.

If the two top experts, Long Xiaoyao (level 99) and Xuanzi (level 98), were to clash here, even if Long Xiaoyao, the Dark Holy Dragon, could control his soul power to some extent, Xingluo City might survive, but none of the hundreds of thousands of spectators in Xingluo Square would survive!

Xu Liuyun sighed and was about to take a step forward.

Mu En frowned and telepathically communicated with Xuan Zi.