Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 160 Yin Chen Makes a Move
The raging fireball stopped abruptly the moment it touched Yin Chen's palm, as if it had met its nemesis.

The flames on its surface extinguished at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into billowing white vapor.

Immediately afterwards, the entire fireball was quickly frozen, turning into an ice ball encasing a crimson core.

Yin Chen's hand clenched slightly.

"Click."

The ice puck shattered instantly, turning into countless ice crystals and red fire elemental light spots that dissipated into the air.

At the same time, the thin, gray mental shock emitted by Huo Yuhao had already reached Yin Chen.

Yin Chen didn't even look. He raised his left hand, and a faint, almost invisible golden halo covered his palm.

The air around the halo seemed to thicken.

He reached forward with his left hand and precisely pinched the invisible gray thread.

The power of time is activated.

That terrifying attack, powerful enough to easily pierce the mental defenses of a Soul King-level expert, suddenly froze in mid-air, less than an inch away from Yin Chen's fingertips.

It trembled violently, yet it could neither advance an inch further nor dissipate.

"Looks like you guys are quite active while I'm away as class monitor."

Yin Chen spoke calmly.

"Yes...yes, it's the class monitor."

"Boss, the boss is back."

The silence in the audience was broken by a few excited shouts.

Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan pointed excitedly at the figures on the stage, almost jumping up.

"Boss, you're finally back."

"My God, what was that just now? Boss... he actually caught Wu Feng's fireball with his bare hands?"

"Did you guys feel it? As soon as the squad leader appeared, I felt the temperature around us drop several degrees."

"The boss has become so handsome, those heterochromatic eyes are amazing."

Zhou Sichen and several of Yin Chen's underlings immediately began to flatter him.

The other students in the class stared in shock at the boy who had suddenly appeared and resolved the deadly situation with lightning speed.

"Is this the class monitor's strength? He's too strong!"

"As expected of the top freshman, he's ridiculously strong."

Yin Chen ignored the discussions below the stage.

His gaze swept across the room, first glancing at Wu Feng, who was kneeling on the ground with a face full of resentment, and then at Huo Yuhao, who was standing still with his eyes appearing strangely gray.

"What's going on? Why are they fighting?"

His voice was very flat, and no emotion could be heard.

Wu Feng was breathing heavily, staring intently at Yin Chen. The mental anguish and the anger of having her attack thwarted made her speak recklessly.

"Yin Chen, mind your own business. This is between Huo Yuhao and me."

She was very dissatisfied, extremely dissatisfied.

Why does this man have the right to interfere in her affairs as soon as he gets back? Why does he act so superior?
"I am the class monitor."

Yin Chen responded calmly, as if stating a very simple fact.

"There's nothing in this class that I can't handle."

He paused, lowered his right hand covered in ice crystals, turned his gaze to Wu Feng, his tone still calm, but the words made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"Besides, if I don't make a move, you've already lost."

"impossible."

Wu Feng, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, immediately retorted excitedly.

“He’s already powerless to resist. He’s a cripple. My move will definitely burn him to ashes.” In her view, Yin Chen was favoring Huo Yuhao and humiliating her.

Are you questioning my judgment?

Yin Chen finally turned his head slowly, and for the first time, his one gold and one green eye looked directly at Wu Feng.

There was no anger, no mockery, only icy coldness.

It was a coldness as if one were looking at an inanimate object.

As his gaze fell upon them, a silent chill suddenly descended.

This chill is not simply a low temperature, but an absolute suppression originating from the level of life itself.

The temperature on the arena, which had risen due to Wu Feng's dragon fire, was completely reversed in that instant.

Visible ice crystals condensed in the air and slowly drifted down.

A thin layer of white frost quickly covered the hard stone surface of the arena.

The students in the audience all shivered.

"What...what's going on? It's so cold."

"Hiss... I feel like my bones are going to freeze."

Zhou Sichen shrank back even further, looking at Yin Chen's retreating figure with a terrified expression, and whispered to Cao Jinxuan:
"I feel... I feel like the boss has become so scary since he went out this time. He used to be strong, but he was very gentle. Now... now, just one look from him makes me feel like I'm going to be killed."

Cao Jinxuan nodded in deep agreement, not daring to speak.

On the arena, those facing the chilling wind of the witch felt it most deeply.

She felt as if she had been instantly thrown from the sweltering summer heat into the heart of the far north ice field.

The chill seeped into her bloodstream through her pores, threatening to freeze her soul.

Her proud red dragon bloodline trembled before this extreme cold, unable to even muster the slightest thought of resistance.

Her body stiffened, her mouth agape, the words of rebuttal stuck in her throat, unable to escape her lips.

fear.

An unprecedented fear gripped her heart.

"I……"

She wanted to say something, but her teeth were chattering.

Just then, Han Ruoruo appeared on the arena. With a wave of her hand, a gentle soul force dispelled the suffocating chill.

She first glanced at Yin Chen with some delight, then said to Wu Feng:

“Wu Feng, Yin Chen is right.”

“Just now, if he hadn’t intervened, your attack would have at most severely injured Huo Yuhao, rendering him unable to fight.”

Han Ruoruo's gaze shifted to the still space to Yin Chen's left, her eyes sparkling with interest.

"But you absolutely cannot withstand his second mental attack."

She explained with lingering fear:
"If that attack hits you, your mental sea will be instantly pierced. If things go wrong, you will become a mindless living dead."

Upon hearing his homeroom teacher's confirmation, Wu Feng's face turned deathly pale, devoid of any color.

She looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief, then at Yin Chen.

So... so he wasn't favoring Huo Yuhao, he was... saving me?
This truth was more painful for her than killing her.

Yin Chen ignored the distraught Wu Feng.

He dissipated the power of time in his left hand, and the still gray thread, freed from its restraints, turned into specks of gray light and vanished into the air.

At the same time, the gray in Huo Yuhao's eyes quickly faded, returning to normal black.

His body went limp, he lost all support, and fell backward.

(End of this chapter)