Douluo Dragon King: Martial Soul Spring and Autumn Cicada, Lord of Time

As that arrogant male voice fell.

A young man who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, with three soul rings—two yellow and one purple—circling his body, strode into the cave entrance.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that the young man was holding a long-handled staff, entirely white in his hand.

At the top of the staff is a beautiful blue crystal, emanating a terrifying chill.

The young man's expression was cold and arrogant, as if he were the only one who mattered in the world.

As for his body, there was a large circle of yellow and purple spiritual energy, which was obviously the result of killing many soul beasts.

Behind this arrogant young man was a beautiful girl of similar age to Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and the others.

This young girl had a pair of cute light blue pigtails that hung down to her slender waist. She had a delicate figure and lovely feet.

Her lovely face was as delicate as a porcelain doll, as perfect as if she had stepped out of a painting, and was only slightly less beautiful than Gu Yue.

As for the girl's temperament, she appeared very lively, quirky and clever, unlike the arrogant and cold man beside her, which was in stark contrast.

In her hand, she also held an ice staff, but it was smaller than the ice staff-wielding youth beside her, and she only had one yellow spirit ring.

Upon seeing this duo, Zhao Tao immediately recognized their origins.

Isn't that Xu Xiaoyan, the quirky and clever beauty who will be a transfer student in Class Zero, my future teammate, and possessing the mutated martial soul Star Wheel Ice Staff, and her brother Xu Xiaoyu?

Perhaps this is a case of "no fight, no friendship"!

"What are you doing? Are you robbing me?"

Hearing the words of the man with the ice staff in the distance, Tang Wulin's eyes flashed with anger, and he retorted angrily.

"Robbery? Well, you could think of it that way."

"I imagine that after taking down such a large creature, your soul power should be almost completely depleted, right?"

"For the sake of us being fellow Soul Masters, I'll give you one last chance—"

"Leave the Ascension Platform and surrender your spiritual power, or die!"

Upon hearing Tang Wulin's words, Xu Xiaoyu smiled contemptuously, pointing her ice staff at Zhao Tao and his group in the distance, threatening them.

"Tsk tsk, Brother Tao, is that a humanoid soul beast? How come soul beasts can speak human language now?"

Upon hearing Xu Xiaoyu's words, Xie Xie, standing to the side, scoffed, his eyes filled with disdain.

"Fine, very well, kid, you've angered me!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoyu's face instantly turned ashen, and she immediately activated her soul power!

"Sharp ice spikes!"

The first yellow spirit ring on her body flashed, and Xu Xiaoyu pointed her ice staff at Xie Xie.

The next moment, an extremely sharp ice spike shot out from the sky, heading towards Xie Xie in the distance.

Faced with Xu Xiaoyu's attack, Xie Xie nimbly took a step back to avoid it, and then launched an attack on Xu Xiaoyu.

"He dared to attack us, kill him!"

Looking at Xu Xiaoyu, who had already made the first move, Zhao Tao gave a cold smile.

Although Xu Xiaoyan will be my future teammate, Xu Xiaoyu is not!

Zhao Tao was determined to teach him a lesson for daring to attack his own team!

At Zhao Tao's command, the members of Class Zero activated their soul skills and launched an attack on Xu Xiaoyu!

"A fleeting moment of beauty!"

"Time Buries the Sword!"

As the captain, Zhao Tao took the lead and charged ahead. With his two spirit rings flashing, the Time Burial Sword was already in his hand!

At the same time, three waves of light enveloped himself, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyu respectively.

With Zhao Tao's support, Gu Yue's speed in manipulating the elements also increased significantly.

With a wave of her jade-like hand, a series of elemental attacks, each flashing with a different color, bombarded Xu Xiaoyu relentlessly.

Amidst the elemental attacks, Gu Yue was mixed with a powerful burst of light element, which exploded right in front of Xu Xiaoyu.

In an instant, Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan beside him both went blind, especially Xu Xiaoyan, who was in a state of panic.

Fortunately, Xu Xiaoyu, who was by her side, had more combat experience and knew that the blindness caused by the strong light was only temporary.

He closed his eyes while trying to calm Xu Xiaoyan down.

At the same time, his second soul ring flashed suddenly, and he waved his ice staff, forming four ice walls around his body, temporarily blocking Gu Yue's attack.

However, just as Xu Xiaoyu's eyesight had partially returned and she was preparing to retaliate, Zhao Tao had already arrived in front of her alone with his sword.

"Next time you're robbing someone, remember to keep your eyes open!"

As he spoke, Zhao Tao swung the Time Burial Sword directly at Xu Xiaoyu's neck!

"Wrath of Ice!"

Faced with Zhao Tao rushing towards her, Xu Xiaoyu quickly activated her most powerful third soul skill!

The third purple soul ring around Xu Xiaoyu's body flashed, and extremely dense ice energy gathered at the tip of her ice staff!

In the blink of an eye, an ice spear about two meters long, with terrifying magical patterns on its surface and terrifying energy fluctuations, seemingly capable of freezing everything, appeared in front of Xu Xiaoyu.

At this moment, he planned to use offense as defense, forcing Zhao Tao to retreat with a powerful attack!

However, it was at this moment that Xu Xiaoyu realized something was wrong.

That is, the speed at which his ice spear condensed was much slower than usual!

Was I slowed down?

But why didn't I feel anything unusual?

At that moment, a look of shock flashed through Xu Xiaoyu's mind!

At that very moment, Zhao Tao's Time Burial Sword slashed down directly!

puff!

With a muffled thud, Xu Xiaoyu's head was severed by Zhao Tao's sword!

However, no blood flowed from his wound.

The headless corpse and the head simultaneously turned into specks of light and dissipated.

With Xu Xiaoyu's death, the spiritual energy that had gathered around his body flew towards the members of Class Zero.

Of course, Zhao Tao and Gu Yue, who were supporting the battle, received the most spiritual power.

Even Tang Wulin, who was just there for show, received a soul spirit equivalent to the spiritual power provided by several hundred-year-old soul beasts.

"No...don't hit me!"

"I...I'm afraid of pain!"

"It was my brother who tried to rob you, it has nothing to do with me!"

Suddenly, only Xu Xiaoyan was left standing there, trembling, as if she had been scared out of her wits. She completely forgot that she had a distress device and betrayed Xu Xiaoyu in an instant.

"I know there's a reason for every wrong, and a debtor for every crime. Otherwise, do you think you'd be alive today?"

"Oh, and remember to tell your brother after you get out that if he's not satisfied, he should come to the intermediate level of Donghai Academy and find Zhao Tao from Class 0 of the first year!"

Looking at Xu Xiaoyan's somewhat terrified expression, Zhao Tao said calmly.

He then went directly to Xu Xiaoyan's side, and under her terrified gaze, took the rescue signal device from her hand and sent her away.

"To avoid any unforeseen complications, let's refine the spiritual energy first!"

After this little incident, everyone sat down cross-legged again and began to refine the spiritual energy they had just acquired.