Chapter 26 Martial Soul Seal.
Inside the Beidou Academy.
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing the reward details, Lu Xiao's previously languid expression finally changed.
He abruptly sat up in his rocking chair, his gaze sharp as lightning as he looked up at the celestial canopy, a flicker of surprise and intense interest in his eyes.
"The first seal of the Creation God Ring?"
He murmured to himself.
This Martial Soul was obtained from a special sign-in a month ago. Upon acquiring it, he discovered it was firmly imprisoned by nine mysterious, chain-like seals.
Even with his cultivation, he couldn't budge it an inch.
Unexpectedly, this reward from the celestial canopy directly helped him break the first seal!
A golden pillar of light, far thicker and more solid than any previous reward pillar, seemingly composed of the purest rules, crashed down.
It precisely poured into Lu Xiao's body!
"Buzz!"
Behind Lu Xiao, a golden divine ring, indescribably beautiful and complex, appeared out of thin air.
The divine ring slowly rotated, emanating a hazy yet vast aura of creation.
Most strikingly, Nine tangible chains, seemingly formed from the very rules of order, were coiled around the divine ring, firmly sealing its power.
At this moment, with the infusion of the golden beam of light, one of the chains cracked under the strain.
Then, before Ning Rongrong and the others' astonished eyes, it shattered with a deafening roar, dissipating into specks of golden light!
Just as the first seal broke, "Boom!!!"
Above Beidou Academy, the once clear sky was suddenly shrouded in endless dark clouds.
Countless bolts of lightning danced like silver snakes, weaving together a destructive sea of thunder.
A terrifying heavenly might, powerful enough to shatter even a Title Douluo's soul, suddenly descended!
The power contained within that thunder seemed intent on utterly destroying this heaven-defying entity!
"A lightning tribulation?!"
Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan had never witnessed such power of heaven and earth. Their faces paled instantly, their eyes filled with panic.
"Not good!"
Li Bai, who was enjoying his wine, narrowed his eyes. His Azure Lotus Divine Sword instantly drew its sheath, unleashing thousands of azure sword energies that soared into the sky, transforming into a massive lotus sword domain. This domain enveloped the core area of the Beidou Academy, isolating it from the terrifying pressure of the lightning.
"Everyone, retreat!"
Li Bai shouted, simultaneously looking at Lü Bu, Sikong Zhen, and the others.
Lü Bu slammed his halberd to the ground, his murderous aura soaring to the heavens. Sikong Zhen's body crackled with lightning, seemingly forming a resistance against the lightning tribulation above.
Lu Xiao stared solemnly at the sea of lightning in the sky. He hadn't expected that breaking a seal would attract a heavenly tribulation.
He instantly realized that he would likely face a lightning tribulation every time he broke a seal.
This sparked a great curiosity and desire to investigate the origin of the "Creation God Ring" he had obtained through system check-ins.
"Li Bai, just protect the academy."
Lu Xiao's voice returned to calm, yet carried an undeniable authority.
"This tribulation was caused by me, and it shall be ended by me."
Before his words even finished, he took a step forward, already mid-air.
His right hand clenched, and the purplish-gold "Radiant Annihilation Sword," wreathed in a murderous aura that slays gods and immortals, was firmly in his grasp!
At the same time, nine spirit rings appeared around Lu Xiao in succession.
Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, gold!
Eight red and one gold!
A spirit ring configuration that defied the heavens to the extreme!
Especially the last one, radiating nobility, antiquity, and seemingly transcending the rules of the world—a golden spirit ring.
It left Ning Rongrong and the others below dumbfounded, their minds blank.
A golden spirit ring?
What age was that?
A spirit ring over 100,000 years old?
Ignoring the shock below, Lu Xiao's gaze locked onto the core of the Heavenly Thunder Sea, and the Radiant Annihilation God-Slaying Sword in his hand emitted an excited hum.
"Ninth Soul Skill—God-Slaying!"
There was no earth-shattering display, only a pure, almost supernatural, dark golden sword aura, seemingly capable of severing the laws of heaven and earth and reducing all things to nothingness, silently emerged from the sword's tip, soaring upwards against the heavens!
Wherever the sword aura passed, space silently annihilated.
The raging lightning, as if encountering its nemesis, crumbled and shattered before that seemingly small sword aura, ultimately dissipating into the most primordial energy of heaven and earth!
One sword, and the tribulation of lightning dissipated!
The dark clouds in the sky seemed to have been wiped away by an invisible hand, instantly restoring clarity.
Only Lu Xiao, bathed in a faint golden light, holding the God-Slaying Sword, with the Creation God Ring, now shattered from its seal, floating behind him, remained, like a god descending to earth!
"..."
The entire Beidou Academy fell into a deathly silence.
The tribulation of lightning appeared and vanished in an instant.
The world-destroying aura came quickly and went even faster, seemingly just a fleeting tremor in the heavens and earth.
However, this brief yet terrifying fluctuation was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake.
Its ripples had spread to every corner of the continent, stirring the nerves of all the peak experts.
Inside the Spirit Hall, in the Hall of Offerings, Qian Daoliu's golden eyes were filled with unprecedented solemnity and astonishment.
His gaze seemed to pierce through layers of void, looking towards the direction of Sunset Forest.
That destructive aura that even made him, a level 99 Limit Douluo, feel a chill.
And that fleeting yet sharp sword aura that seemed capable of severing everything...
"Sunset Forest, where is that again?"
Qian Daoliu's voice carried a barely perceptible dryness.
"That thunderous power just now was no ordinary celestial phenomenon; the destructive will it contained even surpassed the scope of a lightning tribulation."
"And that sword aura, who made the move, to annihilate it with a single strike?"
The Golden Crocodile Douluo behind him also had a grave expression.
He had just stabilized his cultivation level, which had been boosted by the reward, but the distant fluctuations still left him with lingering fear.
"Brother, the appearance and disappearance of that lightning were too strange, especially since it happened right after the Martial Soul Ranking was announced and the 'Creation God Ring' broke its seal."
"And the location was in Sunset Forest."
Qian Daoliu nodded slowly, a hint of understanding and deeper apprehension flashing in his eyes.
"Your guess coincides with mine. The Big Dipper Academy is most likely hidden deep within Sunset Forest."
"And this lightning is probably the celestial phenomenon that Lu Xiao attracted when he broke the first seal of the 'Creation God Ring.' As for the person who annihilated the lightning tribulation..."
He paused, his tone carrying a deduction that even he himself found hard to believe.
"Besides him, I can't think of a second candidate. Only someone who possesses the 'Radiant Annihilation God-Slaying Sword' and can wield it to such a level could achieve such effortless power, breaking through tribulation with a single strike!" "
What?!"
The elders were all horrified upon hearing this.
Although they had some guesses, hearing it from Qian Daoliu himself was still incredibly shocking.
Lu Xiao not only possessed three heaven-defying martial souls, but his own strength had actually reached a level where he could easily withstand such terrifying heavenly might?
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