Chapter 73: Harboring Thoughts of Rebellion

“He wants to avenge Gu Ling and the others. This fellow…” Ma Rulong closed his eyes with a trace of helplessness. What could he say? If he were in the same position, what choice would he make?

The reason Chen An didn’t force Muyang off the stage was because he wanted Muyang to exhaust his soul power until he could no longer use the simplified version of the Mortal Dust Sanctuary.

Chen An thought to himself: As long as he drains all his soul power and keeps an eye on his soul tool, then once Muyang runs out of soul power and the soul shield automatically deactivates, Muyang will become a lamb awaiting slaughter. Besides, such a powerful soul shield must consume a great deal of soul power.

But Chen An was mistaken. The simplified version of the Mortal Dust Sanctuary was designed specifically for low-level soul masters, which meant its soul power consumption was actually quite low—even less than what Chen An himself spent.

Moreover, even with all his speed, Chen An might not be able to land a blow using either Justice or Bribery. One could say Chen An was indeed skilled, but Muyang had many ways to counter him—at least if he went all out.

For example, Muyang could use Equality on Chen An, forcibly locking them in a situation where both would suffer equal damage until one perished.

Or, he could unleash all his power with the attack Resentment Unleashed, splitting the stage in two and ensuring his opponent’s death.

However, Muyang wanted to test the simplified Mortal Dust Sanctuary further, to see if it had any other functions or potential he didn’t yet know about.

But aside from discovering that it would automatically eject a soul guide shield and store soul power, he found nothing else of use.

So, Chen An spent a full twenty minutes wearing down the soul power inside the simplified Mortal Dust Sanctuary. Indeed, the shield’s soul power was depleted, but that didn’t mean Muyang himself was out of soul power; he simply used his own to reactivate the simplified shield.

At that moment, just as Chen An faltered for an instant from overexertion, Muyang seized the opportunity, spraying Justice at Chen An. However, this time, the Celestial Fiend Douluo was watching closely and intervened the moment Muyang fired, rescuing Chen An.

With a sweep of his arm, Celestial Fiend Douluo blocked the bullet. Yet, due to the unique property of the Justice gun—where all living beings within a one-meter radius suffer equal damage—the attack could not be fully negated.

Though Chen An survived, he was gravely wounded by the Justice blast. Who could say how many ribs in his chest were broken? Both his legs were also severely injured. Even if his legs recovered, it was unlikely Chen An would ever regain his previous speed.

The arena’s defensive barrier was only effective internally, designed to prevent the combatants’ power from spilling outward—making it a one-way shield. Thus, when the entire Sun Moon Team charged the stage toward Muyang, they had no trouble getting up there.

“Stop right there!” Celestial Fiend Douluo shouted. Though he too was frustrated, as the referee, he had to stop Sun Moon Team’s riot.

But the agitated members of Sun Moon Team could no longer restrain themselves. Dozens of soul tool rays shot directly at the fallen Muyang.

At that instant, a figure strode unyieldingly to the center of the arena, scattering all the soul tool rays in an instant.

“Are you planning a rebellion!?”

Simple words, yet their commanding force could not be concealed—a dominance that only someone like Elder Xuan possessed.

“How’s Sister Xiaotao’s evil fire suppression going?” Muyang asked.

“Thanks to your bottle of Icy Spring, most of Xiaotao’s evil fire has been dispelled,” Elder Xuan replied.

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