"Humans, you dare?!" Dark wisps seeped from Di Tian's temples.
He was furious. Since arriving in this world, he had done nothing.
Even when visiting the library, he had queued and paid properly. Yet now, after coming to Heaven Dou City to sightsee and gather intel on Qian Renxue, he was accosted by unrelated parties.
Who wouldn't be enraged by this?
"Wait, let me handle this." Bi Ji stepped forward, shielding Di Tian with an outstretched arm. "Human Soul Masters, we have no intention of fighting. Please leave."
Though she knew it was futile, Bi Ji maintained her courtesy.
"Why have you infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire's capital?" Tang Xiao demanded coldly. "The relationship between humans and soul beasts is no secret."
"Oh? We merely came to observe human society. There are no rules forbidding soul beasts from entering human cities."
"Unless I'm mistaken, that hammer-wielder over there harbors a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit."
"Does our presence here inconvenience you?"
"You... how do you know that?" Tang Xiao's frown deepened.
"We know far more than you realize. Since we're unwelcome, my companion and I shall take our leave." Bi Ji turned to Di Tian. "Let's go."
"Bi Ji..."
Di Tian sighed.
Were it not for his mistress's plans and her explicit order before their departure to heed Bi Ji's counsel and avoid brute-force solutions he would have already ripped off these fools' heads.
Bi Ji levitated gracefully into the sky, with Di Tian following closely.
"Don't let them escape!"
As Di Tian and Bi Ji prepared to leave, Yu Yuanzhen's voice rang out.
His eyes burned with fervor the black-robed male was undoubtedly a dragon-type soul beast. Obtaining his soul ring and bone would be an immense boon for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
"Wait!" Tang Xiao hesitated upon seeing traces of Ah Yin's demeanor in Bi Ji, her aura stirring something within him. But as Yu Yuanzhen recklessly charged forward, Tang Xiao's hesitation vanished.
Love at first sight was merely lust in disguise.
For Soul Masters, profit was the only eternal truth.
Especially when dealing with soul beasts they'd just met.
Like Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiao's soul rings materialized one after another:
Two yellow, two purple, five black the optimal configuration for a Title Douluo. At 97th rank with the supreme tool martial soul Clear Sky Hammer, his soul power erupted violently.
"Clear Sky Nine Absolutes Skyward Strike!"
"Ninth Soul Skill, True Dragon's Wrath Quaking the Heavens!"
Both Tang Xiao's secret technique and Yu Yuanzhen's soul skill were compressed to minimize collateral damage to Heaven Dou City.
As leaders of upper sects attending Emperor Xue Ye's funeral, reducing the capital to rubble was unacceptable!
Unlike Tang Hao's notorious impulsiveness, both men retained some restraint.
Earlier, Yu Yuanzhen had ordered the hotel's evacuation precisely for this reason.
Even if they disregarded Xue Qinghe, they couldn't slight Ning Fengzhi.
With no casualties, the matter could be smoothed over.
And if deaths occurred, they couldn't result from their attacks.
Deaths caused by the soul beasts? Unfortunate, but it would unite the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan against a common enemy.
They'd be celebrated as heroes who thwarted soul beasts infiltrating human territory.
Sacrifices during battle were inevitable compensation would suffice.
Were two Title Douluo expected to forfeit their lives?
"Overestimating yourselves. How dare you call this 'True Dragon'?" Di Tian glowered.
A mere Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon claiming to be a true dragon?
Then what did that make him, leader of the Black Dragon Clan a fake dragon?
"Let me handle this. Remember our orders." Bi Ji again blocked Di Tian. If this hothead acted, it would antagonize Qian Daoliu's faction.
The Angel Clan valued face above all. Since cooperation was planned, goodwill was necessary.
"Are you sure you can manage, Bi Ji?" Di Tian's eye twitched.
"Have you ever tested whether I can?" Bi Ji replied mildly.
"Though combat isn't my specialty and I've lived less than a hundred thousand years, my cultivation exceeds five hundred millennia. I'm no mere human support-type Soul Master."
The Skyward Strike and True Dragon's Wrath unleashed torrents of soul power.
One side of the sky shimmered with prismatic hues like auroras, while crackling lightning webbed through the air.
Wherever the terrifying soul skills passed, immense pressure followed.
The attacks converged on Di Tian and Bi Ji.
Di Tian remained motionless, watching indifferently.
Bi Ji slowly closed her luminous eyes as an emerald radiance blossomed from her core.
Her aura made Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen pale.
"97th... no, at least 98th-rank power!"
Before their shock could fade, Bi Ji raised her right palm, sending ripples through the air.
Then
A whisper reached Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen:
"Jade Light Barrier."
In an instant, the world seemed to invert.
Pale green energy erupted from Bi Ji, engulfing the incoming attacks.
Yet before Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen could process this, their own techniques were expelled at blinding speed now hurtling back toward them.
"Damn it!"
Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao's expressions contorted.
The reflected attacks were too fast to dodge. Caught off-guard, they could only brace with raw soul power.
BOOM!
CRASH!
Two deafening explosions rocked the sky.
The detonations consumed Tang Xiao and Yu Yuanzhen, their shockwaves ravaging the ground below and kicking up a sandstorm.
Bi Ji frowned slightly, waving a hand to contain the aftermath within the combat zone the humans had designated.
She quickly confirmed no lifeforms remained nearby clearly, the area had been preemptively cleared for this battle.
Though indifferent to human casualties, Bi Ji recalled her mistress's orders, future cooperation with Qian Renxue, and the upcoming coronation.
Thus, she suppressed the shockwaves within bounds.
"Let's go."
Bi Ji turned to leave.
But Di Tian sensed a soul power locking onto her.
As a support-type soul beast, Bi Ji's defenses were lacking. A direct hit could grievously injure her despite her healing prowess.
In a flash, Di Tian intercepted the spear streaking toward Bi Ji, snatching it midair.
"Hmph. A Soul Douluo unleashing Title Douluo-level power."
Analyzing the attack instantly, Di Tian hurled the Shattering Soul Spear back toward its origin.
"ARGH!"
A scream echoed from the shadows.
"I thought I told you not to kill?" Bi Ji frowned.
"I didn't. Just crippled him." Di Tian retorted. "Bi Ji, your mercy is why our mistress worried about sending you alone."
Bi Ji offered no rebuttal, sighing inwardly. "Let's go. More humans approach we can't afford complications now."
"Complete our primary mission first."
Di Tian nodded. Before departing, his golden pupils glinted toward where Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao had fallen.
Then, as a streak of black light, he vanished from Heaven Dou City.