Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky

Chapter 45 Purple Jade Thunder Dragon

"Snap—" The moment the whip touched his head, Ye Nongfeng let out a muffled groan, his whole body curling up instantly, his hands tightly covering the back of his head. He trembled uncontrollably amidst unconscious panting.

Was this attack imbued with mental attributes? Kong Tianxu keenly sensed the fleeting mental fluctuation. Although it was extremely weak, he still managed to detect the strange fluctuation.

He also noticed that Ye Nongfeng was wearing a pair of golden handcuffs. A faint white light emanated from Ye Nongfeng, struggling to expand outwards, but the golden handcuffs only flashed slightly before the white light instantly dissipated.

Like most students at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Ye Nongfeng's martial soul was extremely weak, and all his soul skills only had the function of amplifying soul power output. Faced with that handcuff soul tool, which was obviously of a high grade, he was completely powerless to resist.

Three figures in school uniforms surrounded Ye Nongfeng. Kong Tianxu noticed that although the three had different builds and appearances, they all had dark skin and clearly possessed some royal blood.

One of the handsome young men, with a cold and aloof demeanor, was wearing a black school uniform representing Mingde Hall, while the other two also possessed considerable soul power fluctuations, wearing yellow school uniforms representing senior students.

Ye Nongfeng had only been enrolled for a few days, so why had he gotten into trouble with this group of upperclassmen? Kong Tianxu didn't act rashly; the situation was still relatively under control, and he planned to observe the situation before making a decision. If both sides were entangled, there was no need to meddle.

Seeing Ye Nongfeng's convulsing appearance, the skinny, monkey-like youth carrying what appeared to be a whip but was actually a leather belt spirit weapon grinned maliciously and said:

"Heh heh, try being stubborn again? My Copper Head Belt Martial Soul and Dragon Binding Lock are a perfect match. No matter how skilled you are, you'll suffer the torment of mental tearing. I heard you're a soul guidance genius? I wonder if you'll still be able to think straight after a few more hits?"

The Dragon Binding Lock? Isn't that a level-six soul tool used by the royal guards to detain prisoners? No wonder Ye Nongfeng was powerless to resist. Kong Tianxu looked at the skinny monkey's bulging, excited appearance and felt a slight displeasure.

The skinny monkey shook the leather belt with three yellow spirit rings around it, as if to swing it again—

"Alright." The tall young man behind him spoke up to stop him, "Xu Yunyuan, we called you here to make him apologize. Judging by your attitude, you might actually beat him to death."

Having said that, he squatted down, grabbed Ye Nongfeng's hair (who had just calmed down a bit), patted the other's pale cheek, and said:

"Kid, aren't you going to back down? You heard it too, this guy's martial soul is no ordinary one; I specially invited him. It might not be good at anything else, but it has one thing: it can injure without leaving a mark. Even if we beat you into an idiot today, no one will see it, and none of us will do anything. Listen to me, go and apologize to Teacher Xuan, say you've figured it out, that all those high-powered soul tools are worthless, and that the civilian use of soul tools is the future. Then we won't bother you anymore, and you can go back to being your little genius, how about that?"

Wang Shaojie spoke very sincerely, his grip on Ye Nongfeng's hair tightening. Seeing the boy's face gradually contort in anger, he added:

"If you don't want to, that's fine too, Xu Yunyuan, keep hitting him, let him taste what it's like when his hands don't obey his commands."

The skinny young man tightened his belt, oblivious to the disdainful look in the eyes of the other young man behind him, and said with a grin:

"Brother Jie, the Dragon Binding Lock I stole from home works pretty well, right? After this is over, could you talk to Uncle Mo Chen and let me join the disciplinary team? I probably won't graduate, but I'm good at torturing people."

Upon hearing the words "Disciplinary Inspection Team," Ye Nongfeng tightened his grip on the ground, causing hard soil to seep through his fingers.

"Brother Yunhuang, I didn't teach him this. Your brother just likes this kind of thing, and there's nothing I can do about it." Wang Shaojie looked innocently at the effeminate young man behind him.

"Stop talking nonsense, Wang Shaojie. Get this over with. If it weren't for Yun Yuan, who would be doing this dirty work with you?" the effeminate young man said coldly.

Xu Yunyuan shrugged and swung the belt in his hand again—

"I apologize." Ye Nongfeng lowered his head, burying the hatred in his eyes deep within.

Wang Shaojie clapped his hands and said, "Okay, then go now—"

"He's not going anywhere!"

"And they won't apologize."

A calm yet powerful voice suddenly struck everyone's ears. Kong Tianxu no longer concealed his presence and turned out from behind the teaching building.

Now he has figured out the reason for this farce.

He knew Xuan Ziwen's character, so this scene must have been the work of Wang Shaojie, Xuan Ziwen's disciple in the original story.

"Xu Yunhuang, why didn't you tell me you had someone there!"

Wang Shaojie was startled for a moment when he saw Kong Tianxu, but when he noticed that Kong Tianxu was wearing a white school uniform for a lower grade, he immediately relaxed and turned to look at the effeminate young man behind him with a nonchalant expression, complaining.

"No, I didn't sense any presence at all."

The young man named Xu Yunhuang had a gloomy expression. Unlike Wang Shaojie and Xu Yunyuan, he was a Soul Master, specializing in stealth, reconnaissance, and the use of Soul Guidance Devices, not a Soul Master. That was because he possessed a variant of a powerful Martial Soul from the direct lineage of the royal family—the Purple Jade Thunder Dragon.

Although it is a weakened mutation and has lost the strongest destructive attribute of the Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon, it has its own innate ability—electrocution—which gives it an extremely strong ability to sense bioelectric currents within its range.

However, at such close range, this incredibly useful skill had completely failed to detect Kong Tianxu's presence. This set off alarm bells in his mind, but his habitual thinking led him to believe that the other party possessed some special soul tool that was interfering with his perception, and he didn't delve into any other possibilities.

After all, even in a place like the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, which gathers the nation's elites, his martial soul was among the best. How could he have imagined that his most proficient lightning element would betray him the moment he came into contact with Kong Tianxu?

Ye Nongfeng's eyes lit up the moment he heard Kong Tianxu's voice, but dimmed again when he saw that Kong Tianxu was alone.

He knew Kong Tianxu was strong, but he didn't think he could be a match for a sixth-grade level 5 Soul Master, let alone the fact that there was another Mingde Hall student among them who was at least a level 5 Soul Master.

He looked at Kong Tianxu, who had squatted down, and said in a low voice, "This is my business, you should leave."

"Kid, who do you think you are to interfere? This is a matter for nobles, you'd better think twice." The skinny monkey named Xu Yunyuan grinned maliciously, revealing a mouthful of mottled yellow teeth.

"I'll consider myself his class monitor for now," Kong Tianxu said casually, fiddling with the handcuffs. Upon hearing this, Wang Shaojie and the other two immediately revealed disdainful sneers.

However, his next words instantly froze the smiles on the faces of the three people opposite him: "Now, do you want to kowtow and settle this matter, or do you want me to take it back?"

"Crack—" The level-six soul tool, the Dragon Binding Lock, snapped in response.