As he spoke, he drew back his palm. Soul power surged around him, forming a soul power hand beside Gu Yuena and slapping toward her face.
"Courting death!"
Gu Yuena's right fist blasted out to the left. The air exploded as terrifying power erupted, instantly shattering the soul power hand.
Her dragon wings flapped behind her as she stepped once in mid-air. The air beneath her feet detonated, and her body shot toward Li Qing like a cannon.
"Bold!"
Li Qing's eyes flashed coldly. His foot kicked the air, rushing to meet Gu Yuena, and the two punched forward at the same time.
Boom!
Their fists collided with explosive force, sending shockwaves outward. Both were blasted backward.
Gu Yuena steadied herself after retreating only a dozen meters. Li Qing was forced back to his original position and nearly continued retreating if Feng Yuan hadn't grabbed him firmly.
The difference in strength was obvious.
"Such terrifying strength…"
Li Qing looked at his reddened knuckles, then at Gu Yuena with disbelief.
Who would have imagined that a teenage girl could overpower him—a Title Douluo—in raw strength?
Even though he might not lose in power if he released his martial soul, falling behind at this stage was already shocking enough.
Feng Yuan was equally stunned. He never expected Li Qing to be the one overwhelmed.
"Old Li, don't be impulsive yet."
Feng Yuan held back the enraged Li Qing, who was preparing to strike again.
"Why are you stopping me?" Li Qing snapped.
Feng Yuan ignored him and looked at Gu Yuena and Yun Ze, examining them carefully."Gu Yuena, Yun Ze—am I right?"
Standing side by side, Gu Yuena and Yun Ze did not continue attacking. Gu Yuena replied coldly:
"Yes. And then?"
"And then?"
Feng Yuan paused, then laughed unexpectedly—surprised they could remain calm after doing something so serious.
"Gu Yuena… Yun Ze…"Li Qing muttered, suddenly realizing something as their identities came to mind.
"You are now involved with Tang Sect's Small Realm. We need to know why you appeared inside it."
"And whether the disappearance of the Small Realm is related to you. We hope the two of you will cooperate." Feng Yuan said.
"And how exactly do you want us to cooperate?" Yun Ze spoke for the first time.
Feng Yuan smiled slightly:"Tell us how you entered. What happened inside. How you left. Every detail related to the Small Realm must be explained clearly. That benefits both sides."
"We arrived here by accident, found a spatial vortex, were pulled inside, lived there for some time, then encountered another vortex and came out." Yun Ze replied calmly. That was all he was willing to say. If they didn't accept it, too bad.
"Didn't I tell you to be detailed? Are you playing with us?"Li Qing's brows furrowed as he spoke coldly.
Yun Ze shook his head:"We gained some opportunities inside, but that involves privacy—cannot be disclosed."
Feng Yuan's tone hardened:"You must explain. This matter is extremely important, and Tang Sect must clarify the situation. You don't have the option to refuse."
"Rest assured, we can keep your secrets confidential."
Even someone as mild-tempered as Feng Yuan was now angry—they were clearly being brushed off.
Without waiting for Yun Ze to answer, he continued sternly:
"If you refuse to explain, we can treat you as intruders who trespassed into Tang Sect's Small Realm.""And we have reason to suspect the disappearance of the Small Realm was caused by you. Can you afford that responsibility?""Dragon Phoenix Hall has strong experts, yes—but Tang Sect has a 20,000-year heritage. In foundation, we do not fear Dragon Phoenix Hall."
"I'll give you one more chance. Explain clearly to avoid conflict between forces."
Young people needed to be intimidated into honesty—and this was not an empty threat. They would not let these two leave today unless they cooperated.
"Nothing more to say. We're leaving. Will you stop us?" Yun Ze replied.
"Let me warn you—if you try to stop us, everyone here will die. And 'everyone' means every living person nearby."
"Arrogant. Truly arrogant."Li Qing laughed in rage.
"Do you really think you can leave without our permission?"
Feng Yuan also scowled.
"I want to see how you two can kill us all."
If they knew Yun Ze's previous combat records, they wouldn't dare say that.
Tang Sect intelligence did know about the Federation delegation incident, where Yun Ze used a Title-Douluo-level mecha and terrifying soul tools.
But that wasn't common knowledge. These two elders had been away searching for the Small Realm and missed the internal meeting.
They had only seen Yun Ze and Gu Yuena on television from the youth tournament.
And after that event, the two intentionally publicized their Dragon Phoenix Hall background—marketing medicine sales in Star Luo.
Yun Ze didn't answer. Instead, he turned to Gu Yuena:"You handle everyone nearby. I'll deal with these two."
If they were going to kill, then they should kill thoroughly—no witnesses, no trouble.
"Okay."
Gu Yuena trusted Yun Ze's strength completely. She glared coldly at Li Qing and flew toward the nearest group.
A terrifying wave of spiritual power erupted from her, rapidly expanding outward, covering a 10-kilometer radius.
After absorbing the dragon clouds and dragon souls in Dragon Valley, her spiritual power had skyrocketed—she had reached Spirit Domain Realm.
Spirit Domain Realm—Spirit senses forming a domain, creating a world of its own.Normally only a Super Douluo could reach this mental level.
Genius soul masters might reach it earlier, but reaching Spirit Domain at Soul Emperor stage—Gu Yuena was absolutely the first.
The fastest recorded before her was the legendary Spirit Ice Douluo, said to have achieved it at Soul Douluo level—though that might be exaggerated.
After all, not everyone can absorb the Dragon God's dragon soul.
Seeing Gu Yuena leave, Li Qing snorted and moved to chase—but suddenly a flaming arrow shot toward him.
"Hm?"Li Qing dodged quickly, avoiding the shot, and glared at Yun Ze.
"Your opponents are us. Focus. Don't die too easily." Yun Ze said coldly.
As he spoke, he took out a storage ring and summoned the Molten Monarch Mecha and Flame Nine-Headed Bird Mecha.
Two blazing lights burst out from within him, entering the mechas the instant they appeared.
ROAR!
The Molten Monarch Mecha roared like a living creature, the scorching soundwaves almost solid in pressure.
Sensing the mecha's terrifying energy fluctuations, Li Qing and Feng Yuan turned pale and quickly retreated.
"Red-grade mecha?!"
Li Qing blurted out. For a Title Douluo to feel threatened, only a Red-grade mecha could do that.