Dawn Burns Just Like This 22: Chapter 22: Three Swords, Three High Priests!
Dawn Burns Just Like This Chapter 22: Three Swords, Three High Priests!
Dawn Burns Just Like This Bai Yuan looked at the three figures pouncing from different directions, his pupils constricting slightly.
Under Gold Crocodile Douluo’s feet, a yellow and a purple Soul Ring lit up simultaneously, as his golden scales took on a metallic luster.
He raised his right arm, and his palm, which had already transformed into a sharp claw, suddenly swelled.
Five dark gold arcs of light tore through the air, descending upon Bai Yuan’s position.
First Soul skills—Gold Crocodile Heaven-Tearing Claw.
The right arm transforms into a dark gold crocodile claw, swinging five metal-attribute arcs of light that seem to tear through space, accompanied by high-temperature burning.
At the same instant, the second purple Soul Ring under Lion Douluo’s feet lit up.
He transformed into a mass of burning flames, crushing forward in a savage and violent manner.
That was his second Soul skills, a power-attack skill with high burst damage and impact.
Azure Phoenix Douluo did not charge forward.
He stayed in place, the phantom of azure-blue wings unfolding behind him as his smoke-blue eyes narrowed slightly.
The purple Soul Ring beneath his feet flashed, and an invisible sound wave squeezed toward Bai Yuan from all directions.
Third Soul skills—Doomsday Wind Ball.
Azure Phoenix Douluo excels at using wind elements and sound waves for attack and control; this skill forms a vacuum around the target to restrict movement.
Bai Yuan moved his feet.
It wasn’t a retreat, but a diagonal cut inward.
Gold Crocodile’s arcs of light grazed his left shoulder, Lion’s flames roared past half a foot from his right, and Azure Phoenix’s sound wave exploded behind him.
Three attacks converged on a single point at the same moment, but he had already vanished from that spot.
“What?” Lion Douluo’s flames hit nothing but air, his massive body lunging forward two steps before he could stabilize.
He whipped his head around, looking at the child standing at the edge of the battle circle in disbelief.
A three-pronged pincer attack, yet they were still too slow?
“Such speed?” Gold Crocodile Douluo didn’t speak, but his golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly.
He saw something in the trajectory of Bai Yuan’s dodge.
It wasn’t a speed boost from a Soul skills, nor the explosive displacement of an agility-attack system Soul Master, but something more fundamental—like an innate reaction speed.
Azure Phoenix Douluo’s brow furrowed slightly.
The World-Bearing Fireseed sensed the three auras pouncing from different directions.
The dominance of the Golden Crocodile King, the ethereal nature of the Azure Phoenix, and the violence of the Blazing Lion.
Three distinctly different powers stirred a certain resonance deep within it.
It radiated light.
It wasn’t Bai Yuan actively driving it; the fire seed was pulsing on its own, as if responding to some ancient call.
Golden light surged from his palm, but not in the form of fire.
Instead, it was a more condensed, substantial flow of light that spread along his arm to his entire body.
Bai Yuan felt something taking shape within him.
Not a Martial Soul, not Soul Power, but a more fundamental power engraved deep within his Star Soul.
A Light Cone.
That light condensed into a certain manifestation within his body.
It wasn’t physical, yet it truly existed, like an invisible key opening a tightly closed door within him.
Several words surfaced in Bai Yuan’s consciousness, as clear as if they were carved into his soul: Dawn Burns Just Like This.
The blessing of the Light Cone poured into his whole body at this moment; he clearly felt it being branded into his physique.
Base Speed increased by 12%.
Ignore target defense by 18%.
Damage dealt increased by 12%.
Bai Yuan’s pupils dilated slightly.
This is…
This is the power of the new Star Cone granted to Bai Yuan by the fire seed.
He didn’t have time to think it through, because the three men had already attacked before his eyes.
Lion Douluo’s flames arrived first, his second Soul Ring lighting up.
His second Soul skills was a power-attack skill with high burst and impact; his whole body turned into a burning meteorite, crashing straight toward Bai Yuan.
Gold Crocodile Douluo followed closely behind, his first and second Soul Rings flashing simultaneously.
Golden claws tore through the air, and the ground beneath his feet cracked under the tremors.
Azure Phoenix Douluo was in the rear; his third Soul Ring flashed, and an invisible vacuum barrier squeezed toward Bai Yuan from all directions.
A three-sided pincer attack, sealing off all paths of retreat.
Bai Yuan moved his feet.
This time, even he was startled.
It wasn’t just fast; it was faster.
His figure almost vanished from the spot.
Lion Douluo’s flames smashed into where he had just stood, blasting out a charred crater; Gold Crocodile Douluo’s claws tore through only an afterimage; Azure Phoenix Douluo’s sound wave exploded behind him, without even touching a corner of his clothes.
“What?!” Lion Douluo’s flames missed their mark, his massive body lunging forward two steps before he could steady himself.
He turned back sharply, looking at the child who was already standing at the edge of the battle circle in disbelief.
“How did he get even faster?!” Bai Yuan didn’t answer.
His gaze was already locked on Azure Phoenix Douluo.
Kill the backline control first.
This was the most basic common sense in any battle.
Azure Phoenix Douluo’s wind ball control was too annoying; if he didn’t deal with him first, this fight couldn’t be won.
His figure vanished again.
This time, the speed was so fast that not even an afterimage was left behind.
Azure Phoenix Douluo’s smoke-blue eyes constricted sharply.
He had already made a dodging maneuver the moment Bai Yuan disappeared.
Wind elements surged beneath his feet, and his body shifted several feet to the left.
At this distance, he was confident he could dodge any attack.
Bai Yuan’s sword arrived.
The qinchen sword thrust out from the void, its tip pointed directly at Azure Phoenix Douluo’s throat.
Azure Phoenix Douluo dodged.
His body slid past the blade, the blade—as thin as a cicada’s wing—less than an inch from his throat.
“Too slow,” Azure Phoenix Douluo’s lips curled up slightly.
Then he saw that Bai Yuan’s lips were also curling up.
The sword light exploded.
The blade of the qinchen sword trembled violently the moment it missed, and the silver-white brilliance originally concentrated on the tip spread out in all directions like fireworks.
It wasn’t sword qi or Soul Power, but a purer, more fundamental force of sharpness.
Ignore target defense by 18%.
Azure Phoenix Douluo’s protective Soul Power was torn through layer by layer like paper before the spreading sword light.
“So fast—” The sword light swallowed him.
When the light dissipated, Azure Phoenix Douluo’s body had turned into specks of light, vanishing into the air.
Bai Yuan stood amidst the spots of light, the qinchen sword pointing diagonally at the ground, with lingering sharpness still on the blade.
Lion Douluo froze in place.
Gold Crocodile Douluo’s golden vertical pupils contracted sharply.
“What?” Lion Douluo’s voice went out of tune.
“With just one sword…
what kind of Soul skills is this?” Bai Yuan took a deep breath, feeling the power within him climb once more.
Another one.
The Star Soul’s bonus had increased by another notch.
He slowly turned around, pointing the qinchen sword at the remaining two, the curve of his lips growing wider.
“Next.” The remaining two exchanged a look.
Gold Crocodile Douluo nodded slightly, and the two moved almost at the same instant.
It was an all-out pincer attack.
The first and second Soul Rings beneath Gold Crocodile Douluo’s feet both exploded with light, his golden scales gleaming blindingly.
His hands, transformed into sharp claws, tore through the air, slashing down diagonally from the left.
Lion Douluo pounced from the right, his entire body’s flames condensing to the extreme at this moment.
He turned into a burning meteorite, crushing forward with an aura that could destroy everything.
Attacking from both sides, they sealed off all dodging angles.
Bai Yuan’s pupils narrowed slightly.
He exerted force through his feet, leaning his body to the left, barely dodging Gold Crocodile Douluo’s claw that was strong enough to shred steel.
The sharp claw grazed his lapel, tearing away a few scraps of cloth.
But Lion Douluo’s punch was already before his eyes, the scorching flames making his cheeks sting with pain.
No way to dodge.
Bai Yuan gritted his teeth, his right hand gripping the qinchen sword tightly while his left hand instinctively pressed against the blade.
Destructive power erupted from the depths of the fire seed.
It wasn’t Soul Power or sword qi, but a more fundamental, primitive power.
Golden light exploded on the sword, colliding with Lion Douluo’s flames and letting out a deafening boom!
Boom!
Bai Yuan was sent flying back by the shockwave.
He flipped twice in the air and slid several meters on one knee before stabilizing his figure.
A patch of his clothes was scorched, his palm was numb, and his chest felt tight and painful.
But he held on.
That destructive power had neutralized most of Lion Douluo’s flame impact.
Although the remaining aftershocks were fierce, they were no longer enough to cause him fatal injury.
“Phew…” Bai Yuan gasped for breath, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.
“That was close…
almost.” Lion Douluo was stunned.
Even if that punch was suppressed to the intensity of a three-ring level, it should have been enough to directly blast a Soul Master of the same level into a state of heavy injury.
Yet this child before him had taken the punch head-on and only retreated a few steps?
Gold Crocodile Douluo’s golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly, a solemn scrutiny flashing in his eyes.
Bai Yuan didn’t give them time to think further.
He stood up, gripped the qinchen sword, and took a deep breath.
The Star Soul’s bonus was pushed to the extreme at this moment.
Dawn Burns Just Like This.
Speed, turned to the maximum.
His figure vanished from the spot.
It wasn’t just fast; it was so fast that not even an afterimage could be left.
Gold Crocodile Douluo only felt a blur before his eyes as a silver-white sword light cut in from his blind spot.
He instinctively raised his sharp claws to block, but the sword light changed its trajectory the moment he blocked, bypassing his defense and sinking into his chest.
Gold Crocodile Douluo glanced down at the sword mark on his chest, his lips twitching as his body turned into specks of light and dissipated.
At the same instant, Lion Douluo felt a chill on the back of his neck.
He hadn’t even seen when Bai Yuan had gotten behind him.
The second sword pierced through his flame protection from behind, going straight through his heart.
Lion Douluo opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but nothing came out.
He looked down at the sword tip protruding from his chest; his body began to disintegrate from the edges, turning into countless spots of light and vanishing into the air.
Two swords.
Gone.
Those spots of light drifted around him.
He looked up and shouted toward the depths of the sky: “Elder Han, are there any more?” The illusion space returned to tranquility.
Han Tianyi’s voice came from the void, carrying a rare trace of a smile.
“Enough.
If we keep fighting, you’ll tear apart my illusion.” Bai Yuan grinned and sheathed his sword.