Mu Yurou's heaven-defying secret technique! Still can't win?

"Great!"

"It worked!"

Watching You Xuan's terrifying aura, as deep as an abyss and as heavy as a prison, plummet like a deflated balloon the moment the golden light entered his body.

A look of excited joy finally appeared on Mu Yurou's pale little face.

This was a secret technique she had risked her life to perform; if it still didn't work, then everyone really would be finished here today.

"Quick!!"

"Suppress him while you have the chance!"

Mu Yurou shouted at Lin Mo, her voice sounding somewhat weak.

Lin Mo was startled, but he didn't have time to ask what kind of method the girl had used.

Since the opportunity had come, he had to seize it!

"Kill!!"

A sharp light flashed in Lin Mo's eyes as the spiritual power and blood vitality within his body burned without reservation.

With the Fusion of three types of Sword Intent and the roar of a Blood Dragon, he transformed into a streak of destructive light and charged fiercely toward You Xuan, whose aura was plummeting!

However...

A shocking scene occurred.

Boom!

Facing Lin Mo's full-strength killing blow.

You Xuan, whose aura had clearly dropped by more than half, simply raised a palm casually and steadily caught the edge of Lin Mo's sword!

Bang!

A terrifying counter-shock force surged back, sending Lin Mo flying backward as his blood vitality churned.

"What?!"

"Even after being suppressed this much... is he still this ridiculously strong?!"

Lin Mo stabilized himself, looking at the figure in the distance whose sleeves were only slightly fluttering, his heart churning with shock.

Was he sure this was a weakened state?

Why was he still so strong?

If this really was his strength after being weakened... then how terrifying would this guy's full power be?

"Hmph, a technique from the Tianji Hall?"

You Xuan did not press his advantage. He looked down at the faintly visible golden shackles on his body.

Then he looked up, his emotionless eyes coldly gazing at Mu Yurou in the distance.

"Interesting..."

"I didn't expect to encounter a successor of the extremely mysterious Tianji Hall in such a remote place."

There was a hint of surprise in his tone; he had clearly recognized Mu Yurou's origins.

From what he knew, although the successors of this lineage were not skilled in combat, their endless array of mysterious methods made even the Elders of the Demon Palace extremely wary.

For instance, at this very moment.

This unknown little girl had actually used some bizarre Karma secret technique to forcibly Seal nearly fifty percent of his strength!

Such a method could truly be called Heaven-Defying!

"However..."

You Xuan's tone shifted, his lips curling into a contemptuous arc.

"Even so, you are not enough to change the outcome of this battle."

"With your current meager cultivation, how long can you suppress this Demon Son?"

He could clearly feel that while the Seal was troublesome, it was not unbreakable.

He wouldn't even need to actively break it; he only needed to wait a moment. Once the girl's spiritual power was exhausted, the Seal would naturally break on its own.

At that time, his strength would return to its Peak!

"Besides..."

You Xuan casually brushed the dust off his sleeves, his gaze sweeping over Lin Mo and the newly risen Lei Jingxiao with a disdainful look.

"Even if this Demon Son's current strength is suppressed by fifty percent..."

"But killing these two ants is still more than easy!"

"This is... the absolute gap!"

Hearing this, Mu Yurou's face instantly turned deathly pale.

She had been seen through!

Her secret technique indeed couldn't be maintained for long, and the backlash was immense. If they couldn't end the battle quickly, they would still be doomed!

"A successor of the Tianji Hall?!"

"Good heavens, Brother Lin, you actually know the current successor of the Tianji Hall?!"

On the other side, Lei Jingxiao, who had just scrambled up from the ground, was completely shocked upon hearing You Xuan's words.

He stared at Mu Yurou with wide eyes, his expression even more exaggerated than when he had learned You Xuan was a Demon Son of the Nine Nether Demon Palace.

Clearly, just as Mu Yurou had said before.

The name 'Tianji Hall' held immense weight in the Cangxuan Great Realm!

So much so that even the arrogant Lei Jingxiao had to take notice.

"Brother Lei, what time do you think it is?!"

"Stop worrying about that for now!"

"Hurry over and give me a hand!"

Seeing Lei Jingxiao still making a fuss like a green recruit, Lin Mo was nearly fuming and couldn't help but roar at him.

"Even with most of his strength suppressed, this guy is still too strong!"

"I can't hold him off alone!"

"If you don't start putting in some effort, once the suppression disappears, we're all going to die here!"

Lin Mo was truly desperate now.

This You Xuan was practically a stat monster; he could still dominate the fight even with half his attributes cut. How was he supposed to play this?!

"Oh, right!"

"Coming, Brother Lin!"

"Hold on!!"

Jolted by Lin Mo's roar, Lei Jingxiao also snapped back to reality.

Now wasn't the time to marvel at connections; it was time to fight for their lives!

"Damn it, let's do this!"

"Strike while he's down!"

"I refuse to believe that with only half your strength, you can still be invincible!"

A fierce glint appeared in Lei Jingxiao's eyes. Without another word, he immediately charged at You Xuan like a mad dog, his entire body wreathed in violent lightning!

In his view, this was an absolute once-in-a-lifetime chance for a comeback!

If they could take this opportunity to kill a Demon Son, it would be an incredibly profitable deal!

However.

Reality is often cruel.

This was merely his beautiful fantasy.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

On the battlefield, three figures moved as fast as lightning, clashing frantically.

It could be said that Lin Mo and Lei Jingxiao had played all their trump cards, and their coordination was perfected to the extreme.

One with sweeping Sword Qi, the other with thunderous power.

But even so... they were barely able to fight the weakened You Xuan to a draw!

In fact, as time passed, You Xuan began to gradually adapt to the suppressed state, and his counterattacks became increasingly sharp.

Meanwhile, Lin Mo and Lei Jingxiao were struggling more and more, and wounds began to appear on their bodies.

"Dammit..."

"We can't suppress him at all!"

Lin Mo forced You Xuan back with a sword strike, but his own hand was numbed by the shock.

His heart had sunk to rock bottom.

He knew very well that this so-called draw was just a temporary illusion.

Once Mu Yurou couldn't hold on anymore, it would be their time to die!

"There's no other choice..."

"We absolutely cannot win on our own."

"I can only... urgently contact my Younger Sister!"

While struggling to fend off You Xuan's assault, Lin Mo rapidly thought of a way to break the deadlock in his mind.

"I'll see if there's any way on the Great Xia side to make my strength surge again in a short time."

"If there is, the crisis can be resolved."

"If not..."

"Then I'm afraid this ordeal will be truly difficult to survive..."

This was Lin Mo's last hope!

Other than relying on his "High-Tier Booster" sister who always brought him miracles,

he really couldn't think of any other way to bridge this desperate gap in strength.

With that thought.

Lin Mo no longer hesitated and immediately split a sliver of his mind to communicate with the System.

"System! Connect to the agent!"

"Quick!!"

Buzz!

The System responded, and cross-realm communication opened once again... Meanwhile.

Blue Star, Great Xia.

Outside the mountain gate of Taibai Academy.

Normally, the students who passed the assessment should have already entered the academy, been assigned dorms, and prepared for their new lives tomorrow.

However.

At this moment, the area in front of Taibai Academy's grand mountain gate was uncharacteristically crowded.

None of the three hundred or so Genius students who had passed the assessment had left; they were all gathered in the square before the mountain gate, looking ahead with shocked expressions.

Not only that.

Even Lin Xiyue, Lin Guohui, Sikong Yang, and even Gu Zhiyun and Su Qinghan, who had just left moments ago, had all returned!

They had actually all turned back!

They stood at the very front of the crowd, their eyes fixed on the massive plaque above the mountain gate, which had been personally inscribed by Elder Jian.

Or more accurately... they were staring at a student standing beneath the plaque, looking up at the four large characters: "Taibai Academy"!

It was an unremarkable, even somewhat thin-looking boy.

He stood there like a statue, motionless, his eyes vacant as if he had lost his Soul.

But.

Around him surged an aura that, although weak, was extremely profound and pure—a mysterious Dao Rhyme!

And that Dao Rhyme was actually producing a wonderful resonance with the Saint's Sword Intent contained within the plaque above him!