Chapter 27

In the Pope's Hall, Bibi Dong half-lay on the throne, constantly recalling Ye Chen's words.

For a moment, a smile like that of a little girl appeared on her perfect face, but it quickly disappeared, leaving her in a state of confusion due to her uncontrollable private thoughts.

"Announce to the Holy Pope, Disciple Yan from the Martial Soul Hall Academy is here to request an audience."

The announcement echoed outside the hall, causing Bibi Dong to regain her usual dignified expression, and she solemnly said, "Let him in."

Soon, Yan followed an Elder from the Soul Douluo Hall into the hall, kneeling on the ground to pay his respects. "Respected Holy Pope, the Elder Hall has sent me to invite you over. The Grand Sacrifice has important matters to discuss with you."

"Why can't it wait until tomorrow? Dismiss."

Bibi Dong waved her hand. She hadn't even figured out Ye Chen's words, so how could she have the mind to deal with trivial matters?

"Holy Pope, the Grand Sacrifice wishes to understand the mysterious disappearance of Ye Chen and the two Elders who brought him back. Please come with me."

Hearing the name Ye Chen, a trace of vigilance flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes. She stood up immediately and disappeared into the Pope's Hall.

"Your Holiness? Your Holiness??"

Seeing Bibi Dong leave, Yan, after getting up from the ground, didn't rush to leave. Instead, he looked around.

But soon, he found that there was no one else in the Pope's Hall except for himself. He couldn't help but feel puzzled. "Where did that kid go? I clearly saw him come in. How could he not be here?"

Suddenly, Yan's gaze fell on the eastern gate. He thought to himself, "Could he be inside? This is the Holy Pope's private domain. Normally, the Holy Pope rests here when she's tired. How could she allow anyone, especially a man, to enter at will?"

Quietly opening a crack in the door, when Yan saw the scene inside with Ye Chen, a smile crept onto his lips.

"He's actually hiding here to absorb soul rings. Haha, it's really a stroke of luck for me!"

With a murderous intent in his eyes, Yan was now excited. He had taken the task passed on by the Elder Hall initiative. It was to investigate Ye Chen's whereabouts and seize the opportunity to eliminate him.

The news of the wedding fight had spread throughout the academy, and even senior students who were out on training had rushed back, all for this wedding fight.

The competition in the wedding fight was becoming increasingly difficult, and his strength was insignificant in this fight. With only a cultivation level of 42, how could he gain an advantage among so many talented senior students?

To prevent the girl he liked from falling into someone else's hands, Yan thought of the best solution all day long: to kill Ye Chen!

As long as the instigator was eliminated, the engagement with Hu Lie'na would naturally be annulled, and the wedding fight would not stand anymore.

Thinking of this, a flame ignited in Yan's heart. He liked Hu Lie'na too much. Even though she completely ignored him, Yan believed in an old saying: "With persistent effort, even a block of iron can be ground down to a needle."

As long as Hu Lie'na hadn't become someone else's woman, he still had a chance.

If he knew that Hu Lie'na, whether in body or mind, already belonged to Ye Chen, he wouldn't know how he would react.

Sneaking into the East Hall, Yan tiptoed behind a stone pillar, carefully observing the scene ahead.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Ye Chen screamed loudly, veins popping on his forehead, and fresh blood flowing from his tightly closed eyes.

The Sky Dragon Fox belonged to the mental category of soul beasts, possessing extremely keen intelligence. Despite Ye Chen's familiar soul power, it still sensed a threat from him.

The resistance of the dragon fox's soul was very strong. Its powerful mental strength wreaked havoc in his brain. At the same time, it released an illusion, pulling Ye Chen into its spiritual world.

At first, the surroundings were hazy and blurry, but soon the scenery began to change drastically, transforming into scenes from the real world.

"Where is this?"

Rubbing his aching head, Ye Chen lazily turned off the alarm clock on his bedside table.

Suddenly, a familiar figure walked in from the small door, placed a glass of milk on the table, and said softly, "Wake up, it's time to go to school. You're in your senior year and still so lazy. No university will want you if you continue like this."

"I don't care. I'm the top of the class."

Ignoring the headache, Ye Chen quickly got out of bed and smiled at the gentle woman in front of him. "Mom, don't worry. I will work hard to get into university and earn money to support you. You can relax in the future."

"Whether you support me or not, I just hope you'll be safe in the future. That's all I care about."

With a gentle smile, the woman shook her head and walked out of the room. The sound of chopping vegetables came from outside.

After finishing his milk, Ye Chen suddenly found the scene around him changing again.

White. Everywhere was white, surrounded by people wearing white coats. Ye Chen lay on a hospital bed, tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes.

"Mom, look at what's in my hand? Ding ding ding ding, tomato scrambled eggs!"

"It's your favorite. Hurry up and eat. I really, really want to cook for you."

Holding the gradually cold hand on the hospital bed, still as gentle as ever, but tears flowed uncontrollably from Ye Chen's eyes, and he sat motionless on the ground for a long time.

The surroundings gradually collapsed and disappeared, leaving only endless darkness engulfing Ye Chen.

At the end of the darkness, the soul of the Sky Dragon Fox, with dragon scales on its belly and whiskers on its mouth, laughed wildly. Although it couldn't speak, the curve of its mouth seemed to say, "Sleep, sleep, and fall into endless darkness with me!"

Once the spiritual world constructed by the dragon fox collapsed, the spiritual condensation body of the person it had pulled in would also collapse and disintegrate with the collapse, completely dying.

Just as darkness was about to engulf Ye Chen, Yan, outside the spiritual world, had already come over. He reached out and waved in front of Ye Chen's eyes, finding no response. Then, he summoned his martial soul: Flame Lord.

In an instant, the temperature in the entire East Hall rose sharply. The terrifying heat waves beat down on Ye Chen, causing the clothes on his body to ignite, but ordinary flames couldn't harm his body at all.

Seeing this, a glint of murderous intent flashed in Yan's eyes. He thought to himself, "Second soul skill: Granite of Granite!"

The huge Flame Lord took a step forward, and its huge arm magically merged with Yan's arm, turning his arm into a gigantic fist made of granite rock in a short time, with flames constantly surging on its surface.

"Die, Ye Chen!"

Without any hesitation, Yan knew that this action in the Pope's Hall was very risky,

 so he didn't use wide-range soul skills, and he had to finish the fight quickly.

"Whoosh!"

Yan's fiery granite fist stirred up a gust of wind and flames, landing on Ye Chen's body without any surprise. Immediately, a burst of flame engulfed his entire body.

Just at this moment, a hurried call came from outside the hall, "You fiend, how dare you!"

As the voice fell, Bibi Dong's figure appeared in the East Hall like a beam of light. When she saw Ye Chen, who was still meditating, being swallowed by flames, an indescribable rage and pain surged in her beautiful eyes.

(End of this chapter)

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