Dugu Yan opened her eyes, and suddenly, she witnessed a shocking scene.
Ye Feng was gone!
Yes, the instructor had vanished.
How could this be possible? He was clearly battling with that man in black, the Demon Bear, just moments ago. How could he have disappeared?
"Whoosh—"
A gust of wind blew past Dugu Yan the very next second.
Then she rose into the air, propelled by force.
"Boom—"
In that instant, a wolf claw ferociously struck down.
The stones on the ground were instantly shattered into dust by the blow.
Yu Tianheng felt a lingering fear; if Yen'er had been caught by that claw, although it wouldn't have caused an explosion, it could have easily crushed her to death.
For the first time, Dugu Yan truly felt what it was like to have a narrow escape from death.
She didn't dare to imagine what would become of her if she had been caught by that sharp claw.
But it would definitely have been gruesome.
She might even have died without any awareness at all.
"If you're going to fight me, don't get distracted, or you will surely die in one strike! Soul skill, Vajra Devil Blade!"
The earth trembled as a figure flew past; surprisingly, the bear's paw turned into a blade.
It slashed down in the direction where Ye Feng and Dugu Yan were.
The speed was incredibly fast!
"Instructor, dodge it quickly!"
The crowd screamed hysterically when they saw this!
"Soul skill, Swift as the Wind."
Since Ye Feng had come to rescue someone, he was fairly confident in his chances.
Furthermore, this bear resembled Zhao Wuji, a Strength-class Battle Soul Master, whose slow movements meant that it was entirely possible for Ye Feng to evade the opponent.
Just now, he had taken Dugu Yan and leapt into the air, dodging the attack from that level 85 eight-ringed Soul Douluo.
The skill he used was the Blue Silver Emperor's Spirit Bone Skill, which provided the ability to fly.
Since obtaining it, he had rarely used this skill.
But now that the enemy harbored the intent to kill and wished to bury them all here, Ye Feng naturally wouldn't keep concealing his abilities.
At this moment, Ye Feng swiftly activated the Left Leg Golden-Winged Peng Spirit Bone.
With the accelerated flying speed, even while carrying Dugu Yan, his speed was entirely sufficient to evade the Demon Bear.
Even if his opponent was a Titled Douluo.
"Instructor!"
Dugu Yan, currently in the arms of Ye Feng, inexplicably felt a sense of relief as if drinking from a spring; honestly, she had thought she was surely going to die just moments ago.
After all, Yu Tianheng was so far away from her, and with the instructor detained by that Titled Douluo, there was no way he could escape.
For her, merely a Soul King, to survive from the grasp of a Soul Douluo was anything but easy.
Luckily, the instructor saved her in the end.
"Whoosh—"
Then, a dark light emerged from afar all of a sudden.
It was as if an ambush had been lying in wait all along.
An attack from the Demon Bear on one side and a streak of black light on the other.
Ye Feng's eyes immediately narrowed.
"Not good! This is a trap!!"
The captain of the Knight Order below saw through the purpose of these people!
They attacked from both the front and the rear.
Ye Feng was enmeshed in the center.
At this time, his speed was indeed fast, but carrying Dugu Yan had also considerably slowed him down from his usual pace.
If he were to abandon Dugu Yan, he could indeed survive, but that meant certain death for Dugu Yan!
What choice would Ye Feng make?
The others also belatedly realized the instructor's predicament.
But they were in no position to intervene, each of them trying to get across their own river of mud, as they were already under the overwhelming assault of so many Soul Douluos.
Even if they were not under attack by the Soul Douluos, trying to save someone in that brief moment was impossible.
They simply didn't have the strength to reach that level.
"You can't run anymore."
Since Ye Feng was being assaulted from both sides in mid-air, he decided to head towards the ground.
Yet another shadow emerged on the ground.
And these two dark shadows were extremely fast, attacking simultaneously in Dugu Yan's direction.
"Damn it!"
If Ye Feng let go of Dugu Yan at this moment, he could definitely use his own speed to dodge safely.
But that would mean certain death for Dugu Yan.
Because he had long since realized that these people had murderous intent.
Once they had murderous intent, they would show no mercy to anyone they encountered.
If Dugu Yan died, how would he explain himself to Old Poison later?
How difficult it had been to coax her into working like an ox for his cause!
Futhermore, she had devoted so much effort to the power structure he had established; as the man behind the scenes, how could he allow the Dugu Family's lone offspring to die here?
Now, Dugu Yan was the Dugu Family's sole bloodline and single seedling, deeply cherished by Du Gubo.
If she died, Du Gubo would surely be affected, and the Qingfeng Tower, which he had built with great difficulty, would collapse.
Furthermore, Du Gubo had been at his side for so long, enduring both hard work and accomplishments; could he really trade his granddaughter's life for his own safety and still be human?
Ye Feng couldn't do it.
For both public and private reasons, he should save her.
"Left leg soul bone skill! Rushing Void!"
The Blue Silver Emperor's left leg soul bone burst into a blue glow.
Since landing was not an option, Ye Feng shot upward through the void.
This was the flying skill that came with the Blue Silver Grass.
He had just saved Dugu Yan by using this skill as well.
And the Gold-Winged Great Peng soul bone's skill was Swift as the Wind.
It's fair to say that the two together offered a unique advantage.
Seeing this, the original body of the three beams of light revealed a ferocious glare.
The captain of the Knight Order and Yu Tianheng and the others had their hearts in their throats.
The man in black must be that Shadow Title Douluo.
Everyone knows of the Ghost Douluo in the Martial Soul Hall, but little do they know that there is another Soul Douluo named Shadow within the Martial Soul Hall.
The Shadow can split into two in a short time, following like a shadow, strong enough to fight an average Titled Douluo even though he's just a Soul Douluo.
Some have assessed that if he is at the same level as the Ghost Douluo, he might even be stronger!
Now, being targeted by the Shadow and also chased and restrained by the Demon Bear Douluo, to say nothing of Ye Feng, the level 69 Soul Emperor.
Even an average Titled Douluo couldn't handle it, especially while carrying someone else.
"Instructor!"
Yu Tianheng was feeling very conflicted.
In such a siege, normally, you'd be as good as dead.
But the instructor had excellent speed; if he abandoned Yen'er, he might survive, even unharmed.
If he took Yen'er with him, ninety-nine percent chance that both of them would end up dead or injured!
This was the result he least wanted to see.
"Boom—"
There was an explosion in the sky.
It was the shock resulting from several forces colliding.
Yu Tianheng slowly closed his eyes.
Instructor, even if you abandon Yen'er, it's instinctual, and no one will blame you.
After all, how can one worry about others when one's own life is at risk in this situation?
Almost everyone present shared the same thoughts as Yu Tianheng.
The instructor had already tried his best, but this was an unsolvable dead-end situation.
The only thing they could do was to seek revenge for Dugu Yan in the future!
To avenge their vice-captain and comrade-in-arms!
"Bang—"
At that moment, dust and ash rose from the ground.
Something had fallen at the front, but because of the huge dust cloud kicked up by the aftermath of the battle, no one could see clearly what it was.
They could only hear the sound of it falling!
But everyone's hearts already understood; finally, they had fallen!
No one would blame the instructor; he did nothing wrong, the fault lay with those from the Martial Soul Hall!
"Yen'er!!"
Yu Tianheng's eyes filled with tears of rage as he instantly transformed into a dragon and charged towards the dust!
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