[Restart Volume] Chapter 268: Vocal Range

Just at the nick of time, [God's Frost-Free] in his hand emitted a resonant hum, and a massive blue-and-white barrier instantly formed around Mo Xing!
Soul Seal skill!
The ferocious Scarlet Flame Exploding Fist struck the barrier, sending tongues of flame ten meters in diameter bursting outward.
Fire Overlord furrowed his brow, looking at the blue-and-white crystal barrier wreathed in white mist, which was unexpectedly...
Completely unscathed!
"Th-this punch, I've withstood it," Mo Xing said slowly. Although the surface impact had been deflected by the crystal barrier, the mental shock still lingered stubbornly in his mind.
"Interesting, simply fascinating," Fire Overlord chuckled. "Young man, what is your name, and where did you get this weapon?"
"I'm sorry, no comment!" Mo Xing shook his head, pointing at Gou Ge and the others lying unconscious on the nearby lawn. "Also, please honor your initial promise."
"Very well, young man." Fire Overlord nodded. "Then I, your lord, shall throw another punch."
"Wait, what about your integrity? You clearly said just now that if I withstood the first punch, you would spare me and my senior brothers!" Mo Xing protested.
"Oh my, young man," Fire Overlord said merrily. "I was just speaking casually, did you actually take it seriously?"
"What? You!" Mo Xing frowned. As expected, the words of a villain could never be trusted. This freakish person standing before him probably had a heart of stone and the lungs of a wolf!
"What do you mean, 'what you'? My title is Scarlet Flame Fighting God, and when I ask you your name, you actually reply with 'no comment'!" Fire Overlord said aggressively. "It seems I must let you witness the second punch, otherwise you won't even know who your master is!"
"Scarlet Flame Divine Heart, supreme might..." Fire Overlord began mumbling a new incantation.
"Frost Blade!"
Seizing the opportunity, Mo Xing gathered water elements and hurled several rows of sharp ice blades. Rather than sitting passively and awaiting death, it was better to strike back fiercely!
He had noticed that this so-called Scarlet Flame Fighting God, or whatever Fire Overlord, always muttered these incantations before executing a move, and this very timing was the optimal breakthrough window!
"Your attacks are nothing more than gentle tickles. The second punch packs three times the power of the first, and I refuse to believe you can withstand it again!" Fire Overlord laughed heartily. The surrounding airflow was instantly distorted by the heat released from his fist, and even the [Frost Blade] was completely neutralized.
"Second Fury! Scarlet Flame Divine Heart!"
With surging momentum, Fire Overlord raised his fist, blazing with raging flames, and prepared to strike toward Mo Xing's position when he suddenly froze mid-motion.
"Huh?" Mo Xing hesitated as well. What was wrong with this Fire Overlord? Why had he suddenly stopped?
At that very moment, a purple hexagram magic array materialized on the ground, and a melodious sound descended from the sky. Fire Overlord was instantly forced downward by an inch, his posture compressed.
Sound Domain!
Mo Xing raised his head to look, catching sight of Instructor Su Yunzhou suspended in mid-air, surrounded by seven revolving purple halos.
"Ten years. Finally, I've crossed paths with you again." Su Yunzhou smiled faintly, the purple magic orb in his hand glowing with increasing intensity.
"Who... who are you!" Fire Overlord roared, his burning hair fluttering and twisting in mid-air like countless fire serpents.
"I am a survivor of the Heaven-Sealing Clan, and the one who has come to exact revenge!" Su Yunzhou released the purple magic orb in his hand, launching an attack toward Fire Overlord.
"Oh my, it seems your clan members weren't wiped out completely after all!" Fire Overlord smiled, throwing a punch upward into the sky and roaring:
"First Roar! Scarlet Flame Exploding Fist!"
A massive fist of fire instantly swallowed the purple magic orb, surging directly toward Su Yunzhou.
"Sound Domain · Chord!"
Su Yunzhou flickered his finger gently, and the gigantic fist of flame came to a halt half a meter away from him, transforming in the blink of an eye into an even larger purple magic orb that hurtled back along its original trajectory.
"Th-this is impossible!" Fire Overlord thought it unbelievable. Raising his explosive, flaming fist, he struck out in that direction:
"Second Fury! Scarlet Flame Divine Heart!"
An even larger and more ferocious explosive fire fist collided violently with the purple magic orb in mid-air, stirring up a wave of intense shockwave currents.
Mo Xing, watching from the sidelines, once again manifested a protective shield shimmering with blue-and-white mist, allowing him to remain standing firmly in place.
Gou Ge and the others, however, were blown flying ten meters away by the shockwave. Fortunately, a purple halo caught them securely in mid-air, forming a protective layer; otherwise, they would have crashed face-first into the dirt in a most wretched and miserable fashion.
"Sound Domain · Aria!"
At Su Yunzhou's command, the massive explosive fire fist and the purple magic orb vanished instantly from mid-air, leaving no trace whatsoever, as if they had never existed.
"Th-this is impossible? My second punch was actually swallowed up?" Fire Overlord stared in disbelief at Su Yunzhou suspended in the air. Exactly what kind of person was he?
"I have prepared for this day for a full ten years," Su Yunzhou shook his head, a purple magic orb materializing in his palm. "Alien, it is time to pay with your life for the sins you committed back then!"
"What bold nonsense!" Fire Overlord bared his sharp teeth. "I am one of the strongest Alien Dragonmen on Dragon Tooth Island. The moment I unleash my third punch, [Scarlet Flame Radiance], everyone must die, and you will be no exception!"
No sooner had his voice fallen than Fire Overlord transformed into a streak of red light, instantaneously teleporting behind Su Yunzhou. Unleashing his primordial strength, he raised his explosive fire fist and roared:
"Third Ultimate! Scarlet Flame Radiance!"
The scarlet flame is me, and I am the scarlet flame; radiance fades swiftly, striking foes unpredictably! No opponent could ever withstand this single blow, let alone a frail elemental mage!
Wait! Why was his opponent smiling?
Striking out at Su Yunzhou, Fire Overlord felt his punch hit empty air like a mere phantom, lacking any impact whatsoever, and he finally realized that the person before him was merely an afterimage!
A purple spatial rift tore open in the air, and Fire Overlord was sucked straight into it by a formidable force.
"What... what is this!" Fire Overlord panicked, discovering that he was completely immobilized by this bizarre phenomenon!
Suddenly, a matching explosive fire fist emerged from the torn spatial rift, smashing fiercely downward and driving Fire Overlord crashing onto the ground.
"Sound Domain · Final Movement!"
A heavy, resonant sound echoed through the air, resembling a funeral dirge playing its final heavy chord.
The song ends, the people scatter!
Su Yunzhou materialized on the lawn, looking down at the shattered remains of Fire Overlord, and shook his head with a slight smile. "You probably never expected this, did you? That one day you would be crushed by your own fist."
"Cough, cough—"
Trembling violently, Fire Overlord's bones emitted a series of cracking sounds as he gasped for breath. "Wh-wh-what kind of person are you?"
"I already introduced myself earlier." Su Yunzhou flickered his fingers slightly. "Alien, go to hell and atone for your sins!"
As soon as those words fell, the sound of a beating heart echoed throughout the entire airspace. A burst of purple radiance erupted from within Fire Overlord's body, and in the blink of an eye, his entire form dissolved into shifting sands, scattering into nothingness!
"Twelve more to go." Su Yunzhou smiled as he watched the drifting dust, then suddenly turned his head and asked, "Are you alright, Mo Xing?"
"Ah?"
Mo Xing, who had been watching from the sidelines, snapped back to reality upon hearing Instructor Su Yunzhou call his name. "I... I'm fine!"
"Good to hear." Instructor Su Yunzhou smiled. "The Divine Ark will be landing in thirty seconds, let's head over to the side to clear the area first."
"Understood." Mo Xing looked up; the Divine Ark in the sky was descending slowly, and he hurried to take cover near the nearby forest.
The scene that had just unfolded was still deeply imprinted in his mind. Instructor Su Yunzhou had handled that Scarlet Flame Fighting God with absolute ease, annihilating him in less than two short minutes.
This was the very first time he had ever witnessed someone being thoroughly eradicated, leaving not even a corpse behind. Even the great Zhang Zhihao had previously spared Li Qingchi's life when dealing with him. Yet Instructor Su Yunzhou had made his opponent vanish entirely from this world. Exactly how terrifying must one's strength be to achieve such a feat?
No, this was not merely a matter of strength; it was driven by a heart burning for revenge! What on earth had happened ten years ago, and why did Instructor Su Yunzhou harbor such bitter hatred toward these Alien Dragonmen?
"The Divine Ark has landed," Su Yunzhou said calmly. "What are you thinking about? You keep spacing out."
"Ah, oh! About that..." Mo Xing scratched his head. "I was just wondering why the Divine Ark from our school didn't land directly inside Hanchuan Academy, but instead chose to touch down in this wilderness."
"Today is a special occasion," Instructor Su Yunzhou sighed.
"Special? Is something going to happen?" Mo Xing was utterly bewildered.
"Today is the night of the full moon," Instructor Su Yunzhou explained. "To commemorate a great Dragon King, Hanchuan Academy declines all visitors on the night of every full moon to prevent any disruption to their sacrificial rituals."
"There's such a tradition..." Mo Xing dawned in realization.
"Not just Hanchuan Academy. Other factions on Dragon Tooth Island do the same, holding their respective sacrificial ceremonies." Instructor Su Yunzhou paused. "To them, the moon is something sacred—more accurately, it is a form of faith."
"Hmm."
Mo Xing nodded, pondering to himself that this was essentially an otherworldly Mid-Autumn Festival. Having a sacrificial ritual once a month and granting the whole school a day off actually sounded quite pleasant.
Meanwhile.
Holy Sky Royal Academy, Hades Training Ground.
Xiao Feng sat alone on the stairs, watching the setting sun while keeping track of the time.
Originally, he had planned to challenge Mo Xing to another single combat during this practical combat class, but who would have expected that guy to run off on some mission or another? Coupled with Instructor Chen Muxi's repeated "indifference" and that bastard Xue Dinghai coming over to pick a fight, he had been harboring pent-up frustration all day long.
"Big bro! Big bro!"
"What is it! Can't you see I'm deep in thought?" Xiao Feng turned his head to see a few of his lackeys running toward him.
"Someone... someone gave you a love letter!" the leading lackey stammered.
"Really? From a guy or a girl?" Xiao Feng asked skeptically.
"Really! And it's from a girl!" That lackey handed over an envelope.
"Is that so? Let me have a look!" Xiao Feng snatched the envelope and eagerly tore it open to read.
"The handwriting is quite pretty, and the sentences are rather elegant, but could the sender be some hideous monster?" Xiao Feng frowned in contemplation.
"How could that be! The sender is one of the beauties among the freshmen!" the lackey praised. "Big brother, hurry up and look at the name at the very end of the letter!"
"Li... Li Hua?" Xiao Feng rubbed his eyes. He hadn't slept well last night, and sometimes his vision tended to blur.
Once he finished rubbing his eyes, the name of the sender gradually came into clear focus—
"Li Xiangcao!"