Rainbow Arena V

Galaxy Drunken Star Fall clashed with Cherry Blossom Snowfall. The Gold Grade Puppet and Leng Xuewu exchanged sword techniques back and forth. Now, they were competing to see whose moves were more exquisite and whose Soul Power was more abundant.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Charming Star Arc!" The Gold Grade Puppet suddenly changed her move. The nine Soul Rings behind her instantly transformed into nine Charming Stars. Illusions immediately layered over Leng Xuewu's vision, and danger suddenly descended upon her.

"You're dreaming!" Leng Xuewu sneered. "Inside my Sword Domain, this is my territory! You dare release illusions on my turf? Where did you get that confidence? Gloomy Cold Sword Domain, break!"

As soon as Leng Xuewu finished speaking, the temperature within the Gloomy Cold Sword Domain dropped again, falling even lower than absolute zero. The Gold Grade Puppet was startled by the sudden plunge in temperature, and her movements slowed. Leng Xuewu immediately seized the opportunity. With a sweep of her sword, she shattered all nine Charming Stars, dispelling the illusions as well. Once the Gold Grade Puppet's Charming Stars were destroyed, they swiftly reverted to Soul Rings. At the same time, the Gold Grade Puppet no longer dared to be careless and immediately used another Spirit Soul Skill.

"Take this! Fourth Soul Skill, Meteor Stab!" The Gold Grade Puppet caught the opening after Leng Xuewu raised her sword and changed moves in an instant. Her figure shot toward Leng Xuewu like a meteor streaking across the sky, unstoppable in momentum, her sword aura forcing others back three paces. The Gold Grade Puppet intended to use this flaw to finish Leng Xuewu with a single strike.

Leng Xuewu neither retreated nor dodged. Instead, she released her sword.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Ice Princess Rose! Third Soul Skill, Ice Horn Myriad Stabs!" Leng Xuewu was not giving up resistance. In an instant, she activated two Soul Skills.

An ice wall instantly rose from the ground, blocking the Gold Grade Puppet's fatal stab at Leng Xuewu. After blocking the deadly blow, the ice wall immediately dispersed into countless thorny vines that sought to bind the Gold Grade Puppet. Quick-eyed and fleet-footed, the Gold Grade Puppet immediately retreated. Just then, countless ice spikes suddenly erupted from the ground. Focused only on evading the ice thorns, the Gold Grade Puppet overlooked the ice spikes beneath her feet. She was quickly cut, and the power of Extreme Ice began freezing her movements through her wounds.

"You've already been afflicted by the slowing effect of my Extreme Ice. Since you don't possess an Ultimate Spirit, it will be very difficult for you to break free. Surrender now. I will defeat you within five moves." Leng Xuewu calmly watched the injured Gold Grade Puppet.

"You want me to surrender?! In your next life! Even if I've been hit by your Extreme Ice, it doesn't mean I have no strength left to fight. As long as I kill you now, I'll still have a way to remove this Extreme Ice!" The Gold Grade Puppet sneered. She would never surrender; that was the dignity a Title Douluo ought to possess. She immediately gathered all her Soul Power, preparing to unleash her Ninth Soul Skill, her strongest Soul Skill.

"As long as you can withstand this move, I'll certainly die! Take this! Ninth Soul Skill, Star Annihilation Slash!" The Gold Grade Puppet made a final all-out gamble with all her Soul Power, unleashing her strongest Ninth Soul Skill. A dark gray sword radiance filled with the aura of death shot straight at Leng Xuewu. It was simple yet effective, and the power radiating from it was astonishing.

"Since you're using your strongest Soul Skill to fight me, I certainly won't disappoint your killing move!" Leng Xuewu said calmly. At that moment, her essence, energy, and spirit had all adjusted to their optimal state. "Eighth Soul Skill, Gloomy Cold Ice Lotus Slash. Gloomy Cold Sword Domain, full enhancement!"

This move was the second Soul Skill of Leng Xuewu's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Her entire Gloomy Cold Sword Domain condensed onto the Ice Lotus Snow Dance Sword. The Ice Lotus Snow Dance Sword changed from dark blue to black, its sword aura and cold aura drawn inward. This did not mean that the Ice Lotus Snow Dance Sword had grown weaker. On the contrary, it had become even more terrifying.

Leng Xuewu swept her sword horizontally, sending a black sword radiance directly toward the Gold Grade Puppet.

Star Annihilation Slash collided with Gloomy Cold Ice Lotus Slash...

Boom...

The dark gray sword radiance shattered on impact, while the black sword radiance swept toward the Gold Grade Puppet as though it had not weakened in the slightest.

Pfft...

Before the Gold Grade Puppet could react, she had already been cut in half at the waist. Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Congratulations on passing the Rainbow Arena trial! You broke through your limits in the second stage, Rainbow Purgatory, and attained the realm of a Level 90 Titled Douluo. For the third stage, I will now reward you with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring." A voice echoed throughout the Rainbow Arena and entered Leng Xuewu's ears.

As soon as the voice fell, a seven-colored sphere appeared before Leng Xuewu.

"Use your Spirit to connect directly with the sphere. Let me see what Soul Skill you can comprehend," the voice sounded again.

Without another word, Leng Xuewu directly used the Ice Lotus Snow Dance Sword to connect with the seven-colored sphere. In her heart, she had already concluded that the owner of that mysterious voice was definitely a god, a god who stood above everyone on Douluo Continent.

Leng Xuewu absorbed her seven-colored sphere, while Jiang Jiayao prepared for battle in the third Rainbow Arena.

"Fight alongside me! Bloodthirsty Axe!" The Silver Grade Puppet summoned his Spirit, provoking Jiang Jiayao.

"Whoa, damn! This puppet knows how to show off too?! It has consciousness? Come out, Blazing Heaven Battle Hammer!" Jiang Jiayao was thoroughly puzzled. In his understanding, puppets were merely battle tools that could not think and could only attack rigidly. The moment Jiang Jiayao's Blazing Heaven Battle Hammer appeared, the temperature in the Rainbow Arena instantly rose. This was the characteristic of its advancement into an Ultimate Fire Spirit.

The puppets within the Rainbow Arena actually all possessed a certain degree of consciousness. However, their levels differed, and so did the extent of their awareness and intelligence.

"Battle begins!" The voice suddenly appeared, announcing the official start of the match.

"Roar... Second Soul Skill, Bloodlight Slash!" As soon as the voice finished, the Silver Grade Puppet impatiently attacked Jiang Jiayao, as though they shared an irreconcilable enmity. The Bloodthirsty Axe rapidly enlarged, its surface covered in blood-red runes and radiating a chilling aura. A thick stench of blood wafted from the axe.

"How many people has this axe killed to have such thick killing intent and blood stench?!" Jiang Jiayao muttered. "But this won't scare me! I was raised on scares!"

Jiang Jiayao leaped into the air, spinning wildly together with his hammer before descending from above and smashing it toward the Silver Grade Puppet. He shouted, "Take this! Second Soul Skill, Sky Spinning Fire Hammer!"

The Silver Grade Puppet raised his axe and leaped forward, directly choosing to clash head-on with Jiang Jiayao.

Boom...

The Silver Grade Puppet retreated three steps, while Jiang Jiayao retreated five. The Silver Grade Puppet held a slight advantage in Soul Power, but because Jiang Jiayao possessed a powerful body, that advantage was not particularly great.

"Don't let him stop! First Soul Skill, Explosive Three Fire Hammers." The more Jiang Jiayao fought, the more excited he became. He had suffered in Rainbow Purgatory for several days and had nearly been driven mad from holding it in. Now that his strength had improved and there was a Soul Emperor-level puppet before him to test himself against, he naturally became more energized the longer he fought.

The Explosive Three Fire Hammers sealed off the Silver Grade Puppet's upper, middle, and lower paths, leaving him unable to deal with all of them at once.

"You're using such petty moves to test me?! Do you think that's interesting? If we're fighting, use your big moves!" The Silver Grade Puppet counterattacked without hesitation. "Watch this! Third Soul Skill, Axe Shadow Double Kill."

The Silver Grade Puppet's Bloodthirsty Axe split into two, slashing respectively at two Explosive Fire Hammers. The two Explosive Fire Hammers were cleaved apart in an instant. Then the two axes merged back into the Bloodthirsty Axe and destroyed the final Explosive Fire Hammer as well.

After two rounds of testing each other, neither side had gained the upper hand.