Chi Yuan Douluo

Watching Xu Jiujiu cling intimately to Ji Lin while Xu Jiawei smiled broadly, Ji Lin turned his gaze toward the distance.

"She should be here soon, right? Hmm!!! She's here."

Seeing the red figure rapidly flying in from the horizon, Ji Lin's heart stirred.

Among those present, the first to react was Shattered Star Douluo, a level 96 Super Douluo and the most powerful one there.

"Who is that? So fast—hmm! This is bad, she's coming straight for us."

"Such audacity! She actually dares to charge into the imperial palace! Does she take us for nonexistent?!" Great Strength Douluo Cheng Gang roared furiously.

As he spoke, he stepped slightly forward with his left foot. Immediately afterward, a dense black aura burst forth from his body. The moment that black aura appeared, it gave everyone the sensation of mountains shaking and earth trembling, and the ground beneath them began to quiver faintly.

Cheng Gang's body began to undergo obvious changes. For Beast Soul Masters, the higher their cultivation, the more closely their physical changes during martial soul release resembled their martial souls. Cheng Gang was exactly like that now. His skin turned dark and glossy, as though covered in a layer of black shell. The strangest part was his eyebrows. Both brows lengthened at once, curling upward until they grew more than twenty centimeters long, like two antennae rising from his head.

Two yellow, three purple, four black—nine soul rings appeared around him. As the soul rings pulsed, the terrifying aura of a Titled Douluo erupted without end.

The ground shook ever more violently, seemingly affected by Cheng Gang's released martial soul. This was the imposing might of a Titled Douluo, a Titled Douluo capable of destroying heaven and earth! It was precisely because of the existence of Titled Douluo that Soul Engineers had never been able to surpass Soul Masters.

With a low roar, Cheng Gang crouched slightly, then shot into the sky after gathering strength. With a bang, the ground beneath his feet caved in, leaving behind a shallow crater, while Cheng Gang charged directly toward the swiftly approaching red figure.

"Wait, Cheng Gang! Don't go."

Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er sensed that the aura of the red figure charging straight at them was at least that of a Super Douluo. Seeing Cheng Gang rush directly at her, her expression changed drastically.

"This brute." Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu also watched Cheng Gang's back with a strange expression. Sensing the aura on the other side, even he did not dare make a move, yet Cheng Gang, who was weaker than him, actually dared to charge head-on.

"ε=(ο｀*))) Sigh, that battle maniac must be itching for a fight. No one usually fights with him, so he's probably been holding it in for too long. When will he ever fix that reckless habit of charging straight ahead?" Medicine Immortal Douluo sighed helplessly.

"Hahaha, that brute is about to suffer badly. Good, let this teach him a lesson, so he won't come bother me every day." Great Hammer Douluo laughed gloatingly.

As fellow strength-type Titled Douluo, Cheng Gang often sought him out for sparring matches, and he had long since grown sick of it. Although he too was a battle maniac who enjoyed fighting, battling Cheng Gang was no fun. He was level 94, while Cheng Gang was only level 91. Moreover, Cheng Gang did not possess even a single soul bone. He could practically be called the shame of Titled Douluo. How could Cheng Gang possibly defeat him? Yet as fellow guardian Titled Douluo of the Star Luo Empire, he could not strike too heavily, so every match left him restrained.

And yet Cheng Gang loved challenging him the most, to the point that he instinctively hid whenever he saw Cheng Gang.

He could not have been happier to see Cheng Gang get put in his place.

"There are only so many Titled Douluo on Douluo Continent. Do you know who the newcomer is?" Xu Jiawei asked with a frown.

"Her aura is unfamiliar. She isn't any Titled Douluo we know."

Watching Cheng Gang and the red figure about to collide, Shattered Star Douluo narrowed his eyes.

With a boom, an explosive sound rang out in the sky. The force of two Titled Douluo colliding tore apart the clouds overhead.

In the air, Great Strength Douluo Cheng Gang, who had just charged skyward so aggressively, was sent flying back even faster than he had gone, crashing toward a distant side hall.

Boom—

A meteor fell from the sky and smashed apart a palace, sending dust billowing everywhere.

"Who dares attack the imperial palace?!" A squad of armored guards wielding long spears hurried toward the collapsed hall.

"It was me." Amid the ruins, Cheng Gang climbed to his feet while clutching his chest, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"Ah! It's Great Strength Douluo! Who injured you, Your Excellency? They actually dared to injure a guardian Titled Douluo in the imperial palace! Could the Sun Moon Empire have attacked us?!" The lead guard hurriedly helped Cheng Gang up.

"It's nothing. Leave for now. I'll handle things here." Cheng Gang would never admit that he had been knocked down in a single exchange. He waved the guards away. "Hiss—" Cheng Gang clutched his chest and sucked in a cold breath. "Damn it, that fucking hurt."

Seeing the red figure hovering above the Awakening Hall in the distance, Cheng Gang hurriedly covered his chest and headed over step by step.

At the same time, Xu Jiawei and the others watched the red figure hovering above them with grave expressions. Cheng Gang might have been weak, but he was still a Titled Douluo. To send him flying with a single strike meant they had clearly underestimated their opponent.

Only then did everyone clearly see the newcomer's appearance.

White hair, crimson eyes, draped in blazing fire, walking upon white clouds.

"Oh my god, what a handsome young lady." Xu Jiujiu covered her mouth and exclaimed softly.

"White hair, crimson eyes, fire element... Could you be Chi Yuan Douluo?" Xu Jiawei asked with a frown as he looked at the newcomer.

"That would be me." The white-haired, crimson-eyed young beauty replied calmly.

"May I ask what brings Your Excellency Chi Yuan here to charge at us? You injured a guardian Titled Douluo of the Star Luo Empire so casually. That hardly seems appropriate."

The moment Xu Jiawei finished speaking, several Titled Douluo appeared around Chi Yuan Douluo in an instant. Their auras surged as they completely surrounded her. The situation was on the verge of exploding, and fighting could break out at any moment.

"I have no intention of becoming enemies with the Star Luo Empire. I merely sensed the aura of Ultimate Fire while passing by, which was why I hurried over. That guardian Titled Douluo charged at me so aggressively just now, so I had no choice but to retaliate. I didn't expect him to be all bark and no bite, unable to withstand even one punch from me."

Chi Yuan Douluo, with her white hair and crimson eyes, blinked innocently as she explained.

"Pfft—"

Xu Jiujiu covered her mouth and leaned against Ji Lin, lowering her head as her shoulders shook. She was clearly having a hard time holding back her laughter.

"This..."

Xu Jiawei exchanged helpless looks with the various consecrates.

Seeing that Chi Yuan Douluo's attention had remained fixed on Ji Lin ever since her arrival, Xu Jiawei knew he could not keep it hidden.

"Since Your Excellency Chi Yuan came for Ultimate Fire, I assume you have already seen through the situation."

Xu Jiawei beckoned to Ji Lin, signaling him to step forward.

Ji Lin slowly stepped forward, came to Xu Jiawei's side, and bowed to Chi Yuan Douluo. "Greetings, Your Excellency Chi Yuan."

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan Douluo exchanged glances for an instant before tacitly looking away.

Xu Jiawei took Ji Lin's hand and said to Chi Yuan Douluo, "This child is the one who awakened an Ultimate Fire martial soul. The aura of Ultimate Fire that Your Excellency sensed was the aura emitted by his martial soul when it awakened."