Demonic Fox Charm versus Fire Charm Technique

"What did you say, brat? If I don't kill you today, I'll write my name, Hu Liena, backward." The woman's charming, pretty face had gone pale with anger.

At Spirit Hall, she had always been someone others looked up to. She had never imagined that she would one day be treated like this.

"Hu Liena? Your name is Hu Liena?"

Zhao Ming's eyes widened. Wasn't Hu Liena the Saintess of Spirit Hall?

He had only just arrived in Douluo Continent, and he had already met such an important character from the original story?

And she was so beautiful?

Could this be the girlfriend Heaven had sent him? Following the usual fantasy novel trope... but why the hell had he transmigrated into Douluo Continent, and into a child's body at that? Right now, he just couldn't do it...

"Miss, I think we really need to sit down and have a talk." Zhao Ming smiled faintly. Hu Liena was so beautiful. Though he could not do anything now, once he grew up, perhaps he could win her over.

Besides, Hu Liena was still young. When she grew a little older, she would become even more beautiful.

"We have nothing to talk about."

Hu Liena had no intention of wasting words with Zhao Ming. She directly summoned her Martial Soul. Clearly, she wanted to deal with him as quickly as possible.

Hu Liena's Martial Soul was a demonic fox. As it appeared, pointed fox ears grew from her head, while a fluffy fox tail glowing red emerged from behind her.

She instantly became incomparably bewitching.

Two yellow Soul Rings appeared beneath her. One was light yellow, while the other was dark yellow. She had only obtained that Soul Ring a few days ago.

In fact, she had come to Star Dou Forest this time precisely to obtain her second Soul Ring.

"Looks like I need to deal with you first." Zhao Ming's expression turned solemn as he sensed the aura emanating from Hu Liena. He was not sure whether Flame Spirit Princess was a match for Hu Liena. If she was not, then forget the future—he would be finished today.

He closed his eyes as Soul Power surged forth. Zhao Ming could clearly feel his physical condition growing stronger.

His sight, hearing, strength, speed... everything was improving in that instant.

Then, beneath him, a dazzling Orange Soul Ring slowly rose!

An Orange Soul Ring clearly did not belong to Douluo Continent's Soul Ring system.

On Douluo Continent, there were only six Soul Ring colors in order: white, yellow, purple, black, red, and gold.

"What is that?"

Hu Liena was clearly stunned as well. She had no idea such a strange Soul Ring existed in this world, and her attack slowed.

But soon, something even more astonishing appeared before her.

As Zhao Ming's Orange Soul Ring manifested, an incomparably delicate woman appeared before him. Even from Hu Liena's perspective as a woman, she had to admit that this suddenly appearing woman possessed beauty capable of toppling kingdoms.

Zhao Ming himself was frozen in place.

She was an unparalleled beauty dressed in a purplish-red gauze dress.

Her waist-length hair swayed gently in the breeze, carrying a fragrant scent.

Her eyes gleamed with spirit, her brows were graceful, her nose refined, and her rosy cheeks carried a smile. Her beauty was simply peerless.

Dappled sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell upon her face, making her skin seem crystalline and jade-soft. Countless charms danced within her pale blue eyes.

Flame Spirit Princess was very beautiful, with perfect curves and a pair of stunningly long legs.

"So beautiful," Zhao Ming could not help saying.

His voice seemed to catch Flame Spirit Princess's attention. She slowly walked over, dipped slightly toward Zhao Ming, and said, "Master."

Her voice was as gentle and lovely as a cuckoo's song, yet it held not the slightest emotion.

A Puppet was originally nothing more than a lifeless thing without emotions.

This was only a Puppet. Don't get any strange ideas!

"What a strange Martial Soul. It seems I'll have to capture you and bring you back for Teacher to handle." Hu Liena spoke in surprise as she launched her attack.

"Fox Fire Command!"

This was the second Soul Skill Hu Liena had obtained recently.

Fox Fire Command could instantly raise her attack power by fifty percent while producing highly corrosive foxfire of extreme temperature.

"Stop her!"

Seeing Hu Liena rushing straight at him, Zhao Ming's face changed drastically. But he quickly relaxed.

Flame Spirit Princess had already blocked Hu Liena's attack in front of him.

Flame Spirit Princess drew a crimson jade-like hairpin from her high-piled hair, and her raven-black locks cascaded down like a waterfall.

The hairpin in her hand instantly transformed into a longsword wreathed in flames.

The Fire Sword clashed with the sharp Fox Claw, sending sparks flying everywhere!

Taking advantage of the opening, Zhao Ming hurriedly retreated more than ten meters and stared nervously at the battle before him.

"System, can Flame Spirit Princess defeat Hu Liena?"

"I don't know." The System's voice rang out coldly.

"You don't even know that? What use are you?" Zhao Ming curled his lips and said irritably.

"If I were useless, Hu Liena would have killed you already," the System retorted.

"Cough, cough, true enough." Zhao Ming coughed awkwardly twice. "By the way, do you have Flame Spirit Princess's full information?"

"I do."

As soon as the System finished speaking, information about Flame Spirit Princess appeared in Zhao Ming's mind.

Flame Spirit Princess:

From the Nine Songs of the Moving Sky plane

Possesses considerable strength and extremely high growth potential. Flame Spirit Princess was born in Baiyue. When she was young, a great fire destroyed her home, leaving her family dead and scattered. She had a younger brother whose fate remained unknown.

Abilities: Controls fire-based spells and excels at flame attacks; Fire Charm Technique (can use flames to cause hallucinations and enter others' memories.)

Weapon: Fire Spirit Hairpin (releases internal power to form slashing flame energy)

Character evaluation: Passionate as fire, gentle as water

"The thing Flame Spirit Princess used just now should have been the Fire Spirit Hairpin. She can control flames and even use the Fire Charm Technique?" Zhao Ming muttered as he recalled some of Flame Spirit Princess's abilities from Nine Songs of the Moving Sky.

"Then how much of her strength can Flame Spirit Princess use?" Zhao Ming suddenly asked.

"Puppets are essentially the Host's Soul Skills. She relies on the Host's Soul Power to attack. The Soul Power she can wield is the Host's own Soul Power," the System explained.

Was that how it worked? Then once he broke through to become a Titled Douluo, he would have nine Soul Rings—and nine Puppets.

And all of them would attack using his Soul Power. In other words, every one of them would possess strength at least equal to a Titled Douluo.

Wouldn't that be utterly heaven-defying?

Once he became a god and filled up all his Soul Rings, wouldn't he have ten Puppets?

When fighting others, couldn't he just line up ten Puppets? With ten Puppets, couldn't he challenge the God Realm alone?

Good lord.

That was a little terrifying.

But if using them consumed his own Soul Power like this, wouldn't they drain him dry?

Zhao Ming immediately shuddered.

Pulling his thoughts back, Zhao Ming began watching the battle between Flame Spirit Princess and Hu Liena. He noticed that although Hu Liena's attacks were fierce, Flame Spirit Princess repeatedly neutralized them.

Faintly, Hu Liena actually seemed to be getting suppressed.

Flame Spirit Princess had practiced fire-control techniques since childhood, so her mastery far surpassed Hu Liena's, who had only just obtained the Soul Skill Fox Fire Command. Moreover, the Fire Sword formed from the Fire Spirit Hairpin was no less sharp than Hu Liena's Fox Claw.

As a result, Hu Liena gradually became anxious.

Everything that had happened again and again today had shaken even the calm battle mindset Spirit Hall had cultivated in her.

Under normal circumstances, if faced with this situation, Hu Liena would definitely fight without panic until Zhao Ming exhausted all his Soul Power.

But Zhao Ming had already thrown her emotions into disorder.

"First Soul Skill, Demonic Fox Charm!"

Hu Liena no longer intended to drag this out. She decided to use her first Soul Skill.

As a Control System Soul Master, her first Soul Skill was a mental control ability. She believed her charm technique would allow her to end the battle quickly.

However.

Her plan was destined to fail.

"Fire Charm Technique!"

Flame Spirit Princess gave a soft shout, and a sharp glint flashed through her lifeless eyes.

Trying to compete with Flame Spirit Princess in charm—the outcome was obvious.

Hu Liena let out a muffled groan, blood spilling from her mouth. Having lost control of her body, she staggered back two steps before falling to the ground.

Having suffered severe mental trauma, she was clearly no longer capable of fighting.

"How is that possible? My charm technique was actually broken." Hu Liena's face turned pale as she muttered to herself. She had clearly never expected to lose to the charm technique she had always been so proud of.

Hu Liena was not weak. Zhao Ming could see that every Soul Skill she used dealt far more damage than Flame Spirit Princess's attacks.

But in actual combat, the results were poor.

Hu Liena only had two Soul Skills available to her. After all, Soul Masters required Soul Rings. But in a plane where people cultivated techniques like Flame Spirit Princess did, there were no such restrictions. Leaving aside anything else, regardless of whether Flame Spirit Princess's cultivation arts were powerful, she certainly knew more of them than Hu Liena did.

And this was only the Nine Songs of the Moving Sky plane. In a plane like Battle Through the Heavens, the gap would be even greater. Take Yun Yun or Medusa, for example. From weak to strong, they would learn all kinds of yellow-tier, mysterious-tier, and earth-tier Battle Skills—at least twenty or thirty of them. After all, whenever they grew stronger, they would replace their Battle Skills with more powerful ones.

Furthermore, activating a Soul Skill made the Soul Ring light up at the same time. Wasn't that basically telling the opponent what you were about to do? Cultivation techniques, on the other hand, were not nearly so easy to read.

Their combat experience and mental fortitude were even further apart. Puppets were unlike humans; their emotions did not fluctuate, making them far calmer in battle.