"Ice Fire War God"

"Brother Ye, that was awesome!" After Qian Luo and the others left, Xie Yue could not help giving Ye Qin a thumbs-up.

"Xie Yue, is Brother Ye also from our Pope Hall?" Barton asked Xie Yue. "He's really amazing!"

"Of course he is!" Hu Liena answered before anyone else could.

"Hello, Brother Ye. Nice to meet you. I'm Barton!" The blue-haired young man, who looked to be around twenty, smiled at Ye Qin.

"Ye Qin." Ye Qin nodded with a smile.

"With a genius like Brother Ye joining our team, dealing with the people from Elder Hall will be much easier!" Barton said excitedly.

"But..." A troubled look suddenly crossed Barton's face.

"But what?" Xie Yue asked in confusion.

"Elder Hall seems to have a Spirit King-level team. They probably won't be easy to deal with!" Barton replied.

"Barton, do you know something?" Hu Liena asked.

She had investigated Ling Zhiruo and Feng Qiling and knew that they were Elder Hall's second and third seeded contenders. However, Elder Hall seemed completely airtight when it came to their top contender!

"No! But when we were in the forest earlier, we ran into that team. One of them revealed five soul rings!" Barton answered. "Elder Hall has always operated with great secrecy. That person never even appeared in the Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament!"

Hearing this, Ye Qin's thoughts raced. At first, he had assumed this team might be led by Qian Renxue.

But setting aside the fact that Qian Renxue was undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, she was already nearly twenty years old. Her strength had probably surpassed that of a Soul Emperor!

As long as Qian Renxue was not participating, Ye Qin could not claim he would definitely defeat any other Spirit King, but he did not think they would pose much of a problem!

Upon hearing this news, Hu Liena and the others fell briefly silent. In a competition where nearly every team consisted of Soul Ancestors, the appearance of a Spirit King-level genius was undoubtedly a considerable blow.

"Ye Qin, what do you think?" Hu Liena asked Ye Qin.

The corner of Ye Qin's lips curled up. "Who cares if he's a Spirit King? It's just a battle to collect numbers. Maybe we'll win before we even run into him."

Hearing Ye Qin's explanation, everyone relaxed somewhat.

"Maybe we've already collected them all?" Hu Liena sounded even more optimistic. "Everyone, put your numbers together and see how many we have!"

In the end, after pooling their numbers, they discovered that they had actually collected seven already. They only lacked number one, number ten, and number eight!

"Only three numbers left. Keep it up, everyone!" Xie Yue encouraged them.

"Right, Barton, did you run into Zhang Song and the others along the way?" Hu Liena asked Barton.

"No." Barton shook his head.

After that, Ye Qin and the others continued searching through the swamp, defeating several official teams one after another. Unfortunately, every number they obtained was a duplicate!

Fortunately, they found two more Pope Hall teams and obtained number eight. Yet no matter what they did, they could not find numbers ten and one!

In the end, they decided to head toward the abandoned city at the center!

The swamp was much larger than the forest, so Ye Qin and the others spent several hours before finally reaching the ancient abandoned city.

By then, night had quietly fallen. A bright full moon climbed into the sky, illuminating the ancient city.

According to Hu Liena, Ye Qin learned that this ancient city had once belonged to a powerful force from before the rise of Spirit Hall!

As far as the eye could see, everything was desolate and weathered. Though most of the place had been reduced to crumbling walls and ruins, its former prosperity and grandeur could still be seen!

Under cover of night, Ye Qin and the others entered the city.

The surroundings were eerily silent, without even the sound of birdsong.

"Why isn't there anyone here?" Xie Yue asked in great confusion.

"The quieter it is, the more something is wrong. We can't let our guard down!" Ye Qin replied. "Stay together. Don't split up!"

"Yes!" Hu Liena and the others nodded in unison.

After advancing and searching for a while, they reached the central street of the ruined city.

"You really came!" At that moment, a sharp female voice rang out. Immediately afterward, more than twenty figures appeared atop the buildings on both sides of the street.

Seeing so many people, Ye Qin and the others were all slightly startled. Looking toward the voice, they saw a graceful figure standing beneath the moonlight. It was Ling Zhiruo of Elder Hall, with Feng Qiling, whom Ye Qin had severely injured before, standing beside her!

"Ling Zhiruo!" Hu Liena frowned.

"Enough nonsense. Hand over all the numbers you have!" Ling Zhiruo sneered down at Hu Liena. "Hu Liena, your dream of becoming Saintess ends here!"

"Impossible!" Hu Liena refused to back down. "If you have the ability, come take them!"

"Hmph!" Ling Zhiruo curled her lips. More than twenty figures on both sides of the street simultaneously revealed soul rings in the same yellow, yellow, purple, purple configuration!

Seeing the brilliant, multicolored martial soul rings, everyone on Ye Qin's side was shocked. The enemy outnumbered them two to one, and their chances of victory were slim!

Soon, they all turned their gazes toward Hu Liena, because they had all been ordered by Bibi Dong to assist Hu Liena in achieving victory.

Hu Liena looked at Ye Qin with a face full of hope.

"Fight!" Ye Qin shouted. Then, he was the first to turn into a blur and charge at Ling Zhiruo!

Ye Qin was as fast as lightning. Though he had been more than ten meters away from Ling Zhiruo, he reached her in just two breaths!

Ye Qin's speed terrified Ling Zhiruo. She hurriedly swung the Ice Jade Sword in her hand, meeting Ye Qin's fist head-on!

However, just as the tip of her sword touched Ye Qin, his fist suddenly shifted and struck her squarely in the left breast!

Ling Zhiruo was immediately sent flying backward like a deflated balloon!

"Zhiruo!" Feng Qiling was horrified by the sight. He hurriedly led a Soul Ancestor squad to surround Ye Qin from all sides!

At the same time, Elder Hall's teams charged at Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and the others!

Facing Feng Qiling and the others' encirclement, Ye Qin showed no fear. Lingbo Weibu, at the peak of mastery, was pushed to its limit. Combined with the perception of Observation Haki, he moved like a swimming dragon, easily evading the combined attacks of the four!

Seeing this, two more Elder Hall teams, each composed of three Soul Ancestors, charged toward Ye Qin!

Second Soul Skill, Gravity Slow!

Third Soul Skill, Time Weakening!

The group quickly came to their senses, unleashing all kinds of slowing skills at Ye Qin without holding back.

Under the effects of the various slowing skills, Ye Qin's speed suddenly plummeted!

Even so, Ye Qin did not fall into a disadvantage despite facing six Soul Ancestors at once for a short time!

While Ye Qin was fighting fiercely, he caught sight of two beams of light, one icy and one fiery, shooting straight toward him from the corner of his eye!

Turning his head, he saw that they were the Ice Jade Sword and the Fire God Sword!

Ye Qin was startled and hurriedly raised his right arm to block!

Yet the moment he met the two treasured swords, it felt as though a mountain had fallen upon him. His chest suddenly convulsed violently, making him feel as if he could collapse at any moment!