Ye Qin vs. Qian Mohan

"What are you? How come I've never seen you before?" At that moment, the blond man sprang up with borrowed momentum, performed a handsome backflip, and landed steadily on the ground before calmly asking Ye Qin.

"No comment!" Ye Qin replied coolly.

"I'm familiar with every genius in Spirit Hall. There's no way someone like you exists!" the blond man said with a slight curl of his lips.

"Is that so? Then perhaps you're simply ignorant," Ye Qin replied coldly.

"Qian Mohan, guardian deacon of Elder Hall, Rank 51 attack-type battle Soul Master!" The blond man did not mind Ye Qin's indifference and introduced himself with gentlemanly grace.

"Ye Qin of Pope Hall, Rank 45!" Ye Qin replied politely.

At Ye Qin's answer, the entire crowd was stirred once more!

At Ye Qin's age, reaching Rank 45—what did that mean?

"At such a young age, you already possess such cultivation. When did Spirit Hall produce a genius like you?" Qian Mohan asked with a humble smile.

Compared to the arrogance of the others, Qian Mohan instead appeared humble and courteous!

Ye Qin did not find someone like him quite so disagreeable.

Ye Qin said no more. The First Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up!

"I admit that if you reached my age, I would definitely be no match for you. But right now, your wings have yet to fully grow. Are you sure you want to fight me?" Qian Mohan asked.

"First Soul Skill, World-Ending Dragon Claw!"

That was Ye Qin's answer.

As his words fell, Ye Qin's dragon claw bloomed with black radiance. Then, like lightning, he charged before Qian Mohan!

"Fine! Then I'll fight you!" Qian Mohan smiled calmly as a massive golden phantom appeared behind him. Judging from its figure, it seemed to be a woman.

Moreover, four white wings grew from her back. It was unmistakably Qian Mohan's Martial Soul, the Four-Winged Angel!

"First Soul Skill, Angel Wings!"

With a clear cry, Qian Mohan's first Hundred-Year Spirit Ring lit up. The Four-Winged Angel's four snow-white wings shone with mystical light, and with a gentle flap, they propelled Qian Mohan toward Ye Qin at high speed!

A crisp metallic clang rang out as Ye Qin's dragon claw collided with Qian Mohan's Angel Sword with a loud clang.

Ye Qin's black ancestral dragon power and Qian Mohan's golden angel power entered into a fierce stalemate!

Originally, Qian Mohan's strength might have surpassed Ye Qin's by a notch. However, Qian Mohan assumed Ye Qin's Soul Skill came from a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, so he had only used his first Soul Skill!

Yet Ye Qin's First Soul Ring was actually fifty thousand years old. The difference in Soul Ring quality perfectly made up for the gap in Soul Power between Ye Qin and Qian Mohan!

As the progenitor of strength, the World-Destroying Ancestral Dragon had no Martial Soul that could compete with it in raw power. Even the Six-Winged Angel could not compare, let alone Qian Mohan, who only had four wings!

Thus, the scales of victory actually began tilting toward Ye Qin!

Qian Mohan was overpowered by Ye Qin's dragon claw and forced to retreat continuously. This sight immediately shocked the Ice Fire War God, Bewitching Charm, and the others!

A Spirit King—and a Spirit King with a top-tier Martial Soul at that—was actually forced back head-on by a Soul Ancestor. What a shocking scene!

"Brother, I told you Ye Qin would give us a surprise!" Hu Liena's voice rang out in Bewitching Charm's mind.

"Unbelievable, truly unbelievable!" Xie Yue exclaimed in immense delight.

"No, that's impossible!" Unlike Bewitching Charm's excitement, the Ice Fire War God was both shocked and enraged!

Aside from them, many people believed that Qian Mohan was deliberately going easy on Ye Qin!

However, the high-ranking Spirit Hall members watching from the shadows saw things far more clearly than these young Soul Masters, and all of them could not help but gasp in amazement!

Although Qian Mohan was humble, as an absolute genius, he had always been proud at heart!

Now, Ye Qin was destroying that pride!

This immediately angered Qian Mohan.

At this moment, under Ye Qin's relentless pressure, Qian Mohan had already been forced into a corner. He planted his rear foot against the wall, and the instant he sprang away, pure white holy angel light flooded his entire body, completing Martial Soul Possession!

The instant he possessed his Martial Soul, Qian Mohan's aura surged once more, temporarily forcing back Ye Qin's assault. Then, the Fifth Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up, forming a golden halo around his feet!

The moment this halo appeared, Ye Qin felt his strength weaken instantly, while Qian Mohan's strength instead increased!

As one waned and the other grew stronger, Ye Qin's advantage gradually turned into a disadvantage!

"Angel Halo, a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring skill. It reduces all your attributes by twenty percent while increasing mine by ten percent!" Seeing Ye Qin's puzzled expression, Qian Mohan explained.

"An attribute skill?" Ye Qin's expression shifted slightly. "I have one too. World-Destroying Ancestral Dragon, World-Destroying Dragon Body!"

With his low shout, the Third Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up. Purple radiance instantly surged from the Soul Ring and filled Ye Qin's body!

After a resounding dragon roar, Ye Qin once again reversed the situation, forcing Qian Mohan back!

This time, Ye Qin's strength was clearly even greater. He directly slammed Qian Mohan into the stone wall!

"World-Destroying Dragon Body—strength attribute, dragon attribute, increased by fifty percent!" Ye Qin explained to Qian Mohan!

"Fifty percent?!" Qian Mohan exclaimed in astonishment.

His Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring only increased attributes by ten percent, while Ye Qin's increased them by fifty percent outright!

"I lost!" Qian Mohan sighed.

"You let me win," Ye Qin said with a faint smile, abandoning his attack on Qian Mohan.

"Other than the Great Enshrined, I've never admired anyone. You're the first!" Qian Mohan said with a self-mocking curl of his lips. Then the Spirit Guiding Ring on his hand lit up, and a numbered sphere engraved with the character "one" appeared from within!

"When the competition began, I thought no one could take it from me. It seems I was wrong!" Qian Mohan smiled in relief and handed the numbered sphere to Ye Qin!

At this sight, every gaze, whether in the open or in the shadows, was filled with utter astonishment.

Qian Mohan, a Spirit King-level Soul Master who could be called the strongest genius of Spirit Hall's current generation, had actually admitted defeat voluntarily!

"Sister, it looks like your position as Saintess is secure!" Xie Yue said excitedly.

"With him here, it feels wonderful!" Hu Liena smiled sweetly.

"If your brother isn't mistaken, you've already fallen for him, haven't you?" Xie Yue teased with a faint smile.

Hu Liena remained silent in bashful embarrassment. Then the Ice Fire War God's expression changed drastically, and Ling Zhiruo's voice rang out, "Young Master Qian actually admitted defeat! Qiling, run!"

With that, the Ice Fire War God abandoned its battle with Bewitching Charm and fled rapidly toward the outskirts of the city!

"Hmph!" Ye Qin snorted coldly. Using Lingbo Weibu, he rushed in front of the Ice Fire War God at extreme speed, his icy dragon claw crashing down toward the latter's head!

The Ice Fire War God was greatly alarmed and hurriedly raised its twin swords to block!

But at the same time, Bewitching Charm arrived with blood blades in hand and slashed across the Ice Fire War God's back, instantly leaving two distinct bloody wounds!

Two miserable cries, one male and one female, rang out from within the Ice Fire War God. Then, at that moment, it split apart!