A Single Sword Execution!

A hotel in the commercial city outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

After the battle just now, the hotel had become a complete mess, and the diners had turned into spectators.

Golden Tortoise Teacher had already activated Martial Soul Possession. His entire body, especially his back, had turned pure gold, making him look extremely valuable.

Golden Tortoise Teacher hated being called a turtle bastard more than anything in his life. It was a tremendous insult to him, and his face had turned livid. "You little brat, I've changed my mind. I'm taking you and this girl back with me, so you can experience the consequences of insulting me."

The smile on Ye Buqun's face did not fade. "Hey, old turtle bastard, I call you that twice and you're getting all worked up?"

"Go to hell! I'll deal with you slowly!"

Golden Tortoise Teacher was so enraged that he could barely speak coherently. With a low roar, golden light blazed from his body as his first and second Soul Rings lit up. He swiftly spun halfway around, revealing his golden Turtle Shell, and a golden mist of water shot straight toward Ye Buqun and Doudou.

Right at the start of the battle, Golden Tortoise Teacher had used his first two Soul Skills: Golden Tortoise Body Protection and Golden Water Torrent.

His Martial Soul was a typical defense-system Beast Martial Soul. His First Soul Skill could instantly increase his defense by thirty percent, while his Second Soul Skill transformed his Soul Power into intense water pressure to attack opponents. It was especially effective against fire-element Soul Masters.

Faced with the menacing Soul Skill rushing toward them, Doudou was at a complete loss, while Ye Buqun remained calm. He merely raised his right hand, where the Seven Kill Sword had appeared, and blocked the powerful impact with one hand.

The fierce golden current turned into scattered golden sparks under that casual block, drifting through the air.

"What?!"

Golden Tortoise Teacher froze at the sight.

Even a Soul King of the same rank could not possibly have blocked that attack so effortlessly. Not even a Soul Emperor could do it. Could this guy be a Soul Saint? Or even a Soul Douluo?!

That was impossible too. How old did this guy look? How could he possibly have such a high rank?

"Since you're so eager to die, I'll let you die knowing the truth."

As Ye Buqun spoke, rings of Soul Rings emerged around him.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red!

Nine Soul Rings in total!

Golden Tortoise Teacher was instantly frightened senseless.

A Title Douluo?!

And he even had a 100,000-Year Soul Ring?!

That red Soul Ring had naturally been upgraded from a black Soul Ring after he completed the system task.

It was not just him. Doudou covered her mouth with both delicate hands, her face filled with disbelief.

Wasn't he a Soul Grandmaster? How could he have so many Soul Rings?

No matter how everyone else reacted, Golden Tortoise Teacher immediately lost his nerve. He withdrew his Soul Rings and Martial Soul, instantly replacing his arrogant expression with one of terrified reverence. "M-my lord, I failed to recognize your greatness. I did not know a Title Douluo had arrived. Please forgive my offense."

Golden Tortoise Teacher's overbearing, tyrannical attitude had vanished completely.

"Forgive you? Old turtle bastard, aren't you thinking a little too simply?" The pressure Ye Buqun released was far beyond what an ordinary person could withstand.

Hearing this, cold sweat poured down Golden Tortoise Teacher's body as he wondered what punishment awaited him.

Ye Buqun did not waste any more words on him. He kicked him out of the hotel, then moved with a thought and leisurely flew outside. At the same time, the Seven Kill Sword in his palm condensed to over seven feet long. Fixing his eyes on Golden Tortoise Teacher's position, he brought the sword down.

Fourth Soul Skill: Killing Intent Revealed!

Vast Soul Power coiled around the sharp blade. When the sword crashed down, a thunderous boom rang out as the ground was cleaved into a trench dozens of meters deep. The Turtle Shell on Golden Tortoise Teacher's back shattered like glass, and his body suffered an unprecedented impact. Beneath that sword, his flesh and blood were instantly annihilated!

The might of that single strike was utterly staggering. Golden Tortoise Teacher's entire body had been reduced to something like cells or molecules, without the slightest trace of life. There was not even the aura of death, as though he had simply vanished from the world!

Killed with one sword!

A Soul King was worlds apart from a Title Douluo, not to mention that Ye Buqun possessed the power of several top-tier Title Douluo at once.

After dealing with him, Ye Buqun flew back into the hotel. With a thought, he took out two thousand Gold Soul Coins from Mirror Space and gave them to the owner as compensation for wrecking the place.

That money was enough to renovate the entire hotel several times over.

Seeing that he was a Title Douluo, how could the owner dare accept the money? Just as he was about to decline, Ye Buqun had already picked up Doudou and flown toward the forest.

Looking at the two thousand Gold Soul Coins on the table, the owner's heart could not calm down for a long time. He felt as if he had merely experienced an unbelievable dream—

The Star Dou Great Forest lay at the southernmost edge of the Heaven Dou Empire. The forest stretched across both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire. It contained an enormous variety and number of soul beasts, and it was also the area where the border between the two empires was least clearly defined. Judging from the map, most of the Star Dou Great Forest lay within Heaven Dou territory, though the Star Luo Empire naturally refused to acknowledge that.

It was one of the three great gathering places for wild soul beasts, a place that Soul Masters longed to visit. Coming here meant entering the next realm and becoming stronger.

Ye Buqun and Doudou had arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. The environment here was vastly different from the human cities. The breeze blowing toward them was refreshing, and the scent of fresh earth, grass, and trees was indescribably soothing.

Third Soul Skill: Eye of Mirror!

Ye Buqun secretly activated Martial Soul Possession with his original Mirror Beast Martial Soul and launched his Third Soul Skill.

This ability was countless times stronger than Tang San's Purple Demon Eye. Once activated, it allowed him to take in the surrounding environment from every angle in three dimensions. Not only that, it could see the flow of Soul Power within other Soul Masters' bodies. Even if they had not activated Martial Soul Possession or revealed their Soul Rings, he could roughly determine their rank.

As his Soul Power and strength increased, the range of Eye of Mirror's observation also expanded. From here, Ye Buqun could now see everything in the outer regions and even deeper parts of the Star Dou Great Forest, though he still could not observe the core area.

At this moment, Doudou could no longer hold back and asked who he really was. When she had seen him reveal nine Soul Rings, it had been far too shocking.

He was even younger than she was. How could he have cultivated to such a level?!

Ye Buqun directly told her that he could copy other people's Martial Souls and Soul Rings for his own use, which was why he could participate in every match for every Soul Master rank at the Soto Great Soul Arena.

That was not particularly strange, because such Soul Masters had appeared before. For example, Oscar's later Sixth Soul Skill, Copycat Mirror Sausage, worked in exactly that way—