Four Years

Looking at the riot of color in the Soul Arena's backstage hall, Manager Qian quickly ordered people to clean up the corpses.

No matter what, the matter of Great Fierce Tiger had finally been resolved, but everyone's doubts had only grown greater than before.

Great Fierce Tiger had always bullied the weak and feared the strong, acting arrogantly and committing all manner of evil. No one felt his death was a pity.

Since he was from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Vice Arena Master did not dare neglect him and promptly arranged a VIP room for Yu Ming. Yu Ming had intended the same, as he had something to say to Ye Buqun.

Inside the Soul Arena's VIP room.

"This lowly one greets Your Excellency Ye. I offended you greatly over what happened just now; I hope you can forgive me."

The strong were revered. Having witnessed the young man's methods, Yu Ming naturally treated him with great respect.

"No need for so much ceremony. I've always convinced people through virtue. Little Ming, sit and speak."

Ye Buqun appeared quite easygoing, leaving Yu Ming somewhat dumbfounded.

Convinced people through virtue? Who the hell had just beaten someone until he vomited blood and died on the spot? And he actually had the nerve to say that? Fine, you're strong—you can say whatever you want.

Yu Ming sat down and asked, "Your Excellency, there is still one thing I do not understand. Your strength is already so formidable, so why are you still spending your time in this Soul Arena?"

Ye Buqun said, "You could call it a hobby. Competing like this every day is quite interesting."

He was not lying. Over this period of time, he had indeed developed some interest in this place. However, his main purpose was still to complete the system missions and raise the replicated characters' Soul Rings and levels even further.

A hobby? This reclusive master's hobby truly was unique. Though Yu Ming thought so inwardly, he did not say it aloud. Still, he deeply admired the young man before him.

Yu Ming said, "The Sect Master sometimes mentions you as well. He wants you to return to the sect for a visit."

Ye Buqun said, "Ha, does Little Yuan miss me? Tell him not to worry. We'll meet again sooner or later."

Upon hearing this, Yu Ming's head was filled with black lines. How had the dignified Sect Master of one of the Upper Three Sects become a little child in his mouth?

Yu Ming said, "Oh, then does Your Excellency have any plans for what comes next?"

Ye Buqun said, "I'll be staying at the Soul Arena for a while longer. Oh, and don't tell anyone my true level when you go out. Just say that I'm a friend of yours."

Yu Ming seemed to understand his intentions. Perhaps the youth wanted to stay here and play the weak to devour the strong, though he would never know the deeper reason.

The two chatted politely for a while longer. After they came out, they publicly declared that Ye Buqun was a Guest Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The Soul Arena's people then valued the youth even more. To be an important guest of one of the Upper Three Sects, he could not possibly be an ordinary figure—

Over the following four years, Ye Buqun and Doudou basically lived at the Soto Great Soul Arena, competing in matches and occasionally taking on small odd jobs to slack off. He also obtained several Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for his main body's second martial soul, the Concealment Mask.

Even so, the accumulated system rewards were quite substantial.

When Ye Buqun looked at his status panel again, it had already changed considerably.

Host: Ye Buqun

Age: 15

Martial Souls: Billion-Year Mirror Beast (Primary); Concealment Mask (Secondary); Seven Kill Sword (Replicated); Clear Sky Hammer (Replicated); Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon (Replicated); Bone Dragon (Replicated); Purple Lightning Demonic Dragon (Replicated); Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda (Replicated); Dragon Staff (Replicated); Serpent Cane (Replicated)

Primary Martial Soul Power Level: Level 76 Control-type Battle Soul Saint

Soul Skills:

(First Primary Martial Soul, Mirror Beast)

First Soul Skill: Illusion Clone (Yellow)

Second Soul Skill: Shadow Clone (Yellow)

Third Soul Skill: Eye of Mirror (Purple)

Fourth Soul Skill: Heavenly Phenomenon Manifestation (Purple)

Fifth Soul Skill: Mirror Space (Black)

Sixth Soul Skill: Divine Imprint (Black)

Seventh Soul Skill: Billion-Year Mirror True Body (Black, Rainbow)

(Second Primary Martial Soul, Concealment Mask)

First Soul Skill: Super Concealment (Black)

Second Soul Skill: Ghost Face Intimidation (Black)

Third Soul Skill: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Black)

Fourth Soul Skill: King's Deterrence (Black)

Soul Skills of All Replicated Characters

Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Dragon Snake Combined Attack

Imprinted Characters and Items:

Sword Douluo Jian Dao Chen Xin (Level 99, Black, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Red);

Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen (Level 99, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black, Red, Red, Red);

Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao (Level 98, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Red, Red, Red, Red);

Bone Douluo Gu Rong (Level 96, Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black);

Soul Douluo Yu Luomian (Level 89, Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black);

Dragon Duke Meng Shu (Level 86, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black);

Soul Saint Ning Fengzhi (Level 79, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black)

Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang (Level 72, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black), and so on.

Items: Silent Sleeve Arrow ×10; Flying God Claw ×1; Bright Silver Armor ×1.

"Additionally, completing tasks according to the system prompts would earn certain rewards."

This was already a fairly detailed panel. If it became any more detailed, it would display every replicated Soul Master's soul skills, attributes, and soul bone information.

Over the past four years, he had discovered quite a few bugs in the system. For instance, 100,000-Year Soul Rings seemed to be the limit; for the time being, they could not advance into million-year golden soul rings. He did not know whether that was because this was the Douluo Continent.

That was not the only restriction. After completing tasks, he had raised both Sword Douluo and Thunder Douluo to Level 99, Limit Douluo, only to discover that Level 100 was also restricted.

Ye Buqun had asked the system about this, and it said that all of it was only temporary. He did not pay much attention to it. After all, his replicated Sword Douluo already possessed the terrifying setup of eight red soul rings, which should have been more than enough. He had also found time to visit the forest and obtain three ten-thousand-year soul rings for his second martial soul.

If he released all the soul rings of both his original body and his replicated characters at once, even he would be terrified.

Even more worth mentioning was that over the past few years, Ye Buqun had taken part in a total of 122 matches between his individual matches at the Soul Arena and those fought by the Ye-Doudou Duo. Their record of 122 consecutive victories had shocked all of Suotuo City. Even the Balak Kingdom and the Heaven Dou Empire had heard their names.

Ye Buqun had even been bestowed with the title of "Ever-Victorious General," while the Ye-Doudou Duo had earned the illustrious name of the "Ever-Victorious Duo."

One day, four years later, Ye Buqun received a new task.

Task: Check in at Nuoding Academy and visit Tang San.

Upon completing the task, the Host's own body or any one soul ring of a replicated character may have its age increased tenfold (maximum limit: a 100,000-year red soul ring).

Some of the system's tasks were practically free rewards. Once he completed this task, it would be quite a sight when Ye Buqun possessed Sword Douluo and released his soul rings—