Smashing Through

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Xu Sanshi flew into a rage as well. Throwing back his head, he roared and shouted at Chen Feng, "Arrogant!!"

At once, two figures—one blue, one green—faced each other across the entire Soul Battle Arena.

With the enhancement of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul, Chen Feng's body received a massive boost.

When it came to strengthening the body, Beast Martial Souls like the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion were still stronger.

Tool Martial Souls did not provide much physical enhancement.

As Chen Feng released his second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, the temperature across the Soul Battle Arena plummeted.

The New Students with weak Soul Power in the stands could not help but shiver.

The many students in the stands were instantly dumbfounded when they saw Chen Feng use a second Martial Soul.

"This is... Twin Martial Souls!!"

"What Martial Soul is Chen Feng's second Martial Soul? It's terrifying! Such a frightening chill—we're this far from the Soul Battle Arena, yet we're still being affected."

Ling Luochen stared at Chen Feng in the Soul Battle Arena with burning eyes.

"So this is the Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion? My Ice Element Martial Soul can only reach minus eighty degrees, but Ultimate Ice can easily reach minus two hundred degrees. This is the power of an Ultimate Martial Soul!"

Now, the eyes of every spectator in the stands were focused on Chen Feng and Xu Sanshi.

This thrilling Soul Battle was unparalleled among Soul Elders. No—even among Soul Ancestors, it would be difficult to find a match like this.

Chen Feng carefully experienced the power of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul.

Unlike Chen Feng's first Martial Soul, the Soul Breaking Blade, whose current Spirit Rings all provided utility or self-enhancement Soul Skills, it lacked offensive Soul Skills.

Because it lacked offensive Soul Skills, the Soul Breaking Blade's attack power had not truly reached its limit.

Blade Intent was excellent, but Chen Feng had only just grasped it. Its power still had tremendous room for improvement.

Moreover, Blade Intent was powerful because it could be unleashed together with other offensive Soul Skills, greatly increasing their power.

But Chen Feng's Soul Breaking Blade had no offensive Soul Skills, preventing it from displaying its full power.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul, however, was different. Not one of this Martial Soul's Soul Skills was meant to enhance himself.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul's First Soul Skill, Ice Empress's Pincers, made the hands and forearms extraordinarily hard, increased strength, and inflicted enormous damage in close combat.

Ice Emperor's Protection covered the body's surface with a layer of ice crystals for defense, granting extremely high defensive power.

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Torso Bone Soul Skills, Everfrost Domain and Ice Emperor's Wrath, were the strongest offensive ability among the four abilities—including Spirit Ring skills—that the Ice Empress had given Chen Feng.

Chen Feng gripped the Soul Breaking Blade as a bone-chilling aura of Ultimate Ice radiated from his body.

In this state, Chen Feng needed powerful Spiritual Power to maintain a balance between the two Martial Souls in his body.

That was only possible because the Soul Breaking Blade had already been assimilated by Chen Feng's soul. Otherwise, even Spiritual Power beyond that of a Soul Saint would not have allowed him to use two Martial Souls at the same time.

At this point, the many students in the stands were already stunned by the twists and turns of the Soul Battle.

No one was loudly clamoring about bets anymore.

The students in the stands only wanted to see who would ultimately win.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Xu Sanshi, I hope you're strong enough. Otherwise, I'm afraid this next move will kill you."

The moment those words came out, Xu Sanshi was so enraged that he laughed.

Before his awakening, Xu Sanshi admitted that he was no match for Chen Feng. But after the Black Tortoise awakening, Xu Sanshi did not believe anyone at the same level could defeat him.

Looking at Chen Feng, who radiated terrifyingly low temperatures, Xu Sanshi's desire to win was pushed to its limit.

"Chen Feng, you're talking big! Today, I'll show you just how formidable I, Xu Sanshi, am!!" Despite the immense pressure Chen Feng brought him, Xu Sanshi, whose Profound Nether Tortoise Shell Shield had evolved into the Black Tortoise Shield, showed no fear.

Chen Feng smiled. Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul Possession greatly enhanced his body; the Soul Breaking Blade's first Spirit Ring, Blade Sharpening, increased his attack power; the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's First Soul Skill, Ice Empress's Pincers, greatly boosted his strength; and all of it stacked with Blade Intent.

Although the first Spirit Ring of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, could currently only display the power of a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring due to Chen Feng's own limits, it was still incredibly powerful.

A beautiful layer of dazzling, magnificent ice crystals covered Chen Feng's arms and hands, and even the Soul Breaking Blade became coated in ice crystals.

The formerly plain and unadorned Soul Breaking Blade instantly became resplendent.

At this moment, Chen Feng's strength had reached an extraordinarily terrifying level.

Then Chen Feng pushed off the ground with one foot, turning into an arrow released from the bow as he leaped into the sky. High above, he used the downward momentum, twisted his body, and swung out an incomparably domineering blade light.

A domineering, razor-sharp blue blade light descended from the sky. The entire Soul Battle Arena was instantly split in two by the sharp edge radiating from it, before it rapidly slashed toward Xu Sanshi.

Looking at the blue blade light stretching across the entire Soul Battle Arena, Xu Sanshi raised the Black Tortoise Shield high. Soul Power erupted violently from his body, and his first three Spirit Rings—two yellow and one purple—lit up together.

Even more astonishingly, the three Spirit Rings instantly converged and transformed into a black Spirit Ring that shone brilliantly.

The dark green serpent on the Black Tortoise Shield seemed to awaken. Its head lifted slightly, and red light bloomed in its eyes. A gigantic phantom of a tortoise and serpent rose behind Xu Sanshi.

This was the Black Tortoise Divine Beast Bloodline talent: Spirit Ring Combination.

First, Second, and Third Spirit Ring Fusion Skill: Black Tortoise Roar.

Soul Skill effect: The Black Tortoise Shield enlarged to block and devour the opponent's attack, greatly weakening the opponent's Soul Power; the Black Tortoise let out a roar that made the opponent lose consciousness for three seconds, while their body became as immobile as if trapped in the thickest swamp.

Xu Sanshi's first three Soul Skills were Profound Nether Shock, Profound Nether Shield Array, and Power of the Profound Nether.

At this moment, the three great Soul Skills combined into one and formed a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Xu Sanshi looked pale as he gazed at the Black Tortoise figure he had summoned, a smile curling across his lips.

Enveloped by the Black Tortoise, the Black Tortoise Shield instantly expanded. In the blink of an eye, it had grown to over three meters in diameter.

Immediately afterward, the Black Tortoise circling Xu Sanshi let out a deep roar. The instant it sounded, centered on Xu Sanshi's body, everyone in the entire Soul Battle Arena—

Even the Seven Rings Soul Saint-level referee—had their minds go blank amid that terrifying roar, their bodies becoming unable to move as if trapped in the thickest swamp.

But Chen Feng was an exception. With a Spiritual Body beyond the Soul Saint level and the protection of the wondrous Yin-Yang Furnace deep within his soul, such a minor roar was utterly ineffective. Like an ant trying to shake a tree, it could not move Chen Feng in the slightest. Xu Sanshi then took a bow stance, tilted the enormous shield face, and met Chen Feng's domineering blade strike from behind it.

The instant the two combined Soul Skills collided, the entire arena emitted a piercing tearing shriek, while dazzling light burst from the clash.

For that instant, even the distant spectators could no longer see what was happening on the arena.

The moment that domineering blade light struck the Black Tortoise Shield, Xu Sanshi felt as though his entire body had been swallowed by that icy, razor-sharp, domineering blade light.

Even though the Black Tortoise did everything it could to devour the blade light, it was like a tiny snake trying to swallow an elephant—utterly beyond its capabilities.

The Black Tortoise let out a pained wail and was cleaved in two by the blue blade light.

Then the blue blade light continued forward with unstoppable force, viciously striking Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Shield.

Like chopping melons and vegetables, the Black Tortoise Shield was directly sliced apart by the blue blade light.

The Black Tortoise Shield had been cut apart...

The instant the Black Tortoise Shield split, Xu Sanshi spat out a mouthful of blood. The Martial Soul and Soul Master were intimately connected.

With his Martial Soul cut apart, Xu Sanshi, who was closely bound to the Black Tortoise Shield, naturally suffered a devastating injury as well.

But how could the body's severe injury compare to the crushing blow to his spirit?

The pride in Xu Sanshi's heart had been ruthlessly ground to dust by Chen Feng.

Xu Sanshi's eyes were vacant and his spirit scattered. Meanwhile, the referee's mind had gone blank for a moment because of Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Roar, leaving him unable to move.

The referee could not intervene. Just as Xu Sanshi was about to be cut in two by Chen Feng and perish on the spot—

A disheveled Elder appeared before Xu Sanshi.

His appearance was truly wretched. His robe, which should have been white, had turned grayish-brown and was torn in many places, while his hair was a complete mess. His bare feet stood in the Soul Battle Arena, and a huge gourd hung at his waist.

The gourd was purplish-red, though its material was unknown. In his right hand, he held a roasted chicken.

Everywhere else, the Elder looked very old, but his eyes were exceptionally bright. Those crimson eyes carried a soul-stirring intensity.

The Elder calmly extended his left hand, and the blue blade light was effortlessly caught in it.

Then he took a bite of the roasted chicken in his right hand, his eyes immediately lighting up. "Good! This strike is truly domineering, icy, and sharp to the extreme. Hahaha."

Then the slovenly Elder lightly squeezed with his left hand, crushing Chen Feng's blue blade light into energy that vanished between heaven and earth.

Then the Elder himself disappeared without a trace.

Only the Soul Battle Arena, split in two, and Xu Sanshi, coughing blood from the severe injury caused by his divided Martial Soul, proved that the razor-sharp, domineering blue blade light had not been an illusion.

Having narrowly escaped death, Xu Sanshi blankly looked at Chen Feng before losing consciousness.

A severely damaged Martial Soul was absolutely no minor matter...

Chen Feng's gaze was calm. Against Xu Sanshi, Chen Feng had not even needed to use the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's strongest Soul Bone Skill.

His victory had simply been inevitable.

If Xu Sanshi's Martial Soul had not awakened and evolved into the Black Tortoise Shield, Chen Feng could have defeated him with just a few ordinary attacks.

However, what caught Chen Feng's attention was that slovenly Elder from before.

With that unkempt image of a wine gourd in one hand and roasted chicken in the other, Chen Feng naturally recognized at a glance who had saved Xu Sanshi.

Level 98 Super Douluo Xuan Zi, whose Martial Soul was the Godly Taotie Bull and who was jokingly called the student killer.

Chen Feng's lips curved into a smile.

He had overwhelmingly crushed Xu Sanshi, the core among core disciples and one of the internally designated next-generation Shrek Seven Monsters.

Chen Feng was confident that, with the talent he had displayed, the Academy's higher-ups were likely already unable to sit still. It would not be long before they came to recruit him...

Only then did the Soul Saint referee regain consciousness. His face immediately flushed red with shame. He had actually... actually been immobilized by the Soul Skill of a three-ring Soul Elder. What utter humiliation! What utter humiliation!!

The referee looked at the heavily injured Xu Sanshi lying on the ground, then at Chen Feng standing tall in the Soul Battle Arena.

"Chen Feng wins," the referee announced.

Thunderous applause immediately erupted from the stands.

This thrilling Soul Battle left everyone who watched it savoring the experience.

"Chen Feng!"

"Chen Feng!!"

"Class Monitor won!!!"

"So strong! Is this really something a Soul Elder can do??"

At this moment, countless young women in the stands stared at Chen Feng in the Soul Battle Arena with burning eyes.

Their gazes were like female demons who had spotted Tang Sanzang...

Bei Bei clenched his fists in the stands. Seeing that even Xu Sanshi, whose Martial Soul had awakened into the Black Tortoise Shield, had been defeated by Chen Feng, his expression could not help turning grave.

That was far too strong. How was he supposed to catch up?

After the Soul Battle ended, Xu Sanshi was sent to the infirmary for treatment.

Chen Feng, meanwhile, broke free from the crowd surrounding him with questions and ran with Ling Luochen toward Shrek City's East Gate.

Tonight, the New Student Chen Feng's defeat of Shrek Academy's Twin Stars member Xu Sanshi would certainly spread throughout the entire Outer Courtyard.

Chen Feng would also become the Outer Courtyard's new star.

Just as Chen Feng and Ling Luochen resumed the outing that had previously been interrupted—

Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion.

Level 98 Super Douluo, Shrek Academy's second strongest figure, was ignoring the grease as he ate meat in huge mouthfuls and drank wine with great enjoyment.

Inside the Sea God Pavilion's grand conference hall, everything was quiet.

Ten people sat around an oval long table. At the main seat at the innermost end of the table, however, stood a reclining chair, upon which Dragon God Douluo Mu En lay.

Elder Lin and Elder Xuan sat at the lower seats on either side. The four vice-deans and deans from the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department remained respectfully seated at the very end.

Mu En's gentle voice sounded. "Speak, Xuan Zi. Why did you call for a Sea God Pavilion meeting?"

Xuan Zi nodded and slowly stood up, saying joyfully, "Elder Mu, tonight, I saw what a peerless genius truly is!! He is even more outstanding than you were in your youth!!"

The moment Xuan Zi said this, everyone was shocked. After all, Elder Mu, lying in that reclining chair, was Shrek Academy's pillar.

At the pinnacle of the continent, a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

When Elder Mu had been young, at eighteen years old, his Soul Power had already reached Level 69. He had been only one step away from breaking through the bottleneck and achieving Martial Soul Avatar.

More outstanding than Elder Mu in his youth? Not a single person present believed it.

Someone immediately asked, "Elder Xuan, how could anyone possibly surpass Elder Mu?"

Hearing Xuan Zi say that someone had surpassed his younger self, Mu En said happily, "Oh? Xuan Zi, which young person deserves such high praise from you?"