Soul Battle

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena's individual soul battle came up soon enough, but to everyone's surprise, they had actually been matched against each other.

In other words, they were opponents on the soul battle stage!

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena exchanged a glance. Gu Chen said, "How about we don't use our Martial Souls? We'll just fight with the Golden Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon Spear, stopping at the right point and honing our spear techniques?"

Gu Yuena nodded lightly. "All right."

On the soul battle stage, a middle-aged man in a tailcoat stood at the center. He cleared his throat and announced loudly, "Next is the first one-on-one soul battle in our Fifteen Soul Battle Arena! The contestants are two Soul Elders! They are Soul Elder Golden Dragon God, who possesses the beast Martial Soul Golden Dragon, versus Soul Elder Silver Dragon God, who possesses the beast Martial Soul Seven-Colored Dragon! Will Golden Dragon God or Silver Dragon God claim victory? Let us wait and see! Now, please welcome the two Soul Elders to the stage!"

The moment Gu Chen and Gu Yuena stepped onto the stage, cheers erupted from the stands.

The girls in the audience cheered for Gu Chen's handsome, sharply defined features. Sure enough, as long as someone was good-looking, people's values followed their face.

When the boys saw Gu Yuena's delicate and beautiful figure, their eyes lit up. Every one of them looked as though they wished they could turn into hungry wolves and pounce on her.

Whoosh!

Gu Chen summoned the Golden Dragon Spear. A golden flash streaked through the air as golden light suddenly bloomed from his palm and extended in both directions, forming a spear.

The Silver Dragon Spear was over twelve feet long and exceptionally slender. Fine silver scales covered its narrow shaft, hexagonal in shape and exquisitely even. Only one end bore a spearhead, which took up roughly one-third of the entire weapon. The spearhead was conical overall, with twelve grooves along its surface.

"Come," Gu Yuena said calmly.

Without releasing Soul Power, Gu Chen closed in and thrust out the Golden Dragon Spear.

Gu Yuena's combat awareness was in no way inferior to Gu Chen's. As she sidestepped, the Silver Dragon Spear covered in silver scales swept sideways toward him.

Gu Chen changed his thrust into a sweep, blocking the Silver Dragon Spear with the Golden Dragon Spear. Relying on his physical strength, which far surpassed Gu Yuena's, he knocked aside the Silver Dragon Spear, leaped high into the air, and brought the Golden Dragon Spear down in a fierce slash.

Gu Yuena had no time to dodge. She could only drop to one knee, raise the Silver Dragon Spear with both hands, and brace it upward. The Golden Dragon Spear struck the middle of its shaft with a metallic boom.

Gu Chen's blow was powerful and heavy. Cracks had already appeared in the ground beneath Gu Yuena's kneeling knee.

Seeing this, Gu Chen was afraid of hurting Gu Yuena and hurriedly held back his strength, intending to lift the Golden Dragon Spear. But sharp-eyed Gu Yuena noticed the movement. At the very instant the combined force between the Golden Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon Spear fell to zero, she rose to her feet, spun, and swung the Silver Dragon Spear. The next second, its tip was pressed before Gu Chen's throat.

Holy shit! At that moment, that Silver Dragon Spear was only 0.00001 centimeters from my throat!

Gulp...

Gu Chen swallowed, and the Golden Dragon Spear dissipated. "I lost."

Gu Yuena withdrew the Silver Dragon Spear and smiled.

Boom!

Cheers suddenly erupted. A pretty young girl who was also this strong instantly drew everyone's attention, and thunderous applause filled the arena.

The host snapped out of his daze and hurried onto the soul battle stage, loudly announcing, "Soul Elder Silver Dragon God wins! Record: one win, zero losses! Soul Elder Golden Dragon God's record: zero wins, one loss! Please register your points after leaving the stage."

Gu Chen took Gu Yuena's hand and led her off the soul battle stage. Just then, Dai Mubai, who had been watching Zhu Zhuqing's battle with Tang San, happened to emerge from the stands as well.

"How was it? You both won, right?" Dai Mubai asked with a smile.

"She won. I lost," Gu Chen said calmly.

Dai Mubai did not know that Gu Chen had been matched against Gu Yuena. He said in surprise, "How is that possible? You can go head-to-head with a Soul Emperor. How could you lose?"

"I was matched against Na'er," Gu Chen said.

Dai Mubai wore an enlightened expression. "Oh, oh. With how crazily protective you are of your wife, you definitely wouldn't let her get hurt."

Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he covered it up. "What nonsense are you talking about? She and I are siblings."

"Sixth two-on-two match: Golden Silver Dragon God versus Dragon Snake Duo!"

"It's our turn. We'll talk later." As Gu Chen spoke, he led Gu Yuena toward the two-on-two soul battle stage.

At the other end of the soul battle stage stood a blue-haired man with a face like white jade. Beside him was a girl with dark green hair.

"Yu Tianheng, Martial Soul Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, level thirty-nine Assault System Battle Soul Elder."

"Dugu Yan, Martial Soul Jade Phosphor Serpent, level thirty-eight Control System Battle Soul Elder."

The man and woman across from them introduced themselves. To Gu Chen's surprise, they were actually the two members of the Imperial Dou Team. Still, since the Shrek Seven Devils would later encounter them at Suotuo City's soul battle arena, it was not strange for them to be here.

The original story said that the Imperial Dou Team had only recently arrived in Suotuo City, but it never specified how recent "recently" was. Even if they had arrived half a year early, that still counted as having arrived recently!

"Gu Chen, Martial Soul Golden Dragon, level thirty-nine Assault System Battle Soul Elder."

"Gu Yuena, Martial Soul Seven-Colored Dragon, level thirty-nine Control System Battle Soul Elder."

Although Gu Chen and Gu Yuena both thought announcing one's Martial Soul before a fight was foolish, they still had to follow local customs.

At that moment, Yu Tianheng used Martial Soul Possession. A dazzling burst of blue light suddenly lit up from between his brows, then instantly spread downward through his entire body.

Blue-purple arcs of electricity burst forth like small snakes, slithering around his body. On the surface, Yu Tianheng did not change much. Apart from a blue lightning symbol appearing on his forehead, only his right arm transformed due to Martial Soul Possession, becoming a dragon claw covered in blue scales.

Yet this change alone already exceeded what most beast Martial Soul possessors could achieve.

However, the people standing opposite him were no ordinary beast Martial Soul possessors. Golden scales and silver scales respectively covered Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, completing their full-body transformations.

At the same time, purple, black, black and purple, purple, black soul rings that surpassed their age limits appeared behind them, shocking everyone!

Inside a VIP room of the soul battle arena, an old man could no longer contain himself. He slapped the table and stood up, muttering, "How can such geniuses exist in this world? No, these two must be put to use by Spirit Hall!"

Down below in the soul battle arena, Dugu Yan had also completed Martial Soul Possession. Her body, with its green eyes, seemed to have become extraordinarily soft.

She gently swayed her upper body and pressed herself close against Yu Tianheng's back. Her green eyes became exceptionally sharp, her aura icy, devoid of any human emotion, as though she had truly become a cold-blooded snake.

A diamond-shaped green scale appeared between Dugu Yan's brows. Her legs fused together, turning into a thick snake tail. Well, she looked a lot like an eel...

First Spirit Ability—Jade Phosphor Red Poison!

Second Spirit Ability—Jade Phosphor Blue Poison!

The moment the soul battle began, Dugu Yan unleashed her first two Spirit Abilities, attempting to grant Yu Tianheng attribute enhancements.

But how could Gu Chen, who had thoroughly read the original story, let her have her way? He immediately used Sound Transmission into Strings and said to Gu Yuena, "That poisonous mist grants attribute enhancements. Don't let it touch Yu Tianheng!"

Although Gu Yuena did not know how Gu Chen was transmitting his voice to her, she still nodded.

First Spirit Ability—Elemental Tide!

Having gained stronger control over the elements, Gu Yuena directly controlled the wind elemental particles around Dugu Yan dozens of meters away. A fierce wind rose up, blowing the poisonous mist in the opposite direction and directly off the soul battle stage.

Dugu Yan flew into a rage and unleashed her Third Spirit Ability, Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, but it still could not escape the fate of being blown apart.

"Tianheng, with that girl here, my Martial Soul is practically useless. Take her out first!" Dugu Yan said to Yu Tianheng.

"Mm."

Yu Tianheng answered and charged toward Gu Yuena, unleashing his First Spirit Ability, Thunder Dragon Claw.

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