Thunder Shatters the Poison Mist, Sword Challenges Chen Xin

Dugu Bo spat out a mouthful of blood. He had never expected that this rugged-looking middle-aged man before him, clearly only an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo, could seriously injure him in an instant.

"Who exactly are you?"

Sikong Zhen did not answer Dugu Bo. His attention was currently fixed on the Snake Lance Douluo, who was eyeing him like a tiger stalking its prey.

There was actually another helper? Feeling the Snake Lance Douluo's aura, which was likewise at the level of a Titled Douluo, Sikong Zhen found the situation somewhat troublesome.

Dugu Bo realized that he had to muddy the waters to escape alive. Otherwise, with one Titled Douluo and one Soul Douluo whose combat strength surpassed his own, how was he supposed to fight them?

"Zzzt—!"

"Clang—!"

The Snake Lance Douluo stared in astonishment at his Snake Lance, which had been blocked. He had launched a sneak attack, disregarding the dignity of a Titled Douluo because he wanted to kill the man before him in a single strike.

Who could have known that a Soul Douluo would actually react in an instant and block his attack?

"Very good! How dare a mere Titled Douluo act insolently before me!"

"Seventh Soul Skill: Thunder True Body!"

The brocade robe on Sikong Zhen's body began to tear apart, revealing his powerful physique beneath. Lightning completely enveloped his body, and his aura became astonishing.

"Is he from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, or perhaps Thunder Academy?"

The Snake Lance Douluo's thoughts raced, but for a moment, he could not recall which force on the continent possessed a Soul Douluo whose combat strength could rival that of a Titled Douluo.

"Wherever thunder strikes, nothing remains!"

Lightning gathered in Sikong Zhen's hand, condensing into a fist, as he charged toward the Snake Lance Douluo at incredible speed.

"Li Bai, a probationary student of Great Wall Academy, has come to challenge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Sword Dao Chen Xin."

Outside the mountain gate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while everyone was still reeling from the shock that another person from Great Wall Academy had made the rankings, Sword Douluo's brows furrowed.

With his Soul Power, he naturally sensed that a powerful enemy had appeared near the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Those words had also entered his ears without missing a single word.

"Great Wall Academy, probationary student."

Chen Xin froze for a moment, then laughed instead of becoming angry.

He was not annoyed that Li Bai had called himself a probationary student while challenging him, a dignified guardian Titled Douluo of the sect.

There was simply a difference in when they had learned the Dao. If one insisted on ranking people by seniority and status, then how had his father dared to challenge Qian Daoliu, the Pope of the Spirit Hall at the time, despite ultimately losing and dying?

"What a Li Bai! I, Chen Xin, accept this sword challenge!"

Chen Xin soared into the sky, and the howl of his sword resounded throughout the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and even the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

"Good! Hahahaha, what a straightforward fellow. I, Li Bai, like you!"

A sword aura no weaker than that of the Seven Kill Sword followed, yet it carried traces of light and shadow, layer upon layer.

"Li Bai, a probationary student of Great Wall Academy, an eighty-ninth-level Power Attack System Soul Douluo!"

Chen Xin was secretly shocked. He had initially thought that this probationary student would be a Soul Emperor or Soul King who had come to compete with him while suppressing his Soul Power. But what academy would classify a student who had reached the peak of the Soul Douluo realm at such a young age as a probationary student?

This was all because of a certain Dean Su, who was still in the Extreme North watching Gongsun Li dance in the snow while wearing Snow Prayer Spirit Blessing.

When he had established Great Wall Academy, he had been too lazy to divide it into inner and outer sects. He wanted to imitate the system from his previous life and create a nine-year or twelve-year grading system.

But then he had felt that after finally emerging from years of hard study, they would merely be building another period of hard study for themselves. The only difference was that they would be changing from prisoners into prison wardens.

Thus, Su Han had simply waved his hand and written into the school rules: "Everyone below the Titled Douluo realm is a probationary student. No one below the divine realm can graduate."

It was simple, grand, and direct.

When Zhu Zhuqing had first been brought there, she had thought she had arrived at some kind of evil cult organization.

After all, which academy on the Douluo Continent would dare to write something like that? The first sentence was already unprecedented and unlikely to be surpassed, while the second was so arrogant that it knew no bounds.

"Please enlighten me, Sword Douluo."

"I wouldn't dare call it enlightenment. I merely wish to ask on behalf of our sect master whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect can gain the friendship of Great Wall Academy."

"Let's talk after we fight!"

"Good. Then we'll talk after we fight!"

The Green Lotus Sword appeared in Li Bai's hand. The blade rang out with repeated sword cries, as though it were eagerly anticipating the battle to come.

Purple-Purple-Black-Black-Black-Black-Black-Black

Eight terrifying spirit rings appeared around Li Bai. Sword Douluo stared at the scene before him in disbelief and thought to himself:

Great Wall Academy is probably far more complicated than merely having three people make the rankings. The method they use to break through the optimal Soul Ring Configuration may well shock the entire continent.

The Seven Kill Sword rose, and Chen Xin's fighting spirit was also aroused. Although there were many people on this continent whose strength surpassed his own, when it came to finding someone with a sword martial soul, he truly had few close friends with whom he could compete.

After receiving the Golden Ranking's reward enhancement, Chen Xin's Soul Ring Configuration had also reached a minimum of purple.

In particular, the azure fluctuations radiating with flowing light from his right arm further demonstrated that the eighty-thousand-year Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone granted by the Golden Ranking was no ordinary treasure.

"The Golden Ranking has announced seven people in a single day. With half a day free, I'll have a satisfying battle with little brother Li!"

"That is exactly what I had in mind!"

Li Bai tilted his head back and gulped down a mouthful of wine, then sprayed it directly onto the blade.

"When did the moon first appear in the azure sky? Today, I stop my cup to ask."

"Brother Chen, be careful. Sword Thirteen, Azure Sky Comes Moon!"

Baili Shouyue secretly planted the Eye of Silence around the Papal Palace. After sensing that it could cover the entire Papal Palace, he clapped his hands.

"There shouldn't be any problems now. The Dean sent me here to collect information. As long as I hear that Pope plotting against our Great Wall Academy through the Eye of Silence..."

"I'll use my ultimate and hack my way from the southern city to the north, then from the east to the west."

Kai interrupted Baili Shouyue. After staying at Great Wall Academy for three years, he had beaten every slightly stronger soul beast in the surrounding area, and his hands were itching for a fight.

"That works too. After all, the Dean said that it's time for us to emerge into the world."

After the two finished placing the Eye of Silence, they returned to the inn.

Meanwhile, in Sunset Forest,

the battle between Sikong Zhen and the Snake Lance Douluo had also reached its climax.

"With thunder, shatter the darkness!"

As a special martial soul wielder whose body was one with both beast and weapon, the Snake Lance Douluo possessed the defensive power and physique of a Beast Martial Soul, along with the damage and flexibility of a Tool Martial Soul.

But the blue lightning-radiating man before him was simply a monster.

His Soul Skills seemed not to consume Soul Power at all. Each Soul Skill could be used twice in succession, or even more, within an extremely short period.

Before long, the Snake Lance Douluo was drenched in blood.

"Who exactly are you?"

"After you die, I'll tell you."

Dugu Bo had originally intended to slip away amid the chaos, but the two fought far too quickly. The Snake Lance Douluo was completely being suppressed and beaten by the Soul Douluo before him.

At that moment, Dugu Bo felt as though his entire worldview had collapsed.

"I can't defeat you, but how can you possibly keep a Titled Douluo here?"

The Snake Lance Douluo's Ninth Spirit Ring shone brightly, and he adopted an unmistakable posture of staking everything on a final fight.

"I already told you. Wherever thunder strikes, nothing remains."