Single Element Four Great Clans, Snake Emperor Medusa, Deep Waters and Fiery Tribulation

Chapter 11: Single-Attribute Four Clans, Snake Emperor Medusa, The Hardships of Learning (4K)

Illusion Space.

Han Tianyi used his peak Spirit Domain Realm mental strength to simulate a classroom, teaching the two of them mecha repair knowledge.

As fellow Four-Word Battle Armor Masters, Sky Phoenix Douluo and Illusion Brain Douluo had vastly different teaching styles.

Leng Yaozhu started slowly from basic theory, gradually extending into deeper layers—suitable for beginners. Han Tianyi, on the other hand, dropped a bombshell from the start, using his mental strength to conjure concrete examples and dissecting details with wild, unrestrained analysis, requiring students to have some foundation.

This left Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er at two extremes. Zhao Xuanzhen had secretly grinded since childhood, handling it with ease, while Na'er stared at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle, looking like she was about to shatter.

Mecha repair was the most complex of the Four Major Professions. A mecha repairer was expected to be proficient in Mecha Design and Mecha Manufacturing. While they didn't need to study them to perfection, they had to deeply understand the connection between the two to repair damaged battle armor or mechas.

"Class dismissed."

Hearing the two words she had been dreaming of, Na'er flopped onto the desk with a thud, staring at Zhao Xuanzhen with a resentful look. Those silver eyes seemed to speak:

I came to hang out with you, and you dragged me into class—inhuman!

Zhao Xuanzhen calmly pulled out two packs of snacks, and the young girl's gloom vanished instantly. She munched left and right, unable to stop, her cheeks bulging like a chipmunk's.

"Ding-ding—"

Han Tianyi received a Soul Guidance Communication message. Taking a closer look, it was from Leng Yaozhu. After reading it, a faint smile appeared on his face as he spoke:

"Sky Phoenix just sent a message. She wants you two little ones to enter the virtual battle arena in the Illusion Space—Real Illusion."

"Real Illusion?" Na'er looked confused.

Zhao Xuanzhen explained in a low voice: "Real Illusion is a secondary product of the Spirit Ascension Platform.

When a soul master kills a soul beast on the Spirit Ascension Platform, they receive a portion of energy feedback, raising their soul ring's age limit.

As everyone knows, a soul master's mental strength and physical endurance have an upper limit. When a soul ring reaches that limit, killing more soul beasts on the Spirit Ascension Platform and absorbing their energy will cause the body to explode. So the Spirit Pagoda built the Real Illusion, which is currently not open to the public and only available to internal soul masters.

Real Illusion is purely a training ground for combat. Killing the creatures inside gives no benefits, but it's far less dangerous than the Spirit Ascension Platform.

First, it can connect to the Sea of Consciousness of a Spirit Domain Realm powerhouse from the Spirit Pagoda, allowing them to control everything. Second, it has an internal protection system that automatically ejects a soul master the moment before death."

Within the Sun Moon Federation, only eighteen core cities had built Spirit Ascension Platforms, known as the Eighteen Heavenly Pillars.

Each Spirit Ascension Platform allowed a thousand entrants per month, costing fifty thousand Federation Coins per entry. For outside soul masters, going once a month was already a huge strain, but Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er had Vice Tower Master Leng Yaozhu backing them, meaning they could go whenever they wanted and quickly reach their limits.

In the future, Real Illusion would be their second training ground.

A Colorful Helmet descended from above, covering both their heads. Han Tianyi's eyes sharpened as his Spirit Domain Realm mental strength connected to the Real Illusion!

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er appeared in a wilderness, their view filled with withered Blue Silver Grass. The setting sun added a touch of desolation.

"Pretty atmospheric..." Zhao Xuanzhen squinted.

"First wave, transmitting."

Han Tianyi's aged voice echoed through the Real Illusion sky.

Four black figures burst into their sight—ape-type soul beasts, tall and muscular, with especially bulging arm muscles!

Thousand-Year Great Strength Gorillas! Extreme pure strength-type soul beasts, Copper Skin Iron Bone, experts at close combat, with no ranged abilities.

"Two each?"

Zhao Xuanzhen tilted his head slightly, the black hair at his temples tinged with pale white as his Martial Soul True Self possessed him. A dazzling purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring coiled around his body.

"Deal!"

Na'er rubbed her fists and palms, the Silver Dragon Spear gripped tightly in her hand. A Hundred-Year Soul Ring rose, and a soul beast with a forest of spikes on its back charged out from the soul ring. Zhao Xuanzhen recognized it as the Thorn Dragon he had eliminated at the start!

Top-tier sub-dragon bloodline, balancing offense and speed. Moreover, the Thorn Dragon possessed powerful Spatial Power. After breaking through ten thousand years in cultivation, it awakened a domain soul skill—Spatial Thorn Battlefield!

The Thorn Dragon stood guard before Na'er like the most loyal soldier. Zhao Xuanzhen had no doubt about its resolve.

If the Dragon Clan merged with Na'er, wasn't that basically getting a cushy government job!

In its first battle, the Thorn Dragon was bound to go all out, seeking the approval of the Silver Dragon King Half Body!

The roars of the four Great Strength Gorillas shook the heavens and earth. Their feet stomped the ground as they accelerated, their bodies dragging black afterimages. Fists the size of sandbags tore through the air, the wind carrying the brute force to shatter boulders as they came crashing down!

The Thousand-Year Soul Ring blazed with purple light. First Soul Skill—Qi Follows the Heart!

Zhao Xuanzhen's wrist bone turned gently, his fingers spreading like stroking clouds. His hands formed the Embracing Sparrow's Tail arc, precisely intercepting the fists of the two Great Strength Gorillas.

In an instant, heaven and earth seemed to flip. The Great Strength Gorillas were pulled off balance by a cloud-like Qi energy, their power looping back along the flow, accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering bones as it was returned in full!

Four ounces deflect a thousand pounds!

Their brute strength became the very force that crushed them. Their hard arm bones exploded joint by joint under the backlash, and the Great Strength Gorillas let out heart-wrenching wails!

Zhao Xuanzhen stepped through the shattered sunset light, closing in. His palm glowed with Black and White Two Colors as he lightly pressed it against the Great Strength Gorilla's chest. Blood splattered, and its heart burst!

These soul beasts with nothing but brute force were easier to deal with than the Man Faced Demon Spider. Just Taijiquan alone was an insurmountable Natural Barrier for the Great Strength Gorillas.

His sleeves untouched by a single speck of dust, Zhao Xuanzhen withdrew his hand and stopped to watch Na'er.

Na'er's opponents were also two Great Strength Gorillas. Her silver eyes gleamed, and then her soul ring lit up. On the Silver Dragon Spear, silver light condensed like solid matter, and a fierce Killing Intent erupted!

A clear, soaring Dragon Roar rang out. Na'er charged fearlessly at the Great Strength Gorillas. The Silver Dragon Spear traced a perfect arc under centrifugal force. The moment the spear tip touched the Great Strength Gorilla's fist, a silver light mark suddenly exploded!

First Soul Skill—Silver Dragon Slash!

Silver spread in an instant. Amid the piercing crack, the Great Strength Gorilla's arm bent backward—but only halfway across its cross-section, the limb split open by the Silver Dragon Spear!

Na'er's first soul ring came from a space-attribute Thorn Dragon, and the Silver Dragon Spear was originally the Silver Dragon King's innate divine artifact, naturally in harmony with all elements. The two complemented each other, and the spatial cutting power of Silver Dragon Slash was unstoppable!

The arm was a Great Strength Gorilla's strongest weapon. Losing it made it a lamb to the slaughter, and soon Na'er pierced its heart with a single spear thrust.

Three companions dead, the last Great Strength Gorilla went berserk on the spot, crimson eyes locked on Na'er as it charged!

"Roar—"

Silver light flickered. The Thorn Dragon soared into the air, Dragon's Flying Kick followed by Thorn's Spike—a smooth combo that sent the Great Strength Gorilla reeling, its soul beast tongue spitting nonstop:

Do you know how hard I worked to earn the lord's regard!

Don't block Old Man's path to ascension, dammit!

With a final Divine Dragon's Tail Whip, the sharp thorns on the Thorn Dragon's tail pierced the Great Strength Gorilla's chest!

"We won!"

Na'er tasted the thrill of battle, jumping up in excitement and slapping Zhao Xuanzhen a high-five.

Feiwu Haki Gorilla!

Haki Zhen and Haki Na are still the real deal!

High above, Han Tianyi's mental projection praised, "Both are combat-type soul masters, their battle power far exceeding their soul power level. Tianfeng picked up two treasures.

With such monstrous talent, they need to be trained hard..."

Han Tianyi's mental strength ranked first among all Title Douluo at the Spirit Pagoda. Real Illusion was like a domain tailor-made for him, letting him endlessly generate soul beasts!

Dust rolled on the distant horizon. A massive herd of rhinoceroses stomped iron hooves, their keratin armor reflecting the sunset's glow, skin patterned like flowing lava.

Plate Armor Rhinoceros!

Pure defense-type soul beasts. Their thick hide could block most soul skills. Now three thousand-year Plate Armor Rhinoceroses led a charge of hundred-year ones, like an unbreakable wall.

But the Plate Armor Rhinoceroses weren't the second wave's only threat. Four streaks of white light circled in the sky, each wingbeat leaving a trail—extremely fast flying soul beasts!

Zhao Xuanzhen's pupils contracted as he made out the white streaks: Swift Swallows!

Weak in attack, defense near zero, but extreme pure speed-type soul beasts—one of the fastest on the Douluo Continent!

Great Strength Gorilla, Plate Armor Rhinoceros, Swift Swallow...

The Single Attribute Four Clans having a team-building!

"Zhao Xuanzhen, how do we fight this..."

The two stood shoulder to shoulder. Na'er bit her rosy lips. Plate Armor Rhinoceroses below, Swift Swallows above—ground and air strikes combined were more than the sum of their parts!

"I'll handle the ones in the sky. We split the Plate Armor Rhinoceroses half and half."

"Alright!"

Quickly dividing the work, they both charged toward the Plate Armor Rhinoceroses!

Before Na'er, the Silver Dragon Spear spun into a wheel of light. Silver Dragon Slash tore fine cracks, and the frontmost hundred-year rhinos were diced by spatial blades. Na'er understood that Zhao Xuanzhen had taken on the Swift Swallows so she could fight without worries.

They were teammates. To lighten his ground pressure, she resolutely faced two thousand-year Plate Armor Rhinoceroses!

"Qi Dong Shan He, scatter!"

Not far away, Zhao Xuanzhen spun his body, stomping his right foot hard on the ground. The Taiji Diagram spread in all directions, black-and-white qi energy devouring several hundred-year Plate Armor Rhinoceroses' massive bodies. More rhinos trampled their comrades' corpses, pushing forward, beast eyes blazing with vengeance.

At the same time, the Swift Swallows dove with a shriek. Like assassins watching for an enemy's weakness from the shadows, they had lurked long enough, waiting for a single fatal strike!

All four Swift Swallows were thousand-year soul beasts. They didn't just target Zhao Xuanzhen alone—they split into two groups and struck downward!

"Twist, stick, pull!"

The cold shout rang out. The Swift Swallows' diving momentum hadn't faded, but their bodies involuntarily veered off course, all targets converging on Zhao Xuanzhen!

Taiji Entangling Silk Force!

Forcibly redirected, rage surged in the four Swift Swallows' minds. They screeched skyward, and four afterimages appeared beside each of them, massively increasing their attack area—twenty figures charging Zhao Xuanzhen at once.

Innate Soul Skill, Swift Doppelganger!

Sharp cries pierced the sky. Under ultra-high speed, feather blades sliced the twilight. The Swift Swallows' descent stirred a gale that scattered the clouds.

The next second, the airflow suddenly froze. The Swift Swallows' white tail feathers still trembled, but the wind pressure reversed. The gale turned into an invisible cage, yanking all the white shadows back to the ground!

"Xun Word, Wind Prison."

A trace of deep blue masked his jet-black eyes. Facing the combined ground-air assault, Zhao Xuanzhen began to use Bagua Qimen. The sky was no longer the Swift Swallows' territory!

"Dui Word, Great Marsh!"

Rippling patterns spread across the earth. The Plate Armor Rhinoceroses sank into quicksand-like mud, their iron hooves—capable of snapping great trees—bogged down, unable to move!

"Kun Word, Earth Move! Zhen Word, Thunderclap!"

The rock layer beneath his feet rose into a roaring dragon's head. Thunderclouds gathered in the sky, bursting with blinding lightning. The agonized howls of Plate Armor Rhinoceroses and Swift Swallows echoed across the plains!

"Manipulating multiple elements... isn't that the Silver Dragon King's ability..."

Na'er's eyes went wide, disbelief written on her face!

His mind churning like a storm-tossed sea, the dragon spear never ceased. With a shake of its shaft, swift as a swimming dragon, Na'er thrust the spear tip out like lightning, relying on her nimble form to dodge and weave, striking directly at the cumbersome Plate Armor Rhinoceros, piercing through its eyeball into its brain—a single blow, instant kill!

Plate Armor Rhinoceros, Swift Swallow—wiped out!

Just as the two thought the second wave of attacks had ended, a figure silently lunged toward Na'er, its angle of attack exceptionally tricky, hidden in Na'er's blind spot, but just caught by Zhao Xuanzhen's gaze.

That figure was actually a human, a long spear wreathed in blazing black flames, aimed straight for Na'er's chest!

In the nick of time, a crimson pillar of fire swept across, slamming heavily into the human—Li word, Lieyan!

"What the hell is this?"

Zhao Xuanzhen gritted his teeth, Na'er clenched hers, their movements synchronized as they looked up!

Han Tianyi's cheerful voice rang out: "The Real Illusion can simulate not just soul beasts, but soul masters too.

The Single Attribute Four Clans just don't feel right without a Soul Breaking Spear—better to have the whole family together!"

"Xuanzhen, Na'er, you two are the most talented young soul masters Old Man has ever seen. The third wave is coming soon—take it down, and today's Real Illusion training ends here."

Na'er's confidence soared, and she punched the air twice toward the front with a "Hey Ha": "Bring it on, we're afraid of nothing!"

"Courage is commendable..."

Han Tianyi chuckled softly as a soul beast with a human head and serpent body slowly coalesced, its head covered in pitch-black snake hair, a pair of fangs eerily resembling a wild boar's, its face and neck crawling with the cold scales of a serpent, and a third eye tightly shut on its brow.

The queen of snakes—Medusa!

Cultivation: Ten thousand years!

"Not..."

Na'er sniffled, as if some crystalline liquid was about to drip, pointing one finger at the Ten-Thousand-Year Medusa, her face twisted as she said:

"Take it down, us?"

No echo came from the sky. Na'er quickly turned her head, urgently calling out: "Zhao..."

Behind her, there was no one!

Zhao Xuanzhen knew his limits—geniuses weren't cheats. Those soul beasts that had just broken through a thousand years were manageable, but a one-ring soul master going up against a Ten-Thousand-Year Medusa...

He decisively put Na'er in front of him!

"Boom—"

A gray-white beam of light shot forth, and Na'er leaped high to dodge the Medusa's gaze!

"Zhao Xuanzhen, save save save save save!!!"

Zhao Xuanzhen didn't look back, his feet moving like the wind—better you than me!

I can still run!

The Illusion Brain Douluo was deeply gratified—training in combat, honing mental strength, learning about soul beasts, and throwing in some running for physical exercise—wasn't this way better than just jogging? He'd never realized it before, but Old Man was a genius educator!

Lao Zhen and Lao Na's soul master life of fire and water—begin!