Chapter 626

At that moment, Mu Ye was in the training field, teaching Yuanen Yehui the core principles of close-quarters combat.

Mu Ye stood at the center of the training field, bare-chested, revealing a body that seemed cast from alloy. His skin gleamed bronze, his muscle lines smooth and filled with explosive power. Every muscle looked as if its position and size had been calculated with precision—not a fraction too much, not a fraction too little. There was not a trace of excess flesh on him. Knotted muscle rolled beneath his skin, moving with his breathing and motions like a precision machine in operation.

Beneath his feet, nine soul rings slowly revolved—five black and four red—radiating a suffocating pressure. Five black soul rings and four red soul rings. In all of Douluo Continent, one could not find a second configuration like it.

Opposite Mu Ye, Yuanen Yehui had assumed a combat stance.

Under Martial Soul Possession, Yuanen Yehui's height had risen to over one meter eighty. Her shoulders and back were broad, her arms thick and powerful, and brownish Soul Power light coiled around her fists. Her long fiery-red hair was tied back behind her head, revealing a face that was delicate yet handsome. If one did not know her true gender, anyone who saw her would think she was a refined-looking young man.

Mu Ye's voice echoed through the training field.

"The core of close-quarters combat isn't strength, speed, or technique. It's distance."

As Mu Ye spoke, he approached Yuanen Yehui.

"You need to know how long your arms are, how long your legs are, how far your fists can reach, and how high your feet can kick. More than that, you need to know how long your opponent's arms are, how long their legs are, how far their fists can