Facing Na'er

Yun Ming looked at Yun Ze and said, "Have your blacksmithing and mecha design both reached the third level?"

Yun Ze nodded, and Yun Ming looked at him with satisfaction, saying, "To be honest, I didn't believe you could master both paths simultaneously, but it seems the miracle of Shrek from years ago can be partially replicated."

Yun Ze naturally knew that the miracle Yun Ming referred to was a legendary figure from the original background lore who had cultivated three major professions while maintaining a stable position as vice-monitor despite their martial soul cultivation.

It was the kind of person whose name wasn't known in the world, yet whose legend permeated the entire world.

That was likely the person he was talking about.

Yun Ming then said to Yun Ze, "Ze'er, since that's the case, have a spar with Na'er. It just so happens that both you and your junior sister use spears, and this will allow me to gauge Na'er's foundation."

Yun Ze looked at Na'er, who was still standing there looking a bit dull. Na'er turned to look back at him, a spark of fighting spirit igniting in her eyes.

It was clear she valued this opportunity to prove herself highly, so Yun Ze raised his hand and said, "A son does not defy his father's orders. Since Father wishes to see it, I have no problem sparring with Na'er."

"It's just that neither of our soul skills or martial souls look like ordinary goods. Where should we spar?"

Yun Ze wanted to push for a virtual combat platform or something similar, because if they were to spar with real blades and guns, he would definitely be at a loss if he got injured.

If he hurt her, putting aside whether he could live with the guilt, there was no guarantee Na'er wouldn't hold a grudge and ambush him when he went out alone one day.

Although she probably wouldn't kill him, it would still be miserable.

Yun Ming waved his hand and said, "As my son, you will have no shortage of opportunities to spar with real weapons in the future. A spar with a low-level soul master like Na'er is a great opportunity for you to adapt to real combat."

Yun Ze looked at Na'er. Having just finished acting cool, going against his father now didn't seem like a good choice.

Especially since Ya Li was currently in seclusion, claiming she wanted to try and break through to the next realm.

To avoid the scenario of a father seeing his son "cool down" and pulling out the "seven wolves" belt, Yun Ze had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept.

At worst, he would just control his strength so Na'er wouldn't lose too ugly.

Na'er seemed to have similar considerations, her eyes scanning Yun Ze with a hint of appraisal.

Yun Ze could only sigh inwardly. What kind of luck was this? For the past two years, he had been fighting Wang Dong and Wang Qiu'er.

After two years, just when he could finally win a little, another Na'er popped up to fight him.

He didn't know if this was a peach blossom or a disaster blossom.

Yun Ming brought Yun Ze and Na'er to the Competition Arena belonging to the Inner Court.

This type of Competition Arena was for Inner Court disciples to resolve small, rational conflicts.

Usually, when there was a conflict, they would go to this arena for a fight. Both sides had death-prevention protection, allowing them to let loose and vent, which would dissipate their anger.

This death-prevention protection was a soul tool technology that had only appeared in the last few thousand years. Simply put, it was a soul tool similar to spiritual detection that monitored the entire arena.

Using laser scanning capabilities, it would quickly evaluate the damage each attack caused to the opponent.

The moment an opponent was about to suffer a fatal blow, a protective shield would rise, and they would be teleported off the stage.

Therefore, one could go all out on this stage; unless your attack speed was faster than light, it was very difficult to actually kill an opponent.

Even crippling someone was difficult, as the sensitivity was usually adjusted to teleport the person away once they were maimed.

Unless both parties signed a life-and-death contract, the sensitivity of the death-prevention protection would be adjusted to the minimum, leaving the opponent with only a breath of life.

Usually, in a fight to that degree, there was no rationality left to come to the arena from elsewhere, so while this protection existed in name, it was basically never activated.

Yun Ming naturally wouldn't let his son and Na'er use that level of protection; he even adjusted the sensitivity much higher.

As long as any vital part of either party suffered an undefendable attack, they would be teleported down immediately.

Yun Ming's theory was that if they weren't satisfied after being teleported down, they could go back up and continue fighting, but the intensity could not exceed the level of serious injury.

Yun Ze and Na'er had no objections. After standing on the dueling platform, they tacitly walked to their respective edges.

Once Yun Ming announced the start, Na'er released her martial soul, and a purple soul ring appeared at her feet.

Although she only had one soul ring, her momentum was not weaker than Yun Ze's two hundred-year soul rings.

This wasn't because Yun Ze received less training, but because Yun Ming wanted to hide Yun Ze's strength as much as possible, so he rarely went to the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Shrek's own spirit soul enhancement system was much slower.

As Na'er released her martial soul, Yun Ze saw the true appearance of the Silver Dragon Spear for the first time.

It was a silver long spear, over twelve feet long, very slender. On the thin shaft were fine silver scales, hexagonal in shape, extremely delicate and symmetrical.

Compared to this refined Silver Dragon Spear, the Heaven-Propping Spear and Heaven-Surpassing Spear in Yun Ze's hands looked like bloodthirsty weapons forged on the battlefield.

Yun Ze himself carried an aura of battling heaven and earth, which stood in stark contrast to the delicate aura Na'er exuded.

The auras on both of them were perfectly suited to their martial souls. Na'er looked at Yun Ze and said, "Senior Brother Yun, please!"

Yun Ze looked at Na'er and then said, "Although your soul ring is of a slightly higher grade than mine, I am, after all, a two-ring soul master, while you are only a one-ring. You should attack first."

Na'er nodded, not standing on ceremony with Yun Ze. Without using her soul power, she simply bent her knees slightly and pushed off the ground with a sudden burst of force.

Her figure shot out like lightning, thrusting directly toward Yun Ze.

Yun Ze swung the Heaven-Propping Spear in his hand, deflecting the thrust of Na'er's hands with a flick of his wrist.

This spear was much lighter than the Golden Dragon Spear Wang Qiu'er had used during their simulation.

This was the most intuitive feeling in Yun Ze's heart. The Golden Dragon King inherited the power of the Dragon God, and although Na'er also possessed a portion of the Silver Dragon King's power, the gap between these two forces was still quite significant.

After deflecting Na'er's thrust with one spear, Yun Ze rotated the Heaven-Surpassing Spear in his other hand and tapped Na'er's abdomen with the shaft.

Na'er was startled. After steadying the spear in her hands and aiming it back toward Yun Ze, she took a few steps backward.

At this moment, Yun Ze rotated both spears in his hands simultaneously. After a full turn, the two spears were once again aimed at Na'er.

"Your strength is indeed quite good. To be able to react so quickly after being struck in the dantian is impressive, but your attacks are still very raw..."