I Haven't Even Started Yet, and You're Already About to Go Down

"Go, Twin Beauties Duo! Beat them to a pulp!"

"Go!"

"I bet on the Twin Rats Duo, but I don't care if I lose money. Just go all out and beat them senseless!"

"..."

Their good looks made all the difference at that moment.

Most of the people cheering for the Twin Rats Duo were old lechers. Most lecherous men couldn't bring themselves to act that way in a crowded place, and they were afraid of incurring the wrath of the crowd, so they switched to cheering for the Twin Beauties Duo.

On the arena platform.

As soon as the host finished speaking, Dugu Yan exhaled a cloud of green Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison.

This was the poison of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. Her first Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Red Poison, took effect on herself, increasing her speed and strength by 20%.

Then her Second Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Blue Poison, melded into the poisonous fog and spread toward her opponents. At Dugu Yan's command, it crept along the ground.

Jade Phosphorous Blue Poison was also known as paralyzing poison. It could increase defense by 30%, as well as paralyze enemies, weaken their fighting condition, and reduce their combat effectiveness.

The moment Dugu Yan summoned her Martial Soul, its suppressive force—as befitted a top-tier Martial Soul—made Wang Ying's legs go weak.

They were in the same major rank, and both had Beast Martial Souls. Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent was also the natural predator of field mice in the food chain.

The Martial Soul suppression was overwhelming.

Huang Yue, on the other hand, felt the suppression when facing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, but it didn't affect him much.

In the food chain, weasels were nimble and highly resistant to poison. Most poisonous snakes were their natural prey.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent's ability to suppress his Martial Soul only proved how top-tier it was.

"Old Huang, my legs are weak!"

Dugu Yan wasn't surprised. When a mere field mouse Martial Soul faced a Jade Phosphorous Serpent, with a Soul Power gap of less than thirty levels, its combat effectiveness would be suppressed to at least half its normal strength.

Wang Ying's Soul Power was even lower than hers—around level 25, at most. If his willpower had been strong enough to resist the Martial Soul suppression, he might have been able to retain half his strength.

But Wang Ying's willpower was clearly inadequate. In his current state, even one-tenth of his combat strength would be a generous estimate.

"I haven't even started yet, and you're already about to go down!"

"A lecherous rat like you belongs in a gutter. Show your face on the Soul Fighting Arena, and you're just asking to be humiliated."

Wang Ying was too weak to argue. The Martial Soul suppression was too powerful. The field mouse Martial Soul was his, but he could barely control it.

Seeing his teammate's state, Huang Yue shook his head. Their Soul Rings were the optimal combination, even better than his own, and this was the result?

He couldn't count on him. Not one bit.

Huang Yue immediately released his Second Soul Ring, his only Hundred-Year Soul Ring. It increased his speed by 30%.

He stamped hard on the ground, and his whole body shot toward Dugu Yan like a mirage.

He could already tell that his Soul Power couldn't match Dugu Yan's. He had to catch her off guard and end the fight quickly. If it dragged on, he'd succumb to the snake poison too.

"Agility attack type? Good, come at me!"

Dugu Yan charged out as well. Three breaths later, the two had clashed.

Huang Yue's claws raked toward Dugu Yan's ribs as he unleashed his first Soul Skill. Sharp nails sprang from his fingers, gleaming coldly. Dugu Yan sensed the danger: this Soul Skill could pierce her defenses.

With Dugu Bo's guidance, Dugu Yan was no weakling in close combat. She moved like the wind, blocked Huang Yue's attack, then seized him and flung him into the air.

She immediately spat out more poisonous fog, surrounding herself with it. The fog was a natural defense.

After landing, Huang Yue raced around Dugu Yan and attacked again from behind. Dugu Yan raised her tail and lashed it down hard, stirring up a vast swath of poisonous fog.

Huang Yue lightly tapped the ground and darted sideways. He continued his assault, launching his first Soul Skill at her from behind and to the side.

Dugu Yan's battle instincts were sharp enough for her body to react before her thoughts. She turned and blocked Huang Yue's claw strike. Huang Yue struck once, then retreated at once, showing a true agility attack-type Soul Master's instincts. His heart pounded violently, and he unconsciously drew a breath. The poisonous fog entered his nose and mouth, making him dizzy and causing his Soul Power to circulate with agonizing sluggishness.

He held his breath again, but that wouldn't work for long. The poisonous fog seeped in through every opening, and he couldn't seal off all the pores on his body.

Dugu Yan didn't care. Whenever she had the chance, she spat out more poisonous fog.

The fog billowed upward and covered the arena. Under Dugu Yan's control, it closed in around Huang Yue.

"Being fast won't help you. Where can you run when I use an area-of-effect Soul Skill?"

"This isn't a great forest. Filling the whole arena with my poisonous fog is easy."

Soon, every part of the arena was covered in poison, except for the space within a meter of Ye Lingling.

Wang Ying was nowhere near as capable as Huang Yue, and his resistance to poison was poor. In moments, the poison paralyzed him so badly that even moving a finger was difficult.

That was the terrifying thing about Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison!

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent's poisonous fog grew denser and denser. The audience could barely make out the figures moving inside.

At this point, the match had become hard for most spectators to follow. Only Soul Masters with powerful spiritual strength could see clearly. Most of the audience could only watch the shifting fog and guess at the battle within.

After launching a few more attacks, Huang Yue could no longer hold out. He stopped and stared at Dugu Yan. "We surrender!"

Dugu Yan didn't dispel the poisonous fog right away. She hurried over to Wang Ying and stomped down between his legs.

Wang Ying let out a scream.

Clutching his crotch, he glared at Dugu Yan with hatred.

His happiness was gone! The Soul Masters who could heal an injury like this were far beyond his reach.

Ye Lingling and Ling Yun could both heal this kind of external injury, but why would either of them treat him?

"Lecherous rat, take this as a lesson. You should be glad you didn't run into me out there. Otherwise, you'd have ended up dead without a whole corpse."

Dugu Yan didn't care about his glare. She almost hoped he'd follow her after she left the arena, so she could finish him off for good.

She wasn't a good person.

The poisonous fog cleared, and the audience saw Wang Ying's miserable state. After hearing his scream, most of the men felt a sympathetic pang, their legs aching in turn. Just looking at it made them hurt.

The host slowly descended onto the arena platform, unable to bear the sight.

Dugu Yan said, "Aren't you going to announce the result?"

The host came to his senses, hurriedly raised the Amplifying Soul Tool to his mouth, and announced, "The Twin Beauties Duo wins!"

"Hmph! Lingling, let's go!"

Dugu Yan took Ye Lingling by the hand and walked off the arena with her, leaving behind two stunning silhouettes.

On the arena, perhaps out of sympathy, the host told Wang Ying and Huang Yue, "That young lady just now is the granddaughter of Poison Douluo. You'd better be careful."

Wang Ying's face turned deathly pale. His heart filled with despair.

Cold sweat broke out across Huang Yue's back. He resolved to keep his distance from Wang Ying. He couldn't keep a friend he'd only met recently in Heaven Dou City!

Huang Yue helped Wang Ying to his feet, and the two stumbled off the arena. "It's come to this. You should leave Heaven Dou City and lie low for a while!"

"This is a little something from me!"

Huang Yue took out thirty Gold Soul Coins and handed them to Wang Ying. It was the money the two of them had earned working together, but now he was giving it all up.

Fear consumed Wang Ying. Without thinking it over, he took the Gold Soul Coins and hurried out of the Great Soul Arena.