So what if he was the eldest son of the Star Luo White Tiger Duke Mansion?
He was nothing but a stray dog who had lost his royal status!
Besides, who didn't have some background?
When it came to people destined to be enemies, with no value in winning over, he had never shown any mercy.
The key was that after being beaten several times, this brat still coveted his fiancée.
It was infuriating.
"Guyi, if it's hard for you to fight your fiancé, I can handle both of them alone."
Ma Xiaotao looked at Ye Guyi beside her as she spoke. She was a born fighter, and the mere mention of battle immediately stirred her excitement.
"No need. I'll deal with Dai Yueheng."
Ye Guyi directly rejected Ma Xiaotao's suggestion. She had long been fed up with Dai Yueheng's repeated pestering.
She had decided to use this opportunity to thoroughly beat him into submission.
As for A-Que, she was not worried about him.
Although Ma Xiaotao was a Soul Emperor while A-Que was only a Soul Ancestor, who would win in an actual fight was still uncertain.
"The first two-on-two match begins!"
"Both sides, take the stage!"
As Zhang Lexuan's voice fell, Ning Que and the others stepped onto the arena.
"Ma Xiaotao, Martial Soul: Evil Fire Phoenix. Level 66 Power Attack System Battle Soul Emperor!"
"Ye Guyi, Martial Soul: Holy Angel. Level 58 Power Attack System Battle Soul King!"
The two immediately activated their Martial Soul Possession, displaying their soul rings.
Ma Xiaotao's soul rings were a perfectly normal optimal configuration. Though dazzling and brilliant, they were not enough to make anyone feel particularly amazed.
Ye Guyi, however, was completely different.
Five soul rings appeared in succession: purple, purple, black, black, black!
A thousand-year first soul ring, a thousand-year second soul ring, a ten-thousand-year third soul ring, a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and a ten-thousand-year fifth soul ring.
Even though the people here had seen such a soul ring configuration more than once, they were still shocked and incredulous.
Ye Guyi's soul ring configuration naturally could not have been achieved without Ning Que's help, as well as the fusion of divine-grade soul bones.
If fully fusing all the divine-grade soul bones did not require Soul Power and spiritual power to support it, Ning Que would even have wanted Ye Guyi to completely fuse the soul bones before absorbing any soul rings. At the very least, she should have had a ten-thousand-year first soul ring.
"Every time I see it, it still feels breathtaking!"
"Compared to her, what kind of monsters are we?"
"This is absurd. I seriously suspect that when he gets his seventh soul ring, he'll absorb a hundred-thousand-year one."
The other inner courtyard disciples all sighed in amazement at the sight.
It was not as though no one had tried to investigate the reason behind Ye Guyi's extraordinary strength by relying on their family backgrounds. Their families simply no longer existed afterward.
"A genius like this should stay at our Shrek Academy."
Xuan Zi, watching from the side, stared intently at the soul rings Ye Guyi had revealed. At that thought, he could not help blaming Yan Shaozhe. So much time had already passed, yet he still had not thoroughly recruited her into Shrek Academy. It was truly disappointing.
"Dai Yueheng, Martial Soul: White Tiger. Level 62 Battle Soul Emperor!"
Faced with the pressure displayed by Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng gritted his teeth and revealed his own soul rings.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black!
It was still the optimal configuration.
"Ning Que, Martial Soul: Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda. Soul Power: level 48."
Ning Que then revealed his own Martial Soul and soul rings.
Yellow, purple, purple, black!
If Ye Guyi had not gone first, the soul rings he displayed alone would have been enough to shock everyone.
More importantly, it was not his soul rings or his strength that mattered most, but his Martial Soul.
Although it called itself the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, from ten thousand years ago until now, aside from the Nine-Colored Goddess, the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had never produced another owner of the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.
Yet now, Ning Que had broken that precedent. His Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda had gained another level.
Though it had not fully solidified yet, the phantom of an eighth level had already appeared.
The reason for this effect was naturally the soul bones and the demands he had placed on absorbing soul rings.
As for why he had not absorbed a thousand-year first soul ring, Ning Que truly did not want to answer that question.
Back then, he had rashly tried it. If a Title Douluo had not been watching over him, he would have nearly ruined himself.
A Support System Martial Soul provided far too little physical enhancement.
Could a level 48 support soul master defeat a level 66 Power Attack System soul master?
Such an absurd thing had never happened in history.
But today, Ning Que wanted to give it a try, because his opponent was a brainless brute!
The moment the battle began, Ye Guyi charged straight at Dai Yueheng with her sword in hand.
Ning Que faced off against Ma Xiaotao.
"Ning Que, are you sure you want to fight me?"
Ma Xiaotao looked at Ning Que opposite her, her face filled with disbelief.
The gap in their combat strength could not be more different than clouds and mud.
She truly did not know what Ning Que was relying on to stand here.
Whether in inner courtyard sparring matches or the Soul Master Tournament, soul engineers were forbidden from using fixed-installation Soul Tools. Other Soul Tools depended on the soul master's own strength, so what could possibly hurt her?
It was no exaggeration to say that even if Ma Xiaotao simply stood there and let Ning Que attack, he might not be able to injure her at all.
Ning Que said nothing. He merely kept taking out various Soul Tools from his storage Soul Tool.
A level-five Soul Tool: Spirit-Locking Pulse-Binding Ring.
A level-six soul cannon: Extreme Cold Flame-Devouring Cannon.
As Soul Power flowed into them, the two bracelets on Ning Que's wrists lit up.
They were poised to strike.
"Fine, then I'll play with you for a bit."
Seeing Ning Que's resolute gaze, Ma Xiaotao became interested as well. The fierce battle between Dai Yueheng and Ye Guyi on the other side had truly ignited her fighting spirit.
"First soul skill, Phoenix Fire Line..."
The instant Ma Xiaotao's first soul ring lit up, Ning Que activated the level-five Soul Tool, the Spirit-Locking Pulse-Binding Ring.
The Spirit-Locking Pulse-Binding Ring's main body was forged from Star-Patterned Steel. Three diamond-shaped Lingxi Crystals were embedded within it as cores, while three interwoven suppression arrays were engraved on its surface: the Gravity Binding Array, Soul Power Disruption Array, and Mental Obscuration Array.
It required a soul master with four or more soul rings to inject Soul Power. Each activation consumed thirty percent of the user's energy. Its suppression could last up to ten seconds against a Soul King and up to six seconds against a Soul Emperor.
As the Spirit-Locking Pulse-Binding Ring activated, Ma Xiaotao instantly felt all manner of discomfort.
Her Soul Power became chaotic, her mind was suppressed, and her body felt incomparably heavy.
The sudden change actually interrupted the soul skill she had been about to unleash, leaving her completely unable to respond at once.
The timing had been grasped with incredible precision.
For Ning Que, this was the moment!
Thus, the level-six soul cannon, the Extreme Cold Flame-Devouring Cannon, had already been activated.
The Extreme Cold Flame-Devouring Cannon was 1.2 meters long, forged from a mixed blend of Deep Sea Sunken Silver and Ice Extreme Jade. Spiral cold-conducting patterns were engraved within its barrel, while three thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Cores were embedded in its tail as energy cores.
Under normal circumstances, only Soul Kings and above could activate it. A single energy injection consumed sixty percent of one's Soul Power, so Ning Que should not have been able to activate it with his current strength.
But the moment the battle began, he had already used the Ring Fusion Secret Technique.
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