Don't Get It Wrong-you're the Challenger

The referee made the announcement, then quickly retreated.

"Huo Yuhao, perhaps you have some ability, but you clearly don't know your place. Even if I can only use Soul Elder-level Soul Power, you're still no match for me." Zhou Yi looked at Huo Yuhao with disdain, as if victory was already hers.

With the physique of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, facing a mere one-ring Soul Master was nothing short of a crushing advantage.

That was her confidence, and the reason she looked down on Huo Yuhao.

Could a Soul Master with just one ring possibly break through her defenses?

What a joke!

Huo Yuhao lifted his chin. His voice was calm, yet every spectator in the arena heard him loud and clear. "Enough talk. Let's begin. Don't get it wrong—the referee just said that in this fight, you're the challenger."

"You're still running your mouth when death is at your door." At his words, veins bulged across Zhou Yi's forehead.

A moment later, flames flashed across her body, and six Spirit Rings appeared once again. At the same time, red scales instantly covered the skin exposed on her body, and a clear dragon's roar rang throughout the entire Spirit Fighting Arena.

Fire Dragon Martial Soul, Possession!

A pale red glow spread around Zhou Yi, and fine scales covered her from head to toe. As her Martial Soul Possession completed, the temperature throughout the arena suddenly rose.

Watching Zhou Yi stand in the center of the Spirit Fighting Arena, Beibei and Tang Ya couldn't help worrying for Huo Yuhao.

"Beibei, if you went up against that old hag while she was at Soul Elder level, would you win?" Tang Ya asked curiously.

"Hard to say. My Martial Soul and hers are both dragon-type, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is even more ferocious in its attacks than the Fire Dragon. But don't forget, she's a Six-Ring Soul Emperor. Her physical strength is still there, and ordinary Soul Elders can't compare." Beibei shook his head.

"Huh? Then how can little Yuhao win? Why did he even get into a fight with that old hag?" Tang Ya asked, confused.

Elsewhere, Wang Dong was also uneasy. "That old hag may have something wrong with her head, but she's still pretty strong. Can that annoying guy even hold out?"

In an unnoticed corner of the stands, Zhang Lexuan watched Huo Yuhao at the center of the Spirit Fighting Arena in silence.

"Yuhao, oh, Yuhao. What were you thinking? She's not like Xu Sanshi's sort. If you lose, it'll be much harder to enter the Inner Court again."

On the arena floor, Huo Yuhao remained expressionless. While Zhou Yi made a grand show of strength, all that appeared beneath his feet was a single white Spirit Ring.

And his original black eyes had been replaced by a pair of scarlet Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

"First Soul Skill, Spirit Detection!"

After summoning his Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao quickly activated his First Soul Skill. Everything within fifty meters instantly seemed to move in extreme slow motion, and a flood of information rushed into his mind from everything in his field of view.

"A Ten-Year Soul Ring?" Zhou Yi's body jolted. A Soul Master with a Ten-Year Soul Ring actually dared to challenge a Six-Ring Soul Emperor like her?

After her surprise passed, Zhou Yi had no desire to say anything more. All she wanted now was to crush that arrogant brat across from her!

"First Soul Skill, Fire Dragon Breath!"

The First Soul Ring beside Zhou Yi flashed violently. A dense mass of flaming Soul Power gathered around her mouth.

She spat out a gigantic winged Fire Dragon, which surged toward Huo Yuhao in the distance.

Zhou Yi's First Soul Skill was called Fire Dragon Breath. It condensed Soul Power and expelled it from the mouth in the form of a Fire Dragon. Its power was astonishing.

Huo Yuhao let out a soft breath. As he watched the Fire Dragon fly toward him, a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Unnoticed by anyone, black markings had appeared on his face.

Like some terrible vine, the black markings quickly spread across half his face and reached his ear.

Huo Yuhao wasn't a fool. He wouldn't have accepted Zhou Yi's challenge without being absolutely sure he could win.

Those black markings were his true trump card: the Cursed Seal of Heaven!

After gaining his First Spirit Ring, Huo Yuhao had acquired all of Uchiha Sasuke's abilities from his time in Team 7.

And among them was the Cursed Seal of Heaven that Orochimaru had forcibly planted on Sasuke during the Chunin Ninja Exams.

However, during Sasuke's time in Team 7, he hadn't been able to control the Cursed Seal of Heaven very well. Activating it caused intense pain throughout his body.

So Huo Yuhao, whose Soul Power Level had previously been only fifteen, had never dared to use this move. But after digesting the Black Water Pill and raising his Soul Power Level to seventeen, he could finally activate the Cursed Seal of Heaven for a few minutes at a time without harming his body.

In Naruto, the Cursed Seal of Heaven was essentially another form of Sage Mode. Even if it wasn't perfect, the enhancement it granted was absolutely enormous.

In Sage Mode, the infusion of Natural Energy greatly enhanced one's perception, strength, speed, and the power of one's Jutsu.

Huo Yuhao, who had only just begun to activate the Cursed Seal of Heaven, could attest to that.

At that very moment, an extremely pure energy of some kind on Douluo Planet was pouring into his body at astonishing speed. Its nature was gentle, but it was nothing like Soul Power.

As this energy flowed into him, all of Huo Yuhao's abilities underwent a qualitative change. The range of his First Soul Skill, Spirit Detection, suddenly more than doubled, reaching a hundred meters.

But something else felt wrong to him. His back itched terribly, around his shoulder blades, as if something were about to burst out of his body.

He couldn't drag this out. He had to finish quickly!

As Huo Yuhao's thoughts raced, the First Soul Skill from across the arena came hurtling toward him, bringing with it a wave of scorching air.

"A Fire Dragon? Then I'll fight fire with dragon!" From Huo Yuhao's perspective, the winged Fire Dragon was enormous, sealing off all the space on either side where he could dodge.

Huo Yuhao's hands moved too fast for the eye to follow as he formed several strange hand seals.

Then he took a deep breath, and his chest swelled.

"Fire Style, Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

The next moment, he spewed out three mighty Fire Dragons, attacking his opponent from the left, center, and right.

Each of the three Fire Dragons had a pair of horns, making them very different from the winged dragon.

BOOM! The three Fire Dragons and the gigantic winged Fire Dragon tore into each other, and immense waves of flame engulfed the entire Spirit Fighting Arena.

The fierce heat even made the spectators around the arena feel a little warm.

To everyone's astonishment, as the four Fire Dragons tore at one another, Huo Yuhao's three seemed to gain the upper hand.

"That's impossible!" Zhou Yi's pupils shook violently.

Because of the rules, she had only used Soul Power at the three-ring level to activate her First Soul Skill. But even so, there was no way its power should lose to a Soul Skill from a one-ring Soul Master!

No matter how unwilling she was to believe it, the three Fire Dragons devoured the winged Fire Dragon completely and lunged toward her.

After clashing with Fire Dragon Breath, Fire Dragon Flame Bullet had lost some of its momentum, but it was still not to be underestimated.

Zhou Yi's expression changed in alarm. Her Second Soul Ring began to flash wildly.

"Second Soul Skill, Flame Dragon Claw!"

Zhou Yi stepped forward with her left leg and slashed downward with her right hand in a claw.

A gigantic dragon's claw appeared and collided with Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

The claw sank deep into the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, tore the Fire Dragon apart, and then both disappeared without a trace.

But in the next instant, before Zhou Yi could react, a mass of black smoke came rolling toward her. She had no time to respond before the smoke, spreading across the entire arena, swallowed her whole.

"Fire Style, Dust Concealment Technique!"

Huo Yuhao had hidden behind Fire Dragon Flame Bullet just now. He certainly hadn't been idle.

Now Zhou Yi had completely lost sight of Huo Yuhao.

"A smokescreen?" Zhou Yi raised her right arm to cover her mouth and nose, frowning as she muttered.

Inside the smoke, Zhou Yi stood in place. Furious at having lost the upper hand in their clash of Soul Skills, she yelled, "Brat, is this low-level trick all you can do?"

"If that was your only trump card, you'd better surrender obediently."

But all that answered her was silence.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish!" In the unbearable silence, the sound of something sharp slicing through the air seemed to approach. Zhou Yi whipped around.

Countless strange weapons she had never seen before burst through the smoke behind her and shot toward her.

They were impossibly fast!