Doubles Match

Meanwhile.

After completing the absorption of his fourth soul ring, Su Ming's soul power level reached forty-two.

After a brief rest, the two returned to Martial Soul Hall.

Upon returning to Martial Soul Hall, they rested for the night.

The next day, after waking up, Su Ming chose to head to the Great Soul Arena of Martial Soul City once again.

When he arrived at the entrance of the Great Soul Arena, he saw Hu Liena dressed in neat, casual attire.

She had clearly been waiting there for quite some time.

Seeing Su Ming approach, Hu Liena's beautiful eyes lit up, and she hurried forward to meet him.

"Junior Brother Su Ming, you finally arrived. After Elder Chrysanthemum returned yesterday, he reported everything to the teacher. I heard that not only did you break through to level forty, but you also obtained an extremely powerful fourth soul skill."

"That's great. We've both completed our individual match quotas, so now we can go register for the duo matches."

Su Ming looked at her and uttered one word: "Let's go."

The two walked into the lobby side-by-side and went straight to the registration window for duo matches.

The staff member took their soul master badges and scanned them through the Soul Tool system for verification.

When the staff member saw their profiles, his hand trembled slightly, and he nearly dropped the badges on the floor.

"Hu... Hu Liena, level fifty-two Soul King. Su Ming, level forty-two Soul Ancestor."

So young, and already a Soul King and a Soul Ancestor?

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart, and said, "Two soul masters, according to the rules of the Great Soul Arena, the matching mechanism for duo matches must be forcibly tied to the member with the highest soul power level in the team."

"Since Miss Hu Liena has successfully advanced to a five-ring Soul King, your Su-Na Duo will be directly matched into the Soul King-level division, ranging from level fifty to fifty-nine."

"Are you sure you want to start now?"

A Soul Ancestor teaming up with a Soul King to forcibly challenge a pair of five-ring Soul Kings was something that rarely occurred in the history of the Great Soul Arena.

Hu Liena looked at Su Ming and asked with a smile, "Junior Brother Su Ming, are you ready?"

Su Ming said to the staff member, "Confirmed. Please match us immediately."

"Very well, please wait in the lobby for notification."

The staff member completed the registration immediately.

Five minutes later, at the Eighth Sub-Arena.

"The next match is a Soul King-level duo match, featuring the veteran powerhouses who have already secured a three-match winning streak, the Thunder-Fierce Duo, against the newly registered challengers who are fighting above their weight class, the Su-Na Duo!"

"Will both sides please take the stage!"

Accompanied by the referee's high-pitched announcement, Su Ming and Hu Liena stepped onto the arena side-by-side.

Opposite them, two tall young men with sinister expressions also stepped onto the stage.

These two opponents were cousins with an incredibly tacit understanding.

The older one was named Lei Bao, a level fifty-one agility-attack system Soul King whose martial soul was a Lightning Leopard!

The younger one was Li Gang, a level fifty-one power-attack system Soul King whose martial soul was a Bloodthirsty Mad Wolf!

As Lei Bao and Li Gang stood in the arena, their scrutinizing gazes instantly locked onto the two.

When their eyes landed on Su Ming's still-youthful face, the corners of their mouths curled into cruel sneers.

"Is the Great Soul Arena empty today? A level fifty-two chick bringing along a brat who hasn't even grown his hair out, and they dare to come to the Soul King zone to die?" Li Gang twisted his neck, his bones emitting a harsh cracking sound.

Lei Bao leaned toward Li Gang's ear and sneered in a low voice, "That woman is level fifty-two; she won't be easy to deal with."

"But that brat hasn't even grown his hair out, and his soul power is only level forty-two. Once the referee calls the start, we don't need to worry about the woman. We'll focus all our firepower and instantly cripple this brat!"

"As long as we clear him out first, that woman alone won't be able to stir up any trouble."

"No problem, I'll finish him in one move!" Li Gang licked his lips thirstily.

The two made no effort to hide their voices, and the audience below shook their heads, believing that the Su-Na Duo was simply courting death this time.

The referee stood in the center of the arena and swung his raised right hand down sharply: "The match begins!"

"Roar!"

"Swish!"

Following the command, the level fifty-one soul power within Lei Bao and Li Gang erupted.

Two yellow, two purple, and one black—a full set of ten standard soul rings swirled crazily beneath their feet.

Lei Bao's body was instantly covered in a dense layer of blue electric arcs, and his hands transformed into sharp leopard claws.

Li Gang's physique surged, his eyes turned blood-red, and sharp wolf fangs sprouted from his mouth.

Without any probing, both of them flashed their third soul rings simultaneously.

"Third Soul Skill, Lightning Gale Strike!"

"Third Soul Skill, Mad Wolf Sky-Rending Claw!"

Lei Bao transformed into a streak of blue lightning invisible to the naked eye, while Li Gang surged forward, shrouded in a harrowing, blood-red wolf shadow.

The two attacked from the left and right, pushing their speed and offensive power to the absolute limit. Carrying the terrifying pressure of their Soul Power, they launched a coordinated assault, hurtling toward Su Ming, who stood motionless in his tracks.

As Soul Kings above level fifty unleashed their full power, the hard ground along their path was carved into deep trenches by the leaking Soul Power.

"Su Ming, watch out!"

Hu Liena's expression shifted as her Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Martial Soul instantly possessed her, and she prepared to intervene to intercept one of them for Su Ming.

Yet, she saw that under this terrifying pincer attack, Su Ming didn't even bother to move from where he stood.

Boom!

Just as the two were about to close in.

A phantom of an Evil Phoenix, radiating an aura of annihilation, suddenly spread its wings behind Su Ming.

In an instant, yellow, yellow, deep purple, and pure black!

Four soul rings rose from beneath Su Ming's feet.

The moment that black soul ring, representing the ten-thousand-year level, appeared, Lei Bao and Li Gang, who were charging madly, felt their eyelids twitch violently, a flash of utter, incredulous horror crossing their eyes.

A ten-thousand-year fourth ring?!

Was this kid bluffing?

The surrounding spectators also gasped in unison. A ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring?

What kind of monster was this guy?

Lei Bao and Li Gang exchanged a glance; though shocked, they did not retreat.

The momentum of their charge was already set, and they had no way to pull back their attacks.

Su Ming let out a cold snort, and the fourth black ten-thousand-year soul ring beneath his feet suddenly shone with brilliant radiance.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Nine-Nether Resentful Phoenix Cry!"

"Screee--!!"

A venomous phoenix cry, as if echoing from the deepest depths of the Nine-Nether hell, instantly tore through the deathly silence of the entire Eighth Sub-Arena.

The Evil Phoenix phantom behind Su Ming suddenly opened its pitch-black phoenix eyes, staring coldly at the two Soul Kings charging toward him.

Boom!

An indescribable, eerie power instantly descended upon Lei Bao and Li Gang.

The moment they were stared at by those phoenix eyes, their originally ferocious Lightning Leopard and Bloodthirsty Mad Wolf Martial Souls seemed to encounter a supreme deity of their bloodline, triggering an instinctive, extreme terror within their bodies.

The Five Decays of Heaven and Man effect triggered instantly!

Following that, a scene that left Lei Bao and Li Gang utterly shocked unfolded!!!