This Spear Will Pierce the Stars

The originally clear sky above the Soul Fighting Arena suddenly darkened, turning pitch-black.

The clamor in the stands was cut off by this sudden anomaly, and everyone unconsciously held their breath.

Seven bright stars suddenly lit up in the sky, arranging themselves into the ancient Big Dipper, and a melody seemed to ring out from some ethereal, primordial past. (Refer to Agul's descent)

In an instant, a figure wearing an eerie smiling mask and dressed in a white robe seemed to look down over heaven and earth. The next second, the seven stars of the Big Dipper fell one after another, transforming into the seven emblems on his white robe.

A blazing light flared, and the night receded.

That white-robed phantom appeared just like that in the Soul Fighting Arena. He seemed to be standing within the cosmos itself. Though his face was not revealed, everyone's gaze was drawn to him, wanting to pry into the secret beneath that forbidden mask.

The moment that person appeared, the stands fell silent for several seconds, and then erupted into shouts!

"Zoffy! Zoffy!"

"A one-man team! A one-man team!"

"The plan to sweep through the Soul Fighting Tournament alone was made by Lord Zoffy!"

"Zoffy, I declare my love for you!!"

Damn, Douluo World really spared no expense. They said they'd give me a special effect for winning eight matches in a row, and I thought it'd be bargain-bin effects at best. I didn't expect it to be this awesome. They even added BGM.

Lin Yuan complained inwardly.

Standing opposite Lin Yuan was still a young man. He had red hair draped behind his head, handsome features, and even carried a somewhat bewitching air.

The moment the red-haired youth looked at Lin Yuan, he clicked his tongue in wonder.

"Wow, friend, you've got real presence. Even with that mask on, I feel a little drawn to you. And that entrance just now was insanely cool!"

Through the mask, Lin Yuan sensed him with his spiritual power, only to discover that at this moment, his spiritual power met with a slight resistance. Just then, the red-haired youth asked in confusion again, "Huh, Spirit Sea Realm spiritual power? Friend, your spiritual power is really something. Could you be like me, a student of Shrek Academy?"

Why was this guy such a chatterbox?

Lin Yuan felt a bit of a headache listening to him. And besides, he kept feeling that this youth seemed very narcissistic.

Sure enough, Lin Yuan immediately heard a smug voice.

"It's just a shame that, from the look of you, friend, you didn't develop very well. If you had, you might have been like me, deeply loved by girls."

The red-haired youth tossed his long red hair, his pink eyes looking at Lin Yuan with smug satisfaction.

Lin Yuan: ...

At this moment, Lin Yuan spoke. His voice was calm, with no emotion audible in it.

"Did all your cultivation go into your mouth?"

The red-haired youth's hand froze, and he immediately snapped angrily, "I kindly praised you, and you dare insult me? Do you know what it means to respect your elder brother?"

Lin Yuan said nothing. He opened his right hand, and in an instant, a small multicolored ball rose up.

"Hmph!" The red-haired youth furrowed his brows, then abruptly spread both hands. In an instant, purple, purple, purple, and purple Soul Rings shot up!

"Hua Linhan, rank forty assault-control-type soul master. Martial soul: Sun Man-Eating Flower. Brat, show your Soul Rings and state your name!"

Hua Linhan... Oh, I remember now. Isn't he the future seven-ring Soul Sage Lan Xuanyu faced after entering Shrek Academy?

I didn't expect to run into him here...

In that battle, although Lan Xuanyu's group defeated Hua Linhan, they suffered quite a bit for it too.

"Beat me first, then we'll talk."

Lin Yuan shook his head. That indifferent manner made Hua Linhan howl with anger. When he announced his own name and the other party refused to respond, it was no different from being slapped across the face!

"Arrogant! You're far too arrogant!"

Hua Linhan's back seemed to light up, and a large flower slowly emerged, landing on his shoulder. Its stamen was crimson, with six petals, and it looked dazzlingly brilliant.

It was unclear which Soul Ring lit up, but the large flower suddenly shot into the sky. The entire blossom swelled until it was sixty centimeters in diameter, then came tearing toward Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan did not panic. He extended his right hand, and the Sun Man-Eating Flower that was about to surge over abruptly stopped advancing.

Lin Yuan's brows furrowed slightly. This flower's strength seemed a little high...

But only a little high.

"What? It actually couldn't do anything to him? Is his Soul Power higher than mine? Is he a peak four-ring Soul Ancestor?"

Hua Linhan's gaze immediately turned serious. But it was not a big problem. It was only fighting above his level; it was not as if he had never done that before...

"Hey, you guy, you wouldn't happen to be a second-year senior, would you?" Hua Linhan could not help speaking up.

Lin Yuan said nothing, only crooked his index finger.

"You're too arrogant!" Hua Linhan's expression nearly broke. "Since you're a second-year senior, then you're worthy of making me go all out!"

At this moment, the second Soul Ring beneath his feet suddenly rose.

The Sun Man-Eating Flower, which had originally still been locked in a stalemate with Lin Yuan, suddenly lifted its blossom and actually broke free!

Hua Linhan's second Soul Skill: Damage Transfer!

But the moment he finished using this Soul Skill, in the very next second, the Sun Man-Eating Flower collapsed with a crash!

The Sun Man-Eating Flower tried to struggle to its feet, but no matter what it did, it could not get up, as if it had been suppressed.

Hua Linhan's expression instantly turned ugly.

"Gravity control?! Aren't you an elemental martial soul? How could you possibly possess gravity control?!"

Gravity control?

Sorry, but this isn't some crude thing like gravity. This is Gravity!

Lin Yuan grumbled inwardly.

"Although you're very strange, if you think you can defeat me with gravity alone, that's impossible, junior."

But the corner of Hua Linhan's mouth suddenly lifted into a smile. He extended his index finger, aimed it at Lin Yuan, and said softly, "Go!"

The next second, the Sun Man-Eating Flower, which had been suppressed so hard it could not stand, opened its mouth wide, then spat violently!

Countless poisonous spikes surged toward Lin Yuan.

This was precisely Hua Linhan's third Soul Skill, which could increase the toughness and deadly poison of the Sun Man-Eating Flower's ordinary poisonous spikes!

Every poisonous spike had destructive power comparable to a small Soul Guidance Device, and most importantly, they were highly poisonous. At best, they could paralyze a person; at worst, they could make someone lose consciousness outright.

And the consumption of these poisonous spikes was low!

This was his first time releasing poisonous spikes that blotted out the sky, yet it had only consumed forty percent of his Soul Power.

That was far more impressive than Yu Xiaogang making Luo Sanpao fire a few shots and then collapse from exhaustion!

Once this skill was unleashed, almost every soul master of the same rank would have to kneel. There was no other reason—it was simply too exaggerated. "Blotting out the sky" was not enough to describe its might. There was nowhere to dodge!

But at that moment, Lin Yuan suddenly laughed.

With a gentle flick of his left hand, in an instant, all the wind elements in the entire Soul Fighting Arena began moving uncontrollably, creating the illusion for others that Lin Yuan was using the wind element.

The poisonous spikes that had already been spat out actually all stopped in midair!

The next second, Lin Yuan canceled out Gravity and instantly rose into the air, arriving thirty meters above the ground.

He looked like a Bagua master who had stepped into the grandmaster realm.

Recalling the principle of Rasengan, as well as the sight of old men in the park practicing tai chi in his previous life, he kept spinning.

Those suspended poisonous spikes also shifted back and forth along with Lin Yuan's movements.

First they transformed into a Bagua pattern, and immediately afterward, they transformed into a poisonous spike spear roughly six meters long.

Hua Linhan: ??

"You can play it like that?!" Hua Linhan was dumbfounded.

It was not over yet. Lin Yuan gave a slight pull with his right hand.

That long spear flew into Lin Yuan's hand. Lin Yuan gripped it and looked down from above.

"In nature, are venomous snakes immune to their own venom? The reason venomous snakes don't poison themselves is because their venom is stored in their venom glands. But if the venom leaves the venom glands and enters the bloodstream, then the snake will be poisoned too."

"So, you can't escape the toxin either, can you?"

"This spear shall pierce the stars."

At that point, Lin Yuan threw the long spear in his hand downward.