Breakthrough, Second Ring

Just as he was about to retreat, he realized his body would not obey him. It was as if every step forward forced him to bear an unbearable weight!

He looked up and found that Lin Yuan had somehow stretched out his right hand and locked him in place.

That venom-spike spear seemed to pierce the sky, stabbing straight through his body!

In an instant!

Hua Linhan was destroyed!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Zoffy, Zoffy!"

"Zoffy, I bet all my Douluo Coins on you! I made a killing!"

"Nine wins, nine miracles, glory that never fades!"

"One man tore through the soul fighting tournament!"

"Zoffy, carry us one more time! Go for ten wins in a row!"

The stands erupted in cheers once more.

Without a doubt, that radiance was simply too dazzling. An unprecedented nine victories almost meant he had beaten the matchmaking system itself. In the original work, even Yuanen Huihui had only won seven matches.

With a flash of light, Lin Yuan left the Soul Fighting Arena and returned once again to the soul fighting hall.

And now, Lin Yuan's Douluo Coins had already risen from more than 5.3 million to more than 10.7 million!

Also, after that battle just now, I seem to have touched the bottleneck. Am I about to break through?

A Singularity appeared in Lin Yuan's palm. Unlike its usual calm state, the Singularity was now extremely unstable, growing larger one moment and smaller the next, as if it were about to burst out.

Lin Yuan withdrew the Singularity, planning to break through after he left Douluo World.

When he arrived at the center of the Soul Fighting Arena, he heard the staff member sigh beside him.

"You lost, didn't you? But it's fine. That's normal. Being able to win eight matches in a row... that's already unprecedented, especially when you're only rank nineteen."

"The opponent you were matched with this time was the Smart Brain controlling your win rate, so you can't be blamed for losing. It's just a pity about all those Douluo Coins of yours... sigh."

At that point, the staff member shook his head helplessly.

Lin Yuan said nothing. With a flash of light, he left Douluo World.

The staff member muttered to himself:

"Sigh, this guy is probably shutting himself away a little now. I just hope the blow won't hit him too hard!"

As the staff member spoke, he followed the procedure and started the match replay to determine whether there had been any cheating.

Just when he thought Lin Yuan had been eliminated in a few moves, the next scene made his jaw drop!

"No way. He actually fucking won that?!"

[Zoffy VS Hua Linhan--48 seconds--Victory]

The staff member instantly felt dizzy, as if his entire worldview had collapsed.

"One ring against four rings? And he won?! He came out so quickly, but the one who got instantly killed wasn't him—it was his opponent?!"

With trembling hands, the staff member started the replay.

Then the staff member saw a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

Hua Linhan unleashed a sky-covering barrage of venom-spike attacks, and just as he was about to end it all, Lin Yuan suddenly rose into the air, revolving Taiji in midair until it finally formed a venom spear!

"So, you can't be immune to your own poison either, right?"

The spear in Lin Yuan's hand shot out like an arrow loosed from the string, piercing Hua Linhan. Hua Linhan's skin instantly turned pale, then shriveled, before scattering into particles of light.

"Just who is the one-ring here, Zoffy or Hua Linhan?"

The staff member's voice was dry.

Yes, the Federation had no shortage of powerful people who could challenge those above their level, but without exception, every time they fought above their rank, they paid a huge price and ended with a narrow, miserable victory.

But what about Zoffy? Not only had he crossed three rings, he had won easily!

Looking at the Soul Fighting Arena's real-time popularity rankings, where Zoffy was climbing the list at incredible speed, the staff member muttered to himself:

"This is really hard to believe... If Zoffy keeps challenging, then a lot of people will definitely bet on him winning. In that case, his opponent will very likely be at the peak of four rings... It can't be a five-ring Soul King against a Soul Ancestor, right?"

An absurd thought appeared in the staff member's mind.

"If a Soul King really shows up, surely he can't actually smash one apart too, right?"

At the same time, on Douluo Planet, in the outer courtyard student dormitory of Shrek Academy.

"Fuck, that hurts like hell!"

Hua Linhan sat bolt upright as if rising from a deathbed, left the Simulation Pod, and subconsciously felt his own body. A smiling voice came from beside him:

"How was it, junior? My method wasn't bad, right? I told you, under my calculations, you'd definitely be matched with a low-ring contestant. As agreed, forty percent of the reward goes to me."

Looking at the person beside him, who was smiling at him with the appearance of an honest young man, Hua Linhan instantly recalled the scene of being pierced through by that venom spear.

The extreme pain of being pierced through seemed to cling to him like a shadow, forcing his expression to twist. He grabbed the honest young man by the collar and roared:

"You lying senior! Didn't you say that after your precise calculations, my next opponent would definitely be a three-ringer, maybe even a two-ringer? So how did a second-year senior pop up for me?!"

"No... what the hell? A second-year senior?"

Honest senior Zheng Longjiang's eyes widened slightly, then he immediately shook his head.

"Impossible. My classmates are all busy making Battle Armor, and they rarely take part in spirit battles anymore. At least as far as I know, not a single one of them signed up today."

"Then what the hell was that four-ring Soul Ancestor I ran into?"

"Don't panic, don't panic. Tell me exactly what happened..."

Zheng Longjiang listened quietly. When he learned that the four-ring Soul Master had easily hammered Hua Linhan to death, he fell into a deep silence.

"Could he be a third-year senior?"

Zheng Longjiang narrowed his eyes and muttered.

"What year he's in doesn't matter. What matters now is my two hundred thousand Douluo Coins. Damn it, how are we settling this?!"

Hua Linhan roared again. That had been the fifty thousand he originally had, plus another hundred and fifty thousand Douluo Coins he had scraped together by borrowing from here and there. Two hundred thousand in total!

And after one fight, it had all gone down the drain!

Was the beautiful Shrek Academy life he had imagined going to be lived under the pressure of paying off debts?

"Uh, junior, you're a little worked up right now. Well, about this matter, I'll ask the homeroom teacher. I suddenly remembered that my classmates still have some Battle Armor knowledge they need to ask me about, so I'll be leaving first, haha. I won't disturb—"

"Stop right there! I don't care. You have to help me pay this money back!"

Hua Linhan roared as he grabbed Zheng Longjiang by the collar.

Lin Yuan had no idea what kind of storm he had stirred up in Shrek Academy not long afterward because of this one battle.

Lin Yuan arrived in the cultivation room and sat down cross-legged.

Beside him, Singularity seemed to break free from the restraint of his right hand and floated above his head. Unlike before, when it had been limited to his right hand, this time Singularity reached the top of his head. The black Soul Ring lit up, echoing Singularity from afar.

Without hesitation, Lin Yuan circulated Voice of the Stars. His soul left his body, and he looked down upon all living beings from the boundless sky.

Again?

Lin Yuan's heart was filled with helplessness. The first time he awakened Voice of the Stars, his soul had left his body too. That pain was still fresh in his memory even now. Sure enough, in the next second, Lin Yuan's head felt as though it was about to explode!

"Ugh..."

The desires in the hearts of countless living beings, the frequency at which the stars in the sky revolved—everything seemed to find an outlet and surged toward Lin Yuan.

Those voices seemed to gather into hands on Lin Yuan's body, constantly rubbing over him.

It was as though they had found a vent and were frantically pulling outward!

Ultimate pain swept over him like a tide.

I don't want to cosplay Shang Yang's My Little Pony happy method!

Lin Yuan silently screamed in his heart.

And right then, a Singularity suddenly rose above Lin Yuan's head. Singularity rushed toward Lin Yuan's heart, as though it wanted to merge with it. In that instant, Lin Yuan seemed to become Singularity itself, blindly devouring everything.

Who knew how long had passed—one second, or a very long time—but he felt it had reached the moment when he should erupt...

In an instant, his body violently burst apart, transforming into a pure white sphere.

At an unimaginable speed of expansion, it swiftly encompassed everything in the universe.

At that moment, stars were born, matter gathered together, stars burned, Black Holes silently devoured everything, and within the vast, empty void, everything was filled.

Not long after the eruption, Lin Yuan finally had limbs again. He once more transformed into a soul body and stood at the summit of Tianluo Planet.

Lin Yuan had just wanted to continue sensing the mysteries of the white hole when the corner of his eye caught sight of a familiar figure.

Wasn't that Uncle Ye?

"Didn't Uncle Ye say he went to carry out a secret mission?"

Lin Yuan froze slightly, then immediately controlled his soul body.

He arrived beside Ye Feng. The voice was not clear, but he still faintly heard something about Sin Planet, something about Eternal Night Monarch...

Sin Planet?

Lin Yuan muttered inwardly.

In the original work, Ye Feng seemed to have been demoted from senior colonel to colonel all at once because he mishandled the issue of Sin Planet's infiltration.

Before Lin Yuan could continue eavesdropping, his body suddenly plunged downward and returned to reality.

Sin Planet, huh? I can pay more attention to it in the future.

Lin Yuan did not go straight to Ye Feng and throw the words "Sin Planet" in his face, after all. The original work had not described this in detail at all. With no specific evidence and only the result mentioned, even if he worked backward to infer the process, it would be full of holes.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment.

Forget it. I should first take a look at the second Soul Skill I awakened. Maybe the second Soul Skill is related to that final erupting Singularity?

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and spread his right hand.

He focused his mind and gathered his strength, sensing the changes in his Soul Power. Slowly, he controlled it and released his Martial Soul.

Singularity appeared, and the surrounding space immediately produced faint ripples. Lin Yuan understood that this was the change brought to him by the increase in his Soul Power!