Battle Against Yu Tianheng, an Unconventional Second Soul Ring!

Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Soul Fighting Arena.

Yu Tianheng stood to one side, arrogant in demeanor and contemptuous in gaze.

Xia Yuan stood steadily on the other side of the Soul Fighting Arena, his expression blank.

Below the stage, a large number of students had gathered, chattering among themselves.

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan stood at the front, looking at Xia Yuan with some concern.

"Yanyan, do you think Xia Yuan can really defeat Yu Tianheng?"

Hearing Ye Lingling's words, Dugu Yan recalled Xia Yuan's confident answer from yesterday. She lowered her gaze and said, "Yesterday was the first time I'd ever spoken to him. How would I know whether he can win?"

"Still... he seemed quite confident himself."

The teacher acting as referee stood in the center of the Soul Fighting Arena. He looked at Xia Yuan and Yu Tianheng before raising his right hand high. "Both sides, prepare to release your Martial Souls!"

Yu Tianheng gave a light laugh. "Heh, there was a road to heaven, yet you refused to take it. You just had to come charging straight at me."

"Since you're so incapable of appreciating kindness, I suppose I'll have to teach you what it means to know the times!"

"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Martial Soul Possession!"

As his words fell, a mass of blue light bloomed from between Yu Tianheng's brows and instantly spread across his entire body.

Blue-violet serpents of lightning appeared around him, winding and slithering about his body.

A lightning-shaped mark appeared on his forehead, but what was even more shocking was his right arm.

The right sleeve of his school uniform had completely burst apart. The shredded fabric was reduced to ash midair by the electric serpents surrounding Yu Tianheng.

His right arm had not only become much thicker, but had also lengthened considerably.

His palm had completely transformed into a dragon claw, while his entire right arm was covered in blue-violet scales.

Three Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple—did not coil around his body as they would for an ordinary Soul Master. Instead, they revolved around that mutated arm.

Unlike ordinary Beast Martial Soul Masters, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters had to hunt Soul Beasts that were at least draconic subspecies.

Furthermore, after reaching level thirty, every Soul Ring a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master obtained would cause one part of their body to mutate and become draconic. After seven rings, they could truly transform into dragons.

This unique trait had earned Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters the title of the most terrifying Strong Attack System Soul Masters among those of the same rank.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was also known as the number one Beast Martial Soul in the world.

Among the students, several knowledgeable people had already begun explaining Yu Tianheng's current state.

In their eyes, Yu Tianheng was a Heaven-Dou Tier student, while Xia Yuan was merely a Heaven-Tier student. That meant Xia Yuan did not possess a Third Soul Ring.

What was there to see in a battle between a three-ring Soul Elder with a top-tier Beast Martial Soul and a two-ring Soul Grandmaster?

Just as Yu Tianheng completed his Martial Soul Possession, Xia Yuan released his own Martial Soul as well.

Blue Silver Emperor vines, crystalline throughout and gleaming with faint golden dragon-scale patterns, "grew" out of the ground around Xia Yuan.

With the perfect awakening of his Martial Soul and the advancement of his cultivation, Xia Yuan no longer needed to grow it from his palms when releasing it. He could directly make use of his surroundings and have it "grow" from the ground around him.

In appearance, his Blue Silver Emperor had already become completely different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass. The watching students failed to recognize his Martial Soul as Blue Silver Grass and began guessing among themselves.

But Yu Tianheng, standing opposite Xia Yuan, was different.

As Xia Yuan released his Martial Soul, Yu Tianheng faintly sensed an aura that only dragon-type Martial Souls possessed!

How was that possible?

He could clearly see that Xia Yuan's Martial Soul was an unknown plant Martial Soul, a Tool Martial Soul. How could it possibly carry the aura of a dragon-type Beast Martial Soul?

But what shocked everyone even more came afterward.

Xia Yuan's two Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet along with his Martial Soul.

One yellow and one purple. Two rings. A Soul Grandmaster.

Yet at this moment, Xia Yuan, a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, was even more dazzling than Yu Tianheng, a Soul Elder!

"Holy shit!" someone cried out.

"His second Soul Ring is actually a Thousand-Year Soul Ring!"

"How is that possible?!"

Shocked cries rose one after another.

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, standing at the front, stared at Xia Yuan with equally astonished expressions, their little mouths forming O-shapes.

They had never imagined that Xia Yuan would be so extraordinary.

A Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his second Soul Ring—this simply shattered the conventions of the Soul Master world!

Yu Tianheng's eyes widened at the sight, his face full of disbelief.

As the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, backed by a great sect, even his Third Soul Ring was only around thirteen hundred years old.

Yet Xia Yuan's second Soul Ring was already a Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

What was his background? How had he done it?

All sorts of chaotic thoughts surfaced in Yu Tianheng's mind.

Xia Yuan looked toward the referee and asked, "Teacher, aren't we starting yet?"

The referee seemed to snap out of a dream. He could not help looking at Xia Yuan's Soul Rings once more before forcefully bringing down his arm. "The Soul Fight begins!"

Yu Tianheng swiftly regained his senses. He stomped heavily with his left foot, and his body shot toward Xia Yuan like an arrow released from a bow.

At the same time, his First Soul Ring lit up directly!

Although he had looked down on Xia Yuan before, Xia Yuan's purple second Soul Ring had already deeply stung Yu Tianheng.

To ensure his victory, Yu Tianheng decided to go all out from the very beginning!

Facing Yu Tianheng's attack, Xia Yuan did not let down his guard either. Blue Silver Emperor instantly surged forth.

His First Soul Ring lit up, and every Blue Silver Emperor vine under Xia Yuan's control emitted a faint earthy-yellow glow.

Upon closer inspection, it was actually the scale-like patterns on the Blue Silver Emperor's surface that were glowing!

This was the First Soul Skill Xia Yuan had gained from the six-hundred-year Rock Leaf Dragon: Rock Scale.

After activating this Soul Skill, Xia Yuan's Blue Silver Emperor would gain greatly increased hardness, toughness, and resistance against physical and energy attacks.

And it was not merely one or two vines that received the Soul Skill's enhancement. Every Blue Silver Emperor vine did!

This counted as a buffing skill, one that Beast Martial Soul Masters generally found easier to obtain.

Xia Yuan controlled the Blue Silver Emperor to form a wall. Yu Tianheng's lightning-condensed dragon claw arrived like a bolt of lightning and smashed directly into the Blue Silver Emperor wall.

Countless dense electric serpents raced across the Blue Silver Emperor wall, but it was as though they had encountered Soul Beast scales. They could not penetrate it at all.

Meanwhile, Xia Yuan released several more Blue Silver Emperor vines, which rapidly lashed toward Yu Tianheng.

Although Yu Tianheng had discarded his contempt after seeing Xia Yuan's Thousand-Year second Soul Ring,

Xia Yuan had planned ahead while Yu Tianheng had not. His tactics had long been prepared—how could he allow Yu Tianheng to evade so easily?

Yu Tianheng had no time to dodge the entangling Blue Silver Emperor. He made a snap decision and immediately released his Second Soul Skill and Third Soul Skill.

Yu Tianheng's Second Soul Ring and Third Soul Ring blazed brightly, and in an instant, an incomparably dazzling blue radiance of lightning erupted from his body!