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"You're full of shit! When was I ever scared shitless?!"

Having been mocked by Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng immediately saw red.

"Heh." Dugu Yan no longer paid him any attention. With a cold sneer, she turned her gaze back to the Soul Fighting Arena.

Peng Yue's fist had already reached Xia Yuan's face.

But at that moment, Peng Yue's vision blurred, and Xia Yuan's figure vanished!

Immediately afterward, a tremendous force struck from behind. Peng Yue only had time to feel the imprint of a shoe before his body involuntarily pitched forward.

He was instantly enraged. Without time to consider how Xia Yuan had gotten behind him, he spun around and immediately unleashed his first soul skill.

Opening his mouth, he fired a stream of flames.

But where was Xia Yuan in front of him?

Just then, Peng Yue felt his waist tighten, and then his entire body began to leave the ground.

Peng Yue, caught up in the fight, had not touched Xia Yuan even once, but the audience saw everything clearly.

They had initially thought Xia Yuan was too nervous in his first match and might lose.

Yet the moment Peng Yue threw his punch, Xia Yuan had already dodged to the side like a ghost.

Peng Yue's body continued forward with its momentum, while Xia Yuan had already moved behind him and kicked him flat on his face.

By the time Peng Yue steadied himself, turned around, and unleashed his first soul skill, Xia Yuan had already arrived at his side.

Up to this point, Xia Yuan had not even summoned his martial soul or used a soul skill!

After that, Xia Yuan finally summoned his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, wrapping it around Peng Yue's waist.

Yet Xia Yuan still did not use any soul skills. He merely tugged on the Blue Silver Emperor vines wrapped around Peng Yue, swinging Peng Yue's entire body through the air with a fierce whoosh!

Just like that, Xia Yuan flung Peng Yue straight out of the Soul Fighting Arena.

How had the spectators ever seen such a method of defeating an opponent? For a moment, they could only stare in stunned silence.

"Host, you can announce the victory now, right?" Xia Yuan looked at the host.

Leaving the Soul Fighting Arena counted as losing the soul fight. That was within the rules.

The host had officiated countless matches and had certainly seen soul masters with plant martial souls before.

But he had truly never seen anyone use one the way Xia Yuan just had.

Most importantly, Xia Yuan had not used a single soul skill. Relying solely on his own fists and kicks, along with the use of his martial soul, he had eliminated a veteran fighter with nine consecutive wins!

"Who exactly is this Emperor Hero?" a spectator could not help but exclaim.

"With such an arrogant name, he must have deep ties to the royal family, right?"

Xia Yuan did not linger on the Soul Fighting Arena. After the host announced his victory, he left the arena directly, leaving behind only the audience's enthusiastic cheers.

In the audience area, Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng stared blankly.

If Xia Yuan had merely defeated his opponent, they would not have felt much.

But throughout the entire fight, Xia Yuan had not made a single unnecessary movement, nor had he used a single soul ring skill.

"Wait!" Qin Ming suddenly shouted, rubbing at his temple as though trying to force his mind open.

"Why does he have a binding skill? He clearly didn't use a soul skill!"

"What's wrong with having a binding skill?" Yu Tianheng immediately asked.

He did not know much about soul masters with plant martial souls.

"Something is very, very wrong!" Qin Ming frowned deeply.

"Soul masters who awaken plant martial souls generally need to hunt a vine-type plant soul beast before they can obtain a binding skill."

Yu Tianheng asked, "Could he have a soul bone?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Qin Ming instinctively thrust both hands forward as he refuted Yu Tianheng.

Yu Tianheng thought so too. How could Xia Yuan possibly have a soul bone?

He had never seen Xia Yuan possess any background apart from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

"The two-on-two is starting." Zhi Lin coughed, interrupting Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng's conversation.

He increasingly felt that the two had fallen into some bizarre cycle of reasoning, as though anything Xia Yuan did was impossible, while they were somehow always more correct than him.

Compared to the earlier one-on-one matches, the two-on-two Soul Fighting Arena was much larger.

There were also far more spectators watching the two-on-two soul fights than there had been for the one-on-one matches.

The host onstage was announcing the two teams participating in the soul fight.

"Two-on-two, match seven: Snow Emperor Team versus Kobe Team."

"Sprite?" Xia Yuan glanced at the opposing team and saw two tall, skinny men walking out side by side.

"My name is Laike."

"My name is Laibi."

The two tall, thin men each introduced themselves.

Xia Yuan returned the courtesy. "I'm Emperor Hero."

Ye Lingling's voice was somewhat soft, but still audible. "I... I'm Snow Mastiff Hero."

Laike and Laibi exchanged a glance, then charged forward at the same time.

Their martial souls were long, blade-like weapon martial souls. They strode forward and attacked Xia Yuan.

Since Xia Yuan was a three-ringed Soul Elder, the match was still arranged according to his cultivation level, even though Ye Lingling was only a Soul Grandmaster.

The brothers Laike and Laibi were also three-ringed Soul Elders!

As they charged forward, Xia Yuan's Blue Silver Emperor surged forth from the ground in great numbers.

His first soul skill, Rock Scale, activated, and the surface of the Blue Silver Emperor immediately gave off a faint earthy-yellow glow.

Laike and Laibi had originally dismissed Xia Yuan's Blue Silver Emperor, but when their weapons truly struck it, they were startled!

Although their martial souls, the Whirlwind Rulers, were not as sharp as blades, an ordinary plant martial soul would find it extremely difficult to withstand such a powerful blow!

"Laibi, use that move!" Laike shouted as his second soul ring lit up.

The brothers possessed identical martial souls and identical Innate Soul Power. Even the soul beasts they had hunted were of the same kind and similar age, so the soul skills they gained were the same as well.

Although they had not developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, their years of teamwork had made their coordination far more seamless than that of ordinary teams.

Their first soul rings lit up simultaneously, and the weapons in their hands immediately gleamed with a hazy light. Clearly, they had applied some kind of enhancement to their martial souls.

Then, their second soul rings lit up as well. Their bodies spun like tops, ruler-light flashing as they defended even their upper and lower flanks.

Although Xia Yuan's Blue Silver Emperor was extraordinarily tough, it could not break through their airtight defense.

The audience had noticed it by then. If it had been an ordinary plant-type soul master, their martial soul would have long since been chopped to pieces by the Laike and Laibi brothers.

Yet as Xia Yuan's martial soul clashed with the brothers, it continuously rang with the sound of metal striking metal, showing not the slightest sign of being cut apart.