One Against Three!

The temperature on the training grounds suddenly plummeted!

Everyone around them was shocked. Just moments ago, they had been watching this thrilling match,

but this newcomer had subdued Spirit Hall's two strongest young talents with a single move?

And he still looked utterly calm, as if he had barely used any strength?

A Soul Emperor was truly terrifying!

Xie Yue frowned slightly and looked at the frost frozen around his feet. He tried lifting a foot to break free.

Yet he discovered that while the frost was hard, it carried neither hostility nor killing intent. It was precisely at a level that could be overcome by circulating soul power.

Such restraint showed just how formidable his control and spiritual power were.

"An ice-element soul skill? But not pure ice."

Xie Yue tested the waters with a question. Within Lin Yichen's frost, he sensed a faint spiritual attribute that affected his mind.

"That's right, Senior Brother Xie Yue. You have sharp eyes. My martial soul possesses both spiritual and ice attributes, so naturally, it isn't pure ice."

Lin Yichen's heart tightened. Xie Yue was only a Soul Ancestor, yet he could see that his ice was more than just ice. He truly was a genius.

Yan, however, did not care about any of that. He immediately used a soul skill to melt the frost.

Flames surged from beneath his feet, melting the ice into a puddle.

"Seems like that's all you've got. You need to work harder, kid."

Yan spoke with complete confidence, as though he had not just been frozen in place.

He crossed his arms over his chest and lightly tapped his feet against the bluestone platform, wearing a lofty expression.

Lin Yichen...

Barely managed to hold it together!

"Oh? Want to play some more? I won't go easy on you this time."

"You!"

Yan felt humiliated!

What was wrong with wanting to show off a little in front of Nana?!

Hu Liena stepped forward at just the right moment, standing between the two of them and clearing her throat.

"Alright, alright. A spar is just a spar. Don't hurt the harmony."

Boom!

A dull impact rang out.

It was the sound of Bibi Dong's scepter striking the bluestone platform.

"Her Holiness the Pope is here..."

The people around them whispered among themselves.

"Since you're here, let me see what you're truly capable of."

The disciples on the training grounds instantly fell silent and bowed.

"Lin Yichen, since you have joined the Golden Generation, you should let your senior brothers and sisters see what you are made of."

"Or... let them clearly see the gap in your strength!"

The scepter slammed down, making the ground tremble slightly. Bibi Dong's gaze drifted toward Yan without her realizing it.

Yan felt a chill wash over him. Trembling, he did not dare meet Bibi Dong's eyes.

"Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena! The three of you will challenge Lin Yichen. You must win within the time it takes an incense stick to burn! If you fail, your daily training will be doubled!"

"Lin Yichen, I require you to suppress your soul power to their level and defeat them within the time it takes an incense stick to burn. Otherwise, you will sweep the bamboo grove!"

This...

So one side was bound to be punished.

Hu Liena's expression darkened slightly, but she quickly composed herself and walked toward Xie Yue and Yan.

Then she turned back to Lin Yichen with a charming smile.

"Lin Yichen, we originally wouldn't stand a chance against a Soul Emperor. But since you're suppressing your soul power to our level, call me good big sister and I'll beat you a little more gently~"

Lin Yichen carefully calculated things. With the support of his soul core, even if he suppressed his soul power to the Soul Ancestor level, the soul power he could actually draw upon was roughly equal to that of a Soul King.

On top of that, in this primitive era of Douluo One, the soul core possessed an unrivaled recovery ability.

Victory would be effortless!

"Senior Sister, don't talk too big."

The two sides each took their positions at opposite ends of the training grounds, and their soul rings emerged one after another.

Hu Liena's team all had two yellow and two purple rings, the standard optimal configuration.

As for Lin Yichen? The moment his soul ring configuration appeared, it shocked the training disciples once more.

One yellow, two purple, and three black rings. Everyone around them sucked in a breath.

This was not an ordinary Soul Emperor fighting Soul Ancestors. He had three ten-thousand-year soul rings!

"That's... a thousand-year second ring!"

"Today has refreshed my understanding again and again!"

"Begin!"

Bibi Dong's voice fell.

Lin Yichen remained unhurried. He merely summoned the Lunar Jade Rabbit out of his body, then took out the flute he had made the night before.

"I'll play a couple of tunes for the students watching."

Seeing Lin Yichen humiliate him again and again, Yan could no longer suppress the rage in his heart.

"You bastard! You're courting death!"

Lin Yichen remained unmoved. The Lunar Jade Rabbit that had left his body merely gave the three of them an indifferent glance.

The Lunar Jade Rabbit transformed, naturally activating its fourth soul skill, Jade Rabbit Clone.

The Lunar Jade Rabbit on the field split into three, while its first soul skill, Moonshadow Step, stacked simultaneously!

Its speed increased by 300%, making it so fast within the small training grounds that afterimages appeared!

"Oh? A martial soul that can leave the body?"

A trace of confusion entered Bibi Dong's voice, while the hand holding her scepter tightened unconsciously.

She had clearly recalled something unpleasant.

Xie Yue's side, however, was in for a miserable time. Three rabbits against three people?

And the three of them could not even get a hold of those three rabbits!

Moreover, they could tell that each rabbit's soul power was only around level forty-two, roughly equal to theirs, yet they simply could not touch them!

What utter humiliation!

"Fourth Soul Skill, Lava Collision!"

His level-forty soul power erupted at full force, and scorching waves of air swept up shattered stones with tremendous force.

Unfortunately, it was useless. The ice attribute contained within Lin Yichen's martial soul perfectly countered Yan's fire.

It was forcibly broken apart by the sound of Lin Yichen's flute.

And from beginning to end, Lin Yichen had not moved a single step.

"You're still playing around with that stupid flute of yours!"

Yan roared as his second soul skill, Granite Rock, activated instantly.

His arms were covered in rocky armor, and as he turned, he threw a punch at the jade rabbit.

Yet the jade rabbit flickered slightly and dodged.

It landed atop a stone fragment two meters away, its long ears swaying gently. Its posture was relaxed—and undeniably arrogant.

Yan knew he had no way to deal with this rabbit, so he could only turn around and shout,

"Nana!"

"Second Soul Skill, Fox Bewitchment~"

Hu Liena promptly used her second soul skill from behind him, attempting to cover the entire field with Fox Bewitchment and ensnare the Lunar Jade Rabbits.

The three truly deserved their reputation as the Golden Generation. Their coordination was exceptionally seamless. Yan launched brutal frontal attacks, while Hu Liena interfered from the side.

Meanwhile, Xie Yue remained at the rear of the field, continuously launching wind blades to cut at them as he sought an opportunity for a powerful attack.

But at that moment, Lin Yichen finally made his move.

"Eye of Guanghan!"

A pair of silver-white eyes lit up, instantly enveloping the three of them.

Hu Liena's enchantment was forcibly shattered, and the three were pinned firmly in place, unable to move.

The Eye of Guanghan did not merely induce lust. Lin Yichen could freely switch it to spiritual interference mode during battle.

To prevent certain unnecessary... ahem.

It could be said that after ten days of spirit battles in Soto City, Lin Yichen had already gained an initial grasp of the secrets behind using the Eye of Guanghan.

He had mastered it to perfection!

"You can't even recognize the gap in our strength, yet you dare challenge a Golden Saint? You overestimate yourself!"

Lin Yichen proudly puffed out his chest and spoke in an exceedingly pretentious tone.

"What Golden Saint nonsense? With that frail body of yours, where do you look like a warrior?"

"Fuck?"

Lin Yichen could not help blurting out a curse.

Seeing Yan's single remark crack Lin Yichen's composure slightly, Hu Liena could not help but smile.

But then she turned to look at Xie Yue.

"Brother!"

The two exchanged a smile and instantly understood each other's intentions.

The corners of Bibi Dong's lips curved up slightly. She knew exactly what her disciples were about to do.

The two held hands. Xie Yue held his twin crescent blades in his left hand, their tips pointed downward.

Hu Liena rested her left arm on Xie Yue's shoulder as her demon fox martial soul manifested.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill! Demon Charm!"