The Violence of Ultimate Strength

In an instant, all of Xu Sanshi's previous doubts were answered. Why had she so readily agreed to fight in the Soul Fighting Area? Why had she still wagered a thousand gold soul coins despite knowing there was such a vast gap in their strength?

Having pieced everything together, Xu Sanshi finally realized that he had been played. Like an old man teasing a child, she had toyed with him in the palm of her hand, while he had foolishly sealed his third soul skill.

Xu Sanshi's face turned ashen. He had set the rules himself, so he could not possibly demand that the match be canceled.

Di Qiuli was not about to stand around waiting. A layer of golden scales spread from her right hand. As her first soul ring lit up, the golden scales nearly covered her entire body.

This was her first soul skill—Golden Dragon Body, which greatly enhanced her physical strength.

Xu Sanshi's expression was grave. Even though he had suffered a hidden loss, his fighting spirit remained high. He took half a step back with his right foot, his powerful muscles nearly bursting through his school uniform as he held the massive shield across his body.

Di Qiuli bent her legs slightly, then kicked off the ground. She shot forward like an arrow. When she reached the shield, her second and third soul rings lit up simultaneously, and her aura surged to its peak.

Xu Sanshi did not remain rooted in place either. He hurriedly unleashed his second soul skill. The originally enormous shield instantly broke apart into several smaller shields, firmly blocking Di Qiuli's path of attack.

As Di Qiuli's right fist slammed into the shield, a powerful gust of air burst forth, whipping Xu Sanshi's clothes violently.

Because Xu Sanshi's second soul skill had split the Tortoise Shell Shield into several smaller shields, layering their defenses atop one another, it successfully blocked Di Qiuli's attack. However, the first shield to take the direct blow was cracked by a single punch.

With his martial soul damaged, Xu Sanshi felt as if he had taken a punch to the chest. His face turned somewhat pale.

From that one exchange alone, Xu Sanshi understood that the girl before him had a soul power level roughly equal to his own. Coupled with her exceptionally strange martial soul and terrifyingly great strength, she was several levels stronger than even Bei Bei, whom he had fought several times.

With so many defenses layered together, his Darkworld Shield had still seemed so fragile. Yet Xu Sanshi's lips curled into a faint smile.

He had endured such a tremendous impact, so as the attacker, Di Qiuli certainly could not be feeling much better. All he needed to do was unleash his first soul skill—Darkworld Tremor—when she was sent flying back, stunning her. Then, with the combined assault of his multiple Darkworld Shields, Di Qiuli would have nowhere to evade in midair and could only submit.

"Her soul power level may be high, but her combat experience is still far too immature. Who goes all out from the very beginning?"

A cold sneer rose on Xu Sanshi's lips as he looked toward Di Qiuli. Yet she was not sent flying backward as he had imagined. Instead, she raised her left hand again and, under Xu Sanshi's stunned gaze, struck the already cracked shield once more.

This time, it did not survive. Di Qiuli smashed it straight into fragments. Before Xu Sanshi's martial soul evolved into the Black Tortoise Shield, his so-called strongest shield was nothing more than a slightly harder rock before Di Qiuli's Golden Dragon Martial Soul, a martial soul of ultimate strength.

No one had expected a duel between two three-ring Soul Elders to turn into the purest kind of primal battle. On one side were fists raining down like a storm; on the other was an airtight defense.

There were no flashy soul skills or dazzling combat techniques as imagined, only the exhilarating sensation of fists striking flesh.

Their soul power drained away like running water during the battle. As Xu Sanshi endured blow after blow and one shield after another shattered, he stared through the gaps at the humanoid tyrannosaur before him, whose fists fell like rain. A chill rose in his heart.

Her martial soul of ultimate strength naturally countered his Darkworld Shield. Their soul power was not far apart to begin with, and he had even sealed his third soul skill. His defeat was only a matter of time.

As the battle continued, everyone in the arena held their breath. Apart from the crashes of fists, there was no sound. No one had expected Xu Sanshi, one of the Outer Court's Twin Stars, to be pinned down and beaten so badly by a freshman that he could not fight back at all.

"Four shields."

"Three shields."

Xu Sanshi could only watch helplessly as the shields shattered before his eyes, unable to mount any effective counterattack. Just as the rapid barrage of punches was about to break through the last two shields and land on him, Xu Sanshi finally could not withstand the pressure in his heart any longer. He shouted, "I concede!"

As Xu Sanshi's surrender rang out, Di Qiuli also stopped attacking. The golden scales faded away, and her creamy face was already drenched in fragrant sweat. The continuous, rapid, powerful punches had consumed a great deal of her stamina and soul power as well.

"Di Qiuli wins." As the referee's announcement sounded and Di Qiuli left the arena, earthshaking cheers swept through the spectator stands, which had been silent for so long. Only then did Xu Sanshi recover from the shock of his defeat.

He returned to the lounge with a livid expression, only to meet Nanmen Yun'er's smug gaze. "Hmph. If you have the guts, fight me fairly next time."

Nanmen Yun'er turned to Yu Tianhuang and said admiringly, "You were absolutely right."

Yu Tianhuang asked, "Right about what?"

Nanmen Yun'er said, "Sure enough, he refuses to honor the bet after losing."

"Hahaha!" Yu Tianhuang burst into laughter.

Xu Sanshi had not been beaten bloody by Di Qiuli in the Soul Fighting Arena, but now he felt a surge of rebellious blood rush from his chest to his throat, a sweet metallic taste filling his mouth.

Xu Sanshi forcibly swallowed the blood back down, then angrily threw over the white porcelain bottle. He refused to continue tangling with this group of sinister, despicable people. If he exchanged another few words with them, someone might have to carry him back to his dormitory today.

Mu Feng caught the porcelain bottle and opened it. A rich water-element aura spread out, and even Yu Tianhuang and Nanmen Yun'er, who knew little about the Profound Water Pill, could sense how extraordinary the pill was from its refreshing fragrance.

As the victor, the pill naturally belonged to Di Qiuli. Mu Feng was just about to return it to her when she, having finished regulating her breathing on the bench, spoke up. "Keep it with you."

Mu Feng said in "surprise," "You're being that generous?"

Di Qiuli rolled her eyes. "So that a certain someone won't refuse me again when I ask for money later."

Mu Feng gave an awkward laugh. He was already used to her sarcasm. Besides, he had already taken many pills like this, and they barely had any effect on him anymore.

With that thought, Mu Feng took another porcelain bottle from his soul tool ring. He tossed the Profound Water Pill in his hand to Yu Tianhuang, then tossed the bottle he had just taken out to Nanmen Yun'er.

"Brother Yu, your martial soul happens to be water-attributed, so this Profound Water Pill will be of great help to you," Mu Feng said. "Yun'er, this Bone Tempering Pill can temper your bones while also improving your body's flexibility. It may not be worth as much as the Profound Water Pill, but it is still an extremely rare medicinal pill."

The two of them froze as they caught the porcelain bottles. They had not expected Mu Feng to casually toss two priceless pills to them.

With Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, two Limit Douluo, backing him, Mu Feng had a supply of most medicinal pills, apart from those with exceptionally demanding refining requirements or extraordinarily high value.

Furthermore, when he had built up his physique and foundation under Ye Xishui's guidance, he had already taken these pills. Thus, aside from occasionally taking one when he happened to remember, their effects on him were no longer as significant as they had been the first time he took them.

Seeing that this hateful fellow had casually taken out two pills to give away, while it had been harder than climbing to heaven for her to get sixty gold soul coins from him—and she had nearly been angered to tears—Di Qiuli was instantly enraged.

In an instant, all the fatigue from Di Qiuli's battle vanished. She leaped onto Mu Feng's back. Startled by her sudden attack, Mu Feng stumbled and fell to the ground. Di Qiuli lay atop him and viciously bit his shoulder like a little puppy.

For a time, Mu Feng's miserable screams echoed through the lounge.