After more than twenty days of arduous travel, Su Changqing finally arrived in Heaven Dou City.
Stepping down from the carriage, he saw the towering, majestic city before him, a colossal stronghold with a far deeper sense of history than Spirit City.
"Heaven Dou City, I'm back!" Su Changqing muttered to himself.
After paying the carriage fare, Su Changqing followed the crowd into Heaven Dou City.
He did not waste time wandering around. Instead, he found a quiet hotel and settled in.
He planned to begin challenging the Great Soul Arena.
"Time is running out. Dugu Yan and the others probably haven't gone to Suotuo City to meet Tang San yet. I need to speed things up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he rose and left the hotel.
The Heaven Dou Grand Soul Dueling Arena stood in the city's central district. It was an incomparably magnificent circular structure, even larger than the Great Soul Arena in Spirit City.
After paying the registration fee and registering his identity, Su Changqing's thoughts stirred when it came time to record his Soul Power Level. He directly suppressed his cultivation to level thirty-five.
He named his title "Golden Light."
Once he had completed the procedures, Su Changqing was quickly assigned his first soul duel.
His opponent was a level thirty-six assault-type Battle Spirit Master whose martial soul was the Gale Wolf. Both his speed and offensive power were quite impressive.
"Who's this? A new face!"
"What terrible luck. He ran into Wind Wolf in his first match. Even if he doesn't die, he'll be crippled! That guy's an expert who's about to achieve ten consecutive victories!"
In the audience, seeing that Su Changqing was unfamiliar, they had already sentenced him to death.
On the arena stage.
"Kid, you can still admit defeat now. Otherwise, my wolf claws won't show any mercy later!" the Gale Wolf soul master snarled.
Su Changqing could not be bothered to waste words. He merely crooked a finger at him.
"Courting death!"
Enraged, his opponent's first soul ring lit up. Green light flashed around his legs, and his speed abruptly erupted. Leaving behind streaks of afterimages, he thrust his claws straight at Su Changqing's chest.
Su Changqing did not even dodge. Golden Light covered his body as he threw a punch!
Bang!
With a dull impact, the Gale Wolf soul master felt an irresistible force crash into him. It was as though his internal organs had been displaced, and his body flew backward beyond his control!
"Puh—"
He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground without another sound.
The entire battle had lasted no more than a single breath.
The previously boisterous stands fell silent. Clearly, they could not believe the sight before them!
His opponent had not even released a soul ring or used a soul skill. A perfectly ordinary punch had instantly defeated the Gale Wolf soul master!
"Golden Light wins!" The referee stood stunned for a moment before loudly announcing the result.
Su Changqing walked off the stage expressionlessly, as though he had merely done something insignificant.
"Holy shit, that was incredible!!!"
The venue finally erupted.
Over the following days, Su Changqing came to the Great Soul Arena every day to participate in several one-on-one soul duels.
The outcomes were entirely unsurprising.
Consecutive victories! A frenzied streak of consecutive victories!
The codename "Golden Light" spread like a whirlwind through the lower-level divisions of the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Dueling Arena, and Su Changqing became a major sensation because of it.
Heaven Dou Grand Soul Dueling Arena, top-tier VIP box.
A handsome man dressed in an ornate uniform looked down at an arena below through special crystal glass.
On the stage, a white-clad youth easily defeated a level forty-one Soul Ancestor with an almost crushing advantage.
The battle had been so brief that it was astonishing.
"Golden Light?"
Xue Qinghe narrowed his eyes. A moment later, an utterly certain look appeared on his face.
"The aura of that martial soul feels so familiar. Go investigate the soul master using the codename 'Golden Light.'"
He softly issued the order to a man standing behind him.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Not long afterward, the old man returned and presented a simple record. "Your Highness, this is his registration information. Codename: Golden Light. Soul Power Level: thirty-five. Martial soul registered as 'Radiant Mirai.' The remaining information is unknown.
Within seven days, he has achieved twenty-one consecutive victories in one-on-one soul duels. Every battle was ended instantly, and no one has even forced him to release a soul ring."
"Radiant Mirai? Level thirty-five? Twenty-one consecutive victories?"
Xue Qinghe lightly tapped the armrest of his chair, and a meaningful curve rose beneath his mask. "Such characteristics, such strength, and he deliberately suppressed his level... Could it be him?"
Su Changqing!
It had to be Su Changqing!
He had not expected that Su Changqing's martial soul had evolved after only a few years apart!
That pure aura of light had actually surpassed her own Sacred Angel!
"Interesting."
Xue Qinghe immediately smiled. "Su Changqing, you're making me more and more interested in you!"
After saying this, she shifted her gaze to the man beside her.
"Uncle Snake, arrange a private meeting with this 'Golden Light' in my name. The location will be the Heaven-class private room at the Heaven Dou Hotel."
"As you command, Miss."
Snake Lance Douluo bowed in acknowledgment, then left.
Having just finished another easy victory, Su Changqing was preparing to leave the Great Soul Arena when a middle-aged man dressed discreetly but in exceptionally fine clothes approached him with refined manners.
"You are Golden Light?"
Seeing that the man's attitude was not particularly friendly, Su Changqing immediately became wary.
Hm? I can't sense his cultivation. Could he be a Title Douluo? Su Changqing thought to himself.
His mind was already racing as he considered ways to escape!
However, the man had no intention of attacking. Instead, he handed over a simple, elegant invitation.
In one corner of the invitation was an inconspicuous snowflake emblem, one of the symbols of the Heaven Dou imperial family.
Su Changqing's gaze swept over the snowflake emblem, and his heart stirred slightly.
He accepted the invitation and swept it with his spiritual power. He immediately sensed an extremely pure and noble aura of light lingering upon it. Though exceedingly faint, there was no mistaking it!
The only person who possessed such an aura and used the Heaven Dou imperial family's emblem was Qian Renxue!
She had indeed figured out his identity after all!
A teasing smile appeared beneath Su Changqing's mask.
He had already suppressed his level, and his martial soul had even evolved, yet she had still recognized him so quickly!
He was now rather curious whether Qian Renxue had summoned him to recruit him or for some other reason.
"Thank you." Su Changqing put away the invitation and spoke respectfully.
Snake Lance Douluo nodded, then turned and departed.
Su Changqing watched the direction in which he disappeared, his expression somewhat grave.
She came looking for me so quickly. Qian Renxue must be unable to wait any longer, right?
Su Changqing had already roughly guessed her purpose and begun forming plans in his mind.
He no longer dwelled on it. Instead, he opened the letter, confirmed the meeting place, and promptly burned it.
At night, the Heaven-class private room of the Heaven Dou Hotel.
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