Shaking Heaven, Shattering Earth—One Strike to Finish Him

Ye Han walked straight up to Lin Feng under the others' skeptical, indifferent gazes and gave a slight nod.

"Teacher Lin, I'm Ye Han, the new substitute member."

Lin Feng sized Ye Han up, his gaze lingering briefly on the boy's calm, unruffled face before he nodded.

"So you're Ye Han. Welcome to the team."

Before he finished speaking, an indifferent snort came from nearby.

"Kid, how old are you? What's your soul power level?"

Yan crossed his arms and raised his chin slightly, showing no courtesy toward the newly arrived substitute.

Ye Han turned to glance at him, his expression calm.

"Fifteen. Level forty-five."

The moment he said that, the arena fell silent.

The few of them looked at one another, all finding it hard to believe.

Among the seven main members, aside from the support-type soul master Xu Yu, all of them had soul power above level forty-five.

Yet without exception, they were all several years older than Ye Han.

Xie Yue had broken through level forty at sixteen, which was already considered the fastest achievement among this group.

But this kid before them had broken through level forty before he was fourteen?

Yan frowned, clearly unconvinced.

"Kid, are you really level forty-five? What's your Martial Soul? Show us your Spirit Rings."

Ye Han didn't respond at once. His gaze swept across the seven people in front of him.

Though he hadn't met them before, their appearances made it easy enough to identify them.

This red-haired youth with the arrogant mouth was Yan, the strongest member of the team overall.

The silver-haired youth standing beside Yan, composed in bearing and cold in appearance, had to be the team captain, Xie Yue.

The girl beside Xie Yue, with enchanting eyes and a stunning figure, was Hu Liena.

Further to the side stood a tall man who looked somewhat older than the others. He was Sun Chuantao.

The fat man beside Sun Chuantao was Li Kai.

The lanky young man next to Li Kai was the team's support-type soul master, Xu Yu.

And the slender girl was Zhang Ping, the Golden-Waisted Swallow soul master.

"Though I've only just arrived, I understand your rules. I know you all became the team's main members only after passing through layers of selection. I understand your doubts, but I'll let my strength do the talking and prove that I'm qualified to remain on the field when it matters."

Ye Han was neither humble nor overbearing, and his words were fairly polite.

But the composure and confidence in his bones sounded somewhat grating to those who were already dissatisfied.

"So you mean... you want to spar with us?"

The one who spoke was Li Kai. His Martial Soul was the Black-Horned Mountain Boar, his soul power was precisely level forty-five, and he was a power-attack Battle Soul Ancestor.

Everyone watched Ye Han, wanting to see what he was capable of.

Ye Han looked at Li Kai and lifted the corner of his mouth slightly.

"You want a one-on-one? Then let's give it a try."

"Straightforward! You're not bad, kid!"

Li Kai clapped his hands and strode toward the center of the arena.

The others tacitly stepped back, clearing an open space for the two of them.

Yan leaned off to the side, crossing his arms with interest.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena stood side by side, both watching Ye Han, eager to see just how capable this kid was for claiming to be level forty-five at fifteen.

"Martial Soul, possess me!"

Li Kai shouted low.

His body abruptly swelled by a full size. Dull black bristles emerged across his skin, two curved tusks protruded from the corners of his mouth, and his once fairly amiable round face now carried a fierce air.

Two yellow and two purple Spirit Rings rose from beneath his feet and circled his body as waves of soul power spread outward.

"Come on, let everyone see your Martial Soul!"

Li Kai bent his knees slightly and assumed a charging stance, his eyes fixed on Ye Han.

Ye Han calmly extended his right hand.

A flash of dark golden light appeared in his palm, and a long staff condensed out of thin air.

The entire staff was covered in dragon scales. Its body was ancient and weighty, faintly gleaming with a dark golden luster.

At the edge of the arena, Lin Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.

"That's... the Coiling Dragon Staff?!"

Lin Feng knew that the Martial Souls of Qianjun Douluo, the Sixth Consecration Hall Elder, and Demon Subduing Douluo, the Seventh Consecration Hall Elder, were both the Coiling Dragon Staff.

Could this youth before him have been brought here by those two Consecration Hall Elders?

Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena didn't recognize the Coiling Dragon Staff, but merely from the heavy, profound aura it gave off as it formed, they could tell that this weapon Martial Soul was far from ordinary.

All their expressions changed.

"Stop dawdling and release your Spirit Rings already."

Li Kai urged him.

His gaze had been drawn to the dark golden staff for a moment, but he quickly suppressed his surprise and resumed his charging stance.

Holding the staff in one hand and angling it toward the ground, Ye Han said calmly,

"I don't need to release my Spirit Rings. We can begin."

Li Kai froze for a moment, feeling slighted. His face immediately flushed red.

"You little brat, you're young but sure arrogant! Fine, I'll show you what I've got!"

Before his voice faded, his third Spirit Ring suddenly lit up.

A faint red glow appeared over his pitch-black bristles, and the muscles across his body bulged.

It was a strengthening soul skill, increasing all his attributes—strength, speed, defense, and more—by fifty percent.

Boom!

Li Kai stomped hard on the ground and shot toward Ye Han like a cannonball.

Ye Han remained where he stood. The Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand suddenly swept upward, carrying a deep, mighty force.

Second form of the Unyielding Staff Technique, Shaking Heaven, Shattering Earth!

This move emphasized an explosive release of power, generating a powerful shockwave through the staff technique and inflicting a fierce physical impact on the enemy.

At present, Ye Han had mastered the first four forms of the Unyielding Staff Technique.

Each form was comparable to a self-created soul skill.

The Unyielding Staff Technique would grow stronger along with the improvement of his strength.

With his current abilities, every form of the Unyielding Staff Technique possessed the might of a ten-thousand-year soul skill.

Ye Han swung the Coiling Dragon Staff, creating an invisible shockwave.

Li Kai's charge was forcibly cut short by the terrifying impact rushing at him, as though he had slammed into an invisible iron wall.

With a muffled grunt, his massive body was lifted off the ground by the shockwave and sent flying backward. He crashed heavily onto the ground dozens of meters away, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

The edge of the arena fell deathly silent.

Everyone was stunned.

Li Kai, a level forty-five soul master charging at full force with a strengthening soul skill active, had actually been blasted away by a single strike from Ye Han, who hadn't even released his Spirit Rings?

The few of them looked at one another, completely dumbfounded.

Ye Han withdrew his staff and stood calmly, his expression unchanged.

"Anyone else want to try?"

"I will!"

Sun Chuantao was somewhat unwilling to accept this and stepped forward.

His Martial Soul was the Ringed Great Blade. He was a level forty-six power-attack Battle Soul Ancestor, and his strength within the team was second only to Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena.

Xie Yue patted Sun Chuantao on the shoulder and quietly reminded him,

"His Martial Soul possesses tremendous strength. Don't attack him at close range."

"Understood."

Sun Chuantao walked into the arena and activated his Martial Soul.

A Ringed Great Blade half a man's height floated at his side, its edge glinting with cold metallic light.

Two yellow and two purple Spirit Rings lit up in succession. As his soul power surged, the great blade gave off a low hum.