The countdown ended.
The room went dark. Chen An felt space envelop him, and his body seemed to drop.
A moment later, solid ground returned beneath his feet and light flared. Everyone around him had vanished. He stood on a pure white floor beneath a colorless sky.
Colors marking fluctuations of Soul Power filled his vision.
Chen An was ready.
Would it be Huo Yuhao or Xiao Xiao?
"Welcome to Hero Hall. Initial trial. Difficulty: hard. Name: Chen An. Age: ten."
A young man with silver-white hair took shape. (I haven't read the original Douluo II novel, so I'm going by his appearance in the comic.)
He was tall and straight, his soft silver-white hair falling to his shoulders. His handsome face had a gentle warmth, and his expression was calm.
Chen An's first thought was not his name, but his Martial Soul. "The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?"
Four Soul Rings lit up: two yellow and two purple.
The young man's gentle eyes suddenly sharpened. Brilliant deep-blue lightning flashed through his dark pupils, and the air around him tightened and trembled.
The muscles in his right arm swelled. A close-fitting layer of fine, dark-blue Dragon Scales spread across his skin, and his five fingers lengthened into a Dragon Claw.
He would not be as easy to fight as the Soul Elders before him. Chen An released his Soul Ring, and countless scales rose and swirled around him.
This was his first time facing someone in the Four-Ring Realm while he was still in the One-Ring Realm.
"Test begins."
Chen An launched scales from a distance to test the young man's Soul Power.
A low roar of Soul Power rang out, and fine blue-violet lightning erupted around him.
Third Soul Skill—Thunderous Fury!
Blue light surged. Wrapped in raging lightning, the Dragon