Tang Ya vs. Meng Hongchen

"Ah, so Grandpa was looking at that big sister's martial soul."

"I thought Grandpa had taken a fancy to her."

Beside him, Meng Hongchen suddenly blurted that out amid the tense atmosphere.

Jing Hongchen's previously inscrutable, masterly facade shattered completely.

Ye Fan saw Jing Hongchen turn around and glare fiercely at Meng Hongchen, only for her to stick out her tongue at him in response.

"I'll deal with this girl when we get back."

Jing Hongchen withdrew his gaze, turned to face Zhang Lexuan, and said,

"Miss, it's nothing. It's just that your martial soul looks somewhat familiar. It seems rather similar to the Sun Moon Empire's imperial martial soul."

At those words, Zhang Lexuan's eyes immediately lit up.

Xuan Zi and Bei Bei, however, inwardly thought that things were going badly.

Xuan Zi immediately spoke up and asked Bei Bei, "Bei Bei, what exactly happened here?"

"Why did you clash with them?"

Hearing that, Bei Bei cooperatively replied, "Elder Xuan, it's actually nothing major."

"Xiao Ya and I were tracking a Human-Faced Demon Spider, but it got away."

"When we finally caught up with it, they intercepted us."

"I proposed settling ownership of the Soul Ring through a duel, but they refused."

The conversation between Xuan Zi and Bei Bei interrupted Zhang Lexuan and Jing Hongchen's further discussion.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Zi immediately became displeased and snapped at Jing Hongchen, "Jing Hongchen, have you no shame?"

"By the rules of Douluo Continent, if two people set their eyes on the same soul beast, they duel to determine who gets the Soul Ring."

Jing Hongchen merely said disdainfully, "I'm not from Douluo Continent."

That single sentence utterly broke Xuan Zi's composure.

But it made Ye Fan and the God of Destruction bend over laughing.

The God of Destruction inwardly thought, Jing Hongchen really knows how to shut people down. If I get the chance, I should bring him to the Divine Realm to speak for me.

"You...!"

Just as Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen were about to clash again,

Zhang Lexuan stepped forward and said rather respectfully to Jing Hongchen, "Hall Master Jing, I think this Human-Faced Demon Spider does not have long to live."

"If we keep deadlocked like this, its Soul Ring will only go to waste."

"Why don't we follow the rules of Douluo Continent and let both sides duel to determine who gets the Soul Ring?"

Hearing this, Jing Hongchen looked at the dying Human-Faced Demon Spider, then at Zhang Lexuan, who possessed an imperial martial soul.

In the end, he decided, "Fine, we'll do as the young lady says."

"We agree to a soul duel."

"Good!" Zhang Lexuan's brows relaxed as she let out a long breath. She inwardly thought, I'm never teaming up with Elder Xuan again. He may enjoy fighting, but no number of students would be enough for him to throw away with that temperament.

Zhang Lexuan returned to Bei Bei and Tang Ya's side and looked gently at Bei Bei. "Bei Bei, leave the rest to you."

Unable to withstand Zhang Lexuan's tenderness, Bei Bei could only turn his head away and say to Tang Ya, "Xiao Ya, don't put too much pressure on yourself. If it comes down to it, use the hidden weapons."

"Mm!"

Tang Ya had immense confidence in the Tang Sect's secret arts and hidden weapons, and she had always regarded reviving the Tang Sect as her duty.

"Bei Bei, in this battle, I'll definitely let them know that Tang Sect hidden weapons are no worse than soul tools."

As she spoke, Zhang Lexuan gestured for Bei Bei, Xuan Zi, and the red-clothed girl beside them to retreat, leaving Tang Ya and her opponent enough space.

On Jing Hongchen's side,

Ye Fan took the initiative to say, "Sister Meng Meng, why not let me go? I've been wanting to test myself against Shrek Academy students."

"You can have it, but you'll have to absorb this Human-Faced Demon Spider too."

With just that one sentence, Ye Fan immediately wilted. "Sister Meng Meng, that's not fair."

Meng Hongchen smiled as she walked past Ye Fan and patted him on the shoulder. "Xiao Fan, don't be discouraged. Train hard. There will be plenty of chances to fight Shrek Academy students in the Continental Soul Master Tournament."

Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen both looked at Ye Fan. They both thought Meng Hongchen was right.

Given Ye Fan's current cultivation progress, as long as nothing went wrong along the way, he could practically dominate three or four Continental Soul Master Tournaments.

Just thinking about it made Jing Hongchen a little excited. Perhaps, in my lifetime, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy's goal of defeating Shrek Academy will be achieved during my tenure.

In his heart, Jing Hongchen had already regarded Ye Fan as his foremost training prospect.

Meng Hongchen walked to the center of the field, while Jing Hongchen led Ye Fan and Xiao Hongchen to retreat to the other side.

As for the Human-Faced Demon Spider, Jing Hongchen swept it over to his side with a wave of his hand.

Xuan Zi did not try to stop him. He believed that Jing Hongchen, the dignified master of Mingde Hall, would not go back on his word after the match.

Tang Ya and Meng Hongchen took their positions.

They stood roughly fifty meters apart.

Both sides announced their information.

Tang Ya: "Martial soul, Blue Silver Grass. Level 30 Soul Elder."

Meng Hongchen: "Martial soul, Jade-eyed Ice Toad. Level 30 Soul Elder."

At this moment, Xuan Zi looked at Meng Hongchen and could not help sighing inwardly. This must be Jing Hongchen's granddaughter. She has already reached Level 30 at such a young age, and judging from the looks of it, she has not even undergone the Sun Moon Empire's medicinal acceleration. With talent like this, she will surely become a great enemy of Shrek Academy's younger generation in the future.

As he spoke, he could not help looking at Meng Hongchen, then at the red-clothed girl beside him. Only then did he feel somewhat reassured. Fortunately, Shrek has Ma Xiaotao, a young genius of this generation. It's just that the problem with her martial soul is truly troublesome.

At the same time, Tang Ya was the first to release her martial soul.

"Blue Silver Grass."

When Meng Hongchen saw that Tang Ya's martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, she revealed a disdainful expression. "This is a Shrek Academy student?"

"Her martial soul is actually the most ordinary Blue Silver Grass."

"Enough nonsense. We'll settle this with our hands."

Tang Ya was thoroughly enraged. "Take my first soul skill—Blue Silver Entanglement!"

Blue Silver Grass swept toward Meng Hongchen from an extremely strange angle.

At the same time, Meng Hongchen released her Jade-eyed Ice Toad martial soul.

As Ye Fan watched their battle from the sidelines, he saw that the Jade-eyed Ice Toad was snow-white all over, with scarlet eyes like cinnabar and cold air emanating from its entire body.

Just as Tang Ya's Blue Silver Entanglement was about to bind Meng Hongchen,

The soul tools around Meng Hongchen flashed and unleashed a volley at the Blue Silver Grass before her.

Tang Ya's Blue Silver Entanglement was completely neutralized.

"Is that all?"

Having easily blocked Tang Ya's first soul skill, Meng Hongchen wore a mocking smile.

At this moment, even Ye Fan had to sigh. Blue Silver Grass really is a useless martial soul.

Even Xuan Zi, on Shrek Academy's side, could not help saying to Bei Bei, "Bei Bei, is this the Tang Sect master who made you remain in the outer academy instead of entering the inner academy?"

"I didn't expect the Tang Sect to have declined to such a state."

"Once this is over, I'll speak to your great-grandfather and have you leave the Tang Sect as soon as possible to study in Shrek Academy's inner academy."

Bei Bei firmly refused, "Elder Xuan, I'll take responsibility for my own affairs."

"You!"

Just as Xuan Zi and Bei Bei were about to break into conflict, Zhang Lexuan timely spoke up. "Elder Xuan, letting Bei Bei join the Tang Sect was our teacher's decision. We'd better not interfere too much."

Hearing Zhang Lexuan's reminder, Bei Bei also realized that his tone had been too harsh. He immediately said to Xuan Zi, "Sorry, Elder Xuan. I was momentarily anxious and spoke disrespectfully to you."

"The Tang Sect is not actually as pathetic as you think."

Finally, Bei Bei said something to Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan in an extremely low voice.

In any case, both Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan were slightly astonished after hearing it.

"Something like that exists?"

"That person really said so?"

On the field, Tang Ya could no longer endure Meng Hongchen's mockery.

Tang Ya knew that Blue Silver Grass alone could not deal with Meng Hongchen.

Thus, Tang Ya decided to stop holding back. "You forced my hand."

As she spoke, purple light flickered in Tang Ya's eyes. Her feet moved in bizarre, irregular steps to evade Meng Hongchen's soul tool attacks, while her hands turned jade-like and wind whistled from her sleeves.

"Sister Meng Meng, be careful!"

Seeing Tang Ya like this, Ye Fan's heart suddenly jolted, and he loudly warned Meng Hongchen:

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Jing Hongchen, and the others did not know what technique Tang Ya was using, but Ye Fan understood perfectly. What Tang Ya had used was precisely the Tang Sect's secret arts: Purple Demon Eyes, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hands, and hidden weapons.

According to Douluo's setting, this combination could ultimately slay gods.

He did not know whether Meng Hongchen could withstand Tang Ya's chain of attacks, so he could only shout out a warning to her.