Sun-Moon Prodigy Ranking, Ninth Place: Xue Li (Part 2)!

[The Heaven-Shaking Bow was a top-tier weapon martial soul, and one of the most powerful bow-type martial souls.]

[It was precisely because his martial soul was the Heaven-Shaking Bow that Xue Li's innate soul power had reached level ten, a level countless Soul Masters across the Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent dreamed of.]

[Like Zhao Yun's Dragon Gallbladder Bright Silver Spear, Xue Li's Heaven-Shaking Bow possessed something special.]

[The Dragon Gallbladder Bright Silver Spear was special because it had two Martial Soul True Bodies instead of one, and because once its soul power reached a certain realm, it could gain an exceptionally powerful domain. The Heaven-Shaking Bow, on the other hand, was special because it came with a soul skill of its own.]

[The Heaven-Shaking Bow's innate soul skill meant that when Xue Li became a one-ring Soul Master, he would possess two soul skills. When he became a two-ring Grand Soul Master, he would possess three soul skills. And when he became a nine-ring Titled Douluo, he would possess a full ten soul skills, always one soul skill ahead of Soul Masters at the same realm.]

[Do not underestimate the value of a single soul skill. Sometimes, the outcome of a battle came down to just one soul skill.]

[Furthermore, the soul skill the Heaven-Shaking Bow gave Xue Li was not weak. It could even be described with four words: terrifyingly powerful.]

[That soul skill was called the Companion Spirit Artifact.]

[The skill allowed Xue Li to obtain a spirit artifact.]

[The spirit artifact was completely random. It could be a saber, spear, staff, or club; it could also be an axe, halberd, hook, or fork.]

[Xue Li's Companion Spirit Artifact?]

[It was a Sky-Piercing Halberd!]

[As long as Xue Li wished it, he could fight with either his Heaven-Shaking Bow martial soul or his Sky-Piercing Halberd Companion Spirit Artifact.]

[The strength of the Sky-Piercing Halberd was closely tied to the Heaven-Shaking Bow.]

[The stronger the Heaven-Shaking Bow, the stronger the Sky-Piercing Halberd.]

[The weaker the Heaven-Shaking Bow, the weaker the corresponding Sky-Piercing Halberd.]

[With the Heaven-Shaking Bow martial soul, Xue Li likewise became a seven-ring Soul Saint at eighteen and a nine-ring Titled Douluo at twenty-three. His soul ring configuration was also slightly better than Zhao Yun's: one yellow, three purple, four black, and one red.]

[Zhao Yun, the Dragon Might General of the Sun Moon Empire who had previously entered the Sun-Moon Continent Prodigy Ranking, had notable battle records?]

[Xue Li, the Divine Archer General of the Sun Moon Empire who had now entered the Sun-Moon Continent Prodigy Ranking, likewise had notable battle records!]

[Xue Li had two most famous battle records.]

[The first: Three Arrows Pacify Tianshan!]

[When Xue Li pacified Tianshan with three arrows, the Sun Moon Empire was not yet the Sun Moon Empire, but merely the Sun Moon Kingdom. At the time, the Sun Moon Kingdom was at war with the neighboring Kindwater Kingdom. Both sides wanted to conquer and annex the other, making themselves stronger.]

[Under the orders of Xu Que, lord of the kingdom, Xue Li led troops to attack Tianshan City of the Kindwater Kingdom.]

[Tianshan City possessed dangerous terrain. Attacking from below while defending from above, it was exceptionally easy to defend and difficult to attack.]

[Being easy to defend and difficult to attack would have been one thing, but three nine-ring Titled Douluo were also stationed within the city.]

[Upon arriving, Xue Li wasted no words and directly led his troops forward, arriving beneath the city walls.]

[Beneath the city, Xue Li issued a challenge. When the three nine-ring Titled Douluo defending the city saw that the challenger, Xue Li, was merely an eight-ring Soul Douluo, none of them took him seriously. They threw open the city gates and taunted Xue Li to attack, looking down on him to the utmost.]

[Xue Li dismissed their contempt.]

[Looking down on him?]

[Then they could wait to pay the price!]

[After summoning his Heaven-Shaking Bow martial soul, Xue Li aimed, drew the string, gathered strength, and fired in one fluid motion, all within the span of a lightning flash.]

[The arrow shot forth with incomparable speed; even lightning paled beside it.]

[In the blink of an eye, Xue Li's arrow arrived before one of the nine-ring Titled Douluo, who had no time to react at all.]

[Before he could even feel pain, that nine-ring Titled Douluo fell.]

[Xue Li immediately fired another two arrows.]

[Those two arrows claimed the lives of the other two nine-ring Titled Douluo.]

[The Heaven-Shaking Bow, as its name implied, was a bow capable of shaking the heavens! Since Xue Li's bow could shake even the heavens, three mere nine-ring Titled Douluo were nothing worth mentioning.]

[After easily dealing with the three nine-ring Titled Douluo defending the city, Tianshan City, which had been so easy to defend and difficult to attack, naturally fell into Xue Li's hands without resistance.]

[The Sun Moon Kingdom could thus advance directly upon the royal city of the Kindwater Kingdom.]

[However, the one who later led the troops in attacking the city was no longer Xue Li, but a young general surnamed Yue.]

[This was Three Arrows Pacify Tianshan.]

[Three arrows took Tianshan City!]

[Three arrows killed three Titled Douluo!]

[Having spoken of the first, now for the second.]

[After the Sun Moon Kingdom dealt with the Kindwater Kingdom, it immediately attacked the Azure Sky Kingdom beside it.]

[Xue Li was one of the many generals leading the invasion.]

[He led five thousand elite soldiers and one thousand Soul Masters against Azure Sky's army of one hundred thousand and five thousand Soul Masters.]

[Xue Li had thought that a bitter battle awaited them. Yet he merely removed his hat and revealed his face. When the people of the Azure Sky Kingdom recognized him as the peerless archer who had killed three Titled Douluo with three arrows, the Azure Sky Kingdom forces, who held an overwhelming advantage on paper, did not hesitate to retreat and flee.]

[This was his second famous battle record.]

[Removing His Hat Repelled Ten Thousand Enemies!]

[Later, the Sun Moon Kingdom unified the Sun Moon Continent and became the Sun Moon Empire. Xue Li, with his illustrious military achievements, was granted the title of Divine Archer General.]

[Ninth place on the Sun-Moon Continent Prodigy Ranking: Xue Li, Divine Archer General of the Sun Moon Empire. Introduction complete!]

[Relevant opportunities are being distributed.]

[Opportunities distributed successfully!]

[Eighth place on the Sun-Moon Continent Prodigy Ranking: Ying Guanren of the Sun Moon Empire...]