588 Consecutive Soul Arena Victories, Purple-Gold Badge

Three years later.

Soto City Soul Arena.

Duan Yu stood in the highest-level private room of the Soul Arena, overlooking the entire venue.

Over the past three years, Duan Yu had fought 587 matches here without a single defeat.

He had also risen from the lowest Iron Badge all the way to the highest-ranked Purple-Gold Badge.

The name "Kong Ming" had thoroughly resounded throughout Soto City Soul Arena over those three years.

Quite a few people had come to challenge him after hearing of his reputation, but without exception, they had all lost before Kong Ming.

Today would be his final match here. Once it was over, he did not plan to keep fighting.

Honestly, match after match had all felt the same. There simply were no opponents worth his going all out against.

When he heard the host call his name, silver light flashed around him, and he instantly appeared on the fighting stage.

The host had long since grown accustomed to such a sight.

"Kong Ming" was the Soul Arena's most mysterious contestant. Not only was his strength unfathomable, even his abilities remained incomprehensible to this day.

With Kong Ming's arrival, the spectator stands instantly erupted.

"Ahhh, it's Kong Ming! This match is in the bag!"

"For sure! I heard Kong Ming won't fight anymore after this match. I just wonder who today's unlucky bastard is."

"I know! I think it's that blond guy."

"What blond guy? That's the Evil-Eyed White Tiger."

That was right. Dai Mubai of Shrek Academy was the one facing Duan Yu in this Soul Battle.

Seeing that the atmosphere had been thoroughly stirred up, the host immediately announced, "The Soul Battle begins!"

Dai Mubai had spent the past year frequenting Soto City Soul Arena and had long known about this "Kong Ming."

At the announcement, Dai Mubai roared, released his martial soul, and charged toward Duan Yu.

At the same time, the yellow hundred-year soul ring beneath his feet lit up.

"First Soul Skill, White Tiger Body Barrier!"

Dai Mubai's strength had already increased after he released his White Tiger martial soul.

Under the effects of White Tiger Body Barrier, Dai Mubai's burly body swelled further, his muscles bulged, and his tiger claws grew larger as well.

He knew full well how powerful Kong Ming was. If he wanted to win this match, he could only erupt with all his strength and search for the slightest opening.

Watching Dai Mubai transform under the White Tiger martial soul, Duan Yu's lips curved up unconsciously. Another beast martial soul.

Duan Yu released his martial soul. As usual, a clear dragon's roar rang out, instantly suppressing Dai Mubai's Evil-Eyed White Tiger.

Dai Mubai hurriedly steadied the unease deep within his martial soul before barely managing to stabilize himself.

Although Duan Yu had released his martial soul, he concealed his soul ring configuration—one yellow, two purple, and one black—within space, keeping it hidden from everyone.

"Kong Ming, aren't you going to use a soul skill?"

Seeing that Kong Ming had only released his martial soul and still had not used any soul skills, Dai Mubai instantly grew furious.

"Kong Ming, you'll pay for underestimating me."

As he spoke, Dai Mubai swung a claw directly at Kong Ming.

A flash of silver passed through Duan Yu's eyes. A mere Evil-Eyed White Tiger wanted to clash head-on with the Spatial Dragon King? How laughably ignorant.

Duan Yu's hands became covered in Spatial Dragon Claws. Without dodging or evading, he met the attack head-on.

The moment they collided, Dai Mubai sensed how troublesome his opponent was. He was already a level 28 Soul Venerable.

With the enhancement of White Tiger Body Barrier, he could even fight an ordinary three-ring Soul Venerable.

But he did not know that Kong Ming was not a three-ring Soul Venerable at all, but a genuine four-ring Soul Ancestor.

When facing Kong Ming's pair of dragon claws, he actually felt pressure. Even the surrounding space seemed to be rejecting him.

Not good.

Dai Mubai was shocked. He did not dare continue deadlocking with Duan Yu, and his second soul ring lit up without hesitation. Intense white light condensed into a beam and shot toward Duan Yu.

At that same moment, countless spatial rifts rapidly formed under Duan Yu's control and swept toward Dai Mubai, colliding with that beam of light.

If Dai Mubai had been even a little slower, he would have been dragged into the spatial rifts and lost his ability to fight outright.

Duan Yu seemed to have anticipated Dai Mubai's response. With a flicker of his body, waves of dragon roars echoed through the arena as he forcibly tore open countless more spatial rifts.

Duan Yu pointed forward, and innumerable spatial elements gathered at his index finger.

A silver ray flashed through the air and shot straight toward Dai Mubai.

Even from so far away, Dai Mubai could feel the terror behind that finger strike.

Just as Dai Mubai wanted to retreat, he discovered that countless spatial rifts had already surrounded him. There was nowhere left to retreat.

Seeing that he could not dodge, Dai Mubai took a deep breath and mobilized all his soul power, intending to withstand the attack head-on.

Yet the instant he came into contact with that silver light, the spatial rifts surrounding him suddenly erupted. Layer upon layer of space overlapped, forming a terrifying spatial storm.

To outsiders, this silver storm was incomparably magnificent, beautiful beyond description.

But only Dai Mubai, trapped within that silver storm, understood its horror. It was nothing less than a rose covered in thorns.

In just an instant, he felt countless spatial elements slicing through his body.

After enduring the grand baptism of the silver storm for more than ten seconds, Dai Mubai could no longer hold on and collapsed headfirst onto the ground.

The victor had been decided.

The host seemed to have expected this result. He pulled out a prepared script in advance and congratulated him.

"Congratulations to Kong Ming for winning once again! Kong Ming has now achieved 588 consecutive victories, ranking first in Soto City Soul Arena!"

Although the spectators had long known that Kong Ming would likely win this match as he always did,

they were still shocked and awed when Kong Ming truly achieved 588 consecutive victories without a single loss.

"As expected of Kong Ming. In only three years, he reached Soto City Soul Arena's Purple-Gold Badge."

"This match had been a foregone conclusion from the start. No matter what sort of opponent came, Kong Ming would win with an overwhelming advantage.

"Still, it seems Kong Ming is withdrawing from one-on-one Soul Battles after this match. Who knows whether we'll ever get another chance to see him."

But none of that had anything to do with Duan Yu.

After the match ended, he went straight to a private room on the third floor of the Soul Arena and pushed open the door.

The moment Duan Yu entered, someone threw herself into his arms.

It was Dugu Yan.

Over the past three years, his relationship with Dugu Yan had grown increasingly close.

Looking at Duan Yu's triumphant return, Dugu Yan congratulated him.

"Xiao Yu, congratulations. You got the Purple-Gold Badge. Let alone us, even those prodigies from Spirit Hall don't have one."

Yu Tianheng, standing nearby, nodded as well. "Yan'er is right. Purple-Gold Badges are extremely rare. Before you, no one had ever obtained one through 588 consecutive victories."

"In any case, congratulations."

The remaining five people chimed in together.

"Exactly. Our team has a Purple-Gold Badge holder now. That'll make us look good when we tell people."

Duan Yu smiled and returned Dugu Yan's smile. "Thank you, Sister Yan."

As he spoke, he punched Yu Tianheng lightly on the shoulder, then clasped his hands toward everyone.

"Then I'll thank everyone for the congratulations."

After Duan Yu exchanged pleasantries with the others, Dugu Yan reached out and grabbed his hand.

"What is it, Sister Yan?"

Dugu Yan glanced toward the others, who were chatting animatedly, and said in a low voice.

"Xiao Yu, my grandfather wants to meet you."