Bone Dragon vs. Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon! Ning Fengzhi and Two Others Watch?

A few days later.

Led by Qin Ming, Gu Ling finally arrived at the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire—Heaven Dou City.

As the most prosperous city in the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City was on a scale that Notting City simply could not compare to. Carriages and pedestrians flowed along its broad streets, shops stood row upon row, and richly dressed nobles and Soul Masters could be seen everywhere.

However, Gu Ling did not stay in the city for long.

That very day.

Qin Ming took him directly to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As for the matter of noble status, just as Qin Ming had said before, it caused Gu Ling no trouble at all.

Twelve years old, with Soul Power above rank thirty.

Bone Dragon Martial Soul, Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, Five-Thousand-Year Third Soul Ring!

After Gu Ling displayed his Martial Soul and three Soul Rings, the attitudes of the academy teachers in charge of assessment changed almost immediately.

What rule about only accepting nobles?

Before a true genius, exceptions could naturally be made, especially with Qin Ming, a teacher of the Imperial Dou Team, personally guaranteeing him.

Thus, Gu Ling completed his enrollment procedures that very day and was directly brought by Qin Ming into the Imperial Dou Team.

On the training ground.

Qin Ming lightly waved to the group in the distance and said seriously:

"Come over here."

"Starting today, our Imperial Dou Team will have a new member."

At his words, the people who had been training stopped one after another. Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling naturally already knew Gu Ling, while the others were meeting him for the first time.

Qin Ming first pointed at Yu Tianheng and introduced him to Gu Ling.

"Yu Tianheng, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, assault type."

Then came Dugu Yan.

"Dugu Yan, Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, control type."

"Ye Lingling, Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul, support type. You already know these three."

Gu Ling nodded lightly as Qin Ming continued introducing the rest.

"Shi Mo and Shi Mo are biological brothers. Both possess Black Tortoise Martial Souls and are defense-type Soul Masters."

The two especially burly youths nodded at Gu Ling at the same time.

"Yu Feng, Wind Chime Bird Martial Soul, agility-attack type."

A tall, slender young man smiled and waved at Gu Ling.

Finally.

Qin Ming pointed to another youth dressed in black.

"Osler, Ghost Leopard Martial Soul, also an agility-attack type."

After introducing everyone, Qin Ming briefly introduced Gu Ling to the group as well.

However, there was no need for him to say anything about Gu Ling's Soul Ring configuration. When the yellow, purple, and purple Soul Rings truly appeared before them, Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi brothers reacted no better than Yu Tianheng and the others had when they first saw them.

Especially after learning that Gu Ling's third Soul Ring was a full five thousand years old, the way they looked at him became noticeably stranger.

What ordinary new teammate? An outright monster had joined them!

After the brief introductions, Qin Ming quickly got to the point and said in a deep voice:

"Although you are all among the finest students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, true combat ability has never been something that can be honed through academy training alone."

"So, starting today, the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena will be the Imperial Dou Team's main training ground for some time to come."

Gu Ling naturally had no objections.

Actual combat was one of the fastest ways to improve battle experience.

Thus, that very evening.

Qin Ming led everyone to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

It was larger than any Soul Arena Gu Ling had ever seen. The massive building resembled a prehistoric beast crouching within Heaven Dou City. Countless spectators and Soul Masters continuously entered and exited through the gates, and even from outside, one could faintly hear the cheers echoing from within.

After entering.

Qin Ming briefly explained the rules of Soul Battles to Gu Ling. They were mainly divided into three types:

One-on-one.

Two-on-two.

And seven-person team battles.

The Imperial Dou Team had originally consisted of exactly seven people.

Therefore, their team battle lineup was basically fixed.

As for two-on-two battles, since Ye Lingling was a support-type Soul Master, she had previously had no fixed partner. Usually, she would rotate partners with the other members according to Qin Ming's training arrangements for the day.

Now that Gu Ling had joined, Qin Ming directly assigned her a fixed partner. Pointing at Gu Ling and Ye Lingling, he said:

"From now on, the two of you will team up for two-on-two Soul Battles."

Gu Ling had no objection and nodded slightly. Ye Lingling was clearly stunned for a moment, but she soon nodded gently as well.

Qin Ming's reasoning was simple. Gu Ling's offensive abilities were extremely powerful. He had close-range combat, long-range attacks, movement techniques, and area control.

The defense of his Bone Dragon Martial Soul was also outstanding. The only thing he somewhat lacked was recovery ability.

And Ye Lingling was precisely the opposite.

The Nine-Heart Begonia possessed almost no direct combat ability, yet it had an extraordinarily terrifying healing effect.

One would kill the enemy, while the other would ensure that the former was not easily killed. The two were clearly a perfect combination.

The facts proved.

Qin Ming's judgment was completely correct.

On the first day, Gu Ling participated in his first one-on-one Soul Battle. His opponent was a rank thirty-three assault-type Soul Elder. Less than half a minute after the battle began.

He did not even use his third Soul Skill. He merely used Void Dragon Assault to suddenly cross space and appear behind his opponent, then blasted him directly off the Soul Battle platform with a single bone claw.

The second match.

The third match.

The fourth match...

The results were almost no different.

Soul Elders of the same rank found it difficult to pose a real threat to Gu Ling.

The attack trajectory of his first Soul Skill, Spatial Rift Bone Spikes, was impossible to predict, while his second Soul Skill, Void Dragon Assault, gave him a nearly teleport-like burst of mobility.

As for his third Soul Skill... once he used it, many people did not even have time to fully unleash a Soul Skill before the mass of bone spikes forced them into a dead end.

The two-on-two battles were even more exaggerated.

Gu Ling handled the offense while Ye Lingling stood in the rear. Many times, Ye Lingling did not even have time for her healing Soul Skill to truly take effect before the battle was already over.

In just a few days.

Gu Ling participated in dozens of Soul Battles! He did not suffer a single defeat!

Even as his winning streak continued to grow, the Soul Arena began assigning him increasingly stronger opponents, yet the outcome still did not change much. That continued until the evening of the seventh day.

Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, two-on-two battle zone.

Gu Ling and Ye Lingling had just entered the waiting area when a staff member delivered the information for tonight's match.

Gu Ling casually took it. After only one glance, his expression immediately became somewhat strange.

Ye Lingling naturally noticed the change in his expression and softly asked:

"What is it?"

Gu Ling did not answer. He simply handed her the match information in his hand.

Ye Lingling lowered her head to look. The next moment, a trace of obvious astonishment appeared in her calm eyes, because their opponents for tonight's two-on-two battle were Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.

At the same time, at the entrance to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

Three figures who were clearly out of place among the ordinary spectators slowly walked in. At the front was a young man who appeared to be in his twenties.