Ning Fengzhi's Test! Where Did Gu Ling Really Come From?

"How is it?"

The corners of Dugu Yan's lips lifted slightly as she spoke with an air of certain victory.

"Your spatial soul skill is indeed troublesome."

"But the Soul Battle Arena is only so big."

"Once my poison covers the entire arena, I'd like to see where else you can hide."

At her words, a wave of discussion immediately broke out among the spectators.

"That Bone Dragon soul master is in trouble now."

"No matter how powerful spatial soul skills are, he can't leave the arena, can he? His opponents are the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and the Jade Phosphorous Serpent. One attacks head-on while the other controls the field. Their coordination leaves him no chance at all."

In the VIP seats.

Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly as well and said to Bone Douluo beside him,

"Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan work together very well. Although that boy named Gu Ling possesses spatial soul skills, he is ultimately fighting alone."

As he spoke, Ning Fengzhi's gaze fell upon Ye Lingling not far away.

"Next, it should depend on what the Nine-Heart Begonia can do."

However, Gu Rong did not speak. His gaze remained fixed on Gu Ling.

For some reason.

Judging from Gu Ling's performance just now, he always felt that the boy had not used his full strength at all.

On the Soul Battle Arena.

Ye Lingling had likewise prepared to act at any moment, the Nine-Heart Begonia resting quietly in her palm. Yet what surprised her somewhat was that Gu Ling had never asked her to provide support. Instead, he smiled as he watched the poison mist draw ever closer.

"Heh, trying to use poison mist to compress my room to move?"

"Not a bad idea, but... who told you I only know how to run?"

As he spoke, Gu Ling slowly raised his right hand, and the first yellow Soul Ring on his body lit up!

"First Soul Skill, Spatial Rift Bone Spikes!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

More than ten stark-white bone spikes instantly condensed around Gu Ling's body!

Seeing this, Dugu Yan immediately became vigilant. She had witnessed this move firsthand. The truly dangerous thing about those bone spikes was not their speed, but their ability to traverse space!

"Tian Heng, be careful!"

The instant her words fell, the dozen or so bone spikes in midair vanished!

The next moment.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Several bone spikes drilled directly out of the space to Dugu Yan's left and right!

"So it's this move again!"

Dugu Yan had been prepared. Her body suddenly bent backward, her waist nearly curving into an exaggerated arc as she dodged the two bone spikes thrusting straight at her.

Then she tapped the ground with her toes and quickly darted to the side.

But the moment she moved, ripples appeared in the space beside her again!

"Damn it, there are more?!"

Dugu Yan's expression changed, and she hurriedly retreated. Yet that retreat was exactly what Gu Ling wanted.

"Third Soul Skill, Bone Prison Dragon's Roar!"

With a low shout, the deep-purple Soul Ring beneath Gu Ling's feet suddenly lit up!

The next second, massive amounts of stark-white bone spikes burst wildly from beneath the Soul Battle Arena without warning, instantly sweeping toward Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng!

But what was truly bizarre was that, as those bone spikes pierced out of the ground, waves of low, piercing dragon roars echoed from within them!

Roar—!

The sound did not come from Gu Ling's mouth. It vibrated from within every stark-white bone spike, as if each one contained a Bone Dragon growling in a low voice!

Invisible sound waves instantly spread out. Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng's bodies both stiffened, and the Soul Power that had been circulating rapidly through their bodies suddenly became chaotic!

The third Soul Rings that had just been about to light up beneath their feet immediately dimmed.

"This is bad, we can't activate our soul skills?!"

In the brief instant that the two fell silent, even more bone spikes thrust up from the ground in succession, crisscrossing and completely sealing off every route of retreat around them!

That was the true terror of Bone Prison Dragon's Roar.

The bone spikes attacked, controlled, and altered the terrain, while the dragon roars erupting from within them could briefly disrupt an opponent's Soul Power and prevent them from activating their soul skills smoothly!

Even if it lasted only a brief moment, it was already enough for Gu Ling.

"Not good!"

Yu Tianheng forcibly charged toward Dugu Yan, intending to rescue her, but Gu Ling's figure suddenly vanished. When he reappeared, he was already standing in Yu Tianheng's path.

Boom!

The bone claw collided head-on with the Thunder Dragon Claw. Yu Tianheng had thought that the explosive power of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would give him the upper hand, but the instant they truly connected, his expression changed drastically.

"What tremendous strength!"

Bang!

Yu Tianheng was forcibly sent flying several meters back!

"Tian Heng!"

Dugu Yan was just about to unleash a soul skill when a Spatial Rift Bone Spike suddenly drilled out from the space before her. Its sharp tip stopped less than half a foot from her brow.

At the same time, Gu Ling crossed space again and instantly appeared before Yu Tianheng, who had yet to regain his footing. His stark-white bone claw directly gripped before Yu Tianheng's throat.

The entire process took only a few breaths, and the Soul Battle Arena instantly fell silent.

The referee froze for a moment before suddenly coming to his senses.

"The match is over!"

"Gu Ling and Ye Lingling win!"

Boom—!

The entire venue erupted. Only then did everyone suddenly realize that from the beginning to the end of the battle, Ye Lingling had remained standing in the same place and had not even used a single soul skill!

In the VIP seats.

Gu Rong looked at Gu Ling on the Soul Battle Arena, and his expression changed slightly as he sighed.

"This kid is no simple matter."

Hearing that, Ning Fengzhi turned to look at him, confusion on his face.

"Uncle Bone, what's wrong?"

Gu Rong did not answer immediately. He stared at Gu Ling for quite a while before slowly saying,

"His cultivation path is completely different from mine. My Bone Dragon has always followed a defensive route, focused on strengthening bones, defense, and survivability."

"But this kid... has taken the assault route!"

Ning Fengzhi's gaze shifted slightly, signaling Bone Douluo to continue.

Gu Rong continued,

"And it isn't ordinary assault power, either."

"You all saw it just now. Aside from the formidable strength and bone hardness of his Bone Dragon Martial Soul itself, the truly troublesome part is its spatial ability."

"His first soul skill allows those bone spikes to pass directly through space and attack from positions enemies cannot anticipate. His second soul skill even allows him to perform short-range Spatial Traversal."

"Even that third soul skill from just now was clearly further strengthening control, assault power, and the Bone Dragon's own special abilities."

At this point, Gu Rong's expression became even more serious.

"Almost all of his Soul Rings have deliberately strengthened the Bone Dragon's spatial talent."

Ning Fengzhi asked somewhat doubtfully,

"Uncle Bone, doesn't the Bone Dragon itself possess spatial abilities?"

Gu Rong nodded and explained,

"It does."

"But the Bone Dragon's spatial abilities are not something low-level soul masters can easily master."

"Under normal circumstances, a Bone Dragon soul master must at least reach Rank 70 before they can fully control and skillfully use spatial abilities. Especially after obtaining a Martial Soul Avatar, the Bone Dragon Martial Soul's ability to traverse space truly reveals itself."

As he spoke, Gu Rong looked at Gu Ling again.

"But this kid is only in his thirties, and he doesn't even have a fourth Soul Ring. Yet he can already actively use Spatial Traversal in battle, and he uses it so skillfully."

"That means that from the moment he obtained his first Soul Ring, he had already consciously been developing the Bone Dragon's deepest spatial talent."

A strange light immediately flashed through Ning Fengzhi's eyes.

After a moment, he could not help but laugh.

"Twelve years old, with Soul Power in the thirties."

"A Thousand-Year Second Soul Ring, a third Soul Ring far exceeding the normal age limit, a top-tier Bone Dragon Martial Soul, and the ability to develop the Bone Dragon's spatial abilities ahead of time. He truly is an exceptionally talented child."

"More importantly, his use of his own soul skills is also very mature. In that battle just now, he did not simply suppress Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan through the age of his Soul Rings."

"Instead, he first used spatial abilities to evade their frontal attacks, then used bone spikes to force Dugu Yan to reposition, and finally used his third soul skill to restrict both of them from activating their soul skills at once."

"Throughout the entire battle, he wasted almost no opportunities."

Gu Rong rarely did not refute him. He merely nodded slightly.

"Mm."

"This kid really has something to him."

Beside them, Xue Qinghe watched the two men's reactions, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"It seems both Teacher and Senior Bone are very interested in Gu Ling."

Ning Fengzhi chuckled softly, then said seriously,

"To possess such strength at such a young age, he is indeed worth paying attention to."

Xue Qinghe slowly rose to his feet, interest evident in his eyes, before saying in a deep voice,

"If that is the case, why don't we go over and make his acquaintance directly?"

"Just in time, I also want to see."

"Just where this young man, who has managed to surprise even Senior Bone, truly comes from."