Gunzi: Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Was Invincible Under Heaven!

"And I heard the person who beat them up was especially young."

"Apparently, he was about the same age as us."

"Most importantly..."

As if remembering something, Ning Rongrong's tone carried a trace more surprise.

"That person's martial soul was actually a Bone Dragon!"

At those words, Zhu Zhuqing abruptly raised her head, her face full of shock.

"A Bone Dragon?"

Ning Rongrong froze for a moment. She clearly had not expected Zhu Zhuqing to react so strongly.

"Yeah, a Bone Dragon, just like Grandpa Bone's. I heard it was an especially huge white skeletal dragon. After martial soul possession, he even had white bone armor and bone claws on his arms."

"And he was a Three-Ring Soul Elder."

At this point.

Ning Rongrong could not help sighing.

"I heard Xiao Ao say earlier that his second Soul Ring was actually at the thousand-year level. Dai Mubai and Fatty teamed up against him, but he still beat them terribly."

However, Zhu Zhuqing had barely heard the rest of what Ning Rongrong said.

Bone Dragon, white bone armor, an age close to theirs, a Three-Ring Soul Elder—when all that information came together, a familiar black figure almost instantly surfaced in her mind.

Half a year ago.

Near the Star Dou Great Forest, she had been hunted down by people sent by her family. Just when she had nearly been unable to hold on any longer, a boy in black had suddenly appeared.

"Gu Ling!"

A clear ripple appeared in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes as she thought to herself.

Could it be him?

She almost instinctively felt that it was. Bone Dragon martial souls were already exceedingly rare, and his age matched perfectly. Besides, half a year ago, Gu Ling had already been preparing to head to Heaven Dou City.

Now that he had appeared in Soto City...

It did not seem impossible.

Ning Rongrong had originally been talking about what happened yesterday, but as she spoke, she noticed that Zhu Zhuqing had suddenly fallen silent. Not only was she silent, she was clearly distracted.

Ning Rongrong blinked and asked in confusion.

"Zhuqing?"

No response.

"Zhuqing? What's wrong?"

Ning Rongrong called again, and Zhu Zhuqing finally snapped back to her senses.

"Hm?"

Ning Rongrong immediately narrowed her eyes.

Something was off.

Definitely off!

After knowing Zhu Zhuqing for so long, when had she ever seen her react like this after hearing news about some strange man?

Ning Rongrong could not help leaning closer as she probed.

"Zhuqing."

"Do you know that person?"

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes flickered slightly. Somewhat surprised, she asked.

"Why do you ask?"

Ning Rongrong pointed at her, putting on an expression as though she had seen through everything long ago.

"Why else? When I said Dai Mubai got beaten up earlier, you had no reaction at all. But the moment I mentioned that person's martial soul was a Bone Dragon, you immediately looked up. Then you even spaced out just now."

At this point, the expression on her face gradually turned strange.

"Could it really be such a coincidence?"

"You actually know him?"

Zhu Zhuqing fell silent for a moment before finally nodding lightly and replying indifferently.

"Maybe I do!"

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

During that week, the Imperial Dou Team continued following the plan Qin Ming had made, heading to the Soto Great Soul Arena every day to participate in soul battles.

The results were no different from when they had traveled south before.

Victory after victory!

Whether in one-on-one matches, two-on-two matches, or the most important team battles, the Imperial Dou Team maintained an astonishingly high win rate.

Especially in team battles. After Gu Ling joined, the Imperial Dou Team's already well-rounded lineup became even more troublesome. Spatial Traversal, large-scale battlefield control, long-range bone spikes, combined with the abilities of Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the others—ordinary Soul Elder teams found it difficult to pose any real threat to them.

In just one week.

The Imperial Dou Team had completely caught the attention of the higher-ups at the Soto Great Soul Arena.

That very night, after several days of recuperation, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's injuries had finally recovered for the most part. The Shrek Seven Monsters gathered once more.

Yu Xiaogang brought them to the Soto Great Soul Arena again, preparing to continue their team battles.

But after Yu Xiaogang took out the Shrek Seven Monsters' team battle badge to register, the staff member in charge of registration saw the name on the badge and suddenly changed expression.

"Sir, please wait a moment."

With that, the staff member quickly left with the badge.

Not long afterward, he returned with Supervisor Ao.

Supervisor Ao did not waste words and directly explained his purpose. Recently, a Silver Soul Team made entirely of Soul Elders had arrived at the Soto Great Soul Arena, yet their strength far surpassed that of ordinary Soul Elder teams.

For several consecutive days, some nobles had placed heavy bets on this team. Since they had kept winning, they had already caused the Soto Great Soul Arena considerable losses.

Yet according to the arena's rules, they could not send a Soul Ancestor team to face them.

Therefore, they hoped the Shrek Seven Monsters would enter the central main soul arena tonight and fight a team battle against this Silver Soul Team.

As the inviting party, the Great Soul Arena offered extremely generous terms. Each participating soul master would receive five hundred Gold Soul Coins, and if the Shrek Seven Monsters won, they would receive an additional reward of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins!

Yu Xiaogang considered it for only a moment before agreeing. After all, they were short on money!

Before long, the Shrek Seven Monsters were gathered again in the waiting room by the staff. Flanders, Zhao Wuji, and the others also hurried over.

Yu Xiaogang stood beside the table. Before him lay information on their opponents that the Soto Great Soul Arena had just delivered. His expression was clearly much more solemn than usual as he said.

"Your opponents tonight are very strong. At least on paper, they may be the strongest Soul Elder team you have encountered so far."

Dai Mubai frowned, somewhat unconvinced.

"How strong could they be?"

Master did not answer. He merely pushed the documents on the table toward everyone.

Four words at the very top were especially eye-catching: Imperial Dou Team! Below them was the information registered at the Soto Great Soul Arena for the team's current members:

Captain: Yu Tianheng. Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Level thirty-nine attack-type battle soul master. Soul Rings: two yellow, one purple.

Vice Captain: Dugu Yan. Martial Soul: Jade Phosphor Serpent. Level thirty-eight control-type battle soul master. Soul Rings: two yellow, one purple.

Next came Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, Ao Sili, and Ye Lingling.

At this point, the information was not too different from what Master had expected from a top-tier Soul Elder team. Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Jade Phosphor Serpent, Black Tortoise... there was almost not a single ordinary martial soul among them!

But what truly caused the atmosphere in the room to abruptly change was the final line.

The eighth team member.

Gu Ling, age: twelve. Martial Soul: Bone Dragon. Level thirty-seven attack-type battle Soul Elder. Soul Ring configuration: one yellow, two purple!

The instant they saw that name, the room suddenly fell silent. Tang San's pupils contracted sharply, while Xiao Wu sprang to her feet from her chair.

"Gu Ling?!"

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's expressions also turned extremely ugly at once. Of course, they could not possibly forget that name!

It was that bastard who had beaten the two of them so badly that they had been bedridden for days!

Ma Hongjun even subconsciously touched his face. Even now, he seemed able to recall the feeling of Gu Ling's fist smashing into it that night.

"Damn it..."

"Why is it this guy again?"

Standing behind them, Flanders's originally calm expression stiffened slightly as well.

Gu Ling?

Why was this brat part of the Imperial Dou Team too? Immediately afterward, the events from a week ago involuntarily surfaced in his mind. The ten-move agreement, Gu Ling repeatedly toying with him, and finally, him shamelessly using his martial soul and soul skills—yet still failing to touch his opponent.

Meanwhile.

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been standing silently at the edge of the crowd, saw the two words Gu Ling in the documents. A clear ripple appeared in her originally icy eyes as she thought to herself.

It really was him.

Ning Rongrong beside her noticed the change immediately. She looked at Gu Ling's name in the documents, then at Zhu Zhuqing, and her gaze instantly became meaningful.

However, Yu Xiaogang did not notice any of this. At that moment, all his attention had fallen on Gu Ling's information. His originally solemn expression gradually relaxed as he said.

"Gu Ling is indeed very strong."

"But you do not need to fear him too much."

"Do not forget that tonight's match is a seven-man team battle, not a one-on-one soul battle."

"I studied Gu Ling's abilities six years ago. His strength lies in nothing more than his exceptional individual combat ability. The Bone Dragon martial soul gives him physical qualities far beyond soul masters of the same rank, and his spatial soul skills make it difficult for ordinary soul masters to confront him head-on."

"So in one-on-one soul battles, he is indeed extremely troublesome. Even if your soul power is higher than his, as long as you cannot catch him, he can only keep searching for openings bit by bit."

"But team battles are different. Just because a soul master is powerful in a solo fight does not mean he is equally unbeatable in a seven-man team battle. In my view, once Gu Ling's fighting style is placed in a team battle, his threat will actually drop sharply."

At those words, Ma Hongjun's eyes lit up as he looked at Yu Xiaogang with admiration.

"Master, you mean..."

Yu Xiaogang glanced at Tang San and said confidently.

"Because we have Little San. Why is Gu Ling difficult to deal with? Because when you fought him before, no one could truly restrict his range of movement."

"His spatial soul skills allow him to change positions at any time. As long as the battlefield is spacious enough, he can naturally go wherever he wants. But Little San is a control-type soul master."

"The true strength of a control-type soul master has never been frontal attacks, but control over the entire battlefield! Blue Silver Grass can spread out in great quantities and restrict the opponent's space to move."