A week later.
Inside the Body Sect.
Zhang Lexuan was still in secluded cultivation, but the natural energy surrounding her room had grown increasingly dense, even forming a tiny vortex above it. Clearly, she would soon emerge and become the youngest Titled Douluo the continent had seen in thousands of years.
She was not yet twenty-five. Even without taking an immortal herb, she had an excellent chance of becoming a Titled Douluo before thirty.
Zhang Lexuan could now rightly be called the strongest of the continent's younger generation.
Once she became a Titled Douluo, even some long-established Titled Douluo would likely be no match for her.
At the training grounds behind the mountain.
Over a hundred Body Sect disciples had gathered there. Some had thick arms, others long legs, but without exception, their martial souls were parts of their bodies.
Chen Tianyuan and Long Aotian stood facing each other on the grounds, less than fifty meters apart.
The auras both exuded already far surpassed-even overwhelmed-those of the surrounding Body Sect disciples.
Long Aotian was fifteen that year, and his martial soul was his skin. Skin was the human body's largest organ, and as a martial soul, its quality undoubtedly reached the level of a super martial soul.
After taking an immortal herb, his cultivation had leaped to rank sixty. All he needed was a soul ring to become a full-fledged Soul Emperor.
He had been the one to request today's battle with Chen Tianyuan. Among the Body Sect's younger generation, his cultivation exceeded everyone else's. Even Vina, who possessed twin martial souls, struggled to keep pace with him.
Over the years, he had only ever used his full strength when sparring with the sect's elders.
Now, after taking an immortal herb, he was eager to see how far he stood