An Easy Victory

The corners of Nangong Tian's mouth rose. His second Soul Skill could increase his strength by one hundred percent, along with a forty-percent boost to Soul Power and strength. His second Soul Skill had already reached the attack level of a Soul Ancestor.

Just as Ning Rongrong was still worried, Mu Chen suddenly widened the distance between them. Nangong Tian's fist struck the spot where he had been standing, and Nangong Tian gained another forty-percent speed boost as he relentlessly pursued Mu Chen. The distance between their speeds was not that great.

"First Soul Skill—Silver Light Falling Blade!"

Seeing that this guy was still chasing him, Mu Chen was speechless. He activated his first Soul Skill, sending a silver blade of light carrying Sword Qi slashing toward Nangong Tian.

"Third Soul Skill—Golden Shield!" Nangong Tian's third purple soul ring lit up, and a golden shield appeared before him. The silver blade struck it, only making it tremble without piercing through it.

After blocking the attack, Nangong Tian held the shield in his left hand while swinging his gold-glowing right fist at Mu Chen.

"Second Soul Skill—Annihilation Slash!"

Mu Chen's second purple soul ring flashed. Using Shape-Shifting Shadow, he appeared before Nangong Tian, and the Emperor Dragon Sword stabbed toward him. Sensing a deadly threat, Nangong Tian hurriedly raised his shield to block it.

Mu Chen's second Soul Skill could only ignore physical defenses, but his third Soul Skill was an energy defense. As long as Mu Chen did not use his Soul Bone, he could slowly drain the other's Soul Power...

Then, the Golden Shield was directly torn apart by the terrifying sharpness of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw on Mu Chen's left hand. The Emperor Dragon Sword stopped above Nangong Tian's head, its sharp Sword Qi cutting off a lock of Nangong Tian's golden hair before it drifted to the ground.

Nangong Tian stared at the Emperor Dragon Sword before him and swallowed. "We surrender!"

"I announce that Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong are the winners!" Elder Lin declared loudly as he looked at the scene.

Mu Chen retracted his martial soul and External Soul Bone. As soon as he turned around, a figure threw herself into his arms. Naturally, it was Ning Rongrong.

"Brother Chen, I thought we would lose. This is Rongrong's first time fighting side by side with Brother Chen, and Rongrong didn't want to lose," Ning Rongrong said softly.

"Don't worry, Rongrong. Your Brother Chen has more strength than this. I haven't even fully displayed my abilities yet." Mu Chen smiled as he walked down from the duel platform with Ning Rongrong.

Their opponents truly were not weak. Among Soul Elders, they were absolutely among the best. A powerful Golden Lion assault-type Soul Master paired with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's massive enhancements gave them strength that surpassed ordinary Soul Ancestors.

Although he had won this battle, it also exposed his lack of defensive methods. Once his opponent targeted him, or if his attacks were blocked, he would be in danger.

Otherwise, he would not have been placed at such a disadvantage by Nangong Tian's first Soul Skill. What if the opponent's Soul Skill had been even stronger?

For example, if it possessed spiritual power on Hu Liena's level, he would have been completely unable to fight back.

Therefore, his third Soul Skill had to be a defensive one, preferably capable of defending against both physical attacks and spiritual power.

Even Sword Douluo, whose attack power was the Continent's number one attack power, had a defensive Soul Skill as his second Soul Skill.

A mere two-person team had already given him some trouble. What if he encountered stronger opponents, or even a fully equipped team of seven? How should he deal with that? Mu Chen began to hesitate, but he still chose to continue. Whether he won or lost, it would be an opportunity for him.

Winning would make him more confident. Losing would let him discover and solve his problems.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong, both Soul Grand Masters—and low-level Soul Grand Masters at that—successively defeated team after team of Soul Elders.

Whether in age or Soul Power, the gap between both sides was considerable, yet Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong still managed to do it.

Fortunately, there was only one team like Nangong Tian's. That team's strength was already among the very best.

Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong also had to put in some effort, but fortunately, they maintained an undefeated record.

Mu Chen finally understood why Tang San in the original story had been able to dominate the world of Soul Masters with those Tang Sect secret arts. They were simply far, far too useful. Especially when opponents could only use their own Soul Skills—at the low-level Soul Master stage, when they only had a few Soul Skills, there were simply too few ways to respond.

In the end, beneath countless gazes, Mu Chen panted heavily as he knocked a Soul Elder and a Soul Ancestor off the duel platform, ultimately winning the two-person team championship.

"Little Chen, you won't need to fight a gauntlet in the team battle. After the sect's disciples and elders discussed it, they decided to have the previous champions fight you once. If you win, you will also take first place in the team battle.

"If you lose, then things will proceed according to the original process."

Ning Fengzhi looked at Mu Chen. The excellence of these two children had still exceeded his expectations.

"Grandpa Sword?"

Mu Chen instinctively turned his gaze toward Sword Douluo. Seeing the smile on Sword Douluo's face, he immediately understood.

Well then, it seemed this was Sword Douluo's doing again.

Of course, the most important thing was that the combination of Rongrong and himself was strong enough in the first place.

Then the previous champions should also be the strongest team. The only issue was that he knew nothing about them.

"Grandpa Sword, can you tell me about them? My Soul Skills have all been revealed already," Mu Chen asked Sword Douluo. For something like this, he still had to ask his teacher.

"I can only tell you this: there is one Soul Ancestor, and the rest are all Soul Elders. Their support-type Soul Master has the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul. Their captain is a level 42 Soul Ancestor, and his martial soul is the highly offensive Dreadclaw Bear. You must be careful of his claws.

"Although the Dreadclaw Bear cannot compare to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, the difference in attack power is not very large. You also do not have any defensive Soul Skills."

Sword Douluo had wanted to say more, but at Ning Fengzhi's signal, he only revealed that much information.

In future battles, Mu Chen would not know his opponent's strength in advance. Adapting to circumstances was also part of one's strength.

A Dreadclaw Bear martial soul? Mu Chen was somewhat surprised upon hearing about the opposing captain's martial soul. It seemed that no owner of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul had appeared yet. At most, there were only the separate branches of the Dark Gold Bear and the Dreadclaw Bear.

Then what the Dreadclaw Bear inherited was the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's extraordinary attack power. With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's forty-percent enhancement, along with the cooperation of the other teammates...

A team of such strength could completely participate in the Soul Master Tournament, though their ranking would not be very high.