"Hu Liena, you're as confident as ever. Don't treat me like a child."
Gu Wuchen gave her a reminder. If Bibi Dong used this as a reason to scold her again, she couldn't blame him.
Hu Liena raised an eyebrow, twirling a lock of hair around her fingertip as she giggled.
"But we agreed, Young Master Gu. If you lose this time, you have to be good and let me bully you for a while. I refuse to believe you can break my illusion with one strike again, like last time!"
She had spent a very long time preparing, and Bibi Dong had also scolded her for a long time. Whenever she slacked off, she used that to discipline herself.
Gu Wuchen couldn't help laughing. Holding the Dustless Sword, he casually spun it through a flourish and said calmly, "Then you're still too confident. I'm afraid beating me won't be so easy."
The two walked into the courtyard, one after the other, and took their positions.
Hu Liena took a deep breath, her expression turning serious in an instant.
"Martial Soul, possess!"
With a sharp cry, pink demonic Qi spread through the air, and the Demon Fox Martial Soul abruptly appeared.
A fluffy fox tail grew behind her, and her ears became pointed fox ears. Three Soul Rings, two yellow and one purple, lit up in succession beneath her feet. Her presence was much stronger than when they had last met.
"First Soul Skill, Fox Charm!"
Hu Liena struck first, her First Soul Ring abruptly lighting up.
Pink charm power, several times denser than before, swept toward Gu Wuchen like a tide.
This time, the charm was no longer a simple illusion meant to lure its target. It also carried an immensely powerful mental impact. Even a Soul Master at the Soul Ancestor level would instantly lose focus and fall under her control.
Immediately afterward, Hu Liena's second Soul Skill followed:
"Second Soul Skill, Fox Fire!"
Eerie crimson Fox Fire sprang to life out of thin air, transforming into several fire snakes that roared toward Gu Wuchen, blocking every path of escape.
"Third Soul Skill, Fox Shadow Clone!"
The last purple Soul Ring lit up, and Hu Liena's figure instantly split into three.
The three clones danced at once, pink charm power weaving together with the Fox Fire to form a vast, impenetrable net that completely sealed off all of Gu Wuchen's escape routes.
The combination flowed as smoothly as clouds and water, clearly the fruit of her arduous cultivation during this time. It was more than twice as powerful as last time.
She was ready to teach him a proper lesson. She really wanted to see what someone as handsome as Gu Wuchen would look like when he fell into depravity.
A trace of surprise flashed in Gu Wuchen's eyes, followed by a hint of delight.
Hu Liena had indeed improved considerably during this time, and it was no longer like that time when he had casually broken her technique with one strike.
The stronger his opponent, the more his fighting spirit burned.
Even so, the charm posed little threat to him.
The next moment, the scene before him changed. Three Hu Liena clones, bewitchingly alluring, swayed their snakelike waists as they drew closer step by step.
"Young Master Gu, do you think I'm beautiful?"
"Just say the word, and I can satisfy any wish of yours."
The voices of the three clones rang in Gu Wuchen's ears.
"Dustless Ice Heart, activate."
Gu Wuchen murmured the words. The Snow Empress's origin imprint between his brows glowed faintly, and together with the Soul Bone's innate evil-breaking stigmata effect, it instantly brought him into a state of mind free of dust and impurities.
The charm power before him vanished without a trace, like a tide crashing against an iceberg. It failed to shake his mind even slightly.
Then a cold light flashed across his right arm, and the power of the Ice Saint Wuchen Right Arm Bone erupted.
"First Soul Skill, Dustless Blade!"
A blue ice blade instantly coated the Dustless Sword. Gu Wuchen turned his wrist and slashed.
The biting sword Qi instantly tore apart the three clones before him, and the same strike shattered the entire illusion.
As the illusion shattered, Hu Liena could hardly believe that after so little time had passed, he had once again destroyed her illusion with a single strike.
Hu Liena immediately sent all the fire snakes surrounding Gu Wuchen to attack.
The fire snakes surged madly toward him like a tide.
"Trifling tricks!" Gu Wuchen slashed horizontally.
A flash of cold sword Qi swept past, and the fire snakes vanished in an instant.
Hu Liena saw a cold light flash before her eyes, and before she could react, the icy blade was already resting lightly against her neck.
The sword Qi carried an extreme chill that made her whole body go rigid.
Holding the Dustless Sword, Gu Wuchen looked at Hu Liena, frozen in place before him, and said calmly, "You lost."
Hu Liena's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief. She instinctively took half a step back, but the sword tip followed steadily, remaining against her neck.
"How is that possible? I lost again?"
She bit her lip, her face full of grievance and unwillingness.
During this time, Bibi Dong had punished her with arduous cultivation day and night. Her charm ability was no longer what it once was; she could even charm Soul Masters at the Soul Ancestor level. So why, against Gu Wuchen, could she still not withstand even one move?
Seeing this, Gu Wuchen smiled and withdrew the Dustless Sword, sheathing it in one smooth, flowing motion.
"Your charm really has improved a lot. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on me."
Hu Liena looked at his composed expression and stamped her foot in indignation, her eyes turning slightly red.
She had lost again! And just as thoroughly!
Great. Now her teacher would laugh at her again when she went back.
"A loss is a loss."
"Doesn't the Golden Generation still have Xie Yue and Yan?"
Hearing this, Hu Liena raised her reddened eyes. "What do you mean? Do you want to challenge the two of them?"
Gu Wuchen looked at Hu Liena's displeased expression. "Of course I'm going to challenge them. Otherwise, if I keep sparring with you, it makes it look like the younger one is bullying the elder."
"The younger one bullying the elder?"
Hu Liena found those words extremely insulting.
It should have been her, the elder, bullying the younger, but coming from Gu Wuchen, it had become the younger bullying the elder.
She desperately wanted to charm Gu Wuchen, tie him straight to a bed, make him obey her wishes, and then ravage him mercilessly to vent her anger.
All of it had turned to bubbles and vanished.
Why was Gu Wuchen immune to her charm?
"Hurry up and go. Stop bothering me. Go back and tell Xie Yue and Yan to wait for me to deal with them."
Gu Wuchen waved his hand and promptly told her to leave.
Xie Yue and Yan were both Power Attack System Soul Masters. One had the Moon Blade Martial Soul, and the other had the Flame Lord Martial Soul.
He did want to experience the Flame Lord's power.
Lost in thought, Gu Wuchen returned to his room.
"Bang!" The door slammed shut.
"I refuse to believe you can keep winning forever."
Hu Liena clenched her fists. She would train hard; she refused to believe Gu Wuchen could keep getting stronger forever.
She was a Soul Elder now, and breaking through to Soul Ancestor was only a matter of time. The advantage was hers.
At that thought, Hu Liena regained her confidence and left the residence.
Back in the room, the Snow Empress emerged from the Sea of Consciousness and immediately praised Gu Wuchen.
"Not bad, Little Wuchen. You won again this time. A Soul Elder, no less!"
"Very good."
"Come on, big sister will give you a reward. Tell me directly what you want, and I'll do my best to satisfy you."