On the competition stage, only three people remained.
Team Glazed Academy: Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan.
Team Blazing Wind: The silver-haired girl with the silver spear, Gu Yuena.
"A 21-year-old, Level 68 Soul Emperor. Quite impressive indeed," Gu Yuena stated plainly. "I'm very interested in your cultivation method. The most important point is, you do not possess innate full soul power."
"I am curious." Gu Yuena gently swept the Silver Dragon Spear in her hand, stirring a light whirlwind on the ground that circled around her, causing her shoulder-length silver-white hair to flutter gently.
"Curiosity often kills the cat, didn't you know that?"
Dugu Yan was very clear about the identity of the girl before her.
One half of the split Dragon God.
The Silver Dragon King.
A peak-level first-class god.
Ning Rongrong had told her that this Gu Yuena was most likely not her true body, and she carried almost no draconic aura.
At the very least, when using her current abilities, there were no powers related to dragons whatsoever.
Which meant she was hiding something.
"A first-class god!"
Dugu Yan took a deep breath.
She originally thought a Soul Douluo would be her limit, but now, could she actually step into the realm of gods?
She knew her own talent. According to the original trajectory, without joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a Soul Douluo would most likely have been her limit.
And now?
Fully possessing talent no weaker than the Spirit Hall's Qian Renxue, aside from her own considerable effort, it was largely due to Rongrong's help.
"I will use my full strength to defeat you."
"Full strength?" Gu Yuena chuckled lightly. "As it should be."
"However, is your full strength based on the enhancements from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?"
"Ning Rongrong is my teammate, and the captain of Team Glazed Academy. Is that a problem?"
"Fine. Then let me see if you have the strength to rival that person from the Spirit Hall team." Gu Yuena's tone was calm.
"That person from the Spirit Hall... you mean Qian Renxue, right?" Dugu Yan narrowed her eyes.
"Eh-heh, who knows~" Gu Yuena's figure flickered and vanished from her spot.
In an instant, she bypassed Dugu Yan, closing in on where Ning Rongrong was.
"Do you think the same trick will work a second time?"
The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, tinged with light green poisonous gas, blocked Gu Yuena's path, opening its maw to spew thick, toxic mist.
"Nine Treasures shine, Glazed Tile emerges—"
Ning Rongrong's voice rang out simultaneously. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in her hand rotated slowly, emitting a colorful halo.
Mottled rays of light poured into Dugu Yan's body.
Almost instantly, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor, formed from her martial soul and poison mist, grew nearly half its size again.
A look of surprise flashed across Gu Yuena's face.
"Very impressive!"
Watching the intense poisonous mist spreading towards her from all directions, Gu Yuena let out a soft cry:
"Elemental Control"
Soul rings rose from under her feet.
Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black.
Seven soul rings suddenly appeared, their abnormal colors extremely eye-catching.
Compared to Tang San's fourth soul ring being ten-thousand-year, Gu Yuena's second and fourth soul rings also exceeded the normal limits. A seven-ringed Soul Saint presented a more direct and terrifying impression.
"This is impossible!"
Inside the Shrek VIP room, a certain master who wished to remain anonymous exclaimed, shooting to his feet.
"Besides Little San, how can there be someone else capable of absorbing soul rings beyond their level?"
"This shouldn't be possible."
Tang San could achieve a ten-thousand-year soul ring at the fourth rank because of his training in Slaughter City.
It couldn't be replicated.
His theory couldn't be wrong.
But then, what was the situation with this Gu Yuena right before his eyes?
Wasn't this blatantly saying that the soul ring age limit he had researched for years was wrong?
It shouldn't be like this.
As for the abnormal soul ring colors of Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, these two were related to gods.
A certain Master Yu directly and conveniently dismissed them.
"To reach Soul Saint before the age of 25, what is impossible?"
Tang Xiao, who knew Yu Xiaogang's background, didn't give him much face either, directly refuting him.
"But, but, my theory…"
"Theory isn't static; it must advance with the times. Master, you're being stubborn."
Tang Xiao, still somewhat mindful of Yu Yuanzhen's status and the fact that he was the teacher Tang Hao found for Tang San, gave him a little face, however unreliable he might be.
"Godfather, a 25-year-old Soul Saint, that's just too outrageous."
Tang San was training with his grandfather Tang Chen today and hadn't come, but Tang Long, who had the best talent in the Clear Sky Sect, came every day. This tournament had really opened his eyes.
"Soul Saint!" Tang Xiao murmured, surveying the arena outside. "There are always those exceptionally gifted individuals in the world. In trials of life and death, they prevailed."
"Perhaps, this is the result!"
"Life, with its various surprises, is interesting, isn't it?"
"Tang Long, your talent is second to none in the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang San's talent, with his twin martial souls, has already surpassed you."
"Godfather, I…"
"Don't mind it." Tang Xiao sighed. "Those who reach Title Douluo aren't necessarily the ones with the strongest talent. The outstanding tree gets felled by the wind."
"Perhaps after this tournament, this girl called Gu Yuena might meet her end."
"This…" Tang Long felt a chill.
"The spirit master world doesn't have many moral bottom lines."
"The Spirit Hall is strong enough, so it is justice. Truth lies only in the hands of spirit masters."
"I understand." Tang Long took a deep breath and nodded.
He clenched his fist at the same time: "Tang San, I don't know what you're thinking, but if you bite the hand that feeds you, I, Tang Long, will never forgive you."
In the time the Shrek team's VIP room was filled with shock.
The situation on the competition stage grew increasingly intense.
Gu Yuena manipulated the air element, forming spear-like rays to block the poisonous mist spewed by the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor.
"Wind Element Control!"
Another of Gu Yuena's ten-thousand-year soul rings lit up, whipping up a tornado.
It blew the poisonous mist towards Ning Rongrong's direction.
"Good grief, do you have a grudge against me?"
Ning Rongrong, who had been standing at the edge of the arena cheering Dugu Yan on, couldn't help but complain internally.
You keep redirecting all attacks towards me; you're fighting Dugu Yan.
What do you mean by constantly threatening me, a support-type spirit master?
If you defeat Dugu Yan, do I even have a chance?
Wouldn't I have to step down!
Dugu Yan, locked in fierce combat with Gu Yuena, also noticed Gu Yuena's objective.
Her fifth soul ring, a ten-thousand-year soul ring, lit up.
This soul ring was the one derived and condensed when Ning Rongrong helped her form the Misfortune Poison Body.
Now, the color of this soul ring had reached eighty-thousand years.
"Ten-Thousand Poisons Devour the Heart"
"Misfortune Poison, appear!"
Afterimages flickered. Dugu Yan condensed a poison whip, formed entirely from Misfortune Poison, in her hand. The whip was deep green, emitting a faint green glow around it.
Suddenly.
The poison whip transformed into a large serpent, biting fiercely towards Gu Yuena.
"This poison… it's completely different from before."
Shock appeared on Gu Yuena's previously calm face.
Her mind recalled the poison that had contaminated Di Tian's soul.
"As expected, it's a terrifying thing."
If it touched the soul, even she would need a great deal of time to purge it.
Moreover, intuitively, the toxicity of this so-called Misfortune Poison used by Dugu Yan seemed even more potent than the poison that had adhered to Di Tian's soul years ago.
"It must not be touched!"
If it accidentally got on her body, the power she was currently displaying would be utterly incapable of purging it.
Using her full power might attract the attention of the God Realm.
Even though this wasn't her main body, it still contained the power of the Silver Dragon King; it was just that this power was concealed by the body constructed from the Sea God's Heart and the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
Gu Yuena quickly created distance to evade.
Suddenly, Dugu Yan vanished from Gu Yuena's sight, directly appearing at her side.
"Impossible!"
By human standards, wasn't she a Control-type Spirit Master?
Why did she possess such speed?
Humans, due to the limitations of martial souls and soul rings, typically could only develop in one direction.
For example, Power Attack-type Spirit Masters were generally slower than Agility Attack-types of the same rank.
And Control-type Spirit Masters' strength and speed were weaker than both of the above among spirit masters of the same rank.
The speed Dugu Yan just displayed completely surpassed the limits of what should be possible even with Ning Rongrong's enhancements at this stage.
Deep green poisonous mist formed a ring, trapping Gu Yuena inside.
"Spatial Jump"
The space around Gu Yuena distorted.
In the blink of an eye, her body appeared over ten meters outside the poison ring.