Under Tang Lan's protection, Bai Chenxiang and the others endured extreme pain but ultimately pulled through successfully.
One by one, black ten-thousand-year soul rings obediently settled at their feet—
Slowly revolving, dreamy and surreal.
"It actually worked?!" Wang Dali gawked, his mouth wide open. "Oh my god, our Sect Master is insane!"
"You needed to say that?" Dugu Bo finally spoke, "I knew from the start the Sect Master would succeed."
"Hey?!" Wang Dali was displeased. "So you stayed quiet earlier just so you could sound cool now?!"
Dugu Bo gave him a side glance, ignoring him completely.
Instead, he turned his attention to the center of the field.
Tai Long leaped up in excitement, waving his fists.
"It worked!"
"Ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring!"
"I'm a genius now! Hahaha—"
The other four also opened their eyes, their faces beaming with joy.
It really worked!
"Seems like the results are good," Tang Lan nodded. "Tell me—what's your current level, and what's your fourth soul skill? Any decrease in power?"
Tai Long jumped in first.
"Sect Master!"
"I'm level 44!"
"My fourth soul skill is the signature ability of the Vajra Ape—'Mighty Tremor'!"
"It lets me concentrate immense internal force, increasing my next attack by 100% to 500%!"
"The exact multiplier depends on how much internal force I channel."
"The only downside is that it only works on me…"
Though he pretended to sigh regretfully, the way his grin stretched ear to ear completely betrayed his pride.
——He was clearly showing off!
"That's it?" Bai Chenxiang scoffed. "My fourth soul skill is also the core ability of the Green Hornet—'Overclock'!"
"It speeds up my thinking and drastically enhances my reaction time."
"Now, I can fully control high-speed movement instead of just charging straight ahead."
"I can even burst into speeds several times faster when needed!"
"With this, my 'Ripple Steps' is now complete. Even someone 20 levels higher than me won't be able to catch me!"
"So what if your attack is amplified ten thousand times?"
"If you can't hit me, what's the point?"
Tai Long's smug expression froze!
Wait…
She had a point?!
Unwilling to back down, he shot back—
"Real men fight head-on! What's the point of dodging all the time?"
"I'm not a man, though," Bai Chenxiang giggled. "And while I can dodge your attacks, you…"
She raised her Barrett rifle, aiming it up and down at Tai Long.
Instantly, Tai Long remembered how that poor Green Hornet got its mouth blasted apart earlier.
Still, he refused to admit defeat.
"Then what's your level?"
Bai Chenxiang pouted slightly.
"42."
"Pffft~" Tai Long smirked. "Only level 42? I'm level 44!"
"And you're proud of that?" Bai Chenxiang folded her arms. "I'm 14 years old. You're already 18!"
Tai Long: (〝▼皿▼)
This little sparrow is not cute at all!
Watching the playful argument, Bai He fell into deep thought.
The Min Clan had always hunted the same species for every soul ring, ensuring pure speed boosts without wasting any slots on unnecessary abilities.
But now…
Could it be that the Min Clan's rigid approach had been wrong all along?
Bai He pondered deeply.
"Buzz—"
A white light shot toward Tang Lan.
Even as he stepped aside with Wave-Stepping, the light steadily connected to him.
A warm, soothing energy flowed through his body.
"This is my fourth soul skill—'Sanctuary'!"
Jiangzhu spoke seriously—
"I can only link with one target at a time. It lets me consume internal force to heal both myself and my linked target, or I can transfer my internal force to them."
"But the key part is—"
"When needed, I can teleport instantly to my linked target and release a shockwave to push enemies away!"
"As for my level… It's a bit lower—42."
Tang Lan nodded approvingly.
Not bad, not bad.
Support, movement, healing, and energy restoration—all in one skill.
Worthy of a ten-thousand-year soul skill.
He turned to the remaining two.
"I'm level 43," Huang Yuan said. "My fourth soul skill is 'Wolf Howl'—a large-scale sonic attack that disorients enemies while also functioning as echolocation to reveal hidden opponents."
Hearing this, Meng Yiran smirked smugly.
——You guys don't even come close!
She stood proudly and declared—
"I'm level 45!"
"My fourth soul skill, 'Serpent Demon', inherits the enhancement abilities of the Three-Headed Demon Dog."
"By using it alongside my third soul skill, 'Serpent Mirage', it amplifies my fire, poison, and ice attributes while granting me an energy breath attack!"
"
As she spoke—
Meng Yiran summoned her martial soul, the Serpent Staff.
Her third and fourth soul rings lit up in succession.
A red, purple, and blue three-headed serpent manifested and opened its mouths, unleashing three fiery breath attacks against a rock wall.
The red breath melted the rock, turning it into flowing magma.
The purple breath corroded the stone, hollowing out a deep pit while emitting dangerous purple smoke.
The blue breath was the most "gentle"—it froze the rock face solid.
With a casual flick, Meng Yiran threw a dagger at the frozen wall.
She hadn't used much force, yet the entire rock face shattered into pieces.
The destructive power was terrifying!
If someone of the same level got hit by all three breaths at once…
That would be brutal.
Oscar bumped into Dai Mubai.
"Boss Dai, would you dare take that head-on?"
Dai Mubai rolled his eyes.
"Don't you have your Mimic Mirror Sausage? You can try it yourself."
Oscar let out a sly chuckle and shut up.
——He wasn't an idiot. Why would he do that?
When the competition starts, there will definitely be some 'lucky' volunteers.
Meanwhile, in a distant canyon—
Five Title Douluos stood atop a cliff, waiting.
Moonlight Douluo (Yue Guan), Ghost Douluo (Gui Mei), Serpent Spear Douluo (She Long), Stabbing Porcupine Douluo (Ci Xue), and Demon Bear Douluo (Xiong Mo).
A scout was reporting in front of them.
Behind them, over a hundred high-ranking Spirit Hall soul masters stood at the ready.
"Just as expected."
Yue Guan twirled his orchid fingers and said,
"That old venomous bastard Dugu Bo and that coward Wang Dali—both Title Douluos actually came along."
"Hah!"
Stabbing Porcupine Douluo Ci Xue smirked confidently.
"That venomous snake Dugu Bo? I alone am more than enough to handle him."
His martial soul, the Blood-Spiked Pufferfish, granted him poison immunity, armor-hard skin, toxin projection, and venom absorption.
He was a hard counter to Dugu Bo.
"As for Wang Dali," Demon Bear Douluo Xiong Mo scoffed, "he reached Title Douluo just to retire in fear. I can take him down alone too."
At level 94, Xiong Mo was one of Qian Daoliu's most favored enforcers.
Among the Nine Great Elders, he was considered the most likely to become a Guardian of the Worship Hall.
He had every right to look down on someone like Wang Dali, who had been frightened off by the Sky Azure Bull Python.
"Since that's the case," Yue Guan smiled wickedly, "Old Ghost and I will focus on the hidden Grand Elder of the Tang Sect."
"No matter how strong he is, he won't escape our Spirit Fusion Technique!"
Hearing this, Serpent Spear Douluo (She Long) burst into laughter.
"Then I'll take on the famous Tang Master himself."
"Hopefully, this kid knows how to read the situation."
"Otherwise…"
"I'll have no choice but to bear the reputation of killing a genius!"
(End of Chapter)
Notes-You can read advanced chapters in patreon.com/Shadow_D_X, i have finished translating the whole story