Above the platform, Tibao clung to the railing, her petite body rising with the help of her arms.
A small tuft of red hair on the left side of her head swayed back and forth, making Meng Hongchen's heart itch.
Seeing Tibao's slightly anxious face, Meng Hongchen came to her side and spoke.
"My name is Meng Hongchen."
"What's your name?"
Tibao turned to look at Meng Hongchen, her sweet and childlike voice reaching Meng Hongchen's ears, almost making her unable to resist hugging and kissing her.
"My name is Tibao."
"The one below is Xiao Di."
Seeing this little cutie, Meng Hongchen completely forgot about her brother and instead angrily scolded Laughing at the Mortal World.
"That guy Xiao! He has no manners at all!"
"It's clearly his fault, yet he's so self-righteous! Tibao, don't worry!"
"No matter the outcome, I'll make that bastard Xiao apologize to you!"
"He has so many soul tools on him! Look, I'll help you take some off!"
Tibao felt the white-haired sister next to her was looking at her strangely, and shrank back, saying,
"No need for that."
"I don't really mind." "
Xiao Di is always like that, he likes to protect his friends."
"He also does everything seriously!"
"Actually, he's a very gentle and kind person!"
Meng Hongchen nodded and said,
"Yeah, unlike that idiot Xiao, he can make a mess of everything..."
Below, Xiao Hongchen suddenly sneezed, completely unaware that her younger sister had stripped her naked.
Medemos crossed his arms, his inner power surging, his lion-like eyes gleaming with golden light.
Xiao Hongchen appeared carefree on the surface, but his body betrayed him, tense and ready for battle.
Soon, a referee stepped onto the fighting arena. Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two sides, he addressed them:
"The rules of the Indiscriminate Soul Fighting are simple: one who loses their fighting ability or falls off the arena loses."
"Flight is permitted, but cannot exceed 10 meters above the arena; otherwise, it's also a loss."
"Attention! Malicious maiming or killing is strictly prohibited in Soul Fighting!"
"I am the referee for this event, a Level 61 Soul Emperor, and I will be responsible for your lives!"
"If I discover any murderous intent from either side, this Soul Fight will be immediately terminated!"
Having said this, the referee stood on a high platform to one side of the arena, gesturing for both sides to stand on opposite sides.
Xiao Hongchen followed the instructions and went to the side of the arena. Because of the referee's words, his opinion of Douluo Three Kingdoms changed considerably, and he thought to himself...
"Sure!"
"Douluo Three Kingdoms is indeed much more sophisticated than the Sun Moon Empire in terms of Soul Fighting Competitions."
"They strictly guarantee the lives of both contestants. How could there be any killings in the competitions as Meng Hongchen described?"
Xiao Hongchen clearly took the special case of Xilu City as the general situation. In reality, once you leave Xilu City, cases of maiming and death in Soul Fighting Competitions occur frequently!
Even in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, where Title Douluo acted as referees, heavy casualties could still occur on one side.
In Xilu City, the generally lower skill levels meant the referees, driven by enthusiasm, had to maintain full concentration, thus keeping the Soul Battle at a suitable intensity.
After confirming both sides were ready, the referee nodded and announced,
"I declare the Soul Battle open!"
With the referee's command, a Soul Guidance Barrier rose on the arena, isolating all Soul Power fluctuations from affecting the surrounding audience.
Xiao Hongchen immediately recognized the Soul Guidance Barrier as a product of Mingde Hall, at least a Level 6 Soul Guidance Device.
"Grandpa really sells everything!"
he muttered, his heterochromatic eyes narrowing slightly, then a powerful aura surged forth, golden Soul Power swirling around his body.
A gigantic golden toad phantom appeared behind Xiao Hongchen, the entire arena feeling the majesty emanating from the divine beast's bloodline.
Soon, the phantom merged into Xiao Hongchen's body, his body appearing as if sprinkled with gold dust, radiating dazzling golden light.
Then another leg grew from his buttocks, this one a brilliant gold, its appearance quite a sight for the audience in the Soul Arena.
"Hey, how's this kid pulling stones?"
A fishmonger watched Xiao Hongchen below with interest. He was a level 43 Soul Master, and before Huo Yuhao came to Xilu City, he was practically a gang leader.
After taking Huo Yuhao's iron fist, he returned to his old trade of selling fish.
Xiao Hongchen's face darkened; he suddenly felt that these Douluo commoners completely failed to grasp the uniqueness and power of divine beast martial souls.
Two yellow and two purple soul rings appeared behind Xiao Hongchen; he was now a level 48 Soul Master!
A thirteen-year-old Soul Master—this speed was enough to crush his peers, and this cultivation was basically achieved through absorbing the energy of rare metals and taking drugs.
Madmos's lion-like golden eyes shone with a golden-red light, and a golden lion appeared behind him.
The lion radiated a golden-red light, and an aura of slaughter and strife swept across the entire arena!
The martial spirits of all the spectators trembled, even the referee's martial spirit was affected, and Xiao Hongchen's pupils contracted.
He sensed that his Three-Legged Golden Toad martial spirit seemed to be suppressed by the opponent.
Two spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, appeared around Medemos, and the Golden Lion King transformed into golden-red armor on Medemos's body.
A golden lion head appeared on his left shoulder, surrounded by scarlet flames.
After noticing Medemos's spirit rings, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but shout:
"You only have two rings?!"
"Give up! Going down now will save you some suffering!"
At this moment, Xiao Hongchen felt bored. He hadn't expected Medemos to only have two spirit rings; even if he won, it wouldn't be honorable.
Medemos snorted coldly, extending his hand, covered in golden-red armor, and then clenching his fist.
"The word 'retreat' doesn't exist in my dictionary!"
"Two rings are enough to beat you!"
Xiao Hongchen was a little angry. His first and third spirit rings glowed, and more than ten small golden orbs appeared around his body under Metal Control and Golden Condensation Control.
Then they transformed into eighteen spirit cannons, aiming at Medemos's position.
Xiao Hongchen was confident that eighteen spirit cannons would be enough to incapacitate Medemos.
He could currently control up to eighty spirit cannons, but he felt that even eighteen were a bit too many to deal with a Grand Soul Master.
Medemos felt the spirit cannons locking on, and his first spirit ring lit up.
"Blood for blood!"
This was his first spirit skill, crafted from the hundred-year-old Crimson Demon Hound that Roman had carefully selected—a member of the Crimson King's clan.
The extremely suitable spirit ring fully unleashed the potential of his first spirit skill.
With this soul skill activated, every injury Medmos sustained would increase his strength by a fraction, and combined with his extraordinary self-healing ability, this soul skill was terrifying in sustained combat.
Crimson flames erupted from Medmos's body, transforming him into a fiery lion's head. He then unleashed a powerful leg thrust, nearly shattering the arena, before transforming into a fiery meteor and hurtling towards Xiao Hongchen.
In Xiao Hongchen's eyes, a ball of flame rapidly expanded, and then all eighteen soul-guided cannons fired simultaneously!
Eighteen golden energy beams slashed through the air with a hissing sound, colliding violently with the fiery lion's head, creating a massive explosion.
The intense heat of the explosion melted the soul-guided cannons around Xiao Hongchen, turning them back into small metal spheres.
He used his soul power to shield himself from the crimson flames, his eyes fixed on the center of the explosion, then his pupils contracted.
Medmos stood unharmed in the center of the flames, and then the flames on his body grew even stronger, his power and aura surging dramatically!
The overflowing power compressed the surrounding air, making Xiao Hongchen's breathing slightly labored.
Xiao Hongchen had no idea what was going on with his opponent, why his power had suddenly surged. He could only guess it was the effect of his opponent's first soul skill.
So he stopped holding back, realizing that if he did, he might really lose to a Grand Soul Master.
If he lost, he wouldn't need to return to the Sun Moon Empire; he could just find a random place in Xilu City to be buried.
"Interesting! Medemos, is it?"
"I admit you!"
Then, as four soul rings lit up simultaneously, eighty soul-guided cannons appeared around Xiao Hongchen, surrounding him like a steel hedgehog.
Then the eighty soul-guided cannons began to charge up, the powerful energy distorting the light in the entire arena.
The referee on the side was ready to act, prepared to risk everything to separate the two if things went wrong.
Medemos flicked his wrist, and his second soul ring lit up.
"Blood Feud!"
The change happened almost instantly; the crimson flames that had surrounded Medemos began to thicken and stagnate, until they formed a high-temperature crimson crystal.
The ultimate power erupted in full force, its sheer momentum causing the surrounding arena to crumble inch by inch. The air around them surged rapidly under the pressure of this ultimate power, whipping up a fierce wind.
The attacks from both sides occurred simultaneously, eighty soul-guided rays of various styles rushing towards the onrushing Medmus.
Contrary to Xiao Hongchen's expectations, there was no head-on collision as before.
The moment the attacks arrived, Medmus punched the ground, creating a wall of crimson crystal mixed with soil.
This wall blocked and deflected a large portion of the attacks.
Medmus had already noticed that while the opponent's attacks appeared powerful, they were too scattered! Energy was being wasted excessively!
A single crystal wall would render most of the opponent's attacks useless.
He wasn't a fool like Bai E; how could he possibly take a full-force attack from a Soul Master head-on? That would be certain death.
The Golden Lion King's self-healing ability wasn't yet sufficient for him to withstand that level of attack.
In battle, Medmus was never a reckless charge; he would seize every potential detail in the fight.
It wasn't over yet. Medemos continued to bombard the ground, accelerating the collapse of the arena.
The ground beneath Xiao Hongchen's feet began to crack, the arena tilting backward, forcing him to deactivate his soul-guided cannon and dodge to either side.
The limitations imposed on soul masters by the small arena were glaringly obvious.
He had no time to dodge Medemos's rapid attacks and was caught mid-air.
"I'm done for!"
This was Xiao Hongchen's last thought.
If the arena were large enough, or if he had teammates nearby, he was confident he could keep Medemos at bay and wear him down from a distance.
Unfortunately, there were no "ifs" now; the reality was that he had been brought close by Medemos, the possessor of the ultimate power martial soul.
On the high platform, Meng Hongchen hurriedly covered Tibao's eyes and secretly took out her recording soul-guided device to record the scene below.
Listening to the sounds of flesh pounding the earth from the arena below, the girl prayed silently.
"You should pray to the Sea God when you come to Douluo Three Kingdoms."
"May the Sea God protect us, and may my brother be alright."
The bloodthirsty spectators around them stared wide-eyed as Medmus grabbed Xiao Hongchen's leg and slammed it repeatedly against the ground!
Even Loki from the Marvel set next door exclaimed in amazement.
Xiao Hongchen lay on the ground, seemingly a little dead.
"Uh, what's going on?"
Huo Yuhao appeared in the Soul Arena with Su Tong. He had sensed familiar energy fluctuations during his Divine Might teleportation.
The first thing he saw was Medmus beating Xiao Hongchen.
Today is full of things to do, I have to accompany my boss, I'll try to write whenever I have time during the day.
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