Chapter 47: The Competition Is Absolutely Fair and Just!
[You did not participate in either the promotion matches or the ranking matches. You didn't even go to watch them in person because you felt there was no need.]
[After each match ended, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing would come to share interesting moments from the competition with you. This caused Qian Renxue, who was secretly observing you, to clench her fists tightly…]
[You, however, were completely unaware of this.]
[Time passed, and you were now on the road to Spirit City…]
[Originally, the location of the grand finals was not Spirit City but the border between the two great empires. Now that it had been changed to Spirit City, you guessed the reason.]
[Tang San… had been intercepted and attacked again!]
[What puzzled you was that Xiao Wu, without the Yearning Heartbroken Red, still dared to go to Spirit City. Even more outrageous was the fact that so many Soul Douluo and even Titled Douluo were seemingly blind, completely failing to see through her identity!]
[You suspected that someone in the shadows was concealing Xiao Wu's aura—and your suspicion was correct.]
[You arrived smoothly at Spirit City. As one of the seeded teams, your team had a bye in the first match of the grand finals.]
[What confused you was that Shui Bing'er, the captain of the Sky Water Academy team, was looking at you with a somewhat strange gaze…]
Wang Li: "..."
[Finally, it was your team's turn to take the stage. Your opponent was merely an obscure, ordinary academy. You didn't even step onto the field—Dugu Yan and the others had already secured victory.]
[After being strengthened by immortal herbs, Dugu Yan's soul power level reached rank fifty-three, making her the first Soul King to appear in this All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.]
[Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena stared fixedly at Dugu Yan. They had never expected that this tournament would actually hide such a powerhouse!]
[Shrek Academy was eliminated. Perhaps due to the butterfly effect caused by you, Shrek Academy—also known as Royal Fighting Team Second Team—was eliminated when they faced Sky Water Academy.]
[When it came to the top-six matches, what surprised you greatly was that your Royal Fighting Team First Team actually drew the Spirit Hall team.]
[You could be certain of one thing—this draw was absolutely free of cheating!!]
[Facing the Spirit Hall team, you stepped onto the stage alone. Hu Liena, Yan, and the others looked at each other in bewilderment, and the audience was equally confused.]
[The Royal Fighting Team was entirely composed of Soul Ancestors or above, with even a Soul King anchoring the team—so why was only one person stepping onto the stage?]
[In the shadows, Bibi Dong was watching you. Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo were observing you. The Worship elders and the Spirit Hall's high-ranking figures were all watching you as well.]
[In response to Yan's questioning, you said arrogantly: "I view all of you as nothing more than chickens and dogs. One man, one sword—more than enough."]
[Your arrogant words infuriated the Golden Generation. They decided to teach you a proper lesson!]
[You took a single step forward. The hilt of the Laser Sword appeared in your hand, and six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—rose rapidly from beneath your feet.]
[At that moment, it was as if the entire world fell silent. You put on an absolutely massive display!]
[Hu Liena admired strength, and the look in her eyes as she gazed at you became noticeably clearer.]
[With an unchanged expression, you spoke to the crowd: "Wang Li. Martial Soul: Laser Sword. Rank sixty-nine Attack-Type Battle Soul Emperor!"]
[Yes—during this period, you had broken through once again. You were now just one step away from shedding the title of an ant.]
[Below Soul Saint, all are ants!]
[Qian Renxue stared at you, her lips slightly parted, as if she wanted to speak but hesitated.]
[Your soul power level had already surpassed hers. She felt a hint of regret for not acting sooner… If she acted now, she feared she wouldn't be able to beat you!]
[Qian Renxue was an extremely proud person. Even in that kind of matter, she wanted to win—to win with her own strength…]
[The entire Golden Generation fell silent. They knew you were not yet fifteen years old, yet your strength had already reached rank sixty-nine!]
[Their pride was pressed into the ground and ground back and forth by you!]
[The Golden Generation did not retreat. Seeing this, you gave a wicked smile.]
[You gripped the hilt of the Laser Sword. A blade formed entirely of laser energy appeared before everyone's eyes. You could freely adjust the length of the blade—the longer the laser, the greater the soul power consumption…]
[The entire arena was only about two hundred meters long. You adjusted the laser blade to a full two hundred meters, and you simply couldn't suppress the grin on your face.]
[Everyone: ...]
[Once your martial soul revealed its true form, the Spirit City Grand Soul Fighting Arena fell completely silent—so quiet you could hear a pin drop. A two-hundred-meter-long blade… how was anyone supposed to fight this?]
[Sword Douluo Chen Xin stared at the sword in your hand and fell into silence. He felt that today's wind was exceptionally noisy.]
[Gripping the sword hilt, you did not use a single soul skill and simply slashed toward Hu Liena and the others.]
[You originally wanted to sweep across horizontally, but worried that if they were momentarily stunned, you would wipe them out as a group.]
[A sharp sizzling sound filled the air. After snapping back to their senses, Hu Liena and the others hurriedly dodged the attack, then looked toward you standing one hundred and fifty meters away!]
[Fortunately, the Grand Soul Fighting Arena had no ceiling. Your sword aura did not collide with anything overhead but instead struck the arena floor!]
[An arena that even a full-powered Soul Emperor attacks could barely damage was forcibly split in two by your sword aura!]
[The Laser Sword cutting through the arena was like slicing through tofu…]
[Seeing this scene, cold sweat broke out on Hu Liena and the others' foreheads!]
[Against such a martial soul, as long as a soul master made contact—even lightly—it would be either death or crippling injury!]
[Bibi Dong immediately called a halt to the match and had the Spirit Hall team directly concede!]
[You had already held back. Otherwise, with an opening horizontal sweep and no knowledge of your abilities, Hu Liena and the others would have been completely wiped out!]
[You won the match. The Spirit Hall team was eliminated and didn't even make it into the top three.]
[Three days later, you arrived at the plaza before the Pope Hall. Along with your teammates, the Sky Water Academy team and the Star Luo Royal Academy team were also present.]
[Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun looked at you with eyes filled with fear and apprehension.]
[Without even fighting, you claimed the championship.]
[The Star Luo Royal Academy team took second place.]
[The Sky Water Academy team placed last, earning third place.]
[Bibi Dong invited you to join Spirit Hall. You were momentarily stunned and met her gaze with a somewhat bewildered expression.]
[She was also stunned. This was something she said out of habit—she had forgotten that you were Qian Renxue's younger brother…]
[In front of everyone, you directly rejected Bibi Dong's invitation and publicly swore loyalty to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. The people of the Heaven Dou faction were deeply moved—they were determined to boast about your achievements before Emperor Xue Ye!]
[Bibi Dong's eye twitched slightly. She kept a stern expression, clearly stating her position and attitude. As for what she truly thought in her heart, you had no way of knowing.]
[You received the champion's rewards—three soul bones.]
[The Second Worship of the Douluo Hall met with you in private.]
[He expressed the stance of the Douluo Hall and gifted you a hundred-thousand-year soul bone as a personal investment.]
[The Second Worship both rewarded and warned you—first gifting the soul bone, then issuing a veiled threat, telling you not to disappoint them. Still, the satisfaction in his eyes was unmistakably genuine!]
[This was a hundred-thousand-year Golden Crocodile Emperor Right Arm Soul Bone. It had dropped when the Second Worship obtained his ninth soul ring. Unfortunately, he already had a full set of soul bones at the time and could not absorb them—thus, it ended up benefiting you.]
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