Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

Chu Ci smiled faintly, turned and walked out of the hotel, her firm voice drifting on the wind.

"Don't worry about me, because I can't possibly lose!"

Inside the stadium, it was already packed with people. On the dais, Emperor Dai Tianling of the Empire, Dean Enci of Monster Academy, Tang Bingyao, head of the Douluo Continent delegation, and Cai Yue'er, Dean of the Shrek Academy's outer court, were all seated there early in the morning.

The final showdown, representing the ultimate clash between the two academies in this competition, is about to begin.

The audience chanted the names of Monster Academy and Dragon Leap. The atmosphere was as heated as a pot of boiling oil.

"Silence." A deep, resonant voice rang out, amplified through the soul-guided loudspeaker, silencing all 100,000 spectators.

"Now, Your Majesty, please speak."

Dai Tianling stood up, and a soul-guided loudspeaker naturally rose in front of him.

"...We welcome all outstanding talents. Alright, I hereby declare the final of the Continental Elite Youth Advanced Soul Master Tournament Individual Competition open!"

A burst of rousing music filled the air, and the sky above the stadium suddenly darkened, as if by some unknown means. Two beams of light descended from the sky, landing on Chu Ci and Long Yue respectively, guiding them forward.

They stepped onto the competition platform at the same time, each going to their own side, facing each other from hundreds of meters apart.

At this moment, the soul-guiding shield had closed, the darkness in the sky disappeared, and sunlight once again streamed into the arena, illuminating the playing field and Long Yue and Chu Ci.

The referee is an old man with a restrained aura, but he is obviously a very famous powerful soul master on the Star Luo Continent to be able to serve as the referee for this game.

"The rules for this final are the same as the previous games. Ten-second countdown!"

"Ten, nine, eight,..., three, two, one, start!"

With the announcement of the start of the competition, Chu Ci's soul power surged, and a divine scale appeared faintly behind him, with five soul rings—three purple and two black—rising from beneath his feet.

The martial spirit of Chu Ci has finally been unveiled.

Long Yue let out a low shout, and six soul rings—three purple and three black—rose from his feet, guarding him. Immediately afterward, his body swelled up, growing as large as a mountain, and a huge tail appeared behind him.

Chu Ci's third soul ring shone, and a divine scale engraved with a demon pattern appeared, its two ends enveloping him and Long Yue's feet.

The Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul granted Long Yue an unparalleled physique far surpassing others, giving him absolute confidence. Without dodging or avoiding, Long Yue directly activated his first Soul Skill, Mountain and River.

The ground on the competition arena cracked, and small hills like sword edges rushed out from the ground madly, as if connecting the sky and the earth, and instantly covered the entire competition venue.

Chu Ci's lips curled up, and with a gentle flick of his finger, the scales tipped towards Long Yue's side, and the third soul skill was successfully judged.

Anubis's spirit appeared beside Chu Ci, raising his scepter to pronounce judgment on Long Yue's sin of disrupting the balance.

A demonic claw made of jet-black lightning appeared out of thin air, passing through the hill and then through Long Yue's burly body, to his astonishment.

In an instant, an indescribable pain surged from his body. Long Yue's soul power stopped for a moment, and the small mountains he had summoned suddenly collapsed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Ci leaped high into the air, and Wanli Yan followed him, converging into a giant millstone of dragon flames that smashed down on Long Yue.

A look of madness filled Long Yue's eyes as the bloodline unique to the Mountain Dragon King surged within him, forcefully suppressing the pain brought on by Anubis's judgment.

Looking at the dragon flame millstone falling towards him, Long Yue suddenly stomped the ground, "River."

Suddenly, the sky seemed to collapse, and countless streams of water poured down from the sky, like the Milky Way cascading down, instantly crashing into the Dragon Flame Millstone.

With a furious roar, Long Yue unleashed towering waves that clashed with the Dragon Flame Millstone. Water and fire clashed, evenly matched, and scorching steam rose continuously.

A clear, crisp sword cry resounded throughout the entire arena behind the Dragon Flame Millstone, and a sword intent determined to sever everything soared into the sky.

"Sword Soul? How is that possible? How old is he?!" Enci, who was sitting on the platform, suddenly stood up.

In the Douluo Continent, those who can comprehend a sword soul are already few and far between. Chu Ci, at only fifteen years old, was able to comprehend a sword soul. If Enci hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it.

"The sword divides the four seas!"

A solemn voice rang out, and an incomparably sharp and dazzling sword light cleaved through the flames and the giant waves, heading straight for Long Yue.

Long Yue sensed the sword intent of self-reliance contained within the sword light, and felt a chilling light pierce his bones, as if countless sharp swords were rubbing against his skin.

But his eyes seemed to be burning with raging flames, and that madness grew deeper and deeper in the depths of his eyes.

With a flick of his right hand, a double-pointed spear appeared in his grasp. This spear was ten meters long, as thick as an average human waist, and entirely brown in color; its material was unknown.

Long Yue used the spear as a staff, sweeping it out with great force.

As Chu Ci's first and second soul rings lit up, and the scales of the gods returned to balance, a streak of light merged into the sword's edge.

After being amplified by the divine balance, the sword aura on the sword light became as deep and impenetrable as a prison, and its sharpness became even more dazzling.

The spear clashed with the sword's edge, "Boom—"

Long Yue was instantly blasted back seven or eight steps. The sword light grazed the mountain-like protrusions covering his body, sending countless stones flying everywhere. His spear was almost knocked away.

"Hahaha, good, good, let's go again!" Long Yue gripped his spear tightly, his eyes gradually turning bloodshot.

Chu Ci readily agreed, and with a gentle swing of his sword, a magnificent sword aura, carrying astonishing power, slashed down from above.

If one's eyesight is sharp enough, one can see that Chu Ci did not just swing one sword; this magnificent sword aura was formed by the superposition of dozens of sword auras that Chu Ci unleashed in that instant.

Chapter 174 Suppressing Dragon Leap, Sword Domain Opens

Long Yue used the spear as a staff, completely integrating it with his own aura and the Mountain and River Soul Skill. When he swung it, it was as if a mountain was collapsing.

"Boom—" A collision sound rang out, and Long Yue was blasted back again. The spear in his hand hummed, and cracks appeared on the mountains and rivers of his body.

A solemn expression flashed across Enci's face. The sword intent under the Sword Soul Realm was extremely powerful. If Chu Ci's own soul power had not been low, even if Long Yue had the Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul, he might not have been able to block those two swords.

A whooshing sound rang out as a spear sliced ​​through the air, and Long Yue raised his spear to launch an attack.

In terms of weaponry, Chu Ci was naturally no less capable than him, and he greeted the morning with his sword in hand.

Long Yue used an unknown spear technique, which was quite good, but compared to Chu Ci, who had devoted himself to swordsmanship for many years, it was far inferior.

As the scales of the gods rose and fell, several amplifications landed on the Chu Ci.

Chu Ci's body swelled slightly, and his strength suddenly increased several times over.

He gently stroked the sword, then unleashed a sword strike that made heaven and earth tremble as the imperial sword surveyed the sky.

"boom--"

Long Yue's massive body was blasted out like a cannonball, flying over a hundred meters away before crashing into the soul-guided shield on his side and bouncing back.

With his double-pointed spear supporting him on the ground, Long Yue flipped over and landed steadily, his breathing becoming heavier as he did so.

Long Yue wiped his chest, revealing a shocking sight of blood on his skin.

"That was exhilarating, exhilarating!" Long Yue roared to the sky, his eyes glowing with an intense crimson light, and a frenzied aura began to erupt from his body.

Long Yue has a nickname, "Crazy Dragon," partly because he cultivates with extreme madness and relentless effort, and partly because he goes mad when he unleashes his full power—the price he pays for inheriting the bloodline of the Mountain Dragon King.

Now, Long Yue is showing signs of losing control of his emotions.

Chu Ci held the sword with both hands, the tip pointing upwards, and clusters of Wanli Flame gathered at the tip of the sword, forming a small golden-red flame ball.

A golden-red fireball shot into the sky, floating in mid-air and expanding instantly.

Chu Ci pointed his sword tip at Long Yue, and the fireball suddenly exploded. Countless fiery swords containing the sword intent of "I am the only one" surged out, converging into a mighty river of fiery swords that fell towards Long Yue.

"Immovable as a mountain!" Long Yue roared, and with his hands raised to the sky, he seemed to transform into a majestic mountain standing on the competition stage.

This is the combination of the Mountain and River Soul Skill with himself; at this moment, he is the mountain.

As the fiery sword river crashed down, Long Yue endured the excruciating pain and unleashed his full soul power. A colossal dragon, carrying a city on its back, appeared behind him. The dragon stretched its body and let out a deep roar.

In Chu Ci's perception, Long Yue's aura grew increasingly heavy as he continuously stimulated the Mountain Dragon King bloodline within him.

Long Yue's eyes were filled with bloodlust, and his entire body was exuding an aura of madness. As the power of the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline manifested, Long Yue's reason was gradually being devoured by the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline.

"Swamp!" A domineering and violent roar resounded, mountains crumbled, the earth became muddy, and a brown mud surged up from the ground, covering the River of Flaming Swords like a mudslide rolling upwards.

Long Yue threw the spear to the ground, then pulled it to the sides with his hands in claws. The swamp, along with the fiery sword river within it, suddenly shattered and dissipated into the air.

"Watch out, kid!" Long Yue managed to say this with his last bit of consciousness, then roared.

"Mountains and Rivers!" On the competition stage, mountains and rivers rose from the ground.

"Rivers!" Large rivers crisscross the mountains and rivers, like a picture of mountains, rivers and the country.

Long Yue disappeared in the mountains and rivers, and there was only endless pressure coming from all directions.

This no longer seems like a competition arena, but rather like another world. And in this world, Long Yue is the ruler.

His own soul skills can merge with each other to create this kind of domain-like ability.

Although Long Yue lost his mind in his madness, his Mountain Dragon King bloodline was released even more, and his strength has actually increased instead of decreased.

Long Yue's fourth spirit ring lit up, its brownish-yellow light spreading across the entire area. The mountains became more resilient, the rivers more turbulent, and this vast landscape was fully formed.

Chu Ci did not possess the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King and was unable to suppress Long Yue's bloodline of the Mountain Dragon King. He could only watch helplessly as Long Yue wielded the authority of the Mountain Dragon King without any restraint.

Accompanied by a deep dragon roar, the surrounding mountains and rivers suddenly began to collapse. Huge boulders fell from the sky and crashed down on him. On the ground, the Yangtze River surged and swept towards the location of Chu Ci.

At the same time, a pressure as heavy as a mountain pressed down on Chu Ci.

Chu Ci looked around at the mountains and rivers. The rudimentary form of the domain was beginning to emerge. Once Long Yue's soul power gained a stronger control over the mountains and rivers, this would definitely become an extremely powerful domain.

But all of that is for the future. Right now, we're only in a similar field, and we're not good enough when it comes to the real field!

Sword shadows flashed in Chu Ci's eyes, and sword intent surged from his body, making him seem like a sharp sword pointing to the heavens.

"Sword, Domain!"

A mighty sword intent surged forth, and a colorless and formless ripple spread outward from Chu Ci as the center, instantly filling the entire arena with an unparalleled sharpness.

Tang Wulin, sitting below the stage, was utterly shocked. He said to the people beside him, "This domain shouldn't be the domain of the Soul Weapon Heavenly Candle, but rather..."

The sword shadows seemed to be reflected in Ye Xinglan's eyes, and a fanaticism appeared on her pretty face. She picked up where Tang Wulin left off and said, "This is a domain that Chu Ci comprehended on his own, a domain composed of pure sword intent."

Chu Ci possessed extraordinary talent in swordsmanship, and the Sword Domain was the realm he comprehended after mastering all his swordsmanship skills.

Although this field isn't very strong right now, and powerful figures like Enci or Cai Yue'er would definitely look down on it, the fact that Chu Ci is only fifteen years old makes him incredibly powerful.

"What?" Enci was almost dumbfounded. How did the domain appear? He felt that the shock he felt today was equivalent to the shock he had experienced in his entire life.

After his initial shock, Tang Bingyao, the head of the Douluo Continent delegation on the podium, looked at Cai Yue'er with admiration and said, "At only fifteen years old, to be able to comprehend sword spirit and domain is an achievement that is rare throughout history! Truly worthy of being a student trained by the number one academy on the continent."

Upon hearing this, Cai Yue'er slightly twitched the corners of her mouth. The sword soul technique wasn't taught by them, and the domain had little to do with them either. Shrek Academy's abilities really weren't that great.

The competition on the stage continued, and the clear sound of swords rang out. The sword intent that filled the area gradually materialized, turning into a series of dreamlike silver flying swords.

Chu Ci let out a low shout and suddenly plunged the Heavenly Candle in his hand into the ground.

The next moment, the mountains and rivers laid out by Long Yue began to shake violently, rocks crumbled, and the rivers stopped flowing.