Douluo Continent: I, an evil soul master, work nine-to-five in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 46 The Power of Xuanming

"First-year students Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao will challenge fifth-year student Xu Sanshi. If Xu Sanshi loses the match, he will need to pay an additional ten gold soul coins. Are you all sure?"

In the arena, the referee stood in the center and addressed both sides, but his eyes and tone were somewhat strange.

Moreover, while speaking, his eyes kept giving subtle hints to Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao.

To be honest, in all the time he's been a referee in the Soul Arena, he's never seen a first-year student dare to challenge a fifth-year student directly. This is the first time!

Moreover, he was quite familiar with this fifth-year student, coming here almost every few days to spar, and he knew his strength very well.

A three-ring Soul Master comparable to a four-ring Soul Master, his strength is not only impressive in the outer academy, but also quite respectable in the inner academy.

Moreover, according to his estimation, once he breaks through to the fourth-ring Soul Master level and advances to the sixth year of the outer academy, he will be able to easily complete the inner academy's assessment and enter the inner academy to study!

Therefore, when the referee saw that these two first-year students actually wanted to challenge this guy, he felt a little sorry for them. After all, there was an age gap. However, how could a first-year student who had just graduated from junior college compete with Xu Sanshi, a fifth-year student?

However, what he didn't know was that neither of the outstanding Luo Chen nor the seemingly harmless Huo Yuhao had studied at the junior academy; they were both truly self-taught.

Moreover, both of them have experiences that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Just the fact that they fought against all kinds of soul beasts in the Soul Beast Forest and went through life and death trials is something that ordinary students cannot compare to.

Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao seemed not to notice his gaze, calmly nodding and saying:

"It's confirmed."

Seeing this, the referee was powerless. After sighing, he announced the start of the match. After speaking, he quickly retreated and appeared not far away from the arena.

Looking at Xu Sanshi, who was poised to attack, and Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao, who had released their spirit rings, he seemed to have already foreseen the outcome of this match.

As the referee announced the start of the match, all the students sitting around the arena perked up.

While most people, like the referee, felt the outcome of the match was already decided, many others held the opposite view, focusing their attention on Luo Chen and his companion on the field.

After all, if someone were a normal person, they would never rashly engage in a duel when they knew that the difference in strength between the two sides was so huge; that would undoubtedly be asking for trouble.

However, these two first-year students, knowing full well that the other party was strong, still challenged him to a duel. This was clearly very strange. They probably had some unexpected trump cards up their sleeves. Of course, it's also possible that it was just a momentary impulse.

However, that's how competitions are. Before the final result is truly determined, no one can guarantee who will win in the end. If Xu Sanshi wins, then naturally no one will have anything to say, since that's perfectly normal.

But if an upset really happens, and two freshmen who have just entered the academy defeat Xu Sanshi, a fifth-year student from the outer academy, then this match will be really interesting, and the news may even alarm the higher-ups of Shrek Academy!

However, everyone knows that this possibility is not high, or even extremely low. After all, Xu Sanshi is not stupid. He would not simply hand over the victory to others, as that would be a huge loss for him!

It's even bigger than the two Xuan Shui Pills and the soul bone stipulated in the bet combined!

If he loses to the two first-year students in this competition, it will undoubtedly have a huge negative impact on him. After all, many people have placed bets on him. If he loses, it means that he will offend a lot of people!

Therefore, he must take this game seriously!

"Sizzle—"

With a sound of clothes tearing, Xu Sanshi in front of us released his own martial soul, the Xuanming Turtle. Not only did it swell to a great size, tearing through his school uniform jacket, but it also continuously emitted thick black mist.

That was the result of his soul power constantly rising. In his right hand, there was also a huge tortoise shell shield. As soon as the shield appeared, it brought a huge sense of pressure to Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao in front of him!

This feeling even reminded the two of the defensive soul beast, the Spirit Armor Rhinoceros, with a thousand years of cultivation that they had encountered in the Soul Beast Forest, which also gave them this sense of solidity, like a mountain.

"So strong!"

Upon feeling this intense pressure, Huo Yuhao, standing behind Luo Chen, couldn't help but tense up, even finding it difficult to breathe. With his current soul power cultivation of only level fifteen, he was clearly not qualified to withstand Xu Sanshi's soul power pressure.

However, in the next moment, as Luo Chen's soul power surged and a giant black scythe covered with blood-red patterns appeared in his hand, the discomfort caused by Xu Sanshi was instantly relieved.

"Hmm, this is quite interesting. A mere second-ring Soul Master possesses such an aura. No wonder he's Bei Bei's junior brother. But only someone like him deserves my attention!"

Upon seeing Luo Chen in front of him, who had merely released his own Martial Soul and withstood the pressure of his high-level Soul Master's Soul Power, Xu Sanshi was taken aback. However, the next moment, the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.

The next moment, the first yellow hundred-year soul ring swirling around him suddenly lit up.

As this soul skill was released, a dark light suddenly emerged from the tortoise shell shield held in his right hand. Then, this light spread outward like a huge air shield, as if it wanted to swallow Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao into it.

However, the moment his spirit ring lit up, Luo Chen, aided by Huo Yuhao's mental detection, was already prepared. Just as the black shockwave was about to touch them, Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao used the Ghost Shadow Step to retreat one after the other.

However, it is clear that Xu Sanshi used this move to force them to retreat, and that he already knew from the beginning that they possessed the Ghostly Shadow Step.

Therefore, as Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao retreated rapidly, Xu Sanshi followed closely behind. At the same time, the purple thousand-year soul ring on his body suddenly shone with a dazzling light!

"Third Soul Skill - Xuanming Power!"

(End of this chapter)