Douluo Continent: Becoming a disciple of Jing Liu, illuminating all the gods

Chapter 24 Four-Colored Lotus, One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate (4 words)

"Both parties share the same name!"

"Chen Qiye".

"Gu Yue".

On the playing field, the referee stretched his arms out to the sides and said, "Everyone, move to the edge of the field. You may begin your attack only after I announce the start."

Both sides retreated to the edge of the field as instructed. As soon as Chen Qiye turned around, he saw Gu Yue throwing a punch at him from a distance.

"Begin!" With a soft shout from the referee, Chen Qiye released his martial spirit in an instant, unleashing his full speed and attacking like an arrow.

"So fast!"

Gu Yue seemed a little slow to react. When she raised her hand, Chen Qiye was already about five meters away from her.

The sword came crashing down.

A spirit ring was released from beneath Gu Yue's feet. Chen Qiye watched as the spirit ring bloomed from the girl's body, paused for a moment, then looked at Gu Yue with a serious expression, "She's definitely not an ordinary girl!"

He thought to himself, "No wonder he's the Silver Dragon King!"

At this moment, Chen Qiye was already right in front of Gu Yue. As a powerful offensive Soul Master, although most people do not have ranged Soul Skills, he was still very confident in this area as a melee Soul Master, unless Gu Yue had other trump cards.

The girl's figure vanished in the next instant. Yan Shaozhe, on the observation platform, thought, "Space."

Watching Gu Yue disappear before his eyes, Chen Qiye suddenly looked behind him.

Immediately afterwards, he was horrified to see that the clear light around the girl's body suddenly turned red, and a small fireball the size of a fist had arrived in front of him.

"Exam," Chen Qiye couldn't help but mutter.

Chen Qiye casually swept the small fireball away, and the fireball exploded the instant it made contact with the sword in mid-air, "Boom..."

The area where the fireball struck immediately turned a charred color.

Chen Qiye lightly tiptoed, quickly widening the distance between the two.

"Her abilities were a bit strange just now. The first time it was space, the second time it was fire, and then water, earth spirit, elemental spirits are so strange?" Yan Shaozhe and his group thought to themselves.

A hint of surprise flashed in Gu Yue's eyes. Her attack so late wasn't due to slow reaction; it was intentional. She hadn't expected Chen Qiye's reaction to be even faster than she'd anticipated. To be precise, Chen Qiye's mental strength wasn't much weaker than Gu Yue's at the moment.

"Again."

"Bang, bang!"

Gu Yue and Chen Qiye exchanged hundreds of blows, neither gaining much advantage.

"Chen Qiye, there's no point in you dawdling like this. Show me your full strength."

"That's exactly what I was thinking..."

"Go." Chen Qiye gave a soft command.

Two purple and one black—three spirit rings far exceeding the usual configuration—appeared at Chen Qiye's feet.

Compared to the ancient moon with its one yellow and two purple hues, it is more dazzling and eye-catching, and its oppressive power is also stronger.

"A ten-thousand-year-old soul ring!"

An incredulous scream erupted from the audience area.

Even the other two purple spirit rings seemed rather ordinary under this black third spirit ring.

"Chen Qiye, Level 40 Power Attack-type Soul Master, please enlighten me!"

"What?! Chen Qiye, your soul power has reached level 40?!"

"Yes! It's just that I haven't had time to acquire spirit rings."

Even Gu Yue, who was usually calm and composed, showed a hint of surprise this time.

……

Seeing the astonishment of countless people at the scene over Chen Qiye's talent, Yan Shaozhe on the high platform also showed a gratified smile.

……

"Be careful, you could easily get hurt this time."

"You don't need to worry about it."

Gu Yue thought Chen Qiye's words were a warning to be careful, but little did he know that they were the first signs of an impending crisis.

Chen Qiye held the Fragmented Sword in his hand. Looking at the sword, everyone felt the surrounding soul energy thicken.

In a flash, Chen Qiye arrived in front of Gu Yue, his speed and strength far exceeding the time Gu Yue had sparred with him before.

Chen Qiye's sword strike was so fierce that it seemed he didn't care at all if the girl in front of him got hurt.

Gu Yue looked on, puzzled. "So ruthless."

Just then, a gust of wind swept in and blew away the ancient moon in front of Chen Qiye.

Chen Qiye's sword, having lost its target, struck the arena directly, causing the ground to collapse and form a small crater.

The students in the stands watched this scene in astonishment. If that sword had struck them, they would have been seriously injured, if not killed.

The next instant, Gu Yue disappeared before Chen Qiye's eyes.

"Another Space"

Chen Qiye watched Gu Yue disappear before him, felt the flow of the wind, and instantly turned around, slashing a sword aura backward with the sword in his hand.

Gu Yue, who had just used spatial power to get behind Chen Qiye, saw the approaching sword energy. Instantly, the soul rings beneath her feet flashed, and a stone wall rose up in front of her.

The sword energy collided with the stone wall, and the stone wall shattered instantly.

Gu Yue looked at the shattered stone wall and gasped, "So ruthless. Why do I feel a bit of ferocity about Chen Qiye?"

The clear light surrounding the girl's body suddenly turned red, and small fireballs the size of fists appeared around her.

"go"

With a shout from Gu Yue, fireballs flew towards Chen Qiye. Chen Qiye, wielding a longsword, moved through the fireballs, exploding the moment they touched his sword.

"Bang..."

The dozen or so fireballs disappeared in an instant, but Chen Qiye did not stop and continued to attack Gu Yue.

"How is that possible!"

Seeing this, Gu Yue was also greatly shocked. If it were an ordinary weapon spirit, it would have been blown away to who knows where. But Chen Qiye's fragmented sword not only cut it all in half, but it was also completely unharmed.

Gu Yue once again refreshed her understanding of Chen Qiye.

Gu Yue retreated quickly.

Chen Qiye saw three spirit rings slowly float beneath Gu Yue's feet—one yellow and two purple. She then flipped her hands, and a burst of yellow light emanated from her palms, representing the heavy earth element.

Gu Yue, seemingly like the king of elements, casually molded the shape of earth elements, gradually solidifying the originally illusory earth elements.

As Gu Yue's slender fingers moved rhythmically, the clump of earth element was slowly shaped into the form of flower petals.

But the next moment, a blue light began to gather in Gu Yue's palm, and the droplets of water in the air began to shimmer with their own blue light. In the end, these water elements, like the earth elements before them, were shaped into petals.

The two elements, yellow and blue, begin to slowly intertwine, eventually appearing to merge or perhaps exist independently.

However, Gu Yue's movements did not stop. With a gentle wave of the Fairy Jade, the air currents on the entire arena began to surge and slowly converge towards Gu Yue.

At the center of the cyan vortex, Gu Yue gently grasped the void, and a ball of cyan light appeared in her hand. Its ultimate fate was the same as before, turning into the shape of a petal and merging into the earth and water elements.

Chen Qiye instantly realized something and wanted to interrupt Gu Yue's spellcasting, but the powerful elemental energy formed an invisible wall.

"If you want to play, then I'll play with you..."

Chen Qiye's eyes turned blood red, filled with boundless killing intent. With just a casual wave of his hand, he generated immense power on the arena, his aura was terrifying.

Chen Qiye softly shouted, "Open the Heavenly Gate with one sword!"

At this moment, the three spirit rings under Chen Qiye's feet lit up simultaneously, and the Fragmented Sword in his hand flew into the clouds.

Everyone in the stands looked up at the sky at the same time. A giant sword cleaved through the sky and pointed straight at Gu Yue.

Gu Yue's movements did not stop. The surrounding air slowly became hot, and the entire hall was like an oven, with the temperature rising sharply. Gu Yue's body trembled slightly, but as the last petals merged together...

The final result was a lotus-shaped object formed by the interweaving of four colors: yellow, red, cyan, and blue.

In just a few moments, Gu Yue condensed a four-colored lotus.

"This is for you!" Suddenly, she raised her head, and a silver light shone from her body. The lotus flower that had been in his palm flew towards the giant sword.

"Open!" Chen Qiye shouted at the same time.

Everyone in the stands looked up at the sky at the same time. A giant sword cleaved through the sky and pointed straight at Gu Yue.

Dean Yan Shaozhe, who was confident of success, suddenly stood up when he sensed the unusual energy that the two of them were unleashing. His eyes were filled with disbelief. Dean Qian, who was stingy, also stood up with him.

Qian Duoduo was no less shocked than Yan Shaozhe; he, too, was unaware that either side possessed such methods! He never imagined such a breathtaking scene would unfold in the freshman assessment finals. This was a spectacle rarely seen even among senior students in the outer academy, or even within the inner academy.

At this moment, even the experienced referee was dumbfounded, because he didn't know whether he should stop the collision. Both sides unleashed a power that was no weaker than or even surpassed that of the Soul Masters of this era. But how could the winner be determined if they were not allowed to clash head-on?

His ignorance didn't mean no one knew what to do at this moment. A white figure, appearing out of thin air, silently entered the assessment area at the last possible second.

His position was right at the center of both sides' "killing moves".

He used his left hand to block the giant sword and his right hand to block the four-colored lotus.

The one who appeared out of nowhere, blocking the two martial soul fusion skills without producing the slightest rebound, was none other than Du Weilun, the director of the martial soul department at Shrek Academy.

That white light was pure soul power emanating from him. Just a moment ago, eight soul rings appeared on his body simultaneously.

Two yellow, two purple, and four black. The strongest spirit ring configuration. That's the formidable strength of an eight-ringed Spirit Douluo!

How to defuse such a powerful collision? Du Weiren provided the answer: to block it with his own body.

He can withstand attacks from both sides simultaneously. He uses his physical body as a benchmark to determine the strength of the attacks and thus decide the winner.

Both are martial soul fusion techniques, and both are last resorts. Without a doubt, it's clear which is stronger in the test.

But as the violent smoke and dust dissipated, Duvelen, who was at the epicenter of the explosion, had lost his usual solemnity and shock.

Under the watchful eyes of the spectators, Du Weiren suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

How could an eight-ring Soul Douluo be seriously injured by a Soul Master and a Soul Venerable? And by a few freshmen?

This was truly unbelievable. The teachers gradually came to their senses, and they were all dumbfounded.

In the assessment area, Du Weilun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, but his face was filled with astonishment and disbelief. His eyes gleamed as he looked at Chen Qiye and Gu Yue. Even he couldn't believe it was real! Yet, the burning pain all over his body and the pain from the shock to his internal organs were so real.

At this moment, Du Weilun had only one thought in his mind: were these two really just a Soul Master and a Soul Sect Master?

Du Weilen said in a deep voice, "Now, I announce the final champions of the freshman assessment elimination round. They are..."

He paused for a moment at this point.

Suddenly a voice rang out, "I lost."

Everyone looked and saw that it was Gu Yue. Gu Yue said...

"My Four-Colored Lotus is on par with Chen Qiye's, but he's clearly missing a spirit ring. If he had another ten-thousand-year spirit ring, I would definitely be no match for him..."

"No, I lost too..."

The source of this sound was Chen Qiye.

"Victory on the battlefield can be decided in an instant. I cannot assume you are weaker than me just because I paid one less spirit ring."

"So, referee..."

"That's right, there's no winner or loser in this round; it's a draw, so you both won."

Yan Shaozhe had already stepped down from the platform and appeared in everyone's sight; the voice just now was indeed his.

"Boom—" The entire audience erupted in uproar.

"Shrek has existed for ten thousand years, and there has never been a draw before."

The silence lasted only a moment, and in that instant, the entire arena was filled with the names of Chen Qiye and Gu Yue.

Chen Qiye and Gu Yue looked at each other and nodded, acknowledging each other's strength.

Chen Qiye knew that this time he had successfully forced Gu Yue to the limit of her current power.

However, Chen Qiye was also sighing in his heart. He could have a 70/30 chance last time, but this time it was only 50/50. Is this the true power of the Silver Dragon King, the Lord of Soul Beasts?

.........

Shrek Square—

Holding a folder in his hand, Du Weilun smiled as he surveyed the group of junior students for a moment before saying, "As you all know, the freshman assessment elimination round has concluded, and the final three have been determined. Now, I will formally announce..."

"Third place, Huo Yuhao's team, team members are Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, please step forward."

After a slight pause, Du Weilun raised his voice and said, "Now, please give a warm round of applause to welcome our joint champions from the final freshman assessment, Chen Qiye's team and Gu Yue's team."

.........

Du Weilen said, "The quality of this year's freshmen is even better than in the past. I hope you will continue your efforts. Hard work pays off..."

"Based on the performance of the new students in the assessment, the core disciples who have been approved by the academy are: Chen Qiye, Gu Yue, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin..."

When he didn't hear his name called, Huo Yuhao turned pale.

I've seen the mixed reviews from readers, and I admit I have my shortcomings too. I won't say things like, "If you say my writing is bad, I'll delete your comments," because I think this is the most objective evaluation you can give me.

You can recognize your shortcomings and gradually improve and enhance your abilities.

So please forgive any problems. This is my first time writing a novel, so it's not very well written. Please forgive me.

There aren't any major breakthroughs in the early stages, so it seems a bit bland. But once you get the fourth soul ring, things will really get exciting.

After all, this is an invincible novel.

One more thing, this is a harem story, and Gu Yue will do something unexpected soon, and then she will be offline for a while.

In the early stages, Jingliu might not be described that much, but after the first tournament ends, he will meet everyone frequently.

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