Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

The golden sword in You Chen's hand is no longer what it used to be after being fed for so long.

Having stayed in Beihai for so long, he naturally absorbed all the metal that the left palm bone of the Emperor Golden Lion Beast could absorb.

The Beast Soul Merchant Guild's machine of collecting metals and the accumulated resources of the North Sea over countless years have allowed this soul bone to absorb at least two-thirds of the metals that the Douluo Continent can absorb to its maximum capacity.

After all, finding rare metals becomes increasingly difficult as you progress, and the marginal effect of the Emperor Golden Lion Beast's left palm bone growth becomes more and more severe.

This soul bone has reached the age of 500,000 years after You Chen spared no effort in investing money in it.

The strength of the Golden Sword is completely tied to the Soul Bone. Currently, the strength of this Golden Sword, compared to other Martial Souls, is among the best, even among Super Martial Souls.

Before Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword was perfected by his severed arm and his martial soul's origin had undergone a major breakthrough and evolved, it was essentially a quasi-super martial soul.

The difference between "quasi-super" and "super" is only one word, but the difference is enormous.

However, the gap is not yet so large as to be insurmountable.

Are the Sword and Bone duo weak? With the blessing of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, one is comparable to level 96 and the other to level 97, so they are definitely not weak!

Chen Xin thought You Chen was being too arrogant, and that was the truth of the matter.

Keep in mind that, as of now, You Chen hasn't even possessed a Martial Soul!

The Limit Douluo can fight against an ordinary level 98 Super Douluo based solely on his physical strength, while You Chen's peak level 98 physical body, in terms of pure combat strength, is only around level 97.

Considering his current control over soul power and martial soul, he can use the power of stardust without possessing the martial soul. You Chen's hard strength, or rather his stats on paper, has already reached level 98.

However, without the Martial Soul Possession, this is far from You Chen's peak form.

Even with a combat power of level 98, he would probably only be at the bottom of the level 98.

Of course, even so, there is still a huge gap between Chen Xin and You Chen, whose strength has been temporarily boosted to level 97.

Those who can reach level 98 must have at least reached the Super Domain level in their Martial Soul.

In other words, the difference between Chen Xin and this incomplete form of You Chen is enormous. Enhanced Chen Xin < Super Douluo with a level 97 Super Martial Soul < Super Douluo with a level 98 Super Martial Soul.

However, after unleashing the True Form of the Martial Soul, this gap was largely bridged.

In this state, Chen Xin's strength is already very close to level 98.

Add to that an enhanced Bone Douluo who also unleashes his Martial Soul True Form, and even ordinary level 98 powerhouses would have to be on their toes.

The reason why You Chen was able to handle the situation so easily and create a seemingly absolute suppression was simply because he was too well-rounded.

Even without using it to attack, a powerful divine sense can perceive all the enemy's movements.

They are almost always in a battle rhythm of being the first to act.

However, maintaining this level of power at all times while suppressing one's strength is a considerable challenge for You Chen.

In addition, the three-minute limit he set for himself meant that he had to gradually increase the psychological pressure on his opponent within those three minutes, ultimately inflicting overwhelming despair on the opponent, making the conditions even more demanding.

but……

"I desperately need a battle. But finding a suitable opponent is nearly impossible for me right now. These two are barely enough. As my whetstone, perhaps under this pressure of self-imposed limitations, they can open the door to perfection..."

You Chen smiled slightly; he did not reject such pressure.

Using the power of the Martial Soul as much as possible without using Martial Soul Possession, he could feel that if he could still exert at least half the power he would have when using Martial Soul Possession in this state, it would be enough to be considered a perfect utilization of the Martial Soul's origin.

Chen Xin, however, had a completely different mindset.

He looked at the smiling You Chen as if gazing into a bottomless abyss.

Unlike You Chen, who had clear information and could easily confirm the difference in combat strength, Chen Xin had no idea where You Chen's limits lay.

Even when they were unarmed, they already exerted such immense pressure on them; now that they possess "Martial Souls," wouldn't it be even more—

"It's not good to get distracted during battle."

Chen Xin was intently staring at You Chen when suddenly, You Chen disappeared from her sight, and that calm voice floated lightly in her ear.

laugh--.

Chen Xin hurriedly manipulated the giant sword to defend himself.

His eyesight couldn't keep up with You Chen's movements, but relying on his strong combat instincts, he managed to barely block You Chen's attack.

Chen Xin's mood grew increasingly heavy: 'Such speed. At this speed, even detecting it would be extremely difficult!'

"puff!"

Suddenly, Chen Xin's pupils contracted, a sweet taste surged up, and blood instantly spurted from his mouth.

His mental energy quickly swept over his body, and only then did he belatedly notice that there was a gash in his ribs.

"When?! No, at that time, wasn't it one sword strike, but two sword strikes aimed at me simultaneously?"

Chenxin's mind recreated the previous scene and quickly analyzed the results.

Regardless of his condition, You Chen's speed is always his advantage.

Chen Xin was utterly astonished; he hadn't expected You Chen's speed to be so fast.

"With such speed, how could he have clashed head-on with Gu Rong like that? This guy clearly doesn't take us seriously!"

"roar!"

A dragon's roar shot from the ground into the sky, accompanied by a shockwave attack of soul power that hurtled towards You Chen.

You Chen easily dodged it with a quick movement.

Even though You Chen displayed an extraordinary speed advantage, Chen Xin did not give up and took the opportunity to launch another attack on You Chen.

The giant sword split into countless sword shadows, which rained down on You Chen.

You Chen smiled slightly, and to Chen Xin's astonishment, he also condensed countless small stardust swords, which collided with countless sword shadows.

The sky erupted with sparks and explosions as dazzling as fireworks.

"Why keep your distance? If you want to be sure of hitting me, you should get closer to attack. Or are you afraid that any part of me might disappear from your sight if you get close?"

You Chen manipulated the Stardust Sword to engage in a sword energy exchange with Chen Xin, while also verbally taunting Chen Xin.

puff!

With a sonic boom, You Chen himself had once again charged in front of Chen Xin.

"If that's the case, then it's just unnecessary worry. Combat distance only matters when the opponents are of equal strength. Therefore, the combat distance between you and me is meaningless."

As Chen Xin stared in astonishment, You Chen calmly murmured beside him, while simultaneously slashing down with his golden sword.

Just as Chen Xin was about to be beheaded by You Chen's sword, Gu Rong roared and charged forward.

You Chen's figure paused slightly, and in mid-air, he suddenly delivered a change-of-direction kick, sending the giant bone dragon crashing back to the ground.

But as he kicked the ancient banyan tree away, countless dark energies swarmed around him like maggots clinging to his bones.

A glint of starlight flashed in You Chen's eyes. Under the invisible fluctuations of soul power and the purification of stardust power, the dark energy was instantly purified and disappeared.

As always, Chen Xin seized the opportunity. Just as You Chen paused slightly, Chen Xin flicked his finger, controlling the giant sword to spin and slash at You Chen!

According to Chen Xin's calculations, this sword strike was fast enough to hit You Chen before he could dodge! It was an unavoidable blow!

"So what if it's just ranged attacks? Protecting everyone in the sect is the most important thing!"

But at that moment, You Chen's indifferent voice rang out again.

"One and a half minutes. Is that all? I'm getting a little bored."

A blood-red soul ring appeared and spiraled out, and a blood-red mirror suddenly appeared behind You Chen.

The Stardust Mirror's Destruction, a ten-thousand-year-old soul skill, was not enough to completely withstand Chen Xin's full-force attack under his Martial Soul True Body, but it was more than enough to only slightly hinder him for a moment.

Taking advantage of this gap, You Chen did not continue to dodge, but instead slashed at Chen Xin with his sword again.

The golden sword energy magnified continuously before Chen Xin's eyes, and a sense of death lingered in his mind.

"well?"

At this moment, Chen Xin felt somewhat lost.

"Dust in the heart!"

A roar was heard, and the ancient banyan tree that had just been smashed to the ground once again traversed space, this time appearing in front of Chen Xin.

Hissing sounds.

The golden, extremely sharp sword energy rubbed against the bone dragon's pitch-black bones, emitting intense sparks, and finally completely defeated the bone dragon.

With his Martial Soul True Form destroyed, Gu Rong reverted to his original form, gave Chen Xin an ugly smile, and then fell from mid-air.

"Ancient banyan tree!!!"

Chen Xin looked at the ancient banyan tree covered in blood and gore, with gruesome wounds that seemed to have severed it in two. Her eyes finally turned red, and she let out a sorrowful scream.

"Tsk tsk, how touching. I heard you two are both in your seventies or eighties and still unmarried. Are you two gay?"

But a teasing voice rang in his ears, making Chen Xin break out in a cold sweat and realize that this was definitely not the time for romance.

Even if Gu Rong were to die because of this, he must temporarily forget about it and fight to the very last moment!

But... if a person could be absolutely rational, then they wouldn't be human.

"You deserve to die! You deserve to die! I'll definitely kill you!"

Chen Xin's eyes were bloodshot, and he had completely forgotten his fear, letting out an angry roar at You Chen.

"Don't easily talk about things you can't do."

You Chen said calmly, "That would only reveal your weakness."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xin briefly lost her composure but then calmed down.

He stared coldly at You Chen and said menacingly, "I will make you regret saying such a thing—the unity of man and machine."

With this low murmur, the seventh soul ring on the massive Seven Kill Sword shone brightly, and Chen Xin's body transformed into light and instantly merged into the Seven Kill Sword.

"Human-machine integration?"

The golden sword in You Chen's left hand vanished without a trace.

Instead, a human figure completely identical to himself took shape as his soul power coalesced.

As You Chen observed the changes in Chen Xin, he quietly unleashed his spiritual power.

A blood-red soul ring began to spin on the Starlight Avatar's body, and in an instant, the entire figure transformed into a huge dragon spear radiating starlight.

"Man and weapon as one, Star Dragon Spear."

You Chen gently grasped the Dragon Spear. In his Spirit True Form state, the enormous Dragon Spear shrunk to a size perfectly suited to his body, yet its power remained at the level amplified by his Spirit True Form.

"Isn't that sword your martial spirit?!"

The Seven Kill Sword, now combined with its user, trembled violently in extreme shock, its words conveyed through fluctuations of spiritual energy.

But the moment the words left his mouth, Chen Xin realized... he already had evidence before that.

Chen Xin suddenly recalled the scene from his memory when You Chen used the Star Dust Mirror's Annihilation to block his sword strike.

At that time, the blood-red soul ring did not appear coiled around the golden sword, but hovered around You Chen's body.

The spirit rings of a weapon spirit are always anchored to the weapon spirit itself...

Holding the Star Dragon Spear, You Chen looked at Chen Xin, who had become one with his weapon spirit, with a gaze akin to a god looking down upon an ant, and said calmly, "When did you come to the misconception that my spirit is a sword spirit?"

Whoosh—.

This is an even greater speed than before when You Chen moved.

Just as a Clear Sky Hammer Soul Master can gain a certain power boost when using the Clear Sky Hammer, using the Stardust Dragon Martial Soul in the form of a Beast Martial Soul Weapon Soul True Body can also gain a certain degree of Martial Soul boost.

But more importantly—its power!

boom!

You Chen quickly closed the distance, swung his spear like a whip, twisting the shaft and slamming it down on the Seven Kill Sword with unparalleled force, producing a deafening explosion.

For the first time, Chen Xin felt terrified.

"What kind of power is this?! This is his true power?!"

The Seven Kill Sword, which combined man and weapon, actually developed a nick in this very first collision!

This is only natural.

When a person and a weapon are combined, the power of the weapon spirit far surpasses that of a normal weapon spirit body, but it lacks the physical strength of a soul master.

Simply put, the combination of the weapon's spirit and physical strength > the unity of man and weapon > the remote control's spirit.

You Chen, on the other hand, is now a combination of man and weapon, plus physical exertion.

The martial spirit is a super martial spirit, and the physical body is also a super physical body.

This is absolute violence that only You Chen can unleash.

The combined power of the two is still greater than that of You Chen's normal Martial Soul True Body, but it is not as flexible or versatile.

Chen Xin wielded the Seven Kill Sword, his heart filled with unwavering resolve: "Only by burning myself to the last drop of my life can there be even a sliver of hope!"

Just as an elderly mother can lift a truck to save her child, the human spirit and will can shine brightly in desperate situations.

Under intense enlightenment, Chen Xin briefly stepped into the realm of spiritual explosion!

But unlike truly reaching the level through a powerful understanding of the martial soul's origin, this is a completely uncontrollable burning!

Chen Xin felt as if his soul was being ignited by fire!

"cut!"

Under the burst of spiritual energy, Chen Xin instinctively found a more suitable way to fight, while the huge Seven Kill Sword rapidly shrank, and under this compression, it became even more condensed.

The flying sword was aimed directly at You Chen's true form.

In this state of burning soul, Chen Xin does indeed have a chance to directly and severely damage You Chen's physical body.

However, what Chen Xin didn't know was that his resolute state was just the norm for You Chen.

You Chen flicked the gun, and it accurately pierced the flying sword that was flying at high speed.

Chen Xin attempted to deflect the force, glancing past You Chen's Star Dragon Spear to directly attack You Chen himself.

However, the power he unleashed in this desperate situation was still far, far weaker than You Chen's!

The Seven Kill Sword lacked even the power to withstand You Chen's attack, and could only barely maintain a state of confrontation.

The spear tip and the sword tip collided violently, and cracks appeared on the tip of the Seven Kill Sword.

If the Seven Kill Sword were to shatter completely while the man and the weapon were in perfect harmony, Chen Xin would also face the fate of physical and spiritual annihilation.

Seeing that this scene was about to happen, You Chen glanced at the Seven Kill Sword indifferently, and hundreds of Star God Thorns suddenly emerged from his spiritual sea and pierced towards the Seven Kill Sword.

The intense mental shock forcibly interrupted the fusion between Chen Xin and the Seven Kill Sword, forcibly separating them.

"puff!"

Chen Xin's face turned ashen, and he immediately vomited three liters of blood.

He had exhausted his soul power, and his spirit, body, and even martial soul were severely damaged. However, he swayed in mid-air and ultimately did not fall down, ending up with the same fate as his best friend.

He stared intently at You Chen and asked, "Why?"

You Chen did not answer directly, but instead stated, "You ultimately did not last three minutes. According to the agreement, I will now slaughter everyone from your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

Chen Xin's expression suddenly changed.

But then You Chen looked straight into Chen Xin's eyes, a faint smile on his face. He changed the subject and said, "However, you little rascal, you did manage to give me a good time."

After the dramatic ups and downs, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Chen Xin's face. He cupped his hands and said, "This... thank you, sir, no, senior!"

At this moment, he already knew that the crisis had been temporarily averted.

Even recalling the sudden mental attack just now, Chen Xin realized that the other party did not intend to kill him, but instead saved his life!

Looking back now, it seems that You Chen never went all out from beginning to end. Although he did come to demand an explanation, he never attacked any of the disciples other than the two Title Douluo.

Compared to the actions of the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild, such behavior can be described as noble and virtuous. In fact, this battle could perhaps be interpreted as a form of guidance and instruction…

At least he personally gained a lot of insights from this battle, and finally had some confidence in the road ahead.

Chen Xin sensed the existence of "martial virtue" from You Chen and was filled with admiration.

The only regret and the one I can't accept...

Chen Xin silently looked in the direction where the ancient banyan tree had fallen, unable to feel happy no matter what.

However, it was indeed them who attacked first and threatened first. You Chen was willing to stop and spare his life, which was already a great act of magnanimity. Should he turn around and hate them?

"Don't worry, I have great confidence in my control of my power. Your old friend is not dead."

To Chen Xin's astonishment, You Chen directly used his eighth soul skill, Holy Spirit's Grace, and then said calmly, "Now, can we talk about the treatment costs and compensation for the losses you caused to the Beast Soul Merchant Guild?"

Chen Xin's expression froze, and he looked at Ning Fengzhi on the tower from afar.

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi, whose soul power was almost depleted, looked ashen-faced.

So, after more than ten minutes of friendly negotiations, the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild finally decided to "sincerely" transfer all the land deeds and shops of the Star Luo Empire to the Beast Soul Merchant Guild, and provided a lot of information about various places in the Star Luo Empire.

"Then, I hope that in the future, our Beast Soul Merchant Guild and the Seven Treasures Merchant Guild can continue to cooperate happily in the Heaven Dou Empire."

You Chen smiled and shook hands with Ning Fengzhi.

Since the meeting was to discuss chamber of commerce matters as chamber of commerce leaders, it was natural for Ning Fengzhi and You Chen to handle the handover.

Ning Fengzhi could only manage a forced smile: "Not at all, we're all in business. We were too rude and impolite before, which led to these misunderstandings. To apologize, we should be the ones cooperating with you."

To put it bluntly, what they paid You Chen was almost the same as the war reparations. It would be strange if they were happy about that.

Despite being deeply saddened, Ning Fengzhi still forced a smile in front of You Chen.

There's no other reason... they really can't afford to offend this guy in front of them.

According to his Uncle Jian, this person is very likely to be an extreme powerhouse like the one who defeated his father back then.

Even after the negotiations ended, this man still didn't reveal his name or appearance; he still had to put on a fawning smile.

You Chen chuckled and said, "Don't worry, business is business. As long as your Seven Treasures Merchant Guild only uses the usual commercial methods, our Beast Soul Merchant Guild naturally won't resort to violence. Cooperation goes without saying, it should be called alliance! Let's unite and sweep all other competitors out of the game, and then each of us can rely on our own abilities, how about that?"

The reason You Chen was so magnanimous was not only because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School posed far less of a threat than a powerhouse like Poseidon, but also, and most importantly...

His Beast Soul Merchant Guild and Seven Treasures Merchant Guild are competitors, but he and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School are not necessarily competitors.

In the future, these two chambers of commerce might become his subordinates, so there's no need to suppress them outright.

If You Chen wants to dominate the entire continent in the future, he can't possibly control everyone and rely entirely on his own team. That's not impossible, but it would inevitably take much longer to cultivate talent and expand across the continent.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is, after all, a sect with a long history and considerable combat power.

Most importantly, they have the foundation of business acumen, unlike the completely religious and centralized system on Poseidon Island, which makes them vulnerable to being incorporated into other groups.

This advance show of favor and power naturally increases the likelihood of genuine cooperation in the future.

Upon hearing You Chen's words, Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up, and he finally revealed a genuine, relieved smile: "That would naturally be a win-win situation."

Although the Beast Soul Merchant Guild has gradually gained an advantage in the market, having something to play with is much better than having nothing to play with. At least he is actually putting up a fight, isn't he?

Since the other party is willing to compete fairly within the rules, he naturally cannot be unhappy.

"You bad guy, you're not allowed to bully my Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa!"

Just then, a beautiful young woman dressed in an elegant white dress stormed in angrily.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the girl's body is trembling slightly.

Despite her willful and capricious nature, Ning Rongrong clearly values ​​and cares deeply for her two loving grandfathers.

Although Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that You Chen was treating Jian Gu and the other two, Ning Rongrong had personally witnessed You Chen almost killing her two grandfathers. How could she believe such a thing so easily?

She preferred to believe that her father had given in out of fear! (Ning Fengzhi: ???)

"Only I can save the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School!"

With a resolute determination, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School kicked open the door to the reception room. (End of Chapter)