Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 8 Soul Ring Reset? A Second Life!

and many more!

You Chen looked at his arm, which had shrunk considerably, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

A surprising idea suddenly popped into my head.

He strode towards the bathroom, where a handsome young man's face was reflected in the gleaming mirror.

He looked a lot like he did when he was around 10 years old, only now he was much more handsome than before, compared to his ordinary appearance. If we were to rate him out of 10, the previous You Chen would only be a 5, but now he'd be at least a 7!

Despite the dramatic fluctuation in his appearance, You Chen wasn't too surprised.

The probability of handsome men and beautiful women emerging from the world of Soul Masters is countless times higher than that of ordinary people.

As a master of true theory, You Chen was well aware of how martial spirits could optimize genes.

More than 20 years ago, when he was 9 years old, his martial spirit was just an ordinary wind dragon among intermediate martial spirits. How could it compare to now?

Looks don't matter at all; for You Chen, there's only one thing he cares about—

"Am I living a second life?!"

Even with You Chen's extensive knowledge and experience, he was still so shocked by the familiar stranger in the mirror that he was almost speechless.

He remembered that the system had a function to record age, so he quickly opened the attribute panel to confirm, only to find that the truth was even more astonishing than he had expected.

【Name: You Chen (II)】

Age: 9

[Martial Soul: Starbone Dragon (Advanced Martial Soul)]

[Level: 20 Soul Master]

[Spirit Ring: First Spirit Ring (12000 years)]

The age of the first spirit ring was several thousand years lower than expected. Normally, You Chen would have focused all his attention on studying it, but that wasn't the point at the moment, because...

You Chen discovered that there was an extra "(II)" after his name.

Switch!

With just a thought, he completed the "switch".

【Name: You Chen (I)】

Age: 35

[Martial Soul: Starbone Dragon (Advanced Martial Soul)]

[Level: 50 Soul Master]

[Spirit Ring: ...]

What is this? Is it a dual SIM dual standby device?

You Chen's brows furrowed.

As the character card changed, he transformed back into a 35-year-old middle-aged man, and even his clothes adapted to become larger and wider during the process.

The only change was that his face looked much more handsome than it had been an hour or two earlier.

Therefore... after switching to his juvenile form, his soul power didn't simply disappear or get swallowed up by the wicked system. Rather, it was suppressed to level 20, the limit imposed by his soul rings, due to the limitations of the world's rules.

Although it's unclear why the system's rules prevailed when absorbing the adaptive first spirit ring given by the system, the constraints on spirit power have returned to the Douluo World's control.

No, is there any possibility...?

You Chen raised an eyebrow, his expression strange as he thought, "The reason the system suppressed the Douluo rules before was because I used that spirit ring, forcing it to suppress them?"

Compromising with the rule that soul power is restricted by soul rings does not mean that the system rules cannot overcome the Douluo rules?

The system has this capability, but that doesn't mean this practice conforms to its rules and logic.

The rewards have already been given out, so we can't just admit there was a bug before, right? Is that why things have turned out this way?

You Chen seemed to be deep in thought, feeling that this was very likely the truth.

Without a doubt, he won big on this gamble!

In You Chen's theory, this situation of dual SIM dual standby and one martial soul with two sets of soul rings is definitely more advantageous than twin martial souls!

How could You Chen possibly sleep?

I spent the whole night planning for the future.

And so, it came to the early hours of the morning.

Ding.

[Mission: Your classmate Jiang Liu (Level 13 Soul Master) believes your talent is insufficient to live up to the title of genius and that you are unworthy to compete against him. He boasts that he will defeat you, a third-rate Soul Master, in three moves during the final competition. Please defeat Jiang Liu and show him who the real third-rate one is. If you complete the task within three moves, you will receive an extra reward.]

[Basic Rewards: Ten Beginner Nutrition Pills, a box of Friendly Premium Candy (PS: Easily increases the child's favorability)]

[Bonus Reward: Soul-Slaying Technique (Mental martial art, with the effect of intimidating enemies)]

You Chen raised an eyebrow.

Unlike Ye Han, who comes from a powerful family, Jiang Liu is a commoner like him, but his talent far surpasses Ye Han's.

He possesses innate soul power at level five and his martial soul is the advanced Freshwater Crocodile. He is considered a true genius among his class.

He is now a level 43 Soul Master. In terms of talent alone, he is not much different from You Chen before he acquired the system. Although his level has dropped a bit, he has a very high probability of reaching the Soul Emperor level in the future thanks to the advantage of his high-level martial soul.

However, what You Chen cared more about was the timing of the mission's trigger and the time specified in the mission details.

"If I remember correctly, that conflict with Jiang Liu was about a month after we punished that brat Ye Han, wasn't it?"

You Chen seemed to be deep in thought.

However, some of these speculations still need to be verified in the future.

Before we knew it, it was daytime.

You Chen has already received the transfer order from Ye Han, but because of the system, he does not plan to take up his post immediately. Instead, he plans to stay in Wuhun City for a while longer.

As for the target of this mission?

Fortunately, Jiang Liu also worked within the Spirit Hall, so You Chen didn't need to go out to search for him.

Moreover, although Jiang Liu and You Chen's relationship was not particularly close, they were classmates after all, and given their past rivalry, it was impossible for Jiang Liu to refuse You Chen's invitation to a soul battle.

He might be thinking that You Chen has focused on theoretical research all these years, and even if he has an advantage in soul power, his actual combat ability and the quality of his martial soul may not be as good as his.

Moreover, before reaching the Title Douluo level, within the same major rank, one's soul power level does not have an overwhelming advantage.

Jiang Liu believed he had a strong chance of winning!

However, in reality, You Chen's combat ability was not diminished at all.

You Chen is not some pure theoretical scholar who is ignorant of martial arts.

Even with the original You Chen, he could have bridged the gap between intermediate and advanced martial souls by relying on high-level spirit rings.

Jiang Liu might have a chance to catch up with the original You Chen, but that would be many years from now, let alone You Chen who has undergone a second transformation of his martial soul.

Even so, Jiang Liu is still a Soul Master with considerable strength.

At the Soul Sect level, and given their familiarity with each other, normally You Chen wouldn't be able to defeat Jiang Liu so easily.

But... for the extra rewards in the mission, You Chen couldn't care less about saving face for his old classmate.

He immediately used his fourth soul ring's ten-thousand-year soul skill, "Starlight Avatar," at the start of the battle. Then, his main body and avatar simultaneously used his third soul skill, "Storm Stream," which had a gathering and binding effect, to freeze Jiang Liu in place.

Jiang Liu barely managed to withstand the double attack of the four-thousand-year-old spirit ring and spirit skill, using three spirit skills including his fourth spirit ring.

As Jiang Liu attempted to break through the storm's airflow, the Starlight Incarnation charged forward and self-destructed.

With a sudden BOOM, Jiang Liu was knocked unconscious.

You Chen didn't know that amplification-type soul skills weren't considered "one move," so he directly used this tactic, which would count as three moves no matter how you look at it.

Even Jiang Liu didn't expect You Chen to unleash his ultimate move right from the start, and he suffered a crushing defeat because of a moment of carelessness.

Jiang Liu lay in the crater created by the explosion of the starlight incarnation, his face blackened with charcoal, looking utterly bewildered.

(End of this chapter)