Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

Chapter 79 Meng Xinghe: I don't like sickles! (10/10)

Upon arriving at the foot of the Heavenly Flame Soul Burning Tower, the crowd gathered there also noticed the arrival of the two.

With just one glance, they were certain that the golden couple in front of them were definitely not students of their academy, because if they were students of their academy, they would definitely remember them.

Since they are not students of their academy, yet they are here, the answer is already quite clear.

A girl of about sixteen or seventeen stepped out from the crowd, walked up to the two, and said warmly, "Hello, you two kids. You're here to visit and learn, right? Where's your host? Are you lost? How about I show you around?"

The girl's overly familiar enthusiasm caused Gu Yuena to take a step back and shield Meng Xinghe in front of her.

"Thank you, big sister." Meng Xinghe stepped forward and politely declined, "But it's alright, we did our research before coming."

"Alright then, here's my business card. If you encounter any trouble at the academy, just call the number on it, and I'll take care of it for you."

"Uh—thank you."

The girl's enthusiasm was so overwhelming that Meng Xinghe had no choice but to accept the business card she offered and glance at it.

Huan Hongchen, Level 6 Mecha Designer, Core Disciple of Mingde Hall, Phone Number ————

Behind him, Gu Yuena also caught a glimpse of the information on the business card and glanced at the girl with some surprise.

No wonder he dared to boast that he could solve any trouble we might encounter at the academy; he's a genius descendant of the Hongchen family.

But why was she so nice to us when we were meeting for the first time?

Gu Yuena looked at Meng Xinghe's face and instantly understood what was going on.

When you're out and about, you rely on facial recognition. This is a principle Qiu'er told her, and now it seems to be true.

With Xinghe's face, he's probably the most handsome man in the world.

Yes, we'll have to keep a closer eye on things from now on.

"It's out! It's out!"

Suddenly, a gasp came from the crowd ahead, and the people gathered there rushed over, giving off the feeling of fans meeting a celebrity in person.

Amidst the commotion, Huan Hongchen used his soul power to block out the noise and explained to the two curious individuals, "Since you've done your research, you should know what the Heavenly Flame Soul Burning Tower is, so I won't explain it further. The commotion earlier was related to one of our academy's genius students."

"His name is Xu Yucheng, and he's nine years old. I think he's about the same age as you. Judging from your age, you should be around nine years old too, right?"

Seeing the two nod, Huan Hongchen smiled and continued, "Xu Yucheng is a super genius in our academy. He awakened the super martial soul Dark Demon Scythe at the age of six and has innate full soul power talent. With the help of the Heavenly Flame Soul Tower to improve his cultivation speed, he broke through to the Great Soul Master at the age of seven. Before this moment, his soul power was at the peak of level twenty-nine. Now that he has walked out of the Heavenly Flame Soul Tower, he must have broken through to level thirty."

"A nine-year-old level 30 Soul Master—even with a cultivation cheat like the Heavenly Flame Soul Burning Tower in our academy, such a talent only appears once every hundred years on average. Because of this talent, almost all of Mingdu's peers regard Xu Yucheng as a goal to be caught up with, using him as motivation."

As she spoke, she looked at the two of them and enthusiastically suggested, "You two can do it too! Having someone your age as a role model can be very helpful in promoting your cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Meng Xinghe and Gu Yuena exchanged a glance, revealing a half-smile.

Choosing a peer as a role model? Who on the entire Douluo Star is qualified to do that?

"A role model for peers? Xinghe has the qualifications. As for Xu Yucheng, a guy who only reached the Soul Venerable level at the age of nine thanks to Xinghe's Heavenly Flame Soul Burning Tower, forget about him."

As Gu Yuena was thinking, the crowd parted to make way for a young man with short gray hair. He had a perpetually expressionless face, like an iceberg, and held a gray-black scythe that was longer than him. The scythe was covered with purple-black magic patterns, and three purple thousand-year soul rings surrounded him.

"Huh? Isn't the Dark Demon Scythe supposed to backfire on Soul Masters? How come he has a thousand-year Soul Ring?"

Hearing Gu Yuena's question, the enthusiastic Huan Hongchen explained, "It's because his martial soul backlash problem has been resolved, it's that simple."

"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, on the condition that Xu Yucheng truly joins the academy, persuaded the Pope of the Holy Spirit Cult to personally intervene and resolve the backlash issue of Xu Yucheng's Dark Demon Scythe martial soul. Exchanging the Pope's intervention for a genius with the potential to become a Limit Douluo is a deal that seems perfectly reasonable."

The super martial soul, the Dark Demon Scythe, is so powerful that soul masters who awaken it will suffer a backlash, resulting in weakened physical attributes. They can only form contracts with hundred-year-old soul spirits and absorb hundred-year-old soul rings.

A Title Douluo with nine hundred-year spirit rings is also a beautiful sight in the Douluo Continent. Others can tell what the Title Douluo's martial soul is just by looking at the spirit rings.

Because of the backlash of their martial souls, no Soul Master with the Dark Demon Scythe Martial Soul has ever become a Limit Douluo, even if they have the talent to become Limit Douluos.

Therefore, Xu Yucheng was undoubtedly lucky. He was born in an era where there was a Holy Spirit Douluo, Ya Li, who was the number one healing-type Soul Master in the world who could cure the backlash problem of the Dark Demon Scythe Martial Soul.

Meng Xinghe's gaze fell on the sickle in Xu Yucheng's hand, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of disgust stemming from his bloodline.

He knew why.

In ancient Greek mythology, Uranus, the god of the sky, had his symbol of male power cut off by his son Cronus with a black stone sickle while he was mating with Gaia, the earth goddess.

Losing male power also means losing patriarchal authority, the symbol of male gods, and the status of king of gods.

Uranus wanted to reclaim what he had lost, but it had been cast into the primordial ocean. His beloved brother, Pontus, the god of the primordial ocean, transformed it into a gestating goddess, Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.

His other beloved younger brother, the mountain god Uriah, also exerted his power at this time. He erected a pillar that supported the sky, lifting the sky, which was Uranus incarnate, into the heavens, permanently separating it from the earth.

Uranus was no longer whole and was forced into an eternal slumber, thus becoming the second king of the gods.

The Blackstone Scythe is black, and the Dark Demon Scythe is also black; they are both the same size and equally dangerous.

Meng Xinghe's sky-blue eyes gleamed with a faint crimson light, and an impulse to completely destroy the scythe before him gradually welled up within him.

"Strange, where is this killing intent coming from?" Gu Yuena looked around and finally fixed her gaze on Xinghe beside her.

Something's wrong, very wrong. This was the first time she'd ever seen Xinghe with this expression.

What deep-seated grudge does Xinghe have against Xu Yucheng? They were perfectly fine just a moment ago—

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"Xu Yucheng, hello, I'm Meng Xinghe, and I'd like to have a spar with you!"