Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

Chapter 45 Soul Master (Part 1)

"Team fights? Perfect for me!"

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng's gazes clashed fiercely in mid-air, and the entire Soul Arena seemed to resound with the roar of a tiger and the cry of a phoenix.

She told Dai Yueheng in the most straightforward way that she was determined to take the captain's position!

Dugu Lin admired her long, slender, emerald-green fingernails and said leisurely, "If Ling Bai participates, I will participate too."

"Um?"

The expressions on everyone's faces suddenly turned strange, and they all tilted their heads in unison as if to say, "There's something wrong with you two."

Ling Bai glanced helplessly at Dugu Lin and said, "As long as you're not afraid of revealing your trump cards prematurely, I don't care."

"What's there to be afraid of!"

Taixing pounded his chest so hard it shook the ground, and said in a rough voice, "Let's fight them first!"

Chu Qingtian, Zhou Sen, and Pan Tao also agreed to team battles, showing no fear of the seven selected monsters whose average soul power was six levels higher than theirs!

Regardless of whether they win or lose the team battle, they can see the fighting habits and soul skill effects of the seven main members, and then make full use of the six months to train them in a targeted manner.

The seven challengers were of one mind, and the seven regulars were already prepared. This team battle didn't need a referee. The fourteen members on both sides took their stances, eager to fight!

"Brothers, let's go!"

A tiger's roar erupted from Dai Yueheng's mouth, and a passionate, almost scorching aura burst forth. Accompanied by the cracking sound of bones popping, Dai Yueheng's muscles instantly swelled, and sharp claws sprang from his tiger paws. Six spirit rings, yellow, purple, black, and yellow, rose up, and his sharp, knife-like eyes were filled with a wild aura!

Martial spirit possession, White Tiger!

Target locked, Ma Xiaotao!

"Well done!"

Ma Xiaotao's pink eyes suddenly burst forth with a blazing light. The intense heat of the phoenix flames created a high-temperature wave, and the surrounding air appeared distorted from afar. She spread her phoenix wings, and six spirit rings of the same optimal ratio rose from her feet. She streaked across the sky like a fiery meteor, heading straight for Dai Yueheng!

Following Ma Xiaotao, the second challenger to make a move was Chu Qingtian. He and Xixi transformed into two bolts of lightning and kept entangled. The Electric Mad Leopard and the Lightning Leopard both happened to be agile attack-type martial souls that were good at speed. The afterimages of lightning left by the two during their attack and defense could be seen everywhere in the arena!

Tendrils surged from Zhou Sen's palm. He and Pan Tao formed a double team to face Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan. His first spirit ring had quietly lit up at some point. The ghost vines grew and extended rapidly, thick and agile like giant pythons, wrapping around Yao Haoxuan, who had become a giant with a spirit possession, from all directions!

On the other side, Chen Zifeng summoned the Soul-Chasing Sword and saw two figures rushing towards him, one in the sky and one on the ground. He couldn't help but mutter in annoyance, "Wait, do I look like someone easy to bully?"

Both the Six-Winged Angel and the Mighty Ape are offensive-type martial souls, so Ling Bai and Tai Xing chose to attack Chen Zifeng without prior agreement!

Q: What would you do if you were ganged up on by a six-winged angel and a powerful gorilla?

Chen Zifeng's method was very simple: take a deep breath, fill his lungs with air, increase his lung capacity, and then shout to the sky:

"Help! They're being uncivilized, bullying me all alone!"

"..."

Taixing stumbled and almost fell. Ling Bai was also stunned for half a second, feeling both amused and exasperated by this oddball. Discretion is the better part of valor, and Chen Zifeng's speed in admitting defeat was remarkably swift!

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and Chen Zifeng's shout really brought help. Snowflakes fell softly from the sky, and a thick layer of ice formed on the ground. The high temperature brought by Ma Xiaotao's phoenix flames dropped at an alarming rate.

Ice element, Ling Luochen!

Ling Luochen, holding an ice staff and clad in ice armor, stood gracefully in the icy world, her expression indifferent, her face as beautiful as jade, like a sacred and inviolable ice goddess. As her fourth purple soul ring flashed, Ling Luochen pointed her ice staff forward, and the elemental ice transformed into a ferocious ice dragon that lunged at Ling Bai!

"I told you, elemental ice has no effect on me."

Ice dragons, snowflakes, frost mist—everything along the way was shattered by the angel's holy sword's exorcising slash. Bright golden eyes shone in the snow-covered sky as Ling Bai looked down at the stubborn woman on the ground. The angel's wings flapped suddenly, and it seemed that the scene of the instant kill in the Soul Arena the day before was about to be recreated.

"stop!"

A loud shout rang out from somewhere in the arena, followed by two intense beams of white light!

The Spider King's mental network sensed two beams of white light. One beam targeted Ling Bai's right hand holding the sword, while the other was the point where he would land two seconds later in his rapid movement!

The level of the beams emitted was extremely high, but the person didn't seem to intend to seriously injure Ling Bai; otherwise, they would have aimed at human weaknesses such as the chest or head!

Theoretically, Ling Bai's safest course of action would have been to stop, avoid the second beam of light, and focus on neutralizing the first one. But his choice was...

Evil-repelling Double-edged Slash!

"Boom! Boom!"

The sword energy, split in two, seemed to have an auto-aiming feature, precisely hitting both beams of light. After the explosion, the aftershocks of the white energy rippled outwards.

As the aftershocks subsided, the towering Qian Fufu slowly emerged, the small, exquisite soul tool on his wrist emitting white smoke caused by the overload of soul power.

"Bullying weak girls isn't skillful; I'll fight you!"

A beautiful woman in distress, a hero stepping forward to help—this should have been a classic scene, but Ling Luochen instead angrily shouted, "Qian Fufu!"

As soon as Ling Luochen opened her mouth, Qian Fufu's eyes widened like saucers, and he pricked up his ears, not wanting to miss a single word from his goddess.

"Are you crazy? What right do you have to interfere in my fight with him?!"

boom--

Ling Bai watched helplessly as the light in Qian Fufu's eyes went out. If this were an anime, he would look as if he had been petrified from head to toe and then cracked open. The expression on the face of such a tall and mighty man was as fragile as that of a child.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Luo Chen, I..."

Qian Fufu said dryly.

"My name is Ling Luochen!"

Ling Luochen coldly interrupted him, waving his ice staff, and Dugu Lin, who was quietly watching the show, suffered an undeserved disaster!

Ling Bai's pitying gaze fell on Qian Fufu. This brother's emotional intelligence was too low. No wonder he ended up with nothing after all that flattery. He hadn't even noticed that the originally planned team battle had been tacitly divided into many one-on-one and two-on-two battles by the two groups.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, two powerful attackers, decided their captaincy in a single battle.

Chu Qingtian and Xixi, the only agility-based attackers in their respective teams, engaged in a fierce battle.

Zhou Sen and Pan Tao, along with Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo, formed a two-person team to compete against each other, both being support-type characters.

Chen Zifeng of Taixing is also involved in a major battle between offensive teams.

Dugu Lin's target challenge was Ling Luochen. Because Ling Luochen helped Chen Zifeng block Ling Bai, she had been unable to participate in the battle. Now, she finally got her wish, and the Bilin Poison was gradually corroding the ice element.

Strangely enough, although the rules clearly state that everyone in the Seven Devils Challenge has the right to challenge Qian Hun Mentor Fu Fu, they are now intentionally or unintentionally ignoring him, causing Ling Bai and Qian Fu Fu to stare at each other.

Suddenly, Ling Bai spoke up: "To be honest, I have never tried fighting a Soul Master before."

According to the rules, Ling Bai can challenge the seven members of the Seven Monsters one-on-one: Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Qian Fufu. Since Ma Xiaotao and Taixing have taken the initiative against Dai and Chen, he doesn't mind giving the first time to Qian Fufu!

Qian Fufu's ability to stand out from numerous Soul Guidance Department disciples and shoulder the immense pressure of Martial Soul Department students to secure the only Soul Guidance Department spot for the Shrek Seven Devils is enough to demonstrate that he is no ordinary person.

In terms of sheer combat prowess, this adopted son of Dean Qian Duoduo, the top level 5 Soul Master in the Inner Academy, is even superior to Ling Luochen!

Upon hearing this, Qian Fufu immediately understood. He exhaled a breath of stale air and said in a deep voice:

I won't let you down.

After saying that, he slowly retreated. Most Soul Masters have low Martial Soul talent and their Soul Skills are mainly for amplifying Soul Power. Therefore, the distance is the most important factor in the battle between Soul Masters and Soul Masters.

Maintain a certain distance to prevent Soul Masters from getting close; artillery bombardment is the only true solution!

(End of this chapter)