The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

Unlike Xu Zihuang's memories of fighting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in his previous life, Elder Xuan was unaware that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion possessed abilities with three attributes: spirit, light, and fire. It was indeed difficult for him to connect the Wang Qiu'er before him with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that Xu Zihuang had encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Therefore, even if Wang Qiu'er revealed her near-maximum light and fire attribute abilities, it wouldn't have much of an impact. Even from Wang Qiu'er's perspective, Xu Zihuang, who had seen her memories and knew her abilities, might not be able to detect anything.

"Just as I thought!" Yan Shaozhe's eyes lit up, and he was very excited. Although he didn't know why Wang Qiu'er's martial soul had such an ability, as long as she was an inner disciple of Shrek Academy and her status was not problematic, it was a good thing for Shrek Academy.

Chapter 369 Stance and Surprise

Where Xu Zihuang's hands, transformed into black-purple dragon claws, touched Wang Qiu'er's wrist, golden flames and black-purple lightning resisted each other. They touched but did not merge, clearly distinct.

Large swaths of light, a mixture of blackish-purple and gold, scattered and flew in all directions, some crackling like lightning, others forming arc-shaped halos. Powerful shockwaves and violent fluctuations of soul energy merged together, distorting the surrounding space.

Wang Qiu'er's golden flame, formed by fusing near-perfect light and fire attributes, was already comparable in level to true ultimate attributes. However, Xu Zihuang was even more capable in this regard. He could fuse ultimate lightning and destruction attributes to create an annihilation attribute that did not exist in this world, making it incomparably domineering.

Moreover, his single extreme lightning attribute was enough to suppress Wang Qiu'er's golden flame, which was comparable to an extreme attribute.

Seeing that Elder Xuan and Bei Bei and the others had arrived at the Soul Battle Zone one after another, Xu Zihuang slowly released his hands.

But before he could get up, another gust of scorching, unpleasant wind swept over him.

With disheveled hair, Wang Qiu'er suddenly turned around, glaring fiercely at Xu Zihuang. Her appearance was somewhat similar to that of the furious Thunder Beast earlier. But unlike the Thunder Beast's fear, Wang Qiu'er felt pure humiliation, anger, and resentment. Her remaining three spirit rings flashed almost simultaneously.

Wang Qiu'er's three true Golden Lion Martial Soul's first three soul skills are Golden Dragon Body, Golden Dragon Power, and Golden Dragon Fist. Even though Xu Zihuang forcibly extracted most of her Golden Dragon bloodline, she was still able to control these three innate soul skills originating from the Golden Dragon bloodline.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, an auspicious beast of emperors, transformed into a martial soul, is a truly perfect martial soul. It possesses a physique and physical abilities comparable to a golden dragon, near-perfect control over light and fire attributes, a primary attribute of spirit, and a unique power of destiny. It has no weaknesses whatsoever.

Amplified by the two powerful soul skills, Golden Dragon Body and Golden Dragon Power, Wang Qiu'er's aura surged. Golden light shone from her right hand, and a gigantic golden dragon head materialized. It was as lifelike as if sculpted from gold, its solidity almost tangible.

The golden dragon's head is also covered with golden flames, and has the effect of the fourth soul skill, Golden Flame Burst.

Xu Zihuang's eyes were filled with coldness, showing no sign of panic.

Although Wang Qiu'er's attack was powerful, her mind was already in turmoil.

He didn't need to use the dynamic vision ability of his Golden Eye Martial Soul to easily see the flaw in Wang Qiu'er's move.

Xu Zihuang watched indifferently as the golden dragon head, wreathed in golden flames, hurtled towards his chest. Just before being struck, he dodged to the side and once again seized control of Wang Qiu'er's right wrist.

"Boom!" Guided by Xu Zihuang, the golden dragon head slammed into the ground. The solidified golden dragon head suddenly expanded and grew larger. Although its color became illusory, it seemed as if a real golden dragon had descended to earth, its head swooping down from the sky to the ground.

A rich golden aura swirled around, and countless fragments on the battle arena flew into the air before dissolving.

Centered on the two people's bodies, a giant crater was instantly formed with a diameter of over fifty meters and a depth of at least five meters.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, in the center of the deep pit, Xu Zihuang remained in a slightly bent-over posture, his right hand firmly gripping Wang Qiu'er's wrists, pressing them down tightly.

Wang Qiu'er was lying on the ground with her hands behind her back, controlled by Xu Zihuang and pressed against her soft waist, maintaining a very humiliating posture.

"Waaah—" She struggled incessantly, her delicate body writhing. But she was unable to break free from Xu Zihuang's grasp.

After a moment, Wang Qiu'er finally stopped struggling, biting her lip, and turned to look at Xu Zihuang, her eyes blurry with tears. She, who was always cold and aloof, rarely showed this side of herself. She was like an ordinary girl who had suffered countless injustices.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, she was an imperial auspicious beast revered by countless soul beasts, and no soul beast dared to disobey her. Moreover, she was doted on by the Beast God Di Tian.

But ever since she met Xu Zihuang, her fate seemed to be under her control. She suffered countless setbacks at Xu Zihuang's hands. From the initial forced extraction of her golden dragon bloodline to now being suppressed by Xu Zihuang time and time again with nonchalant ease.

As an imperial auspicious beast, Wang Qiu'er had few opportunities to interact with humans in the Star Dou Great Forest, and her personality was relatively simple. The stark contrast between her past and present caused her to lose control of her emotions for a moment.

"Let me go!" Wang Qiu'er screamed suddenly, her body trembling slightly. The entire place fell silent, and all eyes were focused on Xu Zihuang.

However, Xu Zihuang showed little emotion and silently released Wang Qiu'er again.

This time, Wang Qiu'er did not attack Xu Zihuang as before. Instead, she forcefully stomped her right foot on the ground, and her entire body transformed into a golden lightning bolt, rushing out of the Soul Fighting Zone and disappearing from sight.

Xu Zihuang turned around, his gaze calmly meeting Ning Tian's for a moment, before walking towards Elder Xuan and the other elders of the Sea God Pavilion.

There's no need to feel guilty, after all, he's never had any romantic feelings for Wang Qiu'er.

In the Douluo Continent, human soul masters and soul beasts are naturally opposed.

In ancient times, spirit beasts could prey on humans. As humanity developed, the profession of spirit master gradually emerged, and it was only natural for spirit masters to hunt spirit beasts to advance their cultivation.

As a human being, the most basic principle is that one should not betray one's own race. He may accept some soul beasts, such as Tianmeng, the Silver-Scaled White Whale, and the Thunderous Hell Vine, but from his subjective perspective, all other soul beasts are merely a different kind of resource.

Humans are humans, and spirit beasts are spirit beasts.

Even if spirit beasts become extinct, it's merely a step in the course of history. As a human, what does the extinction of spirit beasts matter to him? All he wants is to subjugate all living beings and create a unified empire. Moreover, in his memories of his past life, there will be artificial spirits that can replace the function of spirit rings.

To him, Wang Qiu'er, who had transformed into human form, was essentially no different from a soul beast.

If he weren't wary of the beast tide that the Beast God Di Tian might unleash, he probably would have already found an opportunity to imprison Wang Qiu'er and kill her in the future to obtain her soul ring and soul bone.

Xu Zihuang approached Elder Xuan and bowed slightly to him.

"Elder Xuan."

"You young people are so energetic!"

Elder Xuan chuckled and shook his head. In his view, Yu Tianhuang and Wang Qiu'er had been very disciplined throughout their fight, while Wang Qiu'er's performance was exceptionally strong. Although he wasn't good at analyzing these kinds of things, he could still discern some of Wang Qiu'er's thoughts.

Because you only become so obsessive when you care about someone.

He didn't need to get involved in the affairs of young people. And given Wang Qiu'er's emotional state, he had to postpone asking about the changes in her martial soul.

"Alright, you can continue."

After saying this, Elder Xuan vanished from the spot. As he left, he casually unleashed a dense, earthy-yellow light. Affected by this light, the previously ravaged Soul Arena instantly returned to its original state.

As a pinnacle among earth-attribute soul masters, achieving this would be incredibly easy for him, given his strength.

Only a few Sea God Pavilion elders, who were usually quite free and had just been alarmed by Wang Qiu'er's martial soul ability, came to the Soul Battle Zone with Elder Xuan.

Since Wang Qiu'er, the main character, had left, they naturally wouldn't linger and followed Elder Xuan away as well.

Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier, who remained, looked at Xu Zihuang with gentle smiles. Now they were even more convinced of Elder Mu's choice that under Yu Tianhuang's leadership, Shrek Academy would surely achieve unprecedented prosperity.

Moreover, it wasn't just Yu Tianhuang; in this era, Shrek Academy produced far too many exceptionally talented geniuses.

Before leaving, Yan Shaozhe reached out his right hand and patted Xu Zihuang on the shoulder.

"Tianhuang, you should be gentler with girls."

Xu Zihuang jumped off the field, feeling utterly speechless.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" The Thunder Beast seemed to have recovered from its previous fear and jumped onto Xu Zihuang's shoulder in a flattering manner.

Ning Tian walked over and looked into Xu Zihuang's deep, clear eyes, which were as vast as the starry sky. She didn't say anything, but just smiled sweetly and took Xu Zihuang's arm affectionately.

At this moment, Zhang Lexuan arrived at the center of the edge of the arena and reminded everyone, "Tianhuang, you guys are on the north side of the Soul Fighting Area. Beibei, the seven of you go to the south side of the Soul Fighting Area. Without further ado, let's start this sparring match now. I will be the referee and give you ten minutes to arrange the order of appearance. To be fair, Tianhuang, you and Ningtian don't need to participate."

Zhang Lexuan's arrangement was clearly deliberate. Yu Tianhuang's individual strength was too great, making his participation in this one-on-one soul battle largely meaningless. As for Ning Tian, ​​a support-type soul master, although he possessed considerable combat power with the aid of his soul tool, he generally wouldn't appear in the individual elimination rounds of the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament.

Because support-type Soul Masters and battle Soul Masters have different ways of thinking, Ning Tian was trained from a young age to be a support-type Weapon Soul Master. Among support-type Soul Masters of the same level, the support ability of her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul is arguably the strongest, but her combat experience and combat instincts are far inferior to those of battle Soul Masters.

"Yes, Senior Sister." No one raised any objections.

Bei Bei's Tang Sect team has seven members, while Xu Zihuang's Shrek team will have ten members: Dai Huabin, Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, Xiao Xiao, Zhu Lu, Xie Huanyue, Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo.

Although Huo Yuhao, a three-ring Soul Master, is a drag on the team, the Tang Sect has three Soul Emperors: Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou. On the Shrek Academy side, Xu Zihuang won't be playing, Wang Qiu'er left early, and the highest-ranking member is Dai Huabin with level 57 Soul Power. Overall, the strength of both sides is relatively even.

On the Tang Sect's side, Xu Sanshi was talking to Bei Bei, occasionally glancing at Xu Zihuang with a slightly lewd smile. He also made sure to pull He Caitou and Dai Luoli along.

However, Dai Luoli did not heed Xu Sanshi's words and looked at Xu Zihuang with admiration and fervor.

Xu Sanshi did this to alleviate the awkwardness of having both himself and Jiang Nannan present. Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan also huddled together, leaving only the aloof Huo Yuhao standing at the very back of the group.

In contrast, the Shrek team was relatively quiet. Their expressions varied.

The pretty sisters, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, blushed slightly. The two sisters, seemingly in sync, exchanged glances occasionally before their gazes fell on Xu Zihuang. Wu Feng and Dai Huabin, however, had a flurry of expressions as they stood in a corner of the crowd. Zhu Lu stood beside Dai Huabin.

The petite Xiao Xiao and the gentle-looking Nanmen Yun'er were closer to Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian. Finally, there was the playful Xie Huanyue, and the two brothers, Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan, with their ambiguous gazes.

Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen had long lost interest in Wang Qiu'er. In their view, only Yu Tianhuang could probably subdue her.

The combo that Yu Tianhuang used against Wang Qiu'er just now gave them some valuable experience.

We still need to strike hard; for a woman like this who is naturally arrogant, we have to get her firmly under control.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Zhang Lexuan reminded her again, "Time's up, let's begin."

"Yuhao," Bei Bei called out to Huo Yuhao. He had learned about today's sparring match from Zhang Lexuan yesterday. He had already arranged the order of appearance on the way to the Soul Arena.

Huo Yuhao silently walked out from the crowd, but his gaze lingered on Dai Huabin for a long time, his deep blue eyes filled with terrifying blood vessels.

The mere sight of Dai Huabin would instantly conjure up a shadow of hatred within him. He had been forcibly suppressing this hatred with his head down, suppressing it to the point of near madness, and hadn't even paid attention to the subsequent confrontation between Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu'er.

The veins on Huo Yuhao's clenched fists bulged, and whispers that seemed to originate from the depths of his soul lingered in his heart, cold and sinister.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill your whole family, slaughter the entire White Tiger Duke's mansion, and avenge my mother! I'll make those in the White Tiger Duke's mansion who harmed my mother and me pay a hundredfold price in blood!"

"Hahahaha—" Huo Yuhao seemed to have lost control of his facial expressions, revealing a manic and bizarre laugh. His long black hair fell across his face, obscuring his features. Only a subtle curve appeared at the corner of his mouth as he murmured softly.

"You deserve to die! You deserve to die!"

Noticing Huo Yuhao's unusual behavior, Xu Zihuang's eyes flickered. Since Huo Yuhao hated Dai Huabin so much, he would give him a chance.

"Dai Huabin, you go first."

Upon hearing Xu Zihuang's words, Dai Huabin was somewhat stunned, but then immediately reacted and silently stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform.

There's nothing wrong with him being the first to appear, given his strength. Being the first to appear means that as long as he can defeat every opponent, he can keep challenging others.

Dai Huabin was aware of Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi's abilities. Challenging the two would be a test for him as well.

Bei Bei frowned, somewhat puzzled as to why Yu Tianhuang had chosen Dai Huabin, their strongest player, to be the first to appear. However, he quickly reconsidered and understood. After all, it was just a friendly spar; as long as there was something to learn, there was no need to take it so seriously or care so much about winning or losing.

Huo Yuhao, standing on the other side of the field, was also taken aback. The smile on his lips became even more pronounced.

Chapter 370 Cruel Reality and the Deadly Courage of Mother and Child

A faint golden light flickered in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and three yellow spirit rings rose up from beneath his feet.

Unlike the previous two dull yellow spirit rings, his third yellow hundred-year spirit ring was exceptionally bright, already revealing a hint of noble purple aura.

Huo Yuhao failed to absorb the soul ring of that thousand-year-old silver wolf. After a short period of recuperation, Bei Bei and Tang Ya took him into the Jingyang Mountains to hunt down a silver wolf with nine hundred years of cultivation.

Putting everything else aside, Bei Bei and Tang Ya absolutely did their best to help Huo Yuhao obtain his spirit rings. The reason Huo Yuhao couldn't have the optimal spirit ring combination was entirely his own fault; his physical condition was too poor, preventing him from absorbing the spirit ring from the thousand-year-old silver wolf.

"Mom, did you see that? I have now become a Soul Master at the Soul Venerable level. In the future, I will definitely go to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to seek justice for you!" With his soul power flowing through his body, Huo Yuhao regained some confidence and looked at Dai Huabin opposite him with a determined gaze.

"Even if I can't beat him, I'll make him pay the price. This is the beginning of my revenge!"

In recent years, Huo Yuhao has been studying at the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy's Outer Court, which has greatly reduced the pressure on his soul power cultivation. Only a very few exceptionally talented graduates of the Outer Court's Soul Guidance Department can break through to the fourth-ring Soul Master level. The vast majority of the rest are only at the third-ring Soul Venerable level.

He knew his cultivation level was inferior to Dai Huabin's, but it shouldn't be too far off. With that hidden weapon in hand, he wasn't entirely without a chance of victory.