Douluo Continent: Starting with controlling Ning Rongrong and establishing the Holy Cult

"Black aura? What does that mean?" Xiao Wu asked from the side.

"This means that this barrier is related to that black energy, and we must find the source of the black energy," Tang San explained before Zhu Zhuqing could.

"Isn't the source the opponent? That black aura is overflowing from Ning Rongrong's opponent," Xiao Wu retorted.

"This..." Tang San was speechless for a moment, he shared the same opinion.

“No.” Zhu Zhuqing shook her head. “After all, the other party is only a Soul Venerable. The owner of the black energy is someone else. We must find him.”

"Clap clap clap."

The applause rang out, perfectly timed.

"Good idea. Good news, you guessed right."

"You are—that refined gentleman!"

Tang San recognized the man in front of him at a glance and became wary.

Did you do it?

Zhu Zhuqing instinctively rushed forward. The man in front of her looked weak; if he was the mastermind, she was sure she could—

The world stood still.

Just a second before Zhu Zhuqing was about to touch the refined man, the person behind him simply extended his index finger and placed it on Zhu Zhuqing's head, rendering her completely immobile.

Only then did they notice that there was another person behind the man, whose aura was significantly stronger than Zhao Wuji's. At least a Soul Douluo level, no, at least a Title Douluo level.

Who exactly are you?

The other five people warily surrounded the man.

The man simply smiled.

"Who I am is not important. What is important is that if you keep surrounding me, Flander is going to suffer."

As the crowd dispersed, they discovered that Flander was already fighting with someone below and was clearly at a disadvantage.

All the staff in the entire arena had disappeared, leaving only a few people: a refined-looking man and a hunched-over man in black robes.

"Who are you? A Soul Master, and so young... You're an evil Soul Master!"

After several exchanges, Flander saw through the person before him. He just hadn't expected that he would actually encounter this evil spirit master, who was merely a concept in his mind.

"As expected of the dean of Shrek Academy, his vision is truly sharp."

"Let me introduce myself. I am Zhao Asi, the seventh elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, from the class of '81."

Chapter 22 The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's Rescue

"Good evening, you jerk who ruined my plans."

Zhao Asi said unhurriedly. Although he did not know who the other party was, judging from the other party's attempt to break the barrier of the Soul Arena, the other party was on the opposite side of him.

He came for Liu Jiayi; more specifically, he only came because Liu Jiayi had turned into a monster. In his plan, Liu Jiayi shouldn't have become a monster so soon; he should have waited another week to provide sufficient data for his experiments. Now, his plan has fallen through.

Zhao Asi gradually approached Flander. Although Flander felt the pressure from the other party, he could not back down.

One reason was that his students were still above him, and another reason was that his dignity did not allow him to bow down to the evil spirit master.

Flander rushed forward, sending ten energy blades hurtling towards Zhao Asi's face, but Zhao Asi deftly shifted his right hand, blocking the attack.

He laughed, a mocking laugh, a scornful laugh at Flanders' attack, which he saw as a feather falling on water, causing not a ripple.

His right hand began to change, turning into a giant hammer, and the transparent hammer body revealed the principle—the bones changed the shape of the palm, making the hand like a hammer.

"Physical Martial Soul!"

Flander immediately saw through the deception. If it wasn't his own martial soul that could so easily alter his body, then what was it?

"Good eye. My martial spirit is bones."

As Zhao Asi spoke, his hunched back straightened up, and the giant hammer struck Flander. The area around Flander was sealed off by the things that Zhao Asi had "unintentionally" scattered on the ground earlier.

He only had one option: to block the attack, to use his level 78 Soul Saint strength to block the attack of a level 81 Soul Douluo.

Can it be blocked?

Flander himself never expected that simply going out to attend a class would lead to such a mess. Golden light burst forth from his body; this was also one of his soul skills, capable of enhancing his defensive capabilities.

Even with this layer of defensive enhancement, he gradually began to feel the strain.

He couldn't hold them off for long.

"The seven treasures are named as follows: the fourth is for protection, and the sixth is for completeness."

A soft sound rang out from not far behind him. In an instant, Flander felt a warm current flow through his entire body. He increased the strength in his hand and, under Zhao Asi's confident gaze, gradually deflected Zhao Asi's attack back.

"You are……"

Zhao Asi's face first showed displeasure, then quickly turned to terror. His bones shrank back, and he unconsciously took a few steps backward. He pointed forward with his left hand, towards Flander's back, and stammered out his words.

"You are...you are Ning Fengzhi! You are the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, why are you out here instead of staying in the sect?"

He took a breath, calmed himself down, and said, "Fine, now that you've come out, I'll wipe you out too."

As he spoke, Zhao Asi's left hand transformed into a giant scythe, which he aimed directly at Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi, meanwhile, took a feather fan from somewhere and gently fanned himself.

Just as Flander was about to move to block the attack, he found that someone was one step ahead of him.

Yes, Ning Fengzhi was present, so how could it be that only one person came?

Bone Douluo, Ancient Banyan Tree.

"I heard you also collect bones?"

A deep, resounding voice echoed behind Zhao Asi. The next instant, a massive bone dragon burst in from outside the Great Soul Arena, biting off Zhao Asi's body. Zhao Asi coughed up blood and died the next second.

The bone dragon disappeared, and the old man in black robes collapsed to the ground.

The three men stepped forward and peeled off his black robe, only to find that his aged appearance was fading, revealing a youthful face.

"Hiss, this guy is a clone."

Gu Rong slammed his right hand on the floor, expressing his dissatisfaction.

“Uncle Bone, although this is a clone, it has already had a significant impact on the main body. Our immediate priority should be to investigate this—” Ning Fengzhi pointed his feather fan towards the white mist space on the Soul Arena, “—this. After all, Rongrong is still inside.”

"Yes, Rongrong is more important."

Gu Rong walked to the front of the Great Battle Arena, stared at the white mist barrier, and reached out to touch it.

"This is the thing that took Old Swordsman several minutes to break?" Gu Rong sneered. "Watch me teleport..."

The phantom of his martial spirit appeared behind him, but the smile on Gu Rong's face vanished the next second.

He transformed it into an offensive soul skill.

boom--

A tremendous crash echoed throughout the entire Great Soul Arena as a massive bone dragon slammed into the barrier.

The ancient banyan tree's appearance gradually worsened.

"What material is this barrier made of? It's amazing that the old swordsman was able to break through it."

He smacked his lips.

"Uncle Bone, the spatial soul skill isn't working?"

"It's no use. All I know is that Rongrong is alright for now. She's in the upper hand in the fight inside."

"Phew...that's good."

Ning Fengzhi sighed.

Following the incident with the evil spirit master a few days ago, they also studied the white mist barrier. Unfortunately, only Chen Xin had encountered this thing, and their research on the white mist barrier is still in its early stages.

All I know is that a strong attack can break it.

Now we need to add a new rule: Space-type soul skills are invalid.

"So this thing can only be broken open from the inside?"

Ning Fengzhi looked worriedly into the white mist space, even though he couldn't see anything.

"I'm afraid so. But we can't just sit here and wait to die. Sword Douluo has already broken through once. If the few of us join forces, we might be able to succeed."

-

Inside the white mist space.

Ning Rongrong frowned as she looked at the monster in front of her that was making strange, incomprehensible noises.

"What are you saying in your gibberish?"

She muttered to herself.

The trapped beast still had two more poisonous spikes left to absorb, so Ning Rongrong steeled her resolve and two equally sized poisonous spikes appeared beside her, shooting towards the monster.

Through several experiments, she discovered that the "power" described in the Soul Skill "Trapped Beast" has many uses. In addition to being converted into physical attributes and unleashed by her own fists, it can also be externalized into other attack methods, such as poison stings. However, the form of externalized power depends on the attack absorbed. If the opponent attacks her with poison stings, she cannot use her poison axe.

Good news, this monster doesn't have a shield.

The bad news is that the two hits landed on the monster, but didn't significantly reduce its health bar; to be precise, it only lost about 2% of its health.

"Is it a glitch in the system? Or is it just pure numerical data?"

Thinking it over, she drank both the health potion and the mana potion, preparing for the next attack. It has to be said that her current attack methods are still too limited; besides her level 13 physical attack, her only usable soul skill is this "Trapping Beast."

The first problem with this trapped beast is that if the opponent doesn't attack, she can't attack either.

Is it possible that this soul skill is designed as a defensive skill?

The real Ning Rongrong muttered to herself. She now realized that her soul skill had changed slightly, but her body had been controlled throughout, and she couldn't come out to try it out at all.

Fortunately, the monster didn't keep her waiting long; the next second, a huge vine swept towards her.

The Beast of Trapped Beasts was activated. Watching her health bar drop, Ning Rongrong successfully gained the power of this attack.

The three vines, imbued with poisonous elemental attacks, hurtled towards the opponent.

That's a 4% drop in health.