Chapter 111: Battle of Yu Tianheng (Part 1)

Standing before the massive core Great Soul Arena, Ning Feiliu felt nothing particularly unique.

Although the soul fighting platform before him was larger than the one at the previous Central Great Soul Arena, with a full diameter of one hundred meters, it allowed both sides to strike without restraint.

The most crucial aspect was the material of the platform, which could fully withstand battles at the Soul Emperor level.

After all, this place was originally prepared for Soul Emperor-level spirit fighting battles.

On the Douluo Continent, once a Spirit Master reaches the cultivation of Soul Saint or above, they already possess the qualifications to be an honored guest of any power.

Just as the "Saint" character implies, they have transcended the mundane and are no longer bound by worldly concerns.

After all, the Soul Douluo who rank even higher are already the masters of first-rate powers.

Among the Seven Great Sects, only the Upper Three Sects possess Title Douluo; for instance, the Elephant Armored Sect of the lower four, whose Sect Master Huyan Zhen is only at the Soul Douluo level.

The three commissioners of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy are also merely at the Soul Douluo level.

Thus, one can imagine that the deans of the Four Elements Academies are likely only at the Soul Douluo level as well.

As for lower-tier academies, having a Soul Saint as a dean is the absolute limit.

Therefore, Spirit Masters with Soul Saint cultivation generally no longer participate in so-called spirit fighting battles for the sake of money or similar reasons.

Spirit Masters at the Soul Emperor level also possess incredibly noble status; joining any power would make them respected teachers or absolute mid-to-high-level combatants.

Yet, at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, there are still some powerful Soul Emperors who, due to personal grudges or similar matters, come to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena for a life-or-death battle.

At such times, this core Great Soul Arena comes in handy.

And as for a battle at the Soul Emperor level... well, the question is, do you want to watch it or not?

So, every battle of this level is arranged on this special Great Soul Arena built at great expense.

And today, Ning Feiliu and Yu Tianheng are enjoying this special treatment for their spirit fighting battle.

However, the reason is not because their battle will be particularly spectacular, or because they are exceptionally powerful.

It is because...

The powers and backgrounds behind them give this spirit fighting battle a special significance.

Setting aside this special significance, their spirit fighting battle itself actually has little to offer in terms of spectacle.

Ning Feiliu knows this, but he does not care in the slightest.

In fact, Yu Tianheng does not care about this either; does his victory or defeat concern the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, or the face of his grandfather Yu Yuanzhen?

That would be giving him too much credit.

To put it bluntly, even if he were to suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of that Yafei in this spirit fighting battle, the prestige of his grandfather, the Thunder Douluo, would not diminish in the slightest.

Would the prestige of two Title Douluo be affected by the victory or defeat of two juniors?

That would truly be giving them too much credit.

However, having said that, Yu Tianheng certainly wants to win this spirit fighting battle.

Otherwise, he would not have agreed to this spirit fighting battle.

Suddenly, the already very bright golden lights of the central main soul fighting arena increased in intensity once more.

And all the light no longer scattered in all directions but concentrated toward the soul fighting platform, just like a massive spotlight casting a golden pillar of light from the sky, perfectly enveloping the entire platform.

One can tell just how wealthy the Soul Fighting Arena is from such a lighting-type Soul Guidance Device alone.

In the center of the soul fighting platform, a circular section of the ground with a diameter of two meters suddenly protruded and rose slowly; one could see a thick golden pillar supporting the rising circle, and standing on that golden pillar was a man dressed in white.

He had handsome features and appeared to be no more than thirty years old, while simultaneously exuding a powerful aura of soul power without any concealment.

It is... a powerful Soul Emperor!

The Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, worried that the two might get too heated, specifically arranged for a powerful Soul Emperor to preside over the match.

"It's actually... the Gargoyle, Shi Ao." Many spectators near the soul fighting platform recognized this powerful Soul Emperor and began to discuss it one after another.

The Gargoyle, Shi Ao, is one of the Gold Medal Referees arranged by the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena only for spirit fighting battles that are highly valued and are not life-and-death struggles.

His martial soul, Rock Lord, can petrify and restrain a Spirit Master in an instant, protecting the side that has been defeated.

Furthermore, he himself was the captain of a certain academy team that shone brilliantly in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament over a decade ago; it was only after the tournament ended that he stayed in Heaven Dou City and joined the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to become a so-called Gold Medal Referee.

After all, everyone has their own aspirations, and the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was originally created for this purpose.

It allows talented young Spirit Masters across the continent to have a chance to showcase themselves, using this opportunity to advance further and complete a class transition from grassroots Spirit Master.

Shi Ao was such a grassroots Spirit Master; after discovering he had great talent, he trained hard, shone brilliantly in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and then became an honored guest of a major power.

In fact, the few true grassroots Spirit Masters among the Shrek Seven Devils did the same; like Oscar and Ma Hongjun, didn't they also join the Tang Sect or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after becoming powerful Spirit Masters?

Beneath the core Great Soul Arena, Yu Tianheng stared intently at the opposite side of the platform, his mind racing.

He was contemplating whether Yafei, who used the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon martial soul combination of Firefly Flame and Falling Brightness in the last battle, might have used up the martial soul during this period and switched to a new Crescent Moon Divine Weapon martial soul set.

If it were Firefly Flame and Falling Brightness, he would need to close the distance directly to inflict damage on Yafei.

But if it were the upcoming Soul Severing and Folding Mirror, he might be injured in the very first exchange of close-quarters combat.

Therefore, his Second Soul Skill might be the best choice to deal with Soul Severing and Folding Mirror...

Just as he was still deep in thought about his battle strategy.

Suddenly, on the golden pillar of the high platform, Shi Ao circulated his soul power and picked up an Amplification Soul Guidance Device, announcing, "It is an honor to see all our distinguished guests again."

A refreshing smile spread across his face as he said, "Next, we will welcome a highly anticipated individual spirit fighting battle. I hope all our distinguished guests can enjoy themselves this evening.

I believe the guests already know that today will be a main event; we have only arranged this one spirit fighting battle for tonight. Although both sides of the match are only at the Soul Elder level, they both already possess the honor of the Silver Soul Badge.

If I had to bestow a title upon them, I think the words 'peerless genius' would be very fitting!

I believe their futures will not be limited to Soul Emperor, Soul Saint, or even Soul Douluo, but will be... Title Douluo!

What we are about to witness now is a battle preview of two future Title Douluo!

Below, I will introduce the situation of both sides to our distinguished guests."

This Shi Ao is not only excellent in strength and talent, but his eloquence is also truly remarkable.

He directly described this battle between Ning Feiliu and Yu Tianheng as a "prelude to the battle of future Title Douluo."

It could be said that he had whetted the audience's appetites to the fullest.

What could be more anticipated than witnessing a battle between Title Douluo?

In this world where the path to godhood is unknown, Title Douluo are the highest combat power of this world.

This was naturally a matter sufficient to make people's blood boil and fill them with anticipation.

Moreover... he was indeed not exaggerating.

Yu Tianheng's grandfather is the Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, and he is the future Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect designated by Yu Yuanzhen.

The teacher of "Yafei" is the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo; Dugu Bo has only taken him as an outsider student after all these years, so his talent is clearly also recognized by Dugu Bo as having the "potential of a Title Douluo."

Then, for the two of them to become Title Douluo in the future, as long as they do not fall midway, it is a certainty.

Seeing that the audience inside the Great Spirit Arena were all impassioned and quite excited at this moment, Shi Ao nodded with satisfaction.

Only in this way could these audience members be more satisfied with the ticket price this time.

Future Spirit Fighting battles of this kind in the Great Spirit Arena would also make people look forward to them even more.

Only then did he begin to introduce, "The first to be introduced... is the one who has currently completed an unprecedented twenty-nine consecutive victories in individual Spirit Fighting battles, his martial soul is the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon! It is the most unique martial soul I have ever seen, simply unseen before!"

"At the same time, his Crescent Moon Divine Weapon martial soul is worthy of the name of a divine weapon! He is... Crescent Moon's Solemnity—Ya! Fei!"

Under Shi Ao's grand announcement, Ning Feiliu, wearing a mask, slowly stepped onto the Douhun Platform.

This time, it seems the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena does not favor him to win... they actually introduced him first.

However, he did not really care.

Strength is what determines victory or defeat; as for being slighted or valued, it would not affect the result by even a fraction.

"Yafei! Yafei! Yafei!"

Suddenly, the entire audience cheered for Ning Feiliu.

And in the supreme VIP box, Shuang Lan looked at Ning Feiliu, who was wearing a mask and whose true face could not be seen below, with some confusion on her pretty face, and said, "Is he the famous Yafei recently? He looks quite composed, but wearing a mask is inevitably a bit secretive, isn't it?"

However, for some reason, the moment she saw Ning Feiliu, she indeed felt a slight sense of favor in her heart.

This was naturally because Ning Feiliu had previously completed the series of tasks 【Wandering God's Harvest—The Friendliness of Life】, and he had a thirty percent favorability bonus from sentient beings on him.

Unless it was someone who already detested him to the extreme, strangers would feel some favor toward him from the start because of the friendliness bonus he carried.

"It is probably because he has some unavoidable reasons; in any case, these are other people's own difficulties." Tang Yuehua said with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

"Aunt Yue, you really are... do you know him? Otherwise, you are being too gentle, aren't you?" Shuang Lan said helplessly.

"I don't know him, but I felt like I liked this child the moment I saw him." Tang Yuehua said lazily, "With this temperament, how wonderful it would be if he could join my Moon Pavilion, instead of being ruined by that old poison freak Dugu Bo."

"Yafei's strength and talent are so good, wouldn't it be a waste to join the Moon Pavilion?" Shuang Lan said, even more helpless.

"Hmph! How are you talking, you little girl? How is it a waste to join my Moon Pavilion? He should be enjoying the flowers and the moon, not fighting and killing so crudely." Tang Yuehua said with dissatisfaction.

"Alright, Aunt Yue, everything you say is right." Shuang Lan hurriedly surrendered and said.

On the Douhun Platform, Shi Ao continued to announce, "And next, Yafei's challenger, he currently also holds a Silver Soul Badge, and has achieved an excellent record of sixty-three wins and seventeen losses."

"His martial soul is the strongest Assault System Beast Spirit on the entire Douluo Continent, the lord of ten thousand beasts... the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul!"

"He is... Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—Yu! Tian! Heng!"

Under Shi Ao's announcement, Yu Tianheng's soul power exploded like thunder beneath his feet. Unlike Ning Feiliu's low-key, wind-like ascent to the stage, he himself was like a demon lord descending to the world, his feet slamming onto the Douhun Platform like cannonballs.

But unfortunately, the material of the Douhun Platform was extremely hard; let alone him landing like this, even if he used his strongest soul skill for a full-force strike, he would not be able to damage this Douhun Platform in the slightest.

However, Yu Tianheng's entrance was still quite shocking.

At this moment, in the spectator stands around the Douhun Platform, a group of Spirit Masters wearing blue tight-fitting outfits, along with Yufeng, Oslo, and others, were also shouting!

"Yu Tianheng! Yu Tianheng!"

"Young Master, go! Young Master, go!"

"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect will surely win! Young Master will surely win!"

This was clearly the family cheering squad.

However, their voices were not as loud as the voices of the audience supporting Ning Feiliu.

After all, Ning Feiliu's record was more brilliant, and his temperament was also more liked by the casual audience.

It could be said that if it weren't for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect Spirit Masters cheering for Yu Tianheng, the momentum for Ning Feiliu in this Spirit Fighting battle would definitely have crushed Yu Tianheng's!

The moment Yu Tianheng stood firm on the stage, he stared intently at Ning Feiliu in the distance.

From the eye holes of Ning Feiliu's mask, two eyes calm to the extreme were revealed; the pupils were as dark as a moonlit night, and the eyes were like willow leaves.

However, there was only indifference in his gaze when he saw Yu Tianheng looking at him.

Although he did not avoid it, there was no excited change either; he just looked at Yu Tianheng indifferently like that.

Just then, Shi Ao did not hesitate and said directly to them, "The two of you, please note, you now have one minute to summon your martial souls. When I announce the start, you may attack. Until one side admits defeat, falls, or falls off the Douhun Platform!"

"No problem."

"Mm."

The two responded.

Then Yu Tianheng took the lead in circulating his soul power, as if he did not dare to slight his opponent at all, and summoned his martial soul!

"Spirit Possession!" Yu Tianheng roared.

One could see his body undergoing a violent change, and a dazzling blue light suddenly lit up from the center of Yu Tianheng's brow.

Following that, the blue light instantly spread, descending from his brow to his entire body, and streaks of blue-purple electric current erupted like small snakes, circling and moving around his body.

On the surface, Yu Tianheng's changes were not very significant; apart from an extra blue lightning mark on his forehead, only one part of his entire body had changed due to Spirit Possession.

However, this single change was more thorough than the changes of any other Beast Spirit Master.

What underwent a change was his right arm.

The original right sleeve completely burst and turned to ash due to the expansion of the right arm, and the length of the arm increased by more than half a foot.

The entire arm was extremely thick and covered in blue-purple scales; the hand had turned into a dragon claw shape, covered in the same scales, and every Bone joint on the hand had become extremely thick, while the blue-purple snake-like electricity circling his body constantly condensed or surged upon the arm.

The two yellow and one purple Soul Rings did not circle his body like other Spirit Masters, but instead circled this specially mutated arm!

(End of this chapter)