Soon, it was time for the personal soul battles of Gu Chen and Gu Yue Na, but to everyone's surprise, Gu Chen and Gu Yue Na were actually paired against each other.
In other words, they were opponents on the soul battle platform!
Gu Chen and Gu Yue Na looked at each other, and Gu Chen said, "How about we don't use our martial souls and just fight with our Golden Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon Spear? We'll stop when we hit, just to practice our spear skills?"
Gu Yue Na nodded lightly, "Alright."
On the soul battle platform, a middle-aged man dressed in a tailcoat stood in the center. He cleared his throat and loudly announced, "Next, we'll begin the first match of our 15th Soul Battle Arena. The fighters are two Soul Sovereigns: The Golden Dragon Soul Sovereign, with the Beast Martial Soul Golden Dragon, versus the Silver Dragon Soul Sovereign, with the Beast Martial Soul Seven-colored Dragon. Who will win? Let's find out. Please welcome the two Soul Sovereigns to the stage!"
As soon as Gu Chen and Gu Yue Na took the stage, cheers erupted from the audience.
The girls in the stands cheered for Gu Chen, who had a handsome face with sharp features. Indeed, as long as someone was good-looking, their views seemed to align with their facial features.
The boys, on the other hand, gazed at Gu Yue Na's graceful figure, their eyes gleaming with admiration, each wishing to become a wolf pouncing on its prey.
Swish!
Gu Chen summoned his Golden Dragon Spear, and a golden light flashed. The golden light burst out from the center of his palm and extended to both ends, transforming into a long spear.
The silver spear, longer than twelve feet and extremely slender, was covered with fine silver scales. The scales were hexagonal and very delicate and even. The spear tip, occupying about one-third of the length of the weapon, was conical and had twelve grooves on it.
"Come on." Gu Yue Na said calmly.
Gu Chen didn't use his soul power. He rushed forward, thrusting his Golden Dragon Spear.
Gu Yue Na's battle instincts were not inferior to Gu Chen's. She swiftly dodged and, as she did so, her silver-scaled Silver Dragon Spear slashed toward Gu Chen.
Gu Chen adjusted his thrust into a sweep, using his Golden Dragon Spear to block the attack from the Silver Dragon Spear. Relying on his superior physical strength, he knocked the Silver Dragon Spear away and jumped high into the air, bringing down his Golden Dragon Spear in a fierce downward strike.
Gu Yue Na had no time to dodge, so she knelt on the ground and held her Silver Dragon Spear up to block, causing a loud metallic clang as the two spears collided.
Gu Chen's strike was powerful, and the ground beneath Gu Yue Na's kneeling form cracked with visible fractures.
Seeing this, Gu Chen quickly withdrew his strength to avoid injuring Gu Yue Na. But this move was keenly sensed by Gu Yue Na. At the moment when the forces of the two spears were neutralized, Gu Yue Na stood up, spun, and flicked her Silver Dragon Spear, which then pierced towards Gu Chen's throat.
Damn! That Silver Dragon Spear was only 0.00001 centimeters away from my throat!
Gu Chen swallowed nervously. "I lost."
Gu Yue Na withdrew her Silver Dragon Spear and smiled.
Boom!
The audience erupted in applause. A pretty little girl being this strong instantly attracted all eyes. The applause was deafening.
The host quickly regained his composure and ran to the soul battle stage to announce loudly, "The Silver Dragon God wins with a score of 1-0! The Golden Dragon God now has a record of 0-1. Please proceed to the registration desk for your score entry."
Gu Chen took Gu Yue Na's hand and left the battle platform. Just then, Dai Mubai, who had been watching Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San's battle from the stands, also stepped out.
"Did you guys win?" Dai Mubai asked with a smile.
"She won, I lost," Gu Chen said calmly.
Dai Mubai didn't know that Gu Chen had been matched with Gu Yue Na. Surprised, he asked, "How is that possible? Your strength should be enough to compete with a Soul Emperor! How could you lose?"
"I was matched with Na'er," Gu Chen replied.
Dai Mubai had an epiphany, then said with a knowing grin, "Oh, with your 'wife-protecting' personality, you certainly wouldn't let her get hurt."
Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly changed the subject, "Stop making things up. We're siblings."
"Now, for the sixth match of the two-on-two, Golden and Silver Dragon Gods against the Dragon-Snake combination!"
"It's our turn. Let's go," Gu Chen said as he led Gu Yue Na toward the two-on-two battle platform.
On the other side of the platform stood a man with blue hair and a face as smooth as white jade. Beside him stood a girl with dark green hair.
"Yu Tianheng, Martial Soul Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, level 39 Power Attack System Soul Sovereign."
"Dugu Yan, Martial Soul Green-scaled Snake, level 38 Control System Soul Sovereign."
Gu Chen was surprised to see that the two opponents were members of the Royal Fighting Team, but since Shrek's Seven Monsters had encountered them at the Soto City Soul Battle Arena, their presence here wasn't too strange.
The original story mentioned that the Royal Fighting Team had only recently arrived in Soto City, but it didn't specify exactly how recent that was. Even if they had arrived six months ago, that would still be considered recent!
"Gu Chen, Martial Soul Golden Dragon, level 39 Power Attack System Soul Elder."
"Gu Yue Na, Martial Soul Seven-colored Dragon, level 39 Control System Soul Elder."
Although Gu Chen and Gu Yue Na felt that announcing their martial souls was a bit silly, they had to go along with the local customs.
At this moment, Yu Tianheng summoned his martial soul. A dazzling blue light suddenly shone from his forehead and quickly spread across his entire body.
Electric blue-purple sparks erupted around him, resembling small snakes darting across his body. On the surface, there wasn't much of a change in his appearance except for a blue lightning symbol on his forehead. His right arm was transformed into a dragon claw covered in blue scales.
This change alone was already much more impressive than most beast martial soul users.
But standing opposite him were not ordinary martial soul users. Golden and silver scales enveloped Gu Chen and Gu Yue Na's bodies, completing their transformations.
Meanwhile, their soul rings—purple, black, black and purple, purple and black—appeared behind them, shocking everyone around!
In a VIP box of the soul battle arena, an old man could no longer contain himself. He slapped the table and stood up, muttering to himself, "How can there be such genius in the world? No, these two must be used by the Spirit Hall!"
Down on the battle stage, Dugu Yan had completed her martial soul possession. With green eyes, her body seemed to have become exceptionally flexible.
She lightly swayed her upper body, sticking closely behind Yu Tianheng. Her green eyes became sharper, and her aura turned cold. She seemed to have taken on the traits of a cold-blooded snake.
A diamond-shaped green scale appeared on her forehead, and her legs fused into a thick snake tail, which looked very similar to a giant python.
Her first soul skill—Green Scales Red Poison!
Her second soul skill—Green Scales Blue Poison!
As soon as the battle began, Dugu Yan used her first two soul skills to try and give Yu Tianheng an attribute boost.
But Gu Chen, who was familiar with the original story, wouldn't let her succeed. He immediately sent a voice transmission to Gu Yue Na, "This poison mist boosts attributes. Don't let it touch Yu Tianheng!"
Though Gu Yue Na didn't know how Gu Chen had sent the message, she nodded in understanding.
Gu Yue Na activated her first soul skill—Elemental Tidal Force!
Gaining greater control over the elements, Gu Yue Na manipulated the wind elements around Dugu Yan, blowing the poisonous mist away, causing it to be swept off the battle platform.
Dugu Yan was furious and used her third soul skill, Green Scales Purple Poison, but still couldn't prevent the poison mist from being dispersed.
"Tiangheng, with that girl around, my martial soul is practically useless. You need to take her out first!" Dugu Yan said to Yu Tianheng.
"Understood."
Yu Tianheng acknowledged and rushed toward Gu Yue Na, using his first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.
(End of Chapter)