Douluo Continent: The Twin Sons of the Styx River, Shaking the World and Destroying the Heavens

Chapter 198 Earth Dragon Gate

Both sides have already sent out their players; St. Freya Academy is represented by Ye Yukes.

The All-Continent Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament has entered the second round of elimination matches. The intensity of the competition has not diminished; on the contrary, it has become even more thrilling due to the overall improvement in the quality of each team.

Eighty-four teams will compete in the second round to determine forty-two winners, and these forty-two teams have already taken a significant step into the round-robin stage.

The round-robin stage is the final stage that starts with the top 32 teams. The 42 teams will compete in the third round to determine the 21 winners. The remaining 21 teams will be selected based on their tie-breaker scores, with the 11 teams with the highest tie-breaker scores advancing to the top 32.

For many teams, making it into the top 32 is already a pretty good result.

In this round, St. Freya Academy faced their first challenge.

Their opponents are the Earth Dragon Gate, one of the two major dragon-attribute sects from Dragon City.

The Earth Dragon Sect, just like its name suggests, specifically recruits disciples with martial souls possessing the Earth Dragon attribute.

To the surprise of the Earth Dragon Gate, St. Freya Academy only sent one member.

The audience became excited when they saw that St. Freya Academy had only sent one person.

What does this mean? Either they're here to admit defeat, or they believe they have the ability to win seven games in one go and don't need to play team battles at all!

Would the Temple of Light, which demonstrated its formidable strength in the first round, come here to concede defeat? Obviously not.

The other participating teams also looked surprised and uncertain.

Even if someone dares to try to win seven games in one go, they would never play without any teammates, because that would basically cut off their escape route. Unless they can win all the way, they will lose!

Moreover, if someone chooses not to bring teammates because they are confident that they can win seven games in a row, the backlash they suffer after losing will be extremely severe.

Moreover, St. Freya Academy has an excellent reputation in the Sun Moon Empire, after all, it is an academy led by Xia Die.

All of these things, such as battle armor and destiny, are inseparable from St. Freya Academy.

Ye Yukes was previously recorded on the Heavenly Ranking. She was not only a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse, but also possessed two super artifacts. More importantly, she had inherited Xia Die's God of Death position assessment. As long as she could successfully pass the assessment, she would officially become a deity who held the power of death.

Zheng Zhan, the chief referee of this competition, was also familiar with her. He knew that she was a disciple personally taken in by that little girl, A Die, and that her talent was extremely rare. Looking at the present, apart from her amazing teacher, Xia Die, almost no one could surpass her in talent.

As soon as Ye Yukes opened his mouth, he made no attempt to conceal the extreme antagonism between the two sides.

"Hello, I am the only one from my side fighting this time. Let's begin," Ye Yukes said.

When the people on the Earth Dragon Gate's team saw that St. Freya Academy had only sent Ye Yukes to the field, their faces turned red, and their anger almost burst from their eyes.

A young man in the team, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit with dragon scale patterns, suddenly stepped forward. His soul power surged under his feet, and he rushed onto the competition stage with a gust of wind. When he landed, the stage trembled slightly.

He pointed at Ye Yukes, his voice filled with anger at being looked down upon: "How dare you look down on our Earth Dragon Gate like this! Today I will teach you a lesson, and you will regret this arrogance! My name is Xu Shenshu, remember this name well—it will soon become your nightmare!"

Faced with Xu Shenshu's provocative words, Ye Yukes merely glanced at him, his eyes as calm as a deep pool, without the slightest ripple.

After all, for St. Freya Academy, this elimination round is not only about winning, but also about showing enough momentum and advantage.

It's not surprising that Xu Shenshu was furious. After all, Ye Yukes's attitude clearly showed he didn't take the Earth Dragon Gate seriously, and anyone would be enraged in his shoes—that's only human nature. But Ye Yukes did indeed possess that kind of strength.

"My name is Ye Yukes." She gave her name and then turned and walked to the edge of the competition platform.

Zheng Zhan immediately activated the simulated battlefield.

The scene randomly matched between the two players is [Underworld Flower Sea No. 402].

In an instant, the surrounding scenery changed, and the group found themselves in an area where vast fields of purple ghost flowers grew, the air thick with the aura of death. This was the "End of the West Wind," also known as the "Underworld"—on the ground, layers upon layers of purple ghost flowers, the edges of their petals gleaming with a dark light, wisps of purple mist clinging to their stems, as if death energy overflowing from the depths of the earth; yet, they appeared incredibly beautiful.

Moreover, the sky was a deep purple, as if it had been soaked in endless netherworld mist, echoing the large expanse of purple netherworld flowers below, enveloping the entire [Netherworld Flower Sea 402] in a somber and mysterious purple hue, further highlighting the beauty of death that filled this place.

Xu Shenshu suddenly let out a long roar to the sky, and almost at the same time released his martial soul. Five soul rings, two yellow and three purple, appeared on his body, and his body began to swell.

The disciples of the Earth Dragon Sect mostly possess various Earth Dragon spirit beasts as their martial souls. Xu Shenshu's martial soul is the Saber-toothed Earth Dragon, a strength-type spirit beast. It not only excels in both offense and defense, but its only weakness is its lack of proficiency in ranged attacks.

Xu Shenshu's skin was quickly covered with a thick layer of black keratin, and bumps bulged up on his back. Then those bumps broke open, revealing sharp, serrated sword plates inside.

At the same time as he released his martial spirit, Xu Shenshu rushed towards Ye Yukes, his arms outstretched to the sides, with two rows of sharp saber teeth protruding from his arms.

As he charged forward, Xu Shenshu spread his arms wide, deliberately displaying his increasingly muscular chest, enhanced by his martial spirit. The muscle lines bulged beneath a layer of black keratin, exuding primal explosive power. Looking at the outer edges of his arms, a dense layer of saber-tooth-like protrusions had appeared, each gleaming with a cold metallic luster and sharp as a knife. Just by looking at that stance, one knew that if struck by an arm or rammed head-on, one would likely suffer broken bones and a bloody mess on the spot.

Just then, his first spirit ring suddenly lit up, a yellow halo swirling around him. In an instant, the thick layer of keratin covering Xu Shenshu's body seemed to be infused with new power, faintly emitting a glossy black light, and even the power in his charge seemed to surge a few times over. Spirit power surged beneath his feet, each stomp crushing the purple Nether Flowers on the ground. In just a few leaps, he had already rushed to within twenty meters of Ye Yukes, an intense sense of oppression washing over him like a tidal wave.

Ye Yukes's eyes flickered slightly, and his soul power surged suddenly. Eight soul rings rose from his feet, purple, purple, black, red, red, red, red, red, interlocking. The color gradually changed from deep purple to heavy black, and then to a blood-red blaze. The distinct layers of soul rings shimmered with red light under the sky of [Underworld Flower Sea 402]. The configuration of these soul rings alone was enough to make the entire audience hold their breath—the extreme ratio of two purple, two black, and five red far exceeded the level of ordinary Soul Douluo. In particular, the five blazing and deep red soul rings were a faint manifestation of extremely terrifying power.

Starting from the fourth spirit ring, they are all at the level of ferocious beasts.

As the spirit rings appeared, a gigantic, blood-red spider lily slowly bloomed behind her. Its petals layered upon each other, their edges gleaming with an almost eerie light. Each petal seemed to flow with dark red veins, like congealed blood silently surging. This spider lily wasn't simply red; it was interspersed with pure white petals, a red and white tapestry that conveyed both the chilling chill of death and the uncanny mystery of reincarnation.

Behind the spider lilies, a hazy halo of reincarnation quietly appeared. The halo was a pale gray-gold color, with shimmering light and shadow flowing around its edges. At the same time, Ye Yukesi's waist-length white hair moved without wind, and the strands of hair swayed gently in the purple mist of the underworld flower sea.

In stark contrast to the intense crimson spider lilies behind her, yet strangely blending together, she stood there silently, surrounded by the deathly aura emanating from the spider lilies and the sense of destiny contained within the halo of reincarnation. It was as if the power of the entire [Underworld Flower Sea 402] was converging on her; the mere manifestation of her martial spirit already displayed an aura of majesty that transcended the battlefield.

The next second, a blood-red spear materialized in her hand, firmly held in her palm. Under the focused gaze of the entire arena, as Xu Shenshu relentlessly closed in, Ye Yukes abruptly shifted her stance, her legs slightly parted to the sides, the spear smoothly retracting behind her waist, poised to strike. Just as Xu Shenshu charged forward with unstoppable momentum, she abruptly turned her feet, using her core strength to propel the spear upwards like a thunderbolt!

This strike, imbued with unparalleled power, collided violently with Xu Shenshu's attack.

"Oh!"

The deafening impact was deafening, but Ye Yukes remained motionless, as steady as a rock. Xu Shenshu, on the other hand, was sent flying backward by the immense power contained in the spear, arcing through the air before crashing heavily into the distant sea of ​​purple flowers.

Ye Yukes pressed his advantage, brandishing his spear and using the support of the spider lily branches behind him, he flipped and leaped into the air. Then, carrying the momentum of his spear, he flew towards Xu Shenshu like a streak of crimson light.

Xu Shenshu had barely managed to stabilize his backward flight when Ye Yukesi's spear struck, no more than three meters from his head.

At this critical moment, both sides simultaneously withdrew from the simulated battlefield.

"Holy crap, that power is terrifying!" Xu Shenshu was speechless for a moment, his heart filled with immense shock. The force of that attack just now felt like it was going to shatter his bones. Even now, thinking back on it, his arm was still slightly numb. He really hadn't expected that his opponent could unleash such overwhelming power with just a single spear thrust.

(End of this chapter)