Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 152 Yin Chen's Changes

When Yin Chen pushed open the door, the laughter and conversation inside the room abruptly stopped.

……

Inside the room at Longmian Residence, Ma Xiaotao and the others were gathered together. The opening of the room door attracted everyone's attention.

When they saw that the people standing at the door were Zhang Lexuan and Yin Chen, who had returned safely, they all wore smiles of self-assurance.

"Sister Lexuan, Yinchen, you're finally back!"

Ma Xiaotao was the first to greet him, patting Yin Chen on the shoulder warmly.

Beibei also stood up and smiled gently:

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Sister. It looks like everything went smoothly."

In their view, this was an operation with no suspense whatsoever.

Zhang Lexuan, an eight-ring Soul Douluo and the chief disciple of Shrek Academy's inner court, leading a highly talented quasi-Soul Master to hunt for a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, shouldn't it be a piece of cake? How could anything go wrong?
However, this sense of calm was shattered the moment they saw Yin Chen's current appearance.

"Ouch... Holy crap!"

The first to exclaim in surprise was Xu Sanshi, whose eyes widened in disbelief and who dropped the melon seeds in his hand.

He rushed to Yin Chen in one stride, looking him up and down, left and right, as if he were examining some rare treasure.

"No way, Yin Chen? You... went out and came back with a different person?"

Xu Sanshi's exclamation drew everyone's attention to Yin Chen.

An eerie silence instantly fell over the room.

Ma Xiaotao was also stunned, her eyes filled with disbelief.

A clear look of astonishment appeared on Ling Luochen's usually cold face.

Beibei's gentle smile froze on her lips.

Even Gu Yuena, who had been sitting quietly, turned her head at this moment, and for the first time, her deep purple eyes showed a violent fluctuation.

The Yin Chen before my eyes has changed so much compared to before I set off.

First of all, height.

He was already taller than his peers, but now he's grown even taller, almost catching up to Beibei.

His figure was no longer the thinness of a teenager, but had become tall and slender, with slightly broader shoulders. Every line seemed to have been perfectly sculpted, full of strength and beauty.

But what's most striking is his eyes.

Those once uniform, brilliant golden eyes have now become completely different heterochromatic eyes—the left eye is still that familiar, brilliant golden color, as if containing endless time, warm and deep.

His right eye, however, transformed into a translucent, emerald-green color, like ice crystals from the far north—cold, sharp, and giving off a feeling that kept strangers at bay.

One warm, one cool; one gold, one green—two completely opposite qualities blend perfectly in him, creating an indescribable, breathtaking charm.

"Yin Chen, your...your eyes..."

Ye Guyi stammered, her face flushed red with shock.

"Not only his eyes, but Junior Brother Yin Chen's temperament has also changed."

"Beibei sighed."

Only after his reminder did everyone suddenly realize.

Yes, it's about temperament.

If the Yin Chen of the past gave people the feeling of being gentle, sunny, and polite with a touch of aloof mystery, then the current Yin Chen still has that gentleness, but his overall temperament has gained something... something indescribable.

It was an innate nobility and majesty, a cold indifference that regarded all things as straw dogs, and a lofty solitude that stood at the pinnacle of the world.

He simply stood there quietly, without releasing any soul power, yet he naturally exuded an aura that captivated people and even made them want to submit subconsciously.

"Yes Yes……"

Ye Guyi tried hard to find a word to describe this feeling, her pretty face turning bright red.

"It's that kind of... well... oh dear." She stamped her foot in frustration, but just couldn't think of anything.

Just then, a clear and calm voice rang out in the room.

"It's the demeanor of a king."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Gu Yuena who was speaking.

She had stood up at some point and walked over slowly.

Unlike the others, her gaze did not linger on Yin Chen's appearance. Instead, she stared intently into his eyes, as if trying to see into the very essence of his soul.

"Kingly demeanor?"

"Yeah."

Ye Guyi nodded repeatedly.

"That's it, that's the aura of a king. Yin Chen, you give people the feeling of a... a born monarch."

Once this description was uttered, everyone wholeheartedly agreed with it.

That's right, it's the monarch.

That feeling of being in control of everything and looking down on the world is the demeanor of a true king.

Xu Sanshi patted Yin Chen's shoulder exaggeratedly, but not with much force:

"Well done, kid. You went out to hunt for your fourth spirit ring and acted like you'd ascended the throne. Even your eyes changed color, one gold and one green. How unique!"

Yin Chen smiled inwardly.

He knew, of course, where this newfound aura in him came from.

Ice Emperor, one of the three great kings of the far north, the emperor of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion clan, possesses an extremely strong kingly aura imprinted in his soul.

He merged perfectly with her, inherited her power, and naturally also absorbed the majesty that belonged to a monarch.

This was only because he deliberately restrained himself; otherwise, the ferocity and domineering nature of the beast emperor would probably have been even more astonishing.

He remained outwardly calm, merely smiling gently, and responded to Xu Sanshi's teasing with a half-joking tone:

"Perhaps it's because the spirit beast we hunted this time had a kingly demeanor and was tainted with some of its aura."

"By the way, is your fourth spirit ring really ten thousand years old?"

Ye Guyi asked with some curiosity, knowing how difficult it was to absorb a soul ring from a higher level.

Although she didn't absorb a soul ring beyond a certain number of years, under Qian Renxue's requirements and training, she still exceeded the theoretical limit.

Therefore, she knew the difficulties involved, not to mention that Yin Chen was absorbing the fourth soul ring of ten thousand years.

"Then let me show you."

Yin Chen smiled, then a thought struck him.

"Om-"

Yellow, purple, purple, and black—four spirit rings appeared one by one, radiating a powerful aura. The fourth black spirit ring, in particular, exuded a chilling coldness that made the air in the room feel cold.

"It really is the fourth spirit ring of ten thousand years."

Upon seeing Yin Chen's spirit ring configuration, Ma Xiaotao and the others raised their eyebrows. Although they had long guessed that he would succeed, seeing it with their own eyes was still surprising.

At the Soul Master realm, the fourth Soul Ring is at the ten-thousand-year level.

This is an extremely rare occurrence in the entire history of Douluo Continent.

Even in the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy, where geniuses abound, very few can achieve this.

"That's amazing, I could never do that."

Ye Guyi was somewhat discouraged. She considered herself a genius, possessing the Holy Angel Martial Soul and being a Soul Master at less than twelve years old, but compared to Yin Chen, she was still far behind.

(End of this chapter)