Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor

Just as he was planning to return to the Golden Tree to continue his cultivation and devote most of his future time to developing his meridians, BeiBei, who had been out hunting souls for a month, returned to Shrek Academy.

Upon returning to the academy, Bei Bei headed straight for the Sea God Pavilion, knowing that Ye Qing rarely left the academy and only cultivated on the Golden Tree. He figured he could find Ye Qing by going to the Sea God Pavilion.

Beibei's idea was correct. At this moment, Ye Qing returned to his special seat on the golden tree branch to prepare for cultivation and to develop his meridians.

He had just sat down among the branches when Beibei's voice came from afar.

"Ye Qing, come and fight!!!"

Ye Qing, who was preparing to expand his hidden meridians, opened his eyes and sighed softly.

"Damn it, it's you again, you persistent ghost."

Immediately afterwards, Beibei ran to the base of the tree, her body gleaming with three spirit rings—one yellow and two purple—and her arms transformed into blue dragon claws crackling with electricity. She raised her head and looked at Ye Qing.

"Haha, I'm already level 35. What level is your soul power?" Bei Bei laughed heartily, hands on her hips.

"Level 33," Ye Qing stated his soul power level expressionlessly.

There's no need to hide this. The reason my soul power is inferior to Beibei's is because of my own extreme attributes, not because my talent is worse than his. There's nothing to be ashamed of.

Upon hearing Ye Qing announce his soul power level, Bei Bei suddenly felt a sense of exhilaration, like embracing his bride on their wedding night. This unparalleled sense of accomplishment was like basking in the warm sunshine on a cold winter day, bringing immense joy!

“You defeated me before because your soul power level was higher than mine, but now my soul power level is two levels higher than yours. I don’t believe you can beat me now!” As Bei Bei spoke, the electric current on her body suddenly surged.

"Come on, let's fight again!"

Ye Qing jumped down from the tree branch and said to Bei Bei with a half-smile, "Have you forgotten a saying from Shrek Academy? Soul power level doesn't represent everything."

hum-

Three spirit rings rose up beneath Ye Qing's feet, but the difference was that Ye Qing's spirit rings were yellow, purple, and black!

Thousand-year soul ring!

Upon seeing the black spirit ring that was a whole size larger than the others, Bei Bei's expression clearly froze. It was true that he had absorbed the right arm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but Mu En hadn't told him that it was something Ye Qing had obtained when he absorbed his third spirit ring.

However, Bei Bei quickly snapped out of her daze and said firmly, "So what if your soul rings are older than mine? My soul power level is two levels higher than yours!"

"Since that's the case, let's make our move." Ye Qing said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Beibei's body tensed up instantly, his third-ranked thousand-year soul ring lit up suddenly, and Beibei's aura also rose rapidly.

Thunderous Fury!

Beibei was well aware of his playmate's strength. He had challenged Ye Qing no less than ten times since childhood, but each time he was defeated by Ye Qing in a crushing manner. So he decided to use his strongest ability right from the start.

After using Thunder Fury, even a dragon horn grew from the area where his bangs were, and his dark eyes turned blue, with lightning flashing in his pupils.

"Come on!" Bei Bei roared, raising his dragon claw and charging towards Ye Qing. His first soul ring lit up, and a huge claw shadow slammed into Ye Qing from his hand.

Thunder Dragon Claw!

Faced with Bei Bei's offensive, Ye Qing didn't immediately activate Holy Light Protection. Since Bei Bei wanted to play with him so much, then he would play with him.

If you just activate the Holy Light Blessing directly, then the game is over.

His right arm lit up, and the dense light-attribute soul power, compressed by the Light-Slaying Demon Soul Bone, gathered on the five fingers of his right hand, forming an illusory tiger paw.

This is an alternative, self-created close-combat soul skill he developed after greatly improving his soul power control ability by compressing the Light Breaking Demon Soul Skill in a variant way.

Raise your hand and clap!

Boom——

With a thunderous roar, Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw was slapped away by Ye Qing, exploding into streaks of lightning in the air before disappearing completely.

Before he could retract his right hand, Ye Qing quickly shifted his body to the side, dodging another bolt of lightning that Bei Bei was attacking him with.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Qing did not retract his right hand, but instead bent his right hand in the direction of his body's swing and suddenly slammed his right elbow out.

Bang!

Beibei crossed his arms in front of his chest, blocking Ye Qing's elbow strike. Just as Ye Qing was dodging his attack, he had already rushed in front of Ye Qing. If Ye Qing's elbow strike hadn't come fast enough, he would have faced Beibei's storm of attacks next.

With another forceful elbow strike, Ye Qing knocked Bei Bei, who was locked in a stalemate, back three steps. Without hesitation, Ye Qing unleashed another punch, his left fist aimed at the same spot where Ye Qing had previously struck with his elbow.

Beibei, who was already retreating, was pushed back more than ten steps by the two attacks of an elbow and a punch.

Even though he was a Soul Master with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul, he was no match for Ye Qing's powerful physique. In close combat, he was at a disadvantage in just one exchange.

"How can your body be so strong?" Bei Bei looked at Ye Qing in disbelief. He felt his arms go numb from the shock and he lost some feeling in them.

"Otherwise, why do you think I could absorb a 20,000-year soul ring?" Ye Qing's lips twitched, and without saying anything more, he rushed straight towards Bei Bei.

You launched the attack first, now it's my turn.

Since you're so eager to fight, then I'll fight you!

Chapter 44 Thunder Claw VS Dark Gold Nebula Rift

Beibei is still a bit too young.

With roughly the same resources for nurturing, if Ye Qing hadn't wanted to improve his soul ring configuration and possessed exceptional attributes, his level would probably be close to that of a Soul Master.

With the support of numerous cheat codes, Ye Qing is fully qualified to say that soul power level does not represent everything.

In terms of basic stats, whether it's strength, speed, reaction time, or resilience—all the stats that determine a Soul Master's combat power—Ye Qing far surpasses Bei Bei.

Even if the soul power of someone two levels lower than his is viscous due to the extreme attribute, the total amount of soul power is actually greater than Beibei's.

So, he used his head to fight Ye Qing?

The tiger claws and dragon claws clashed repeatedly, but the result was that Bei Bei was unilaterally suppressed by Ye Qing. The two of them used every fighting technique they could, including punches, elbow strikes, knee strikes, and whip kicks.

Unfortunately, when skills are roughly equal, the person with the higher stats naturally has the upper hand.

Beibei felt increasingly frustrated the more she fought.

How come his Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, which was once known as the strongest beast martial soul, is now unable to defeat a soul master who is two levels lower than him?

He even used Thunder Fury and Dragon Transformation Technique, but he still couldn't beat Ye Qing.

"Since we can't beat them with fists and feet, let's use soul skills!" Bei Bei threw another punch and took the opportunity to widen the distance between herself and Ye Qing.

“In terms of physical strength, I am indeed not as good as you, but in the end, the battle between Soul Masters still comes down to Soul Skills!” Bei Bei said seriously.

Ye Qing nodded slightly.

Indeed, that's how turn-based games like Douluo Continent are. You punch me and I kick you. In the later stages, it's basically two Soul Masters exchanging Soul Skills. Whoever has the higher stats wins. The six Soul Master categories you choose in the early stages become pretty useless in the later stages.

"Then let's settle this with a single soul skill," Ye Qing said.

A glint of lightning flashed in Beibei's eyes: "Just what I wanted!"

Immediately afterwards, his dragon claw, which was already larger than his right arm, expanded again, and the original blue-purple electricity turned into dark gold electricity.

'That dark gold dinosaur claw bear right arm bone, it seems it really was absorbed by Beibei.' Ye Qing thought thoughtfully. Mu En hadn't told him where that soul bone went, and he had only guessed that it might eventually end up in Beibei's hands.

Now, the dark golden currents emanating from Beibei's right arm, along with that familiar sharp aura, confirmed his previous guess.

"If you use a soul bone, then I'll use a soul ring. Let's see whose soul skill is more powerful, since we both obtained soul rings and soul bones from the same soul beast!"

Ding--

A deep black light suddenly spread out, and a large amount of soul power was gathered on Ye Qing's hands, causing his arms to glow with a dark golden light.

The familiar aura of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was also noticed by Bei Bei. Looking at the third soul ring that had lit up on Ye Qing's body, and then at the dark gold soul power spreading on her own right arm, Bei Bei suddenly understood something.

"So this soul bone was obtained by you during your soul hunting?" Bei Bei was silent for a moment, and then the same thought as Ye Qing arose in her mind.

"I'd also like to see whether your spirit rings and spirit skills are more powerful, or my spirit bones and spirit skills are superior!"

crackling-

The dark golden lightning suddenly receded into his right arm, and his aura reached its peak at that moment. Beibei raised his right hand high, and then swung it down sharply.

"Thunder Claws—!"

laugh……

Accompanied by five sharp, dark golden blades of light, a sudden whistling sound of air being torn apart rang out, and the lightning along the way even distorted the air itself.

If it is a Dark Gold Terror Claw external soul bone, the resulting soul skill will naturally be the pure Dark Gold Terror Claw. However, as a right arm bone, the soul skill within it will combine with the soul master's own attributes and undergo some changes after the soul master fuses with it.

Soul bones with solidified soul skills are another matter.

Clearly, this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone, after combining with the soul power of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, mutated into the Thunder Terrorclaw Soul Skill. Its power may not be much different from the original Dark Gold Terrorclaw, but it has gained various characteristics of thunder soul power.

Faced with Bei Bei's thunderous claws, Ye Qing crossed his arms and raised them above his head, his arms radiating a dark golden light.

By absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring, he obtained a very powerful attack Soul Skill as he wished. However, unlike the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's single-arm release, he needed to use both hands to release it.

And this power is naturally doubled.

The only problem is that this soul skill consumes too much energy. Even with his near-Soul King level reserves, this 20,000-year-old soul skill directly drained 30% of his soul power.

"Tsk, with such power, won't it just cut Beibei into pieces?"

Feeling the terrifying soul skills gathering power in his hands, Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little worried. But when he thought that this was the Sea God Pavilion and that he could cast a shield on Bei Bei first after releasing his soul skills, he had no worries at all.

"Dark Gold - Nebula Rift!"

Ye Qing swung his hands down suddenly, and ten blades of light crossed to form an X shape, quickly colliding with Bei Bei's Thunderous Claws.

Although both attacks were formed from condensed soul power, the Thunder Claw and the Dark Gold Nebula Rift collided and produced a chilling, clanging sound like swords clashing. They also created sharp shockwaves of soul power in the air, cutting the surrounding grass into a crisscross pattern and leaving deep marks.