Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 32 Meng Yiran

After entering the Advanced Soul Master Academy and attending classes for a full week, a female student suddenly appeared in the class. Upon closer inspection, Yang Ping'an felt that the female student looked somewhat familiar.

After being introduced by a classmate, I realized that this student was Meng Yiran, and her soul power was already at level 28. However, she was only thirteen years old, two years younger than Yang Ping'an, and was already considered a genius student of the academy. Moreover, she was actually the granddaughter of Dean Long Gong Meng Shu.

Meng Yiran was originally a student in this ferocious beast class, but due to her trip with Dragon Lord Meng Shu, she was only able to return to the academy this year.

Meng Yiran is very good-looking. Although she is only thirteen years old, her figure is already curvaceous. She has blue-gray hair, bright blue eyes, and an exceptionally cute face, but also a bit cold. She has a sweet and salty look.

As soon as she returned to the academy, she immediately attracted a lot of attention. Clearly, Meng Yiran had a considerable reputation within the academy, and it could even be said that she was already a goddess in the hearts of countless people.

Yang Ping'an only glanced at Meng Yiran twice before ignoring her. He didn't want to provoke such a privileged young woman for the time being.

Unfortunately, Yang Ping'an encountered Meng Yiran during the Soul Fighting Competition that night.

Since joining the Beast Advanced Soul Master Academy's Ferocious Beast Class, Yang Ping'an has been participating in Soul Battles every night without fail.

Over the course of a week of competition, Yang Ping'an achieved a record of six wins and one loss. His only defeat was against a level 29 Great Soul Master, but judging from his appearance, he should be able to reach level 30 at any moment. The two fought for more than ten minutes, and in the end, Yang Ping'an exhausted his soul power and suffered a hard-fought defeat.

Yang Ping'an didn't care too much. It was just a battle of spirits. Losing only meant that he didn't have enough control over his spirit and spirit power. Moreover, his opponent was a control-type spirit master. Control-type spirit masters do have a certain advantage in early-stage spirit master battles.

After both parties entered the arena wearing masks, Yang Ping'an was dumbfounded. Meng Yiran's unique martial soul, the snake-head cane, made her identity instantly recognizable, not to mention her blue-gray hair.

In this Beast City, Dragon Lord Meng Shu and Snake Lady Chao Tianxiang are the absolute rulers. Their martial spirits, the Dragon Head Cane and the Snake Head Cane, are also famous. Meng Yiran is their granddaughter and can be considered the pride of this Beast City.

As soon as Meng Yiran entered the arena, the entire place erupted in cheers, after all, Meng Yiran was a well-known figure in the Soul Arena.

At the referee's command, the two summoned their martial spirits and began their battle.

Meng Yiran's snake-head cane suddenly swung with great force, as cunning as a serpent, making it impossible to defend against.

Although Yang Ping'an had recently experienced a series of battles, he had only encountered Soul Masters with Beast Souls and rarely met Soul Masters with Weapon Souls like Meng Yiran.

Within minutes, Yang Ping'an had already fallen into a disadvantageous position. Even when he was controlling both himself and the Purple Gold Mastiff, he could barely maintain his undefeated status.

Especially since the use of weapons is not restricted in this kind of soul-fighting competition, Meng Yiran's flying knife skill is even more difficult to defend against.

Just then, Meng Yiran's snake-head cane suddenly transformed into a strange snake, almost like a living creature, and quickly lunged at Yang Ping'an. Meng Yiran's throwing knife seized the moment and became even more ruthless.

Seeing the combination of the throwing knife and the snake staff, Yang Ping'an gritted his teeth and used his first soul skill, the Profound Gold Protective Shield. Instantly, a profound gold protective shield appeared in front of Yang Ping'an, blocking Meng Yiran's attacks from the strange snake and the throwing knife.

In that instant, an extremely thin steel wire shot out from Yang Ping'an's hand and quickly wrapped around the strange snake summoned by Meng Yiran.

Meng Yiran planned to continue summoning the strange snakes to attack, but after the snakes were entangled in the steel wire, their movements were greatly hindered. At that moment, the purple-gold mastiff bared its teeth and bit at Meng Yiran, as if it were facing prey.

Meng Yiran was clearly caught off guard by the sudden shift in the balance of power, so she had no choice but to use her snake staff to block it. She also used her first soul skill, "Snake Staff Frenzy," which instantly transformed into countless strange snakes, attempting to surround the Purple Gold Mastiff.

Yang Ping'an was immediately surprised. He didn't expect Meng Yiran's first soul skill to be a group attack skill. Even many beast or weapon soul masters' third soul skill might not have a group attack skill, and this skill was more focused on control.

Seeing that the Purple-Gold Mastiff's attack was blocked, Yang Ping'an decisively activated his second soul skill: Purple-Gold Ray. Instantly, a purple ray shot out from Yang Ping'an's hand, and the ray actually maintained its firing speed and controlled its swing. The entire ray cut through the countless wildly dancing snakes like a rapid cut. This was a mutated version of Yang Ping'an's second soul skill: Purple-Gold Ray Cutting.

Meng Yiran was immediately alarmed and tried to use her snake-headed cane to block it, but the cane was still wrapped with steel wire, which slowed it down considerably. By the time Yang Ping'an's soul skill stopped, the light had already passed the snake-headed cane and appeared in front of Meng Yiran's neck; she could even feel a trace of heat in the light.

Upon witnessing this breathtaking scene, the referee immediately interrupted the match. Meng Yiran on the other side seemed to be frightened, while Yang Ping'an was already panting heavily. He had used two soul skills in succession, especially the second soul skill. If he used light to cut, the consumption of soul power would be enormous. By this point, he had already consumed 90% of the soul power in his entire body.

The referee finally announced the end of the match, with Yang Ping'an emerging victorious. Meng Yiran, however, was still somewhat shocked by the rapid changes on the battlefield, as she had initially held a significant advantage but had suddenly fallen to defeat.

The audience was in an uproar. Meng Yiran was basically undefeated in the Great Soul Master battle, and she originally had a great advantage in the battle. However, she was defeated in just a moment. Many people could not accept it, especially since many people had placed heavy bets on Meng Yiran. Now that she had lost, they suffered a huge loss.

Yang Ping'an ignored Meng Yiran on the other side, retracted the steel wire, and quickly left the arena.

This battle was much more difficult than Yang Ping'an had imagined, especially since there was a two-level difference in soul power between Yang Ping'an and Meng Yiran. Moreover, judging from Meng Yiran's current situation, she still had at least half of her soul power left, and she hadn't even used her second soul skill yet.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an couldn't help but recall Meng Yiran's Martial Soul, the Snake Head Cane. This Martial Soul was somewhat similar to the Serpent Spear Douluo in the original work. It was also a Weapon Martial Soul, but it could also transform the Weapon Martial Soul into a Beast Martial Soul, and it possessed the advantages of both Weapon Martial Soul and Beast Martial Soul at the same time.

After leaving the arena, Yang Ping'an also received his battle rewards and arena betting rewards.

Before each Soul Battle, Yang Ping'an would bet 5,000 gold soul coins on himself to win. Normally, contestants in the arena are not allowed to bet on each other in the same arena, but if he only bets on himself to win, and it's only 5,000 gold soul coins, the Soul Arena usually won't interfere. After all, not all Soul Masters participate in the arena just for that little bit of gold soul coin prize money. Moreover, betting on his own match is a way of showing his determination to fight.

(End of this chapter)