Douluo Continent II: The Dragon King Suppresses the World!

Chapter 20 The Golden Road VS Fusion of the Four Elements

Ye Qi'an and Gu Yuena moved with lightning speed, closing in on Huo Yuhao and his companions in the blink of an eye.

Gu Yuena swung her hands violently, and in an instant, the surrounding elements surged like wild horses. Ice spikes, carrying a biting chill, and fireballs, burning with raging flames, hurtled towards Huo Yuhao and his companions like a storm.

A glint flashed in Huo Yuhao's eyes. "Mental sharing!" As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao both clearly "saw" the trajectories of those fierce attacks in their minds.

Wang Dong nimbly dodged in the air, while Xiao Xiao decisively abandoned the Nine Phoenixes' Auspicious Arrival Flute and instead used the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, employing defensive skills to try and block some of the attacks.

Without Huo Yuhao's miraculous mental detection, they would likely have been at a disadvantage from the start and suffered a great loss. After all, there was a significant difference in cultivation levels between the two sides. However, it was precisely because they anticipated the enemy's moves that the situation changed dramatically.

But at that moment, Ye Qi'an's body shone with a dazzling golden light, and the slowing effect brought by the Nine Phoenixes' Auspicious Arrival Flute disappeared the instant Xiao Xiao switched martial souls.

Huo Yuhao had clearly anticipated this. The moment Xiaoxiao switched her martial soul, his attack followed immediately, a soul strike aimed directly at Ye Qi'an.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had warned him to be careful of the possible backlash, but why would Huo Yuhao choose to launch a mental attack when his opponent was attacking? The moment he launched his soul attack was exactly the moment Ye Qi'an charged forward.

Both are mental attack skills, but at this crucial moment, the difference in strength became apparent. For Cui Yajie's charm skill to be effective, the enemy had to look into her eyes, while Huo Yuhao's soul strike did not require this at all, and it was activated without any warning.

Ye Qi'an, who was charging forward, suddenly felt a strong dizziness, and his steps involuntarily staggered. Fortunately, he was not greatly affected and continued to charge forward after a moment. On the other hand, Huo Yuhao suffered a backlash, just as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had said. It is normal for mental attacks to cause backlash when facing high-level Soul Masters.

Just then, Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron activated, and the black cauldron flew straight towards Huo Yuhao like a cannonball. Just as Ye Qi'an was about to reach Huo Yuhao, the cauldron suddenly fell.

Ye Qi'an stared at the large cauldron in front of him and threw a punch without hesitation, slamming it hard into the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. The cauldron trembled violently, as if it would shatter at any moment, but it still managed to block his determined attack.

However, in the next second, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron instantly split into three, forming a row with a certain distance between them. But at the moment of separation, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron activated its first soul skill, Cauldron Tremor. With a booming sound, the ripples of vibration connected with each other, forming a powerful defensive barrier.

Ye Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief, flipped backward, and nimbly avoided the powerful shockwaves from the cauldron's tremors.

At that very moment, another violent roar resounded, and Wang Dong groaned as his body, which had been suspended in the air, suddenly sank, landing awkwardly beside Huo Yuhao.

He used his first soul skill, Winged Guillotine, to block Gu Yuena's elemental attack, but he was quickly at a disadvantage. His wings vibrated violently, emitting an unstable light, and blood even seeped from Wang Dong's mouth and nose.

"Yuhao, this won't work. We can't beat them at all. We have no choice but to use that move now." Wang Dong came to Huo Yuhao and said with a solemn expression.

Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and said resolutely, "Fine, then let's use that move! Xiaoxiao, make your move!"

Wang Dong nodded, opened his arms, and looked at Huo Yuhao who was embracing him. A strange light shone in his eyes, a light that seemed both gentle and encouraging, yet also comforting. This strange light stirred Huo Yuhao's heart. His gaze became even more determined, but a faint smile appeared on his face—a smile only Wang Dong could see.

The three large cauldrons beside Xiao Xiao simultaneously emitted a burst of dark light and crashed into the center. The two soul rings attached to the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron on her body also lit up at the same time, and circles of black light spread out from Xiao Xiao's body. But this time, the black light did not stop, but was completely injected into the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, which was now a unified entity.

The three cauldrons merged into one, unleashing a deafening roar. A colossal cauldron, twice the size of any of the previous ones, appeared out of nowhere. Strange runes faintly appeared on this cauldron, and an indescribable majesty erupted with the resounding boom.

Xiao Xiao's face turned as pale as paper in an instant, but she resolutely closed her eyes, pointed forward with her right hand, and the giant cauldron flashed with dazzling light, landing heavily on Ye Qi'an's inevitable path with a deafening roar.

"A national treasure, its cauldron trembles."

Xiao Xiao knew very well that even her skill, which combined two soul skills, couldn't completely restrain Ye Qi'an. So she unleashed the full power of the skill without reservation. The air around the national treasure cauldron suddenly twisted violently, visible to the naked eye. The powerful shockwave spread out in a radius of ten meters, and under the accurate guidance of her mental detection, it blocked Ye Qi'an's charge.

On the other side, Gu Yuena's eyes lit up, and two golden spirit rings rose from her feet simultaneously. She flipped her hands in front of her, and a pale yellow light bloomed from her palms. The yellow color looked calm and gentle, it was the earth element. The earth element began to rotate in her palms, and then gradually solidified.

Gu Yuena held the ball of yellow light in her left hand, and gently stroked it with rhythmic fingers of her right hand. Under her control, the yellow light formed petals, eventually transforming into a nine-petaled yellow flower, which slowly rotated.

Just then, Gu Yuena made a grabbing motion with her right hand, and a strange scene appeared. Points of blue light began to appear in the air, and all of these blue lights gathered towards her palm. The gathered blue light quickly gathered in her palm and turned into a blue ball of light.

The blue light orb was placed on top of the previous yellow light orb. Similarly, petals were pulled out one by one, and the blue elemental flower overlapped on top of the yellow elemental flower. The two rotated in sync. This blue water elemental flower had a total of eight petals, one less than the yellow earth elemental flower. The petals intertwined with each other, making it look even more radiant.

However, it wasn't over yet. Gu Yue made another grabbing motion in the air with her right hand. This time, the air currents surged and turned into specks of azure light, which gathered in her palm. The azure light swirled and formed a vortex in Gu Yue's palm, eventually coalescing into a ball. She placed it above the water element flower and pulled out petals one by one, this time seven petals.

When Gu Yuena made another grasping motion towards the air, the spectators could no longer remain calm. The air became agitated, and specks of red light swirled in Gu Yuena's palm, gradually transforming into a fireball. Six fiery red petals bloomed, perfectly displayed on top of the other three colors. The four-colored petals rotated, forming this unique and magnificent flower.

Not to mention those in the stands, Huo Yuhao and his two companions in the arena were completely dumbfounded. This... we're just having a competition, and you're making a bomb by hand? But it wasn't over yet. Gu Yuena reached out to the void for the fifth time.

The sunlight softened, shimmering with golden light, and converged towards Gu Yuena's right hand. But this time, Gu Yuena didn't let it coalesce; instead, she made it swirl around the four-colored petals.

Xiao Xiao was shocked. At this moment, she and Ye Qi'an were staring blankly at each other. But in the next instant, a strange golden light shot out from beside her. On one side was Huo Yuhao, whose eyes emitted a light golden light; on the other side was Wang Dong, whose dazzling wings unfolded and released the Goddess of Light Butterfly Martial Soul.

At the same moment they released their martial souls after embracing, the entire area within a ten-meter radius around them lit up. A peculiar light emanated from them, a strange radiance that shifted between blue, purple, and gold. It was dominated by a rich aura of light, mixed with many unusual fluctuations of soul power.

Behind Wang Dong, a huge shadow appeared—a complete and magnificent butterfly of the Goddess of Light. Behind Huo Yuhao, however, appeared a huge vertical eye phantom, its entire body a pale gold, but its pupil radiating a faint purple hue.

In the air, two enormous shadowy figures slowly approached each other, and as they drew nearer, they began to change.

Huo Yuhao's spiritual eye gradually became more profound, turning completely blue-purple, while the gold completely subsided. Wang Dong's Goddess of Light butterfly light and shadow, however, ignited intensely as it approached the spiritual eye, burning with blue-gold flames.

In the next instant, a terrifying beam of light, a mixture of blue, purple, and gold, shot out, heading straight ahead like a rainbow.

"Then let me test the power of your Martial Soul Fusion Technique." Gu Yuena raised her head, and a strong silver light shone on her body.

Immediately afterwards, the four-colored petals vanished from her sight. When they reappeared, they were already in front of the three-colored light. Without the control of the Soul Master, these four elements, which were condensed together and were already in a solidified form, would instantly become chaotic, and then there would be a huge explosion!

Without thinking twice, Ye Qi'an grabbed Xiao Xiao's arm, spread his dragon wings, and quickly flew off the field. Staying in the center of the field would be tantamount to suicide.

When Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Gu Yuena unleashed their skills simultaneously, Dean Yan Shaozhe suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief. Also standing up with him was the stingy Dean Qian.

Qian Duoduo's shock was no less than Yan Shaozhe's, and at this moment, they watched as the three-colored light burst forth from the huge vertical eye, heading straight for the suddenly appearing four-colored lotus.

"boom--"

A massive explosion resounded throughout the arena, and light, smoke, and fluctuations of soul power instantly intertwined, creating an extremely chaotic scene. As the smoke gradually dissipated, a huge crater was revealed in the center of the arena, but no one was standing on the Soul Battle Platform.

At that moment, Ye Qi'an, Gu Yuena, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao were all violently thrown away by the aftershocks of the explosion.

"I really gave it my all this time," Huo Yuhao said weakly.

Wang Dong gritted his teeth and stubbornly said, "But we didn't lose!"

Gu Yuena was alright; she left the scene immediately after throwing out the four-colored lotus, and only suffered the aftereffects of the explosion.

Ye Qi'an and Xiao Xiao left the arena before the two skills collided, so neither of them suffered any injuries. Looking at the extent of the explosion in the arena, Ye Qi'an seemed to see an old friend in a daze—the self-destructing guy. Art is an explosion!

After the match ended, the only one who was injured was probably the referee, Du Weiren. His body had turned golden, and he stood there like a golden statue. His back was bleeding profusely from the explosion of the four-colored lotus flowers.

On the high platform, the other teachers watching the battle were relatively calm, but the two deans, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo, sitting in the front row, both showed a hint of shock in their eyes. An eight-ring Soul Douluo was actually injured? This was simply unbelievable. The teachers gradually came to their senses, and one by one they were dumbfounded.

In the assessment area, the golden aura on Du Weilun's body had dissipated, but at this moment, he had a look of astonishment and disbelief on his face. After all, Du Weilun was the dean of students. After a brief moment of distraction, he had recovered and a bitter smile appeared on his face. He thought to himself, "This is really embarrassing!"

"Very good, you all did very well." Du Weilun's voice rang out. "I'm surprised that your cultivation levels as freshmen have reached this level. Now, I announce the final champions of the freshman assessment elimination round. They are..." He paused here, then suddenly raised both hands, pointing to both sides, and announced loudly, "There is no champion. You are tied for first place. Alright, that's all I can say. The freshman assessment is now complete. Tomorrow morning, a freshman assembly will be held to award prizes to the top three teams, and the first-year classes will be assigned. Okay, that's all." After saying this, Du Weilun turned and left, quickly departing from the assessment area.

Zhou Yi had somehow landed on the platform and rushed towards the five of them. This usually strict teacher was now as excited as a child, hugging the five of them and jumping for joy.

Ye Qi'an and Gu Yuena were clearly not used to this sudden scene, but Huo Yuhao and the other two showed their excitement. The results of the freshman assessment finals quickly spread throughout the entire academy. The chances of a tie for first place were not high, especially since the champion was a team from the same class.

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(End of this chapter)