Battle Through the Heavens II: Three Phases of Peerless Power, One Soul and Four Bodies

"Meng Hongchen, if by some miracle I manage to make it to the finals, could I borrow these Ice and Fire Swords?"

Luo Ranyu's attitude was quite sincere, but her tone was neither humble nor arrogant. Meng Hongchen's expression changed slightly, and she pouted slightly: "Hmph, the competition is still a long way off. Let's win first!"

Luo Ranyu smiled slightly: "Hmm, I will."

Meng Hongchen snatched the fire sword, scoffing, "Running into you is the worst luck imaginable. Why are you immune to my toad poison?"

Luo Ranyu smiled wryly and said, "Well... I don't know either!"

"Tch, fine, don't tell me then! Watch out, my brother's next one, and he doesn't seem to like you very much."

Luo Ranyu chuckled awkwardly, "No, it's nothing. I'm out of soul power. If I can't beat you, I'll just admit defeat!"

"Pfft~ I don't believe you for a second."

The audience was confused by this scene. "Huh? Why did they stop fighting? Is it halftime?"

"Hey, what do you think happened inside that big-mouthed monster just now?"

"Who's the winner now?"

On the Zhengtian Academy side, Jin Zhongyue said, "Ran Yu won, but if he hadn't taken that girl with him into the air, she probably wouldn't have been able to participate later. Ran Yu was too merciful. But, why do I have a feeling that these two knew each other before?"

Xue Qianluo said coldly, "We know each other! We know each other all the time. I even saw them eating together~"

Hua Xi'er said sullenly, "Oh dear, Sister Xue'er, you saw it too! I don't know how we started chatting, we're not even that close."

At this point, referee Huang Jinxu finally couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Hey, you two, are you going to stop fighting or not?"

Indeed, the referee is a Title Douluo, after all. How could he let a Title Douluo watch you guys chat like this? That's outrageous!

But this did not diminish Meng Hongchen's arrogance in the slightest. "What's the rush? We're not fighting. We've already agreed to recover some soul power first before continuing, is that not allowed?"

"..." Meng Hongchen's tone was disdainful, but her body language betrayed her. As she spoke, she walked off the stage, leaving the judges stunned. After stepping off the stage, Meng Hongchen turned to the judges and shouted, "What are you standing there for? Announce the result!"

Luo Ranyu could only watch this scene with an awkward laugh.

"Meng Hongchen is even fiercer than Sister Xue'er~ Oh no, Sister Xue'er can be very gentle sometimes!"

Hmm~ There are still two people left on the other side, Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong. My victory over Meng Hongchen was probably just a coincidence. I just happened to have both ice and fire attributes, which countered her. Xiao Hongchen probably won't be so easy to defeat. However, I have plenty of soul power now, so I should be able to deplete a lot of his soul power. As for whether I can defeat him, we'll have to see how the battle goes.

As Meng Hongchen left the arena, Xiao Hongchen immediately rushed over, touching her shoulders with both hands, looking her over carefully, and asked worriedly, "Little sister, are you alright? Are you hurt? What were you talking about just now? By the way, why did you lose?"

A barrage of questions assaulted Meng Hongchen's mind, leaving her unsure which to answer first. However, when she recalled what happened after the two of them were eaten by the giant-mouthed monster, a blush crept onto her face, and her voice softened slightly.

"Ah~ nothing happened. A Soul Master of level 30-something couldn't possibly hurt me? No way! Okay, bro, stop asking and hurry up. Don't give him time to recover his soul power!"

Xiao Hongchen was confused by what she said, but her last sentence made a lot of sense, so she quickly went on stage.

On stage, Xiao Hongchen slowly walked onto the stage, exuding an imposing aura. His low-hanging hat brim obscured his eyes, making him appear mysterious and aloof. He slightly raised his hat and thanked Luo Ranyu.

"Luo Ranyu, your Spirit Fusion Skill is indeed very powerful; it actually managed to break my sister's fifth spirit skill. First of all, I want to thank you. I didn't expect you to use your spirit skill to help my sister offset the damage from the fall, but!"

With that, Xiao Hongchen flicked his hand, and the soul tool on his body activated. "Hmph, but I still won't hold back!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ranyu was filled with surprise. He had originally thought that Xiao Hongchen would be angry because of the physical contact between him and Meng Hongchen. He did not expect that Xiao Hongchen would mistakenly believe that he had deliberately used the Path of Space and the Shadow Fang to offset the impact damage from Meng Hongchen's fall.

He thought back carefully and realized that if he had dodged quickly at that time, Meng Hongchen would have been seriously injured when she fell from the sky, which would have weakened the strength of Sun Moon Academy in the 223 battle.

Damn it, I'm such an idiot!

But then I thought about it again. I've met Meng Hongchen a few times, so I might as well do them a favor. Maybe she'll actually lend me that level six Soul Fire Sword.

With that sword, perhaps I can even comprehend a new martial soul fusion skill.

But no matter how you look at Xiao Hongchen, he seems a bit childish. Could he be a siscon? Hmm~ Probably not. Let's just call him a good brother who loves his sister.

Luo Ranyu did not respond to Xiao Hongchen, but simply smiled slightly, and then the three elements around him began to swirl.

Referee Huang Jinxu finally recovered, cleared his throat, and announced loudly: "The match between Luo Ranyu of Zhengtian Academy and Xiao Hongchen of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy begins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Hongchen didn't hesitate any longer. Golden light surged around him, and his martial spirit was instantly released. A golden, three-legged toad phantom appeared behind him, enormous in size, radiating a magnificent golden light, and exuding an extraordinary aura. Luo Ranyu had never seen such a martial spirit before and couldn't help but give it a name in her mind: Three-Legged Golden Toad!

As Xiao Hongchen released his five spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—and then his first and third spirit rings lit up, Xiao Hongchen unleashed his abilities.

In an instant, hundreds of metal spheres were released and suspended in the air. Then, those metal spheres suddenly changed with clanging sounds, and soon turned into hundreds of metal cannon barrels aimed at Luo Ranyu.

Luo Ranyu saw a dense array of cannons pointed at him, but he didn't have time to be surprised. At this moment, he also made his first and second spirit rings emit a dazzling and eerie purplish-black light. The entire arena began to be shrouded in darkness, and the sky suddenly changed dramatically, with dark clouds covering the area, giving off a somewhat sinister feeling.

"We already know Meng Hongchen is a melee Soul Master, so his brother, another genius of Sun Moon Sect, can't possibly be a melee Soul Master either. Since you're going to bombard us like this, then bring it on! Let's see if your cannonballs are more powerful, or my Soul Skills are stronger!"

Darker shadows began to gather across the entire arena, numbering in the hundreds.

The dark aura filled Xiao Hongchen with unease and fear. Before he could even fire his hundreds of cannons, he saw dark shadows suddenly rise from the ground, transforming into gaping black monsters. One after another, terrifying black spheres sprang up to bite at the golden cannons, or even at Xiao Hongchen himself.

With a single bite, it shattered the core area of ​​a cannon barrel. Even if it didn't break the barrel, it would still break the opening.