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

"Brother Ranyu~ Brother Ranyu! Wake up!"

The faint fragrance of flowers and that familiar voice finally roused Ran Yu from his unconscious state. He found himself being gently but urgently pushed and shaken.

Luo Ranyu slowly opened his eyes. The bright sunlight was already streaming into the room, casting its rays on half of his face, quickly bringing him back to consciousness. Hearing Hua Xi'er's anxious calls, he finally came to his senses.

"Xi'er~ Xi'er!"

Ran Yu's consciousness was not fully awake. When a person first wakes up, their consciousness is very weak. However, because the dream and reality were separated, he still didn't quite remember what he had experienced. He only felt weak all over. But at this moment, his mental strength and muscle strength were rapidly recovering.

Xi'er's voice came again, "Brother Ranyu~ We have a competition today! Did you fall asleep yesterday?"

When she regained consciousness, she realized that besides Hua Xi'er, Xue Qianluo was standing at the foot of the bed, looking at her with a slight frown.

Upon seeing this, he instantly snapped out of his daze and exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Xue'er! What are you doing here?"

Xue Qianlu's expression remained cold and aloof: "What? Can't I be here? Xi'er said you hadn't woken up, so I came to check on you. It's good to see you asleep. But since you're awake, get up quickly, there's a match today!"

Seeing Luo Ranyu wake up, Hua Xi'er also came closer and asked with a grin, "Brother Ranyu, you were actually able to fall asleep! How did you do that?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Ranyu frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "I was lying in bed, and I lost consciousness while lying there. Then when I woke up, I saw you all."

Hua Xi'er said, "Hmm~ Alright then~ I hope it can be like this tonight! But, I couldn't wake you up earlier~ Are you alright?"

"Is that so? It shouldn't be that bad, let me see."

As she spoke, Luo Ranyu closed her eyes and casually felt the changes in her body.

She had intended to just give them a perfunctory answer, but three seconds later, Luo Ranyu's mouth slightly opened, her eyes snapped open, and she stared at the two of them in shock.

"Xi'er~ I!" Luo Ranyu was a little unsure how to say it, scratched her head, and then focused her mind, releasing her martial soul and soul ring. The three elements of fire, ice, and lightning surrounded her, making her appear perfectly normal.

But then, three black spirit rings appeared beneath Luo Ranyu's feet! They rose slowly, dazzlingly bright.

Hua Xi'er's little mouth opened slightly: "Wow~~"

Xue Qianlu exclaimed in surprise, "Incredibly, the first spirit ring has changed from an eight-thousand-year spirit ring to a ten-thousand-year spirit ring?"

After a moment, Luo Ranyu shared her thoughts: "Sister Xue'er, it's not just that the age of the first spirit ring has increased; the other two ten-thousand-year spirit rings have also each increased their age by more than two thousand years, which is why there are three black spirit rings!"

Xue Qianlu nodded, and after thinking for a moment, said, "In that case, it might be related to your sleep last night!"

"Haha! Brother Ranyu can increase his soul ring level just by sleeping!" Hua Xi'er said mischievously.

Luo Ranyu smiled and said, "It shouldn't be that bad, but there's no time to think about the reasons now; the competition is more important. However, you see, my third spirit ring seems quite stable now, right?"

The two said in unison, "Yes!" "That's right!"

"Wait!" Xue Qianluo exclaimed in surprise, as if she had just realized something. "Could it be that you can now comprehend the third soul skills of ice and lightning elements?"

Luo Ranyu grinned, "Hmm~ That's right! And..."

The three of them chuckled and discussed, then quickly went downstairs together.

The weather was nice today, sunny and breezy. In the 2-2-3 match against Riyue this morning, Luo Ranyu was scheduled for the third match, appearing alongside Xue Qianluo and another pre-selected player.

The preliminary team member was named Su Li, also a top student, one year older than Luo Ranyu. He had also played in the previous elimination rounds, with a record of four wins and one loss, which was quite impressive. He had a handsome face and an outgoing personality, but he was always a bit eccentric. Sometimes he would lock himself in his room and study something.

When he summons his martial soul and enters battle mode, he becomes extremely serious and gets more and more excited as the battle progresses. Fortunately, his habit of muttering to himself still remains after activating his martial soul, otherwise Luo Ranyu would have doubted whether he was the same person before and after activating his martial soul.

His martial spirit is called the Thousand Manifestations Umbrella, a black, heavy metal umbrella that can be used for attack, defense, or teleportation. Its use is unpredictable and very entertaining.

Soon, the competition began. This match would determine another team in the finals. The number of people in the stands was the same as yesterday. At the referee Huang Jinxu's command, the Sun Moon Empire's Ma Rulong and Miga's team started ping-pong, and dozens of soul-guided cannons on their bodies were deployed, aiming at Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing of Zhengtian Academy.

Ma Rulong is the captain of the Sun and Moon Team. He is a Soul Emperor and possesses all kinds of high-level soul tools.

At the start of the match, Ma Rulong unleashed a level seven soul tool that overwhelmed Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi. Under the powerful barrage, Ye Wuqing also fired countless golden leaves at the two of them.

However, it was clear that Ma Rulong's artillery was far more powerful. With flash cannons and annihilation rays, he pushed Ye Wuqing's offensive back, completely seizing the initiative in the battle. And every move he made was so fluid that it drew gasps of amazement.

But how could Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi, as the leading elder brothers and sisters of Zhengtian Academy, be willing to accept defeat? Their fourth and fifth soul skills came one after another, temporarily repelling Ma Rulong and seriously injuring Miga.

Enraged, Ma Rulong unleashed another level-seven soul tool, a beam that instantly injured Yu Mengdi, knocking her to the ground. Ye Wuqing was also unable to withstand his attack and was eventually rescued by the referee, but also fainted due to exhaustion of soul power.

In the first battle, Ma Rulong and Mi Jia of the Sun Moon team defeated Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi, giving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team a small lead.

The competition is in full swing. The next match will be a joint attack by Jin Zhongyue and Luo Jiuxiao, and their opponents will be the Chen Fei and Chen An brothers, whom they have faced before.

Seeing this, Jin Zhongyue frowned slightly. It wasn't that the other party was too strong, but rather that the two people in front of him were relatively weak. They preferred to face the Hongchen siblings.

In that case, in the third match, a three-on-three contest, the opponent's top three players, Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen, will not be there, while our side has a terrifying presence like Xue Qianluo, which will greatly increase our chances of winning.

Now, it is conceivable that the Sun Moon Empire will send out the Hongchen siblings in the third battle. How will Luo Ranyu and the others face them then?

However, Jin Zhongyue soon remembered that Luo Ranyu seemed to have a very strong resistance to Meng Hongchen's Ice Toad Poison, and he felt a little relieved. As long as Luo Ranyu dealt with Meng Hongchen and Xue Qianluo dealt with Xiao Hongchen, the situation would definitely improve.

The match began, and without much thought, Jin Zhongyue and Luo Jiuxiao launched a fierce attack on the two from the Sun and Moon Sect. Eagle claw marks slashed across their bodies, and Xuanming Ghost Fire exploded on them.

Three minutes later, Chen An and Chen Fei were both lying on the ground, their soul-guided armor tattered and broken from Jin Zhongyue's claw attacks...

Both Jin Zhongyue and Luo Jiuxiao underwent their first martial soul awakening, and their strength soared once again.

Soon, five minutes later, Chen An and Chen Fei both collapsed heavily to the ground, looking at the two people in front of them with resentment.

However, what they didn't know was that in this world, without Luo Ranyu's appearance, the two of them would have died tragically at the hands of the Shrek team, one of them being turned into flames by Ma Xiaotao's Black Fire Phoenix.

The other became the first sacrifice for someone's bloodline skill—the Descent of the Black Tortoise—melting into the primordial aura after Xu Sanshi's martial soul awakened...