Douluo Continent: Conflict descends, gods are slain and gods ascend!

"Awooo!!" The alpha wolf's painful howl was transmitted to the ears of the staff outside through the instruments.

From the howling cries, they could almost sense the immense damage the wolf had suffered. But Yun Chen, inside the Ascension Platform, didn't stop. He wasn't sparring with this wolf; it was a battle. And a battle was a fight to the death. The wolf was still alive; how could its attacks cease?

Fists rained down on the alpha wolf, whose vitality was naturally stronger than that of the wolves that had been pierced by the blood spears earlier. After taking nearly thirty punches, the wolf finally dissipated into energy.

"call!"

Having dealt with the alpha wolf, Yun Chen straightened up and let out a heavy sigh. He felt no fatigue from the battle with the wolves; instead, he felt a surge of excitement. The energy he absorbed after annihilating the entire pack had significantly enhanced his soul.

However, his Bloodrage Lion-Tiger was already a hundred-year-old soul spirit, so completing the spirit ascension wouldn't be easy. But the feeling of this power gradually filling up was wonderful for Yun Chen. But what he gained most from this battle was digesting the combat experience that had inexplicably appeared. However, now that he was in the Spirit Transfer Tower, he didn't have time to meditate and explore the source of that experience, so he could only keep it in his mind and study it properly later.

After catching his breath, Yun Chen resumed his search for Xu Xiaoyan. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoyan was already with Gu Yue, who had been secretly observing her for some time.

After killing the Moonbear with her "sneak attack," Xu Xiaoyan felt somewhat lost. Although she still had some of those miscellaneous items in her storage soul tool, she only had one soul tool bomb capable of delivering a fatal blow, and once it was used up, that would be the end of her supply.

Just as Xu Xiaoyan was at a loss, Gu Yue appeared in front of her and invited her to join a team. The two formed a temporary team and began to roam the outer perimeter together.

Leng Yaozhu's assessment task for Gu Yue was to survive for three hours in the Spirit Ascension Platform and kill as many soul beasts as possible. This task didn't originally stipulate that Gu Yue had to go deep into the forest, so she decided to take Xu Xiaoyan and wander around the outskirts to find Yun Chen first.

As for why Gu Yue intervened, she herself didn't understand. Originally, she didn't want to get close to Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan, and wanted to keep her distance from them. But when she saw Xu Xiaoyan's bewildered look, she couldn't help but feel worried.

"This must be a consequence of separating Na'er from that stupid dragon. Human emotions are truly terrifying," Gu Yue thought to herself.

But when she saw Xu Xiaoyan looking at her with that strange gaze, Gu Yue's heart would be filled with many emotions and thoughts that should not belong to her.

"Why do you keep looking at me like that?" Suddenly, Gu Yue stopped in her tracks and asked Xu Xiaoyan, puzzled.

The probing look in Xu Xiaoyan's eyes made it impossible for her to continue pretending nothing was wrong.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Xu Xiaoyan shrank her neck.

"I just felt that you looked a lot like a friend of mine, so I looked at you a bit more. I'm sorry." Xu Xiaoyan was a bit timid by nature, while Gu Yue was the kind of girl who naturally exuded a strong aura. So when Gu Yue questioned her like this, Xu Xiaoyan immediately became nervous.

"Uh, it's okay," Gu Yue replied instinctively.

Although she had separated her memories and emotions to become the independent personality Na'er, she had actually seen those memories from her time in the Xu family. Therefore, when facing the frightened Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue subconsciously shed her cold arrogance and her tone became gentle.

This only made Xu Xiaoyan more confused. The girl in front of her was clearly not Na'er, but why did she always have a feeling that this was Na'er?

It has to be said that a woman's intuition can be terrifying sometimes. Even though Xu Xiaoyan is still just a little girl, that inexplicable feeling made her unconsciously see through the relationship between Gu Yue and Na'er in front of her.

Gu Yue was unaware of all this, and didn't even notice her own change in attitude. The two set off again, beginning their search for Yun Chen's whereabouts on the outskirts of the forest.

Not long after, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan heard the sounds of battle coming from not far ahead. They exchanged a glance and then walked towards that direction. However, they didn't rashly reveal themselves, since they weren't the only three allowed to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform. Getting involved in a battle between strangers might cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Just as the two of them peeked out from the bushes and looked at the distant battle, they discovered a soul beast flying towards them. But judging from its appearance, it seemed to be fleeing in panic?

This was a four-legged soul beast with wing membranes, which it used for gliding, not true flight. Just as it was trying to escape the area and the terrifying human behind it, it discovered other humans blocking its escape route and immediately roared in anger. Hundred-year-old soul beasts weren't particularly intelligent, especially those placed in the Spirit Ascension Platform of the Spirit Pagoda, which focused more on energy than perfectly replicating the original soul beast. Therefore, this creature immediately forgot the threat behind it and tried to tear the humans blocking its path to shreds.

But just then, a blood-red spear pierced through the air.

The blood spear pierced through the soul beast gliding in the sky from behind, pinning its corpse directly to a tree near Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan.

This scene startled Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan. Their gazes turned to the direction from which the blood spear had come, and what they saw was Yun Chen's figure slowly walking towards them.

"Xiao Yan, and Gu Yue? How did you two end up together?" Yun Chen asked in confusion.

"I just encountered a big bear. After I killed it, I met Gu Yue. She's the one who's been protecting me all this way," Xu Xiaoyan said.

Hearing her say that, Yun Chen looked at Gu Yue and said, "Thank you for taking care of Xiao Yan. I'll treat you to a meal when we get back to the academy."

"It's nothing, just a small favor," Gu Yue said casually.

Unlike her attitude towards Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue's attitude towards Yun Chen was much colder. This was not only because she herself wanted to stay away from Yun Chen, but also because Na'er had once felt fear towards Yun Chen. However, they were unsure where this feeling came from.

Yun Chen wasn't surprised by Gu Yue's attitude towards him. Ever since Gu Yue came to Donghai Academy and joined Class 5 as in the original story, without getting involved with him and Xu Xiaoyan, Yun Chen had guessed Gu Yue's thoughts. Since she had already made her stance clear, Yun Chen naturally wouldn't bother to make things uncomfortable. Although the underlying code of Douluo Continent is romance, there are other women in the world besides Gu Yue; there's no need to turn himself into a simp.