Douluo Continent: What do you mean this is the Holy Spirit Cult?

This young woman, who could be considered an absolute prodigy within the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire, did not immediately use her close-combat soul tool or allow the poison on her body to spread into the arena. Instead, she stared suspiciously at Qi Li in front of her.

"It's strange, you and my friend don't look alike at all, but I feel like you look a lot like one of my friends."

Qi Li raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

He believed that his disguise was fine, after all, he had been trying to match Dugu Shangshan's daily habits after being kidnapped.

If there were still some minor problems with his feigned loneliness at the beginning, he can now say that his feigned loneliness is convincing enough to fool people. So why does Meng Hongchen in front of him feel that there are flaws in him?

However, although he didn't know what was wrong or flawed about himself, it wasn't enough to stop Qi Li from continuing to pretend to be stupid.

He was even a little happy, because it meant that Meng Hongchen was still unaware that he was an evil soul master.

In other words, if everything goes smoothly, once he returns to the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, he will still be able to live as a normal student of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, instead of becoming a universally reviled evil soul master and parting ways with the ordinary soul master life he has worked so hard to achieve.

However, before he could make a move, Meng Hongchen continued to ask him:

"My friend has been missing for some time now. According to his family, he fled the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy to avoid his family's rather cruel inheritance ceremony. If you have any news about him, please let me know as soon as possible."

Although Meng Hongchen said that, her gaze remained fixed intently on Qi Li in front of her.

She had a hunch that the person in front of her, whose martial soul was completely different from her friend's, was very likely her friend, and even a friend in disguise. She just didn't know what methods the other party had used to change her martial soul.

Qi Li felt an intense headache upon hearing Meng Hongchen's words.

Sometimes there are things you can't and don't want to admit, but some people can see through them all with their utterly illogical intuition.

However, he would soon no longer have to worry about it.

Although Meng Hongchen recognized his identity, she did not forget that they were on the arena, so she picked up her two thin swords and charged towards him.

Although the two rapiers looked a bit too thin and their lethality seemed somewhat lacking, Meng Hongchen was actually holding two melee soul tools in her hands, both of which were level five melee soul tools. Although she hadn't crafted them herself, but rather with some external assistance, it didn't prevent her from unleashing the power of these two rapier-shaped melee soul tools.

Each slash and thrust during this time would generate an extremely thin white mist. On its own, this white mist was not conspicuous. However, when Qi Li saw this white mist, he involuntarily held his breath and let the evil fire burn around his body.

When the evil fire comes into contact with this layer of white mist, it will actively burn the white mist to ashes, preventing the white mist from getting close to Qi Li's respiratory tract.

Upon seeing this scene, Meng Hongchen showed no anger whatsoever; in fact, she even wore a smile.

After her martial soul was attached to her body, her eyes were as clear and bright as red agate, which was quite alluring. However, when Qi Li faced those red agate eyes, he suddenly felt immense pressure.

"So you're from the Star Luo Empire? Hiding in the Star Luo Empire Royal Soul Master Academy is indeed a good solution. After all, the Star Luo Empire Royal Soul Master Academy is backed by the Star Luo Empire's royal family, and the Star Luo Empire's emperor can be considered a capable and wise ruler."

"But since you gained your protection by siding with the Star Luo Empire's royal family, what did you give in return? Did you have to marry that princess?"

Before Qi Li could explain, he suddenly felt the two slender swords in front of him being swung more powerfully, and the soul power attacks attached to them became increasingly fierce.

"Hey, beautiful lady, can't you be reasonable?"

You're implying, both openly and subtly, that I'm your friend or something, but I really don't know you.

I don't want to inhale the white mist emanating from you. While a fragrant breeze can be quite alluring, it's rare to find a beautiful woman whose body odor is so strong that it can vaporize. So, it's perfectly normal that this is a power inherent to your martial soul. My avoidance of your martial soul's power can also be explained, right?

"Besides, I've read a little more books than others, so it's not that hard to understand that your martial soul is the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad, a martial soul with potent poison?"

As soon as Qi Li finished speaking, he saw Meng Hongchen in front of him with an expression of embarrassment and anger, and her soul ring flashed by.

Qi Li immediately moved to defend himself behind him, grabbing the opponent's rapier-shaped soul tool with one hand.

Qi Li was extremely clear about the effects of the opponent's soul skill. The soul skill used by the opponent was called Ice Refraction, which could quickly complete the displacement within a small area. If used well, the soul skill might not be much worse than Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Displacement, and might even be better in some aspects.

However, before he could speak again, Meng Hongchen launched a fierce attack on him. At this moment, his soul power was also greatly depleted, and because he did not want to kill, he could only retreat in a rather disheveled manner, dodging the opponent's attacks.

Despite Qi Li looking rather disheveled from Meng Hongchen's relentless attacks, he was not actually injured.

This is related to his extremely strong physical condition, and also to the fact that Meng Hongchen did not really intend to kill him.

However, soon a powerful aura began to emanate from Meng Hongchen's fifth spirit ring.

"Now I'm giving you one last chance. Tell me everything that has happened over the past year, or I'll show you what my fifth soul skill is all about."

This is a soul skill that you can only acquire after you disappear; you absolutely cannot understand its effects like you would with Ice Refraction.