In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

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Hu Liena noticed Yin Lan's silent mockery of Bibi Dong, but she was unaware of Bibi Dong's past emotional entanglements and mistakenly believed that Bibi Dong was mocking her.

Arrogant bastard!

Hu Liena's nails dug deep into her palms. She came from a commoner background and looked down on the young masters and ladies from prominent families in the academy. Although her talent was not top-notch, she still managed to surpass them all through her own efforts and, together with Yan and her brother Xie Yue, became the undisputed number one of her generation!

Yinlan's behavior at this moment perfectly matched Hu Liena's stereotypes about those family members, undoubtedly making her dance in her minefield.

"Are you ready?" Qian Daoliu, the referee, spoke from the center of the arena. "Both sides bow and state their names. The battle will begin after the name announcements are completed."

"You really aren't going to call those two up?" Yin Lan pointed again at Yan and Xie Yue in the distance. "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. The Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall has always been one of the best among the younger generation. You alone aren't enough."

Although calling more people would yield the same result, she wasn't intentionally mocking Hu Liena, but if she was going to fight, she wanted to completely shatter Bibi Dong's unrealistic fantasies and make her lose all interest in the position of Saintess.

"Papal Palace, Hu Liena," Hu Liena responded to Yin Lan's suggestion with a gesture, three spirit rings—two yellow and one purple—spinning and rising from behind her, "Level 31 Control-type Battle Spirit Master."

"Hall of Offerings, Yinlan." Yinlan clasped her hands in greeting, without releasing her martial spirit or spirit rings, and simply introduced herself.

The announcement of names signified the start of the duel, but Hu Liena grew even more furious. They weren't even releasing their martial spirits—was this a sign of disrespect?

"Soul Possession!" A pair of beautiful fox ears grew on Hu Liena's head, and a long, fluffy fox tail swayed behind her. Her first soul ring lit up, and her eyes turned red. Her first soul skill was activated: Charm!

Uh... I don't feel anything.

She truly felt nothing at all. Although Yinlan was not a spirit-type soul master, her spiritual strength was already comparable to that of the Soul Douluos of this era. If it weren't for the soul rings flashing behind Hu Liena, she would never have known that the other party had already made a move.

Although Hu Liena claims to be a spirit-type soul master, her fighting style is completely different from that of a true spirit-type soul master like Huo Yuhao. Instead, it was arranged by Bibi Dong according to Yu Xiaogang's theory. All her soul skills are charm, and she relies purely on the physical qualities of her beast soul to fight hand-to-hand. As a so-called spirit-type soul master, she doesn't have many spirit-type techniques and can't even release a mental attack.

Lacking any decent mental techniques, coupled with the limitations of the era of Douluo Continent I, Hu Liena's mental strength was destined to be no more than that of her peers. Her physical attributes were only at the basic level of a beast spirit master of the same level. Not to mention self-amplification, she didn't even have an active attack type spirit skill that Yin Lan called a "waste." This meant that if she couldn't control her enemy, she couldn't defeat anyone with her basic physical attributes.

Although Hu Liena's cultivation path can be considered "specialized" in a sense, just like Yin Lan's, her specialization is clearly in the wrong direction. It's like a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Master who focuses solely on "Entanglement" in their Soul Skills, making all their Soul Skills "Entanglement" and relying on teammates to make up for any shortcomings... But there are always times when people are alone, and a team can't stay together forever. Soul Masters need to have the ability to protect themselves, which is a basic requirement, rather than sacrificing their lives for a team. They shouldn't lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of the small.

The first soul skill was actually useless... Hu Liena's heart sank. Ever since she started following the training plan given by Bibi Dong, she had chosen charm for all her soul skills, not only for her soul rings. Just as Yin Lan had guessed, she had also been working hard to train her charm ability. Therefore, she was confident that her charm could not only attract the opposite sex, but even the same sex would fall at her feet and become her defeated opponent.

She kicked off the ground and, relying on the physical advantage of her level 30 beast spirit, quickly closed the distance between herself and Yin Lan. At the same time, her second and third spirit rings lit up one after another as she ran, still as Yin Lan had predicted, alluring, but with a noticeable increase in intensity.

Yinlan still didn't feel anything; Hu Liena was definitely not in her good zone, so she just didn't feel anything.

Yinlan lowered his body, took a step forward with his left foot, lowered his center of gravity, and assumed a horse stance. He raised his left fist forward at the same time, while pressing his right hand down to his waist, as if he were drawing a large bow. The peculiar starting stance of his hand and foot moving in unison drew the attention of the spectators.

"Hmph!" Hu Liena's eyes shone with confidence. Although she didn't know the other party's age, her guess that he was much younger than she had expected was definitely correct. The other party clearly didn't have much experience in combat between soul masters. The biggest advantage of a beast soul master is that after the soul master possesses the body, he will also have corresponding beast characteristics. This is also the "weapon" of a beast soul master. Therefore, this means that the other party is not a beast soul master.

After getting a certain distance from Yinlan, she swung her tail out from behind her. Before she even reached Yinlan, her tail arrived in front of Yinlan from a distance of more than two meters.

"Hmm?" Yin Lan really had no experience fighting against Beast Soul Masters. Liu Erlong's experience didn't count at all. In fact, this was her first time seriously fighting against other Soul Masters. Therefore, Hu Liena's move was indeed somewhat unexpected.

However, I had encountered this situation before in my previous life.

She lifted her right leg, stepped forward, and landed firmly on the ground. Her body seemed to move forward as if it were shifting horizontally. She pulled her left fist back as if she were drawing a bow, while her right fist drew a circle and rose from bottom to top, then suddenly straightened.

Before the pure white fox tail could even touch Yinlan, Yinlan had already taken the initiative and entered Hu Liena's attack range. Her right fist collided directly with the bottom of Hu Liena's outstretched fox tail. The powerful force directly knocked Hu Liena's fox tail away and lifted it upwards. Even Hu Liena's body, which was almost close to Yinlan, was lifted upwards, leaving the latter wide open.

Open the door and strike, six forces combined into one!

Bajiquan - Bow-Drawing Stance - Step Forward and Support Fist!

"What..." Hu Liena's red fox-like vertical pupils suddenly contracted. Before she could react, Yin Lan took another step forward with her left leg. Since both of them were moving forward, Yin Lan actually closed the distance and stood right in front of her. The two were almost face to face, their emotionless black pupils and panicked red vertical pupils staring at each other.

We must seize every inch, and break through with force!

"Elbow you trash!" Yin Lan's right arm fell naturally downwards, while his left arm bent and rose upwards. With lightning speed, his elbow struck Hu Liena directly in the chest. The spectators could even see a visible ring appear where the two met. The next second, Hu Liena flew back even faster, crashing heavily onto the edge of the martial arts arena and rolling several times.

Bajiquan - Top Elbow!

Hu Liena was struck hard in the chest and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a long time. Her chest was almost flattened by the elbow. Yin Lan had held back, only using less than a third of her strength. Otherwise, given her current physical condition, she probably would have shattered Hu Liena's heart with her elbow. She had no grudge against Hu Liena, and even though her political stance was now on the opposite side of Bibi Dong, there was no need to offend her too much.

Bibi Dong is still a very useful tool. The other party is genuinely working hard to expand the Spirit Hall at this stage. Both sides are from the Spirit Hall, so there is really no need to go too far.

Moreover, even if Hu Liena doesn't become a saintess, her status as "the direct disciple of the contemporary pope" is enough to attract the attention of many people in the soul master world. She can serve as a target to draw a lot of fire for Yin Lan, preventing others from focusing their attention on her.

Bibi Dong stood up in shock, staring at Yin Lan in disbelief.

What's wrong with this kid?! He didn't even release his martial spirit or spirit rings, yet he knocked Nana down with a single blow based solely on his physical abilities... Whose descendant is this?!

Beside Bibi Dong stood a beautiful blonde woman dressed in white, draped in a red robe worn only by titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall. Suddenly, she sniffed and her amber eyes widened as she stared at Yin Lan with a hint of surprise.

"Old Ju, what's wrong?" On the other side of Bibi Dong, a man standing parallel to him in a dark red robe, whose face was covered, keenly noticed his close friend's strange behavior and quickly asked.

"Qi qi qi... Qi Rong Tong Tian Chrysanthemum!! And not just one, there are others!!" Yue Guan pointed a trembling finger at Yin Lan on the field. Her voice, which was already indistinguishable from a woman's, had clearly changed, and she was stammering and somewhat incoherent, "I...I...I want to take that child as my disciple!!"

He was met with speechless looks from Bibi Dong and the ghostly figure beside her, sitting in the main seat. "That child is from the Hall of Offerings. What are you thinking?" If Bibi Dong hadn't known that Yue Guan was absolutely on her side and someone she could completely trust, she would have already said a few sarcastic remarks.

Yue Guan then realized what nonsense she had been rambling on, and immediately composed herself, suppressing her excitement.

"What's going on? Old Ju? That child's martial soul is the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum? The kind that wasn't trained incorrectly?" Ghost asked, voicing Bibi Dong's doubts. Yue Guan had mentioned more than once that his martial soul development was wrong, and when he was eight or nine years old, it was impossible for him to defeat a Soul Master without even releasing his martial soul.

"No, that child ate the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, and other immortal herbs as well. I even smelled the scent of the Emperor of Immortal Herbs, the Qiluo Tulip. She ate at least four... no, at least five, and definitely the Wangchuan Qiushui Dew! No wonder she wasn't affected by Nana's charm!" Yue Guan's face became somewhat ferocious, not because he had any inappropriate thoughts, but because he hadn't even seen these immortal herbs before they were consumed. "Who is this child?! How did she get so many immortal herbs?! Is there someone with the surname Yin among the worshippers?!"

The reason he could understand the aura of the immortal herb even though he had never seen it was because the ancient book in his hand had a detailed record of the immortal herb. In addition, his martial soul was also one of the immortal herbs, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum. However, just as the ghost said, he had gone astray in his training, which caused his leveling up to be slow, and he was currently stuck at level 94.

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Even though he went astray in his training, it was enough to show how strong his martial spirit and talent were, because his good brother Ghost hadn't gone astray and was only at level 94 with normal training, which was the same as Ghost's training speed, even though Ghost hadn't gone astray.

"Is that herb really that extraordinary?" Bibi Dong couldn't help but ask.

"Your Holiness, consuming a single immortal herb is enough to give a mediocre Soul Master the talent to cultivate to the level of a Title Douluo," Yue Guan originally wanted to say "trash," but then seemed to remember something and quickly changed his words. After thinking for a moment, he added, "And this child defeated Nana precisely because he had completely digested the power of those immortal herbs."

Of course, he was just making things up. He could sense that there was still plenty of immortal herb power in Yinlan's body that hadn't been absorbed. But after thinking about that incident, he was afraid that Bibi Dong might do something rash and bleed the child. The child was clearly a treasure of the Hall of Offerings, and he and Lao Gui had clearly sided with the Papal Palace. He didn't want to be suddenly purged for no reason.

Damn it, I miscalculated. I shouldn't have said anything. Yue Guan just wanted to slap herself.

"Sigh, I should have thought of that sooner. Sending out such a child must not be so simple. I was arrogant this time and ruined Nana's life." Bibi Dong nodded slightly and sighed, seemingly not having thought of that, before entering the arena to take her disciple back.

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As Hu Liena was sent flying by Yin Lan's elbow, Xie Yue's pupils contracted, and he and Yan flipped over from the audience seats to enter the arena. As they approached his sister, Yan cried out in a mournful voice, "Nana!"

"No unauthorized personnel are allowed to approach the arena," Qian Daoliu descended from the sky, blocking the two boys, "unless that child loses and admits defeat."

"Yan, shut up! I'm not dead yet!" Hu Liena struggled to get up, clutching her still aching chest. She felt a burning sensation in her throat, as if her heart was about to jump out of her mouth. She wanted to vomit something but nothing came out.

She strained to lift her head, looking at the teacher who was about to fly towards her, shook her head vigorously, and said with difficulty, "Teacher! I haven't lost yet! I will win for you!"

Bibi Dong frowned, but she didn't stop walking towards the arena. She had already realized that Hu Liena was no match for that child. More than the position of Saintess, she was worried about the life of this disciple whom she regarded as her daughter. Who knew if the fight would continue and the child from the Hall of Offerings would kill her?

"Bibi Dong, are you going to admit defeat?" Qian Daoliu asked when he saw her actions. The old men in the Hall of Worship were already popping champagne.

Before Bibi Dong could even speak, Hu Liena on the field stubbornly shouted, "No! Teacher, I haven't fallen yet!"

"Nana!" Bibi Dong was a little angry.

Yinlan, true to his martial ethics, did not press his advantage and simply watched from afar, somewhat speechless. This Hu Liena really was stubborn and unwilling to suffer.

"Alright, I've made you admit defeat. My word still stands," Yin Lan said, looking at Qian Daoliu who was blocking Xie Yue and Yan from entering the arena. "Senior Qian Daoliu, let those two weaklings in. I want to take on three of them!"

"Alright, you said it yourself, Martial Soul Possession!" Before Qian Daoliu could say anything, Yan, who possessed the Fire Lord Martial Soul with both fire and earth attributes and was already impatient, jumped up and rushed into the arena. Three spirit rings, two yellow and one purple, rose up, with the first spirit ring lighting up.

First Soul Skill: Hellfire Lava Burst!

(End of this chapter)