Douluo Continent: Sword Named Star, Slaying Gods to Prove the Dao

That night, Ning Xingchen continued to gather the power of the stars. The cultivation of the Star Sword Body was still strengthening his body, but compared to the improvement effect of breaking through to the perfect level sword embryo, the improvement from his usual cultivation was somewhat insignificant.

Forging the sword's heart remains a major hurdle.

"Uncle Gu, I'd like to go for a stroll around Tian Dou City this afternoon," Ning Xingchen said.

“Alright, I’ll go with you today,” Bone Douluo said with a smile.

Even when he went to Heaven Dou City, Ning Xingchen was protected by a Title Douluo.

Ning Xingchen never went to any outside academies, not even the sect's own internal academy for training soul masters.

With self-study and instruction from three titled masters, why would one need to go to an academy?

Going there would be a waste of time.

He got tired of staying in the sect, so he would occasionally go to Tiandou City for a stroll.

Around 3 p.m., Ning Xingchen and Bone Douluo entered the inner city of the Heaven Dou Academy.

"Star, where are we going today?" Bone Douluo asked.

In the past, when Ning Xingchen came, he would visit the shops exclusively for Soul Masters, attend auctions, and sample different delicacies.

Ning Xingchen said, "Uncle Gu, let's pretend today."

"camouflage?"

"Star, what are you doing?" Bone Douluo asked, somewhat puzzled.

Ning Xingchen said, "Uncle Gu, I can only lose in battles with you. If I continue, my growth will be limited. Besides, you sometimes let me win. So, if I continue to fight, I will improve, but very slowly."

"Then you want the Starry Sky?" Bone Douluo already had some guesses in his mind.

Ning Xingchen said, "Let's go to the Great Soul Arena and try it out. I need to gain experience fighting against different Soul Masters."

"They won't go easy on me. I've also accumulated some experience fighting against Soul Masters with different Martial Souls. We're quite familiar with each other within the sect, and fighting for too long gets boring."

"indeed so!"

"Although you have a great advantage in fighting against Soul Masters of level 30 and above, fighting against different Soul Masters can improve your adaptability and knowledge. This will make you more adept at traveling the continent in the future. It's a feasible plan."

Bone Douluo nodded, but he wouldn't reveal that Ning Xingchen wanted to experience the feeling of victory.

“Okay, let’s try it tonight,” Ning Xingchen said.

Dealing with different Soul Masters was a step he had to take. Although the sect also had many Soul Masters, they would definitely hold back when fighting him.

But it's different in the Soul Arena. Everyone goes all out and doesn't hold back. Moreover, after all his failures, he wanted to experience the thrill of victory. Bone Douluo was right.

After suffering more than two hundred consecutive defeats, Ning Xingchen's Dao heart was damaged, and he desperately needed a victory to stabilize it.

In the afternoon, Ning Xingchen bought some disguise clothes and masks.

Even Bone Douluo needs to disguise himself, at least to prevent people from recognizing him as Bone Douluo.

As night fell, Ning Xingchen successfully entered the Great Soul Arena, and soon registered as a Bronze Soul Fighter, and signed up for a Soul Fight.

Chapter 40: The opponent in the battle of spirits is the young Liu Erlong?

Six months have allowed Ning Xingchen to come to terms with reality; defeating Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, who can use six soul skills, is basically hopeless.

It's not that he wasn't strong enough, but that his opponent was too strong.

Ning Xingchen had wanted to come to the Great Soul Arena for a long time!

Bone Douluo took his seat at the front desk of the viewing area. The ticket price was 168 gold soul coins. This amount of money was a drop in the ocean for them. Not to mention a hundred or more gold soul coins, even if they were given more than a thousand gold soul coins, Bone Douluo wouldn't feel the pinch.

There were ten individual battles in total, and after six battles, it was his turn.

"Please have staff clean up the scene."

"The seventh battle of spirits is about to begin. Who will be making their appearance this time?"

"First, let's welcome our fighter for this match, Xingchen!"

When the beautiful host announced Xingchen's name, the audience looked at each other, none of them knowing who Xingchen was.

"It's normal that no one knows. This Star contestant is participating in the Soul Battle for the first time. Don't underestimate him just because it's his first time. He already has level 37 Soul Power."

When registering for the event, you will definitely need to have your soul power tested. This is a mandatory test and it is crucial in determining where you will fight in the soul battle.

The spirit detection is not a mandatory check and can be kept confidential, which is quite humane and fulfills Ning Xingchen's wish.

Although martial souls are not tested, which soul master can fight at the same level without using their martial soul?

So the host then explained this point.

"What exactly is Xingchen's martial spirit? Let's wait and see," the host announced loudly.

Every time a newcomer appears, they are given a lot of mystery, which can achieve the desired effect on the spot and give people a sense of anticipation.

At the host's announcement, Ning Xingchen walked onto the Soul Battle Stage from the side passage.

He is not short, but for an adult, he is a bit short.

There was really no other way. After half a year of absorbing the soul ring through the Ice and Fire Body Refinement, his height had reached 1.7 meters.

Fortunately, Ning Xingchen has a good figure, and the mask makes her even more mysterious.

"Today, Xingchen, a player who registered for the first time, asked us to match him with a stronger opponent. This is the first time we've encountered such a situation in the Soul Arena, so the supervisor made an exception and matched him with Huo, a popular player who has won ten consecutive matches!"

"Fire! It's fire!"

"I came here today for her!"

"We must support her!"

As soon as the host announced it, thousands of spectators in the stands cheered. He truly lived up to the host's words about being a popular contestant.

"I'm sure everyone already knows about the fire spirit, so I won't go into details. Her spirit power is also at level thirty-seven."

"Please welcome Fire to the stage!"

On the passage opposite Ning Xingchen, a woman dressed in a red outfit slowly walked out and then leaped onto the Soul Fighting Platform.

The woman was very young, looking about sixteen or seventeen years old. She was probably even taller than Ning Xingchen, with a slender figure and perfect proportions, or rather, she could be described as fiery.

Looking at her appearance, she has delicate features, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, fair skin, and long, jet-black hair that just reaches past her shoulders when tied up.

With such youth, beauty, and exceptional talent, it's no wonder she's a popular contestant.

However, upon closer inspection, although the woman named Huo is beautiful, her red dress appears rather ordinary and doesn't match her appearance well; in fact, it looks rather cheap.

Logically speaking, winning ten consecutive games should definitely earn her a lot of gold soul coins. Even just one gold soul coin could buy her some clothes, which would be better than what she's wearing now.

This...this fire, I feel like I've seen it somewhere before?

Huo looked at Ning Xingchen in front of him, seemingly not taking him seriously, and just whispered, "If I win one more game, I'll have them all."

"Go, Fire!"

"Fire, defeat him, we cannot lose."

"Fire, I want to go on a date with you. You pay the price."

"Bullshit, Huo wouldn't date someone for money, she's my goddess."

"Tch, you ignorant fool. Which goddess can't be won over with gold soul coins? If you can't, it's because you didn't give her enough gold soul coins."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been built up, the host, holding the microphone, shouted: "Will the confident Xingchen, who is challenging the strong, prevail? Or will Huo be even stronger and win another victory? Let's wait and see."

"Both sides may unleash their Martial Souls!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Xingchen quickly completed the possession of the Fire Martial Soul, releasing three spirit rings: yellow, yellow, and purple.

Looking at Ning Xingchen, he remained motionless, showing no intention of releasing his martial spirit.

Fire Dragon Martial Soul?

Could this be Liu Erlong?

Thinking back to how Liu Erlong looked in the anime, she really does resemble him!

However, Liu Erlong was already in her early forties when she appeared. Looking at Huo's age, he was sixteen or seventeen, which was about the same age as Liu Erlong when she appeared, in her early forties.

Depend on……

How could I possibly run into this?

If we look at a different timeline, Yu Xiaogang might not have even met Liu Erlong yet, and he might not even have met Bibi Dong.

With a little calculation, you can get a rough idea.

After all, it was still more than three years, almost four years, before Qian Renxue was born!

Okay, now that we've met, maybe I can change your fate.

But if you still yearn for the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, then don't blame me for being ruthless when the time comes.

"Why don't you release your martial spirit?" Huo couldn't help but ask.

Ning Xingchen said, "I probably won't need to deal with you."

"what?"

What did I hear?

"This star doesn't even use its martial spirit to fight."

"Is it possible to be at level 37 again?" the host exclaimed.

The audience was also discussing it heatedly, with almost 99.9% of them siding with the fire.

"Was this intentional, given that he saw he was outmatched?"

"Is this kid deliberately trying to get Huo's attention?"

"Fire! Give him a good beating!"

The host announced, "Now I declare, the battle begins!"

Huo frowned, not launching an attack immediately.

“Since you don’t use a martial soul, then I won’t either,” Huo said, showing that she also had her dignity.

As expected of Liu Erlong.