Chapter 208: Gu Yuena Wants to Enroll in the Spirit Hall Academy (Two-in-One)
"Big Brother, after you absorbed this evil god orb, what rank did your soul power increase to?" Hu Bai asked curiously.
However, Xie Yue was currently closing his eyes, as if carefully feeling the purple-black soul ring, and did not open his mouth to answer.
Just as everyone found it strange, Xie Yue showed hesitation but still spoke: "Teacher, Second Brother, my fifth soul ring seems to have another ability, which is—it's a bit evil."
Qian Daoliu said indifferently, "Tell me what's going on."
"As long as it doesn't harm innocent lives, whether it's evil or not depends on the user."
Xie Yue nodded and said, "En, it's just that my fifth soul ring seems to be able to transform into a soul ring by devouring the energy of living beings!"
"What!"
Xie Yue's words left everyone present stunned.
But after a moment of silence, Hu Bai patted Xie Yue's shoulder and smiled: "Then, Big Brother, will you use this devouring ability to devour the lives of innocent people?"
"Of course not! I can guarantee it with my life and my character!" Xie Yue said hurriedly.
Hu Bai smiled. "Then there's no problem. If you use this ability to devour evil people, then we naturally have no objection, and Spirit Hall will not question it because of this ability of yours."
"However, in front of the public, it's best not to do this to avoid unnecessary panic."
Qian Daoliu also said with a smile, "Xiao Bai is right. Look at your teacher—her two Martial Souls are also on the dark side, but she is still our Supreme Pontiff."
Being stared at so smilingly by Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong felt a shiver down her spine—or rather, embarrassment.
Her Martial Soul also possessed the devouring attribute. When she activated the Rakshasa God Test, she devoured Qian Xunji to complete the first test.
However, she had only ever devoured Qian Xunji. This was still a God Test set by the Rakshasa God, so if anyone was to blame, it could only be the Rakshasa God.
Rakshasa God: I'm speechless.
Bibi Dong coughed a few times, then said to Xie Yue, "As long as you can control this ability well, it's fine. Coincidentally, you will also be entering Slaughter City with Xiao Bai soon. The people in Slaughter City are all evil."
"It's a good time to tell you three about the specific rules of Slaughter City."
"After entering Slaughter City, you will need to achieve one hundred consecutive victories. In each arena match, ten people will participate, and only the last person alive will be considered to have won the match."
Hu Liena immediately became anxious. "Then, Teacher, what if the three of us face each other?"
Xie Yue also looked at Bibi Dong; he shared the same concern.
Bibi Dong said, "This is the key. After entering Slaughter City, the three of you cannot sign up for matches at the same time. Only after one person has completed their arena battle can you find the Slaughter Emissary to sign up."
"And there is a rule in Slaughter City: once you achieve a certain number of consecutive victories, you will not appear at the same time as others. This is a protection mechanism."
"Also, after winning a match, you can choose not to sign up again for a year. Most of the people in Slaughter City are desperate criminals—they're unwilling to die. Unless they are extremely bloodthirsty, they will drag out the fight until the last moment."
"They can delay, but the three of you cannot. Otherwise, it might take a long time to get out, as the number of people in Slaughter City is limited."
"But you don't need to worry too much. After you enter Slaughter City, my Spirit Empire will send more people to quickly capture wanted criminals and bring them into Slaughter City, so you can exit as soon as possible."
Each of the three—Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena—needed to achieve one hundred consecutive victories.
Assuming no empty matches, each of them would have to defeat nine hundred opponents, and all three combined would be 2,700!
Slaughter City was very large, containing thousands of people, but as Bibi Dong said, some were afraid of death and would only participate in arena battles at the last moment.
Just then, Bibi Dong suddenly thought about their plan for Dugu Bo to lead the Angel Legion to Tianshui City for support in the next two days.
What if the people they originally intended to kill were sent to Slaughter City?
When Bibi Dong expressed this idea, it was met with opposition from Qian Daoliu.
"This goes against the original intention of our Spirit Hall. Although they are considered our enemies, after our Spirit Empire annexes the Heaven Dou Empire, they will also be our citizens."
"Sending defeated soldiers to Slaughter City would become a black mark."
Hu Bai and the others also felt that Qian Daoliu's words made sense. If, to speed up the completion of their God Test, they captured people who hadn't committed major crimes and tortured them—that would indeed be a black mark.
Soldiers fighting for their Empire should only die on the battlefield, not be captured and tormented in Slaughter City.
A few days later, Xie Tian, Hu Leyao, Hu Liena, and Hu Bai once again headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Originally, Hu Bai planned to go to Tianshui City with Dugu Bo. He also wanted to see what real war was like.
However, it would be fine to go after hunting Soul Beasts.
With his current power of destiny—and the support of Tianmeng Iceworm—if the Soul Beasts hunted by his parents were killed by them alone, they would definitely obtain a Soul Bone. That was his confidence in his power of destiny!
And when they were absorbing soul rings, he could let Tianmeng Iceworm help them increase the years of their soul rings.
This way, the two of them would also be Soul Masters with a hundred-thousand-year soul rings!
As for Xie Yue, he had already gone to Tianshui City with Dugu Bo first.
This time, besides Xie Yue, there were also Yan and other members of the original Spirit Hall team. All were key cultivation targets for Spirit Hall.
With the enhancement of whale rubber and Medicinal Pills, their strength was now quite formidable.
Among them, Yan had the highest cultivation. At eleven and a half years old, he was already a three-ring Soul Elder—only a few ranks away from Soul Ancestor.
On the way, Yan was very excited. "It's a good opportunity to accumulate points and military merits during this war. Once my cultivation reaches rank forty, I should be able to get a purple record badge!"
The other Soul Masters were eager as well.
Dugu Bo looked at them and noticed that only Xie Yue appeared relatively calm. He sighed and said, "You still shouldn't take war too lightly."
This time, when he set out for Tianshui City, if Yan Yan hadn't kept pestering him, saying she would only stay in the logistical support unit with Ye Lingling, he wouldn't have let her go.
It was simply too dangerous!
Dugu Bo believed that on the battlefield, anyone whose cultivation hadn't reached Soul King or above was cannon fodder!
His granddaughter was the strongest among the younger generation—besides the three of Hu Bai's group—and was already a Soul Ancestor.
Yet, with such strength, he was unwilling to let her go to the battlefield. Only the big men like Yan were eager.
When they truly saw blood, who knew what expressions they would have?
Yan wanted to retort, but a look from Xie Yue made him shut up immediately.
Ever since Xie Yue's cultivation broke through to Soul King, his entire demeanor had changed.
Perhaps influenced by his fifth soul ring, he now appeared very aloof—or rather, unsmiling—except when in front of Hu Liena and Hu Bai.
Yan muttered to himself, "Tsk tsk tsk, that gaze is too cold and fierce. I wonder how much blood Xie Yue's Moon Blade has been stained with. It's terrifying."
At the same time, Yan felt a bit uncomfortable. He considered his talent to be good, with Innate rank nine soul power, and his Martial Soul was the Fire Lord, with fire and earth attributes.
After the enhancement of the Foundation Establishment Pill, his innate soul power had also improved.
But even so, no matter how hard he tried, he could only see the backs of Xie Yue and Hu Liena—and he couldn't even see Hu Bai's back. These three people were too monstrous!
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who followed behind, started whispering.
Dugu Yan: "Do you think Xiao Bai will go to Tianshui City later? I feel we haven't seen him much recently, and he seems very busy. Sigh..."
Ye Lingling: "No choice. He obtained the Legacy of the God Test. Now he's thinking every day about how to pass it faster."
Dugu Yan sighed: "His improvement is too fast. Even if we try to catch up, it seems impossible. It's so frustrating."
Ye Lingling pursed her lips: "We just need to support him from behind. I heard that soon, the three of them will enter Slaughter City together. It's very dangerous—I just hope they return safely."
At this moment, Gu Yuena, who had transformed into a human form, had already gathered information about Soul Masters over the past few days.
In the past, the standard soul ring configuration for Soul Masters was yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black...
And at the age of twelve, if one's cultivation could reach above rank twenty-five, they were considered a Genius-level Soul Master.
Some Soul Masters, if from a major power and with sufficient resources, could even have cultivation above rank thirty at that age!
But ever since Spirit Hall—no, the Spirit Empire—developed various Medicinal Pills and discovered 'food' that could enhance a Soul Master's Physique, this standard changed.
The previous standard soul ring configuration could only be considered ordinary.
Now, Prodigy-level Soul Masters have soul ring configurations of yellow, purple, purple, purple, black...
Even more exceptional ones have their first soul ring as a thousand-year ring, with a configuration of purple, purple, purple, black, black...
And this time, entering human society, she set her age at twelve, with a rank fifty-five Soul King cultivation!
Although this rank was somewhat Prodigy-like, compared to a regular human, it was still quite far off.
"Master, is setting your rank at Soul King too risky?" A black-robed figure appeared beside Gu Yuena.
Gu Yuena shook her head. "No. If the people of Spirit Hall ask later, I'll just explain that my Martial Soul is a God-level Martial Soul, and that I've been living with the Dragon Clan's Soul Beasts all this time, spending every day cultivating. There shouldn't be any problem."
Gu Yuena was afraid that if her rank was set too low, she wouldn't be able to meet Hu Bai.
After inquiring, she also learned that the human's name was Hu Bai, the current Holy Son of Spirit Hall.
"Master, then after you enter Spirit City, I may not be able to appear often. I'm worried about attracting the attention of the God aura on that human. After all, everything will depend on you."
"I hope the Master prioritizes her safety. The Soul Beast Clan still needs you."
Gu Yuena nodded slightly and walked toward the city gate of Spirit City in the distance.
As soon as Gu Yuena entered the city, she attracted the attention of passersby.
She had long, silver-white hair like a waterfall, with faint purple tips, skin as fair as jade, deep purple-gold eyes, and wore a long purple dress adorned with star-like specks on the hem.
Even at only twelve, she was beginning to reveal her exquisite beauty and graceful figure.
She truly lived up to her reputation as the most beautiful female lead in the Douluo series!
"Wow, everyone, look at that little girl. She looks so beautiful."
"Why do I feel this girl is even more beautiful than Her Highness the Holy Maiden?"
"You're talking nonsense! How can Her Highness the Holy Maiden, who is so sacred and pure, be inferior to her?"
"Tsk, am I the only one who thinks that if His Highness the Holy Saint were to cross-dress, he might even be more beautiful than this girl?"
Everyone: Holy crap! There's a gay!
Everyone kept their distance from the passerby who said this, but they couldn't help but fantasize in their hearts.
With His Highness the Holy Saint's divine appearance, if he were to cross-dress, he might not even look like a man.
After all, Hu Bai's Martial Soul was the Nine-tailed Sky Fox Martial Soul, which inherently possessed Charm characteristics. Soul Masters with the Charming Fox Martial Soul were all very beautiful, let alone a regressed Martial Soul like the Nine-tailed Sky Fox.
As for the whispers of passersby, Gu Yuena felt no ripples in her heart. She looked straight ahead with a calm gaze, just wanting to quickly enroll in Spirit Hall Academy.
She wondered if Hu Bai was inside.
Thinking this, she arrived at the entrance of Spirit Hall Academy and asked a Soul Master opening the gate, "Hello, I want to enroll. How do I do that?"
The guard at the gate, seeing Gu Yuena's exquisite appearance—with silver hair and purple eyes—was momentarily dazed, feeling as if he had seen their own Holy Son.
His Highness the Holy Son also had silver hair.
However, compared to the cold expression of the girl in front of him, their His Highness the Holy Son was a bit more lively and prone to smiling.
"It's not enrollment time now. If you want to enroll, you'll probably have to wait until next semester," the guard said honestly.
Gu Yuena frowned. Was it so troublesome to enroll?
"Is there any way to make an exception?"
The guard said, "Hmm, if your talent is very strong, perhaps an exception can be made, but I can't decide this. You'll have to find the director of the academy's admissions office."
Gu Yuena thought for a moment, then projected a powerful pressure from her body. Five purple, purple, purple, black and back soul rings rose from her body, and a silver Dragon figure emerged behind her.
"Roar—"
This aura pushed the guard at the gate back several steps. If her pressure had been directed at him, with his Soul King cultivation, he would have been suppressed by now!
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