The six students from the Celestial Star Soul Master Academy reacted in unison alongside Li Zhilong, immediately soaring into the sky.
Their captain, Xiao Tiantian, bent forward slightly, and a layer of dark red light exploded from his body. Even his eyes turned red. Behind him, a pair of bat-like wings unfurled with a powerful flap, and he shot into the air. Four purple soul rings glowed brilliantly around him. As he released his martial soul, his previously slender build began to swell, becoming sturdy and muscular.
Next to him, another student revealed an even stranger martial soul. His hands came together in front of him, summoning a long, glowing yellow bamboo. As the light of his second soul ring lit up, the bamboo swayed slightly. Countless bamboo leaves fluttered around him, forming two wings behind his back. Using the bamboo as a pole, he pushed off the ground and floated upward. His flight was weightless, drifting like cotton in the wind—more like levitation than pure flight.
Their martial souls were certainly odd, but the commonality among them was the ability to fly. One female student was especially striking—quite pretty, but when she activated her martial soul, her whole body turned pitch-black like a volcanic eruption, and flames constantly shot from her arms.
Meanwhile, below them, Li Zhilong went all out. A powerful soul pressure exploded from his body, and aside from Gu You, the faces of the Shrek students turned visibly pale.
Of the three who had charged out earlier, two of them suddenly found their speed reduced by more than twenty times.
Xie Xie suffered the worst. He was one of the first to dash forward and now found himself plastered flat against the ground.
Eight soul rings floated behind Li Zhilong—eight pitch-black rings, a configuration rarely seen.
A suffocating pressure filled the field, even affecting the students of the Celestial Star Soul Master Academy. They had never seen Li Zhilong display such strength. He had overseen and taught them for years but had never once shown the full extent of his power until now.
His martial soul hadn't yet been revealed, but the starlight swirling around him grew more radiant, as if particles of cosmic dust danced around him—a breathtaking sight.
But the beauty didn't last. Those stardust particles suddenly whipped up into a blizzard-like storm, sweeping toward Gu You and the others.
The whooshing wind pierced the ears. It was terrifying to hear.
"Get off the stage—none of you can withstand this attack!" Gu You suddenly barked coldly.
His entire body erupted with purple light as scales coated his skin.
His five rings of qi and blood rose behind him, shimmering with an otherworldly glow.
The others didn't hesitate—they trusted Gu You's judgment absolutely. Moreover, they could all clearly sense that if this stardust storm touched them, the consequences would be catastrophic.
Within seconds, all six of them leapt off the stage. Just moments later, the entire arena was swallowed by a thick fog of stardust.
Nothing could be seen inside—just a dense silver mist.
Li Zhilong smiled faintly. 'Kids are kids. But their reactions are quick. At least he had the sense to pull his teammates out.'
The six Celestial Star students stood dumbfounded. Wasn't this supposed to be a fair fight? How did the entire enemy team disappear in a flash?
And worse yet, there was still one person they couldn't beat!
Suddenly, a flash of brilliant purple light laced with gold flickered inside the star mist.
Purple-Gold Destruction Kill!
A dragon's head burst through the star fog, scattering it in a sweeping blast.
It charged forward so fast that even Li Zhilong failed to react in time.
'Damn!'
"Students, retreat now—!"
But before he could finish the sentence, the dragon's head opened its massive maw and devoured them all.
Screams echoed across the stage.
Gu You waved his hands and dissipated the dragon projection. He had held back.
The six Celestial Star students lay sprawled on the ground, disfigured and groaning.
As for Li Zhilong, while not as badly injured thanks to his powerful soul power, he still looked quite battered. He didn't blame Gu You, though—he had spoken too late.
In battles between top soul masters, it was always the weaker ones who got hurt. That was the harsh truth, and Li Zhilong knew it well.
Had Gu You not called for his teammates to retreat, they too would have been severely wounded.
The academy's medical team rushed to the scene and quickly carried away the injured.
"What a terrifying attack method," Li Zhilong muttered as he wiped blood from the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, his whole body radiated starlight, glowing with an almost divine brilliance.
His seventh soul ring lit up—
Martial Soul True Body!
At the same moment, a mighty dragon's roar pierced the sky.
The entire arena trembled violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.
The poor referee began trembling uncontrollably. He was just a Soul King—how could he referee a match like this? One shockwave could seriously injure him.
Seemingly in answer to his prayer, a golden light enveloped the entire arena.
"S-Stationmaster…" the referee stammered, staring upward.
Xuan Shi nodded faintly in response.
Everyone present recognized him.
A rank 98 Super Douluo, one step away from becoming a Limit Douluo. A master of three-character battle armor, a towering figure in the Federation, and the leading member of Parliament in Tianding City. Without him, Tianding wouldn't be what it was today. Without him, the Celestial Star Academy wouldn't have thrived.
"Have today's youths really grown this powerful?" Xuan Shi's eyes flashed with astonishment. His soul power was actually being eroded by Gu You's purple aura.
Though his cultivation was leagues above, he still felt it.
True Form of the Purple Emperor!
Gu You's body rapidly shifted, and though the spatial constraints limited his transformation, his true form still stretched over ten meters in length.
Li Zhilong's true form was even stranger—like a miniature star made of stardust.
Gu You's dragon body lunged, attempting to defeat Li Zhilong before he could summon his battle armor.
Boom!
The stardust core within Li Zhilong exploded, sending ripples of astral energy outward.
The spectacle was stunning: it looked like a cosmic dragon trying to invade a star, complete with explosive special effects.
The waves of stardust struck Gu You's body. He braced for pain but only felt a mild itch.
'Wait… is my defense really that strong now?' Gu You wondered.
Dragon God Grasp!
His body shone, and at last, he revealed his true soul rings.
Even outside the ring, those like Tang Wulin who had already seen Gu You's configuration couldn't help but be amazed once again.
Especially Xuan Shi—he knew exactly what such soul rings meant.
For ordinary soul masters, soul ring quality might not matter much early on. But at the level of Title Douluo and beyond, the age of your earliest soul rings could very well determine the ceiling of your strength.
(End of Chapter)
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