"E... Eight rings?"
"He's a Soul Douluo?!"
Including Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi, everyone was shocked.
Eight-ring Soul Douluo!
No wonder Yang Fan dared to not release his martial soul at such an important occasion as the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
With this kind of strength...
Spirit Hall's Golden Generation was simply three stinking insects before him.
Wanting to crush them would be a matter of minutes!
"Brother..."
"Is he Yang Fan?"
The participating team members of Blazing Academy like Huo Wu were also shocked.
Yang Fan had revealed his soul rings before them. They clearly remembered that Yang Fan's soul rings at that time were two yellow and two purple.
How could...?
The most outrageous thing was still Yang Fan's level and strength.
They were all cultivating in the same academy, so how did Yang Fan become a Soul Douluo?
"It... it's him!"
Huo Wushuang's surprise was no less than anyone else's.
At this moment!
Ning Fengzhi on the highest viewing platform of the Pope's Hall seemed to understand something.
"No!"
"He's a Soul Saint."
Soul Breaking Spear soul masters on the Douluo Continent were too low-key.
So low-key that it seemed everyone had forgotten that Breaking Clan soul masters would gain an extra soul ring after reaching Soul Saint level.
Just like the current Yang Wudi!
Although he was a Soul Douluo, he possessed a total of nine soul rings.
Even so!
They were still extremely shocked.
Because a fourteen-year-old Soul Saint was absolutely unprecedented, and could also be said to be never to be repeated.
"Fengzhi."
"Could he be..."
Chen Xin used sound transmission, sending his words into Ning Fengzhi's ears.
On the Douluo Continent, some soul masters would use crooked methods in pursuit of strength.
This could indeed accelerate cultivation speed, but the corresponding price was their own lifespan.
And during the cultivation process, they would gradually lose their minds, finally becoming evil soul masters who endangered the Douluo Continent.
Chen Xin didn't dare to speak loudly!
Because if Yang Fan was really using evil cultivation methods, then Spirit Hall would definitely execute justice.
Even if the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Breaking Clan were allies at that time, they probably wouldn't be able to intervene.
"No!"
The aura on Yang Fan's body was masculine and vigorous, with very obvious explosive fire-attribute energy.
This was completely opposite to the dark and evil aura of crooked paths.
Ning Fengzhi would rather believe that Yang Fan was cultivating using immortal treasure herbs as a foundation.
"Boy!"
"I really underestimated you."
Although after the match ended they had guessed that Yang Fan might already possess Soul Saint strength.
But...
When Yang Fan truly released his martial soul, they were still filled with shock.
Especially the extra eighth ring.
It looked intimidating!
At this moment...
The expression on Gui Mei's face was no longer simply shock, but also contained solemnity.
He was a Level 95 Titled Douluo. If he couldn't even handle a Soul Saint, how would he continue to mix in Spirit Hall in the future?
Before they knew it, it happened!
The shadow beneath Gui Mei's feet suddenly began to surge, actually moving toward Yang Fan's direction at an extremely terrifying speed along the ground.
In a flash of lightning and flint, it formed a not-too-large ghost face appearing before Yang Fan.
Its mouth opened to an almost exaggerated degree, followed by a sinister roar.
Gui Mei's first two attacks had clearly shown restraint.
The reason was simple!
He was afraid of killing Yang Fan.
The soul masters present could almost represent half of the Douluo Continent. He couldn't kill Yang Fan in front of everyone before the situation was settled.
Not to mention that this was still the champion team member of this Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
But now...
The strength Yang Fan displayed clearly required him to use soul skills to handle.
At this moment.
Dou Qi surged within Yang Fan's body.
In the palm of his left hand appeared a blood-red flame, and in the palm of his other hand appeared another red-blue interwoven flame.
Hellfire, Ice-Fire Dragon Flame!
The two flames fused at a speed invisible to the naked eye, forming a three-colored lotus.
During this process...
The sinister roar and even the entire ghost face were absorbed into the distorted air.
Then...
Yang Fan pushed outward from his palm!
The interweaving of the two strange flames caused the air above the entire Spirit Hall to press against each other.
Wind surging and clouds rising, bursts of explosions!
Above Spirit City, therefore, formed a distinctly black-and-white two-colored sky.
Yang Fan was no longer the Yang Fan of before.
Don't forget!
He was now a quasi-Soul Douluo who hadn't obtained his eighth soul ring.
The Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus was also no longer the small lotus formed from the fusion of two beast flames from before.
"Not good!"
Gui Mei's expression suddenly changed when he saw this unremarkable three-colored lotus.
The fusion of two strange flames—even a ninety-fifth level Super Douluo had to avoid its sharp edge.
Boom—
A terrifying explosion sound rapidly erupted before the Pope's Hall.
Although Gui Mei dodged in time, he was still forced back hundreds of meters by the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus created by Yang Fan.
Terrifying air waves rapidly spread outward from the explosion's center point.
The ground paved with jade was instantly shattered into pieces.
Bibi Dong stepped forward!
The gem-embedded scepter in her hand struck the ground. They didn't see her exert much force, but surging soul power was already gushing out from the ground.
In an instant...
A barrier formed by condensed soul power was created, completely blocking the terrifying aura that had spread to the front of the Pope's Hall.
Facing this situation, as Pope, Bibi Dong had no choice but to act.
Otherwise, the entire Pope's Hall would be affected by this.
At this moment!
Chen Xin, seeing the strength Bibi Dong displayed, felt his eye corners suddenly twitch.
Too strong!
The strength Bibi Dong displayed was at least Level 98.
"Let me try!"
At this time.
Another female soul master flew out from the Spirit Hall camp.
In mid-air, she stood on a large fire-red bird, with nine rings similarly flashing on her body.
Although she was a Titled Douluo, this female soul master looked only about twenty or thirty years old.
Undoubtedly!
The target of this female Titled Douluo was similarly Yang Fan.
A fourteen-year-old Soul Saint with countless trump cards.
Such mystery made this female soul master unable to contain the restlessness in her heart.
"Your Holiness the Pope!"
"Your actions are going too far."
Ning Fengzhi finally couldn't sit still.
Yang Fan's strength was strong!
So strong that all his peers could only look at his back, unable to catch up.
But he was still a child after all!
As for making Spirit Hall dispatch two Titled Douluos?
Taking a step back...
There still wasn't any evidence at all proving that Yang Fan was the murderer of Dai Weisi.
"Sect Master Ning."
"Is your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect planning to interfere in this matter?"
In an instant...
The atmosphere on the Pope's Hall viewing platform suddenly underwent subtle changes.
"This Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament has already ended. I am no longer a member of this tournament's organizing committee."
"Now this matter also no longer falls within the scope of the Elite Tournament."
Chen Xin was in a very difficult position!
The reason he hadn't acted was because he knew his mission.
Protect Ning Fengzhi!
If he went down to help the Breaking Clan at this time, what if Spirit Hall made a move against Ning Fengzhi?
"Uncle Sword!"
"Go help Little Fan. This matter we can completely sit down and talk about."
Although Ning Fengzhi was angry, he was very calm.
An alliance couldn't just be lip service!
If the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect didn't step forward at this time, even the Beautiful Silk Tulip he had absorbed before wouldn't let him rest easy.
Ning Fengzhi didn't believe Spirit Hall would strike against him, the sect master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, under the watchful eyes of thousands.
Taking a step back...
If it really came to that, even with Chen Xin by his side, it couldn't change the final outcome.
Just as Chen Xin's heart was hesitating, the battle before the Pope's Hall changed.
The Titled Douluo who appeared later clearly had a more playful nature.
She didn't seem anxious to immediately take Yang Fan down, but instead staged a cat-and-mouse game in this battle.
"Wind, Fire, Thunder Cannon!"
Her palm, like that of a young girl, raised high. A small fire-red ball floating with blue-purple electric sparks was born in her palm.
The ball's generation speed wasn't fast, but the moment it left her hand, it appeared before Yang Fan almost in the blink of an eye.
Under the female Titled Douluo's control, the small fire-red ball struck the Soul Breaking Spear.
The speed of wind, the explosiveness of fire, the sharpness of thunder!
All were embodied in this small ball before him at this moment.
Yang Fan's body was sent flying back hundreds of meters, and large beads of sweat had already begun to emerge on his forehead.
Before he could catch his breath, this egg-sized fireball instantly found him again.
This woman!
She was playing with him to death.
Yang Fan stared at the fireball shooting toward him like lightning. Suddenly, a dazzling red light lit up on his left arm.
In an instant...
Yang Fan's Soul Breaking Spear made a fierce upward flick, and a lightning-like phantom instantly flicked the small fireball away.
"Soul bone skill?!"
The expression of this female Titled Douluo suddenly changed, then returned to the playful look from before.
She should have thought of it earlier!
If not for the support of soul bones, how could Yang Fan have cultivated to Soul Saint level at fourteen years old.
This kid probably had more than just this one soul bone on him!
"Stop playing!"
As soon as the words fell.
Gui Mei had already silently appeared behind Yang Fan.
He was serious!
If Spirit Hall dispatched two Titled Douluos and still couldn't take down a small Soul Saint like Yang Fan, then they really would have no face left.
A large black ghost hand silently appeared behind Yang Fan, as if emerging from the void out of thin air.
Gui Mei being called an agility-type soul master wasn't because of his speed, but because of his unpredictable ghost shadows.
Seeing Yang Fan's completely unaware appearance.
The corners of Gui Mei's mouth began to rise slightly...
Boy!
This farce that shouldn't have appeared should end now.
Gui Mei was very certain that Yang Fan absolutely couldn't make any response in this situation.
However...
Before his ghost hand could touch Yang Fan's shoulder, a massive soul strength gushed out.
Both Gui Mei and that female Titled Douluo were instantly repelled hundreds of meters.
They heavily crashed into the wall of a side hall of Spirit Hall before stopping.
"Master."
"Why did you come out?"
Yang Fan felt that the current situation hadn't yet reached the point where Yao Lao needed to appear personally.
Because he had already seen that Chen Xin was about to intervene!
"Two Titled Douluos bullying a small fellow like you—this master couldn't watch anymore."
After coming out, Yao Lao first stretched his waist.
Since coming to Spirit City, he hadn't even had a chance to speak, let alone show his face.
Today!
He could finally breathe some fresh air properly.
"This... what is this?"
"Is it human?"
"..."
Yao Lao's appearance really scared the soul masters before the Pope's Hall out of their wits.
A soul-state life form!
This was completely beyond their scope of knowledge.
"Interesting!"
Although somewhat inconceivable, Bibi Dong had already guessed the reason Yang Fan could become a Soul Saint at fourteen.
It definitely had something to do with the old man before her!
"Just who are you?"
Whether Dai Weisi was killed by Yang Fan or not was no longer important. For Spirit Hall, Yao Lao's appearance was what interested them the most.
That such a powerful figure had appeared on the Douluo Continent without Spirit Hall knowing about it.
"This venerable one's name, you are not worthy to know."
Yao Lao's arrogance made all the soul masters present suddenly startled.
Where did this old man come from?
So arrogant!
"Audacious!"
"How dare you be disrespectful to the Pope."
A platinum bishop beside Bibi Dong was just about to regain face for Bibi Dong.
Before any action!
He had already silently collapsed on the ground.
"Mental attack?!"
Bibi Dong was suddenly shocked.
This was the first time she had seen such terrifying mental strength—even she at her current level was far inferior.
"The eldest prince of Star Luo Empire was killed with your assistance, right?"
If Yang Fan's escape from Spirit Hall's surveillance to outside the city just now was still inexplicable.
Then...
Yao Lao's appearance had made things become reasonable and logical.
A powerful person whose mental strength probably had no equal on the Douluo Continent wanting to accomplish this matter could be said to be effortless.
"What if I say no?"
Yao Lao's thinking was very clear.
Couldn't admit it!
Wouldn't admit it even if beaten to death.
What they had killed this time was the eldest prince of Star Luo Empire.
That was no joke!
Making an enemy of the entire Star Luo Empire was a foolish act. Even if they couldn't kill you, they would definitely annoy you to death.
At this moment!
Five loud cries came from the sky behind the Pope's Hall.
Ning Fengzhi's brows furrowed slightly at the sight.
The powerful figures coming from that direction could only be one type of person: Spirit Hall Worships!
The situation in the sky told him that besides the Grand Worship Qian Daoliu and Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo, the other enshrinement elders had all come.
"Trouble!"
Ning Fengzhi suddenly had a bad premonition.
Things were escalating... seemingly developing to an uncontrollable point.
"Uncle Sword!"
"Find an opportunity later to take Yang Fan and leave directly."
He who tied the bell must untie it!
Yang Fan was the source of this incident. Only by temporarily taking Yang Fan away from here could this battle be quelled.
"Fengzhi."
"What about you?"
Chen Xin was internally resistant to this mission.
He couldn't abandon Ning Fengzhi!
"Don't worry."
"As long as you take Yang Fan away, I can handle the remaining matters."
"Uncle Sword... listen to me!"
...
Right at this moment!
Wings appeared behind Yao Lao. With one flap, he instantly arrived hundreds of meters in the sky.
This was the advantage of a Dou Qi!
Soul masters only gained the ability to fly after reaching Titled Douluo, and even then they couldn't fly very skillfully.
In contrast, Dou Qi...
Dou Qi allows one to form wings at the Dou Wang level, galloping through the sky!
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