For several days in a row, the central arena of the Soto City Grand Arena was completely ignited by the passion of the entire arena by an astonishing figure.
He was a young man with short, deep blue hair, a figure as straight as a spear, and a handsome, cold face.
Faint purple-gold lightning often surrounded him. He never teamed up, never wasted words, and immediately chose to fight solo upon signing up.
He swept through the Iron and Bronze Soul Fighters, reaching the Silver Soul Fighter level in just five days with a 100% win rate. Each battle lasted no more than three minutes, and his opponents were either stunned by the power of lightning or had no chance to fight back.
The commentators in the arena had long regarded him as a legend, and the audience had given him a resounding title throughout Soto—Thor.
No one knew his name, no one knew his origins, all that everyone knew was that this blue-haired boy was ridiculously strong, stronger than any other Soul Master of the same level.
At this moment, the Thor who had driven the entire Soto Arena mad was sitting in his rented inn room, his fingertips lightly tapping the table, his eyes swirling with thoughts.
The candlelight flickered gently on the wooden table, casting shifting shadows on his deep-set eyes.
Lin Chen slowly closed his eyes, his mind once again processing the plans and timeline of the past few days.
It has been seven days since he left the Starry Sky Forest and arrived in Soto City.
In seven days, through victory after victory in the Soul Arena, he not only overcame his penniless predicament but also accumulated nearly ten thousand gold soul coins, enough to cover his expenses for a long time to come.
More importantly, he had been quietly waiting for a crucial moment—the team battle between the Shrek Seven Devils and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
According to the original timeline, this day is just around the corner.
Not long after Tang San returned with his third spirit ring, the Shrek Seven Devils would gather at the Soto City Great Spirit Arena to face the core team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, composed of Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, and Osro, with the full Shrek Seven Devils lineup. That team battle was a crucial one for Shrek's rise to fame, the first time Tang San publicly displayed his control over poison, and a significant foreshadowing of his feud with Dugu Yan, ultimately leading to the appearance of the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
Lin Chen's task is to intercept all of this.
He wanted to intercept the first team of Heaven Dou Academy before Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy went to war.
What he needs to do is not team up for battle, but... take on seven opponents at once.
One person against the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dugu Yan's Jade Scale Serpent Venom, Yu Feng's Flying Power Attack, Oslo's Agility Attack, as well as the defense of the Graphite and Shi brothers, and Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Healing.
The entire lineup consisted of seven Soul Masters, with perfect teamwork and the backing of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
No Soul Master, even a peak Soul Master, would dare to have such a crazy idea.
But Lin Chen dared.
He not only dared, but he was also confident.
"One against seven is risky, but the reward is the greatest." Lin Chen opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them. "Only by defeating the Tian Dou team with overwhelming strength can I convince Yu Tianheng, make Dugu Yan remember me, and get the higher-ups of the Tian Dou Royal Academy to extend an olive branch to me."
His goal was never about winning or losing in the short term, but to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Join the Heaven Dou Team and participate in this year's All-Continent High-Level Soul Master Elite Tournament as an absolute main force member.
The prize for the champion of the All-Continent Tournament is three ten-thousand-year-old soul bones, enough to drive the entire soul master world crazy!
Soul bones are so rare that even a 100,000-year-old soul beast might not be able to obtain them. The tournament champion directly gives away three of them, which is the fastest and safest shortcut for Lin Chen to improve his strength at this stage.
More importantly, he wanted to steal Tang San's opportunity.
If Tang San could win the championship with Shrek Academy, then Lin Chen could rely on the Heaven Dou Team to climb to the top by stepping on Shrek Academy.
He wanted to disable Tang San's cheat codes, thwart Tang Hao's schemes, and seize all the opportunities that originally belonged to Tang San for himself.
The best way to successfully join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is to crush the Heaven Dou First Team and break Dugu Yan's Jade Scale Serpent Venom.
The Azure Scale Serpent's venom is a deadly poison passed down from Dugu Bo. Ordinary Soul Masters die instantly upon contact, and even powerful offensive Soul Masters dare not easily withstand it. But Lin Chen is different. He not only possesses the lightning power of the Thor's Hammer to purify the poison, but also the life energy of the Blue Silver Domain to isolate and corrode it. Coupled with the methods he prepared in advance, breaking Dugu Yan's Azure Scale Serpent's venom is a piece of cake.
More importantly, he wanted to use the opportunity of breaking the poison technique to reveal a shocking secret to Dugu Yan—
Her body had long been subtly eroded by Dugu Bo's Azure Scale Serpent venom, leaving an intractable genetic threat. If this dragged on any longer, at best her cultivation would be completely destroyed, and at worst, she would die from the poison.
Only Dugu Bo and the future Tang San know about this.
By pointing this out in advance, Lin Chen essentially grasped Dugu Yan's lifeline and also held the most direct key to getting close to Poison Douluo Dugu Bo.
Once you come into contact with Dugu Bo, the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye and the Love-Sick Heartbreak Red will no longer be unattainable fantasies.
With his thoughts settled, Lin Chen didn't delay any longer and got up to prepare the things he would need next.
He opened the door and walked straight towards the streets of Soto. Now he was rolling in money and was no longer the penniless boy he once was. Walking through the bustling streets, his striking blue hair and outstanding demeanor attracted the attention of many passersby, but he paid no attention and headed straight for several pharmacies and general stores.
What he wanted to buy was very simple:
Three jugs of fine liquor, a packet of highly pure realgar powder, and five durable tinderboxes.
Realgar, warm in nature and pungent in taste, can neutralize the venom of insects and snakes, especially effective against the cold and poisonous attributes of martial souls like the Jade Scale Snake. Combined with strong liquor to enhance its medicinal properties, it becomes the simplest and most direct antidote for Jade Scale Snake venom. While it cannot completely eradicate the genetic poison within Dugu Yan, it is more than sufficient to deal with temporary toxins encountered in the battle arena.
Lin Chen paid promptly and soon bought everything he needed, then returned to the inn carrying his cloth bag.
He closed the door tightly, then opened the lids of the three jugs of strong liquor one by one, pouring realgar powder evenly into the liquor, and gently shaking it to allow the liquor and realgar to fully mix. The transparent liquor instantly turned a light yellow color, and a spicy aroma mixed with the fragrance of medicine filled the air.
He mixed five bottles of realgar liquor, put them into small soul-guiding bottles, and hid them close to his body inside his clothes for easy access at any time.
After doing all this, Lin Chen checked his condition again.
After his second awakening, the Blue Silver Grass became even more refined, the Blue Silver Domain covered a wider area, and its concealment and detection capabilities were further enhanced; the second martial soul, the Thunder God Hammer, was baptized by the power of the Thunder God, making its thunder power even purer; the Soul Devouring Spider Spear even evolved into the heaven-defying ability to devour soul bones; and his soul power level also quietly broke through to level thirty-eight, the Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master, through days of battles and cultivation.
Level 38, just one step away from level 40 Soul Master.
Even Tang San couldn't match this speed.
Lin Chen carefully stored the five bottles of realgar liquor he had kept close to his body into the spatial bracelet on his wrist. Although this bracelet wasn't as vast as a spatial storage ring, it was more than enough to store everyday items, pills, and liquor. Having taken care of everything, he didn't linger and headed straight for the core area of the Soto City Great Soul Arena.
As soon as he stepped into the main gate of the Soul Arena, Lin Chen raised an eyebrow slightly.
Seven auras clearly and unmistakably entered his perception range.
Leading the pack was the imposing Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, accompanied by fluctuations of level 36 soul power—it was none other than Yu Tianheng. Beside him, a faint, sinister aura of emerald-scaled snake venom flickered, chilling to the bone—it belonged to Dugu Yan. In addition, there were five other Soul Master auras, some stronger, some weaker—the entire first team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
They were standing in the front row of the stands, their eyes critically scanning the arena, clearly looking for suitable opponents to warm up against, or waiting for someone from Shrek Academy.
Lin Chen glanced at it briefly before looking away.
He knew very well that with his current reputation as "Thor," deliberately approaching someone would only make him seem like a sycophant. Geniuses have their own pride; what he needed to do was make the other party come to him, or force them to take him seriously with his own strength.
So, without pausing, he turned and headed straight for the team competition registration area.
This is the core location where teams from various academies are forming to participate in the preliminary rounds of the Continental High-Level Soul Master Elite Tournament. At this moment, it is bustling with activity, and many teams are queuing up to register.
Lin Chen stepped forward and slammed his Silver Battle Soul Badge on the counter. His voice was calm but carried an undeniable power: "I'm signing up for the team competition. I'll take on seven opponents all by myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, the registration area fell into complete silence.
The clerk in charge of registration was a young man who was busy stamping documents. When he heard this, he suddenly looked up, his eyes wide like saucers, his face full of disbelief.
He sized Lin Chen up and down, then looked at the silver Battle Soul Badge that represented top-tier strength, swallowed hard, and asked cautiously, "Sir... are you sure?"
The rules of the Soul Arena do not explicitly prohibit "one against seven". In theory, as long as you have the skill, even if you sign up for the team competition alone and challenge an entire seven-person team, no one will stop you.
But no one has ever done that before.
Even if they were well-coordinated henchmen, seven Soul Masters could easily surround one person. No matter how strong a Soul Master is in a one-on-one fight, they can't withstand a group attack. To the waiter, this was tantamount to suicide—too much effort and too stupid.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Chen replied firmly, "Yes, I'm sure."
His gaze was deep, as if he had already seen through the outcome of this battle.
Seeing his resolute attitude, the waiter said no more. After all, in the Soul Arena, as long as the rules allowed, the staff had no right to interfere with how a Soul Master could compete. He immediately and efficiently began processing the registration, while simultaneously retrieving Lin Chen's information from the system.
When the waiter saw the name and title displayed on the system panel, his hand suddenly stopped, and he almost dropped his pen on the table.
He looked up at Lin Chen again, his eyes filled with shock and awe, his voice trembling slightly: "You...you are 'Thor'?!"
Lin Chen was slightly taken aback, then understood.
He never actually called himself "Thor," but his performance in the singles arena these past few days has been so dazzling—sweeping through the Silver Soul Fighters and breaking the Soto City record for consecutive wins—that the audience and commentators naturally gave him this resounding title. Unexpectedly, this nickname spread so quickly that even the arena staff knew about it.
He nodded slightly, his tone remaining calm: "I did not call myself Thor; this is the title you gave me."
One sentence caused the waiter's attitude to change completely.
The doubt and caution that had been on his face just moments before had vanished completely. He abruptly stood up, bowed deeply to Lin Chen, his face beaming with utmost respect, and his voice became exceptionally attentive:
"It turns out to be Lord Thundergod! I'm so disrespectful! I've admired my name for a long time!"
As the waiter spoke, he quickly reorganized the registration form and respectfully handed the Battle Spirit Badge back to Lin Chen with both hands, his tone slightly ingratiating: "Lord Thor, we'll process your team competition registration right away! Don't worry, I'll prioritize your match and ensure you get on the field as soon as possible!"
The other Soul Masters and teams queuing around them instantly erupted in chaos when they heard the words "Thor" and the crazy decision to "fight seven against one".
"What? The Thor who swept through the Silver Soul Fighters? He wants to sign up for the team competition and take on seven opponents at once?"
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