Chapter 36: The Name "Atlas" Resounds Throughout the Great Soul Arena!
After a while, Yun Yuan walked out of the Pope's Palace, looking at Bibi Dong with a helpless expression.
"Senior Sister, you actually managed to persuade Teacher."
Yun Yuan felt quite troubled now. With Bibi Dong accompanying him, he could already foresee how lively this journey would be. After all, his Senior Sister was not someone who could sit still.
"Hehe, of course. Junior Brother, let's hurry to that Silves City you mentioned. I can't wait to go out and have a look."
Saying this, Bibi Dong placed her hands on her hips, her face full of pride.
Ever since Yun Yuan became her Junior Brother, much of Qian Xunji's attention had shifted away from her, so her requests were naturally met with more leniency.
But that was fine with her. Bibi Dong had no desire to be forced to cultivate and study every day. She hadn't even properly experienced the beautiful scenery of the continent yet.
Half a day later, Silves City.
The figures of Yun Yuan and Bibi Dong appeared here, and Yun Yuan's target was the Great Soul Arena within the city.
Very soon, a magnificent building appeared before Yun Yuan. It resembled the ancient Roman Colosseum from his previous life yet looked highly modernized, with outer walls like a torrent of steel.
"This is the place. It's time for the Atlas Spear to taste blood."
Yun Yuan then led Bibi Dong into the Great Soul Arena.
In an instant.
Waves of noise poured into Yun Yuan's ears—the roars and cheers of the audience, the sounds of soul skills colliding—all mixed together.
With a glance, Yun Yuan noticed that most of the arenas were for sparring, while life-and-death arenas were few.
But this was normal. Ordinary soul masters wouldn't wager their lives in soul fights. Only desperate outlaws would engage in life-and-death battles.
Next, Yun Yuan brought Bibi Dong to the registration area. However, only Yun Yuan registered. With Bibi Dong's strength, it was still too early and unsuitable for her to participate.
After registering, the nickname Yun Yuan chose for himself was simple: the name of his martial soul, Atlas.
Then, Yun Yuan received his soul fighting badge, though it was only the lowest-tier iron badge.
After signing up for life-and-death soul fights, Yun Yuan brought Bibi Dong to the waiting room, awaiting the start of the match.
"Junior Brother, this is a life-and-death battle. When you go up later, you must be extremely careful. I don't want to see anything happen to you, or I'll be sad for the rest of my life."
In the waiting room, before Yun Yuan went on stage, Bibi Dong spoke with a serious expression, earnestly reminding him.
"Don't worry, Senior Sister. Your Junior Brother is the number one genius under the sky. Unless someone bullies the weak with strength, no one can kill me."
In response to Bibi Dong's concern, Yun Yuan reached out and patted her head, comforting her and telling her not to be nervous.
An hour later, it was Yun Yuan's turn for the life-and-death soul fight. He walked from the waiting room onto the arena stage.
Upon seeing Yun Yuan come up, both the host and the audience below felt confusion and curiosity.
"Could it be that this Atlas is a stunted dwarf?"
They weren't to blame for thinking this way. They simply couldn't believe that a seven-year-old child had already broken through to the Soul Grandmaster realm. It sounded like a fantasy.
After a moment, the host snapped back to his senses, shouting loudly:
"Next, let us welcome with the warmest applause… the four-win streak fighter of life-and-death soul battles… Canglang!"
The moment Canglang appeared, the entire arena became lively, waves of excited cheers erupting.
The Great Soul Arena was a place where one could enjoy being the center of attention. As long as you were strong enough, people would go crazy for you.
Standing on the stage, Yun Yuan calmly looked toward Canglang coming up below, his heart completely undisturbed.
Soon, a burly and ferocious-looking man appeared before Yun Yuan.
Revealing scarlet gums, with chilling killing intent in his eyes, he spoke arrogantly:
"Brat, unlucky for you. Today you ran into me. You'll become a dead soul under my hands."
"I can't wait to crush your bones bit by bit and enjoy this feast of slaughter."
Below the stage, the audience also shouted in support of Canglang.
"Canglang, I've bet everything I have on you. Don't lose to that brat!"
…
Half a minute later, seeing that the atmosphere was sufficiently heated, the host announced the start of the life-and-death soul fight.
Immediately after, Canglang summoned his martial soul. As the Grey Wolf martial soul possessed him, his muscles swelled, his entire body was covered in dark brown fur, and his eyes turned blood-red.
"Brat, give me your life!"
After summoning his martial soul and releasing one white and one yellow soul ring, Canglang swung his claws toward Yun Yuan.
Facing this attack, Yun Yuan only felt it was too slow. Shaking his head, the incandescent and transparent Atlas Spear appeared in his hand.
The moment the Atlas Spear appeared, its incandescent spear body emitted dazzling light, radiating brilliance in all directions, forcing everyone present to momentarily shut their eyes.
As the white light faded and the crowd looked toward the stage, they saw that Yun Yuan's spear tip was already stained with blood. He stood there quietly.
As for Canglang, he clutched his throat tightly, blood pouring out. He tried to say something but had no chance. His body stiffened as he fell to the ground, completely lifeless.
Seeing this scene, the entire arena fell silent, unable to believe what they had just witnessed.
That Canglang, who had four consecutive victories, was just killed on the spot by an unknown brat. The impact was too overwhelming.
Moreover, Canglang was a rank 29 Soul Grandmaster, only one step away from the Soul Elder Realm, yet he couldn't withstand even a single strike from Atlas.
More importantly, from start to finish, Atlas hadn't even released a soul ring. Without using soul skills, he easily defeated a rank 29 Soul Grandmaster.
This was a true genius.
After killing Canglang, Yun Yuan felt no emotional fluctuation, nor did his body have any adverse reaction.
The nauseating feeling that Shrek experienced the first time they killed someone in the original story did not appear in him.
After Yun Yuan left the arena stage, the host finally recovered and loudly announced the result:
"In this life-and-death soul fight, Atlas wins!"
This crushing battle spread widely through the Silves Great Soul Arena after Yun Yuan's departure.
Everyone connected to the arena learned of Atlas's existence, a powerhouse who could crush a rank 29 Soul Grandmaster without even releasing his martial soul.
From this moment on, Yun Yuan's name became famous within the Silves Great Soul Arena. All the nobles who heard the news wanted to recruit this heaven-defying genius.
Inside the waiting room, Yun Yuan returned, sitting cross-legged, eager to integrate his comprehension of slaughter into his Sky-Piercing Intent.
After a long while, when Yun Yuan opened his eyes again, it was evident that compared to before, the spear intent he emitted had become even sharper.
"Still not enough. My Atlas Spear needs more slaughter for my Sky-Piercing Intent to reach true perfection."
End of Chapter