Mu Chen looked at the utterly shocked Chen Xin from a distance and asked, "Sword Douluo Chen Xin, do you understand now?"
Understand?
Understand what?
What did Mu Chen want Chen Xin to understand?
Chen Xin was momentarily stunned, closing his eyes and recalling the previous scene. Finally, he opened his eyes suddenly, excitement gleaming within them. His nine soul rings merged into his silver sword, and he clasped his hands in gratitude toward Mu Chen, "Thank you, young brother, for your guidance."
Guidance?
Mu Chen was guiding Chen Xin?
Hearing Chen Xin's words, Liu Erlong and others were once again stunned, looking at Mu Chen as if he were a monster.
Mu Chen, an 86th-level Soul Douluo, was actually capable of guiding Chen Xin, a 96th-level Titled Douluo!
Chen Xin smiled wryly. Just moments ago, he had boasted about guiding Mu Chen in swordsmanship. Now, it appeared that Mu Chen had guided him instead. Reflecting on this, Chen Xin felt as though his face had been metaphorically slapped.
Looking at Mu Chen again, Chen Xin couldn't help but admire him. Mu Chen's comprehension of swordsmanship exceeded his own. How laughable that he previously thought he could guide Mu Chen.
"Now, it's our turn," Bone Douluo Gu Rong said, looking at Mu Chen hovering in the sky.
"Are you sure you want to fight?" Mu Chen asked disdainfully.
"Come down here!" Bone Douluo demanded.
"You come up!" Mu Chen replied calmly.
"If you have the guts, come down and fight me on the ground! Don't think that just because you're in the air, I can't deal with you," Bone Douluo challenged disdainfully.
Unlike others, Bone Douluo's seventh soul skill, Bone Dragon True Body, allowed him to soar through the skies.
"Alright," Mu Chen agreed.
Uh...
Bone Douluo was momentarily stunned, activating his nine soul rings. The image of a bone dragon coalesced behind him.
"Defeating the coward has ignited my fighting spirit. Don't think I am as weak as him," Bone Douluo declared, his left arm bone glowing.
Simultaneously, Mu Chen was enveloped by a glow.
"That's Grandpa Bone's left arm bone, the Light of Weakness," Ning Rongrong exclaimed. "Now Brother Mu is in danger. Grandpa Bone's Light of Weakness puts the opponent in a weakened state, reducing attack and defense by fifty percent, scattering mental strength and soul power."
"Rongrong!" Ning Fengzhi said sternly, noticing how much his daughter cared for the young man.
"Admit defeat. Your attack and defense are reduced by fifty percent. You're no match for me," Bone Douluo boasted.
"Is that so?" Mu Chen smiled slightly, spreading a chilling aura. His soul power surged to 110 percent. At the same time, Bone Douluo felt his combat strength decrease by ten percent due to the strange fluctuation.
"Slaughter Domain?" Bone Douluo squinted.
"Yes, the Slaughter Domain," Mu Chen said with a smile.
"Even with the Slaughter Domain, you're still not my match," Bone Douluo said, his right leg bone glowing.
**Undead Skeleton Right Leg Bone: Undead Summon**
With a glow from Bone Douluo's right leg bone, numerous skeletons emerged from the ground. These skeletons, both human and non-human, attacked Mu Chen.
"Do you think you're the only one with spirit bones?" Mu Chen smiled confidently, a pinkish rune glowing on his forehead.
**Killing Glare**
*Boom, boom, boom*
Wherever Mu Chen's gaze landed, the skeletons were torn apart by the killing aura, turning into piles of white powder.
"Head spirit bone?" Bone Douluo frowned, surprised that Mu Chen possessed a head spirit bone at such a young age.
"That's right. Are you still sure you want to continue?" Mu Chen asked with a smile.
Mu Chen's head spirit bone had two abilities: Killing Glare and Illusion Break. His Soft Bone Rabbit right leg bone had two skills: Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body.
Using Killing Glare and Teleportation, Mu Chen could confidently defeat Bone Douluo instantly. However, he refrained because this wasn't a life-and-death battle, just a spar. Moreover, Mu Chen had a B-Rank hidden mission: to defeat Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, making Ning Rongrong proud.
Since it was about making Ning Rongrong proud, simply winning wasn't enough!
"Of course," Bone Douluo said.
**Third Soul Skill: Bone Dragon Intimidation**
A peculiar pressure enveloped Mu Chen, further weakening his defense under the Light of Weakness.
*Buzz*
Mu Chen suddenly withdrew his martial soul.
"Admitting defeat?" Bone Douluo mocked.
"No, I believe I can defeat you even without my martial soul," Mu Chen replied.
What?
What was Mu Chen saying?
He claimed he could defeat Bone Douluo without using his martial soul.
Not only Bone Douluo but also Liu Erlong and even Xiao Wu, who knew Mu Chen well, looked at him skeptically.
"Young people who boast will be punished," Bone Douluo warned, activating his fifth soul ring, which glowed black.
**Fifth Soul Skill: Bone Dragon Phantom**
Bone Douluo's Bone Dragon martial soul split into nine phantoms, each possessing eighty percent of the original's strength, and charged at Mu Chen.
"System, upgrade the Three Tomoe Sharingan," Mu Chen commanded.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, you have consumed 25 skill points. The Three Tomoe Sharingan has evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan."
"Continue upgrading the Mangekyō Sharingan!" Mu Chen commanded.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, you have consumed 100 skill points. The Mangekyō Sharingan has evolved into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan."
"Continue upgrading," Mu Chen commanded.
"Ding!"
"The system cannot fulfill the host's request. The host lacks sufficient skill points. Evolving the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan further requires 1,000 skill points."
"1,000 points?" Mu Chen was taken aback.
Evolving from the Mangekyō Sharingan to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan required 100 skill points, and further evolution required 1,000 points.
However, Mu Chen was content. The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan eliminated the blindness side effect and significantly reduced the physical burden.
*Boom*
As Bone Douluo was about to retract his attack, Mu Chen's soul power surged. A colossal figure enveloped him, towering like a mountain, with wings on its back and a sword in hand, clad in armor like a war god.
Mu Chen raised his hand, and the colossal figure mirrored him, drawing its sword. An overwhelming aura pressed down on everyone.
"What... what is this?" Liu Erlong exclaimed.
"Is this power even human?" Ning Fengzhi's voice trembled.
"So, he was holding back earlier and didn't use his full strength," Chen Xin was equally shocked, watching Mu Chen.
*Swish*
Mu Chen swung his sword, slicing the nine bone dragon phantoms in half as if they were tofu.
"Want to continue?" Mu Chen asked with a smile.
"No need. You win," Bone Douluo conceded.
Bone Douluo was known for his defense, yet Mu Chen's Susanoo sword easily cut through his Bone Dragon phantoms. He doubted even his Bone Dragon True Body could withstand Mu Chen's strike.
"Father, what do you think of Brother Mu?" Ning Rongrong was likely the happiest person, as Mu Chen had made her proud.
"Very impressive, enough to be my son-in-law," Ning Fengzhi said, still in shock.
"Father, what are you saying!" Ning Rongrong retorted, her face flushing, her eyes darting shyly.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, you have completed the B-Rank hidden mission: Defeat Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to make Ning Rongrong proud! Rewards: Intermediate Fusion Card; a 50,000-year spirit ring; martial skill: Dragon Subduing Palms; 30 skill points; 1,863,686 soul power."
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, you have leveled up. Current level: 87 (10,011/4,476,411)."
Time flew by, and soon the Douluo Continent was about to witness the grand event of the soul master world: the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
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