Her words earned a round of applause from Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong.
Even Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen couldn't help but look at her a few more times. Ning Luosheng's attitude was very different from most of the people they had met since coming to the three kingdoms of the original Douluo Continent.
Ning Luosheng and Yu Nian really seemed like those hot-blooded young Spirit Masters determined to fight for the sake of ordinary people.
Jiang Qingtong stared at Ning Luosheng for a long while before suddenly asking,
"What's your cultivation level?"
Hearing her question, Ning Luosheng blinked and said,
"I'm a three-ring Soul Elder, level thirty-eight. Yu Nian is stronger than me—he's already at level forty-seven! If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to drive that Evil Soul Master away so easily!"
"How strong was that Evil Soul Master?" Ling Luoshen asked.
"Four rings, a Soul Ancestor. But as for his exact soul power, we couldn't tell," Ning Luosheng thought for a moment before replying.
Wang Dong'er glanced at her in surprise and said,
"Then you two are pretty amazing. A Soul Elder and a Soul Ancestor actually managed to drive away a Soul Ancestor-level Evil Soul Master! You know that under the same rank, Evil Soul Masters are much stronger!"
Back then, just one Soul King-level Evil Soul Master had gravely injured the official team of Shrek Academy— and that team had two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings!
Ning Luosheng scratched her head, embarrassed by the praise.
"It was all thanks to Yu Nian. He's the amazing one!"
Hearing Ning Luosheng's compliment, Yu Nian couldn't help but straighten his back proudly.
Watching their interaction, Jiang Feixin blinked and whispered to Jiang Qingtong,
"Qingtong, aren't they kind of… like us?"
Jiang Qingtong was stunned for a moment.
Like them? How exactly were they the same?
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had long followed a tradition: every direct disciple of the sect needed a battle-type Soul Master as a partner. These pairs were usually raised together from childhood to ensure deep trust and flawless coordination.
Ning Luosheng and Yu Nian had indeed grown up together since they were children.
Looking at everyone, Ning Luosheng said again,
"Could you please stay here until people from our sect arrive? Otherwise, with just the two of us, we might not be able to protect the villagers."
Yu Nian pressed his lips together. Although he disliked asking for help, he had no choice but to turn to Jiang Shengyu and the others, saying,
"Please, lend us your aid!"
As a core disciple of Shrek Academy's inner court, Ling Luoshen was naturally duty-bound to eradicate Evil Soul Masters. Hearing Ning Luosheng's plea, she was about to agree immediately—
but before speaking, she looked at Jiang Shengyu and asked,
"Shengyu, what do you think?"
Jiang Shengyu gazed at her, his fingers lightly tapping the table. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said to Ning Luosheng,
"We'll help."
Once Jiang Shengyu agreed, Ling Luochen also smiled.
As expected, though he came from the Sun Moon Empire, Jiang Shengyu would never stand idly by.
Ning Luosheng couldn't stop thanking them. Although Jiang Shengyu and his group hadn't revealed their true strength, she knew that as inner-court disciples of Shrek Academy, they were at least Soul King level—far stronger than her and Yu Nian.
The group stayed in the village. When the villagers learned that Shrek Academy's inner-court elites were residing there to protect them, they flocked to the inn to express their gratitude.
But Jiang Shengyu had no intention of letting Shrek Academy earn goodwill for free. In front of everyone, he openly declared that their group was from the Sun Moon Empire.
Aside from Ning Luosheng and Yu Nian's surprise, the others showed no reaction.
The villagers didn't care about "Sun" or "Moon" empires. All they cared about was that Jiang Shengyu was willing to protect them.
Ten days passed.
At dusk on the tenth day, as the sun sank beyond the horizon, Snow Empress gazed into the distance and softly said to Jiang Shengyu,
"They're here."
Hearing that, Jiang Shengyu wasted no time. He immediately alerted everyone. Fortunately, the village wasn't large, and the residents could all be gathered near the inn quickly.
Due to the Heaven Dou Empire's backward infrastructure, there were only a few routes into the village.
Xiao Hongchen had already set up defensive Soul Tools along the main access road—hidden portable Soul Cannons camouflaged on both sides of the path.
A swarm of dark figures approached from afar, triggering the traps.
In an instant, the defensive Soul Tools unleashed a storm of multicolored energy beams that bombarded the advancing enemies.
Caught completely off guard, the Evil Soul Masters were engulfed in explosions. When they finally broke through the barrage zone, their leader emerged battered and furious. He turned to a black-robed subordinate and roared,
"Didn't you say there were only two weaklings with three or four rings here? Where did all these defensive Soul Tools come from!?"
"I—I don't know!" the black-robed man stammered, panicked and terrified that his leader might think he had led them into a trap on purpose.
At that moment, Jiang Shengyu lifted his Pure Lotus Demon Flame, illuminating the battlefield.
With Xiao Hongchen and the others walking leisurely behind him, he looked at the enemy and said coldly,
"Idiots. Of course we set it up."
"You—!"
Seeing Jiang Shengyu and his group appear, the leader's pupils contracted sharply. From that flame in Jiang Shengyu's hand, he felt an aura so terrifying that his entire body trembled!
"Damn it! They've got reinforcements!" the black-robed man shouted angrily. He hadn't expected Ning Luosheng and Yu Nian to find so many powerful allies in such a short time—
and with this many Soul Tools, no less!
The leader swung his Death Scythe and bellowed,
"Kill them all! Turn them into my undead!"
The moment his shout rang out, the black-clad group behind him charged at Jiang Shengyu's side.
Without hesitation, Ning Luosheng released her martial soul—three spirit rings, two yellow and one purple, rose beneath her feet as she summoned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Seven Treasures have one name! First is Power! Second is Speed!"
Two rays of light enveloped Jiang Shengyu and the others.
It was the first time Jiang Shengyu had experienced the amplification of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Even though Ning Luosheng's innate talent wasn't particularly outstanding, the boost she provided was still astonishing!
The continent's number-one support-type martial soul truly lived up to its name!
Jiang Shengyu's resolve to conquer the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect grew even stronger.
And now, it was time to show what kind of bargaining power he truly held.
He stepped forward—one purple, three black, and one red soul ring slowly rose beneath his feet.
When that scarlet ten-thousand-year ring flared to life, the entire world seemed to still for a heartbeat.
The Evil Soul Masters at the front froze, eyes wide in disbelief as they stared at his spirit ring configuration.
What kind of monster was this!?
Even Ning Luosheng and Yu Nian were utterly stunned.
What had they just witnessed?
A five-ring Soul King…
with three ten-thousand-year rings and one hundred-thousand-year ring!
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