Martial Arrogance Dragon Soul-Chapter 423 - 398: Dragon Soul

Qin Qing stared coldly at Ouyang Xi.

Ouyang Xi returned the cold gaze, a hint of surprise flickering in her eyes.

She thought that killing Qin Qing would not be difficult, especially since he was caught off guard.

But Qin Qing had reacted so quickly that he dodged her lethal move in such a short span of time.

"Qin Qing..."

After a moment of silence, Ouyang Xi’s red lips parted slightly as she spoke, "If you leave now, I won’t kill you!"

Hearing this, Qin Qing couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

"If I leave now, you won’t kill me?"

It seemed to Qin Qing like the biggest joke he had ever heard.

"That’s right! You should be able to guess why I’m attacking you! We had no grievances before, I’m simply following orders..." Ouyang Xi said again.

"As long as you leave now, I promise not to attack you again..." added Ouyang Xi.

"You want me to leave so you can continue to receive the Sword Pond’s baptism? Then why don’t you leave?" Qin Qing’s voice grew colder.

"Because you are weaker than me! I am allowing you to leave, which is already giving you face! If you don’t go, then you won’t have the chance to leave anymore!" Ouyang Xi’s words were increasingly laced with threats.

"Heh..." Qin Qing chuckled softly, "Then fine, I’ll go!"

As Qin Qing turned around, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he began to leave the core area.

But in the very next moment, he suddenly spun around, an azure spear appearing in his hand.

"Aoo!"

The roaring sound of the Dragon’s Chant erupted from the spear, creating invisible waves that violently rippled through the Sword Pond.

With immense ferocity, the Azure Dragon Spear thrust toward Ouyang Xi.

Ouyang Xi’s complexion changed.

"What a crafty thing!" Ouyang Xi’s expression turned frosty as she hurriedly raised her sword to meet the attack.

But Qin Qing’s strike was full of power and incredibly fast.

"Boom!"

Spiritual power exploded violently.

Ouyang Xi blocked with her swords in front of her, but the terrifying force of the impact sent her flying backward, the immense power flipping her over.

"Such a great force?"

Ouyang Xi tumbled twice in the water and watched Qin Qing with extreme shock.

Before coming to the Sword Sect this time, her mission arranged by the academy was to target Qin Qing during the sword pond baptism.

Hence, she had investigated Qin Qing’s strength.

When she learned that Qin Qing had just stepped into the Golden Core Realm, she didn’t take him seriously at all.

Just entered the Golden Core Realm, even if one is a genius, what of it?

Talents like Ouyang Xi could fight across levels, with a Golden Core cultivation level it wasn’t difficult to battle an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm elder, and even kill the opponent.

However, when geniuses clashing with each other, fighting across levels becomes much more difficult.

Therefore, Ouyang Xi didn’t believe that Qin Qing, with his preliminary Golden Core cultivation, could face her in a head-on battle.

Thus, she didn’t even consider Qin Qing as an opponent at all. She overtly suggested Qin Qing should leave the Sword Pond because, on one hand, she didn’t want to waste time on the baptism and on the other hand, she truly believed Qin Qing was not worth her effort.

But now, with Qin Qing striking first, Ouyang Xi knew she had greatly underestimated him.

"He’s not just at the preliminary stage of the Golden Core Realm... but at the Third Level!"

Ouyang Xi looked at Qin Qing.

"Even at the Third Level of the Golden Core Realm... how could he possess such overwhelming strength?"

Ouyang Xi was at the Eighth Level of the Golden Core Realm.

She could easily slay Nascent Soul Realm early-stage elders and even had the strength to fight against average middle-stage Nascent Soul Realm elders.

Yet Qin Qing was just a Martial Dao Master at the Third Level of the Golden Core Realm!

Ouyang Xi considered herself a genius, a genius among geniuses.

Even in a place like Tai’a Academy, where talents gathered like clouds, she was able to stand out time and time again.

This time, coming to the Sword Pavilion, her intention was to surpass the two most notable geniuses of Tai’a Academy, the "Tai’a Twins," after receiving the baptism of the Sword Pond.

As for killing Qin Qing within the Sword Pavilion, it was merely something she did in passing.

But now, Ouyang Xi had realized she had greatly underestimated this guy named Qin Qing...

"Whoosh!"

After one spear thrust, Qin Qing’s second followed swiftly.

This thrust was a horizontal slash!

Sweeping the Eight Desolations!

It was the third move of the Great Desolation Spear Technique.

An Earth Level Technique. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

There were four moves to this technique in total, and Qin Qing had yet to comprehend the fourth move, the Great Desolation Extreme Light.

But even just the third move, executed by the current Qin Qing, had a tremendously formidable might.

The bottom of the Sword Pond was instantly whipped into a shocking torrential flow.

Even at the bottom of the pool, one could still see the white foam churning, with numerous undercurrents surging in all directions.

However, Ouyang Xi was certainly no pushover; how could her own strength be ordinary when she could emerge prominently among the many talents of Tai’a Academy?

With a low shout from Ouyang Xi, her Soul Power surged around her, and in the next moment, her Martial Soul manifested.

Layers of white haloes rippled outwards, and an ancient and primitive aura filled with vastness spread outwards.

A white Ancient Divine Dragon appeared in the void behind Ouyang Xi’s head.

"Martial Soul... is it a Divine Dragon?"

Qin Qing was astonished.

This was the first time he had seen another martial artist’s Martial Soul as a Dragon Soul, besides his own.

"No!"

Qin Qing quickly realized that Ouyang Xi’s Martial Soul was not a true Divine Dragon.

The so-called four divine creatures were the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger.

Among the legendary level-ten Martial Souls, the Divine Level Dragon Soul was said to be azure in color.

Qin Qing’s own Dragon Soul was the true Dragon Soul!

"Ouyang Xi’s Martial Soul may not be the most pure Dragon Soul, but it can still be called a Dragon Soul. The White Dragon also has dragon’s bloodline, or perhaps it could also be a descendant of a Divine Dragon..."

Qin Qing speculated in his heart.

As for whether that was truly the case, he had no way of knowing.

He had also never seen a real dragon.

Naturally, he was even more clueless about what kinds of dragons existed within the Dragon Clan or how their levels were classified.

However, he was certain that Ouyang Xi’s Dragon Soul was definitely not as good as his own Dragon Soul.

This disparity in the ranking was something he could tell just by perceiving!

Once her Martial Soul materialized, Ouyang Xi’s strength was clearly enhanced.

But Qin Qing, in the state of his Blood Burning Secret Technique eruption, still suppressed Ouyang Xi.

The Azure Dragon Spear in his hands moved with increasing speed, like overturning seas and rivers.

Meanwhile, although Qin Qing’s Martial Soul manifested in the form of a Dragon Ball, it was, in the intangible world, suppressing Ouyang Xi, preventing her from fully unleashing her strength.

"Kneel down!"

After a series of attacks, Qin Qing suddenly seized an opportunity, stepped forward, and brought down his Azure Dragon Spear violently.

This thrust was powerful and heavy, like a great mountain descending from the sky, intent on crushing Ouyang Xi beneath it.

However.

Just at that moment, a dangerous aura suddenly burst forth from behind Qin Qing...