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Dai Mubai staggered, flying backward for several dozen meters.
Just as he was about to fall off the stage, Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, shifted his body's center of gravity, and performed a full 360-degree spin. He then slammed himself onto the ground, barely stopping at the edge of the arena.
Seeing this, Ye Wen was momentarily stunned—he hadn't expected Dai Mubai to have such precise control over his body.
"Xiao Ao!" Dai Mubai suddenly roared, charging toward Oscar.
Oscar immediately understood what Dai Mubai meant and quickly threw several pieces of tender tofu toward him.
Dai Mubai didn't hesitate, grabbing the tofu mid-air and devouring it in large bites.
Ohhh! His soul power was surging back up!!!
Sensing that his soul power had recovered to about 80%, Dai Mubai's eyes turned fierce. The intangible Boundless Heavenly Strength condensed once again, infused into his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and transformed into the ultimate form of Boundless Heavenly Strength: the Heavenly Punishment Greatsword!
This was a far more concentrated form than simply amplifying the White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and its power naturally increased accordingly.
Using the maximum distance created by Ye Wen's earlier powerful attack, Dai Mubai swung the massive sword in his hands with tremendous force.
A pale golden sword qi instantly erupted, rushing straight toward Ye Wen. In the blink of an eye, it was already before him.
Since Ye Wen had used the momentum of the rock to unleash his Rock Fist, the massive rock had restricted his own mobility, preventing him from pursuing Dai Mubai immediately. This gave Dai Mubai some breathing room.
However, the time Dai Mubai spent restoring his soul power and condensing the Heavenly Punishment Greatsword also consumed quite a bit of time. By now, Ye Wen had already completed the buildup for his Void Slash with both hands forming seals.
"Heavenly Punishment Greatslash!"
"Wind Element Mastery—Void!"
Both of their incredibly sharp attacks were unleashed simultaneously, colliding violently. The shockwaves alone left deep gouges on the solid arena floor.
But soon, the eyes beneath Dai Mubai's mask revealed an expression of disbelief!
"How is this possible? How could my self-created soul skill, Boundless Heavenly Strength, be suppressed by a mere ordinary soul skill—and not just any soul skill, but a hundred-year second soul skill at that!" Dai Mubai questioned his very existence.
At the same time, Ye Wen's strongest slash, Void, had already torn through Dai Mubai's Heavenly Punishment Greatslash, rushing straight toward him.
Though Dai Mubai managed to dodge in a panic, he no longer had the will to fight. The recent string of victories had made him overly reliant on Boundless Heavenly Strength. Now that it had been shattered so easily, he began to question everything about himself.
After blocking a few more of Ye Wen's wind blades, Dai Mubai finally regained his composure and asked:
"Was that self-created soul skill you just used?"
The reason Dai Mubai asked this was that, after a moment's thought, he concluded that only another self-created soul skill could defeat his own.
Because only then would losing not be humiliating.
Ye Wen merely sneered and ignored the question. Explaining one's combat abilities to the enemy during a fight struck him as utterly foolish and naive.
Still, Dai Mubai wasn't entirely wrong. Strictly speaking, the soul skills Ye Wen used were indeed secondary developments based on his original soul skills, which technically qualified them as self-created soul skills.
However, unlike Dai Mubai's Boundless Heavenly Strength, which required a massive expenditure of soul power due to his weak spiritual power, Ye Wen's self-created soul skills consumed relatively less soul power. Instead, they placed higher demands on his spiritual power, as they involved shaping and refining his own soul skills.
In essence, the so-called self-created soul skills were more about mastering one's soul power rather than being some mysterious phenomenon. It was only because the general education level in the Douluo continent was so low that most soul masters only mastered their inherent soul skills without delving deeper into their potential.
Seeing Ye Wen ignore him, Dai Mubai, who was used to being a little tyrant, became infuriated. However, after the earlier battle, he had come to deeply realize that he was no match for Ye Wen.
At this moment, Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing's increasingly disdainful gaze from the audience, which only added to his frustration and impatience.
"Damn it!" Dai Mubai muttered angrily under his breath.
Although Oscar's first soul skill could help heal Dai Mubai's wounds and restore a portion of his soul power, Oscar's mere level 31 cultivation limited how much he could restore.
By now, Dai Mubai realized that if this prolonged battle continued, his high-intensity soul power consumption would inevitably lead to his defeat due to exhaustion.
"I can't drag this out any longer!
Though I hate to admit it, this guy—who is three levels lower than me—is stronger than me in many ways.
But I'm not without a chance. At the very least, my reinforcement soul skills are stronger than his."
Dai Mubai's eyes narrowed as he grabbed another piece of tender tofu from Oscar, swallowing it forcefully. His soul power quickly recovered by a significant margin.
Since he couldn't win through technique or attrition, the only option left for Dai Mubai was an all-out frontal assault.
The duration of the White Tiger Diamond Transformation was thirty minutes, so Dai Mubai didn't need to reactivate his third soul skill. Instead, he once again used the White Tiger Barrier to give his body a slight boost.
After dodging a few more rocks and wind blades conjured by Ye Wen, Dai Mubai took a deep breath and focused his gaze on Ye Wen like never before.
"Here goes!"
The old Dai Mubai would have idled through life, accepting defeat in such an unfavorable situation without much resistance. But now, having decided to fight against fate, he steeled himself!
Dai Mubai's legs moved rapidly as he charged toward Ye Wen like a caged beast breaking free.
"Heaven—Punishment—Greatslash—Strike!!!"
About three meters away from Ye Wen, Dai Mubai leaped high into the air, raising the Heavenly Punishment Greatsword above his head and slashing downward with all his might!
Dai Mubai had clearly seen Ye Wen prepare the same hand seal as before—the precursor to the wind blade attack capable of splitting his Heavenly Punishment Great Slash.
But since his sword qi couldn't overpower the opponent's wind blades, Dai Mubai decided to counter with the purest, most concentrated soul power blade.
While a sharp yet insubstantial sword qi might fail, Dai Mubai was confident that the Heavenly Punishment Greatsword, forged through days of painstaking cultivation of Boundless Heavenly Strength, wouldn't be negated so easily. It would surely cut through the wind blades and secure victory.
But what happened next made Dai Mubai question his entire existence.
The anticipated wind blade didn't appear, yet Ye Wen was still holding the same hand seal.
At this moment, the rocks Ye Wen had thrown earlier suddenly converged, forming a massive barrier that blocked Dai Mubai's path.
Dai Mubai: !?!??
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