This was Lin Yun's first time using a soul skill from the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju (Marvelous Velvet Sky-Reaching Chrysanthemum) soul ring.
As an immortal herb capable of enhancing a Soul Master's physical constitution and granting them an indestructible body, the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju soul ring, without exception, provided two defensive soul skills.
The first soul skill was the one Lin Yun was currently using: Golden Scale Dragon Shield.
Its effect was just as it appeared: it condensed a shield composed of dragon scales in front of him. Its defensive capability depended on his cultivation.
Currently, using Golden Scale Dragon Shield, even if an Offensive System Soul Sage arrived and activated their True Martial Soul form, they would likely have to attack for a long time to break it. It was more than enough to defend against Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower.
The other soul skill had a simple name: Indestructible Vajra Body.
This soul skill was quite remarkable. Its effect was direct invincibility, lasting a full five seconds. Moreover, unlike Xiao Wu and Jiang Nannan's invincible golden body, it didn't restrict movement upon activation.
Lin Yun's Indestructible Vajra Body not only wouldn't restrict his actions, but during its duration, his physical strength would also increase fivefold.
This was a soul skill that combined defense and status amplification, usable three times per day.
Two defensive soul skills: one for external body defense, and one for internal body defense.
The Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju soul ring could be considered to have compensated for Lin Yun's regret of not obtaining the 'Evil God's Protection' soul skill from the Dark Devilgod Tiger.
Accompanied by Ma Xiaotao's tender shout, the fully charged Phoenix Meteor Shower truly descended like a sky full of meteors, chasing stars and rushing the moon.
Seeing this soul skill again, Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, who were beside Lin Yun, looked a little terrified.
The last time they faced this soul skill, all six members of their main team were instantly defeated.
Even Dai Yueheng, with the strongest defense, could only withstand five meteor showers after consecutively activating three amplification soul skills—White Tiger Body Barrier, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and White Tiger Demon God Transformation—before being blown away.
And this was without considering whether he would be injured. Normally, with the extreme heat of the ultimate fire, just three large Phoenix Meteor Showers would have been enough to burn through Dai Yueheng's defense.
Now, what would happen when Lin Yun directly defended against Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower?
Under everyone's gaze, the fiery meteors and the Golden Scale Dragon Shield finally collided.
Violent explosions stirred up large amounts of shattered rock and sand. These grains of sand couldn't even reach the ground before being burned into molten glass by the ultimate fire. The flames that splashed from the exploding fiery meteors also fell onto the hard granite arena, melting large and small pits.
Dust permeated the air.
Among Ma Xiaotao's team, besides her own calm gaze, everyone else stared intently at Lin Yun and his team's position, wanting to see the results of Ma Xiaotao's attack.
But of course...
As is well known, there's a classic law called the "No Damage with Smoke" law: as long as there's enough smoke and dust, the enemy within it is absolutely unharmed.
The same was true at this moment.
As the dust gradually dissipated, Lin Yun and the others' figures were revealed.
To their shock, the Phoenix Meteor Shower, which could instantly defeat the other six members of the main team, couldn't even break Lin Yun's defense. Not a single scale on the Golden Scale Dragon Shield showed cracks or shattered.
At most, the golden light on the shield had dimmed considerably. This indicated that the Golden Scale Dragon Shield's defensive power had decreased, and a large amount of soul power used to maintain the shield had been consumed.
"A hundred-thousand-year soul skill... is it really this strong?" Chen Zifeng murmured in a daze, looking with complex eyes at Lin Yun, who stood calmly in front of him, holding up the shield with one hand.
Is this what a true genius looks like?
Compared to him, could he truly be called a Shrek monster?
Lin Yun ignored the shock of the others. After casually dispelling the Golden Scale Dragon Shield in front of him, he looked up at Ma Xiaotao flying in the sky and said, "Go on. Ma Xiaotao is mine; the others are yours."
Rip—
His recently changed clothes were torn again. Large, brilliant golden dragon wings spread out behind Lin Yun, and his perfectly sculpted upper body was exposed to the air, majestic and strong, yet not lacking in aesthetic appeal.
Looking at Lin Yun's streamlined, perfect physique, a trace of envy and jealousy clearly appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes.
They were both muscular men, so why did Lin Yun's muscles make him look so good, while his own muscles made him seem like a mindless brute?
Huo Yuhao was genuinely bitter.
If one were to compare them to animals, Lin Yun's physique was like a tiger's: strong, slender, and intimidating. Huo Yuhao's physique, on the other hand, was like a hippopotamus's: clumsy, dull, and inconvenient to move.
Admittedly, a hippopotamus's speed, when truly calculated, was quite fast, but compared to a tiger, it was truly far inferior.
And with Lin Yun as a comparison, Huo Yuhao truly appeared to be the difference between a tiger and a hippopotamus.
Bitter, it was truly too bitter!
Huo Yuhao's mouth watered with sourness, and with tears streaming down his face, he activated his Spirit Detection Sharing, giving his team full map vision.
Lin Yun did not refuse Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection Sharing but accepted it.
In an instant, the entire arena appeared in Lin Yun's mind in a 3D, all-encompassing, no-dead-angle mode. He could clearly see the fiery phoenix wings behind Ma Xiaotao, the flames burning with each flap of her wings, and even the texture on the wings.
Every detail was clear.
Every movement of the six people on the opposing side seemed to be in slow motion, easily captured by Lin Yun.
To be honest, this was his first time experiencing the Spirit Detection Sharing that was hyped up as god-like in the original work, and Lin Yun indeed had to admit that this thing was somewhat of a cheat.
And it seemed to be standard issue?
If Lin Yun remembered correctly, Tang San from Douluo Dalu 1 and Tang Wulin from Douluo Dalu 3, upon awakening their Blue Silver Domain and when their spiritual power met the requirements, could also achieve abilities similar to Huo Yuhao's.
So, after all this, it really is a protagonist's essential ability, huh?
However, this ability still had its limits.
Lin Yun made this assessment after focusing the Spirit Detection Sharing's view on himself and Ma Xiaotao.
Perhaps because of his Golden Dragon King bloodline, or possibly due to his powerful soul and spiritual energy, or even his ultimate power attribute, if he didn't allow it, he could completely force back Huo Yuhao's spiritual energy, preventing his Spirit Detection Sharing from enveloping him, and thus preventing him from detecting his actions.
And the same went for Ma Xiaotao.
The terrifying high temperature of the ultimate fire meant Huo Yuhao's spiritual energy simply dared not approach it. Upon nearing it, there would be a burning sensation as if his spiritual energy was being incinerated.
And in the view of the Spirit Detection Sharing, within fifty centimeters around Ma Xiaotao, everything was distorted and completely unpredictable.
It truly was a case of "minor cheats don't count."
(End of Chapter)
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