The battle began, and Jiang Nannan, activating her Invincible Golden Body, pushed through Xiao Hongchen's spraying poison mist, rapidly closing in on her. The Soft Bone Rabbit was a close-combat martial soul; only by getting close to her opponent could it unleash its maximum power.
"Hehe, a golden body can block poison, but what if it's continuous poison?"
Xiao Hongchen admitted that Jiang Nannan's Invincible Golden Body was indeed powerful. It was probably capable of blocking not just her own poison, but even attacks from a Titled Douluo. However, this move also had obvious drawbacks: its duration was very short, and the number of times it could be used per day was extremely limited. It became much less useful against continuous attacks.
Xiao Hongchen coated Jiang Nannan with ice poison. Although Jiang Nannan was immune to poison while her Invincible Golden Body was active, the moment her golden body's duration ended, the potent poison immediately entered her body, causing her to collapse.
"Nannan!" Xu Sanshi anxiously ran onto the stage. Seeing the poisoned Jiang Nannan, he was filled with rage. "Bastard, you dare to harm Nannan…"
"Xu Sanshi, get out of the way! I'm next!"
Xu Sanshi's words were cut short by Yuwen Tuo. He knew Xu Sanshi was enraged because of Jiang Nannan, and his power would surge, but unfortunately, the order of appearance had been submitted before the match; he couldn't even enter the arena if he wanted to.
"Yuwen Tuo, I beg you, avenge Nannan." Xu Sanshi, carrying Jiang Nannan, walked off the stage.
In truth, Yuwen Tuo had no interest whatsoever in the animosity between him and Jiang Nannan. In his view, what happened back then was simply a case of one willing to hit and the other willing to take it, and it had nothing to do with him.
"Yuwen Tuo, do you really want to fight me? It seems you still don't believe me. You truly are a person of our Sun Moon Empire. Helping Shrek only brings pain to your loved ones and joy to your enemies," Xiao Hongchen persuaded.
"The one who knows nothing, I'm afraid, is you, truly a naive little girl!" Yuwen Tuo said in a low voice. The relationship between the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult was likely something this young girl didn't know much about yet.
Yuwen Tuo was destined to be unable to coexist with the Holy Spirit Cult. If the Sun Moon Empire had to choose between the entire Holy Spirit Cult and Yuwen Tuo, would the Sun Moon Empire abandon the entire Holy Spirit Cult for Yuwen Tuo?
Similarly, even if Yuwen Tuo truly belonged to the Sun Moon Empire. But if he had to choose between the Sun Moon Empire and Shiwa Village, he would unhesitatingly choose Shiwa Village. To avenge Shiwa Village, he would not hesitate to destroy the entire Sun Moon Empire before the Holy Spirit Cult, if that's what the future required.
"Xiao Hongchen, enough talk. Standing here in the Douluo Arena, we are opponents!" Yuwen Tuo's entire body erupted in flames. The ice Xiao Hongchen had just created instantly melted.
Xiao Hongchen frowned. "Since that's the case, I won't hold back. First Soul Skill: Ice Toad Poison!"
Xiao Hongchen pushed both palms forward, releasing a cold, poisonous gas that enveloped Yuwen Tuo. Just moments ago, Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan had both fallen to this potent poison.
Yuwen Tuo flipped his palm, and a vast, enormous suction force emanated from his palm. Xiao Hongchen's cold poison was entirely drawn into his palm. Then he crushed it with a squeeze.
"This… the ice poison is useless against him. What kind of monster is this Yuwen Tuo?" Xiao Hongchen no longer possessed the arrogance she had before the match began. The words about her only opponent being herself were absolutely not something she dared to utter again. In front of Yuwen Tuo, who would dare to easily pronounce the word 'monster'?
The Divine Fire Clone, as Yuwen Tuo's sect's supreme cultivation method, if it didn't even have a basic function like immunity to all poisons, would it still be worthy of the word 'supreme'? If this were a cultivation method for immortals, its power would be several times greater. Alas, this plane was too low-level to cultivate immortals. However, even the simplified internal cultivation technique derived from it was not something ordinary people could contend with.
Yuwen Tuo swung his blade. A crescent-shaped flame blade formed from his fiery sword energy, rushing straight at Xiao Hongchen.
Xiao Hongchen was so frightened her entire body trembled. The ring soul tool on her finger flashed with light, and she instantly vanished from her spot.
A Rank 7 soul tool: Teleportation Ring. This type of soul tool didn't consume soul power and wasn't limited by a Soul Master's strength; even a Rank 1 Soul Master could use it. Among Rank 7 soul tools, it was called a miracle. With it, in many situations, a Soul Master essentially gained a second life. Its teleportation range could reach one hundred meters. Its only drawback was that this soul tool had a daily usage limit.
As expected of the granddaughter of the Mingde Hall Master, she was truly wealthy, carrying such a top-tier soul tool with her. Unfortunately, using spatial power in front of Yuwen Tuo was simply courting death. Yuwen Tuo's master's true form was the Kunlun Mirror.
Yuwen Tuo's eyes twitched. He swung his great blade again, and another blade of energy swept out, striking towards an empty spot. And in that empty spot, Xiao Hongchen suddenly appeared the next second.
The blade energy was now less than two centimeters from her neck. Just as it was about to sever her head, it suddenly vanished, replaced by the true form of Yuwen Tuo's Fiery Annihilation Blade.
He had dispersed his blade energy at the last moment, otherwise, Xiao Hongchen would already be decapitated.
"Xiao Hongchen, you are too weak. Come before me again after you've become ten times stronger," Yuwen Tuo said.
"Why were you able to know the location of my teleportation in advance?" Xiao Hongchen was filled with confusion. Was this person omnipotent? Not being afraid of poison was one thing, but even instant movement was useless against him.
"Your Teleportation Ring has too many flaws," Yuwen Tuo said. "From the moment you start teleporting to the moment you finish, it takes about one second. And within that one second, space produces a subtle fluctuation. Such a long time, how could I not detect it?"
"Terrifying. This Yuwen Tuo's combat ability is too strong. The Teleportation Ring is already the most perfect Rank 7 soul tool. One second is the maximum limit we, the Sun Moon Empire, have been able to shorten it after years of research. Yet, even with so little time, he still easily detected it. Could he actually be a Titled Douluo in disguise?" Elder Ma asked in horror.
"I… I concede," Xiao Hongchen said helplessly. All her trump cards, the Ice Toad Poison and the Teleportation Ring, were ineffective against Yuwen Tuo. She was completely at a loss.
"Elder Ma, what should we do next?" Ma Rulong looked at Elder Ma. As the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, he had absolutely no way to deal with Yuwen Tuo in his heart. In their earlier clash during the team battle, he understood that in a one-on-one fight, even as a Soul Emperor, he was still no match for Yuwen Tuo.
Aside from Yuwen Tuo's soul power not being as profound as his, his physical qualities simply crushed him. Coupled with his exquisitely perfected martial arts, if he were to go up again, the result would likely be no different from Xiao Hongchen's.
"Forget it, we… concede!" Elder Ma sighed heavily.
How could they continue to fight? To defeat this unassailable Yuwen Tuo, the only method he could think of was a war of attrition. By continuously wearing him down, there might be a slim chance of victory. After all, Yuwen Tuo's biggest weakness was clearly there: his soul power was only around Rank 30. If they could drain his soul power, they would win no matter what.
The problem was, they still had Ling Luochen, Dai Yaheng, and Ma Xiaotao after him. Even if they desperately defeated Yuwen Tuo, what would be the point?
They had originally thought their strongest opponent would be Ma Xiaotao, and had even specially prepared the Rank 8 soul tool, the Sword of Judgment, for her. Yet, because of Yuwen Tuo, they didn't even get a chance to use this soul tool.
However, even if they had used it, it would have been meaningless, because the current Ma Xiaotao had no evil flame at all.
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