"Roar——"
The Water Dragon King martial soul materialized, its powerful dragon might sweeping out in all directions.
This made Zhang Lexuan's expression turn slightly grave, as she discovered her soul power had stagnated a bit.
A full moon rose behind her, standing in opposition to the Water Dragon King. Although it was still somewhat suppressed, her strength wasn't discounted too greatly.
Apart from its sufficiently high quality, the key point was that the moon didn't belong to the Beast martial soul category.
But Zhang Lexuan had already fully realized that this was an opponent worth fighting seriously; otherwise, she might capsize in a narrow drain!
Silver light shone from her eyes as her first, second, and third soul rings lit up simultaneously.
The full moon in the sky radiated brilliant light, and moonlight fell as if substantial, each beam possessing power no less than a fourth soul skill from a Power Attack System soul master!
Huo Yuhao's first soul ring lit up, covering his body with fine, ice-blue scales. The moonlight beams shot onto them and were immediately reflected away, landing on the grassy field and exploding into craters several meters deep.
Part of the power was directly refracted back towards Zhang Lexuan, who collided it with other moonlight beams, causing explosions.
First Soul Skill: Profound Ice Dragon King Armor!
Of course, it was only the first stage.
Zhang Lexuan ceased the area bombardment; it seemed she needed to get serious.
Her fifth soul ring shone brightly, plating the moon above her head with gold. A golden moon afterimage shot out as if pasted, spinning down towards Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao didn't use any other soul rings. He reached out bare-handed to grab the golden moon, startling Zhang Lexuan into instantly retracting most of its power.
"Zizi zizi——"
The golden moon spun rapidly against Huo Yuhao's palm, but couldn't shake it in the slightest.
Only then did Zhang Lexuan feel reassured and increase the output. The sizzling sound continued incessantly, but the thin layer of Profound Ice Dragon scales on Huo Yuhao's body stood like an insurmountable chasm.
"Be careful!"
Zhang Lexuan warned. The moon above her head transformed into a launcher, sending out one golden moon after another in a harmony formation.
They arced through the air, attacking every part of Huo Yuhao's body.
This was the true power of her fifth soul skill!
"Don't take them head-on; the consumption is too high," the Octagon Grass reminded. "Or activate the second..."
"No need!" Huo Yuhao quickly said. "This is a good chance to test my new ability."
He voluntarily dispersed the Profound Ice Dragon scales, channeling soul power into his eyes.
Three tomoe appeared, spinning and merging into a Mangekyō pattern.
Ice-blue energy overflowed from all over his body, condensing on both sides into the shapes of arms and ribs.
Susano'o - Initial Stage!
The nearly ten-meter-long skeletal arms swept out, smashing some of the golden moons.
The Susano'o continued to grow. Ice-blue membranes filled the gaps between the bones, while the structure grew upwards, forming a spine, neck, and a skull.
A slender "ice-blue spear" also condensed in its hand, nimbly swinging and sweeping away the successive golden moons.
Susano'o - First Stage!
At this point, there was some strain. Bloody tears streamed from Huo Yuhao's eyes, and he felt a painful swelling.
The unique pupil power of the Mangekyō was draining extremely fast; just this short while had already made him feel a bit dizzy.
No good!
This Susano'o consumes too much! And the only way to replenish pupil power is by spending Fortune Points. Better deactivate it...
"Continue," Zhuge Lan spoke up. "Later, we'll find a way to upgrade your Mangekyō to the Eternal level, and all this will be replenished."
Only then did Huo Yuhao dismiss the thought of deactivating the Susano'o and instead increased the output.
The skeleton grew tendons and flesh, then was covered by a layer of leather armor. It extended to the left hand, evolving into a giant ice-blue longbow.
So the "ice-blue spear" in the right hand was actually an arrow?
Susano'o - Second Stage!
Huo Yuhao grunted heavily, covering his eyes with one hand as bloody tears continuously streamed out. He looked utterly miserable.
But the Susano'o was wreaking havoc. The over-ten-meter-tall upper-body giant attacked casually, each strike carrying immense power. The semi-transparent leather armor on its body seemed fragile, but the golden moons bombarding it could only cause slight ripples.
Zhang Lexuan stopped her offensive, frowning slightly as she looked at Huo Yuhao.
This was just a test; was he using some life-risking technique?
Even though Huo Yuhao was covering his eyes, he noticed Zhang Lexuan's expression immediately.
"This is the new combat skill I just acquired. It's just my first time using it, so I'm not quite used to the strain yet."
"Don't worry, it's not some evil method that sacrifices potential."
"But I really need to finish this quickly now. Be careful!"
As his words fell,
The Susano'o drew the bow and nocked the arrow. A large amount of ice-blue energy surged into the arrow. The air temperature began to drop rapidly, and snowflakes started falling around the Susano'o.
Zhang Lexuan, who was being aimed at, felt her nerves firing wildly!
Warning! Warning!
Danger! Danger!
Without any hesitation, she directly activated her seventh soul ring.
Silver moonlight shimmered around her body, rising to overlap with the moon in the sky. She merged into it, leaving only a faint, beautiful silhouette visible.
Seventh Soul Skill·Silver Moon True Body!
She didn't even wait for Huo Yuhao, launching a preemptive attack by shooting a beam of pristine moonlight as thick as a water jar.
"Whoosh——"
The Susano'o simultaneously released the bowstring. The arrow left an ice-blue trail in its wake. When it collided with the pristine moonlight, there was no explosive roar. Instead, ice crystals crawled along the moonlight beam towards the full moon in the sky. However, the center of the collision was slowly moving towards Huo Yuhao.
Who would win was still uncertain.
"Hum——"
Zhang Lexuan finally summoned her eighth soul ring—a blood-red 100,000-year soul ring!
Huo Yuhao's breath hitched. His powerful mental strength already sensed the crisis.
No!
Can't let her unleash that 100,000-year soul skill!
A blood shadow shot through the air, flying parallel to the clashing energies. It smoothly pierced through Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon True Body and hovered menacingly right between her eyebrows.
Blood Shadow Flying Dagger!
Unblockable by anyone below the Title Douluo level. Its first trial run successfully subdued Zhang Lexuan in one move.
It was indeed using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
Zhang Lexuan paused for several seconds before finally realizing one thing—
"I... lost?"
She couldn't exactly say she held back. She had even used her Martial Soul True Body and was about to use her 100,000-year eighth soul skill.
And yet she was defeated in one move?
This...
She looked at the Blood Shadow Flying Dagger poised between her eyebrows. Her intuition told her the problem lay with this thing.
—At least a Grade 8 or above soul tool!
But regardless, losing was losing.
Zhang Lexuan dispelled her Martial Soul True Body, and Huo Yuhao simultaneously canceled the Susano'o.
The ice-blue arrow and the pristine moonlight dissipated together. The frozen parts lost their support and fell, hitting the ground with a hard thud, while frost spread outwards in all directions.
Zhang Lexuan took a deep look. This was... Ultimate Ice?!
She looked back at Huo Yuhao, who was wiping the blood from his face, and felt he was truly unfathomable.
—This junior had only used his first soul skill from beginning to end.
Everything else were combat skills not from soul rings or soul bones.
"I've lost," Zhang Lexuan said, convinced wholeheartedly. "I am willing to join the Holy Flame Sect, if I am qualified enough."
Her words snapped everyone else out of their stupor, and the crowd erupted!
"Wow! The Class Monitor won?"
"Not through the bet, but he really won?"
"Was that blue giant just now also a Martial Soul True Body?"
"Should be, right? It can't be a combat skill, can it?"
"Am I the only one curious about what that move was that broke the senior sister's Martial Soul True Body?"
...
Ma Xiaotao even came up close to Huo Yuhao, her eyes scrutinizing him carefully from head to toe.
It made Huo Yuhao feel a bit creeped out.
"Sister Xiaotao, what are you doing?"
"Checking if you've been replaced by someone else," Ma Xiaotao said with a frown. "I couldn't beat Senior Sister before, and even now I can only manage a draw. How did you, this little sprout, win so effortlessly?"
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