Chapter 33: Battle
Seeing Feng Xiaotian cheer up again, Mu Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to crush Feng Xiaotian's confidence completely. Their families' elders knew each other, and causing a breakdown would be awkward.
Secondly, in the Douluo Continent story, the closer one was to the protagonist, the more abstract their portrayal, but supporting characters with less focus, like Feng Xiaotian, were more grounded.
Mu Ci also hoped to steer Feng Xiaotian back on track, setting the stage for an enhanced Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition where Feng Xiaotian at the Soul King level, alongside Hu Liena with her super-limit soul ring, would support Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu, granting them strength far beyond the original story. The thought was thrilling.
The referee, regaining composure, glanced at Feng Xiaotian with pity and shouted, "The match begins!"
At the command, Feng Xiaotian's second soul ring lit up first.
The second soul skill, Twin Wolf Possession.
A green two-headed wolf phantom merged into Feng Xiaotian's body, and the green gale spun violently again.
As he stepped forward, a storm surged, winds sweeping the ground. He became a green afterimage, charging at Mu Ci.
Simultaneously, Feng Xiaotian's first soul ring glowed, his soul power compressing intensely.
The first soul skill, Wind Blade Array.
The standard Gale Demon Wolf Spirit has a single wind blade as its first soul skill, but the mutated Gale Two-Headed Wolf could summon multiple wind blades for a combined assault, surpassing ordinary wind blades in both number and power.
Feng Xiaotian's claws, sharp as knives, lunged toward Mu Ci.
The gale around him formed one-meter-wide green crescents, tearing through the air toward Mu Ci.
Seeing the wind blades approach, Mu Ci, standing beneath his Swordmu, calmly lit his third soul ring without dodging.
The third soul skill, Growth Aura.
It was a halo-type soul skill.
This skill came from a rare plant-like soul beast Mu Ci found in the Sunset Forest, growing underground with potent regeneration. It was said to be immortal as long as it remained rooted.
The effect of the third soul skill enabled plant-based soul creations within the halo's range to regenerate at super speed while greatly increasing their toughness. The regeneration speed, like other soul skills, depended on soul power output.
It also reduced the difficulty for soul masters to control soul creations, allowing Mu Ci to manipulate ten or more plants with the soul power previously needed for one.
Mu Ci was very satisfied with this skill, though it wasn't a direct attack type.
It significantly boosted his combat effectiveness and enhanced his soul skill development.
Mu Ci is now a four-ring Soul Sect, and the coverage range of his halo-type soul skills has reached a radius of fifty meters.
In a flash, the Abundant Swordmu tree behind Mu Ci began to tremble.
Countless vines grew rapidly on the arena, intertwining and twisting, forming a wall of trees in front of the wind blade.
Within an area of tens of meters, it became a vast sea of trees in the blink of an eye. The longest vines even touched the sky tens of meters high, blocking out the sun.
Bump, bump, bump—
Dozens of green wind blades chopped on the tree wall, making dull sounds and scattering countless fragments.
But even the Wind Blade Array, which was much stronger than ordinary wind blades, could only cut cracks tens of centimeters deep on the surface of the endless tree wall.
But for the rapidly growing trees, these were just small scars that could be repaired in the blink of an eye and disappear in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, a giant wooden hammer made of trees, with a whistling sound, smashed the ground in front of Feng Xiaotian, creating a pit of several meters in radius, and countless broken bricks and stones flew everywhere.
Countless small stones flew past Feng Xiaotian, and some hit the soul power shield around him, causing green ripples.
Feng Xiaotian was immediately shocked by the power of this attack and stopped moving forward.
He looked down at the big hole under his feet, then at the endless wall of trees in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
The Gale Two-Headed Wolf is undoubtedly an extremely powerful mutant Spirit, possessing the power of a strong attack system and the speed of an Agility system.
However, Feng Xiaotian, who was only a three-ringed Soul Elder, fell into a powerless situation when facing a top-level control-type Soul Sect opponent at the four-ringed level.
In the world of soul masters, control-type soul masters are recognized as the most troublesome of all soul masters.
Maybe it's not as strong as the offensive type, not as fast as the Agility type, and not as tough as the defensive type, but it's definitely the toughest to deal with and the hardest to kill.
Feng Xiaotian looked at the trees that were growing and swaying in front of him. The thousand-year soul ring floating under him was sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and he didn't know whether he should release it.
His third soul skill, the Demon Wolf Wings, not only allows him to fly, but also greatly enhances his control over the wind, allowing him to soar into the sky.
But in fact, he knew very well in his heart that he had already lost the moment he released his Spirit and saw the soul ring.
Even the Wind Blade Array couldn't tear a hole in the tree wall, and the dancing vines spread to the sky, so it didn't matter whether he used the third soul skill or not.
The opponent's defense is impeccable, and there is not a single blind spot.
If you want to break such a defense, you can only win by absolute attribute suppression and absolute violence.
But these two points are exactly what Feng Xiaotian does not possess.
The huge difference between soul power and soul skills made it almost impossible for him to see any chance of defeating his opponent.
Waited for a while.
The wall of trees slowly sank, turning into a carpet of trees covering the ground.
Mu Ci saw Feng Xiaotian, who was at a loss a dozen meters away, and said:
"Brother Feng, I heard that you have compressed your training time over the years to create your own soul skills. I wonder if I can see you today."
Hearing this, Feng Xiaotian looked at Mu Ci in silence. Suddenly, he laughed and said, "Okay! I lost this competition, but thank you for giving me the opportunity to go all out."
"My self-created soul skill is called Gale Wolf Slash. In my imagination, this self-created soul skill can be continuously stacked, and its power will increase layer by layer, just like the Clear Sky Sect's Chaos Cloak Hammer Technique."
"But due to limitations in my soul power and physique, I can only achieve eighteen consecutive kills right now."
"Please give me some advice!"
Mu Ci looked at Feng Xiaotian, who seemed like a completely different person when he talked about his self-created soul skills, and said to him with a smile: "Okay, Brother Feng, please do your best to perform it."
"To be honest, I'm also a support-type soul master. I believe that in terms of healing, I'm no less capable than anyone in the entire Heaven Dou City, except for the one from the Ye family."
"So Brother Feng, don't be afraid of getting hurt. I want to see your ultimate strike."
Hearing Mu Ci say this, Feng Xiaotian also began to get into the state.
The second and third soul rings on his body flashed at the same time, and the shadow of the Gale Two-Headed Wolf appeared behind Feng Xiaotian again, turning into a deep blue light and merging into his arms.
At this moment, Feng Xiaotian, who activated his soul skill, was not as sharp as before, and was filled with strong winds.
Instead, he began to gather all the fluctuations of his soul power until they were silent.
With a shake of his arms, the pale blue soul wings under his arms carried the whole person into the sky.
There was no tearing gale, no surging air waves, everything was so ordinary.
At this time, not only Mu Ci was looking forward to Feng Xiaotian's Gale Wolf Slash, but many deans in the audience and teachers and students in the audience were also looking forward to it.
They wanted to see what this long-famous genius with innate full soul power looks like after wasting time to create his own soul skills.
Feng Xiaotian hovered in the sky for a few breaths, his pair of dark green wolf eyes fixed on Mu Ci on the ground.
With a slight adjustment of the wings, the effect brought by the third soul skill allows Feng Xiaotian to more easily control the airflow flowing around his body, making himself more in line with the flow of air and with less resistance.
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