"Supreme Shockwave Fist!"
This time, Su Ming did not summon the Star Tree Giant; instead directly employed the Supreme Shockwave Fist.
Since it was already exposed, he might as well use it as a normal attack.
That was his mindset.
Having learned from Zhengtian Academy's lesson, Di'ao Academy was extremely cautious. Upon realizing Su Ming was about to use the Supreme Shockwave Fist, they immediately scattered, each doing their utmost to evade the punch.
Seeing this, Su Ming wasn't anxious and simply fixed his gaze on the opposing captain.
Boom!
His fist light was incredibly fast, arriving upon the Di'ao team captain in the blink of an eye.
That captain was a Spirit Emperor-level expert, yet facing this punch, he was still severely wounded.
A look of fear flashed in his eyes.
Indeed, even a Spirit Emperor found it difficult to withstand Su Ming's Supreme Shockwave Fist.
However, he ultimately wasn't eliminated directly.
The next moment, another fist light erupted.
Di'ao team captain, eliminated.
With Su Ming having dealt with the Spirit Emperor captain, Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen also launched a sky full of spirit cannon shells, swiftly eliminating three Spirit Kings from the Di'ao team.
Easily, the overall situation was decided.
"Su Ming, if you had such a battle skill, you should have said so earlier! Our previous matches wouldn't have needed to be so strenuous," Xiao Hongchen said with a laugh as they walked off the stage.
"Were the previous matches strenuous for you?"
"Uh... Well, it's definitely easier now."
"But it's not easier for me."
Su Ming expressed that the Star Tree Giant was the truly effortless method. The Spirit Soul handled all the action from start to finish; he only needed to supply spirit power.
The reason he could condense such a massive Star Tree form was naturally due to his extremely high-quality spirit power, combined with that set of armor, allowing the Star Tree Spirit Soul to exhibit such effects.
The Supreme Shockwave Fist was much more laborious.
Su Ming had to mobilize all his strength and organically combine it to unleash such a punch.
It was very skill-dependent!
Of course, the Star Tree Giant was a pure manifestation of power, with low efficiency in its utilization. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been dispersed by a single Spirit King's explosion.
In fact, during internal training within the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy team, Xiao Hongchen and the others could blast apart Su Ming's Star Tree Giant, but their spirit cannons also consumed spirit power.
If they truly used cannon fire to shatter Su Ming's Star Tree, their spirit power would be nearly depleted.
Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaf Martial Soul was still very powerful; its explosive effect was comparable to spirit cannon shells. Crucially, it was small, swift, and fierce.
Two more days passed.
For this individual competition, Di'ao Academy did not choose to forfeit.
According to the order, their first participant was a Spirit King, facing the Sun Moon Imperial team's Ma Rulong.
After confirming the Sun Moon Imperial team's strategy, Di'ao Academy then surrendered.
If the Sun Moon Imperial team had fielded Su Ming, they would have exhausted all efforts to test Su Ming's limits through a war of attrition.
But the Sun Moon Imperial team sent Ma Rulong, clearly not letting them have their way.
"Di'ao Academy surrenders, Sun Moon Imperial team wins! Sun Moon Imperial team advances to the top four!"
Before the Sun Moon Imperial team, Shrek had already finished their match and advanced to the top four.
After Shrek, two other teams emerged victorious, one of them being the Star Luo Imperial team.
With the top four decided, the semi-finals commenced.
In the semi-finals, the Sun Moon Imperial team was matched against an old acquaintance: the Star Luo Imperial team.
"We cannot surrender."
Unlike Di'ao and Zhengtian teams, the Star Luo Imperial Team absolutely could not surrender in their clash with the Sun Moon Imperial Team.
This was Star Luo City.
With the perpetual conflict between the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the populace would never allow a surrender to occur.
"One Spirit Alloy, one Spirit Metal, two Invincible Golden Bodies. I hope Jiu Jiu can hold on for a while longer."
The recovery speed Su Ming displayed was too astonishing. They didn't believe Su Ming could keep recovering like this. This was the Star Luo Imperial Team's final attempt to probe this point precisely.
"Match begins!"
"First Spirit Skill, Star Guiding Art!"
"Third Spirit Skill, Star Radiance Art!"
Xu Jiu Jiu immediately consumed a certain amount of spirit power to assist her teammates.
Star Guiding Art: locks onto enemies with starlight. Star Radiance Art: provides all-around enhancements.
Her teammates from the Star Luo Imperial Team behind her seemed pumped up, charging forward from different angles.
One piece of spirit tool after another appeared on their bodies.
"These are our spirit tools!"
Xiao Hongchen was furious.
Using our spirit tools against us?
He was fuming.
Su Ming, however, remained calm.
Wasn't this good?
These spirit tools fell into the hands of the Star Luo royalty. Instead of being used for research, they were deployed in the competition. They should be prepared to take the loss.
Reminded by Su Ming, Xiao Hongchen also calmed down.
"These spirit tools were all made by me!"
I know their weaknesses and flaws like the back of my hand!
Indeed, it was perfectly reasonable that the spirit tools from the Mingde Hall were made by Xiao Hongchen, as he was truly a member of the Mingde Hall.
"Su Ming, leave this battle to me."
Possessed by Xiao Hongchen's Martial Soul, transforming into a metal fortress. He didn't deploy 108 spirit cannons, but only controlled nine ray projectors.
"Paralysis Ray!"
"Interference Ray!"
"Destruction Ray!"
He targeted the weaknesses of the spirit tools in each opponent's hands, firing different types of spirit rays.
Ma Rulong and the others followed suit.
Although Su Ming didn't exert his full strength, he still intercepted an enemy close-combat spirit engineer.
The Supreme Shockwave Fist had three versions across his three selves.
The Douluo 1 Su Ming used pure physical strength to control elemental power to erupt.
The Douluo 2 Su Ming used spirit power to condense substantial fist light and could now even borrow the power of heaven and earth.
The Douluo 3 Su Ming used precise control over the elements to cause elemental collisions, erupting with powerful force.
But this didn't mean each Su Ming could only use their corresponding version.
For example, right now, Su Ming employs the Douluo 1 version of the Supreme Shockwave Fist. Although the effect wasn't as exaggerated as before, the power of each punch was still astonishing.
"His battle technique has different versions; it can be used for a single burst or for sustained combat."
Wang Yan received the signal.
"One has to admit, the Star Luo royalty has provided us with considerable assistance. If not for their repeated probing, we truly might have capsized in this tournament."
Yan Shaozhe did not refute Wang Yan's statement.
Under normal circumstances, they should have capsized.
Especially regarding Su Ming's abilities; if they hadn't been probed out in advance, they would have suffered greatly.
Wang Yan appreciated the help, but Xu Jiawei was suffering.
His body leaned forward slightly, his hands gripping the armrests tightly.
On the stage, various rays shot wildly, hitting the spirit tools of the Star Luo Imperial Team members, rapidly rendering them useless.
Xiao Hongchen knew clearly what each spirit tool feared, what it was susceptible to, and how it could be easily broken.
As the match progressed and spirit tools were destroyed one after another, Xu Jiawei's heart bled with each loss.
"My spirit tools!"
Wrong, wrong!
I know I was wrong!
Stop fighting!
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