Among all evil martial souls, Yan Feng's Bone Dragon martial soul could be considered one of the absolute top-tier existences. With his cultivation as a seven-ring Soul Saint, he was even capable of contending against an ordinary eight-ring Soul Douluo.
Moreover, he himself was the personal disciple of the current Holy Spirit Cult leader, Zhongli Wu.
At this moment, under the state of his Bone Dragon True Body, the second soul skill Yan Feng unleashed, Bone Dragon Breath, carried power comparable to a normal Soul Emperor, fully activating a ten-thousand-year soul skill. This was the gap in cultivation.
For spirit masters, breaking through to seventy levels of soul power and thereby gaining the ability of Martial Soul True Body had always been a massive dividing line on the path of cultivation.
The terrifying ice-blue dragon's breath almost dyed the surrounding space the same color, and it was still continuously expanding. The instant this mass of dragon breath exploded, it immediately enveloped the entire competition stage.
Boom—
One wave after another of ice-blue light continuously slammed into the large swathes of soul guidance protective shields at the edge of the competition stage, causing fine ripples to appear across the surface of those shields. From the looks of it, even the soul guidance protective shields seemed to be struggling to hold on.
Amid the raging ice-blue dragon breath, the third and fourth soul rings around Bei Bei flashed in succession.
The thunder around his body suddenly became denser, blooming with intense blue-purple radiance.
Third soul skill, Thunder's Fury.
This was also the only amplification-type soul skill among Bei Bei's six soul rings.
Under the state of Thunder's Fury, Bei Bei fiercely activated his fourth soul skill, Thunder Dragon Head. The intense blue-purple electric light rapidly converged into a massive dragon head.
However, he controlled the Thunder Dragon Head to hold back and not release it, instead enveloping his own body within it.
The same soul skill, when used in different ways, could often produce completely different effects.
Bei Bei used this method to condense the area-of-effect soul skill Thunder Dragon Head around his body, achieving the purpose of defense.
Not just Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei had also accurately judged the gap in level between himself and Yan Feng.
Yan Feng's greatest advantage was that he held air superiority, while Bei Bei did not have many long-range means to control the enemy.
Although Bei Bei could indeed use flying soul guidance devices, he had never undergone systematic training regarding soul guidance devices. Even if he used a flying soul guidance device to ascend, he would only fall into a passive position.
In the end, it still came down to his cultivation being insufficient. If he were also a seven-ring Soul Saint, he would have absolute confidence in slaying Yan Feng right here.
Therefore, in the current situation, it was better for him to go all out and strive for an opportunity to use Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Slash or Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm against Yan Feng.
And the premise for all of this was to lure Yan Feng into his attack range.
Bei Bei curled his body, the Thunder Dragon Head enveloping him flickered with thunder light, and the radiance gradually dimmed. While resisting Yan Feng's Bone Dragon Breath, he seemed to have reached his limit.
Yan Feng sneered, and another blast of dragon breath sprayed from the mouth of the bone dragon he had transformed into. If he could simply suppress Bei Bei to death like this, naturally, he did not need to use other abilities and take risks.
Although maintaining the Martial Soul True Body state consumed quite a bit, he believed Bei Bei's consumption was even greater. Moreover, he very much trusted the judgment of that female evil soul master among them.
The ice-blue dragon breath arrived in an instant. Bei Bei's expression turned solemn. Sure enough, just as he had predicted, Yan Feng intended to wear him down to death this way.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated in the slightest. His curled body suddenly stretched out, and at the same time, a black light ring rose from beneath his feet while intense golden light burst from his body.
"Ang—"
Amid a resounding dragon roar, the originally blue-purple Thunder Dragon Head rapidly transformed into a golden Radiant Sacred Dragon.
Bei Bei's entire body was covered in thick golden armor scales, and he leaped upward with force.
Bei Bei stepped on the head of the Radiant Sacred Dragon, his body rising while spinning. The golden dragon head carried an air of supreme dominance.
"Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm!"
Although the Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm that Bei Bei unleashed was not as complete as Xu Zihuang's, nor did it possess such vast momentum, on the rostrum, Zhongli Wu unconsciously gripped the armrest of his seat tightly, his face showing a cold expression.
"The Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm of the Dragon God Douluo Mu En... I never expected it to have been passed down."
No sound was emitted, yet the thick wooden armrest strangely melted away just like that.
Above the competition stage, with Bei Bei's body as the center, within a thirty-meter diameter range, miniature complete Radiant Sacred Dragons floated in the space. Yan Feng's ice-blue Bone Dragon Breath was instantly shattered and melted by the overwhelmingly powerful evil-breaking force.
The Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm and Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Slash inherited from Elder Mu were the bane of all evil soul masters. Even Yan Feng, who had transformed into the Bone Dragon True Body, was affected to a certain degree.
Within the golden light ring, more than a dozen Radiant Sacred Dragon phantoms turned into golden lightning and shot into the sky, crisscrossing domineeringly. In an instant, the dragon-shaped radiant thunder born of the righteous energy of heaven and earth seemed to dispel every trace of evil in this space. Even the air became refreshing.
"Not good!"
Yan Feng's heart jolted. As the personal disciple personally taught by Zhongli Wu, his combat experience was extremely rich. He made the most accurate judgment in the very first moment.
Blue-gray light flared greatly on the pair of bony wings behind him, and he rapidly ascended, pulling open the distance between himself and Bei Bei.
Before the start of this tournament, the Sun Moon Empire officials had stipulated that there was no height limit in this edition of the competition.
Sure enough. The moment Yan Feng evaded those dragon-shaped radiant thunderbolts, a massive golden light pillar with a diameter of thirty meters instantly erupted. This was the fully unleashed Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm.
Although Xu Zihuang's situation differed from Bei Bei's, the Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm that Xu Zihuang had displayed back then had effortlessly blocked Ye Guyi's Angel True Body attack. From this, one could see just how powerful this soul skill was.
Once enveloped by the Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm unleashed using the Radiant Sacred Dragon origin by Bei Bei, enduring the impact of radiant energy, lightning, and evil-breaking power, even a Soul Saint-level spirit master would find it extremely difficult to move. It was especially suppressive against evil soul masters.
Fortunately, Yan Feng had been vigilant beforehand and did not fall for Bei Bei's trap.
However, in truth, this too was within Bei Bei's calculations.
The light pillar reached its peak and then declined. Just as this golden light pillar gradually dimmed, Bei Bei, who was within it, first had his eyes turn a terrifying blood-red color, and then two beams of pale white light shot simultaneously from his eyes.
Medusa head soul bone skill—Medusa's Gaze.
Bei Bei had fused with this soul bone without Xu Sanshi knowing. If he had known about this, he would not have been so worried earlier.
Ever since he gained the soul skill Medusa's Gaze, Bei Bei's shortcoming of lacking long-range offensive means had been completely remedied.
Whether in terms of timing or attack angle, Bei Bei had grasped it perfectly.
The pale white beam arrived in the blink of an eye. Although Yan Feng instinctively sensed the approaching danger and promptly twisted his body, the right wing was still struck.
Yan Feng's body trembled violently. His right wing was completely dyed white. Then, something even more horrifying happened: his half-physical, half-energy right wing rapidly turned into solid stone.
Moreover, the petrification was still spreading toward his entire body.
"Medusa's Gaze?!"
Deep blue light flames flickered in the bone dragon's eye sockets as Yan Feng stared fixedly at Bei Bei. His icy voice was filled with jealousy and rage.
Having personally experienced the effect of Bei Bei's soul bone skill, with his knowledge, of course, he could determine the origin of this soul bone.
Judging from the power of the soul skill and the characteristic that the petrification could spread, this was at least a head soul bone from a seventy-thousand-year Medusa. A top-grade soul bone of this level, even with his status and position in the Holy Spirit Cult, he had no qualifications to come into contact with.
Yan Feng threw his head back and let out a low dragon roar. He directly swung his dragon claw and severed his own right wing, promptly stopping the petrification from spreading to his body.
Not only that, his fifth soul ring shone, and his right claw made a grasping motion toward Bei Bei. He began his counterattack.
He did not believe that with Bei Bei's cultivation, he could still unleash an attack on the same level as the earlier Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm.
A gigantic bone claw appeared without warning above Bei Bei's head. At this moment, Bei Bei was in midair and could not possibly dodge.
Bang— The bone claw descended, imprisoning Bei Bei like a cage. A powerful oppressive force instantly suppressed Bei Bei, rendering him unable to move.
Yan Feng's Bone Dragon martial soul fifth soul skill—Bone Claw Prison.
This was his first ten-thousand-year soul skill. The most abnormal aspect of this Bone Claw Prison was that it carried a special effect called Absolute Defense.
So-called Absolute Defense meant that unless Yan Feng himself was defeated and lost his connection to the bone claw, the Bone Claw Prison could never be broken.
Unless there was absolute suppression in terms of attributes and abilities.
Soul Saints and above could naturally fly through the air. Although Yan Feng had severed his right wing, he still maintained balance in the air and dove toward Bei Bei.
Now that Bei Bei was imprisoned in Bone Claw Prison, the outcome was already decided. A chilling cold intent grew in his heart.
He was determined to devour Bei Bei's martial soul origin and bones to replenish himself. And that Medusa head soul bone, he also wanted to take it for himself.
He would not be as foolish as Jili, forcibly stripping Jiang Nannan's soul bone in front of the entire audience. There were many ways to seize a soul bone without attracting criticism.
But just as the distance between Yan Feng and Bei Bei was less than five meters, a sharp, hoarse voice suddenly rang out in his spiritual sea.
In a brief span of time, Yan Feng experienced countless inner struggles. Only after receiving another transmission from his teacher Zhongli Wu did he halt his advance, rise once more into the high sky, and spit another blast of ice-blue dragon breath toward Bei Bei.
Bei Bei's eyes revealed thick disappointment and regret. His plan had still failed.
Before being struck by Yan Feng's dragon breath, Bei Bei's fifth soul ring blazed with light. His right dragon claw was shrouded in dazzling golden radiance, yet it reverted to a human palm shape, covered in golden scales.
A massive Radiant Sacred Dragon phantom appeared behind him out of thin air. The scales on his right hand seemed to turn into golden crystal because of it. He lightly patted forward three times in succession. Both the Bone Claw Prison and the ice-blue dragon breath shattered simultaneously and dissipated in midair.
Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Slash!
Bei Bei landed pale-faced on the competition stage, his chest heaving violently. He shouted directly toward Zheng Zhan:
"For all the following matches, our Tang Sect chooses to forfeit."
Zheng Zhan casually blocked Yan Feng's follow-up attack, appeared beside Bei Bei, and looked at him with a somewhat strange gaze.
Shrek was indeed Shrek. No wonder they had split into two teams to participate in this tournament. They truly had such capital.
As soon as the soul guidance protective shield on the competition stage opened, Xu Sanshi hurriedly stepped forward to support Bei Bei.
He understood Bei Bei too well. Continuously concentrating his entire mind, energy, and spirit to unleash Dragon Emperor Shock Domain Realm and Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Slash, Bei Bei had already reached his limit. Not to mention, he had also used that head soul bone skill, which clearly consumed a great deal.
Bei Bei leaned weakly against Xu Sanshi's shoulder, his aura withered, and spoke in a deep, unwilling voice:
"What a pity. If he had chosen to close in and attack me at the end, I had confidence I could have severely wounded him."
Xu Sanshi followed Bei Bei's gaze. Although Yan Feng's eyes were filled with shock and fury, his condition was clearly much better than Bei Bei's. His martial soul was special; as long as the Bone Dragon True Body was damaged, devouring the bones of a hundred people would restore it completely.
On the contrary, what he feared more was the abilities Bei Bei had just displayed.
Afterward, Zheng Zhan announced the result of the match. With this, the two teams advancing from this group basically had no suspense.
The Clear Sky Sect and the Holy Spirit Battle Team would advance from the second group in first and second place, respectively.
Xu Sanshi supported Bei Bei as they walked toward the Tang Sect rest area, his expression grave.
"Actually, Bei Bei, you shouldn't have announced the Tang Sect's forfeiture so early. There's a very high chance the academy will face this Holy Spirit Battle Team in the next round. We still don't know how long Tianhuang's cultivation will take. If it were me going up, at the very least, I could have made him pay a price and prevented him from appearing in perfect condition."
"No, Sanshi, you're wrong. They won't give you that kind of opportunity."
Bei Bei shook his head deeply, his gaze falling on the black-robed woman in the Holy Spirit Battle Team's waiting area.
At this moment, Zhang Lexuan and Wang Qiu'er stood up to greet them.
Seeing the coldness in Zhang Lexuan's beautiful eyes, Bei Bei's expression changed slightly. He didn't quite dare meet Zhang Lexuan's gaze. From childhood to now, Zhang Lexuan had been like an elder sister to him; he felt only awe toward her.
However, Zhang Lexuan did not scold Bei Bei for overreaching himself in the match. Instead, with a serious expression, she personally led everyone away from the competition venue.
"Let's head back first."
But before the four of them had walked far, a laughter filled with murderous intent came from behind.
"You Shrek Academy people had better pray you don't meet us in the following matches. Next time, you won't be so lucky."
Yan Feng's handsome features, paired with his gentle, spring-breeze-like smile, actually made for quite a good appearance, yet his temperament was as cold and sinister as a venomous snake.
Everyone turned back and coldly glanced at Yan Feng without responding.
Upon returning to the Mingyue Grand Hotel, Zhang Lexuan had the Tang Sect team members move to Suite No. 1 on the top floor. Given Shrek Academy's special status on the continent, the Sun Moon Empire officials naturally would not deliberately make things difficult.
Moreover, Jiang Nannan had suffered such a heavy blow in the match and indeed needed to be appeased.
Suite No. 1 had a total of twenty rooms, more than enough to accommodate everyone from the Tang Sect.
...
Jiang Nannan lay on the bed, her face drained of color. At this moment, quite a few people had gathered in the room. Fortunately, Suite No. 1 was spacious enough that it did not feel crowded.
Wei Na stood by the bed. A pure white, flawless snow lotus bloomed at her chest, and soft light fell upon Jiang Nannan's body, continuously nourishing her.
The bloody, mangled wound on Jiang Nannan's left calf was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A moment later, Wei Na's long eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.
"How is Nannan's condition?" Tang Ya asked anxiously.
Wei Na shook her head apologetically.
"I have already healed her wound completely, but to re-transplant that soul bone, my abilities are still insufficient."
The room instantly fell silent.
"Princess Wei Na, thank you for your trouble," Zhang Lexuan was the first to break the oppressive atmosphere.
"We all come from the original Douluo Continent; helping each other is only natural."
Wei Na nodded lightly, then left the room with Mu Xue, who seemed to have something to say but hesitated, leaving the space to the Shrek Academy group.
As soon as they stepped out, Mu Xue could not hold back and said, "Wei Na, shouldn't those matters be discussed with the Shrek Academy people? Isn't this the perfect opportunity right now?"
"Sister Xue, do you think it's appropriate to bring that up now?" Wei Na helplessly parted her red lips.
"Don't worry. There will be an opportunity."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the chapters for today (づ￣3￣)づ╭～
"Don't forget there are 40 early chapters available on Patreon
[email protected]/facficmax10--------(@→a)