Chapter 111: The Emergence of the Xuanming Armor
Given the situation of the battle between Shrek and the Star Luo Royal Academy, if it dragged on, Shrek's team would likely suffer a great loss—especially since the control-type Soul Master Tang San, a Soul Lord, was said to be countered, considering that both sides originally had a Soul Lord level difference in soul power.
According to Yu Xiaogang's strategy, Tang San's main role was to protect Ye Lingling and control the battlefield; he didn't need to exert strong offensive power but had to immediately support others with the Blue Silver Grass.
However, it was obvious that the Star Luo Royal Academy's team arranged their lineup specifically to counter Shrek's lineup against God Wind Academy, especially targeting Tang San, the core control-type.
In particular, Yang Xiong's impressive fight against Feng Xiaotian in the previous match was noteworthy. This time, Zhu Zhuyun was deliberately assigned to restrain Yang Xiong. It was clear Zhu Zhuyun was not seeking a quick victory but only to hold Yang Xiong back, then seize the moment to attack.
After a full ten minutes of battle, Yang Xiong and Zhu Zhuyun had basically run all over the arena. Both sides had support players preventing the other from reaching their core targets.
Even when Yang Xiong used teleportation, Zhu Zhuyun reacted extremely quickly, immediately unleashing her third soul skill, Nether Spring Drop, disregarding the soul power consumption on her body—confident because her soul power was level 47.
Although Tang San was countered, Zhu Zhuyun couldn't easily get close enough to attack Ye Lingling.
Compared to Yang Xiong, Dai Mubai and the Shi brothers were having a harder time. They had to face Davis and Ying Wei, and also deal with agile attack-type Soul Masters launching quick sneak attacks, making them somewhat outmatched.
Especially Dai Mubai, who had been hit multiple times by Davis's soul skills. If not for his rebellious and tenacious personality plus Ye Lingling's healing, he would have fallen long ago.
Most of Ye Lingling's healing soul power was focused on Dai Mubai, while Davis particularly targeted him as well. This was why the Shrek team managed to hold on.
Seeing their team gradually at a disadvantage, the usually restrained Tang San finally grew a bit angry, becoming more determined in battle.
Seizing the instant after Dai Mubai and Davis collided, Tang San immediately unleashed his first soul skill: Entanglement. Countless Blue Silver Grass suddenly sprouted from the ground, rapidly wrapping around Davis and several others—his second soul skill: Parasitism.
Lin Yao, who had been focusing on Tang San, immediately activated his third soul skill: Fire Shadow Meteor. Countless flaming feathers from the fire eagle rained down, turning the entire arena into a sea of fire.
As the Blue Silver Grass was about to be burned to ashes, Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng exchanged a glance. Dai Mubai directly unleashed his fourth soul skill: White Tiger Meteor Shower. Yu Tianheng simultaneously unleashed his fourth soul skill: Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Dash, clearly trying to seize this moment to heavily injure Davis.
Seeing Davis surrounded and under attack, Ying Wei also activated his fourth soul skill: Buffalo Charge, forcefully standing in front of Davis to tank the soul skills from Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng.
Davis gritted his teeth and unleashed his fourth soul skill: White Soul Annihilation. A huge white tiger immediately emitted endless light, seemingly even more powerful than Dai Mubai's White Tiger Meteor Shower.
Tang San, moving at lightning speed, wielded the Haotian Hammer and smashed it directly at Davis, clearly unwilling to give up without knocking him down.
Both sides collided fiercely, seemingly disregarding soul power consumption, but Davis's strength was indeed formidable. Though hit hard and thrown dozens of meters, he stood spitting blood, clearly injured but still standing.
At that moment, Zhu Zhuyun launched her fourth soul skill: Nether Slash against Yang Xiong. Yang Xiong punched directly into Zhu Zhuyun's attack, but she feinted, retreating like a shadow to Davis's side.
Yu Tianheng, Tang San, and Dai Mubai's powerful coordinated attacks were met at that instant by the two agile attack-type Soul Masters of the Star Luo Empire, who used a diversion tactic, heavily striking Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai. Only Tang San avoided the attack by relying on Ghost Shadow's elusive movement.
Davis and Zhu Zhuyun exchanged a glance and quickly came together, fusing their soul powers at high speed. The huge white tiger and the agile Nether Spirit Cat combined in an instant to form a gigantic black tiger—their soul fusion skill: Nether White Tiger.
At the same moment, the Shangshan Ruoshui sisters unleashed their fourth soul skills, merging two streams of water energy into the huge Nether White Tiger, which immediately let out a mighty roar, displaying the overwhelming pressure of the king of beasts.
Before anyone could react, the Nether White Tiger sprang up, leapt past the Shrek team, and with a massive tiger paw struck Ye Lingling. Even though Tang San wanted to support Ye Lingling with Blue Silver Grass, he was too far away after attacking Davis suddenly. Ye Lingling was directly slammed onto the arena floor by the Nether White Tiger's paw.
Yang Xiong flashed over to the Shangshan Ruoshui sisters, clenched both fists, and with his powerful body struck a Bone-Shattering Punch, knocking both sisters off the arena.
At this point, both sides began to lose members. The support players on both teams were knocked off the arena, and the following battle grew even more intense.
The Nether White Tiger was indeed powerful, at least at the level of a top Soul King, especially fast. It ignored Yang Xiong's attacks on their two support players and quickly moved toward the Shi brothers.
Though the Shi brothers fought with all their strength, their reactions were still too slow or not agile enough. Their turtle shells were shattered by the Nether White Tiger, and both were knocked off the arena.
Originally Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng were supposed to assist the Shi brothers, but both were seriously injured, and the Nether White Tiger was simply too fast—combining the toughness of an ordinary white tiger and the agility of the Nether Spirit Cat, it was one of the strongest soul fusion skills.
The battle gradually began to shift in favor of Star Luo Royal Academy. Given the strength of the Shrek team, they clearly could not withstand the Nether White Tiger. Without Zhu Zhuyun restraining him, no one could hold Yang Xiong's speed.
As time passed, with the huge Nether White Tiger at the core, the Star Luo Royal Academy gradually attacked Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Tang San, while Yang Xiong used his speed to strike at several agile attack-type Soul Masters, since his task was to seize the opponent's gaps and defeat them.
No matter if Tang San used his fourth soul skill: Spider Web Bind or wielded the Haotian Hammer, against the powerful Nether White Tiger, it was complete domination in strength and speed. The Spider Web Bind was quickly broken, and even the Haotian Hammer was knocked away.
Seeing Dai Mubai and the others covered in wounds yet stubbornly resisting the Nether White Tiger.
Especially Dai Mubai, his eyes blazing with arrogance and defiance, clearly unwilling to admit defeat, seeming ready to die rather than surrender.
Yang Xiong's eyes showed a hint of sympathy. After all, he had been with Dai Mubai for over two years. Although Dai Mubai was somewhat reckless, he had the responsibility of a team captain and a clear sense of his position.
Yu Xiaogang and the others stared fixedly at the arena. This battle wasn't just about winning or losing, but also about Dai Mubai's life or death. Even Tang San and Yu Tianheng were fighting desperately to defend Dai Mubai against the Nether White Tiger.
Even Ning Rongrong, who usually had some friction with Dai Mubai, showed rare sympathy and frustration. If the arena situation continued this way, Shrek would surely be defeated.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but sigh: "Well, we're classmates after all. I can't just watch you die for nothing. I'll help you one last time—hope you won't disappoint me."
The huge Nether White Tiger brought its paw down. Dai Mubai used all his remaining soul power, ignoring his injuries, trying to activate the White Tiger Protective Shield to block it.
But at that moment, Yang Xiong appeared in front of Dai Mubai at incredible speed and pushed him aside.
The once extremely arrogant Nether White Tiger suddenly spoke: "I originally wanted to finish you off last, but didn't expect you to come to die. Fine, I'll grant your wish."
Yang Xiong snorted coldly: "You two? Don't make me laugh."
Yang Xiong's entire body turned silver. His tall frame suddenly seemed to swell, revealing terrifying muscles.
The Nether White Tiger's paw came down with immense force, pushing Yang Xiong back several meters. The attack's power was truly overwhelming.
But in that instant, Yang Xiong exerted all his strength to resist. His soul power suddenly seemed to change, breaking through the bottleneck from level 39 to level 40—the breakthrough to Soul宗 (Soul宗: Soul Monarch).
Everyone gasped in surprise. Yang Xiong, who was still only a Soul Lord, managed to break through under such pressure. His combat talent was frightening—he could even contend with the top-tier soul fusion skill of the Nether White Tiger.
As the Nether White Tiger charged again, the previously tense Yang Xiong suddenly relaxed. Thick armor appeared on his front and back. The armor resembled the Shi brothers' turtle shells but lacked the back shell, resembling the front chest armor. The entire armor was silver, appearing ancient yet extremely compact.
Now clad in armor, Yang Xiong punched the Nether White Tiger directly. Though his strength might not surpass the tiger, the armor gave him incredibly strong defense.
Everyone watched in amazement again, even those titled Douluo stared fixedly at Yang Xiong's armor.
The Nether White Tiger's strength was well-known, but Yang Xiong's armor defense was even more terrifying. Even when the tiger struck his chest, nothing happened. Instead, Yang Xiong took the chance to punch the tiger's head, causing it to emit a sharp, miserable howl.
They collided repeatedly. The dark figure of the Nether White Tiger seemed to fade slightly, nearing the limits of Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.
The Nether White Tiger let out a roar and appeared to gather all its power into its mouth, releasing a terrifying black beam toward Yang Xiong—a last desperate strike.
Yang Xiong coldly snorted, and his Xuanming Armor glowed. A huge silver shield appeared in front of him—the Xuanming Armor soul bone skill: Impenetrable Fortress.
The black beam hit the silver shield, which remained perfectly still, completely ignoring the enemy's attack.
The black Nether White Tiger gradually faded and finally transformed back into Davis and Zhu Zhuyun collapsed on the ground, exhausted and unconscious from injuries.
Yang Xiong flashed forward and quickly knocked the last Star Luo Royal Academy member off the arena. Thus, everyone from Star Luo Royal Academy was defeated.
Only then did the referee announce that the Shrek team from Tian Dou Royal Academy had won the final victory.
But everyone's attention focused on Yang Xiong's external soul bone, the Xuanming Armor. Its strength exceeded everyone's expectations—it could withstand attacks two major levels higher. Especially since external soul bones could grow stronger, its future defense would be terrifying.
Especially since Yang Xiong's martial soul was his body, which was relatively fragile. But with the Xuanming Armor, his body's weaknesses were basically compensated for, making him balanced in offense and defense. This external soul bone was absolute defense, its value possibly surpassing the three rewarded soul bones.
(End of chapter)
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