Chapter 117 Rematch with Xiao Hongchen.
As Xiao Hongchen stepped onto the competition stage, his mind was still replaying the brief but intense clash between his sister and Wu Xuan.
In the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, a five-ring Soul King and a level five Soul Master at less than fifteen years old was a feat almost unparalleled in the history of the Sun Moon Empire. Therefore, Meng Hongchen, a five-ring Soul King, was only slightly inferior to him in talent.
Yet, even so, he was completely crushed by Wu Xuan, who was only a Soul Master.
Xiao Hongchen's gaze was solemn. Even someone as proud as him had to admit that at the same age, he was far inferior to Wu Xuan.
However, they were not peers; age was both his disadvantage and advantage. Now, his gaze towards Wu Xuan was filled with unwavering determination.
In fact, the moment Meng Hongchen was defeated, he understood that their Sun Moon team had been completely defeated in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, with no chance of defeating Shrek Academy.
Even if he were incredibly powerful, it would be impossible for him to defeat four students from Shrek Academy consecutively, especially since two of those students were top-tier Soul Emperors.
Unlike Ma Rulong and other regular team members, he was only participating in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament as a reserve player. Even if he lost to Shrek Academy, there would be another tournament. At that time, he and Meng Hongchen would be the absolute main force of the Sun Moon Team.
"Wu Xuan! You are indeed very strong, but that's enough. Defeating you when you're not at your peak might seem a bit unfair, but our Sun Moon Team needs this victory." Xiao Hongchen said with burning eyes.
Wu Xuan picked at his ear: "I still say the same thing, the younger generation who can defeat me hasn't been born yet. You can't!"
You can't! You can't! These three words kept echoing in his mind, piercing Xiao Hongchen's nerves.
"Fine, fine! I can't? Wu Xuan, you will pay the price for your arrogance."
"Both sides step back." Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu said in a deep voice, looking at the two who were locked in a fierce confrontation.
Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan turned and left immediately, and Xiao Hongchen took a deep breath and followed suit.
Once the two stood on opposite sides of the arena, they shouted, "The match begins!"
The two genius youths, facing off so fiercely, instantly stirred the emotions of the audience.
At the very moment the cheers erupted, the two unleashed their martial souls almost simultaneously.
Wu Xuan leaned slightly, and with a sudden wave of his right hand, pale blue soul power slowly gathered, creating a violent gust of wind.
The next moment, four soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, and black—far exceeding conventional understanding, quietly rose, eliciting cheers from the audience.
On the other side, "Croak—" A strange sound suddenly rang out, and a golden toad phantom solidified behind Xiao Hongchen, its body entirely golden. Strangely, this toad only had three legs.
As the martial soul possessed it, a dazzling golden film covered its body, the film possessing a metallic texture, clearly extraordinary.
Five optimal soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—slowly rose from beneath his feet.
The Three-Legged Golden Toad—this was Xiao Hongchen's martial soul, a top-tier beast martial soul, just like the Zhu Qing Ice Toad.
Wu Xuan wouldn't give Xiao Hongchen time to condense his soul tool. With a slight raise of his right hand, a wisp of azure light rapidly coalesced at his fingertip under the guidance of his spiritual power.
"Finger Wind Dragon!"
A crisp clang rang out, and a wisp of dark green wind flew from Wu Xuan's fingertip.
The instant it flew out, under Wu Xuan's powerful spiritual control, this wisp of dark green wind began to expand rapidly.
In just a few breaths, the wind expanded into a lifelike wind dragon over five meters long.
"Whoosh!" The wind dragon charged forward at lightning speed, crashing terrifyingly towards Xiao Hongchen's location.
Xiao Hongchen was greatly alarmed; in just a second or two of pause, the wind dragon had already reached the center.
There was no time to condense a soul tool. Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth and slapped his waist. The next moment, a thick, dark cannon barrel was slung over his shoulder.
As he supported the barrel, Xiao Hongchen's body slumped slightly, demonstrating the astonishing weight of the black soul tool cannon.
The cloth bag he threw with his left hand shattered, scattering a large amount of metal powder everywhere.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Sacrifice of Gold!"
Within the dark barrel of the soul-guided cannon, countless golden points of light suddenly blazed brightly, as if burning, and a rich metallic aura instantly boiled over.
A soul-guided ray as thick as a bucket shot out with terrifying force, causing the approaching wind dragon to crumble piece by piece, transforming into a sky full of emerald green breezes.
Wu Xuan sneered, "Third Soul Skill, Jade Wind!"
At this moment, Wu Xuan finally stopped holding back. His third soul ring shone brightly, and the emerald green breezes that had been floating in the air due to the shattered wind dragon suddenly gathered together.
"Clang!"
Wu Xuan made a single-handed clenching motion, and the emerald green wind instantly solidified, covering the thick soul-guided cannon in a few breaths, turning it into a piece of sharply defined emerald green crystal.
The soul-guided cannon that Xiao Hongchen had pulled out was directly covered by the crystal, becoming scrap metal.
The next moment, Wu Xuan lightly clenched both hands, and the emerald green breeze gathered, forming two short spears shimmering with emerald green luster in his hands.
Wu Xuan spun around and hurled his short spears, one after the other, aiming straight for Xiao Hongchen's chest.
Xiao Hongchen was horrified. He dropped the heavy cannon, which had transformed into a jade crystal, and rolled away, narrowly dodging the spear aimed at his chest. But before he could react, another short spear grazed his scalp, shaving his head and giving him a receding hairline.
"Wu Xuan!" Xiao Hongchen roared, his hands flashing out in a flurry of motion. A swarm of countless spheres shot out, rapidly turning red within moments before exploding in mid-air.
These locust-like spheres were all self-destructing soul tools.
Using the brief disruption from the self-destructing soul tools, Xiao Hongchen's first and third soul rings lit up simultaneously. He then waved his hands again, scattering at least a hundred metal spheres and a large amount of metal powder.
These metal spheres instantly floated in mid-air, completely enveloping him.
A bizarre scene unfolded the next instant: from the core of those metal spheres, thick metal cannon barrels sprouted.
Yes, that was growth; these metal cannon barrels appeared out of thin air, not released by Xiao Hongchen. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a giant hedgehog.
Xiao Hongchen's first and third soul skills were called Metal Control and Metal Formation, respectively. The metal spheres he had thrown were actually the core arrays of soul-guided cannons, and the cannon barrels were formed by his control over metal elements.
Immediately afterward, his second and fourth soul rings shone brightly. Countless golden points of light suddenly appeared in the air, rushing wildly towards Xiao Hongchen. Each point of light, upon approaching his body, emitted a faint golden halo, as if it were burning, and a rich metallic aura instantly boiled over.
As these golden lights merged in, the metal cannon barrels began to emit a dazzling light.
Xiao Hongchen possessed 128 soul-guided cannons, all composed of level-five soul tools. With a series of clanging sounds, all the cannon barrels automatically calibrated, pointing directly at Wu Xuan, who was charging forward after breaking through his self-destructing soul tool.
A terrifying storm of soul power swept in. On the arena of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, Xiao Hongchen finally revealed his true strength. Wu Xuan narrowed his eyes. As his soul power surged wildly, a turbulent emerald green hurricane instantly roared out, engulfing the storm of soul power. The storm of soul power was annihilated and dissipated by the gale in the blink of an eye. This shocking scene drew gasps from the audience.
"Hmph! I don't believe your soul power can last long." Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth, and the 128 soul-guided cannons around him continued to roar wildly.
On the city wall, Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger clan's expression changed slightly, his voice heavy as he said, "Your Majesty! The strength of this Xiao Hongchen is far superior to that girl who used poison. I never imagined that the Sun Moon Empire would have such a genius Soul Master."
Xu Jiawei nodded in deep agreement and sighed. "Alas! My worst fears have come true."
Dai Hao comforted him, "Your Majesty need not worry too much. The Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire is already too old, and the princes are constantly fighting. It's unlikely that he will make any major moves in the next ten years or so."
"Indeed! We still have time to catch up. My dear brother, it's rare to have a leisurely gathering like this. Let's not talk about state affairs, let's watch the competition first!" Xu Jiawei said with a faint smile.
"Yes!"
On the competition stage! In less than a minute, the emerald green wind barrier separating the two sides was forcefully blasted apart by Xiao Hongchen's howling soul guide rays.
A genuinely confident smile appeared on Xiao Hongchen's face. So what if she has an ultimate martial soul? Competing with me in soul power consumption is just courting death.
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