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"Whew!"
After several minutes, Yu Tianheng finally managed to recover slightly from his injuries.
Exhaling a heavy breath, he slowly crawled up from the ground.
"You were right, Xiao Lin. I truly was lacking. I shouldn't have tried to meet you head-on with brute force."
The previous arrogance and the anger from Xiao Lin's mockery had vanished from Yu Tianheng's eyes. The current Yu Tianheng was in his most powerful state.
A calm Yu Tianheng.
Having regained the resilient character befitting the Young Clan Leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Tianheng was now incomparably serious.
"My Dragon Transformation possesses immense destructive power; I usually only need my first three soul skills to deal with average Soul Ancestors. This gave me too much pride. However, I now know that there is always a heaven beyond the heaven, and people beyond people."
Yu Tianheng licked his parched lips and flashed a confident smile.
"But I, Yu Tianheng, am absolutely not a waste who can't even force out your Martial Soul."
The moment he finished speaking, Yu Tianheng let out a cold snort.
He actually dispersed the so-called Dragon Transformation right arm, opting instead to transform into the standard possession state used by most Beast Martial Soul masters.
As the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon possessed him, his muscles expanded rapidly, and a series of loud cracks echoed from his bones. In moments, Yu Tianheng had taken on the appearance of a half-dragon.
His height increased by at least 50 centimeters.
His powerful muscles completely shredded his upper garments, revealing a torso covered in blue dragon scales. Powerful lightning snaked across the thick scales, forming coils of electricity around his body.
"Fourth Soul Skill: Dragon's Encouragement!"
Suddenly, a deep purple soul ring expanded beneath Yu Tianheng's feet, and a peculiar sound began to emanate from his body.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Gradually, these strange sounds developed a rhythm, turning into a thunderous drumming. It was as if someone were beating war drums to cheer Yu Tianheng on. As the drumming sounds radiated from him, Xiao Lin noticed that all of Yu Tianheng's statuses were recovering.
No—they were being reinforced.
"Is that the sound of his heart?"
Xiao Lin's eyes were sharp.
He saw through the nature of Yu Tianheng's soul skill at a glance. Likely, once his heart began to beat with that drum-like rhythm, all of Yu Tianheng's attributes were bolstered. No wonder Qin Ming ordered the other students to guard the door and let no one up.
This move of Yu Tianheng's was essentially a "Plus Version" of Xiao Wu's speed reinforcement.
Clearly, Yu Tianheng's speed reinforcement included all types of speed, and his strength reinforcement included all types of strength... With this move active, his base stats had likely reached the level of a Soul King.
"Xiao Lin, you are the first opponent to see my fourth soul skill. From here on, I will go all out."
Yu Tianheng spoke clearly, hoping Xiao Lin wouldn't remain overconfident, lest he be killed by a single punch.
Xiao Lin, of course, would not be careless.
This kind of all-around attribute reinforcement wasn't just a simple buff.
It was a perfect combat form—one could even say a soul skill designed specifically for war. No wonder Yu Tianheng needed to revert to a standard Martial Soul Possession; only in this form could he push his destructive potential to the limit, adhering to the "Law of the Minimum."
Xiao Lin put the baton back into his storage Soul Tool.
"To be honest, I haven't been this excited in a long time."
Xiao Lin smiled.
He reached his right hand up to his ear, and a tiny, toothpick-sized Horned Dragon Staff was summoned into his palm. In the next instant, it expanded rapidly, reaching its full two-and-a-half-meter form.
The current Horned Dragon Staff not only shimmered with a silver-white metallic luster but also featured faint patterns of lightning and flames.
"Martial Soul: Horned Dragon Staff!"
As soon as Xiao Lin spoke, Yu Tianheng charged forward impatiently.
"First Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon Claw; Second Soul Skill: Thunder Crash; Third Soul Skill: Thunder Fury!"
In a breath of time, Yu Tianheng used all his skills in succession. By the time he reached Xiao Lin, his entire body was shrouded in lightning, and the intense electricity had condensed into a suit of thunderous armor around him.
Yu Tianheng's right arm was even more incredible; even without the physical Dragon Transformation, the power of his Thunder Dragon Claw was not the least bit inferior to its previous state.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the rhythmic drumming echoed in his ears, Xiao Lin's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Good! Excellent! Yu Tianheng, you are truly fantastic!"
Facing Yu Tianheng's assault, Xiao Lin took a single step back before lunging forward with explosive force.
"First Soul Skill: Heaven and Earth Toss! Second Soul Skill: Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash!"
The Vajra Imperishable soul power circulated throughout Xiao Lin's body before erupting into an infinite brilliance.
The blinding flash forced everyone present to snap their eyes shut.
On the arena, Yu Tianheng was momentarily blinded by the lightning glare, but his all-around attribute reinforcement allowed him to track Xiao Lin's position by ear. He raised his Thunder Dragon Claw to meet the descending Horned Dragon Staff.
Boom!
A titanic collision shook the air, sending a massive shockwave of wind and pressure rippling out from the center of the arena. Outside the stage, Ning Rongrong squeezed her eyes shut, utterly shaken by this terrifying display of power.
Are these really just a Soul Elder and a Soul Ancestor?
Crack!
The sound of bone fracturing reached Yu Tianheng's ears, sending a jolt of alarm through him. He immediately condensed a Thunder Dragon Claw on his left arm as well, using both limbs to force Xiao Lin's Horned Dragon Staff back.
"Hahaha! I acknowledge you, Yu Tianheng! Among all those I have fought, no one's attack is stronger than yours. I am willing to call you the strongest of your rank!"
As the blinding light faded, it was replaced by Xiao Lin's booming laughter and his seemingly paradoxical praise.
A Soul Elder calling a Soul Ancestor the "strongest of the rank"?
Then what did that make this Soul Elder? Was he simply invincible across ranks?
Though Xiao Lin's words were arrogant, Yu Tianheng didn't object.
He had already fully recognized Xiao Lin's formidable strength. Moments later, Yu Tianheng's fractured right arm began to knit back together, mending under the influence of the rhythmic heart-drumming.
All-around reinforcement, after all, included recovery speed.
The current Yu Tianheng was no weaker than a true Sub-Dragon soul beast of the same level.
"Roar!"
Yu Tianheng let out a fierce howl, expelling the turbid air from his lungs.
He took a sharp breath and pushed off with his calves, cracking the floor of the arena as he vanished. In the next heartbeat, he appeared before Xiao Lin, unleashing both Thunder Dragon Claws and a deluge of lightning.
Xiao Lin smiled at the incoming assault.
He spun the Horned Dragon Staff in mid-air, utilizing the Vajra Imperishable soul power to grind down the terrifying lightning.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
For a time, the center of the arena sounded like a high-speed saw cutting through metal.
Xiao Lin and Yu Tianheng exchanged five or six rapid-fire blows, momentarily locked in a stalemate. However, Xiao Lin soon found the opening he was waiting for as the intensity of the lightning flickered.
Drawing on his vast combat experience, he transitioned into the Eight Trigrams Staff Method, thrusting the staff directly toward Yu Tianheng's face.
"You're quite strong, but how will you block the second strike?"
"What?"
Yu Tianheng didn't understand, but his reinforced body granted him a sharpened sixth sense.
A true crisis was looming from behind!
He crossed his arms to briefly parry the frontal thrust and leaned back to dodge. Yet, as he turned his head to catch a glimpse of the threat behind him with his peripheral vision, his pupils constricted in horror.
"That shadow... it actually—!"
Boom!
Before he could process the thought, a shadow—wielding its own Horned Dragon Staff—slammed into his back.
"Gah!"
The agonizing pain from the strike nearly severed Yu Tianheng's control over his body.
He felt his blood surge violently and his internal organs scream in pain. Spitting out a mouthful of blood, his vision went black. He collapsed onto the Spirit Fighting Arena, his Martial Soul Possession slowly fading away.
The match was decided!
"So scary. I almost lost to you!"
Xiao Lin smiled faintly and withdrew the Horned Dragon Staff.
Throughout the entire match, he hadn't used his third soul skill, his Tool Soul Avatar Physique, or even his "Charging State 2."
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