Chapter 222: Ambush

Du Gu Yan's body contains Du Gu Bo's Inner Elixir, a close‑bloodline connection; Du Gu Yan can exert part of the Inner Elixir's effect.

Tang San could sense that Du Gu Yan's Bi Lin Snake Poison had fundamentally changed; as a Tang Sect disciple, it was his first time finding poison troublesome.

The most obvious improvement came from the amplification of soul skills.

Under the Inner Elixir's strengthening, Du Gu Yan's four major soul skills were all enhanced,

Du Gu Yan's first, second, and third Soul Rings lit up, and three‑colored Poison Fog surged from her mouth, quickly forming a toxic control field.

"Xiao Wu, retreat to my side." Tang San shouted to Xiao Wu at once.

This lethal poison, which even he found troublesome, would naturally not let Xiao Wu risk herself.

Du Gu Yan's first and second soul techniques, originally only Hundred‑Year Soul Techniques, under the Inner Elixir's strengthening reached the level of Thousand‑Year Soul Techniques.

The key point is that the Inner Elixir provides her with soul power.

Casting the three major soul techniques at once, the consumed soul power can be replenished quickly.

At this moment, Du Gu Yan saw Tang San fear her Bi Lin Snake Poison and showed a faint smile.

But before she could enjoy it for long, she was immediately shocked by what lay before her.

The weak Blue Silver Grass martial soul showed no fear of the lethal poison, tearing through her Poison Fog in a frenzy.

"How can that be? My lethal poison can even dissolve Diamond Vine, yet his martial soul is plainly Blue Silver Grass." Du Gu Yan said incredulously.

Since the lethal poison cannot restrain Blue Silver Grass, Tang San must now display the great power of a control‑type Soul King.

In an instant, the entire arena was covered with dense Blue Silver Grass, like a massive python of Blue Silver Grass launching a fierce assault on Yu Tianheng and Du Gu Yan.

Waiting for the chance, Xiao Wu seized it and instantly teleported behind Yu Tianheng.

What met him was Xiao Wu's First Soul Technique, Waist Bow!

Yu Tianheng immediately countered, a torrent of lightning surged from his body; at the lightning level of Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus, even the defense granted by martial soul possession could not withstand it.

Du Gu Yan saw Yu Tianheng in trouble, and her fourth Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

Fourth Soul Technique, Bi Lin Thrust!

And her target was Xiao Wu!

Likewise, Xiao Wu's fourth Soul Ring emitted a dazzling light.

Fourth Soul Technique, Invincible Golden Body!

Yu Tianheng's thunderous might and Du Gu Yan's fourth Soul Technique landed on the Invincible Golden Body; not only did they cause no harm to Xiao Wu, but they also exposed themselves to Tang San's view.

Fifth Soul Technique, Blue Silver Tyrant Spear!

This is a Ten Thousand Year Soul Technique single‑target attack; the damage it deals is not comparable to a Thousand‑Year Soul Technique.

From the start, Xiao Wu used teleportation to appear behind Yu Tianheng, and everything entered Tang San's calculations.

Using the invincibility time of the Invincible Golden Body to lure their attacks, thereby exposing their weak points, and finally eliminating them with the Ten Thousand Year Soul Technique.

All of this was meticulously planned and arranged by Tang San.

Du Gu Yan, possessing the Inner Elixir, has a control ability comparable to a Soul King, but compared with Tang San, she is still far behind.

With Yu Tianheng and Du Gu Yan eliminated, the Tiandou Royal Team's situation can be described as very poor.

The second match featured Yu Feng and Ao Si Luo, who faced the double‑strong combo of Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai.

It is clear that the Slyke Team does not intend to drag the contest to a third round, aiming to finish the competition in the second match.

Yu Feng and Ao Si Luo's pairing was originally meant to sacrifice a high‑quality horse to the opponent's horse, but the first move miscalculated, and the second step naturally resulted in a crushing defeat.

Yu Feng and Ao Si Luo could not even apply much pressure before being eliminated by Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

Winning two consecutive matches means the Slyke Team advances to the next round without needing a third bout.

The two teams advancing to the finals remain the Slyke Team and the martial soul Dian Team.

Tie Li found this scene rather surprising; his appearance, like a butterfly, seemed to cause a great effect, yet also seemed to bring little change.

The two teams in the Soul Master Competition finals remain the Slyke Team and the martial soul Dian Team.

The Spirit Hall announced the finals format: it is divided into individual matches, team matches, and the 2‑2‑3 group matches.

The three formats each count as one point; whichever team first reaches two points becomes the champion of this Soul Master Competition.

The finals are scheduled for seven days from now!

But all this has little to do with Tie Li; eliminated teams cannot enter the Papal Hall to watch the matches.

Returning to the team's lodging, after a quick tidy‑up, they must prepare to head back to Tiandou City.

On the way back, Du Gu Bo and three Committee Members escorted them; the main and reserve squads of the Tiandou Royal Team were eliminated in the semifinals, so they were escorted back to the academy together.

"You can wield three thunder sounds; that truly exceeds my expectations." Du Gu Bo entered the carriage where Tie Li sat, having witnessed the battle, and was greatly shocked by Tie Li's ability to emit three thunder sounds.

"Three thunder sounds gave me the confidence to break through their Soul Fusion Technique's self‑created soul skill, but the strain on my body was immense; I almost perished by my own hand." Tie Li said.

"Hahaha, you speak as if it were easy; the old dragon of your Fenglei Sect, with an eighty‑eight level soul power cultivation, only then grasped the three thunder sounds;

but with those three thunder sounds, he could still hard‑counter the old fellow Tuoba Xi."

Tuoba Xi, sect master of the Holy Dragon Sect, a ninety‑one level Douluo, whose martial soul is White Armored Earth Dragon.

"By the way, what's up with Yan Zi? I don't recall her having such strong combat power."

"Haha, you saw through it." Du Gu Bo did not hide it and revealed the matter of the Dan Pearl.

"What a pity, you said if I also gave the poison pill to Yan Yan, could we surpass that kid Tang San."

Although Du Gu Bo was still a bit unwilling about his granddaughter losing to Tang San, anyone with eyes could see the gap between them, not only in strength but also that Tang San possessed the calm mind required of a control type.

"This poison pill, Yan Zi probably cannot use." Tie Li shook his head; the poison pill differs from Du Gu Bo's Dan Pearl, which relies on cultivation through the martial soul.

Du Gu Yan's martial soul can be said to originate from Du Gu Bo; the close bloodline lets her wield part of the Dan Pearl's power, but the poison pill was forged by Du Gu Bo, ultimately using his Ultimate Lightning to successfully condense the pill.

Without Du Gu Bo's martial soul and soul power, it would be hard to use the poison pill; it might even backfire on the Soul Master.

Leaving the bounds of Wu Hun City and about to enter Tiandou Empire territory, they saw a troop ahead, initially thinking it was an Imperial reinforcement.

But after seeing the armor and battle flags, they realized this troop was not of the Tiandou Empire.

But it is the army of the Xingluo Empire.

"You bastard, this prince will definitely kill you today."

(End of chapter)