Chapter 86: Treasure Vault

The opponent is seriously injured, with obvious wounds on the right leg and abdomen, and the consumption of soul power is even greater.

His martial soul is a scale‑armored dragon fish, with decent defense and speed, but lacking a bit in offense.

The referee announced the Soul Battle's start, and the two immediately entered the Soul Battle arena.

Two yellow, two purple, the optimal Soul Ring Configuration of a Four Ring Soul Sect; his advantage is speed and defense, but with his right leg and abdomen wounded, his advantage can no longer be expressed.

In the battle within the Soul Battle arena, Tie Li rarely takes the initiative to strike.

"Even if I'm injured, you, a Three Ring Soul Honorable, could never be my opponent."

Entering Martial Soul Possession State, a layer of scales covers his body, making his physique closer to a dragon fish.

Tie Li's martial soul shifts into Thunder Hammer Form, releasing violet lightning that fills the surrounding water with a tingling electric current.

The Four Ring Soul Sect knows its remaining soul power is low and must finish the fight quickly.

The Third Soul Ring lights up; his soul power can release the Third Soul Skill only once.

The surrounding water converges on both sides of the Soul Sect's body, spinning rapidly to form two water tornadoes.

His Third Soul Skill underwater can not only manipulate the surrounding flow, imposing speed limits, and the condensed water tornadoes are certainly no problem for a Three Ring Soul Honorable.

Underwater, speed has always been Tie Li's weakness; facing the two sweeping water tornadoes, Tie Li can only brace hard.

"Boom"

A muffled thud sounds underwater; the Four Ring Soul Sect believes victory is assured. Compared with a Soul Master of the same level, his Third Soul Skill is a bit weaker offensively, but the opponent is only a Three Ring Soul Honorable, so his Third Soul Skill's power is definitely enough.

As a Forty‑Eight Level Battle Soul Sect, his Soul Power Level holds such a huge advantage, and he is unleashing a Thousand‑Year‑level Third Soul Skill; the opponent cannot come out unscathed.

When the murky water clears, Tie Li's figure emerges; the Lightning Armor is severely damaged, even the metal inner armor has been completely deformed by the opponent's soul skill attack.

The numerous wounds on his body look terribly severe; both gauntlet and greave have suffered considerable damage.

This blow almost drained the family fortune he had been hoarding for so long.

Yet the parts protected by armor did not sustain very serious injuries.

"You…" The Four Ring Soul Sect's eyes change; he no longer has soul power to cast soul skills, his stamina was almost exhausted in the previous round, and his abdomen and right leg have been heavily wounded again.

He is now a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!

Tie Li appears before him, swinging the thunder hammer in his hand; as Tie Li's Second Soul Ring lights up, the Four Ring Soul Sect's fate is already sealed.

The referee intervenes in the Soul Battle, but also indirectly announces its result.

Judging by Tie Li's current condition, his injuries are even more severe than the Four Ring Soul Sect's earlier wounds.

Count Daise glances at Tie Li, then suddenly says to the Second Ring Great Soul Master beside him.

"You go down and challenge him; he's badly injured and cannot be your opponent."

Not only Count Daise, that Great Soul Master also shares this thought.

Even a Three Ring Soul Honorable can defeat a weakened Four Ring Soul Sect; the gap between himself and a Soul Honorable is even smaller, and with such severe injuries, his chances of victory are great.

"Yes." The Second Ring Great Soul Master says excitedly.

He casts a glance at Tie Li crawling out of the Soul Battle arena, his wounds still bleeding.

He cannot be given rest time; he immediately heads to the entrance of the Soul Battle arena.

And the host also receives the notice.

"It's clear that the Soul Honorable on Count Daise's side is seriously wounded, but Count Bell seems unwilling to give him a breather; the Second Ring Great Soul Master who previously won for Count Daise's side is coming to challenge him."

Tie Li looks severely injured but has not hit any vital points; there are no fatal wounds.

His armor can no longer be used, so he simply retracts it into his storage ring, lightening his load.

As the host announces the Soul Battle's start, Tie Li once again enters the arena.

The opponent's Great Soul Master has both Hundred‑Year Soul Rings lighting up simultaneously; it's evident he wants to seize the victory of this Soul Battle without delay.

A slight smile curves Tie Li's mouth; this is exactly the result he wants.

If he kept relying on the Sea Soul Master's underwater advantage, he would still find it troublesome.

A frontal assault is what Tie Li hopes to see most.

When the distance between the Great Soul Master and Tie Li shrinks to three meters, a fierce snarl flashes across the Great Soul Master's face; he seems to have already foreseen his own elimination of Tie Li.

Yet when Tie Li's First and Second Soul Rings light up, a sense of danger surges in his heart.

Just moments ago he seemed very weak, but his aura suddenly spikes.

He can no longer halt his movement, cannot dodge, and can only watch helplessly as the massive hammer crackling with violet lightning rushes toward him.

"Bang"

Under that hammer strike, the Great Soul Master's body flies away like a ball violently blasted.

"Hahaha, well done." Count Daise lets out a hearty laugh; with that, the scores are now tied at three each.

If Count Bell had not let the Second Ring Great Soul Master challenge Tie Li, even if the Five Ring Soul King's Soul Battle were won by our side, it would at most be a draw.

Count Bell's expression turns very grim; the remaining outcome will be left to the final appearing Soul King.

Five Ring Soul King battles are rare even in the Grand Soul Battle arena.

"Borno, it's your turn now." Count Daise seems very confident about his own battling Soul King, his tone even lightens a bit.

"Rest assured, my lord Count, I will not miss my shot."

At this moment Tie Li returns, looking utterly disheveled.

Count Daise sees Tie Li and his face breaks into a smile.

"You truly did not disappoint me; I will never break my promise about the five‑thousand‑year whale blubber, you can rest easy."

"Fine."

Tie Li sits on a soft chair nearby, but his gaze also falls on the Soul Battle arena below; the Five Ring Soul King's battle also piques his interest.

The Borno sent by Count Daise is a Fifty‑Eight Level Soul King, with the optimal Soul Ring configuration of two yellow, two purple and one black, and he possesses a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

In contrast, the Soul King sent by Count Bell lags behind in Soul Ring configuration, with two yellow and three purple; although decent, the gap between a Thousand‑Year Soul Ring and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring is huge.

Just from the Soul Ring configuration, it seemed like a premonition of the outcome.

As expected, Bo'er nuo won this Soul Battle.

"Hahaha, Bei er Earl, I'll gladly take your mermaid." Daise Earl stood up, he was going to go claim his spoils.

Bei er Earl's face darkened, and he directly left the Grand Soul Battle Arena.

Tie Li, under Daise Earl's arrangement, first went to treat his injuries.

When Tie Li returned to the Earl's manor, it was already night.

Daise Baron kept his word, having the steward bring Tie Li to his vault to get the whale glue.

"The Earl said to me that if you come back, I can take you to the vault to get the whale glue." The steward said respectfully.

As the steward of the Earl's manor, he could roughly infer the meaning from his master's words; Daise Earl clearly intended to win over Tie Li, so naturally he would give him full respect.

(End of chapter)