Chapter 171: line with translation of chapter title

Tang San and Yang Wudi retreated at the same time, but Tang San's reaction was even quicker; stepping with Ghost Shadow Traversal, he halted the retreat force, then once again entangled her Yang Po Jun and rushed forward, the Haotian Hammer in his hand likewise blazing with dark light, his lower leg driving his waist to exert force—this was exactly the Wild Sweeping Hammer Technique!

Tang San's timing was undoubtedly well seized, for at this moment Yang Po Jun had not yet completely halted his retreat.

But the flaw of the Po clan is so obvious—how could they not have a way to make up for it?

Yang Po Jun didn't even bother to look at Tang San; the Soul-Breaking Spear in his hand thrust out again from his grasp, the dark spear tip pointing straight at Tang San's Haotian Hammer.

Although Tang San's attack was swift, Yang Po Jun's combat awareness was not weak; the Soul-Breaking Spear and Haotian Hammer collided, Yang Po Jun took advantage of the momentum to retreat two steps, then steadied his stance, and once again actively met Tang San's Haotian Hammer.

Yang Po Jun brought down the spear in his hand, following the forward thrust; he slapped upward forcefully with his left hand on the shaft, and the huge spear tip instantly, like a heavy sword, chopped toward Tang San's chest.

This attack shocked Tang San inside, because Yang Po Jun actually completely disregarded his own Haotian Hammer's assault.

Undoubtedly, after Tang San's Haotian Hammer executed the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique, each strike's power would keep increasing; thus the power of this second strike naturally would be even more terrifying than before.

Yang Po Jun this time had no defense, actually wanting to trade injury for injury? Tang San's Haotian Hammer this time could directly strike Yang Po Jun's left chest, but Yang Po Jun's Soul-Breaking Spear would likewise chop at his chest before that; with Yang Po Jun's Soul-Breaking Spear's attack power, if it hit, even with Tang San's current strength he could not escape unharmed.

Moreover, what surprised Tang San most was that this attack appeared to be a mutual loss, yet Yang Po Jun's attack was somehow faster than Tang San's.

Even if trading injury for injury, Tang San turned out to be the one who suffered more.

Therefore, Tang San's second strike did not land on Yang Po Jun's body, but on the Soul-Breaking Spear he chopped down.

Tang San was forced to defend against Yang Po Jun's assault, because Yang Po Jun had completely abandoned defense, leaving only offense! Tang San felt somewhat complex inside, but the speed at which he swung his Haotian Hammer increased even more; could he still be restrained by a mere forty-seventh-level Soul Ancestor?

Third strike…… fourth strike…… sixth strike…… ninth strike……

The Haotian Hammer and Soul-Breaking Spear collided repeatedly, and Yang Po Jun, relying on his fearless offensive, actually ended up evenly matched with Tang San.

Suddenly, Tang San leapt up violently, his Haotian Hammer falling like a great axe that splits mountains, pointing straight at Yang Po Jun's face; both the attack's force and its aura were several degrees stronger than before.

And accompanying this was the black fourth soul ring that lit up on Tang San's body surface, also his sole ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Tang San no longer wanted to keep waiting, because he discovered that Yang Po Jun would completely disregard his own defense, only knowing how to attack.

Moreover, relying solely on the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique, Tang San found it difficult for a while to defeat Yang Po Jun, instead being restricted everywhere, because Yang Po Jun's attack was overly fierce and decisive.

When facing Yang Po Jun, Tang San felt it was more difficult and taxing than facing Feng Xiao Tian; as long as he was slightly inattentive and got pierced by that Soul-Breaking Spear, he could declare this match over.

At this moment, Yang Po Jun could explain it with this sentence: 'I can make many mistakes, but the opponent can only make one.'

This is the might and terror of the ultimate-attack Soul-Breaking Spear.

With the use of the ten-thousand-year soul skill, the dark light on the Haotian Hammer surged again; terrifying soul power fluctuations condensed in an instant, and the Haotian Hammer in Tang San's hand descended upon Yang Po Jun with a terrifying might like a collapsing mountain and tsunami.

'Fourth Soul Skill: Thousand Army Break!'

And Yang Po Jun showed no panic or dodge; his action remained simple: turn, pull the Soul-Breaking Spear backward, then fiercely kick his right foot out, directly striking the spear tip, causing the huge Soul-Breaking Spear to instantly swing up.

This time, the fourth soul ring on the Soul-Breaking Spear also lit up, and the entire Soul-Breaking Spear was completely shrouded in black.

'Fourth Soul Skill: Shatter!'

The Haotian Hammer and Soul-Breaking Spear violently collided again, a booming sound rang out on the stage, and the competition platform where Yang Po Jun stood cracked open again, due to their terrifying attacks.

The spectators on site again exclaimed in shock! The competition platform cracked again? This damn thing isn't supposed to withstand attacks of Soul Emperor level! Whereas the others present were shocked, at this moment Tang San and Yang Po Jun both stared fixedly at each other without looking away.

From that recent collision, Tang San's right hand gripping the Haotian Hammer is now completely numb, and the surging qi and blood caused a trace of fresh blood to seep from the corner of his mouth.

What kind of body does he have? He actually got injured in a single collision! And it's another internal injury!

Although Yang Po Jun's soul power has reached forty-seventh level, Tang San can be forty-ninth level, and Tang San possesses eight soul rings and a ten-thousand-year soul ring that enhance his body, four of those soul rings being over five thousand years old, and he even has a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Therefore, Tang San's physical robustness is definitely above Yang Po Jun's, yet despite that, facing the Soul-Breaking Spear's extremely strong attack capability, he still got injured.

However, Yang Po Jun's condition is even worse; although his final all-out strike heavily wounded Tang San, his own body was also numbed by the Haotian Hammer's terrifying attack and force, his hands gripping the Soul-Breaking Spear planted before him to support himself so he wouldn't fall, and Yang Po Jun spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

After spitting out that mouthful of fresh blood, Yang Po Jun finally gave Tang San a deep look, his Soul-Breaking Spear martial spirit gradually dissipated, and his whole body directly collapsed onto the competition platform.

Seeing this, the members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Team could no longer stay seated; Zuo Yan directly manifested his martial soul and flew up, catching the about-to-fall Yang Po Jun.

Seeing this, the referee immediately shouted loudly: 'Seven Treasure Glazed Team College intervened in the match, Shrek Academy's Tang San wins!'

Tang San said nothing, silently watching Zuo Yan; although he had consecutively defeated Li Li and Yang Po Jun, his current condition is poor, Zuo Yan's strength is not weak at all, and given Tang San's current state he has no confidence at all to defeat Zuo Yan again.

One could say this is only when facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Team that Tang San feels so powerless, because the seven members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Team currently on the field are each top-tier geniuses, existences that can be called invincible among peers.

Even Yang Po Jun, a forty-seventh-level Soul Ancestor, can make me suffer such a great loss; if Yang Po Jun breaks through to Soul King, wouldn't his strength far surpass Feng Xiao Tian's?

After much hesitation, Tang San finally decided to concede, because tomorrow there is still the final promotion match, and in that final match Shrek Academy only has not yet faced Tian Shui Academy, so he needs to preserve his condition for tomorrow's match.

The remaining matches can only be left to teammates; although my opponents are not comparable to those few from the Seven Treasure Glazed Team, a few people taking turns in a wheel battle can still eliminate one person without problem.

Shrek Academy can afford to lose, but not lose too embarrassingly! Zuo Yan helped Yang Po Jun down and handed him over to Gu Xuan; after Gu Xuan received Yang Po Jun, he glanced at Tang San, and Tang San, upon seeing Gu Xuan, also showed an apologetic expression. Gu Xuan always sits in the Seven Treasure Glazed Team's rest area, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Team is supported by the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect; Tang San naturally knows Gu Xuan's relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Team, but he has no choice.

Gu Xuan merely smiled faintly, taking Yang Po Jun away; at the same time departing were Du Gu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling—Ye Lingling went to treat Yang Po Jun, after all, even though Ye Lingling is a Soul King support in public view, it's not that conspicuous.

As for Du Gu Yan and Ning Rongrong, they simply followed Gu Xuan.

Watching the three beauties leave, Shrek Academy's Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were all seething with envy! Gu Xuan's luck was simply too good! The lascivious beauties follow him every day! Gu Xuan took Yang Po Jun to get treatment, while Tang San, facing Zuo Yan, directly admitted defeat, and the next one to take the stage for Shrek Academy was Ma Hongjun.

Because Ma Hongjun is the only Soul Master in Shrek Academy capable of flight, anyone else facing Zuo Yan would inherently lose some advantage.

However, Ma Hongjun is only level forty-one; although his Phoenix Evil Fire is hard to control and immensely powerful, Zuo Yan's martial soul is now the Phoenix Divine Wings, which likewise commands the power of the Phoenix Flame, and it is pure Phoenix Flame, something Ma Hongjun's pirated version cannot compare to.

Furthermore, Yang Po Jun had been severely wounded by Tang San, and Zuo Yan had been holding in his anger, so with just a minute of time, the fully erupting Zuo Yan firmly grasped Ma Hongjun; even though Ma Hongjun controlled fire, after being defeated he was covered in light burns, showing that Zuo Yan held nothing back.

Fueled by anger, Zuo Yan showed no mercy and single-handedly defeated all the remaining members of Shrek Academy.

He burned the little white tiger, the little kitten; even when facing Zhu Zhuqing, possessor of the alluring D will, he showed no mercy.

However, at this moment Zuo Yan had just returned, Ye Lingling was still treating Yang Po Jun, while Du Gu Yan and Ning Rongrong had not followed.

Just then Gu Xuan happened to see Zuo Yan about to burn the little kitten and coughed; Zuo Yan glanced at Gu Xuan, then at Zhu Zhuqing, and finally gave her a light kick that sent her flying.

Seeing this, Dai Mubai was seething with envy, for his buttocks were almost burned to a crisp by Zuo Yan, his clothes sliced to ribbons by wind blades—how embarrassing could it be! In the end, the Seven Treasure Team faced off against the Shrek Team, and the overall score was a victory for the Seven Treasure Team.

And tomorrow is the final day of the promotion tournament; after this match ended, nobody lingered, and everyone rushed back to intensify their training.

The next day's match pitted the Seven Treasure Team against the Godwind Team, but since Du Gu Yan did not take action, there was no such thing as a single battle deciding the outcome.

However, while the Seven Treasure Team fears no Godwind Team in a group fight, in a one-on-one it is indeed quite tricky, yet they are not weak, because yesterday's rotational battle took out Tang San, and today they can still do the same to Feng Xiao Tian.

As long as Feng Xiao Tian loses, the other members of the Godwind Team are nothing to fear.

Therefore, in the first match against Feng Xiao Tian, the Seven Treasure Team's first contestant is Zhan Yu, whose defensive power can absolutely drain Feng Xiao Tian's soul power without issue.

Zhan Yu is now level forty-seven, and his terrifying defensive power even surpasses that of a defense-system Soul King; even though Feng Xiao Tian's strength has reached level fifty-one, eliminating Zhan Yu would absolutely require some effort.

Moreover, Zhan Yu is not simply letting Feng Xiao Tian attack him there now; although Zhan Yu currently lacks the strength to defeat Feng Xiao Tian head-on, his goal is merely to consume Feng Xiao Tian's soul power and condition.

So, at the start of their match, Zhan Yu directly took the offensive, because Feng Xiao Tian had not taken to the air.

Feng Xiao Tian found it rather helpless watching Zhan Yu, a defense-oriented Soul Master, take the initiative to attack; after going through yesterday's Seven Treasure Team's process of dealing with Tang San, Feng Xiao Tian had actually already been mentally prepared for this.

But it doesn't matter; even if they use a rotation battle to defeat him, Feng Xiao Tian himself also wants to eliminate two more members of the Seven Treasure Team, which would be enough to show his strength.

Facing Zhan Yu, who wanted to engage in melee himself, Feng Xiao Tian directly used his second soul skill, Twin Wolf Possession; attack, power, and defense all increased by fifty percent, and wolf claws sprang from both hands, beginning melee combat with Zhan Yu.

Zhan Yu, meanwhile, used his second soul skill, Dramatic Increase Defense; his defensive power instantly rose by eighty percent, and he used his Firm Defense Shield in his hand as an axe to trade blows with Feng Xiao Tian.

Feng Xiao Tian occasionally used his first soul skill, Wind Blade Formation, to launch a sneak attack on Zhan Yu, but although Zhan Yu's attack power was not high, his defensive power and defensive awareness were indeed extremely strong, so Feng Xiao Tian's Wind Blade Formation could only end in futility.

Moreover, after the melee, Feng Xiao Tian discovered that Zhan Yu's defensive power was terrifying, and his strength was also astonishing; the power of his multi-strike chop was actually not inferior to that of an axe! This left Feng Xiao Tian feeling helpless; wanting to defeat Zhan Yu relying solely on close-quarters sneak attacks was impossible, so he could only rely on sheer strength—but doing so would inevitably cause Feng Xiao Tian's soul power to be greatly depleted, which is an outcome he does not want to face.

But now there is no other way, because he has zero chance of a sneak attack.

After realizing there was no chance to win with a sneak attack, Feng Xiao Tian decisively used his third soul skill, Gale Wings, and then directly unleashed the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, because this is currently the skill that maximizes his attack power while consuming soul power roughly equivalent to using the third soul skill once—making it the optimal technique.

Therefore, after using the third soul skill, Feng Xiao Tian directly unleashed the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes; facing strikes that grew stronger one after another, Zhan Yu silently released his soul skill's passive defense.

When Feng Xiao Tian's slashes reached the twelfth consecutive strike, Zhan Yu used his third soul skill—Heavy Armor Defense; his defensive power instantly increased by fifty percent, and his strength was also boosted by fifty percent.

When the slashes reached the twenty-fourth consecutive strike, his fourth soul skill was also released; his fourth soul skill is called the Gathering Power Shield, and after using the fourth soul skill, the Firm Defense Shield in his hand, which originally had a diameter of only one meter, instantly expanded to two meters, and his defensive power increased again.

It seemed that as Feng Xiao Tian's slashes continued to accumulate, Zhan Yu's defensive power would increase likewise, and Feng Xiao Tian would never be able to break through Zhan Yu's defense.

This is the psychology of the spectators watching the match at this moment.

And Feng Xiao Tian himself felt shocked inside, because not only did the spectators think so, but he himself also had this idea, since as his slashes accumulated, Zhan Yu's defensive power also accumulated, the two seeming to fall into a dead loop.

However, at this moment Feng Xiao Tian's mind gradually calmed down, because Zhan Yu's second, third, and fourth soul skills had already been used, while Zhan Yu's first soul skill, although also a defensive soul skill, is oriented toward attack and cannot enhance defensive power.

And at this point his consecutive slashes had only reached the thirtieth, with six slashes still not landed, and those final six slashes were becoming increasingly terrifying in power; Zhan Yu might not necessarily be able to block them.

Even if Zhan Yu managed to block them, his soul power would likely be almost exhausted, and by then it would not be anything other than being easily toyed with by me.

Thinking this way, Feng Xiao Tian accelerated his attack speed, because Zhan Yu only knows defense and lacks the ability to interrupt his consecutive slashes, so he need not worry! ps: typo to be corrected later.

The promotion tournament will end tomorrow. After that, the protagonist will make a brilliant appearance! Please look forward to it!!!

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