Chapter 172

But is everything really as simple as Feng Xiao Tian imagined?

Thirty‑one consecutive slashes……… thirty‑two consecutive slashes…… thirty‑three consecutive slashes……

Feng Xiao Tian had already done dozens of aerial loops, attacking Zhan Yu below who held a Sturdy Shield two meters in diameter; Feng Xiao Tian's offensive had already approached Soul Emperor level.

When Feng Xiao Tian finished charging the final thirty‑six consecutive slashes, the power of this strike had already surpassed Soul Emperor level, and Zhan Yu, who had been desperately maintaining defense below, finally showed a hint of a smile, though this hint of a smile was hidden behind the huge Sturdy Shield, unseen by Feng Xiao Tian.

When Feng Xiao Tian's thirty‑six consecutive slashes were about to hit Zhan Yu, Feng Xiao Tian also seemed to see Zhan Yu's final stubbornness.

Zhan Yu's defensive power was indeed astonishing, but at level forty‑seven, with the boost of three defensive soul skills, he actually managed to block Feng Xiao Tian's thirty‑six consecutive slashes, and yet Feng Xiao Tian did not think Zhan Yu could still block this strike comparable to a Soul Emperor.

No matter how strong the defense, there is a limit; once exceeded, all defenses become futile!

But at this final moment, the yellow first Soul Ring on Zhan Yu's body, which had not lit up until now, quietly lit up.

Even if a bad premonition arose in Feng Xiao Tian's heart at this moment, it was useless, because under the superposition of countless attacks, Feng Xiao Tian could no longer retract this final strike.

"First Soul Skill: Shield Shock!"

Although it was merely a simple hundred‑year soul skill, while Zhan Yu endured without releasing it, this soul skill produced an effect that nobody expected.

The terrifying shock power transmitted from the Sturdy Shield in Zhan Yu's hand, and this shock power actually reached Soul Emperor level as well!

"How is this possible?" Feng Xiao Tian's heart exclaimed in astonishment.

The thirty‑sixth consecutive slash of the Swift Wind Dual Wings, endowed with endless sharpness, fell down, striking Zhan Yu's Sturdy Shield.

"Hum!"

The terrifying roar echoed; Zhan Yu's body, like a kite with a broken string, flew backward and crashed heavily beneath the competition platform, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, yet the corner of his mouth also bore a faint smile.

When Feng Xiao Tian's final strike hit Zhan Yu, he felt an unprecedented crisis; that terrifying shock power seemed to have accumulated all of Feng Xiao Tian's previous attacks, then rebounded onto him.

Zhan Yu flew backward, but Feng Xiao Tian was equally miserable; his Swift Wind Dual Wings shattered, and his whole body likewise flew backward in the opposite direction, spurting a large mouthful of blood, his internal organs severely injured.

Feng Xiao Tian burst with soul power all over, the wind element operating to the extreme before barely landing on the edge of the competition platform; he looked in disbelief at Zhan Yu below the platform, whose mouth was bleeding yet curled upward.

"You actually hid it until now?" Feng Xiao Tian's heart exclaimed in astonishment; he never expected that in the end he would seriously injure himself.

Feng Xiao Tian's soul power consumption was only one‑third, but his bodily injuries were not much lighter than Zhan Yu's; basically he was severely wounded.

Only now did Feng Xiao Tian understand why Zhan Yu had never used his first soul skill; given Feng Xiao Tian's intelligence, it was natural to guess that the power of Zhan Yu's first soul skill and the attacks Zhan Yu endured interacted with each other.

That's right; Zhan Yu's first soul skill merely uses the Sturdy Shield to emit vibrations that shake off opponents or attacks, but when the attacks Zhan Yu himself bears reach the limit,

This shock power will also increase without limit, reaching the rebound effect of the force Zhan Yu absorbed from the attacks; and it is precisely for this reason that Feng Xiao Tian suffered such severe injuries.

It can be said that it was not Zhan Yu who seriously injured Feng Xiao Tian, but Feng Xiao Tian who seriously injured himself.

Moreover, that terrifying shock power kept eroding Feng Xiao Tian's internal organs, making him unable to help but vomit blood.

Feng Xiao Tian's gaze at Zhan Yu became somewhat complex, or rather, at this moment he felt a gravity that cannot be ignored toward every member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect team.

How did the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect manage to assemble this team? Each member possesses talent not inferior to Feng Xiao Tian's, even surpassing it.

It's no wonder Tang San also lost to their wheel battle, and Feng Xiao Tian is now even more embarrassed than Tang San!

However, this is a promotion match; as long as Feng Xiao Tian hasn't fallen, he must accept the challenge from the next member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect team.

And the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect team's current contestant is Ma Ba; besides Du Gu Yan, Ma Ba is the highest‑level soul power existence in the team, his soul power level reaching forty‑eight.

Feng Xiao Tian's Swift Wind Dual Wings were destroyed; for a period of time he could not fly again, and it can be said that his fighting style and techniques were greatly restricted, but he had not yet reached the point of having no combat capability.

So Feng Xiao Tian did not withdraw, but chose to face Ma Ba.

"Ma Ba, martial soul: Flame Warhorse, forty‑eight‑level Strong Attack Battle Soul Sect, please advise!"

Ma Ba did not take advantage of the situation right away; instead, he politely announced his martial soul and level.

As Ma Ba announced his level, his body surface saw two yellow and two purple Soul Rings, four in total, slowly rise and swirl around his body; his head of red hair seemed to turn into crimson flame, fluttering like the mane of a Flame Warhorse.

Crimson flame surrounded his body; unlike Zuo Yan's wind‑fire dual attribute, the fiery one is a pure fire attribute soul master, and the blazing flames burning on his body surface cannot be matched even by the Blazing Fire Academy's Huo Shuang.

Feng Xiao Tian forced a breath; his fifty‑one‑level powerful soul power began to brew. Being unable to fly does not mean he lacks combat power; he is a Soul King, while Ma Ba is merely a Soul Sect, and the gap between them is a ten‑thousand‑year Soul Ring.

Feng Xiao Tian, martial soul: Swift Wind Twin-Headed Wolf, 51st-rank Strong Attack System Battle Soul King, please.

When Feng Xiao Tian's "please" fell, even before the referee announced the start, Ma Bao had already moved.

The yellow second soul ring on his body lit up, and as the referee's words announcing the start of the match fell, Ma Bao opened his big mouth and spat out a terrifying crimson flame with a diameter of half a meter!

"Second soul skill: Jet Flame!"

The terrifying crimson flame, accompanied by a heat wave, swept toward Feng Xiao Tian. As Feng Xiao Tian cannot fly, he was greatly restricted, for he had no way to immediately take to the air to dodge Ma Bao's crimson flame.

However, Feng Xiao Tian, being a wind-attributed Soul Master, had wind arise beneath his feet, and he quickly ran along the edge of the platform, his movement even kicking up a strong wind.

But wind fuels fire; with the appearance of the strong wind, Ma Bao's jet-flame attack became even more terrifying, and in an instant it was about to engulf Feng Xiao Tian.

Feng Xiao Tian was greatly startled inside; he knew wind would aid the fire, but he never expected Ma Bao to use the strong wind he had kicked up against him!

Seeing that he could not avoid it, Feng Xiao Tian's first soul ring on his body finally lit up.

"First soul skill: Wind Blade Array!"

In an instant, Feng Xiao Tian raised his hand and flung out ten terrifying wind blades that sliced toward the flames accompanied by the heat wave.

Although the wind blades blocked the flames for a moment, they did not cancel them out, but Feng Xiao Tian's purpose had already been achieved.

Taking advantage of the moment the flames were cut, Feng Xiao Tian quickly closed in on Ma Bao; only by getting close did the effect of Ma Bao's second soul skill greatly diminish, for the farther from the center, the narrower the radiation range, so Feng Xiao Tian no longer had to constantly worry about being swallowed by the crimson flame.

After closing in, Feng Xiao Tian flung out his wolf claws; the second soul skill, Twin Wolves Possession, was used again, his hands transforming into wolf heads bearing ferocious fangs, lunging at Ma Bao's face and chest.

"Close combat?" Ma Bao snorted coldly, the first soul ring on his body lighting up: "First soul skill: Blazing Battle Fist!"

With the use of the first soul skill, Ma Bao's fists seemed to be encircled by a ring of crimson flame, and as the crimson flame surged, his aura also increased.

After Feng Xiao Tian and Ma Bao collided, he began to feel astonished, for Ma Bao's close-combat ability was too terrifying; each strike of his crimson-flamed fists brought him endless pain and burning sensation, leaving Feng Xiao Tian completely suppressed.

Occasionally he would send out wind blades to cut, only to be easily crushed by Ma Bao; his first soul skill not only amplified attack power, but combined with flame power it became terrifyingly strong, making it hard for Feng Xiao Tian to unleash his attacks.

ps: Typos will be revised first, then corrected.

First, revise a chapter.

Hehe.

(End of chapter)