Chapter 187: with translation of chapter title

"Gu brother, I never expected that after giving it my all to chase you, I'm still behind you, but I won't just admit defeat like this; in this match I will use all my strength." Feng Xiao Tian said to Gu Xuan with a smile.

Gu Xuan still maintained this smile: "Wind brother, let's wait and see."

To be honest, Feng Xiao Tian's talent is really not bad; it's just a shame that he's cheating!

After both sides released their martial souls, the referee's voice sounded again: "The first match of the fourth round of the grand finals… begins!"

As the referee's voice fell, wind and clouds surged with thunder on the battlefield; Yu Tianheng's body was surrounded by lightning as he charged straight at the Shenyun Academy team.

The airborne Yu Feng directly locked onto the two Soul Ancestor-level flying martial souls of the opposing side; a rank forty-eight against two rank forty-twos—even if he couldn't take them down quickly, it's absolutely no problem.

Moreover, at this moment Shi Mo and Shi Mo, although they had already shielded Ye Lingling behind them, the Xuanwu Shields formed by their respective first soul skills had already flown out.

By now they are extremely proficient in controlling the flying shields for attack; even while guarding Ye Lingling nearby, they can still engage the enemy from a distance.

Aosuoluo then teamed up with Yu Tianheng to directly confront the opposing Huoyun and Huoyu—a rank forty-eight and a rank fifty-one—and they could probably eliminate the two in less than a minute.

Meanwhile, the Shenyun team's Huo Wu and Feng Xiao Tian had already begun fusing; facing Gu Xuan, Feng Xiao Tian no longer believed he could match Gu Xuan alone, so right from the start they directly used their trump card.

Only by defeating Gu Xuan in the shortest time do they have a chance to win, after all Yu Tianheng's strength as a Soul King is no small matter, and with four other high-ranking Soul Ancestors, the pressure on their team members is greater than that on Feng Xiao Tian and Huo Wu.

As for prioritizing the elimination of Ye Lingling, at this moment Ye Lingling is under the protection of Shi Mo and Shi Mo; unless Feng Xiao Tian personally acts, there is absolutely no chance.

Even if Feng Xiao Tian acted personally, he couldn't eliminate Ye Lingling, after all Shi Mo and Shi Mo's strength is not much weaker than Yu Tianheng's; they just haven't broken through to Soul King yet.

At this moment Feng Xiao Tian has already risen into the air, while Huo Wu remains on the ground; their martial soul fusion skill is not a bodily fusion like Zuoyan and Shuibing'er's, but mainly uses their respective elements to form a powerful attack.

At this moment Feng Xiao Tian has already used his second and third soul skills, his state reaching its peak; meanwhile, the first, second, and fourth soul rings on Huo Wu's body surface actually began to fuse.

Obviously, their martial soul fusion skill requires time.

Gu Xuan lightly swung the eight dragon swords behind him, actively flying toward Feng Xiao Tian in the air.

Moreover, not only that; as Gu Xuan went forward, two dragon swords detached from his back and shot downward toward Huo Wu.

"Xiao Wu, be careful!" Feng Xiao Tian couldn't help but shout a warning upon seeing this.

Huo Wu's beautiful eyes flickered; the purple third soul skill on her body surface lit up. Although she has no teammates to help her now, she herself possesses self-defense ability.

Just as the two dragon swords were about to pierce Huo Wu, a crimson fiery halo appeared on her body surface and then spread.

"Third soul skill: Repelling Fire Ring!"

The sixty-meter-diameter Repelling Fire Ring not only flung the two incoming dragon swords away, but also bounced Yu Tianheng and Aosuoluo back, relieving pressure on Huoyun and Huoyu.

Yu Tianheng snorted coldly; there's no need to hold back in this match. Although Huo Wu's Repelling Soul Ring is troublesome, as long as the attack power is sufficient, her Repelling Fire Ring will be broken.

"First soul skill: Thunder Dragon Claw!"

"Third soul skill: Wrath of Thunder!"

"Fourth soul skill: Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Rush!"

The three soul rings lit up simultaneously; the power of this strike by Yu Tianheng, whose soul power reaches rank fifty-one, has already exceeded the limit that the Repelling Fire Ring can withstand.

With the release of the soul skill, a ten-meter-long blue lightning overlord dragon, completely condensed from thunderous power, came roaring straight at Huo Wu.

"Xiao Wu!" Feng Xiao Tian in the sky was startled, his fourth soul ring on his body surface lighting up: "Fourth soul skill: Magic Wolf Storm!"

With the boost from his second and third soul skills, Feng Xiao Tian's strike collided with Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Rush, barely resolving Huo Wu's crisis this time.

At that very moment, a dragon sword appeared before Feng Xiao Tian, accompanied by Gu Xuan's voice: "Wind brother, in battling me, do you dare to be distracted?"

As the words fell, Gu Xuan's dragon sword slashed out several strands of sword qi straight toward Feng Xiao Tian's face and chest.

Feng Xiao Tian's heart jumped in alarm; he used the first soul ring's Wind Blade Formation, and several wind blades collided with the sword qi, canceling each other out. Gu Xuan still had two pairs of sword intent flaring behind him, closing in.

Gu Xuan's dragon sword kept striking, performing the Seven Slaughter Sword Technique; each sword carried a terrifying sword momentum, and even Feng Xiao Tian's Swift Wind Double Wings' Gale Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes were faintly suppressed.

"Seven Slaughter Sword Technique First Form: Sword Intent Crisscross!"

Gu Xuan's dragon sword suddenly burst forth a terrifying sword intent; Feng Xiao Tian's Swift Wind Double Wings were almost severed. Facing such a fierce and powerful attack, he didn't dare to stack his consecutive slashes, only able to temporarily avoid the edge.

After Gu Xuan had initially absorbed the eight strands of Seven Slaughter Sword Intent from Second Grandfather Chenxin, he himself also comprehended his own sword intent.

Gu Xuan's sword intent also belongs to slaughter, but it is mainly domineering; although he lacks the Seven Slaughter Sword martial soul, by relying on his domineering sword intent to use the Seven Slaughter Sword Technique, its power is not much weaker than that of Chenxin of the same rank at that time.

Of course, this is also because the Sword Dragon Eight Wings' grade reaches as high as ninety thousand years, making it top-notch even among soul bones.

Even without using a martial soul, relying on the terror of the Sword Dragon Eight Wings and the strength of the Seven Slaughter Sword Technique, Gu Xuan can be invincible among his peers and fight above his rank.

Unless a Soul Saint takes action, there is absolutely no way to defeat Gu Xuan who wields the Sword Dragon Eight Wings.

Of course, except for martial soul counteraction.

However, Gu Xuan has not yet encountered an opponent capable of countering his Sword Dragon Eight Wings.

Of course, Chenxin's sword way is several times stronger than Gu Xuan's.

When wielding a sword, Gu Xuan feels suppressed when facing Chenxin.

Just as Feng Xiao Tian kept retreating, down below Huo Wu finally took action; a special flame energy formed from the fusion of her three soul rings shot straight up and struck Feng Xiao Tian's back directly.

Feng Xiao Tian not only felt no discomfort, his whole person instead became more radiant.

At this moment Huo Wu's face is somewhat pale, due to having expended a large amount of soul power.

Because two of Gu Xuan's dragon swords kept threatening her, in order not to be eliminated by Gu Xuan, she used her third soul skill twice in succession to finally complete the fusion of soul skills, which is also her and Feng Xiao Tian's martial soul fusion skill.

"Named: Fire God Wind Dance!"

Huo Wu's soul power consumption is huge; it can be said she has basically lost combat ability, but in her place stands a Feng Xiao Tian like a deity descending to the mortal realm.

One sees that after fusing with Huo Wu's soul skill, Feng Xiao Tian's aura and demeanor undergo a great change; the Swift Wind Double Wings behind him blaze with fierce fire, wingspan reaching a terrifying eight meters; his whole body is surrounded by cyan wind and orange-red fire intertwining, and his arms transform into a pair of fire-condensing wind fangs entirely composed of wind and fire elements.

The fire-condensing wind fangs have a crimson flame blade on one side, and on the other side resemble a row of sharp wolf teeth embedded; just looking at them gives a terrifying lethal impression.

Even more terrifying, under the combined action of wind and fire elements, Feng Xiao Tian's speed around his body has doubled again, truly fearsome!

At this moment Feng Xiao Tian's soul power has reached Soul Emperor level; with Huo Wu's almost entire soul power fused into him, he is now at his strongest form!

"Gu brother, this form can last ten minutes; within these ten minutes I will give my all, be careful!" The transformed Feng Xiao Tian's hearty voice rang out.

Gu Xuan gave a slight smile: "Then let's wait and see."

Afterwards, Gu Xuan recalled the two dragon swords that had been attacking Huo Wu; Huo Wu now poses little threat, as her soul power is basically exhausted. Out of friendship with himself and Feng Xiao Tian, he didn't beat her down from the stage.

The two dragon swords flew back and merged with the two dragon swords in Gu Xuan's hand to form a giant sword.

As the four dragon swords merged, Gu Xuan's body was filled with endless sword intent: "Sword Way: Four Swords United—Flying Dragon Shatters Heaven!"

The merged four dragon swords' sword aura surged suddenly, actually transforming into a sword dragon ten meters long.

This strike originated from one of the soul bone abilities of the Eight-Winged Sword Dragon, and although its power is not comparable to that of a soul bone ability, its saving on soul power is not trivial.

Facing the surging sword dragon, Feng Xiao Tian's expression didn't change at all; his wings behind him fluttered, his speed becoming extremely fast, as if an afterimage had appeared.

The two fire-condensed wind blades formed from his hands quivered rapidly, actually nibbling away at that sword dragon bit by bit.

The spectators in the academy below were already excited beyond measure—another martial soul fusion skill?

Moreover, that sword dragon is too cool, right? Could Gu Xuan be a direct disciple of the Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect?

His swordplay is not at all inferior to that of a Sword Douluo; of course, they basically have no chance to attain a pure sword heart, but it's still okay to have a stray thought.

At this moment, in their eyes, Feng Xiao Tian turned into a cyan-red streak of light, nibbling at Gu Xuan's sword dragon with phantom-like speed.

Gu Xuan didn't just stand there waiting for Feng Xiao Tian to finish his attack; two more dragon swords detached from his back, merging into one even larger dragon sword.

"Tenth Form of the Seven Slaying Sword Manual: One Sword Pierces the Heavens!"

Terrifying sword aura erupted again, this time as if condensing all of Gu Xuan's sword intent, the sky above seemed to show a horrifying scene of the heavens being split open—this is the terrifying strangeness brought by the sword momentum.

A ten-meter-long terrifying sword aura locked onto Feng Xiao Tian, who instantly felt a fear of being locked by a dreadful qi, his body actually pausing for a moment.

Yet it was precisely this momentary pause that Gu Xuan's sword momentum arrived instantly.

At this moment, Feng Xiao Tian no longer dared to hold back; intense soul power burst from his body, and his black fifth soul ring lit up.

Under the amplification of terrifying soul power and fire element, the power of his fifth soul skill reached an unprecedented level.

"Mutated Fifth Soul Skill: Blazing Flame—Dragon Tornado Blade!"

As Feng Xiao Tian used his fifth soul skill, a terrifying ten-meter-diameter dragon tornado suddenly appeared in the sky, inside of which raging flames rose and endless wind blades sliced.

Merely at the moment of its appearance, the terrifying heat, wrapped in the hurricane, made many academy students below feel shocked!

The Blazing Flame—Dragon Tornado Blade released under the martial soul fusion skill, at the moment of its appearance, devoured the sword dragon that had not yet been fully nibbled, and then swept Gu Xuan's ultimate sword strike into it.

The Blazing Flame Wind Dragon Tornado and the sword momentum tangled for several seconds; finally the sword momentum vanished, while the Blazing Flame Wind Dragon Tornado merely shrank by one-third, still carrying terrifying might as it swept toward Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan's face showed delight as he smiled: "Brother Feng, this move of yours is impressive—already comparable to a full-power strike from a Soul Emperor-level expert."

"It's just a pity—you're strong, but I'm not weak either!"

After the words fell, the sword dragon devoured by the Blazing Flame Wind Dragon Tornado turned into four dragon swords flying back; Gu Xuan's dragon sword in his hand reformed into two, while at the same time the last two dragon swords on his back detached, eight dragon swords rotating around Gu Xuan's body, and a stronger sword intent erupted.

"First Soul Bone Ability of the Eight-Winged Sword Dragon: Sword Way—Eight Directions Six Harmonies Sword Formation!"

The eight dragon swords simultaneously burst forth with heaven-shaking sword momentum and dragon might, actually forming a massive sword formation before Gu Xuan, the center of which seemed to have a sword dragon roaring to the heavens—this is an offensive-defensive sword formation!

If Gu Xuan's soul power were sufficient, this skill could even erupt with power not inferior to the ninth soul skill of a Titled Douluo.

Although Gu Xuan's current strength is insufficient, it is already enough to deal with Feng Xiao Tian.

As soon as the sword formation appeared, it instantly blocked the incoming Blazing Flame Wind Dragon Tornado; then the formation's center erupted with a sword cry like a dragon's roar, spewing forth sword dragons that charged at the tornado.

In less than three seconds, the formerly terrifying tornado vanished, replaced by Gu Xuan standing proudly at the center of the sword formation, full of vigor.

"Brother Feng, I have a sword—care to fight?" Gu Xuan smiled faintly.

Feng Xiao Tian's heart felt somewhat complex, but he hadn't reached the point of giving up, and he declared loudly: "I also have a technique; I wish to use it against your sword, Brother Gu."

"Good!" Gu Xuan shouted: "Then let's have a hearty battle!"

After the words fell, Gu Xuan's figure at the center of the sword formation swelled with vigor, the result of his soul power surging forth; then the eight dragon swords at the eight eyes of the formation each detached, assembling before Gu Xuan into an even larger and more imposing terrifying dragon sword.

This dragon sword seemed like a real dragon; to the spectators below, it appeared as if Gu Xuan faced an actual dragon.

"Second Soul Bone Ability of the Eight-Winged Sword Dragon: Sword Way—Flying Dragon Shatters Heaven in One Sword!"

The sword dragon ignited endless sword aura, transforming into a terrifying thirty-meter-long sword dragon, wrapped in boundless dragon might and sword momentum like a rainbow, tearing toward Feng Xiao Tian; if this strike lands, Feng Xiao Tian would either die or suffer grave injury.

But is Feng Xiao Tian really that easy to kill?

The answer is naturally no.

Only then did one see the wind and fire elements on Feng Xiao Tian's body condense in an instant, his two yellow, two purple, and one black soul rings—five in total—beginning to fuse.

Another ring fusion? Feng Xiao Tian can also fuse rings?!

This is what everyone below is thinking at the moment; originally in the competition, only the genius Huo Wu would have such a special skill, others—not even Yu Tianheng with his soul rings—would do it, yet Feng Xiao Tian has hidden it until now?

The five soul rings instantly fused into one; the speed of this ring fusion even surpassed Huo Wu's, and with the combined power of the five soul rings plus Feng Xiao Tian's and Huo Wu's soul power and their dual fire-wind attributes, one can imagine how terrifying this strike's power is.

"This technique is named: Flaming Wind God Radiance!"

Feng Xiao Tian's pair of fire-condensed wind blades had at some point turned into his two hands; now his hands held a cyan-red lotus, and Gu Xuan's expression shifted slightly upon seeing this.

"Is this the Douluo Continent version of the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus?" Gu Xuan felt a bit conflicted inside; this is just too out of place, isn't it?

"I gave you a few lessons three years ago, kid—do you really need to slap a protagonist template on yourself?"

But even so, Gu Xuan didn't think his strike would be inferior to Feng Xiao Tian's full-power blow; Feng Xiao Tian's talent is indeed terrifying, but I've cheated…………

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

(End of chapter)