Chapter 114: Battle of Yu Tianheng (Part II)

Yu Tianheng, whose vision was obscured by the radiance and whose strength was only at the Soul Elder level, could only sense the impending danger through instinct.

Yet, the high-level Spirit Masters with formidable strength surrounding the Great Soul Arena saw clearly exactly what had happened!

Facing Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw in his Thunder Fury state, Ning Feiliu directly used his Second Soul Skill, Star-Moon Fireworks, to collide fiercely with it.

But after all, the Thunder Dragon Claw was a Hundred-Year Spirit Skill, even with the augmentation of the thousand-year spirit skill Thunder Fury, combined with the terrifying explosive power of the lightning attribute.

Compared to Star-Moon Fireworks, its power was still significantly inferior.

As for why Ning Feiliu used the soul skill Star-Moon Fireworks, his first goal was to create a large-scale cover of light to mask his subsequent movements.

The second reason was that the soul skill Star-Moon Fireworks was quite unique; according to the soul skill information, it appeared to be nothing more than a close-range self-detonation soul skill.

In reality, the fact that Ning Feiliu could remain uninjured while unleashing a terrifying explosion at close range was clearly because the moonlight energy of Star-Moon Fireworks simultaneously condensed a layer of moonlight shield while gathering the explosive energy.

This was a different way of using a soul skill based on a deeper understanding.

Soul skills themselves were not so rigid; for instance, in the original plot, Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement could be used as tentacles to allow teammates to advance and retreat freely, and his fourth soul skill, Blue Silver Cage, had also been used as a defensive soul skill during the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Although that was mainly because he had absorbed two Immortal Herbs, allowing his Blue Silver Grass to develop the ability to be impervious to water and fire, which enabled such a defensive effect.

But it must be said that with the number of Ning Feiliu's battles and his proficiency in using soul skills, coupled with his past life as a veteran gamer influenced by game content, he would have many creative ideas.

Therefore, the developed uses of his many soul skills would also become increasingly numerous.

Thus, Ning Feiliu used Star-Moon Fireworks, combined with the defensive bonus granted by Zhui Ming, to block the Thunder Dragon Claw.

And there was a third goal, which was naturally... to appear as if he had been hit, lowering Yu Tianheng's guard, and then taking the opportunity to follow up with Earth Frost Dark Erosion!

It was a pity that this Yu Tianheng was indeed a top-tier genius.

If not for the appearance of the Shrek Seven Devils, this group of cheaters, he should have been the top genius of the thirty-year-old young generation in this generation of the Douluo Continent, second only to the Spirit Hall Golden Generation.

His reactions and combat intuition were sharp to the extreme, and he was even able to react to this.

However... what a pity...

The moment he broke free from Earth Frost Dark Erosion, that single Hundred-Year Spirit Ring at Ning Feiliu's feet shattered...

"Summon of the God of Smelting!"

Ning Feiliu held Zhui Ming and reached forward; it seemed as if an ancient horn had pierced through the sky from the void!

The sound of this horn was like the heavens falling, and like a volcano erupting; everyone felt as if they saw a towering deity who mastered iron and fire standing before them, letting out a thunderous roar.

Yu Tianheng's mind went blank, but just at this moment...

From a supreme VIP box above the Great Soul Arena, a panicked warning voice rang out, "Tianheng, watch out!"

Yet Yu Tianheng had no idea what to watch out for.

But the entire audience saw that from the end of the Great Soul Arena, a giant mountain goat, as if cast entirely from lava and fire, suddenly appeared!

Its body was a towering five meters tall, and its length was a full ten meters; the massive horns on its head flashed with the light of burning iron, roaring into the world with the momentum to shake the heavens and earth!

It roared, and from behind Yu Tianheng, it slammed violently into him!

The next moment, it was impossible for Yu Tianheng to react, in less than a second, plus he had just forcibly broken free from the shackles of Earth Frost Dark Erosion.

Immediately following, the lava element struck his back fiercely, directly knocking him toward... Ning Feiliu!

The scorching flames, however, upon instant contact, burned Yu Tianheng's back, burning a large hole directly through his clothes, while simultaneously emitting the smell of a barbecue.

"Ah—!" Yu Tianheng let out a wail of extreme pain.

Just as the audience thought he would be knocked out of the Soul Fighting platform by these flames, Ning Feiliu, who was on the opposite side, suddenly reached out one hand and made a waving motion.

And then... that massive lava element vanished.

It was just that the massive impact force of the lava element, combined with the fact that Yu Tianheng was clearly severely injured and unable to control his body at this moment, still caused Yu Tianheng to fly out of the Soul Fighting platform.

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

This... Yu Tianheng lost?

Lost so thoroughly?

And so quickly?

From the start of the Spirit Fighting Battle until now, not even ten minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.

And yet Yu Tianheng had lost.

But... no one blamed Yu Tianheng; instead, they looked at Ning Feiliu with shock in their eyes.

It wasn't that Yu Tianheng was too weak...

It was that Yafei was too strong!

The initial upper hand, plus the slight advantage in the soul skill collision, and then...

That Summon of the God of Smelting just now, the power of this soul skill... definitely exceeded an ordinary thousand-year soul skill and reached the power of a ten-thousand-year soul skill!

But this soul skill... did not look like a normal soul skill, because when activating this soul skill, Ning Feiliu's soul ring did not glow, but shattered directly.

Could it be...

Many Spirit Masters from top-tier factions present thought of a certain existence...

"Exploding Ring?!" Bone Douluo in the box saw that Ning Feiliu was now missing his first soul ring, and he could no longer sit still, standing up and saying in disbelief.

"It cannot be wrong... he indeed exploded his own soul ring, but it is different from the Clear Sky Sect's Exploding Ring." Sword Douluo also had a shocked expression, but he calmed down slightly and said.

Their seniority was extremely high; they might have even seen Tang Chen's Exploding Ring, let alone the Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, who was later designated by Tang Chen across generations.

"Jian Yeye, Gu Yeye, what is this Exploding Ring you speak of? The Clear Sky Sect? Could that Yafei be a person from the Clear Sky Sect?" Ning Rongrong, who was on the side, was full of curiosity at this moment and asked.

"He should not be a person from the Clear Sky Sect; even if the Clear Sky Sect were broad-minded, they should not pass on their unique skills to an outsider who does not possess the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul." Sword Douluo shook his head and said, "As for Exploding Ring... it is a special self-created spirit skill. The reason we mention the Clear Sky Sect is that currently on the Douluo Continent, the only ones who know this unique skill... are the Clear Sky Sect alone."

As the number one Spirit Master sect on the Douluo Continent, the Clear Sky Sect had many unique skills, but there were only two major unique skills that shocked the entire continent.

One of them was the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, which direct descendants of the Clear Sky Sect could learn as long as they obtained the permission of the Sect Master or an Elder; each of the nine unique force-exertion techniques had its own characteristics.

This was the true unique skill of the Clear Sky Sect; compared to the somewhat mediocre Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes were the powerful abilities truly applied in actual combat.

And if the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes were the true unique skills of the Clear Sky Sect, then the Great Sumeru Hammer, which only the Clear Sky Douluo and his successors could learn, was the foundation of the sect.

According to the original plot, there are only three people in the Clear Sky Sect who have learned the Great Sumeru Hammer.

They are Tang Chen, Tang Hao, and Tang San.

That's right, Old Man Tang Hao, the previous Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao never learned the Great Sumeru Hammer.

Because Tang Hao was the designated successor of the next generation by Tang Chen, the next Clear Sky Douluo.

It was equivalent to Tang Hao obtaining the title of "Clear Sky" once he became a Title Douluo after Tang Chen went missing.

And the Great Sumeru Hammer has a mystery technique called Ring Detonation, which integrates the power of the Soul Ring into an attack by detonating it, producing power far exceeding one's original strength.

This is a desperate skill of the Great Sumeru Hammer; every time a Soul Ring is detonated to launch an attack, it unleashes power far beyond the Spirit Master's own potential.

The Summoning of the God of Casting that Ning Feiliu just displayed, which required detonating a Soul Ring to use, really is too similar to the ultimate mystery of the Great Sumeru Hammer.

It's just that... after he detonated the Soul Ring, what he unleashed was a powerful soul skill.

This is different from the Ring Detonation of the Great Sumeru Hammer.

The Ring Detonation of the Great Sumeru Hammer is more like a secret technique to amplify one's own burst, similar to the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire from next door.

Whereas Ning Feiliu's Summoning of the God of Casting is used directly as a powerful attack-type soul skill.

Ning Fengzhi also had eyes full of shock, saying, "He... this is a self-created spirit skill, right? And... it should be something he created himself, right?"

"Of course, that Old Poisonous Fellow doesn't have this ability," Bone Douluo said with a scoff. "If he had this kind of skill... he would have revealed it long ago, he wouldn't have waited until now to let his student use it."

"Not necessarily... I estimate it's the same as the Great Sumeru Hammer mystery of the Clear Sky Sect, a special cultivation method required to use this self-created spirit skill," Ning Fengzhi pondered and said. "It's possible that Mr. Dugu only researched this special cultivation method later on, but because Mr. Dugu could no longer change his own cultivation method, he passed it on to Yafei instead."

Compared to a green kid being exceptionally gifted and having his ancestral grave smoke with good fortune to suddenly comprehend this self-created Ring Detonation spirit skill that is the same as the Clear Sky Sect's signature technique, Ning Fengzhi felt that it was more likely to be Dugu Bo, this experienced Title Douluo.

After all, a Title Douluo has already proven himself.

It is true that Dugu Bo's strength and talent are at the bottom of the Title Douluo, but a Title Douluo at the bottom is still a Title Douluo, and he was also a genius Spirit Master in the past!

In the entire Douluo Continent, there are the seven Great Consecrations of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong and the Eight Great Elders, Tang Xiao and the Five Great Elders who ascended after the Clear Sky Sect went into seclusion, two from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, one from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, plus Dugu Bo.

The currently hidden and unhidden Title Douluo added together only amount to 26 Title Douluo.

No matter how mediocre Dugu Bo is, he is still the 26th Title Douluo in the entire Douluo Continent in the last hundred years; to say he has poor talent and is dull-witted is completely unreasonable.

And a child like Ning Feiliu, who is only in his teens, even if his talent is high now, that is the future; his current experience and knowledge are far inferior to Dugu Bo's.

Therefore, Ning Fengzhi is more inclined to believe that this was created by Dugu Bo.

"Old Poisonous Fellow... has spent his whole life researching poison; it shouldn't have been created by him," Sword Douluo said, sharing the same opinion as Bone Douluo at this moment.

It's not that they look down on Dugu Bo, but it's really that Dugu Bo has spent his whole life researching poison; could he have suddenly switched to soul skill and cultivation research, and then created this self-created spirit skill?

It's like a biochemistry expert suddenly switching to physics and winning the Nobel Prize in Physics.

That's just absurd!

But Ning Fengzhi held a different opinion; a biochemistry expert switching fields to win a Nobel Prize in Physics is still much more reasonable than a child suddenly producing a world-shaking research result and winning a Nobel Prize in Physics.

"Why think so much? Just go ask Old Poisonous Fellow when the time comes; that old thing shouldn't deign to lie," Bone Douluo curled his lips and said.

"Regardless... Yafei's strength and talent are absolutely top-tier!" Ning Fengzhi's eyes were somewhat fervent.

If Yafei could be invited into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the future Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would have a Title Douluo with combat power comparable to Tang Hao...

How tempting that is!

Not only in the private room of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but other private rooms were also filled with shock at this moment.

"This is Second Brother's Ring Detonation?! Could it be... he knows Second Brother?!" Tang Yuehua became excited when she saw this method of Ring Detonation, which, although it didn't look very similar, was exactly the same.

She is not a powerful Spirit Master, so she could not see that the Summoning of the God of Casting released by Ning Feiliu's Ring Detonation was completely different from the Ring Detonation mystery of the Great Sumeru Hammer.

In her mind, she had already begun to guess... could it be that Tang Hao met Ning Feiliu and taught him this Ring Detonation technique.

Or even...

"It is said... Second Brother and that Soul Beast also had a child, could it be..." Tang Yuehua thought in her mind, "But why is his martial soul not the Clear Sky Hammer, the direct-line martial soul of my Clear Sky Sect? Could it be that because he is a child with a Soul Beast, his martial soul mutated like this?"

"And could it be because of this that Yafei wears a mask?"

Her thoughts were becoming increasingly scattered, and the main thing was that she did not know much about A Yin.

According to the original plot, she should only roughly know of A Yin's existence, and she didn't even know clearly what A Yin's true form was.

"Ring Detonation?" Shuang Lan asked curiously at this time, "Aunt Yue, what is this?"

She was quite shocked by the power displayed by Ning Feiliu's soul skill just now; that definitely wasn't the power a thousand-year soul skill should have.

"It's nothing." Tang Yuehua shook her head.

Her identity as Tang Hao's younger sister is known to very few people; she didn't intend to tell even the daughter of her good friend, Shuang Lan.

In addition, in the private room where Salas was.

"Ring Detonation?! I really underestimated him. Although it is different from the Clear Sky Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer, it is definitely a significant threat!" Salas's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he said in a deep voice.

In the private room of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Yu Luomian reacted immediately when he saw Ning Feiliu use the Summoning of the God of Casting after detonating his Soul Ring.

As a second-in-command with an Assault System martial soul, he of course knew how astonishing the power of the Ring Detonation mystery, unique to the Clear Sky Douluo of the Clear Sky Sect, was, so he subconsciously warned out loud in terror.

It's just that... he didn't let Yu Tianheng react at all.

Watching Yu Tianheng fly off the Great Soul Arena and collapse, unable to get up, Yu Luomian immediately ran down to the Great Soul Arena below in anger and worry!

(End of chapter)