Chapter 437: King of Gu Lei VS the Seventh Offering

"Seventh Soul Skill: Weapon Soul Avatar, First Soul Skill: Flame Array!"

Nan Tianchen took the initiative to strike first. He knew very well that the Jiangmo Douluo opposite him, even if the weakest among the Seven Great Consecrators, was far stronger than himself. If he did not seize every opportunity to attack, not only would he have no chance of victory, but he might even be defeated before unleashing a few soul skills.

Therefore, he activated his Weapon Soul Avatar right from the start. In this state, the power and coverage of his eight formation soul skills were all doubled.

The Flame Array was the most basic formation recorded in Nan Tianchen's Gu Lei Book. Its effect was simple: while the formation was deployed, the power of all fire-attribute skills increased by fifty percent.

Although limited to the fire attribute, for a first soul skill, this degree of increase could be considered quite good.

"Heh, how meaningless. Nan Tianchen, do you think increasing the power of your soul skills can pose any threat to me?" Jiangmo Douluo said with disdain. He spun his Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand, threw it into the sky, and then, after it magnified dozens of times, it smashed down rapidly. "Third Soul Skill: Demon Subduing Shock!"

"Third Soul Skill: Flame Shield Array!" Nan Tianchen remained calm and set up a new formation. The flames transformed into shields, protecting him three hundred and sixty degrees without any blind spots.

With a "Boom!", the Coiling Dragon Staff smashed into the center of the top layer of the formation. The massive force of tens of thousands of jin almost cracked the entire shield array in a single blow.

Nan Tianchen felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood. He was not a power-type Title Douluo, and his soul power was far inferior to Jiangmo Douluo's; he was simply no match for him.

If not for the protection of his four soul bones, that blow just now might have severely injured him.

"So, why come here to seek death? You are far worse than your son." Seeing that the opponent was injured by his single blow, Jiangmo Douluo felt somewhat disappointed.

He had originally thought he might face Dugu Bo. At least Dugu Bo had a higher level, and even if he wasn't his match, it would at least allow him to have a slightly more satisfying fight.

Now, this Nan Tianchen, a mere level ninety-one, didn't even give him the urge to play.

He hadn't even opened his avatar yet, and that blow just now hadn't even exerted half of his strength.

"Second Soul Skill: Refining Fire Array, Fourth Soul Skill: Prairie Fire Array." Nan Tianchen did not care at all about Jiangmo's mockery. He looked at him with a determined gaze and continued to set up his formations on his own.

The second soul skill, Refining Fire Array, was a restoration soul skill that could repair damaged formations. This was a soul skill Nan Tianchen had specifically activated to avoid various unexpected situations.

Under the blessing of the Refining Fire Array, the cracks in the Flame Shield Array caused by Jiangmo Douluo were quickly repaired.

As for the Prairie Fire Array, it was derived from "A single spark can start a prairie fire!" and was an auxiliary soul skill that increased the range of the formations.

At this moment, the flames and flame shields surrounding Nan Tianchen's entire body became even denser.

"You fellow, do you want to wrap yourself into a turtle? Besides stalling for time, what is the use of this kind of tactic?" Jiangmo Douluo was somewhat puzzled. How did this Nan Tianchen look like he didn't want to win at all?

Or was it that because he had just broken through to Title Douluo, he wanted to come up and show off, playing through all nine of his soul skills from the first to the ninth? Indeed, on such a battlefield, as long as the fight was spectacular enough, even if he lost, Nan Tianchen would be famous throughout the world.

When it came to flashy soul skills, there really was nothing that could compare to Nan Tianchen's formations, each one wreathed in flames.

Standing in the center of the formation, Nan Tianchen looked like a Fire God controlling ten thousand fires, but to a Super Douluo, these were just gaudy, showy things that were useless in practice.

"Although I don't know what this guy is trying to do, from just a moment ago, there has been an unsettling feeling." The person who said this was not Jiangmo Douluo on the field, but the next one to appear, Lion Douluo. He was a Spirit Master like the king of beasts, possessing a beast's sensitive perception of danger. "Jiangmo, stop mocking your opponent. Launch continuous attacks and end this quickly!"

Jiangmo looked at Lion in confusion, not understanding why he was so anxious, but since the Fourth Brother had said so, he could no longer play games with Nan Tianchen.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Demon Subduing Dance!" Jiangmo Douluo's Coiling Dragon Staff rotated at high speed, soul power overflowing, causing damage to enemies over a large area.

The sky was filled with the shadows of the Coiling Dragon Staff, attacking Nan Tianchen at the center of the formation from all angles without any gaps.

Nan Tianchen gritted his teeth, enduring the heavy blows one after another. If this were an ordinary Title Douluo, they definitely would not have been able to withstand it. However, his head, left arm, left leg, and right leg—four parts—began to emit a rich radiance, greatly strengthening Nan Tianchen's physique.

"This is... four soul bones, and all of them are high-grade soul bones. How is that possible!" Qianjun Douluo said in shock.

A king of a mere small country actually possessed four high-grade soul bones. One had to know that even within the Offering Hall, apart from the Great Elder Qian Daoliu and the Second Offering Golden Crocodile, only Qingluan Douluo had three or four soul bones.

The other few people likely didn't have as many soul bones on them as this Nan Tianchen.

And judging from the power condensed on Nan Tianchen's soul bones, the age of these soul bones was clearly not low, at least at the ten-thousand-year level.

In fact, Qianjun Douluo was still being conservative in his guess.

The soul bones on Nan Tianchen's body were at least thirty thousand years old at their worst; that was one inherited by the Gu Lei Kingdom. The rest were all exploded from Tang Hao, and all were high-grade soul bones.

Although these soul bones had not formed the legendary Spirit Bone Armor for Nan Tianchen, they had raised his physique to a level comparable to a Super Douluo.

Jiangmo Douluo's continuous heavy blows could injure him, but wanting to beat him until he had no combat ability was not something that could be done in a short while.

Relying on the Flame Shield Array and the four soul bones, Nan Tianchen withstood Jiangmo's attacks and lit up his fifth and sixth soul rings.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Flame Dragon Raging Wave Array, Sixth Soul Skill: Nirvana Array."

In the center of the formation, six flame dragons rose up, and five of them attacked toward Jiangmo Douluo. Nan Tianchen finally began to launch a counterattack, but his attack power was simply no match for Jiangmo Douluo; Jiangmo swung his Coiling Dragon Staff and shattered two of them.

The problem was the last one, which rushed toward Nan Tianchen himself. After merging with him, it actually began to repair the injuries he had sustained.

Clearly, this was the effect of the Nirvana Array, a formation that used fire-attribute energy to heal injuries.

"Nan Tianchen, what exactly are you trying to do?" Jiangmo Douluo was somewhat angry. If Nan Tianchen kept fighting endlessly like this, even if he exhausted his own soul power, it would only be stalling for time. He couldn't possibly defeat him. Didn't he understand the principle that long-term defense leads to defeat?

"Heh, what am I trying to do? Naturally, it is to set up all of my formations." Nan Tianchen smiled. He knew he couldn't possibly defeat Jiangmo Douluo, but as long as he completed Xun Yu's plan well, that would be a success.

(End of chapter)