Chapter 186

Bang!

With the support of Black Tortoise's power, the Black Tortoise shield slammed heavily into Ma Rulong's chest, and Black Tortoise Shock erupted forcefully.

Terrifying tremors erupted in front of Ma Rulong's chest, shaking hundreds of times in an instant. Ma Rulong tried to break free, but the black shield generated a strong suction force, firmly sucking him onto the shield.

In a moment, his body‑shield soul tool was shattered, his soul power was dispersed, and his skin suffered wounds under the intense tremors; Ma Rulong actually sustained serious injury in an instant.

At the critical moment, Ma Rulong gritted his teeth and exerted all his strength, pulling a strand of soul power from his body despite the violent tremors and activating the bracer on his hand.

A flash of white light passed, Xu San Shi's body was blown back, and Ma Rulong managed to break free from his attack.

A fifth‑rank soul tool, the repulse bracer, being a one‑time use, is effective even against a Soul Emperor.

Ma Rulong panted heavily, taking two big breaths, and looked in shock at Xu San Shi not far away.

This was Xu San Shi's first time using the Black Tortoise Awakening ability in this competition, so he never expected that a Soul Ancestor like him could unleash such terrifying attack power, to the point that he almost got instantly killed despite being unprepared.

At this moment, Xu San Shi's eyes had completely turned black under the influence of the Black Tortoise shield; he grabbed the shield and charged straight at Ma Rulong.

Facing him, Ma Rulong actually felt a hint of fear, having a strange premonition that Xu San Shi could have killed him just moments ago.

Under the influence of this intense fear, Ma Rulong no longer dared to hide anything and drew a crimson‑gold giant sword.

This was the eighth‑rank soul tool Judgment Sword he had originally prepared to deal with Dai Yaoheng; as one of the top‑tier soul tools produced by Ming De Hall, it is among the strongest even among all eighth‑rank melee soul tools.

At the same time, with the sound of the Resilient Wall shattering, Lin Xi was defeated by Dai Yaoheng and rescued by Huang JinXu.

Dai Yaoheng also saw the giant sword; the moment his gaze fell on the blade, he felt his whole body's hair stand on end and involuntarily shouted:

"San Shi, be careful! That sword is not simple!"

While saying that, he rushed forward, preparing to join Xu San Shi in taking down Ma Rulong.

Ma Rulong gave him a cold glance, then fiercely swung his long sword.

"You are darkness, condemn the heretics!"

Black light fell; Dai Yaoheng was about to block with his hand, but suddenly his vision changed and he found himself in front of Xu San Shi.

As a top‑tier soul skill, Black Tortoise Summon's arrival and whether it causes stiffness are decided by Xu San Shi himself; thus, although Dai Yaoheng was momentarily startled, he still unhesitatingly unleashed his strongest soul skill at Ma Rulong.

"White Tiger Annihilation Slay!"

With the three amplification techniques, the White Tiger Annihilation Slay's power had reached a terrifying level; even Ma Rulong dared not meet it head‑on, the light of the Resilient Wall flared, and his already poor complexion turned even paler.

But this also meant Dai Yaoheng had delivered himself to Ma Rulong's face; he swung the Judgment Sword again, slashing at Dai Yaoheng.

Dai Yaoheng could not avoid it this time and had to block the attack with his claws.

Surprisingly, this attack's power was not strong; Ma Rulong currently could not fully unleash the Judgment Sword's power, merely using this opportunity to infuse a dark aura into his body.

The key is the next strike.

"Light, judgment!"

A fervor rose in Ma Rulong's eyes.

The effect of the Judgment Sword forcibly converts the opponent's attribute to darkness, then judges it with the light attribute.

Under the intertwining of light and darkness, its power had already surpassed that of a Soul Emperor or even a Soul Saint, reaching the level of a Soul Douluo, which Dai Yaoheng could not possibly resist.

That should have been the case.

Facing the Judgment Sword's attack, Dai Yaoheng suddenly crossed his arms in front of his chest and blocked it head‑on; then, that unstoppable strike of the Judgment Sword was actually shattered just like that.

"Huh?"

Ma Rulong froze.

This is not what he expected; logically, Dai Yaoheng should have lost to this strike, after which he only needed to deal with Xu San Shi to lay the foundation for victory in the competition.

But why is Dai Yaoheng completely unharmed?

Dai Yaoheng's right arm bone soul skill: Absolute Defense.

He had never used this skill in previous competitions; its effect is simple—it puts him in an invulnerable state and forcibly breaks the enemy's attack.

The drawback is that he must first block the enemy's attack with his right arm, and he gets only one chance per day, with the invulnerability lasting just one second.

The advantage is that, once successfully activated, he can ignore all attacks below the Super Douluo level for that one second.

Although the Judgment Sword is strong, it is obviously still far below the Super Douluo level, so Dai Yaoheng easily blocked Ma Rulong's killing move.

And he naturally would not let this one‑second opportunity pass.

"Kill" character appeared between Dai Yaoheng and Ma Rulong; his sixth soul ring flashed, and once again the White Tiger Annihilation Slay appeared.

With his soul power basically exhausted this time, Ma Rulong could no longer withstand the blow; the Resilient Wall shattered instantly, and just as he was about to be torn to pieces by Dai Yaoheng, Huang JinXu rescued him.

Seeing Ma Rulong and Lin Xi both rescued from the arena, Xu San Shi, who had been forcing himself to stay conscious, suddenly went limp and collapsed.

Dai Yaoheng looked at him with some admiration, lifted his body, and jumped down from the competition stage.

To win this match so smoothly, Xu San Shi at least deserves half the credit.

Even if Dai Yaoheng and Ma Rulong fought one‑on‑one, he would not be confident of winning so easily, showing how great Xu San Shi's contribution was.

Dai Yaoheng firmly believed that this kid's future would definitely surpass his own.

The first match of the 223rd, Shrek Academy won.

At that moment, the seating area of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was filled with gloom.

They never expected that their strongest captain, after unleashing his ultimate trump card, could still be defeated by the opposing captain leading a reserve team member.

And in the upcoming match, they have no other choice.

Shrek will definitely field the ace combination of Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, so they can only send the Red Dust siblings pair.

Otherwise, no one could withstand the Soul Fusion Technique of those two monsters.

Xiao Hongchen looked at everyone's gloomy expressions and shouted loudly, "Don't rush to despair; we haven't lost yet!"

Everyone stared at him blankly, and he said firmly:

"Rest assured, I will surely bring victory back together with Meng, bringing glory to the empire."

Saying that, he took Meng Hongchen's hand and walked onto the stage.

And Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong were already waiting for the two of them on the competition stage.

(End of chapter)