Chapter 187: The Third Soul Fusion Technique

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, these two pairings have many common points.

Both are the strongest of the reserve team, both became the ace of the squad as reserve members, both are geniuses of their Academy that appear once in several thousand years.

They both gave the audience many surprises in this competition, and now seeing such a conservatively anticipated pairing face off, everyone's emotions began to surge.

Xiao Hongchen, who usually talks a lot, closed his mouth; Meng Hongchen, unusually, did not act like a fangirl, and they stared nervously at the opponent.

They had just each sparred with Huo Yutong, clearly knowing how extraordinary this opponent is; if Huo Yutong alone is like that, imagine adding Tang Wulin.

Unlike them, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong stood hand‑in‑hand opposite them, their demeanor full of confidence.

Having reached this stage of the tournament, they fully understand their own strength and are convinced this victory will belong to them.

So, with Huang Jinxu's voice "The match begins," the final match of the continental Elite Soul Master Academy competition started.

Xiao Hongchen stepped back a pace, soul‑directed cannons began rising around him, while Meng Hongchen brandished a blue longsword and charged toward the opposite side of the arena.

One provided firepower support, the other melee poison; their division of labor was very clear.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's actions were completely opposite; the two held hands and rushed forward together.

The nauseating part was that Huo Yutong's figure vanished again, and not only she, but also Tang Wulin, who was holding her hand, disappeared.

Xiao Hongchen only felt a surge of frustration hitting his head, wanting to curse out loud.

His absolute‑lock soul‑directed device was just that one; once used it's gone, so now he has no way to lock onto the two.

Meng Hongchen also hurriedly stopped, raised her sword, and stayed alert for their attack.

They all knew Tang Wulin's burst speed; when he fully unleashes, he can cross the arena in less than a second, so no one can say whether the two have reached her side yet.

And reality proved she overthought it.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong never even considered her a threat.

"Damn!"

Xiao Hongchen instinctively let out a startled shout because his Resilient Barrier unexpectedly activated.

This clearly shows that the two directly bypassed Meng Hongchen to attack him, the back‑row shooter.

While they completed simulated invisibility, Huo Yutong also extended her Ice Emperor Body Protection over Tang Wulin, rendering Meng Hongchen's toxin completely ineffective against the two.

Thus she posed no threat at all; for the two, the highly explosive Xiao Hongchen was even more troublesome, and if he isn't dealt with quickly, he could truly turn the tide.

As the Resilient Barrier opened, Xiao Hongchen's soul power began to pour out at a staggering rate; evidently the invisible two were launching a full‑force attack on him.

In shock, Xiao Hongchen shouted urgently, "Meng, fall back to defense!"

Hearing his voice, Meng Hongchen's third soul ring lit up, Ice Refraction activated, and she instantly moved to his side, swinging a sky‑filled array of sword shadows.

Xiao Hongchen also triggered the nearby soul‑directed cannon barrels, commencing an all‑direction indiscriminate assault. Thanks to this, the Resilient Barrier received no further hits, seemingly having repelled those two monsters for now.

But this can't continue; it's a temporary fix, and they will eventually be worn out.

So Xiao Hongchen made a decisive call and said to Meng Hongchen:

"Meng, come on, it's time to use Red Dust's Affection."

Meng Hongchen hesitated briefly, then nodded sharply.

They truly had no better option now, only hoping to overwhelm Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong with an absolutely overwhelming attack from the front.

After once again using a powerful strike to push back the invisible two, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen embraced each other.

A pillar of golden and icy‑blue light shot skyward, and terrifying soul‑power waves began to spread.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's figures simultaneously manifested, their faces now somewhat solemn.

They were extremely familiar with this scene; the worst possibility had indeed occurred—Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen truly possessed a martial soul Fusion Technique.

The combined martial soul Fusion Technique of two Soul Kings was so powerful it far exceeded either of their individual handling limits; to counter it they could only also employ a martial soul Fusion Technique.

Thus, purple, gold, and red lights also surged skyward, the arena's soul power almost forming a turbulent energy vortex; soul masters below the Soul Ancestor at this moment even lacked the qualification to stand on the stage.

On the city wall, Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao wore expressions of astonishment; before the match began, neither of them imagined the contest would end with a clash of martial soul Fusion Techniques.

It should be noted that the Ri Yue Di Guo's martial soul strength is generally mediocre, and the Red Dust siblings can be called the first holders of a martial soul Fusion Technique in the empire's history.

The entire audience clenched their fists excitedly; before coming, they never expected to witness such an uplifting scene, and just by seeing this clash of martial soul Fusion Techniques, the match was already worth the ticket price.

At this moment, the most miserable was judge Huang Jinxu; before the Fusion Techniques truly collided, no one could tell who was stronger, but once they did, casualties were likely; he knew the four contestants on stage now weighed more than all the others combined, and if they faltered, Xuanzi and Jing Hong Chen of Ming De Hall would truly go mad.

Meanwhile, the rising light pillars of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen began to change; the pillars condensed in the air into a huge toad‑shaped form, and oddly, when all the light gathered on this toad, its color also shifted.

The golden hue of the Three‑legged Golden Toad and the icy blue of the Zhu Qing Bingchan vanished at that moment, leaving only a metallic‑sheened red; that scarlet‑golden glow rendered the five‑meter‑tall massive toad dazzling, its eyes as black as abyss.

Its mouth opened wide, and within its throat a faint scarlet‑gold vortex spun violently, ready to spew out at any moment.

At that instant, Tang Wulin's side also completed its transformation.

The light pillar dissipated, and in its place appeared a gigantic upright pupil; at its center the pupil took on a dragon‑eye shape, a crimson dragon eye exuding a mad aura, colors of gold, purple, and cyan swirling together, a formidable attack poised to unleash.

The whole audience instantly boiled over; no one expected Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to surprise them again in the finals with an entirely new martial soul Fusion Technique.

Off‑topic, damn, I've been racking my brain naming this for ages and still can't think of a suitable title; reader A‑Dream, help me out!

(End of Chapter)