Chapter 648

"Damn... Yang Xuan versus Zhang Guliu; their families are already at odds, so both of them will definitely go all out in this battle."

"Could it be that the young master Yang has been hidden by the family since birth, spending his whole life in closed-door cultivation!?"

"No wonder he could single-handedly kill two top-ten newcomers as soon as he made a move; it turns out he's the young master of the Yang family!"

"It's too terrifying; my heart is pounding, and I don't even dare to imagine how earth-shattering the battle between the two will be!"

"Coward, I dare to imagine!"

【The match officially begins!】

With the broadcast announcement, the two moved!

The arena on Yang Xuan's side was instantly illuminated by a fierce red light, and the floor began to pit and crater, as if it were melting.

Flames burned on Yang Xuan's fists, and orange-red scorching heat stirred up thick smoke in the air.

He made the first move, his eyes flashing with sharp light as he stepped forward.

He swung his fist toward Zhang Guliu, open and closing, leaving a trail of afterimages behind him!

The lethality of flame-type skills can generally be judged by their color.

Yellow is the weakest, usually only three or four hundred degrees.

Red flames can reach over a thousand degrees.

Yang Xuan's orange-red flames were a level higher than red, with an even higher temperature!

Human contact would result in direct vaporization; one can imagine how formidable its power was.

At higher stages, there would even be blue and white flames.

Facing this aggressive punch, Zhang Guliu didn't change his expression, not even retreating a single step!

He raised his hand and gripped.

Clatter!!

The skull ancient book in his hand began to flip pages frantically, each page depicting an ancient rune.

The ancient book suddenly stopped on a certain page, and the glowing runes on the paper floated up, suspending in mid-air.

Zhang Guliu pinched a seal with his fingers, his eyes cold, driving his mana.

Boom!

In the next instant, the majestic gray mana from the runes gushed out!

A phantom of a demon holding a blade appeared behind Zhang Guliu.

The blade demon phantom was covered in sores, two meters tall, its body illusory and transparent, almost completely merged with Zhang Guliu, as if it were his incarnation.

Howls and wails of souls echoed in the arena.

Zhang Guliu stepped forward, reaching out to grab the air, making a slashing motion!

The phantom behind him followed his action, slashing down with a boom, directly clashing with Yang Xuan's fist.

Boom!

Fist and blade met, a giant sound exploded, sparks flew, and the air rippled with shockwaves.

Yang Xuan retreated five steps.

Zhang Guliu also retreated five steps!

The two were almost evenly matched!

But the soul blade of the blade demon phantom showed signs of being melted by the high temperature, with cracks spreading across the blade.

Yang Xuan stepped to adjust his posture, revealing an arrogant cold smile.

"Hmph, nothing more than that."

The flames on his fists hadn't diminished in the slightest.

Zhang Guliu's eyes were calm, ignoring him, and he raised his hand to wave again.

Swish!

The blade demon soul shadow behind him directly dissipated, turning into pure soul power.

Then, the ancient book in his palm flipped again, stopping on a new page, the runes floating.

Finally, a brand new soul shadow condensed!

It was a phantom holding a large halberd, looking like a Yaksha, wearing ancient robes, glaring angrily at Yang Xuan.

This new halberd warrior shadow was more majestic than the previous one, and all its injuries were completely healed.

Following Zhang Guliu's action, this phantom took the initiative to attack with him!

Yang Xuan saw this scene, a look of surprise in his eyes.

He didn't expect the other party to be able to re-condense the soul shadow so quickly; the melting blade damage he had caused just now was completely meaningless.

His face was cold, his fists crossed, and he rushed forward to clash with Zhang Guliu again!

Hiss!

Yang fire gushed out, illuminating half the arena in a miserable red.

Zhang Guliu merged with the warrior phantom behind him, the two moving as one, slashing out with a halberd!

The moment fist and halberd touched, Yang Xuan felt a bone-chilling coldness surging into his limbs and bones along his fist.

Even his powerful Yang fire was difficult to dispel!

His eyes were slightly startled, and he had to activate a move, the Continuous Explosive Flame Fist.

Boom boom boom!!

Flames exploded and spread, directly igniting the halberd.

Zhang Guliu retreated seven steps, the phantom behind him shattering and dissipating.

But Yang Xuan himself retreated ten steps, purple-black vascular patterns growing under the skin of his right hand.

It was as if he had been poisoned by some kind of soul poison.

This clash was clearly a big win for Zhang Guliu.

Because it was always the phantom that was damaged, which could be re-condensed.

While Yang Xuan was injured in his main body, making healing more difficult.

Su Ming saw the situation of this battle, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Zhang Guliu's class was truly too strong.

【Soul Shadow Combat Method】.

It wasn't a pure mage class, but a class that combined melee and spellcasting, relying on various soul shadows to move with him, increasing his attack and defense.

Battle mages usually have powerful melee capabilities while also having diverse spellcasting abilities; they are all-around classes.

The most terrifying thing is that Zhang Guliu's class can change soul shadows at will to adapt to different combat situations.

Even if the phantom is damaged, it can be re-condensed at any time; it's very troublesome!

And...

Su Ming narrowed his eyes, noticing a detail.

He used the Eye of Insight to check Zhang Guliu's full equipment.

He discovered that Zhang Guliu's skull ancient book was an epic-mid-tier weapon!

This was completely against the rules.

The reason it wasn't discovered was because of the special set effect of Zhang Guliu's armor equipment, 【Soul Spirit Concealment】.

【Soul Spirit Concealment 55: All his equipment will be disguised as diamond quality, and his aura will be shielded. The premise is that the quality of these items does not exceed epic-top-tier.】

Presumably, this was also carefully selected by the Zhang family, specifically prepared for his competition equipment!

It was by relying on that epic-grade skull book that Zhang Guliu could so easily gain the upper hand.