Chapter 229: Peak Duel (Part 3)

Snowflakes drifted, and Luo Yu's body was revealed on the competition platform. Luo Yu's set of soul guidance armor was somewhat damaged, a pair of blood-red wings were more than half destroyed, and even the armor on his body showed a few cracks.

Luo Yu looked truly disheveled now; Luo Yu's originally fair face was now stained with a bit of blood.

"Cough, cough..." Luo Yu rubbed his back, which was aching from the impact, stood up straight, and reached out to wipe the blood from his face.

"Sun Moon Empire will win!"

As everyone's gaze fell, some fanatical students from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy also let out excited cheers. They had thought Luo Yu would lose to this captain from Shrek, but Luo Yu was still standing here, and even still had the strength to fight!

"Your Ice Explosion Technique is strong, but your tactics don't seem to have succeeded yet. It's my turn to counterattack."

Luo Yu flicked both hands, and a pair of blood-red long swords appeared. The long swords trembled, and the next instant, Luo Yu actually chose to take the initiative to attack!

A Soul Engineer actually choosing to engage in melee combat with Huo Yu Hao, an Assault and Control System soul master who also possessed an Extreme Ice martial soul?

The broken wings fell off Luo Yu's soul guidance armor completely, and then a pair of simple thrusters appeared. Although he lacked the support of the wings, the Flying Soul Guidance Device could still operate. A blood-red figure approached rapidly, and before Huo Yu Hao could react, the pair of long swords had already slashed fiercely at Huo Yu Hao's protective Extreme Ice.

Struck by this pair of long swords, Huo Yu Hao's entire body trembled violently; he felt a sharp, stinging pain and numbness.

"Damn it! I was tricked by this guy!"

Huo Yu Hao endured the muscle spasms and forcibly broke free from the state of being almost paralyzed by electricity. Before he could counterattack, Luo Yu retracted the long swords and stood steadily in the air.

Creating distance and suppressing with firepower—that was the fighting style of a Soul Engineer as Huo Yu Hao understood it. But this guy named Luo Yu was simply an anomaly, because you could never guess what shocking, strange, and bizarre things this guy would pull out in the next instant.

The previous Collapse Ray, the later Palm Thunder Cannon, and the just-used Thunder Sword.

After experiencing a series of battles, Huo Yu Hao's mindset had also undergone some changes...

Facing Luo Yu, who was launching another attack, Huo Yu Hao did not hesitate. An ice-blue phantom instantly took shape behind him. With an angry shout, the light and shadow of an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion flashed behind him, followed by a sharp, tearing sound as those huge scorpion pincers smashed fiercely down toward Luo Yu.

This scene gave Luo Yu a start. He couldn't be sure if this was Huo Yu Hao's Simulation Soul Skill or a real Ice Empress's Wrath. Now, Luo Yu could only rely on his own judgment, because when that pair of huge Ice Empress's Pincers appeared, the hair all over his body stood on end.

Luo Yu knew that his own perception had already been affected, so he could only rely on his judgment now. If he guessed wrong, this strike would definitely cause Luo Yu to be defeated directly, and it was even highly likely he would be severely injured; after all, in that instant just now, Luo Yu had felt the aura of the Ice Empress.

To be safe, Luo Yu immediately raised two thick cannon barrels from his shoulders, fired two Burst Bombs toward those huge pincers, and then quickly pulled away.

The two Burst Bombs disappeared without a trace after entering the Ice Empress phantom, and a bad thought immediately rose in Luo Yu's heart.

Oh no, it's Huo Yu Hao's Spirit Interference again!

Amidst the violent roar, Huo Yu Hao's figure arrived silently behind Luo Yu. A ray of ice-blue light shot out from Huo Yu Hao's eyes, and the ice-blue light struck Luo Yu's back straight on.

Ripples appeared in the air, and the Luo Yu who was hit disappeared rapidly, as if the calm surface of water had been broken.

Luo Yu's attack missed, and Huo Yu Hao's attack also missed. Both of their attacks missed simultaneously in an extremely bizarre way. Just as Huo Yu Hao's attack missed, the Ice Empress in his mind reminded Huo Yu Hao, "Huo Yu Hao, watch your shoulder."

An iron hand covered in soul guidance armor reached rapidly toward Huo Yu Hao's shoulder. Huo Yu Hao tapped his feet, executed the Tang Sect's unique skill Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and then his palms took on a white jade color. Taking advantage of the gap while dodging, he channeled Control Crane Capturing Dragon.

Clang!

Amidst the harsh sound of metal friction, Huo Yu Hao's Mysterious Jade Hand crossed and brushed against the palm of Luo Yu's soul guidance armor.

Huo Yu Hao had intended to use Control Crane Capturing Dragon to grab Luo Yu's arm, but when he executed it, he was surprised to find that he couldn't pull Luo Yu's arm over at all. If he couldn't pull Luo Yu's arm over, he couldn't inject the Ice Explosion Technique at the moment of contact.

But what Huo Yu Hao didn't expect was that Luo Yu had discovered his intention. In the instant their arms crossed just now, Luo Yu changed the shape of the soul guidance armor on his arm, making it like a sharp barb that scraped fiercely across Huo Yu Hao's Mysterious Jade Hand.

It must be said that Luo Yu's set of soul guidance armor was indeed formidable. In just a single exchange, Huo Yu Hao's arm was injured again. If not for the enhancement of the Mysterious Jade Hand, Huo Yu Hao's arm would likely be covered in wounds by now.

"The captain is being merciful. You don't know how the captain defeated others back then. If it weren't for that guy named Huo Yu Hao constantly using these spirit attacks to interfere with the captain's judgment, the captain would have already used his signature technique." Leiqier looked at Luo Yu on the field and couldn't help but sigh. Fighting an opponent like Huo Yu Hao, he admitted he was no match at all.

"Wait, doesn't the captain not have a signature technique? Leiqier, you're lying again!" Yan Lingshu looked at Leiqier and discovered the problem in his words.

Leiqier glanced at Yan Lingshu and said, "Don't you guys know that the captain has always had a well-known title in Mingde Hall?"

"Wait, Leiqier, are you talking about..." Even Jing Peng, who was usually quiet, spoke up as if he had thought of something.

Lu Jiuyu looked at the two people crossing figures and still fighting on the field and said, "You guys must be talking about the title you guys made up privately before the captain took over the experiments, right? The captain's past fighting style was extremely similar to Senior Ma Rulong, but Senior Ma Rulong's fighting style was only similar to the captain's. In the captain's hands, any soul guidance device can play a huge role. The captain has no fixed fighting style, and many of his battles don't even have patterns to follow, but the only thing that can be determined is that the captain is a genius who is extremely good at coordinating various soul guidance devices."

"A genius in the Sun Moon Empire who can make all soul guidance devices exert two hundred percent of their effectiveness in his hands! His battle is like a feast of soul guidance devices. The captain rarely makes a move, but once he does, it is a soul guidance combat lesson that none of us can refuse. This opportunity is hard to come by, so you guys should watch carefully."

Lu Jiuyu watched Luo Yu, who was constantly changing soul guidance devices, quietly, his eyes full of fanaticism and excitement.

Palm Thunder Cannon, Flash Cannon, Knockback Wave...

Various unrelated soul guidance devices were utilized perfectly in Luo Yu's hands; even a small Level 3 Soul Ray nearly caused Huo Yu Hao to be injured.

Everyone watching the battle clearly saw the timing of Luo Yu's use of soul guidance devices. This scene gave them a feeling of, "So that's how you use soul guidance devices."

A faint purple-gold light appeared in Huo Yu Hao's eyes again. Luo Yu's figure froze, but quickly returned to normal. If caught off guard, Huo Yu Hao's sneak attack would definitely have worked like last time, but now that Luo Yu was prepared, Huo Yu Hao's Soul Shock would be very difficult to play a decisive role.

On Huo Yu Hao's body, three soul rings lit up in succession: the third soul ring, the fourth soul ring, and the fifth soul ring.

Weakness, Spirit Confusion, Spirit Suppression!

The next instant, Huo Yu Hao had already arrived in front of Luo Yu. That charred palm, under his pair of eyes shining with ice-blue light, slapped fiercely toward Luo Yu's chest.

Three powerful spirit-type soul skills were applied to Luo Yu in succession. At this moment, Luo Yu also activated his protective soul guidance device.

The trigger-type soul guidance device activated instantly, immediately reducing much of the impact, but Weakness and Spirit Confusion still couldn't be blocked unless Luo Yu's Spirit Power was stronger than Huo Yu Hao's.

But, was that possible?

The effect of Weakness fell on Luo Yu, and Luo Yu immediately felt his soul power circulation slow down by a portion, while Spirit Confusion caused his consciousness to fall into a chaotic state. The moment Spirit Confusion was applied to him, Luo Yu lost control of his body.

However, the next moment, a slight electric current flowed through Luo Yu's body, and the stinging sensation caused Luo Yu to immediately break free from Spirit Confusion.

Just at the moment Huo Yu Hao's palm was about to strike Luo Yu, Luo Yu moved. The ice-blue light on Huo Yu Hao's body dimmed instantly, and two of the three lit soul rings faded. Luo Yu did not hesitate; he grabbed Huo Yu Hao's pitch-black palm and slammed a punch fiercely into Huo Yu Hao's abdomen.

Having succeeded with one strike, Luo Yu did not let go of Huo Yu Hao. If it weren't for Huo Yu Hao's Spirit Suppression suppressing a portion of Luo Yu's strength, this punch would have been enough to make Huo Yu Hao fall into a faint.

Crack!

A crisp sound came, and Huo Yu Hao's hands were immediately fitted with a Soul Restraint Bracelet. Looking at the Soul Restraint Bracelet on his hands, he subconsciously wanted to break free from the bracelet, but he found that the more he channeled his soul power, the more severe the bracelet's restriction on his soul power became. Seeing the scene before him, Huo Yu Hao was dumbfounded. He knew that this kind of thing was used when arresting criminals in the Sun Moon Empire, but who could have known that this thing would actually be used on him on the competition field now?