Chapter 198: Invincible Golden Body, Invincible Golden Body, Invincible Golden Body
"Fourth Soul Skill, Invincible Golden Body!"
Facing the surging Ice Phoenix, Xiao Wu's fourth soul ring lit up. She stepped in front of her teammates from the Heaven Dou Second Team, her entire body radiating a dazzling golden light as she collided with Shui Bing'er. A series of metallic friction sounds rang out instantly.
Shui Bing'er grimaced in pain, feeling as if her claws were being torn from her flesh. That golden body was just too hard.
Invincible Golden Body could withstand any attack below god-level. Unless the attack reached divine power, it couldn't break through the defense. However, it could only be used three times a day.
In mid-air, ice-blue and golden lights flashed. Below, a black shadow darted rapidly—Zhu Zhuqing—while a nine-colored glow fell upon her. "Nine Treasures, Second: Speed."
With the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support, Zhu Zhuqing's speed increased by 50%. Her limbs moved with lightning speed, elevating her already impressive speed to another level. Just as the Tianshui team landed, she targeted their power-type soul master, Qiu Ruoshui. Her third soul ring lit up, and purple-black light glowed on her feline claws.
"Third Soul Skill, Nether Slash!"
Qiu Ruoshui, caught off guard, could only activate her fastest soul skill—her first. A spike of water-elemental energy shot from her palm.
The cat claws and the water spike collided, and in a flash, Qiu Ruoshui was sent flying, sliding across the ground and coughing up blood. As for Gu Chen's Bone Prison at the center of the Soul Arena, it had already dissipated as he stopped channeling soul power.
Qian Renxue's first soul ring lit up, his Blue Silver Emperor spirit emitting a golden glow that fell on Qiu Ruoshui, restoring some color to her pale face.
"Full assault! While they're still disorganized—knock them off the stage! Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing—Nether White Tiger!"
"Xiao Wu, stall Shui Bing'er!"
Seeing Qiu Ruoshui recover, Gu Chen felt disgusted at how the Blue Silver Emperor could both attack and heal. On top of that, Qian Renxue was a close-combat powerhouse. He instantly gave new orders.
Because their first plan had failed, Gu Chen had expended a lot of soul power. With Oscar's recovery sausages, his energy was slowly returning. Facing attacks from Yu Hairou and Gu Qingbo, he activated his second soul skill—Bone Armor—which blocked their soul techniques.
"Teleport!"
"Invincible Golden Body!"
Xiao Wu once again activated her Invincible Golden Body—absolute defense—combined with a series of teleports to execute her eight-stage throw. Shui Bing'er cried out in pain and was forced to activate her second soul skill, Ice Ring Armor, for defense.
Ma Hongjun was locked in battle with Shui Yue'er. With his Evil Fire Phoenix spirit, he held the advantage. Xue Wu and Ning Rongrong supported their teammates from the back.
However, Xue Wu's support couldn't compare to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's.
Following Gu Chen's orders, he activated his fourth soul skill—a black hole to stall Qian Renxue. Yu Hairou and Gu Qingbo then shifted targets to Dai Mubai.
Dai Mubai immediately activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Protective Barrier to fend off the fierce assaults. Ning Rongrong, being a reincarnator with the Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart, had battlefield awareness on par with Qian Renxue. She instantly used her fourth soul skill—nine-colored light fell on Dai Mubai, boosting his defense by 50%.
With the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support, Dai Mubai met Zhu Zhuqing's gaze. She charged toward him at full speed. Their figures began to blur—
A Martial Soul Fusion Technique!
Qian Renxue instantly stepped into Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to intervene, but a black hole appeared in front of him. Gu Chen emerged, covered in Bone Armor, wielding massive bone spears in both hands.
"You think I'll let you stop them?"
Gu Chen thrust his sharp, hard bone spears at Qian Renxue's chest. Qian Renxue halted, grabbing both spears with Mysterious Jade Hands. The two clashed in pure physical combat, Qian Renxue's fists striking against the bone spears and armor.
Normally, Qian Renxue would use Tang Sect techniques like acupuncture strikes or Bone-Breaking Hand to target weak points. But the full-body Bone Armor and bone weapons made that impossible. He couldn't use his legs either, as the armor had deadly spikes. He could only rely on his jade hands for defense.
Yet, with his extensive combat experience, even under such constraints, he didn't fall behind.
As the two clashed, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had already completed their fusion.
A massive, three-meter-wide black light pillar shot skyward from their fusion point. A terrifying tiger's roar echoed across the arena. For a moment, not just the audience, but even the soul masters competing on the other four nearby stages froze and turned to look.
As the black light faded, a colossal White Tiger appeared—elegant and powerful. Its body was transparent, with white fur and black stripes, and purple double pupils. The previous Nether White Tiger had been eight meters long and two meters tall. This one had grown to a fearsome nine meters long and three meters high.
Before this massive beast, everyone appeared minuscule. Ning Rongrong immediately activated her first and third soul rings from the Nine Treasure Pagoda—Power and Spirit—buffing the Nether White Tiger. Already Soul King-level, its power surged further.
The pressure it released was suffocating for anyone below Soul King level in the arena.
This time, the Nether White Tiger didn't unleash its ultimate move. It merely gathered soul power in its palm and smacked the weakest Tianshui member—Shen Liuyun. Though she activated her third soul skill, she had no chance against the Pagoda-boosted tiger and was flung off the stage, unconscious.
"Fifth Soul Skill—Ice Phoenix Snow Demon Break!"
Shui Bing'er's fifth ring lit up. A crushing pressure forced Xiao Wu to retreat. Shrouded in the phantom of the Titan Snow Demon, the Ice Phoenix descended toward the Nether White Tiger.
At the critical moment, Xiao Wu teleported in front of the falling Ice Phoenix and activated her final use of Invincible Golden Body.
A thunderous boom echoed in the sky—but strangely, there was no massive destruction. Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body had absorbed the entire impact of Ice Phoenix Snow Demon Break.
Shui Bing'er's beautiful eyes widened. How could this be? Her fifth soul skill—a ten-thousand-year ability—had been completely neutralized by Xiao Wu's fourth soul skill, a thousand-year one! That soul skill was practically cheating!
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