No matter what, he was only a level 32 Soul Master. Facing an opponent with three more soul rings than him, the best way was to run.
But this place was in the middle of nowhere; even if he ran, how could he outrun a Soul Emperor?
He couldn't run, nor could he fight head-on. The only way was to deflect all the soul power bristles.
"Gentle Fist Technique - Eight Trigrams Returning Heaven Palm..."
Lu Tianyu quickly crouched down, his hands flailing out like willow branches in the wind, brushing aside the soul power bristles that first reached him.
Then, using the immense impact of the bristles, Lu Tianyu's body spun rapidly on the ground like a top. Simultaneously, Lu Tianyu used his keen eyesight to predict the soul power bristles flying towards him. He
then swiftly swung his Gentle Fist to deflect them, but in Chadley's eyes, a soul power shield emitting a pale blue light appeared around Lu Tianyu, deflecting all his second soul skills.
When Lu Tianyu's spinning body stopped, he left a crater three meters in diameter in the ground.
Chadley was confident that his second soul skill would be enough to deal with Lu Tianyu, but to his surprise, Lu Tianyu slapped him across the face.
"Chadley, you're already in your fifties, can't you be a little more mature? Fighting over such trivial matters isn't something a Spirit Hall elder should do,"
Lu Tianyu habitually complained about Chadley's behavior, but Chadley seemed to think Lu Tianyu was mocking him.
Chadley roared, "You wretched brat, don't think you can lecture me just because you defended against my second soul skill!"
"Third Soul Skill - Porcupine Charge!"
As the third soul ring under Chadley's feet flashed, the porcupine spirit lying on the ground charged towards Lu Tianyu like a mad porcupine.
The speed was so fast that Lu Tianyu didn't have time to think before it reached him. Lu Tianyu instinctively jumped into the air to avoid Chadley's impact.
"As expected of a young man, thinking he's safe just by jumping into the air? Second Soul Skill: Porcupine Arrow Rain."
Chadley saw Lu Tianyu leap into the air to dodge, making him the perfect target for his second soul skill. He launched his second soul skill again at Lu Tianyu, who was soaring into the air.
Lu Tianyu's mastery of the Soft Fist technique wasn't yet sufficient to execute it in the air. He used Moonwalk to distance himself from Chadley as much as possible
while summoning his external soul bone, the Tiger Soul Eyebrow Staff. He then used the power-generating technique of the Soft Fist's Returning Heaven Palm to rapidly swing and spin it in front of him.
"Returning Heaven Staff."
Although he couldn't execute the true Returning Heaven Palm using the Eyebrow Staff, the Tiger Soul Eyebrow Staff's enhancement doubled his defensive range.
Furthermore, since Chadley's second soul skill was aimed directly at Lu Tianyu's body, he only needed to defend against the soul power bristles in front of him, which was more than enough.
"Clap clap clap clap clap clap..."
After more than a month of training from Li Yusong, Lu Tianyu's skill in using the Tiger Soul Staff had greatly improved. Even in the air, he perfectly defended against Chadley's second soul skill.
When Lu Tianyu landed back on the ground, he was six meters away from Chadley. He raised his right foot and suddenly thrust it out.
"Storm Kick - Flying Swallow..."
A blade of energy, only about a meter long but shimmering with a bright cyan light, slammed into Chadley's martial soul along the ground. Of course, Lu Tianyu's attack didn't cause Chadley much damage.
After all, the defense of a beast martial soul master is far superior to that of a weapon martial soul master, not to mention that Chadley has three more soul rings than Lu Tianyu.
At this stage, Lu Tianyu's strongest attack methods are Storm Kick and its various derivative moves. Flying Swallow is the most powerful cutting move that Lu Tianyu has developed.
However, it had no effect on Chadley's martial soul. Of course, although Chadley's defense was strong, it couldn't defend against the attack of the Soft Fist.
However, using the Soft Fist required getting close to Chadley, which was a fatal mistake for Lu Tianyu.
Never approach the enemy when at a clear disadvantage – this was a crucial point the master had emphasized for five years.
Furthermore, Lu Tianyu judged that even if he successfully used the Soft Fist,
he wouldn't be able to incapacitate Chadley in one strike. Chadley would only need to make one move to defeat or even kill him instantly.
Chadley, already enraged by his repeated failures, saw Lu Tianyu still unscathed from his soul skill, his eyes flashing with bloodlust.
He roared at Lu Tianyu, "Die! Die! Die!"
"Fourth Soul Skill: Porcupine Stomp!"
Chadley's porcupine spirit stood up, and a purple soul ring flashed beside him.
He stomped his foot on the ground, and a yellowish-brown shockwave instantly spread towards Lu Tianyu's feet.
The powerful shockwave and impact sent Lu Tianyu flying backward. At this moment, Chadley's towering figure was already above Lu Tianyu.
Raising his right foot high, a terrifying surge of soul power emanated from it.
Lu Tianyu knew that if Chadley's soul skill hit him, he would surely die, and he never expected Chadley to intend to kill him.
In extreme fear, Lu Tianyu unleashed an unprecedented survival instinct, forgetting his fear and focusing solely on surviving no matter what. Just
as Chadley's lips curled into a slight smile, believing Lu Tianyu would be crushed into mincemeat,
the purple soul ring at Lu Tianyu's waist suddenly glowed, and then Lu Tianyu's body vanished beneath Chadley's feet.
"Boom!"
Chadley's right foot slammed into the ground, creating a spiderweb-like crack several meters long around his foot.
"Eight Gates Formation - Third Gate: Gate of Life Opening!"
At the critical moment, Lu Tianyu unleashed his third soul skill, which he had never used before, and then used the power of opening the first three gates of the Eight Gates Formation to evade Chadley's fatal blow.
After opening the third gate of the Eight Gates Formation, Lu Tianyu's martial soul's Dao power increased from 5,300 to 8,000.
He had expected to experience immense pain, but in reality, there was no obstruction or pain whatsoever.
Lu Tianyu thought to himself that the lack of obstruction when opening the Eight Gates Formation was perhaps the advantage of his soul skill. However, he knew that opening the Eight Gates Formation would inevitably cause a backlash to his martial soul, and he would suffer from this backlash.
Chadley turned and looked at Lu Tianyu fifteen meters away with a look of astonishment. He noticed that Lu Tianyu's aura had suddenly surged to the level of a Soul King.
Lu Tianyu was enveloped in a cloud of azure mist, and he raised his right hand, clenching it as if he could completely control the surging power within him.
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In the original Naruto story, after opening the Eight Gates, the power was so overwhelming that it was difficult for anyone to control the sudden surge of power, and could only be used in a simple way.
Chadley suddenly felt that Lu Tianyu was too strange. There were many secret techniques in the Soul Master world that could increase one's soul power in a short time.
But such secret techniques were mostly in the hands of large families and sects. Could it be that Lu Tianyu was a member of a large family?
Chadley quickly dismissed this assumption. The Spirit Hall paid special attention to the disciples of large families and sects on the Douluo Continent.
If Lu Tianyu was really a disciple of a large family or sect, he couldn't possibly not know, and at this point, he had no other choice but to kill Lu Tianyu to silence him.
"Hmph, even if you used a life-saving secret technique, so what? My fourth soul skill can last for half an hour."
Chadley looked at Lu Tianyu with murderous intent and said, "This time is enough for me to trample you into mincemeat, drink... Porcupine Stomp."
As he spoke, Chadley activated his movement technique and instantly appeared above Lu Tianyu's head, raising his left foot high and stomping down on Lu Tianyu's head.
Lu Tianyu's pupils contracted slightly. With a nimble swing of his Tiger Soul Staff, he stabbed Chadley in the abdomen like a viper's tongue.
"Gentle Fist Technique - Staff Thrust."
The power carried by the Tiger Soul Staff pierced through Chadley's martial soul defenses like flowing water, then erupted from his internal organs. Chadley
felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, followed by a sudden halt in the surging soul power within him, and the power that permeated his entire body seemed to vanish.
After Lu Tianyu withdrew the Tiger Soul Staff, he slammed into the ground from the air. The power of the Gentle Fist Technique lies in its ability to ignore defenses and directly target the internal organs, meridians, and other soft tissues.
Although Chadley had three more soul rings than Lu Tianyu, Lu Tianyu had activated the first three gates of the Eight Gates.
His power had reached the level of a Soul King, and even a Soul King's attack on Chadley's internal organs had temporarily rendered him immobile.
Seeing Chadley fall in front of him, Lu Tianyu habitually twirled his staff and said, "With skills like yours, you think you can kill me? Go back and practice some more."
Chadley had the intention to kill Lu Tianyu, but Lu Tianyu had no such intention.
After all, in his previous life, Lu Tianyu was a law-abiding youth born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze; the concept of killing simply didn't exist in his mind.
Coupled with his inexplicable confidence in his Soft Fist technique, he believed Chadley wouldn't be able to move again anytime soon, so he turned around and continued walking towards Shrek Academy.
Just as Lu Tianyu was considering whether to take this opportunity to study the attribute changes after activating the Eight Gates, a strange fluctuation of soul power suddenly came from behind him.
"You actually forced me to use the Crimson Candle Fruit to save my life, die, you little bastard!"
Lu Tianyu subconsciously turned his head and saw Chadley swallow a fruit the size of an infant's fist, shimmering with a crimson spiritual light.
Furthermore, Chadley's mention of the Crimson Candle Fruit reminded Lu Tianyu of the food-type soul skill that his master had specifically explained when he was still at the Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
The Crimson Candle Fruit itself was just an ordinary food-type weapon spirit with some medicinal value, but a cardinal in the Spirit Hall had added seven soul rings to it and cultivated it to the point where he could summon the true form of the Crimson Candle Fruit spirit spirit.
The addition of seven soul rings caused the Crimson Candle Fruit to undergo a qualitative change, not only possessing powerful and continuous healing abilities, but also being able to be stored for two years without spoiling after being summoned.
Lu Tianyu truly did not expect that Chadley possessed a healing medicine like the Crimson Candle Fruit, created by a Soul Saint-level food-type soul master.
"Sixth Soul Skill - Porcupine Flash Wave..."
Chadley, after eating the Crimson Candle Fruit and before the medicinal effects had fully taken hold, temporarily suppressed the intense pain in his lower abdomen and then unleashed his sixth soul skill on Lu Tianyu.
Lu Tianyu saw the porcupine spirit spirit behind Chadley once again lie on the ground, a black soul ring appearing at the corner of the porcupine spirit spirit's mouth.
"Roar."
A dazzling shockwave of soul power shot towards Lu Tianyu like a laser beam. Lu Tianyu felt a flash of light before his eyes and could see nothing.
He instinctively used Shave to dodge forward, instantly moving twenty meters away from Chadley.
However, he was still within the attack range of Chadley's sixth soul skill. While Lu Tianyu instinctively used Shave to dodge, he was thinking of using the Amber Eyebrow Staff to perform the Returning Palm technique for defense.
Just as Lu Tianyu was engulfed by the tangible, bright silver sound wave, he swung his Eyebrow Staff and struck the sound wave.
"Crack."
Lu Tianyu heard a crisp sound, and over ninety centimeters of his 150-centimeter-long Tiger Soul Eyebrow Staff were shattered by the sound wave. The damaged soul bone turned into specks of spiritual light and reattached to his spine. This
was because most of the power of the sound wave was absorbed and neutralized by the soul bone, and Chadley had hastily used his sixth soul skill.
So when the sound wave engulfed Lu Tianyu, it no longer had much killing power, but the residual force still caused Lu Tianyu's blood and qi to surge, blood flowing from his ears, nose, and eyes. His internal organs felt as if they were being roasted over charcoal.
Before even hitting the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and after struggling dazedly on the ground for a while, Lu Tianyu finally stood up shakily.
At this time, the effects of the Crimson Candle Fruit that Chadley had eaten were fully exerted, and he could hardly feel the intense pain in his lower abdomen.
However, his meridians were injured, and he still felt somewhat powerless when activating his soul power.
Seeing that Lu Tianyu had not been killed by his sixth soul skill, Chadley roared madly, "How is this possible? How is this possible? How could you still be alive?"
"I'll kill you, I'll definitely kill you! Fifth Soul Skill - Porcupine Spear!"
This time, Lu Tianyu truly felt the deadly danger, and his dazed mind had long forgotten any thoughts of obeying the law.
Looking at Chadley, Lu Tianyu could only make out a vague outline, but he could sense the chilling killing intent emanating from Chadley.
At that moment, Lu Tianyu had only one thought in his mind: kill him, and kill him before he himself was killed.
"Eight Gates Formation - Fifth Gate, Gate of Closure, Open!"
With a thought, Lu Tianyu opened the fifth gate of the Eight Gates Formation, instantly unleashing a powerful aura far surpassing that of an ordinary Soul Emperor.
Just as Chadley was stunned, Lu Tianyu's figure suddenly vanished before his eyes.
"Storm Kick - Shattered Lotus..."
Lu Tianyu's voice suddenly came from above Chadley's head. Chadley looked up and saw a lotus flower, no bigger than a washbasin, shimmering with a bright blue light, fall from it like a meteorite and strike him.
(End of Chapter)