Chapter 1257: Xiuxiu Goes into Battle
Chapter 1257: Chapter 1257: Xiuxiu Goes into Battle
The Moon Ring restrains and binds, while the Sun Ring concentrates on destruction. When Sun and Moon unite, the mysteries of heaven and earth coalesce!
However, in the very next instant, Yu Yingxin’s expression changed. All of her abilities lay within her perception, and she could clearly feel that within her combined power of sun and moon, the spike could not be restrained at all, with most of the destructive effects it should have made missing their target. The reason was simple: it was too sharp, so sharp that it seemed impossible to stop.
“Roar—” Amidst the resonant dragon roar, all the light within the Sun and Moon Concentric Circle began to tremble.
“Clang—” The sound rang out crisply as the shield formed from the Four-Word Battle Armor in front of Yu Yingxin started to violently shake.
“Bang—” The explosive boom sounded almost instantaneously afterward.
Yu Yingxin’s ninth soul ring lit up at the same time, and her body suddenly became ethereal, as if twisting and transforming into a huge ring. Her ninth soul skill, Devouring Starry Sky.
This Devouring Starry Sky could swallow all the energy between heaven and earth, neutralizing attacks and amplifying her own strength.
All ninth soul skills that serve as support soul skills are bound to have extremely strong supporting effects. The Devouring Starry Sky integrates both offense and defense, instantly tripling the effects of the Sun and Moon Heart Ring. The devouring power also increased drastically.
At that moment, a white light had already penetrated the obstruction in front—the shield forged from God Rank metals—and appeared brazenly in front of her, piercing right into the center of the Devouring Starry Sky.
Facing the huge ring of devouring, the white spike was undeterred, ruthlessly burrowing in. It pierced straight through the center.
Within the Devouring Starry Sky was initially chaos, but as soon as the spike entered, it almost instantly burst into blinding white light. The entire ring turned incandescent.
“Boom—” A violent roar erupted, and one figure was the first to emerge, swiftly retreating to the distance. Soon after, another figure was propelled out, landing far away on the surface of the lake.
A streak of green light shot out to catch the figure that had been thrown, pulling it back to the shore.
Lan Xuanyu’s voice followed, “This round, we admit defeat.”
Liu Feng, who was pulled back to shore, was now pale and had fainted. His ninth soul skill, Sacrificing White Dragon Fall, combined with his eighth soul skill, Dragon King Thorn, resulted in an attack fierce and relentless. But it was good for only one strike. After one strike, all of his strength was exhausted due to the outburst.
That was even after he had achieved minor success in Bloodline Refinement under Lan Xuanyu’s assistance, and his physical robustness had become much stronger than before, which enabled him not to damage his core. Otherwise, using the Sacrificing White Dragon Fall once would have taken at least half a year to restore himself.
Yu Yingxin stood not far away with her eyebrows slightly furrowed, her left hand covering her abdomen where traces of blood were seeping out. Yes, she hadn’t completely blocked the Dragon King Thorn. The Four-Word Battle Armor was penetrated, and she was injured. The force of light that came with the Dragon King Thorn was even burning her blood. It required a large amount of Soul Power to suppress.
As the Eldest Sister of the Inner Court, defeating a junior who had just entered the Inner Court did not bring her any glory. On the contrary, she came to regard these previously unknown juniors with a newfound respect.
If they have such Cultivation levels upon first entering the Inner Court, how powerful will they become when given more time to improve themselves?
Of course, if Liu Feng had used his sacrificing technique against an enemy, her response would be different, and she likely wouldn’t have been injured. But that would have meant almost certain death for Liu Feng, which was not something she would do as the Shrek Academy Inner Court Eldest Sister. After all, this was just a friendly spar.
Soon, she had stopped the bleeding in her lower abdomen, and no more blood flowed. Her gaze then turned to the shore where Lan Xuanyu stood, “We agreed on two matches, and I still need another opponent.”
At this moment, the watching inner court disciples were silent. The cultivation of a Soul Master cannot be solely judged by Soul Power. The previous two were also level 96 and 97 Super Douluos, whereas Yu Yingxin was at level 98. The Soul Power of a level 98 compared to that of a level 97 could nearly be said to have doubled. She was just one step away from becoming an Ultimate Douluo. At the same time, Yu Yingxin was also very close to reaching the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm in terms of Spiritual Power. That single word “halt” she had uttered was her Spiritual Domain Stasis Technique. Extremely powerful.
Even though Liu Feng lost, he lost to the Eldest Sister, and importantly, he managed to injure the Eldest Sister by sacrificing himself, which was an honorable defeat. How many people present could dare say they could achieve the same one-on-one with Yu Yingxin? Yu Yingxin’s control with her Moon Ring and the explosive power of her Sun Ring complemented each other perfectly!
Yuanen Huihui, who stood beside Lan Xuanyu, moved to step forward but was pulled back by Lan Xuanyu.
Yuanen Huihui was startled at first, but Lan Xuanyu shook his head at him, “Change of plans. Xiuxiu, you go for this one.”
“Okay,” Bai Xiuxiu nodded at Lan Xuanyu, lightly touched the shore with her toes, and drifted out. Her deep blue hair floated behind her head like a fairy.
Yuanen Huihui looked at Lan Xuanyu with a puzzled gaze, and although Lan Xuanyu didn’t speak, he transmitted a thought into Yuanen Huihui’s mind through Spiritual Power. Yuanen Huihui’s mouth twitched, but he quickly regained his composure.
Tang Yuge, standing on the other side, didn’t even want to look at Yuanen Huihui, so she did not notice the subtle exchange between the two.
Bai Xiuxiu elegantly landed on the lake surface, lightly touched the water with her toes, and suspended herself in mid-air before Yu Yingxin, giving a nod of respect, “Greetings, Eldest Sister, I’m Bai Xiuxiu.”
Yu Yingxin smiled gently and, given her status, naturally wouldn’t deliberately delay to recover. She gestured for Bai Xiuxiu to proceed, smiling, “You truly give me an eye-opening experience. After you, junior sister.”
The two women stood upon the waves, locking eyes with each other. Bai Xiuxiu’s blue hair seemed to move without any wind, and the light around her body suddenly dimmed. Yet, she herself emitted a deep blue halo, making her exquisite beauty even more enchanting.
The temperature in the air began to drop sharply, and one by one, Bai Xiuxiu’s Soul Rings appeared.
Black, black, black, black… The emergence of the first few black Soul Rings was not so shocking. But when the five orange-gold Soul Rings all presented themselves before the eyes of all the inner court disciples, the entire place was stunned. Nearly everyone, including Yu Yingxin, found their gazes turning somewhat rigid.
The orange-gold Soul Ring, if seen by Soul Masters outside, might not even be recognized for what it represents. After all, in the entire history of human Soul Masters, orange-gold Soul Rings are exceedingly rare.
But at this moment, with the appearance of the orange-gold Soul Rings, how could the disciples of the Shrek Academy inner court not recognize it? It represented what was almost the highest level of existence in the world of Soul Masters, the Ferocious Beast Soul Ring, only bestowed by soul beasts of at least two hundred thousand years.
The likelihood of one person hunting multiple ferocious beasts was slim to none. The fact that Bai Xiuxiu had such a thing meant one thing—she likely possessed a ferocious beast as her Soul Spirit! What an unparalleled advantage.
As disciples of the Shrek Academy Inner Court, most of them had also sought opportunities on the Senluo Star. Forget ferocious beast-level beings; even encountering a ten-thousand-year soul beast to form a contract was rare. To have a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring was already an exceptional fortune.
With five Ferocious Beast Soul Rings and a Nine-ring Titled Douluo Cultivation, Bai Xiuxiu’s cultivation might have been clearly inferior to Yu Yingxin, but, with the quality of the Soul Rings, she was brought nearly to the same level as Yu Yingxin. Moreover, Yu Yingxin had spent quite some energy in the previous fight. This match would be a difficult one!