Solitary Bamboo Sword's eyes were wild.
He was well aware of Lin Yun's speed. He couldn't discern any movement trajectory from the Body Doppel skill that Lin Yun had used in previous matches.
This meant Lin Yun's speed was completely unrestrainable.
Not just the Dou Ling team, but other teams had also been studying Lin Yun, only to find nothing. His terrifying speed, comparable to instant movement, simply wasn't something Soul Masters of their rank could limit.
No matter how many methods they considered, the result was always the same:
It was unsolvable.
So, even before this match began, Solitary Bamboo Sword had already prepared for defeat. In fact, he and his teammates originally planned to put up a symbolic fight, maintaining a shred of face as a royal academy, then feign two weaknesses and lose the match.
Since there was no chance of winning, why bother expending so much effort?
But Lin Yun's tactical arrangement infuriated them, all seven of them.
A crazed Solitary Bamboo Sword resolutely decided to pull out the Dou Ling's ultimate weapon from the original story—the Level 7 soul tool, Thunder Cannon!
The Dou Ling team's personnel consisted of five Soul Kings and two Soul Sects. Based on individual strength, they truly couldn't use a Level 7 soul tool, let alone the Thunder Cannon, which was a high-consumption, high-burst offensive soul tool even among its peers.
But where there's a will, there's a way. After a series of simplifications, the originally integrated Thunder Cannon was dismantled into seven small modules.
The Dou Ling team, spread out in a hexagonal formation, had six members positioned at the corners. Each held a beautiful crystal in their hands, their soul power continuously pouring into the crystals through their meridians.
With the infusion of soul power, the crystals gradually began to glow. Under the light, one could even see the core array patterns carved into the surface of the crystals.
The crystals in the hands of the six individuals were only the size of a football, but the core array held by Solitary Bamboo Sword, who was at the very center of the 'formation eye,' was much larger, the size of a millstone.
He knelt on one knee, cradling the large metal core array, his soul power continuously pouring into the array.
As soul power poured in, the millstone-sized core array continuously brightened. The patterns on its surface flowed with vast amounts of soul power, resonating with the core arrays in the hands of the other six individuals.
The next second.
Boom!
Thunder roared.
Strands of blue-violet lightning continuously swirled around the seven members of the Dou Ling team, finally surging into the core array held by Solitary Bamboo Sword through an invisible resonance. The powerful lightning force even made the hair of all seven Dou Ling team members stand on end.
"You're not interrupting us?!" Solitary Bamboo Sword questioned Lin Yun, his voice filled with confusion, even as he and his teammates charged the Thunder Cannon.
The Thunder Cannon could only be interrupted at the very beginning. Once it reached the point where lightning appeared during its charge, it became impossible to interrupt, unless an attack exceeding the Soul Saint level could break through the resonating field formed by the seven core arrays.
Of course, continuous attacks could still weaken the field and achieve the goal of weakening the Thunder Cannon's power.
But there was no need. If he already had the ability to interrupt it directly, why bother weakening it when it could no longer be interrupted?
That's why Solitary Bamboo Sword felt that at this point, Lin Yun would only choose to confront them directly, and would no longer do anything to weaken them.
Unless…
Unless, at this point, Lin Yun still possessed the ability to interrupt their charge.
Did Lin Yun have it?
Of course, he did. Ordinary force might not penetrate the field, but that didn't mean spatial power couldn't. Lin Yun only needed one spatial shuttle to destroy the core array in Solitary Bamboo Sword's arms from within, and the Thunder Cannon's charge would naturally collapse.
At most, destroying the core array might cause an explosion shockwave comparable to the Corpse Blast of a Death Messenger.
"Interrupt you? No need. Let me see if your combined full-force attack can warm me up a little." Lin Yun stretched, walking out from the formation surrounded by beauties.
With each step Lin Yun took, a soul ring appeared beneath his foot. And though he walked normally, it was as if he could traverse space, shrinking the ground to an inch. After five steps, he had already arrived at the center of the arena.
Black, black, black, red, red.
Five terrifying soul rings appeared once again.
After several days, the audience once again witnessed the powerful shock brought by Lin Yun. The pressure from the hundred-thousand-year soul rings, combined with the visual impact of the blood-red light, caused deafening cheers to erupt throughout the arena once more.
"Come, let me see your abilities!" Lin Yun laughed loudly, his right sleeve instantly exploding, and his fair right hand rapidly expanded into a massive dragon claw at a visible speed.
Not only that, at this moment, golden flames even ignited on Lin Yun's right arm dragon claw.
Among everyone present, only Ma Xiaotao's heart skipped a beat when she saw the golden flames. Her ultimate fire within her body felt a shiver of submission and fear, and the Fire Phoenix martial soul deep within her soul whimpered and trembled.
The others merely thought this was just one of Lin Yun's techniques.
'No, this flame…' Ma Xiaotao stared intently at the golden flame, the look in her eyes gradually turning fervent and reverent.
No one noticed Ma Xiaotao's unusual reaction in this scene; everyone was anticipating the coming clash.
"Arrogance!!!" Solitary Bamboo Sword roared hoarsely, his face pale from the massive consumption of soul power. The sweat on his forehead hadn't even rolled down before it was vaporized into the air by the lightning arcs surrounding him.
"Then let me show you our bond!"
The thunder had reached its peak charge, and the seven members of the Dou Ling team were almost completely depleted of soul power. Yet, their physical weakness did not affect their excited spirits.
Even if they would completely lose their combat ability after this one strike, they wanted to see if their team's trump card could shatter Lin Yun, this arena legend!
"Thunder Cannon—Fire!!!"
The seven members of the Dou Ling team simultaneously roared. The lightning glow around everyone instantly dimmed, being completely absorbed by the core array in Solitary Bamboo Sword's embrace.
The next moment, a dazzling light too bright to look at suddenly erupted, even possessing a hint of the awe-inspiring power of nature itself.
Lightning burst forth, shattering the darkness!
Ding—
Facing the Thunder Cannon, which was comparable to a Soul Saint's full-force strike, Lin Yun also became serious. His first, second, and third soul rings lit up simultaneously, and his dazzling golden right arm instantly turned crimson-gold. Large amounts of air and fire continuously compressed in his right arm.
And then—he unleashed a powerful punch!
This was Lin Yun's serious punch, definitely one of his most powerful single-target attacks currently!
The brilliant blue-violet lightning, and the crimson-gold pillar of fire, violently collided—
(End of Chapter)
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