As Xu Sanshi roared, his Black Tortoise Shield emitted a black light that, with lightning speed, instantly landed on Lu Jingming.
The next moment, space twisted and folded. Lu Jingming's figure vanished from the high sky in everyone's astonished gaze, then reappeared at the center of Shrek Academy's formation.
"White Tiger Destruction Kill!"
"Wrath of Thunder!"
"Prison of Ice!"
"Blazing in Extreme Freeze, Emperor's Hammer!"
In just an instant, the battle situation underwent a dramatic reversal, with offense and defense instantly switching places.
As if Shrek Academy had been prepared, at the same moment Lu Jingming was transferred, Dai Yueheng's soul rings continuously flickered, emitting dazzling light.
He simultaneously unleashed his three powerful soul skills: White Tiger Adamantine Transformation, White Tiger Demonic God Transformation, and White Tiger Destruction Kill, attempting to deliver a decisive blow to Lu Jingming.
The white light transformed into a bloody hue, condensing into a character meaning "kill," carrying terrifying killing intent and destructive aura, charging towards Lu Jingming.
Not only that, but lightning flickered around Bei Bei, and violent electrical power quickly converged into a massive ball of thunder.
He enveloped himself with this thunderball and charged towards Lu Jingming, attempting to deliver a powerful strike.
The Ice Scepter in Ling Luochen's hand glowed brightly, and the power of ice erupted like a surging cold current.
This icy power instantly transformed into a solid prison, firmly trapping Lu Jingming and restricting his movements.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong also unhesitatingly unleashed their second martial souls.
A gigantic Clear Sky Hammer appeared out of thin air, with an Ice Jade Scorpion coiled around it. Immediately after, a massive humanoid phantom emerged.
This phantom extended a giant palm, tightly gripping the equally gigantic Emperor's Hammer, then slammed it down fiercely towards Lu Jingming.
Upon closer inspection, the phantom bore an eight-tenths resemblance to Huo Yuhao, but it appeared more mature and steady, as if it were Huo Yuhao in his adult form, exuding a powerful and majestic aura.
Lu Jingming's mouth twitched slightly at this sudden turn of events.
He had actually guessed that Xu Sanshi might use the Black Tortoise Displacement soul skill, but he hadn't expected Shrek Academy to value him so highly, preparing to go all out to eliminate him in a single wave.
This chaotic and intense scene, even if it were Soul Sage-level Ma Xiaotao personally, activating her Martial Soul True Body, she would likely find it difficult to resist.
Whether it was the audience at the Eye of Haiyuan or those watching the match through soul tool screens, everyone was stunned by the sudden change.
The situation developed too quickly, so fast that they had no time to react, their minds blank, able only to watch this dramatic scene unfold before their eyes.
Ma Xiaotao, who had been in despair, instantly transferred the crisis onto Lu Jingming.
This dramatic reversal caught everyone off guard, as if they were on a roller coaster, their emotions fluctuating with the ups and downs of the situation.
"Beautiful!" In Shrek Academy's resting area, Wang Yan saw this scene, clenched his fist in excitement, and leaped up.
This was precisely his meticulously planned tactical strategy: first, eliminate the core figure of St. Freya Academy—Lu Jingming—then find a way to defeat the other team members one by one.
And Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Displacement was undoubtedly the key to his entire plan.
As long as Xu Sanshi could successfully transfer Lu Jingming into Shrek Academy's encirclement, Wang Yan had an eighty percent chance of successfully eliminating Lu Jingming.
In his opinion, no matter how powerful Lu Jingming's strength was, he was essentially an offense-type Soul Master, not a defense-type Soul Master.
Facing such a dense and powerful encirclement—Dai Yueheng's full-power strike, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's tremendously powerful martial soul fusion skill, the Emperor's Hammer, plus the inevitable brief stun after Lu Jingming's position was swapped by Black Tortoise Displacement, and Ling Luochen's strong control—Wang Yan simply couldn't imagine how Lu Jingming could possibly break through this predicament.
In his opinion, even if it were Ma Xiaotao at her peak, facing such a terrifying encirclement, she probably wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Many people shared Wang Yan's thoughts.
On the main stage, Xu Jiujiu saw the sudden change in the arena and involuntarily stood up in shock. Her normally rosy face was now filled with worry, and her eyes showed concern for Lu Jingming.
Xu Jiawei also saw the unfavorable situation for Lu Jingming and couldn't help but frown deeply.
As for Dai Hao, the seasoned White Tiger Duke, a faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on his face, clearly pleased with the performance of Dai Yueheng and the others.
Xu Jiujiu was indeed somewhat flustered at first, her heart in her throat.
However, when she inadvertently caught a glimpse of Chang Li's confident smile, inexplicably, her mood gradually calmed down.
Chang Li understood Lu Jingming's strength much more thoroughly than she did. Since Chang Li wasn't worried at all, Lu Jingming must have a countermeasure.
Thinking this, Xu Jiujiu slowly sat down, her gaze fixed on Lu Jingming, as if afraid to miss any of his movements, unwilling to avert her eyes for even a moment.
"Should I thank you for thinking so highly of me? But, you still underestimate me!"
Lu Jingming, facing the intense encirclement, laughed instead of being surprised, a confident curve playing at the corner of his mouth.
Before his words faded, his third soul ring suddenly shone with dazzling light, and the Abyss Spear in his hand instantly flew out.
The long spear spun rapidly in the air, transforming into countless light particles. In the blink of an eye, it split into five. Five black lights streaked across the sky, instantly penetrating the bodies of Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, and Ling Luochen.
The next moment, a strange phenomenon occurred.
The bloody "kill" character erupting from Dai Yueheng, the lightning sphere encircling Bei Bei, and the ice prison released by Ling Luochen all vanished like bubbles in that instant, as if they had never appeared.
On the arena, only Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's astonishing martial soul fusion skill—the Emperor's Hammer—remained, still carrying immense momentum as it slammed down fiercely towards Lu Jingming.
"I almost forgot, this is your martial soul fusion skill!"
Lu Jingming looked at the fiercely descending Emperor's Hammer with a calm expression, a hint of teasing in his tone.
As he spoke, his fifth blood-red soul ring shone brightly, like a burning flame, and his 100,000-year soul skill was activated.
In an instant, the black long spear reappeared out of thin air, transforming into a dense black light that tightly enveloped Lu Jingming.
Accompanied by the black air currents blooming like a surging tide, the Emperor's Hammer, weighing a thousand jin, had already slammed down fiercely.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar exploded like muffled thunder, and terrifying shockwaves spread wildly outwards with Lu Jingming at the center.
Wherever the shockwaves reached, violent air currents were stirred up, shattered rocks flew in all directions like cannonballs, and smoke and dust billowed, obscuring the sky and covering the entire arena in chaos.
When the dust gradually settled, the audience finally saw Lu Jingming's figure again.
At this moment, he was wearing a suit of armor as black as ink. The armor had smooth lines and exuded a powerful aura, as if it could withstand all attacks in the world.
Lu Jingming single-handedly held the Emperor's Hammer steady. Aside from the ground beneath his feet being dented from the immense impact, he himself had not suffered any damage, as if that destructive blow was merely a gentle breeze to him.
"How is that possible?" Wang Yan's eyes widened, his pupils contracting sharply, his face filled with disbelief.
He never imagined that Lu Jingming could directly withstand such a terrifying encirclement, especially the martial soul fusion skill whose power rivaled a Soul Emperor's. He was actually completely unharmed.
This abnormal scene instantly sent his mind into turmoil.
The audience below also erupted in an uproar. They had initially thought that Shrek Academy's wave of attacks would surely eliminate Lu Jingming, but the scene before them greatly exceeded their expectations.
Everyone whispered and discussed amongst themselves, their hearts filled with confusion. They were particularly baffled as to why the soul skills released by Dai Yueheng and Bei Bei had suddenly vanished without a trace.
Lu Jingming single-handedly held the Emperor's Hammer steady, truly feeling the terrifying power contained within this martial soul fusion skill, and couldn't help but inwardly click his tongue.
A martial soul fusion skill from a Soul Ancestor and a Grand Soul Master could actually unleash such powerful force, reaching the destructive power of a Soul Emperor. Just how high was this martial soul fusion rate?!
Moreover, this martial soul fusion skill was formed by the Clear Sky Hammer and the Ice Jade Scorpion, two completely different martial souls. And he also knew that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had more than just this one martial soul fusion skill.
The Radiant Goddess Butterfly, Clear Sky Hammer, Ice Jade Scorpion, and Spirit Eyes – these four seemingly unrelated martial souls could all be combined two by two to use martial soul fusion skills, and their fusion rate was almost perfectly 100%.
In Lu Jingming's view, if there wasn't something fishy going on behind this, he would never believe it even if he were beaten to death.
He was well aware that this likely involved the manipulations of Sea God Tang San. To shackle Huo Yuhao, the "Son of Fortune," Tang San must have put in quite some effort.
However, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong could be called "cheaters," Lu Jingming was no ordinary person either!
The reason he could easily neutralize the attacks of Dai Yueheng and the others was thanks to his Third Soul Skill—Terminal Echo.
This soul skill could virtualize the Abyss Spear. Those hit by it would be forced to cancel already released soul skills and would be unable to release them again for ten minutes.
Dai Yueheng's White Tiger Destruction Kill, Bei Bei's Wrath of Thunder, and Ling Luochen's Prison of Ice were all instantly canceled because of this.
And the black armor Lu Jingming was currently wearing was one of his Fifth Soul Skills—Holy Spear Reversal.
When this soul skill was activated, the Abyss Spear would transform into an impenetrable armor, comprehensively augmenting his own strength and granting him absolute defense.
This black armor was imbued with the power of decay; any attack landing on it would be disintegrated and destroyed, making its defense virtually unresolvable.
Lu Jingming, with his entire body enveloped in black air currents and wearing that pitch-black armor, looked just like a villainous final boss.
He exerted a slight force, and a black shockwave, wrapped in lightning power, swept out.
The next moment, the giant humanoid phantom gradually dissipated under the immense force, revealing the somewhat disheveled figures of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
At the same time, the situation in other parts of the arena also changed dramatically.
Firefly seized the opportunity, her body igniting with blazing light. Her silver-white mecha flew high into the sky and struck the Martial Soul True Body form of Ma Xiaotao with a fierce punch.
The immense force slammed the colossal Fire Phoenix into the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Jinhsi flashed, instantly moving to Bei Bei's front.
She gently waved her delicate hand, and a dragon-shaped phantom appeared out of thin air, snatching Bei Bei in its mouth. It then carried him and slammed him fiercely against the arena's spatial barrier, emitting a dull thud.
Castorice quietly appeared behind Dai Yueheng. Purple ghostly butterflies danced like illusions, and a large amount of death energy entwined like threads around the scythe in her hand.
She fiercely swung her scythe, striking down with a deathly aura. Dai Yueheng instantly felt a terrifying chill washing over him.
March 7th's fourth soul ring shone, activating her Fourth Soul Skill, Flowing Ice of Memory.
She instantly moved along the ice power released by Ling Luochen, arriving beside Ling Luochen in a flash.
She gently extended her palm and pressed it onto the unprepared Ling Luochen.
In an instant, Ling Luochen's own martial soul seemed to lose control. The power of ultimate ice surged wildly within her body, instantly freezing her into an ice sculpture.
Gu Yue, holding her Silver Dragon Spear, descended from the sky, surrounded by a hurricane.
She forcefully threw her long spear, accompanied by a powerful, tornado-like air current that swept out, engulfing Xu Sanshi. Xu Sanshi struggled desperately within the tornado but found it difficult to break free.
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