Chapter 148: Seen Through? The Power of the Extinguishing Black Lotus Martial Soul!
"To deal with you, we don't need all of us to team up. One of us is enough!"
The arrogant youth stepped out from the crowd, crossed his arms, and sneered at Lin Yu as he spoke directly.
He felt that he had already figured Lin Yu out!
Through the test with Lu Qi earlier, he had already discovered Lin Yu's first soul skill was a debuff-type skill, capable of significantly weakening the opponent's physical strength.
The second soul skill, he figured, was likely an amplification-type skill to enhance the power of other abilities.
When Lin Yu used his first soul skill, his second soul skill activated simultaneously but showed no effect, indicating it was probably used to strengthen the first skill.
Otherwise, Lu Qi wouldn't have felt like he was dying after being hit by the first soul skill.
However, his Martial Soul was not like Lu Qi's Ghost Leopard. His Martial Soul was the Golden Lion.
Although slightly inferior to the Evil Eyed White Tiger, it was still a high-grade Beast Martial Soul, comparable to the Great Strength Diamond Bear!
Moreover, he also had a soul skill that amplified his physical strength, which could easily counteract Lin Yu's debuff effects.
What use was Lin Yu's Eye Martial Soul? If he got close, he'd easily win!
"Then come up and try!"
Lin Yu glanced at the arrogant youth but didn't even bother asking his name, speaking casually.
"How arrogant! You think you can defeat us just because you beat Lu Qi?"
"Exactly! We'll see how our Brother Sheng teaches you a lesson!"
"That's right! This Soul Fighting Stage will definitely be ours!"
…
When they saw Lin Yu so casually dismiss the arrogant youth, Bai Sheng, the followers behind him couldn't help but get angry.
However, Bai Sheng himself didn't care. He just sneered and crossed his arms before jumping onto the Soul Fighting Stage.
"Diamond Lion, Possession!!"
Looking at Lin Yu, who had only defeated Lu Qi, Bai Sheng shouted coldly and summoned his Martial Soul, the Diamond Lion.
With a roar, a majestic lion, seemingly made of solid gold, appeared behind Bai Sheng before instantly merging into his body.
With the Martial Soul possessed, Bai Sheng's previously well-proportioned form grew taller as his muscles expanded, bursting through his clothes.
At the same time, golden fur appeared on his hands, and his black hair quickly transformed into golden, lion-like locks.
His eyes turned into golden vertical pupils, and two yellow hundred-year soul rings appeared beneath him, surrounding his body.
"Seeing that you're younger than me, I'll let you strike first. I, Bai Sheng, don't bully children!"
After the Martial Soul possession, Bai Sheng crossed his arms and sneered at Lin Yu.
He was sure he had figured Lin Yu out. He wanted Lin Yu to strike first and use his debuff soul skill. Then, Bai Sheng would counter it with his second soul skill, the Diamond Frenzy Lion Transformation, to negate the debuff before launching his own attack.
At that point, Lin Yu would be caught off guard!
"You want me to strike first?"
Hearing Bai Sheng's words, Lin Yu's eyes flickered with an odd expression before he suddenly smiled.
"Fine then!"
Lin Yu also smiled, thinking, someone is showing off in front of me? Watch me slap that smug face!
"First Soul Skill, Purple Spirit Weakening Halo!"
Looking at Bai Sheng, Lin Yu coldly stepped forward and immediately activated his first soul skill, the Purple Spirit Weakening Halo.
In an instant, with the first soul ring glowing, a purple soul ring rose from the ground and shot toward Bai Sheng, wrapping around him.
The next second, the debuff effect of the Purple Spirit Weakening Halo activated!
Even though Bai Sheng was a Great Soul Master, when compared to Lin Yu's true level of seventy, he was no different from Lu Qi, a Soul Master.
And with the crushing effect of Lin Yu's ten-thousand-year soul ring!
Once the Purple Spirit Weakening Halo wrapped around Bai Sheng, the debuff effect immediately took hold. The once smug and arrogant Bai Sheng's face instantly changed.
What!!
In an instant, Bai Sheng felt an overwhelming wave of weakness erupting from his body. He felt incredibly frail and aged, like an old man on the verge of death.
His entire body seemed to be collapsing!
How could the power of this skill be so strong!
The sudden weakness made Bai Sheng's face turn pale, and panic surged in his heart.
"Second Soul Skill, Diamond Frenzy Lion Transformation!"
Desperately trying to counter the overwhelming weakness, Bai Sheng shouted loudly and activated his second soul skill, the Diamond Frenzy Lion Transformation!
As a hundred-year soul skill, the Diamond Frenzy Lion Transformation boosted his physical attributes by fifty percent and allowed his body to enter a "diamond state," reducing the debuff effects by half.
This was the reason why Bai Sheng wanted Lin Yu to strike first.
It was one thing to show off, but it was also about the effects of his second soul skill.
But unfortunately, Bai Sheng was completely overpowered by Lin Yu's level and soul rings.
So even after activating the Diamond Frenzy Lion Transformation, his physical weakness barely changed.
At most, he recovered about ten percent, which was completely ineffective!
This minor recovery only allowed Bai Sheng to barely stand up.
"Second Soul Skill, Mental Replication Eye!"
While Bai Sheng activated his second soul skill, Lin Yu sneered, and with a flash of his eyes, he activated his second soul skill, the Mental Replication Eye, copying Bai Sheng's second soul skill.
"Phantom Blade!"
After copying Bai Sheng's second soul skill, Lin Yu immediately activated it again.
With the second soul ring glowing, a Ghost Leopard made of soul power appeared from the soul ring and charged at Bai Sheng, swiping at him with a powerful claw.
Under the effect of the Purple Spirit Weakening Halo, Bai Sheng was immediately struck with five deep, bloody claw marks across his chest.
Then, he was knocked back and crashed into the crowd below.
"Brother Sheng!"
Seeing Bai Sheng defeated so easily, the crowd below rushed to catch him, urgently calling his name. But Bai Sheng, weakened and injured, couldn't respond.
The Purple Spirit Weakening Halo had significantly weakened his abilities, and now with the injury, Bai Sheng was spitting blood and unable to answer.
"Heh, weren't you just saying one person was enough to beat me? How come you're already falling apart? This is hilarious. A bunch of useless fools, do you all want to fight me together?"
Looking down at the crowd and the injured Bai Sheng and Lu Qi, Lin Yu sneered and then summoned his Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul with a casual flick of his right hand.
With the assistance of the Mirage Dragon Qi, Lin Yu summoned the Extinguishing Black Lotus and used its emotional manipulation ability to stir the anger of the crowd below.
What he wanted was to escalate the conflict, get everyone angry, and make them rush onto the Soul Fighting Stage, so that he could defeat them all with his own strength!
Only by doing this would he have a better chance of making today's incident reach the ears of Duke Zhu Xuanfeng, forcing Zhu Zhuqing to stop troubling him in the future!
Everything was going according to Lin Yu's plan.
With the Extinguishing Black Lotus' emotional manipulation, the effect was astonishingly good.
The crowd below was instantly engulfed in rage. One by one, they rushed toward the Soul Fighting Stage, eager to show Lin Yu what they could do.
"You think you're impressive just because you beat Brother Sheng? You want to challenge all of us at once? Let's see if you can handle this!"
"Let's go, let this kid know who we are!"
"Let's avenge Lu Qi and Brother Sheng!"
…
Fueled by anger, the crowd from Bai Sheng's group rushed to the stage, ready to beat Lin Yu and show him their strength.
Under the influence of the Extinguishing Black Lotus' emotional manipulation, the crowd had completely lost control.
"First Soul Skill, Purple Spirit Weakening Halo!"
"Second Soul Skill, Mental Replication Eye!"
Facing the mob, Lin Yu was completely unafraid. He first unleashed a group-wide Purple Spirit Weakening Halo, then used his second soul skill, the Mental Replication Eye, to continue copying and using their power against them.
In less than a minute, he sent the entire mob of angry individuals flying off the Soul Fighting Stage, leaving them bloodied and defeated.
(END CHAPTER)
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