Just as the thunderous cheers from all around were about to rip open the dome of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, and everyone believed the outcome was decided, with Spirit Hall undoubtedly retaining its championship...
On the stage, the blue figure that had remained still finally moved.
Tang Chuan simply took a calm step forward.
Just one step.
But the moment his foot landed...
"Buzz!"
A low hum seemed to be born from the Void Realm, instantly overpowering the clamor of the entire arena!
Immediately after, an unforgettable scene unfolded.
Six spirit rings, rather than rising from beneath his feet, seemed more like awakened primordial beasts, sweeping out directly from within his body, carrying an Aura that made one's Soul tremble.
The first was a deep purple! A thousand-year spirit ring!
The second was still purple! A thousand-year spirit ring!
The third was a deep, heavy black, as if it could swallow all light! A ten-thousand-year spirit ring!
The fourth, black! A ten-thousand-year spirit ring!
The fifth, black! A ten-thousand-year spirit ring!
When these first five spirit rings, especially the three consecutive ten-thousand-year black spirit rings, appeared, the cheers from the crowd were as if choked by an invisible giant hand, instantly becoming sparse.
Countless fervent faces froze, filled with unbelievable shock.
However, this was not the end!
Just after that fifth black spirit ring...
The sixth spirit ring, with a light that made heaven and earth pale, made its forceful appearance.
It was a color indescribable in words, crimson as blood, brilliant as a sunset glow! The moment it appeared, it was as if even the sunlight dimmed a few shades, and a vast, terrifying Aura, imbued with the tragic power of burning life and Soul, swept across the entire plaza like a storm!
Red! A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring!
"Boom—!!"
If the cheers just now were a tsunami, then the dead silence at this moment was an abyss!
The entire Supreme Pontiff Palace plaza, tens of thousands of people, at this moment, seemed to collectively lose their voices. Their faces were filled with extreme shock and bewilderment, as well as a fear that overturned their understanding.
Those who had just been frantically shouting "Long live Spirit Hall!" now had mouths agape wide enough to fit an egg, yet could not utter a sound.
The various powerful Elders in the VIP section suddenly stood up from their seats, their pupils constricted, their gaze fixed on the blood-red spirit ring floating around Tang Chuan, like a myth descending.
On the high platform of the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
"A hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, what a pity."
"However, if the spirit ring is gone, the Soul Bone can still be stripped!"
Bibi Dong, who had always sat as steady as a mountain, now had veins slightly protruding on the back of her hand gripping the scepter, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo behind her subconsciously gasped.
Although Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and others had already learned from the Supreme Pontiff and the Elders that...
Tang Chuan had advanced to Spirit Emperor and obtained an incredible hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
But when that crimson spirit ring, like blood, seemingly condensed from the wails of a Soul Beast, truly lit up on Tang Chuan, only then did they realize the vast difference between knowing and feeling!
It was not merely a simple difference in color.
It was an absolute suppression stemming from cultivation!
"Ugh..."
Looking at the red hundred-thousand-year spirit ring on Tang Chuan, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, standing at the very front, almost simultaneously groaned, their faces instantly turning pale.
They felt that the Soul Power they had released, in front of that blood-colored halo, was like a stream encountering a vast ocean; not only could it not shake it in the slightest, but it was fiercely pushed back by that brutal, somewhat tragic Aura of pressure!
The four Spirit Ancestor team members behind them were even worse off.
Under the pressure of that red hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, their breathing began to become difficult, their legs trembled slightly uncontrollably, and even maintaining their Martial Soul possession became somewhat strenuous.
Just the six spirit rings released by Tang Chuan alone...
The Aura emanating invisibly was like a massive, towering mountain, forcefully shattering the wave of Soul Power jointly created by the seven members of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.
And that suffocating pressure...
Was returned in full, even doubled, back upon them!
Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, who had just been full of vigor and seemed capable of crushing everything...
Now, in front of that solitary and tragically beautiful blood-colored hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, appeared so pale and powerless, like a candle in the wind, flickering as if about to extinguish.
The situation on the stage underwent a shocking reversal the moment Tang Chuan revealed his spirit rings.
It was no longer Spirit Hall using its might to suppress others, but Tang Chuan, with the power of one person, suppressing the entire arena alone!
Although the Soul-level pressure brought by the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was like an undercurrent in the deep sea, making their Soul Power circulation slightly sluggish, Xie Yue, as the leader of the Golden Generation, his inner pride and his devotion to the glory of Spirit Hall, made him forcefully suppress the instinctive tremor.
He suddenly shook his head, temporarily dispelling the dazzling blood color from his mind, a hint of ruthlessness and determination flashed in his eyes, and his voice was full of arrogance as he said:
"Hmph! What if he's a Spirit Emperor who only luckily possesses a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring by relying on a Soul Beast's sacrifice? He's nothing more than someone with superficial cultivation!"
He stared intently at Tang Chuan, as if cheering himself and his companions on, his voice suddenly rising.
"Nana and my Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Demonic Charm—has even defeated Spirit Saints above seventy ranks! How could we be afraid of a guy like you who is all show and no substance?!"
At this point, Xie Yue suddenly turned his head and sternly shouted at Yan, whose face was grim due to the pressure beside him: "Yan! You and the others, hold back the rest of Tianxing Academy! You don't need to win, just entangle them! After Nana and I deal with this six-ring Spirit Emperor who only has a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring as quickly as possible, we'll come and help you sweep the entire arena!"
As his voice fell, Xie Yue didn't wait for Yan's reply, but unhesitatingly turned around, then spread his arms, and tightly embraced Hu Liena, who met him with a mutual understanding!
"Buzz—!"
In an instant, dazzling red light erupted with the two of them as the center!
That red light was different from the crimson blood-like color brought by the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring; it was a more enchanting, more captivating, peach-red light that seemed to draw people's hearts and Souls!
In an instant, the red light rapidly expanded, twisted, and merged.
Instantly engulfing Xie Yue and Hu Liena's figures completely.
The next second, a unique energy field, different from spirit ring pressure yet equally powerful, imbued with strong mental interference and physical attack dual attributes...
Like a giant red mist, it began to rapidly form on the stage!
Spirit Hall's Golden Generation's biggest trump card, and their ultimate reliance for challenging beyond their rank—the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Demonic Charm—was forcefully activated at this moment!
Where the red light permeated, vision began to blur, sounds became distorted, as if the entire stage had been pulled into a strange and dangerous alternate dimension.
In the blink of an eye, the red light rapidly swept and spread like a ball of light, encompassing nearly half of the competition area, completely enveloping the Tianxing Academy team.
At this moment, Xie Yue and Hu Liena had become one person.
A person with long flowing hair, whose gender could not be distinguished.
Its hair was blood-red, and it held two moon blades, enlarged by more than double, in its hands.
The greatest feature of this Martial Soul Fusion Skill was control.
Within the control range of the Demonic Charm skill, everyone's senses would be reduced by fifty percent, Soul Power suppressed by fifty percent, and all actions delayed by fifty percent.
It could be said that in an instant, the opponent was forced into a desperate situation.
That dense red mist was a special energy mixed with malevolence and illusion. In addition to imposing three negative statuses, the most terrifying thing was that within this red mist, usually only Xie Yue and Hu Liena, who were performing the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, could see.
Unless one's mental force was extremely powerful, comparable to a Titled Douluo.
Or had consumed a celestial item like the Autumn Water Dew.
Within the mist...
The vision, hearing, and even Soul Power of the Tianxing Academy team were greatly weakened.
Only the Demonic Charm, formed by the Fusion of Xie Yue and Hu Liena, clad in red armor, mocked them with a condescending tone:
"Within our Martial Soul Fusion Skill, senses are ineffective, and Soul Power is suppressed! Tang Chuan, what if you have a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring? Here, you are nothing but a lamb to be slaughtered..."
However, his confident and mocking words had not yet fully fallen...
"Buzz—!"
An indescribable, pure and noble golden light, like the rising sun, pierced through the heavy mist, suddenly erupting from the location of the Tianxing Academy team!
That golden light was not scorching, but it carried a sacred Aura that seemed to purify everything, dispel all evil and gloom!
It spread rapidly like mercury flowing across the ground, and also like an invisible Domain expanding outwards.
Wherever it passed, the dense and sticky peach-red mist actually made a hissing sound, like ice and snow meeting the sun, and then rapidly melted and dispersed!
In the blink of an eye, centered on the golden light's eruption point, large areas of red mist were forcibly dispelled and purified, revealing the clean ground of the stage and the clear figures of the Tianxing Academy team once again.
Immediately after, a clear and undeniable voice distinctly echoed throughout the now clear competition area:
"You wouldn't think that in this world, only you know Martial Soul Fusion Skills, would you?"
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