Within Yu Tianheng's line of sight, Wang Li's figure rapidly enlarged, and a powerful kick shot straight toward his chest.
Yu Tianheng froze for a moment. Wasn't Wang Li a control-type soul master? Why was he taking the initiative to attack instead?
However, Yu Tianheng reacted quickly. He raised his strong right arm in front of him to block, but he underestimated the power behind Wang Li's kick.
Bang!
Yu Tianheng was kicked backward three meters before finally steadying himself. No matter how unbelievable it felt, he now understood that he had to take Wang Li's strength seriously.
Wang Li flipped lightly and landed on the ground.
Explosive Step!
He silently chanted in his heart, and his figure once again shot forward like lightning. He liked using his legs, because arms simply could not compete with legs; legs were inherently more powerful than arms.
Charging like lightning into the air in front of Yu Tianheng, Wang Li delivered another downward kick, forcing Yu Tianheng's knees to bend and his body to drop half a foot.
But that was all. Without giving Yu Tianheng any time to react, Wang Li quickly withdrew. Yu Tianheng could not grab him even if he wanted to.
Wang Li's physical condition was extremely strong. For most soul masters, absorbing a soul ring would temper their bodies once, but for Wang Li, every increase in soul ring age was another round of tempering for his body.
Moreover, because of the passive skill "Tenacity," each tempering was 120 percent effective. With continuous accumulation, this was the Wang Li of today.
Even so, no matter how strong his body was, he did not want to engage Yu Tianheng in close combat. The sensation of thunder and lightning entering the body was probably not very pleasant.
Using one's strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, combining speed and power, was the only way to achieve an effect greater than one plus one equals two.
Wang Li's difficulty far exceeded Yu Tianheng's expectations. A plant-type soul master should have been easily defeated by him.
Yet Wang Li had pushed him to this extent. Yu Tianheng clenched his teeth, a trace of ruthlessness appearing in his eyes. The pride of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon could not lose to Blue Silver Grass.
He wanted to use Thunder Dragon Claw again, but as his gaze swept around, Wang Li's speed was simply too fast, making it impossible for him to gather strength and aim.
He could only accept reality in humiliation.
"Second soul skill: Thunderbolt!"
As a massive amount of soul power was consumed, an extremely terrifying quantity of lightning gathered around his body. The blue-purple glow was blinding.
Then, under Yu Tianheng's control, the blue-purple lightning shot out like thunderous arrows, starting from him and blasting toward the space in front of him.
Wang Li was startled as well. Although he was in midair, he still stepped on Explosive Step, forcibly changing his direction of movement. With sufficient soul power remaining, his Explosive Step allowed him to briefly hover and alter his trajectory.
Immediately afterward, he brought his hands together in front of him. Vast amounts of Blue Silver Grass surged and expanded in the wind, forming a dense network before him that solidly withstood the attack.
Crackling sounds echoed, followed by deafening booms.
Blue Silver Grass fragments rained down from the sky, hit the ground, and then turned into flying ash before completely disappearing.
When the air finally cleared again, all traces of lightning and Blue Silver Grass were gone.
Wang Li activated Explosive Step once more and rushed to Yu Tianheng, who was panting heavily from the massive soul power consumption. Another kick sent Yu Tianheng flying backward more than five meters.
This was one of the advantages of the Blue Silver Grass martial soul. Its soul power consumption was extremely low. Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, whether it was the first soul skill Thunder Dragon Claw or the second soul skill Thunderbolt, possessed terrifying power and enormous consumption. But if they could not hit, these seemingly powerful soul skills were nothing more than wasted soul power.
At this point, Wang Li was, strictly speaking, a power-attack soul master with the speed of an agility-attack type, who could also use control-type and healing-type soul skills. His overall combat strength was quite impressive.
Qin Ming watched with his eyelids twitching. He was starting to feel that he could not understand the younger generation anymore. His original intention had been for Yu Tianheng to force out Wang Li's limits, but it now looked like Wang Li was about to force out Yu Tianheng's limits instead.
The other students were also dumbfounded. Only Dugu Yan felt extremely satisfied.
"Go, Wang Li! Beat Yu Tianheng hard!"
Yu Tianheng was furious to the extreme, his eyes wide open. He absolutely could not allow himself to fail.
"Third soul skill: Thunder's Wrath!"
"Second soul skill: Thunderbolt!"
The purple soul ring burst with light as terrifying energy gathered. Thunder's Wrath increased his lightning power by 100 percent. In this state, when he unleashed Thunderbolt, his entire body was wrapped in blue-purple lightning, dense and endless.
Boom! Bang!
It was like a bomb exploding. Centered on Yu Tianheng, everything within fifteen to twenty meters around him was engulfed by lightning.
Wang Li was too close. Although he tried to escape, he did not get away completely and was still caught by the lightning network. The lightning entering his body caused damage that was still within his tolerance, but the intense paralysis effect immediately left him stiff and immobilized.
Two figures quickly rushed into the arena. One was Qin Ming, who stopped Yu Tianheng. This was supposed to be a sparring match, yet a Soul Elder was fighting a Great Soul Master and even used a thousand-year soul skill. If he did not intervene, the nature of the match would change completely.
The other was Dugu Yan. She checked on Wang Li, who had fallen due to paralysis. Extremely dissatisfied and furious, she directly mocked Yu Tianheng with cold sarcasm.
"A Soul Elder bullying a Great Soul Master, even using a thousand-year soul skill, and you still claim you wouldn't go too hard on a junior. How shameless!"
Yu Tianheng felt utterly wronged, his entire face darkened. When Wang Li was hitting him, Dugu Yan shouted encouragement. When he hit Wang Li, she mocked him. He wanted to defend himself.
"No, Yan,"
Dugu Yan raised her delicate brows sharply and turned her head.
"Are we that close? Call me Dugu Yan!"
The paralysis on Wang Li's body gradually faded. He looked at Dugu Yan, then at Yu Tianheng, feeling a bit of pity as he thought to himself:
"This is blatant favoritism. When they favor you, you're right even when you're wrong. When they don't favor you, you're wrong even when you're right. You want to reason with them? Forget having one mouth,even if you had ten, you still couldn't argue your way out of it."
Wang Li climbed to his feet on his own, then smiled and said,
"Sister Yan, it's not the senior's fault. This was real combat after all. Without going all out, it would be meaningless. And see, I'm fine, aren't I?"
Hearing this, Dugu Yan angrily extended her fair index finger and poked Wang Li on the forehead, speaking in a helpless tone mixed with a hint of affection.
"You really are too naive. Then again, you're only nine years old. If the teacher tells you to run five more laps, you run five more laps. If the teacher tells you to fight Yu Tianheng, you actually do it. He's a Soul Elder, a whole major realm above you, and he even used a thousand-year soul ring, and you're still defending him!"
Comparing Yu Tianheng to Wang Li, Dugu Yan suddenly found Yu Tianheng rather repulsive. They had not known each other for long anyway. Cutting off contact completely in the future would be just fine.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan,did she, Dugu Yan, really need to curry favor with them?
Regarding the plot, I always write the story with tightly connected developments. Using one or two days of events to increase Dugu Yan's favor toward the protagonist allows me to better introduce the next character, Dugu Bo.
After all, only if Dugu Yan speaks up for the protagonist can the protagonist gain more benefits from Dugu Bo.
Whether it is running or sparring, using the surrounding environment, people, and events to drive the plot forward can effectively reduce toxic plot elements. I have read quite a few Douluo fan novels before starting to write. The protagonist will not stay under Qin Ming for long, so everyone can rest assured.
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