Chapter 115: Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust Attachment!
The four finally stood facing each other on the Soul Fighting Platform. At this moment, the atmosphere of the entire Star Luo Square climbed to an unprecedented peak.
Shouts like mountain torrents and tsunamis echoed through the skies, nearly shaking the heavy dark clouds apart.
"Lin Xuan!! Lin Xuan!!!"
"Shrek!! Shrek!!!"
The cries of over a hundred thousand people gathered into a torrent, surging toward the Soul Fighting Platform with overwhelming force.
Most of the audience were citizens of the three original Empires of the Douluo Continent. At this point, they naturally supported Lin Xuan and Shrek more.
As for the Sun Moon Team, among the overwhelming waves of sound, occasional shouts of "Go Sun Moon" were instantly drowned out by the even greater cheers.
Xiao Hongchen didn't care about these shouts at all. In his eyes, there was only the person opposite him.
Battle intent burned wildly in his chest. The flames he had suppressed for so long were finally about to be released, and he was so excited that his hands were trembling slightly.
Xiao Hongchen took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down a bit, before looking at Lin Xuan and speaking.
"Finally, this moment has arrived. I've watched all your matches—from the 1-vs-7 in the elimination rounds, to the crushing victories in the Round-robin Tournament, and then the reversal in the team battle..."
He paused and said word for word, "Now, I believe you are qualified to be my opponent. Show me your full strength, otherwise..."
"You will lose quite miserably."
Lin Xuan looked at him, gave a lazy yawn, then lazily raised his hand and waved it dismissively.
"Let's just get started. After all... you're really weak."
Xiao Hongchen's expression froze. In his heterochromatic eyes, the temperature instantly dropped. He knew Lin Xuan must be arrogant, but he hadn't expected him to be this arrogant.
Me! Xiao Hongchen, the most gifted genius of the Sun Moon Empire in five hundred years! I can't even make you feel nervous?
Ning Tian stood to the side, unable to help but cover her mouth and chuckle. This was more like it. After the tournament had gone on for so long, she was almost getting used to Lin Xuan not using this kind of trash talk.
On the other hand, Meng Hongchen had a look of infatuation, her eyes sparkling as she stared at Lin Xuan.
"So handsome..."
Xiao Hongchen's eye twitched as he lowered his voice and said to his sister,
"Sister, you won't intentionally go easy on him later, will you?"
The infatuation on Meng Hongchen's face instantly vanished. She looked at Xiao Hongchen with an extremely serious gaze, appearing like a completely different person.
"Brother, a peerless genius like Lin Xuan has surely never tasted defeat. He must be as proud as the heavens. Since that's the case, if I want to have him..."
She paused, her lips curling into a beautiful smile.
"There is only one best way: to defeat him personally and leave an indelible mark in his heart."
Xiao Hongchen was stunned. That sounded... like it made a lot of sense?
In mid-air, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu hovered, looking at the four people talking below, and took a deep breath.
If possible, he really wanted this match to just continue as a conversation, with the winner decided by whoever's mental state broke first.
After all, on one side was Shrek's most talented student of this generation—who, as long as he didn't die young, would surely be a future elder or even the Master of Shrek Academy—and the other was the pearl of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
On the opposite side were the precious grandson and granddaughter of the Master of Mingde Hall, the Hongchen siblings.
If anything happened to even one of these four, even as a Titled Douluo, he would be held responsible and have to pay the price.
Just then, the heavy dark clouds in the sky grew even thicker, and a deafening roll of thunder exploded! Branch-like lightning tore through the firmament, flashing past!
Immediately after, a torrential rain came crashing down!
Huang Jinxu didn't delay any longer. He swept his hand down, his voice spreading through the entire square via Soul Power.
"Second match of the 2-2-3 format, begin!"
The moment his voice fell! Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen released their Martial Souls simultaneously!
Brilliant golden light exploded from Xiao Hongchen's body!
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—five great Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet, shining brightly!
His muscles began to writhe violently, and then a third leg burst out from his body! That leg was a pure, brilliant gold. His back arched slightly, and golden bumps protruded beneath his clothes, his body emitting a soft yet solid golden glow.
Behind him, a massive golden phantom slowly emerged. It was a Toad, entirely golden, with three legs!
The ancient divine beast—the Three-legged Golden Toad!
Beside him, Meng Hongchen's long hair instantly became even whiter! It was like the eternal snow deep within the Extreme North. All her exposed skin became white as jade and crystal clear, like the finest mutton-fat jade!
Even more striking were her once clear eyes, which had now turned into eerie red pupils. They looked terrifying, yet as intoxicating as the finest wine.
A suit of exquisite ice-blue armor appeared on her body, engraved with magnificent blue-gold patterns that perfectly outlined her graceful figure!
Sixth-level spirit tool armor!
Two equally ice-blue spirit tool blades were held in her hands, their blades long and slender, glinting with a cold light!
Sixth-level spirit tool swords!
Already extremely beautiful, she looked even more valiant under the enhancement of this full set of sixth-level armor and twin swords, like an Ice Snow Goddess of War stepped out of myth!
Inside the Spiritual Sea, the Ice Empress and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm both let out a soft sound of surprise.
"Hmm?" The Ice Empress narrowed her eyes. "This girl's Martial Soul... is actually the Zhuqing Ice Toad?"
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm also became interested. "The King of the Crevices? The one that lives in the Extreme North and is known as the Zhuqing Ice Toad, said to possess both ice and fire and a poison that can end the world?"
"Indeed." The Ice Empress nodded. "Zhuqing Ice Toads live in a special region of the Extreme North, enduring the torment of both ice and fire simultaneously. Their toxicity is extremely unique, and its lethality can almost rival that of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poison."
Her gaze pierced through the Spiritual Sea and landed on Meng Hongchen. "I didn't expect to see a successor of this Martial Soul here."
On the Soul Fighting Platform, Ning Tian held the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and three brilliant rays of light instantly fell upon Lin Xuan.
Strength, speed, and Soul Power—three major augmentations, forty percent!
She looked at Lin Xuan, and the two shared a nod. Then, Ning Tian turned and quickly walked off the Soul Fighting Platform. She was very self-aware; on a battlefield of this level, staying would only hold him back.
Everything was ready; the battle was on the verge of breaking out!
The Soul Rings beneath Xiao Hongchen's feet flashed as he slowly pulled back his expression. In his heterochromatic eyes, only unparalleled calmness remained.
Then, he suddenly threw his hands out around him! Over a hundred metal spheres flew out like scattered flowers! At the same time, countless fine metal powders poured from his palms, filling the air!
The golden light on his body grew even more intense.
Under the illumination of the golden light, those metal spheres hovered in mid-air, completely surrounding him like a ring of metallic stars!
Then, an astonishing scene occurred. The countless, dense metal powders floating in the air were perfectly and evenly divided into over a hundred portions!
Using the metal spheres as cores, they were kneaded, stretched, and shaped by invisible hands as if they were flowing water!
Finally, row after row of spirit tool cannon barrels, glinting with a cold silver light, condensed out of thin air!
First Soul Skill: Metal Control!
Third Soul skills: Gold Condensation!
This was the strength of the Three-legged Golden Toad Martial Soul—it had almost absolute control over metal! Combined with Xiao Hongchen's extremely high talent for spirit tools, it was like adding wings to a tiger!
Furthermore, he could absorb energy from certain precious metals to enhance his own strength.
If it weren't for the Sun Moon Empire's inherent deficiencies in the path of Martial Souls, Xiao Hongchen would likely be several times stronger than he was now!
Lin Xuan watched this scene and smiled with interest.
"Three-legged Golden Toad... it looks quite cool, but it's a pity it was born in the Sun Moon Empire."
In his view, fully developing the ability to control metal was the best path for this Martial Soul. The Sun Moon Empire's approach might work in the future, but not now.
Xiao Hongchen's movements didn't stop!
The second and fourth Soul Rings beneath his feet pulsed simultaneously!
Second Soul skills: Gold Boiling!
Fourth Soul skills: Gold Sacrifice!
Gold Boiling could greatly increase the activity of his metal-attribute Soul Power from the Three-legged Golden Toad, doubling his control over metal for a short time! It could also attract a large amount of metal elements from the air for his use!
This was an extremely powerful augmentation Soul skills!
And Gold Sacrifice was the core of this combination skill!
It could burn the gathered metal elements to produce massive amounts of energy to power those spirit tool cannons!
Eventually, these hundred-plus spirit tool cannons wouldn't even need his Soul Power as support! It was precisely because of this powerful Soul skills that he could deploy so many spirit tools at once!
Otherwise, even if it were Ma Rulong, he wouldn't be able to support the terrifying Soul Power required for a single volley from so many spirit tool cannons!
Xiao Hongchen looked at Lin Xuan and smiled confidently. "The era of Soul Masters has passed; now is the era of spirit tools!"
Before he had even finished speaking, dense gold-attribute points of light emerged from the surrounding void, like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, all surging into Xiao Hongchen's body!
Painting his entire being in pure, brilliant gold! The thick metallic aura instantly boiled!
As the Martial Soul abilities finished casting, Xiao Hongchen waved his hand forward, and the barrels of the over one hundred fifth-level spirit tool cannons behind him all erupted with startling light!
As if they had automatic target locking, they all aimed at Lin Xuan!
The powerful Soul skills fluctuations formed startling storms in the arena, sweeping away all the rain above the entire competition ground!
Only at the final moment of the tournament did Xiao Hongchen finally reveal his true strength!
He wanted to use the following powerful offensive to tell everyone that in this tournament, Lin Xuan wasn't the only genius!
He was one as well!
As Xiao Hongchen's hand fell heavily, the over one hundred fifth-level spirit tool cannons fired in response! Various shells and laser beams rained down toward Lin Xuan!
He was one as well!
As Xiao Hongchen's hand fell heavily, the over one hundred fifth-level spirit tool cannons fired in response! Various shells and laser beams rained down toward Lin Xuan!
At a glance, they were too numerous to count! They directly encompassed more than half of the Soul Fighting Platform within their attack range!
Xiao Hongchen knew Lin Xuan was fast—so fast it was hard to imagine—and that he could likely dodge all attacks just with his movement techniques.
So, he chose a saturation strike!
Moreover, he had the Gold Sacrifice Soul skills! If one wave of attacks couldn't hit Lin Xuan? Then there would be a second wave, a third wave!
Facing this overwhelming onslaught, Lin Xuan's response was very simple. His hands quickly formed seals, and the dark shadow beneath his feet suddenly surged wildly!
In the next moment, countless Tu Tu rushed out from the shadows! They were dense and overwhelming, like a white tide, instantly occupying more than half of the Soul Fighting Platform!
The spirit tool cannon fire crashed down!
With each shot, dozens of Tu Tu were blown to pieces! Flesh and blood flew everywhere! But even more Tu Tu continued to pour out from the shadows without end!
Meanwhile, Lin Xuan used his second Soul skills to constantly swap positions among these Tu Tu!
Sometimes in the east, sometimes in the west, sometimes in the south, sometimes in the north!
His figure was like a ghost, flickering and unpredictable!
After a full round of saturation strikes, Xiao Hongchen hadn't even seen Lin Xuan's shadow!
He widened his eyes, looking in disbelief at the corpses of Tu Tu covering the ground, as well as that figure that remained elusive.
"This..."
He had not expected that his meticulously prepared saturation attack, the hundreds of spirit tools he was so proud of, would... not even be able to touch Lin Xuan?!
But those Tu Tu did not stop; countless white figures continued to surge forward like a tide, dense and overwhelming, and in the blink of an eye, the one in the very front had already rushed to within three meters of Xiao Hongchen!
Xiao Hongchen narrowed his eyes, immediately turned one of his spirit tools, and fired at that Tu Tu!
The beam of light whistled out, but the moment it was about to hit, the figure of that Tu Tu suddenly vanished!
Replacing it was Lin Xuan, his body wreathed in golden lightning, holding a bronze rod!
The scorching cannon fire rushed towards his face, the powerful hot wind blowing the messy hair on his forehead backward.
Lin Xuan's gaze remained indifferent.
Second Soul skills activated!
His figure vanished again, instantly swapping positions with another Tu Tu on the left!
The cannon fire missed completely, exploding behind him in a blinding burst of light.
Xiao Hongchen's pupils contracted slightly.
"So you can instantly swap positions with your summoned creatures... What a powerful Soul skills..."
He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and the golden light around his body surged again!
"If that's the case... then I'll increase the firepower!"
The hundreds of spirit tools behind him turned simultaneously, the light at their muzzles flickering wildly!
The next moment, countless beams of light poured out like a torrential rain, covering the entire Soul Fighting Platform with no blind spots!
Let's see where you can hide now!
However, Lin Xuan's figure wove through the cannon fire like a ghost!
Relying on his Second Soul skills, he swapped positions with the Tu Tu again and again!
The speed was extreme; it was as if hundreds of Lin Xuan had appeared on the field simultaneously!
He was everywhere!
Yet nowhere to be found!
Cold sweat seeped from Xiao Hongchen's forehead; it was too fast, he couldn't lock onto him at all...
Just then, after another position swap, Lin Xuan's figure suddenly appeared beside Xiao Hongchen!
The distance was less than two meters!
That bronze rod, wreathed in terrifying golden lightning, was raised high, carrying the momentum of ten thousand jun, and smashed down fiercely!
This strike aimed for Xiao Hongchen's completely unguarded flank!
But Xiao Hongchen did not dodge; he did not even move.
The next instant, an ice-blue figure appeared between the two like Teleportation!
Meng Hongchen!
She held swords in both hands, crossing them to barely block the falling bronze rod!
"Clang—!!!"
The massive sound of metal clashing shook the entire arena!
Violent lightning collided with the ice-blue light, exploding into a visible ripple of energy!
Meng Hongchen's arms trembled slightly, but she gritted her teeth and did not retreat a single step!
At the same time, her red lips parted slightly, and a stream of air, white tinged with cyan and over a foot in diameter, shot straight at Lin Xuan's face!
The airflow was bone-chillingly cold, yet it faintly carried an eerie, scorching heat; wherever it passed, the air seemed to be corroded with a faint hissing sound!
Vermilion Clear Ice Toad First Soul Skill—Ice Toad Poison!
Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, then he did something that left everyone in disbelief.
He actually opened his mouth and inhaled the entire cloud of poisonous mist into his stomach.
Meng Hongchen's pupils contracted suddenly!
She exclaimed in shock, her face instantly drained of color.
"What are you doing?! That is the full-power poison of my Vermilion Clear Ice Toad! You will die!"
The entire arena fell silent, followed by an uproar!
"Is he crazy?!"
"That poison looks extremely lethal! How could he just inhale it?!"
"It's over, it's over, it's over..."
In the Shrek rest area, Wang Yan stood up abruptly, his face turning pale instantly!
Ma Xiaotao jumped up, her hands gripping the railing in front of her so tightly her knuckles turned white!
That was the poison of the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad!
A mixture of ice and fire, its toxicity was comparable to the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor!
On the Soul Fighting Platform, Lin Xuan instantly swapped positions again to put distance between himself and the Hongchen siblings, then closed his eyes and stood there quietly, while the golden lightning wreathed around him slowly dissipated, his entire person motionless like a statue.
Meng Hongchen looked at him with a pale face, her hands trembling slightly.
"I... I didn't mean to... it was you... you inhaled it yourself..."
Xiao Hongchen frowned, but did not take the opportunity to attack.
Because he was also dumbfounded.
This guy... what on earth is he doing?
The 150,000 spectators were silent; everyone was waiting, waiting for a result.
However, Lin Xuan did not make them wait too long; after just a few breaths, he opened his eyes again.
He stretched his neck, making a faint clicking sound, then gently twisted his wrists, as if feeling something.
Then Lin Xuan raised his head, looked at the pale-faced Meng Hongchen opposite him, the corners of his mouth rising slightly, and said in a relaxed tone,
"The taste is not bad."
After a brief moment of silence, a tsunami of exclamations erupted!
"Holy crap!!!"
"He's fine!"
"He's actually fine!!!"
In the Shrek rest area, Ma Xiaotao sat back down on her chair, panting heavily, her chest heaving violently.
"Scared me to death..." She patted her chest, saying with lingering fear, "It seems Lin Xuan has accumulated quite a bit of healing ability again..."
Ning Tian covered her mouth tightly, tears finally streaming from her eyes, while Bei Bei let out a long breath, feeling as if his heart was about to jump out.
He Caitou lay on the ground, saying helplessly, "This guy... really likes to keep everyone on edge."
On the Soul Fighting Platform, Meng Hongchen stood there blankly, a faint pink color spreading from her neck up to her cheeks and then to her earlobes.
After all, that poisonous mist just now had come out of her mouth...
Meng Hongchen lowered her head, hands gripping the sword hilts tightly, as if she were about to steam.
Xiao Hongchen did not notice his sister's peculiarity; his expression was unprecedentedly grave.
His Three-legged Golden Toad Martial Soul was fully activated, his hundred spirit tools unleashed a saturation attack, yet couldn't hit him; his sister's Vermilion Clear Ice Toad poison, used at full power, was ineffective.
How can this be fought? How the hell is this supposed to be fought?!
He looked at the figure opposite him, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness for the first time.
"Is this the taste of failure..." Xiao Hongchen looked blankly at his trembling hands, "Am I, Xiao Hongchen, finally going to lose? Lose to Lin Xuan?"
However, this sense of powerlessness lasted for less than a second before Xiao Hongchen pulled himself together.
He took a deep breath and then exhaled with all his might, as if to spit out all his hesitation, fear, and frustration.
"No! I cannot lose! I cannot lose!"
Xiao Hongchen raised his head, flames rekindling in his eyes.
"I am the pride of the Empire, I am the strongest of the current generation destined to reach the pinnacle, I am the descendant carrying all the hopes of my family..."
He straightened his body, dispelled all his spirit tools, and exploded with his full Soul Power without reservation!
A violent golden wave of energy swept across the surroundings, blasting away all the rubble!
"I will stand up," he said word by word, "and I will... fight again!"
A long howl rang through the sky!
Beside him, Meng Hongchen looked up at her brother, a complex light flashing in her blood-colored eyes.
Then she smiled; the siblings looked at each other, simultaneously opened their arms, and embraced!
The next moment, a beam of light, mixed with gold and ice-blue, shot into the sky!
In an instant, it completely engulfed their bodies!
The beam of light rose higher and higher, expanding wider and wider, piercing the clouds!
It tore a huge gap in the thick dark clouds in the sky!
The beam of light condensed in the air, turning into a giant Toad five meters tall!
It was not the pure gold of the Three-legged Golden Toad, nor the ice-blue of the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad.
But a crimson gold that emitted a metallic luster!
Its beastly eyes, however, were a pure, abyssal black!
The Toad opened its huge mouth, and deep in its throat, a crimson-gold vortex was faintly spinning at high speed, as if to devour everything!
Xiao Hongchen's voice resounded throughout the arena,
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill—"
"Red Dust Attachment!"
At this moment, the entire Star Luo Square fell silent, the 150,000 spectators hushed.
Everyone looked up at the giant crimson-gold Toad, watched those abyssal black eyes, and listened to Xiao Hongchen's soul-stirring howl, feeling their blood boiling!
It's lit! This is what you call a decisive battle!
"Well done!!!"
In the spectator stands, a middle-aged man stood up abruptly, waving his fist fiercely!
"Defeat Lin Xuan just like that!!!"
This shout seemed to ignite a fuse.
"Go! Sun Moon Team!"
"Hongchen siblings! Take him down!"
More and more cheers rang out, converging into a huge wave of sound!
At this moment, they no longer distinguished between Shrek fans or Sun Moon fans; they were just spectators shocked by this earth-shattering duel!
They only wanted to see this final battle have an ending worthy of it!
On the Soul Fighting Platform, Lin Xuan looked up at the giant crimson-gold Toad, listening to the increasingly loud shouts around him.
His expression couldn't help but become a bit strange.
Tsk... are you guys acting out a shonen protagonist script here?
Should I cooperate with you guys later and let myself be defeated while you shout about bonds, friendship, and the like?
Lin Xuan shook his head and chuckled softly.
"Since you want to be this protagonist..." He paused, "Then I'll play the villain for once, but..."
Behind him, the purple-black wings of Shikigami: Nue suddenly unfolded!
With a flap of his wings, he shot into the sky!
Straight up into the clouds!
It was as if he wanted to touch the dancing lightning!
To touch the unreachable sky!
The strong wind whistled in his ears, and the rain hit his face, but it could not stop his upward momentum at all!
Finally, Lin Xuan hovered in mid-air, looking down at the giant crimson-gold Toad below, looking down at the 150,000 spectators, looking down at everyone.
His voice was as indifferent as frost, murmuring softly, as if speaking to himself.
"Not every villain will meet the fate of being defeated by the protagonist."
"I once was very distressed, distressed that I had no real means of attack, and for this, I paid a price in blood."
Lin Xuan's voice gradually deepened, "But now... that won't happen."
As the words fell, Lin Xuan closed his eyes, and immediately, an extremely rich aura of life permeated from him!
That aura was like a spring breeze brushing over the earth, like sweet rain falling on a parched field, pure, warm, and vibrant!
Medicine Fairy Douluo Wang Xianer stood up abruptly, her pupils contracting!
The purity of this life aura had already far surpassed her, a Healing-type Titled Douluo!
How is this possible?!
However, in just an instant, that aura disappeared without a trace, so fast that she even doubted if she had sensed it wrong.
Above, Lin Xuan opened his eyes, which were now like two bottomless clear springs, limpid and calm, reflecting all things in heaven and earth.
His lips parted slightly, murmuring,
"True Suchness."
"Mirror Sea."
"White Lotus."
He pressed his palms together in front of his chest, palms facing each other, fingertips slightly touching, forming an unprecedentedly profound hand seal; the seal was archaic and holy, as if it came from an ancient Divinity.
Finally, Lin Xuan said softly,
"Cursed Technique Reversal—"
"Pure Glazed Tile."
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