Chapter 150 All Soul Skills Evolve! Completely Overwhelming the Soul Saint Elder!
The core training ground of the Body Sect.
The area around the arena was already completely surrounded by people.
Elder Li stood opposite Liu Yuan, his large, thick hands hanging naturally at his sides. As a powerful offensive Soul Saint whose main martial soul was "hands," each of his fingers appeared strong and powerful, exuding a heavy aura like rocks.
Poison Undying hovered directly above the arena, his emerald green double pupils gazing down, before letting out a steady, sharp shout:
"Test begins!"
Elder Li did not launch the first attack. He looked at Liu Yuan and said in a calm tone, "Junior Brother Liu Yuan, you are a junior and the protagonist of this test."
"I am twenty years older than you and my cultivation is also much higher than yours, so you may make the first move."
"Don't hold back, go all out and let me see the quality of this Gold-level Awakening."
Liu Yuan nodded slightly and replied calmly, "In that case, please enlighten me, Elder Li."
As soon as he finished speaking, the first soul ring under Liu Yuan's feet suddenly lit up.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liu Yuan did not use the domineering Qilin Treasure Technique, nor did he open that large-scale spatial domain. Instead, he directly used his most basic first soul skill—Mental Ray.
However, the moment the soul rings flashed, the three pupils that had been residing in Liu Yuan's eye sockets simultaneously emitted an extremely dazzling purple-gold divine light.
Two thick beams of light shot out from Liu Yuan's eyes.
Originally, these rays should have been translucent purple spiritual energy, but with the blessing of the Gold-level Second Awakening, they turned into pure dark gold.
Moreover, strange, tiny dark golden light particles were constantly being emitted and exhaled from the surface of the rays.
These particles leaped through the air, leaving a faint hissing sound in their wake, as if the air itself were being eroded by some higher-dimensional force.
Elder Li stood still, watching the two dark golden rays approach. Although his expression was solemn, due to his pride as a high-level soul master, he did not show too much concern at first.
In his view, he was, after all, a level 75 Soul Saint, whose soul power level was a full 20 levels higher than Liu Yuan's.
Even if the opponent possesses a 100,000-year soul ring and a gold-level awakening, given such a large difference in soul power level, it is clearly unrealistic for them to injure you with just one first soul skill.
"Good timing!"
Elder Li shouted, and the third purple soul ring under his feet lit up.
His hands instantly swelled up, and a layer of dark yellow keratin covered his skin. That was his third soul skill, "Rock Gauntlets," which could greatly enhance the defense and hardness of his hands.
He crossed his arms, intending to use his physical body and soul power to defend against the two mental rays.
However, the moment the dark golden beam of light touched his arm, Elder Li's expression changed completely.
That was not simply a psychological shock.
He quickly realized that something was wrong.
The moment Liu Yuan's mental beam struck his defensive layer, it displayed an extremely unreasonable "dissolving" ability.
He felt his powerful soul force, honed over many years, and the defensive keratin on his arms, strong enough to withstand the impact of ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, being rapidly dismembered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Those tiny dark gold particles were like greedy gold-devouring ants, frantically devouring and neutralizing his soul power structure.
"How is this possible?" Elder Li was shocked.
He felt a piercing pain in his arm, as if someone was melting his flesh with a scalding hot iron.
If this "dissolving" ability were allowed to continue to spread, he felt that both of his hands would probably be useless in an instant.
Elder Li could no longer care about his so-called elder demeanor. Driven by the instinct of facing a life-or-death crisis, he let out a muffled groan, touched the ground with his toes, and dodged to the side in an extremely disheveled manner.
"Sizzle—!"
The dark golden ray grazed his shoulder and struck the defensive barrier behind him, creating a charred hole in the barrier that was maintained by several Soul Emperors working together.
The entire room fell silent.
Long Aotian stood below the stage, his eyes fixed on Liu Yuan, his breathing becoming extremely heavy.
"The first soul skill... actually underwent this kind of mutation?"
Long Aotian murmured to himself. He could sense that Liu Yuan's mental rays were no longer just attacking the sea of consciousness, but had acquired a kind of material-level decomposition ability. This change in the combat logic made him feel a chill run through his body.
The poisoner in mid-air nodded secretly.
As someone who had experienced the Gold-level Awakening, he immediately saw through the mystery.
"Truly worthy of being a Gold-level second-stage Martial Soul Awakening," Du Bu Si thought to himself in admiration.
"Ordinary awakenings merely enhance the skill, while the Gold level directly alters its essence. This dissolving power already carries a hint of the laws of nature. With the blessing of the Three Eyes, even the first soul skill can possess such destructive power."
At this moment, Elder Li also got up from the ground.
Although he avoided a direct impact, half of his sleeve was burned off, and faint red and swollen marks were visible on his arm.
He looked at Liu Yuan, the previous ease gone from his eyes, replaced by absolute praise:
"What a Liu Yuan! What a Gold-level Awakening! In all my years, this is the first time I've ever seen such a domineering first soul skill."
"Since that's the case, I'll get serious too. Junior Brother Liu Yuan, watch out!"
As Elder Li finished speaking, his aura instantly became sharp and fierce.
As a level 75 Soul Saint, once he puts aside his contempt and goes all out, the sense of oppression he exerts is extremely astonishing.
Elder Li began to attack from all directions, his movements as swift as lightning, constantly changing positions on the arena.
He used his first, second, and fourth soul skills in turn, and the countless palm shadows, accompanied by heavy wind pressure, blocked all of Liu Yuan's escape routes.
Each palm strike carried the force of shattering gold and splitting rocks, attempting to counteract Liu Yuan's strange ability to neutralize through a dense barrage of attacks.
However, what happened next shocked everyone present.
Despite the all-out attack from a Soul Saint, Liu Yuan still displayed near-suffocating and complete suppression.
Liu Yuan first initiated the "Extreme Realm Sublimation".
With the enhancement of this skill, his every movement became extremely light and precise.
Elder Li's dense palm winds seemed to be slowed down several times in his eyes. Liu Yuan only moved his feet slightly and dodged all the attacks in a small space.
Then, Liu Yuan retaliated.
He used the "Qilin Treasure Technique" again.
That was the power of the Qilin after its second awakening and enhancement. Liu Yuan's arm transformed into a dark blue phantom, and the aura of destruction contained in his fist actually forced Elder Li, a powerful offensive Soul Saint, to not dare to confront it head-on.
The two clashed wildly on the ring, creating a surge of air currents.
But anyone with eyes could see that Elder Li, a level 75 Soul Saint, was being completely dominated and beaten by Liu Yuan, a level 50-something Soul King.
No matter what kind of soul skill Elder Li used, Liu Yuan could shatter it directly with a simpler and more violent method.
"This is outrageous... Is this really the combat power a Soul King could possess?" Chen Lu stared wide-eyed at the scene.
"Surpassing a cultivation level by twenty and overwhelming a Soul Saint? Just how powerful is this Golden Awakening?"
Finally, after another fierce collision, Elder Li staggered back more than ten steps before regaining his balance.
His chest heaved violently, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
He gave Liu Yuan a deep look, his eyes revealing a bitter smile of relief.
He knew that if he continued to test the waters like this, he would really lose all face.
"Junior Brother Liu Yuan, your strength has completely exceeded my expectations."
"Without activating my Martial Soul True Body, I couldn't even gain the slightest advantage."
As Elder Li spoke, his aura began to undergo a dramatic transformation.
His seventh black spirit ring began to emit an extremely suppressed light, and a huge amount of spirit power gathered behind him to form a golden giant hand phantom that was several meters in size.
"Since that's the case, I have no choice but to resort to my last resort. This next attack will be my all-out effort. Junior brother, take this! Martial Soul True Body, activate!"
Elder Li shouted, indicating his intention to use his Martial Soul True Body for a final desperate attempt.
After all, the most fundamental difference between a Soul Saint and a Soul King lies in their Martial Soul True Body.
Upon seeing this, a strange purple-gold light flashed in Liu Yuan's three pupils; he had no intention of showing any mercy.
The fifth blood-red spirit ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up, even outshining the blazing sun in the sky.
"Forbidden Zone! Open!"
Liu Yuan spoke in a low voice, and the space of the entire arena became extremely frozen in an instant.
(End of chapter)