With Yu Tianheng's command, all members of the Emperor Team, except for Ye Lingling and the Shi brothers who were tasked with protecting her, charged into the enemy formation without hesitation.
"Foolish tactics!" Dai Weisei sneered coldly. Without an amplification-type auxiliary spirit master, recklessly rushing into their ranks was no different from courting death. "Encircle and eliminate them!" Dai Weisei ordered sharply.
Under the support of their auxiliary spirit master, the six members of the Xing Luo team immediately surrounded the four from the Emperor Team.
"Third soul skill: Green Scale Purple Poison!"
Dugu Yan remained fearless even in the face of encirclement—group combat was her specialty. As her poisonous mist spread outward, even though she refrained from releasing lethal toxins, the enemy would still suffer immense pain, as if their internal organs were being corroded.
"Fourth soul skill: Mirror Space!"
The mirror soul master quickly deployed his space ability, absorbing all of Dugu Yan's poisonous mist into his reflective mirror space.
Xing Luo's team had clearly come prepared to deal with Dugu Yan.
Outside the arena, Jun Tianlin smiled faintly. 'Do they really think they can restrain Sister Yanzi that easily? They're underestimating her.' Though Dugu Yan's poisonous mist was absorbed, it hadn't disappeared—it was merely trapped in the mirror space. However, the space created by a fourth soul skill had its limits. How much could it truly hold? Dugu Yan's poison was exceptionally potent; once it exceeded the space's capacity, it would surely corrode it.
"Bi-Scale Ice and Fire Poison!"
Dugu Yan had the same idea as Jun Tianlin. She wanted to see just how much poison the enemy's mirror could endure.
Realizing that the mirror might not hold for long, Dai Weisei knew he needed to end the fight quickly. As the captain, his natural opponent was Yu Tianheng, the captain of the Emperor Team.
"White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
Compared to Dai Mubai's, Dai Weisei's light wave was thicker and darker in color. *Skills reflect the heart,* and Dai Weisei's heart was much darker than Dai Mubai's.
"Thunder Dragon Claw!"
Yu Tianheng met the fierce light wave head-on, blocking it easily with both hands. He chuckled "With that kind of strength, are you just trying to tickle me?"
Provoked but Dai Weisei kept his cool and changed tactics "Fierce Light Cutting Line!"
A self-created soul skill—an enhanced, compressed version of the White Tiger Fierce Light Wave. If the original was like a thick staff, this one was like a fine, tough wire. Though it had less coverage, its penetrating power had greatly increased.
"A self-created soul skill. Not bad," Yu Tianheng praised, but he didn't dare take it head-on. After dodging the strike by bending low, he gathered intense lightning in his right arm.
"Then try mine too. Taught by Xiaotian—a self-created soul skill: Infinite Lightning!"
Yu Tianheng hurled a giant ball of lightning, roaring toward Dai Weisei at high speed.
The Fierce Light Cutting Line couldn't withstand the condensed soul power of the Infinite Lightning—like a game of rock-paper-scissors, where Dai Weisei's scissors had cut Yu Tianheng's paper moments before, Yu Tianheng now countered with a solid fist.
This move Infinite Lightning had been inspired by Jun Tianlin from the Five Spirits Immortal Art and taught to Yu Tianheng.
*Bang!*
Dai Weisei was struck by the thunderball, sent bouncing to the edge of the arena. His body convulsed with electricity, paralyzing his limbs.
"Beautiful strike!" Yu Yuanzhen cheered proudly. His grandson had given him another delightful surprise.
"As expected of a descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan" someone else nodded appreciatively "Such strength is to be expected. I underestimated him."
Dai Weisei clapped his hands and stood up, seemingly recovered.
"Is it because of that auxiliary spirit master?" Jun Tianlin noticed that Xing Luo's auxiliary spirit master had amplified Dai Weisei's strength. In that moment, Dai Weisei possessed the might of a Spirit King, surpassing Yu Tianheng.
*No wonder he recovered so fast,* Jun Tianlin thought
"So what if he's amplified? If one punch isn't enough, I'll use two! Second soul skill: Thunderbolt!"
"Third soul skill: White Tiger Earthquake!"
Just as Yu Tianheng pressed his advantage, Dai Weisei slammed his hands to the ground, creating massive seismic waves that threw Tianheng off balance.
"Though you're strong, without amplification, you're no match for me," Dai Weisei said, strolling forward steadily. "Yu Tianheng, staggering like a clown—how pitiful."
"I'll end your farce now. White Tiger Rising from the Ground!"
Dai Weisei altered the White Tiger Earthquake skill into a new form, causing huge rocks to erupt from the ground and encase Yu Tianheng tightly.
"White Tiger Meteorite Squeeze!"
This modified move—similar to the Earth-Shattering Star—trapped Yu Tianheng firmly.
"So many self-created soul skills! This Dai Weisei isn't just powerful; his combat instincts are terrifying," Flender said from the Shrek Academy side.
Ning Rongrong nodded. Though she despised Dai Weisei, she had to admit he was far more diligent than Dai Mubai.
"Mubai never spent time refining his soul skills," she thought bitterly. "Instead, he wasted precious time on indulgences. How could he ever catch up to Dai Weisei?"
Thinking Yu Tianheng was finished, Dai Weisei turned to attack others. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan was still dueling against the Mirror Reflection Soul Master.
Yufeng and Oslo were both being besieged by two enemies each.
Dugu Yan's poison had made her surroundings untouchable—even after most of it was absorbed—so Xing Luo chose to leave her for last.
"White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!" Dai Weisei unleashed another blast toward Dugu Yan without hesitation.
But just as he was about to attack, the White Tiger Meteorite shuddered violently.
"Don't you dare touch her! Fourth soul skill: Blue Lightning Dragon Speed!"
Yu Tianheng burst free from the rocky prison in full dragon transformation mode. His attack power had surged tremendously. Without hesitation, he charged at Dai Weisei.
Although combining dragon transformation and the fourth soul skill boosted his strength, it also drained soul power at an alarming rate. Dai Weisei planned to exhaust him by dodging.
Yet, Dai Weisei quickly realized something was wrong. Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Dragon Speed was being unleashed endlessly, as if his soul power were limitless. He relentlessly pushed Dai Weisei toward the edge of the arena.
Meanwhile, in the other battlefields, the tide was turning.
The mirror soul master was drenched in cold sweat; his space was about to collapse under Dugu Yan's poisonous mist, yet she continued to produce more.
Yufeng and Oslo, though not using soul skills repeatedly, fought with reckless abandon—trading injuries for injuries, becoming more savage with each exchange.
This was Yu Tianheng's strategy: battle recklessly\*\*!\*\*
In truth, it wasn't the Emperor Team that was being drained—it was Xing Luo. Over time, their stamina and soul power diminished at a rapid rate.
But the Emperor Team had something Xing Luo lacked—the world's number one healing spirit, the Nine Hearts Flowering Apple.
With Ye Lingling's healing, until her soul power ran out, the Emperor Team was an unstoppable perpetual motion machine—one that neither death nor exhaustion could claim!