With the Strength of the Xuanwu supporting him, the soul power unleashed caused the fire web to descend at a much slower speed. His fourth soul skill, the Mysterious Underworld Displacement, did not switch his position with his opponent. Rather, it caused his opponent to be translocated in front of him.
Xu Sans.h.i.+ was calmer in such important battles. That decisive charge of his confused his opponent and caused him to slip up.
After the s.h.i.+eld of the Xuanming Turtle became the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld, all his soul skills changed too. The Mysterious Underworld Displacement changed from its pure displacement effect to a soul skill that could both displace and translocate opponents.
The Mysterious Underworld Displacement now allowed translocation of all life within 100 meters to just right in front of him. The translocated person would also be momentarily stunned. Although it was only for one second, it was already sufficient for a defense-type soul master to do many things. If a friendly force was translocated over, the user could stop the person being translocated from being momentarily stunned.
He had arrived so close to Xu Sans.h.i.+ in an instant that Li Yan did not even have time to react before he saw Xu Sans.h.i.+’s cold and scary black pupils. Following that, the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld slammed into him.
Li Yan was a soul king, while Xu Sans.h.i.+ was only a soul ancestor. But the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld caused an unimaginable impact at this moment.
Li Yan still managed to react through his panic. He wanted to unleash his Invincible Barrier, seeing that things were not right. Everyone had prepared an Invincible Barrier before they came for the final. Although it was very costly, it could turn a situation around if used well. Furthermore, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy never had a lack of money.
But Li Yan miscalculated this time. Before the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld even slammed against him, he already felt a gentle water ripple engulfing his body. He was a fire-type soul master, whereas the Xuanwu was a water and earth-type. Water was the main element, while earth was the secondary element. As his martial soul was suppressed, his soul powers retracted, and he couldn’t use the Invincible Barrier. After all, the Invincible Barrier was neither auto-activating or omnipotent.
The Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld slammed into him in the next moment.
Li Yan’s entire body turned black after he was struck, and there was a feeling of water being splashed. Countless metal shards flew out from his body in all directions. Not only this, but he seemed to have been sucked into a whirlpool. His body wasn’t thrown away, and a string of booms resonated from the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld’s surface. Xu Sans.h.i.+’s first soul ring also started to flash.
Mysterious Underworld Quake. The violent Mysterious Underworld Quake. The ever-changing Mysterious Underworld Quake! Or rather, the improved version of the Mysterious Underworld Quake!
Li Yan’s body seemed to be struck thousands of times in that instant. His soul tool was knocked away from him, and his soul powers were dissipated. His life was also in danger…
The Heavenfiend Douluo reacted in time. When he noticed something amiss, he had already appeared beside Li Yan instantly. He used one hand to chop the central position where both of them had collided with each other.
The black light from the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld jerked a little, and Xu Sans.h.i.+ staggered backwards half a step, whereas Li Yan collapsed to the ground. At least 7 or 8 of his ribs were probably broken, and his internal organs were greatly injured too. If he hadn’t been wearing his soul tool armor, his injuries would have been even worse.
Even the Heavenfiend Douluo’s palm shook a little as he stopped Xu Sans.h.i.+. This showed how powerful the Mysterious Underworld Quake was. Xu Sans.h.i.+ was no longer simply just a defense-type soul master.
A gentle, immense force dragged Li Yan’s body down from the compet.i.tion stage. Healing-type soul masters immediately tended to him.
The Heavenfiend Douluo said in a deep voice after he glanced at Xu Sans.h.i.+, “The Sun Moon team’s second competing member for the individual round, Chen An, shall enter the fray. You, step back.”
His last few words were for Xu Sans.h.i.+.
Xu Sans.h.i.+ didn’t retract his Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld, but stepped back a few steps. Another Milk Bottle appeared in his hand too. As he stepped back, he used the Milk Bottle without retracting the s.h.i.+eld. Milky white ripples could be seen spreading outwards from his body before they were retracted back in.
“Sans.h.i.+!” Bei Bei couldn’t help himself, and screamed from below the stage. He was the clearest about Xu Sans.h.i.+’s ability. He had fulfilled his potential by using the Xuanwu s.h.i.+eld, which also expended all his soul power. To recover his soul power to its peak state in a short period of time, he was using the Milk Bottle while his martial soul was still out. Although the impact on his body by his soul power was minimized by his strong Xuanwu aura, the feedback on him would be too great if he left this explosive Xuanwu state right now.
Jiang Nannan had also slowly regained consciousness in Xiao Xiao’s arms with the aid of the healing-type soul masters.
Jiang Nannan was a little dazed as she saw the huge and tall figure that was retreating step by step with his back facing her, and was using the Milk Bottle to regain his soul power.
“He’s, he’s doing this for me? He treats me… but…”
Complex emotions surged in this young lady’s heart, and her pain didn’t seem obvious anymore. Her intense distaste for a certain someone was slowly disappearing.
“He’s indeed awakened the powers of the Xuanwu. I’ve succeeded. But why do I feel frantic even though I succeeded? Is he really true to me? But I… but he…”
Jiang Nannan’s mind drifted with the scene when she saw Xu Sans.h.i.+ for the first time. Her tender face was also starting to flush. She lowered her head, as if she didn’t dare to look at him on the stage. But she lifted her head very soon, and the look in her eyes changed tremendously in just a blink. There was an extra tinge of concern, or perhaps that was worry.
Chen An was an official team member of the Sun Moon team. His martial soul was the Lightning Bird. He was also Chen Fei’s biological younger brother, and they were only a year apart in terms of age.
Compared to his brother, Chen An was only 18 this year. It was obvious that he was more talented than his brother, as he could represent the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy as an official team member even though he was only 18 years old. But he only had this one biological brother, who had always been his goal.
Chen Fei was dead. He had died under Ma Xiaotao’s phoenix flames. Chen An’s eyes turned had blood-red from that point on.
Li Yan had lost. He had already jumped onto the stage the moment the Heavenfiend Douluo opened his mouth. His entire person seemed to be on fire, and a layer of formless radiance was s.h.i.+ning from him.