Chapter 198: Chapter 198: The Tides of Battle Turn, Tang San’s Eyes Redden
Huowu didn't give Su Yun a chance. As the members of Godwind Academy launched a rapid attack, Huowu's Martial Soul, the Fire Shadow, merged with her. The soul power inside her surged, elevating her physical qualities to the extreme through her meridians. Following the direction of the wind field, she lunged at Su Yun!
In an instant, the lightning-fast offensive launched by the members of Godwind Academy captured the attention of all the spectators in the arena. Everyone was astonished by their rapid attack speed. However, this also made the audience eager to see what kind of counterattack Su Yun, the sole representative of the Martial Soul Hall, would mount.
On the east side of the Great Fighting Soul Arena, Su Yun managed to catch every move of everyone from Godwind Academy the moment they acted.
It must be said, Godwind Academy's decision was the most correct.
Facing an unknown Soul King, their strategy to quickly neutralize him without giving him any chance to react or resist was indeed wise. If Su Yun were the captain of Godwind Academy, he would have employed the same strategy.
"Too bad, such methods are of no use against me." Aside from focusing on Huowu, who transformed into flames rushing towards him, Su Yun also kept an eye on the other two close-range Soul Masters from Godwind Academy closing in on him.
Moreover, there seemed to be a support-type Soul Master hiding among their team, appearing in no hurry to make a move.
"Second Soul Skill, Blue Silver Forest!" Feeling almost ready, Su Yun lightly stepped on the ground and whispered the name of his soul skill. The next moment, the Martial Soul of the Blue Silver Emperor appeared in front of him.
Simultaneously, the presence of a huge blue-golden tree instantly growing on the Great Fighting Soul Arena surprised everyone present.
What was originally a barren fighting stage in the Great Fighting Soul Arena was covered by Su Yun's Blue Silver Emperor Tree in an instant!
Feng Xiaotian's first soul skill was launched later but failed to reach Su Yun before being blocked by the latter's second soul skill.
Before the audience could marvel at how Su Yun managed to occupy a portion of the fighting stage with his Martial Soul at such speed, the wind field and wind ropes from Godwind Academy had already roared towards him.
At the same time, the support-type Soul Master who had been hiding behind Feng Xiaotian and others, upon seeing Su Yun's soul skill, had his thousand-year soul ring shine brightly.
"Third Soul Skill, Hurricane's Eye!"
The moment his voice fell, a small tornado emerged at the center of the Great Fighting Soul Arena, just in time to block the expansion of Su Yun's Blue Silver Emperor Tree.
The speed of the already lightning-fast wind field and wind ropes increased even further upon touching the hurricane!
This also drastically increased the speed of the two close-range Soul Masters from Godwind Academy. Only Huowu's speed did not increase.
This soul skill only provided a boost to Soul Masters with wind attribute Martial Souls.
"Captain, with the enhancement from Hurricane's Eye, even if he is a Soul King, his domain is likely to be dismantled by us," the Soul Master who released Hurricane's Eye whispered.
They could see that Su Yun's release of his second soul skill was probably meant to create terrain advantageous to him, so naturally, they took action to prevent this.
Although wind attributes do not possess as much destructive power as fire attributes, with sufficient enhancement, they can also possess the power to destroy heaven and earth!
Feng Xiaotian looked a bit solemn and did not rush to reply to his teammate.
He watched his teammates, including Huowu, encircle Su Yun and thought, "Su Yun, if you think our attack is just this, then it shows you're just a genius hyped by others."
Godwind Academy had discussed their first-round offense before entering the arena. If the plan could succeed, they intended to "invite" Su Yun off the stage in the first round.
After all, the arena match was not a battle to the death. Leaving the stage meant losing.
Feng Xiaotian, seeing Huowu and the others' attack Su Yun, suddenly exerted force under his feet, and a burst of green light shone on him.
"Second Soul Skill, Double Wolf Attachment!"
At this moment, Feng Xiaotian's attack, defense, and agility would all increase by fifty percent for a short period.
"Third Soul Skill, Gale Wings!"
Without any hesitation, after releasing the second soul skill, Feng Xiaotian immediately followed up with the third soul skill.
When the huge green wings unfurled behind him, stirring up a wild wind, he turned into a green shadow, rushing towards Su Yun!
With the boost from Hurricane's Eye, his speed was very fast, quickly catching up to Su Yun!
The audience, seeing such a swift start to the fight, stared intently at the stage below, not daring to blink, afraid of missing any spectacular scene.
Feng Wuji, seeing Feng Xiaotian and the others' actions, nodded slightly, affirming their well-timed offense.
Tang San, hiding in a corner, saw the attack from so many from Godwind Academy almost instantaneously and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He began to ponder if he could win under such an onslaught.
"If I could use hidden weapons and reach the Soul King realm, perhaps I could do it."
After a brief consideration, Tang San gave himself an answer.
He could see that the people from Godwind Academy were very fast, but his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was not weak either. Moreover, he also had the Xuantian Skill for body training and Tang Sect's Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon. Even the agile attack-type Soul Masters in close combat might not necessarily be his match.
His only fear was the girl named Huowu.
Once she used fire to counter his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, he would lose the initiative to control the battlefield.
Thus, thinking this, Tang San's gaze towards Su Yun also became joyful.
The problem even he couldn't solve, surely Su Yun couldn't either!
Even if the Blue Silver Emperor's Martial Soul was strong, it could only end in defeat against fire! Tang San sneered inwardly.
In his view, Su Yun was doomed to be utterly defeated in the Great Fighting Soul Arena tonight.
Inside the Great Fighting Soul Arena.
At this moment, Huowu and the other two had already approached Su Yun!
They had already figured that Su Yun was likely a control or support-type Soul Master, so they wanted to limit or even defeat him through direct combat.
The two Soul Masters from Godwind Academy approached Su Yun from the left and right, their blue soul power becoming increasingly vigorous, and their eyes also showed a faint green light.
Both were Soul Masters with the Chasing Wind Wolf Martial Soul, agile attack-type Soul Sovereigns! The yellow and purple soul rings under their feet lit up simultaneously.
"Gale Claw!"
Their claws, cutting through the air with a screeching sound, aimed at Su Yun's left shoulder and right waist!
Su Yun didn't give them a chance, releasing his first soul skill directly!
"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Leaves!"
Despite the enhancement from Hurricane's Eye and the wind field, they couldn't solve the Blue Silver Forest domain already formed by Su Yun.
Although they tried to avoid Su Yun's second soul skill in their attack, they found themselves within the range of his first soul skill. As countless flying leaves whizzed towards them with a rustling sound, they immediately withdrew their attacks on Su Yun and started dodging frantically.
However, Huowu, with her flame Martial Soul, was different.
"Third Soul Skill, Fire Resistance Ring!"
With a delicate shout from Huowu, the Fire Resistance Ring was controlled to form around her, blocking all the Blue Silver Flying Leaves aimed at her and continuing to expand towards Su Yun's position without losing momentum.
The Fire Resistance Ring soul skill covered a range of sixty meters in diameter and three meters in height.
This soul skill could almost ignore any other skills and defenses, temporarily dispelling all skills within the range of the fire ring.
However, it required the opponent's soul power not to exceed Huowu's by more than ten levels.
Although Su Yun's soul power exceeded this limit, the Blue Silver Flying Leaves were, after all, only his first soul skill and thus were all dispelled by Huowu.
In fact, with her current abilities, Huowu could quickly defeat Su Yun using her Martial Soul and third soul skill.
But she also had her pride.
Although they had the sure-win tactic of fire overcoming grass today, Huowu still wanted to defeat Su Yun, the Holy Son of the Martial Soul Hall, using other means to ensure that their victory would not be dismissed as merely exploiting elemental weaknesses.
"Don't worry, I won't easily use fire to counter your Martial Soul!" With a light shout, Huowu merely used the Fire Resistance Ring to force Su Yun to constantly change his position, squeezing the Blue Silver Forest he created to a point.
With the enhancement from the wind field, the expansion speed of Huowu's Fire Resistance Ring was very fast, almost not giving Su Yun any chance to breathe.
While Su Yun was dodging the Fire Resistance Ring, Feng Xiaotian and the other two soul masters had once again closed in on him.
"Holy Son Su, today we from Godwind Academy won't let you win easily," Feng Xiaotian said in a low voice.
Su Yun responded with a smile, "Then you can try."
After speaking, his left wrist soul-guided device flickered with light, and a long spear appeared in his hand, his eyes sparkling with a fighting spirit the moment he grasped it!
Boom!
Su Yun's movement created a gust of wind under his feet. Once the Wind God's Leg was deployed, he seemed to transform into a hawk or falcon, moving adeptly within the wind field.
"How is this possible?! He's not being restricted in my wind field?!" The support-type soul master from Godwind Academy was dumbfounded seeing Su Yun's speed not decrease.
Feng Xiaotian and the others were also stunned.
However, being teammates for many years, a glance among the three prompted a simultaneous attack towards Su Yun!
"Don't let him escape!" Feng Xiaotian ordered, and the next second, the wind ropes that had been circling in the wind field as if awaiting commands shot towards Su Yun following the trajectory of his soul power!
Yes, this inconspicuous wind rope hidden in the wind field was waiting for the moment to bind Su Yun.
To ensure the wind rope's success, they were willing to sacrifice four people to stop Su Yun!
Su Yun, with his keen spiritual power, sensed the abnormality around him upon hearing Feng Xiaotian's voice.
Seeing the hardly visible wind rope, he quickly released his first soul skill, Blue Silver Flying Leaves.
However, Huowu, ready on the sidelines, released the Fire Resistance Ring again, blocking all of Su Yun's Blue Silver Flying Leaves.
"Indeed worthy of an established academy, to target me like this so quickly," Su Yun internally praised the coordination between Huowu and the people from Godwind Academy.
But since that was the case, he no longer needed to hold back.
For his mission reward, it was time to start "thrashing the kids."
Catching the Wind, Shadowing the Form!
Whoosh!
Su Yun instantly turned into a shadow and disappeared from the sight of Feng Xiaotian and the others, his speed astonishingly fast!
"Be careful!"
Feng Xiaotian, noticing Su Yun's sudden acceleration, immediately became cautious. When he spotted Su Yun again, the latter had already reached behind his two teammates!
"Guys, I'll have to ask you to step down first."
"Boom!"
With a preemptive strike, Su Yun didn't give the two agile attack-type soul masters a chance to react, sweeping them off the stage with a spear strike on their delicate backsides using his Soul King level soul power.
The rapid shift from offense to defense made the entire audience cheer instantly!
"Look! That's a Soul King! That's Holy Son Su!"
"My God! I thought Holy Son Su was going to be completely restricted by Godwind Academy in the first round, but in an instant, he eliminated two of their people!"
"Those two were agile attack-type soul masters! To think they couldn't even react to Holy Son Su's attack, it shows how formidable Holy Son Su is!"
"..."
While the audience was shocked, Feng Wuji also nearly stood up when he saw Su Yun's speed.
His eyes showed intense astonishment!
He noticed that Su Yun's move did not light up any soul rings!
In other words, Su Yun did not use any soul ring skills!
Such terrifying acceleration, even under the suppression of their Hurricane's Eye and wind field domain soul skills.
Feng Wuji speculated that Su Yun's move was most likely his own creation!
He couldn't help but think further... If even a plant-based soul master like Su Yun could achieve such speed, then their Godwind Academy, which pursues the ultimate wind attribute, would see their combat power soar if they possessed such soul skills!
In stark contrast to the cheers from the audience stands, Tang San, sitting in a corner, was filled with shock.
He too saw Su Yun eliminate two Soul Honors with one spear.
Tang San was incredibly shocked by the speed Su Yun displayed!
He hadn't expected Su Yun's speed to be terrifying to such an extent!
"Why? Why does his step technique seem even more sophisticated than my Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track?!" Tang San stared intently at Su Yun's movements, breathing heavily.
He couldn't believe that someone could create a technique more sophisticated than the Tang Sect's secret arts.
After much thought, Tang San's gaze fixated on Su Yun, thinking to himself, "The Xuan Tian Treasure Record says, 'An innocent man bears no sin, but he who holds a jade commits the crime.' Only those with talent and virtue are worthy of possessing powerful techniques."
"With Su Yun's character, he doesn't deserve such techniques. This movement technique could just be what I need to strengthen the Tang Sect in the future."
Tang San secretly schemed against Su Yun's Wind God's Leg.
He planned to find a way to take this technique from Su Yun before killing him tonight!
(End of Chapter)
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