Douluo Jueshi: I can only explode the ring, all I can do is operate.

Chapter 326 Eh, War (Close-up)!
"Hey—you damn Ice Martial God, come out!"

On the arena, as soon as the referee finished speaking, Huo Yuhao once again possessed the Extreme Ice Body. His exquisite mental power manipulation transformed the extreme ice of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion into his own ice armor, and five white soul rings rose up as his eyes shone brightly.

Boom! Whoosh—

With a heavy stomp, Huo Yuhao, who had lost his half-formed state, did not take the risk of using his mental power to inflict a serious injury on Tang Dai. Instead, he used the Body Sect's twelve combat techniques and the close-combat technique [Serpent Step] to attack Tang Dai.

Opposite him, a Tang Dynasty martial spirit possessed him, nearly three meters tall. Six circles of yellow, purple, and black slowly moved up and down. The cultivation of a Soul Emperor was revealed along with the tearing and flowing black robes and hood. His originally emaciated body transformed into a pure white skeleton in the blink of an eye. Black and gold patterns were tattooed on the pale bones, which must have symbolized a king's crown hanging around his neck.

First Soul Skill: Bone Transformation, which transforms the body into human bones, allowing ranged attacks to pass through the bone gaps.

Second Soul Skill: Hardening, which hardens the skeletal body.

Third Soul Skill: Skeleton Body, which makes the user completely indistinguishable from an undead. During the transformation period, the user can use some soul skills that only undead can perform. In addition, the user will not die as long as the soul fire does not go out!
In the blink of an eye, both sides on the stage completed their pre-battle buffs.

Standing still, Tang Dai watched Huo Yuhao charging towards him without dodging or flinching, and his fourth soul skill lit up:

"Fourth Soul Skill, Bone-Melting Blade Shaping!"

ceng—

Tang Dai's hands instantly transformed into two incredibly sharp bone blades. He crossed the blades, precisely capturing Huo Yuhao's movements and subtly adjusting his body the instant the opponent threw a punch.

but……

pong!

"Illusion?"

Tang Dai's jaw was struck hard, but the expected block did not occur. Huo Yuhao's position seemed to flicker twice and move to the side as he arrived in front of him.

Having landed a successful blow, Huo Yuhao moved with incredible agility, his footwork as swift and graceful as a serpent, shifting positions in an instant. However, his body did not distance itself from Tang Dai as a result of the shift; instead, he remained as close to Tang Dai's body as a python.

First Soul Ring Skill "Mental Detection" activated! Second Soul Skill "Mimicry" activated!
This is a close-combat tactic tailored for Huo Yuhao by Poison Undying. It uses extreme ice to increase the margin for error and lethality, and then uses these two soul skills to achieve rapid and unexpected close-range combat. At the same time, it is combined with the Body Sect combat skill [Serpent Step] to tightly entangle the opponent.

This combination of attacks, apart from those Soul Masters with special Soul Skills or Martial Souls, can only be somewhat effectively countered by trained practitioners like those from the Body Sect.

Unfortunately, the martial spirits and spirit skills of the Tang Dynasty were two of these types!

Fifth Soul Skill - Keep out of reach of living beings.

Tang Dai's fifth spirit ring flashed, and a faint black mist immediately enveloped him. At the same time, his vision suddenly changed, and he instantly located Huo Yuhao, who was using mimicry to feign an attack.
"Got you!"

dang——

Instead of the expected collision sound, a metallic clang rang out as the Tang Dynasty bone blade precisely blocked Huo Yuhao's punch, which resembled a scorpion's tail thrust.

"what happened?"

Having failed, Huo Yuhao quickly distanced himself, multitasking as he did so. He had just used his God's-eye view and then used mimicry to confuse Tang Dai's judgment, so how could he possibly be discovered?

His gaze sharpened as he saw Tang Dai's shimmering fifth spirit ring and the faint black mist that began to emanate unnaturally from his body, and he immediately understood.

Close combat might no longer be an option. But if Huo Yuhao wanted to create distance, how could the Tang Dynasty, already engaged in close combat, let him go?

He instantly lunged forward, raising his left leg to kick Huo Yuhao. However, in the eyes of others, his kick was clearly not aimed at Huo Yuhao's waist, but at an open space to the left.

But something unexpected happened. Huo Yuhao, who was originally on the other side, somehow managed to block Tang Dai's kick with his arm. It looked as if Tang Dai wasn't kicking him, but Huo Yuhao was actively taking the attack!

In the Tang Dynasty's view, the world had turned into gray and white, with countless living beings appearing as vibrant reds in this gray and white world.

This is the function of his fifth soul skill, which he can only use after completing the necromancy transformation. It makes his vision more necromancy-like, and as his soul power increases, all living beings in the distance centered on him will have nowhere to hide in his eyes!

The eyes may be deceived, but the fresh blood cannot escape the senses of the dead.

"Humph!"

After taking the next attack, Huo Yuhao grunted, and then his second and fifth soul skills shone brightly at the same time:

"Fifth Soul Skill: Consciousness Overriding!"

The second soul skill was activated first. The five white rings that were originally on Huo Yuhao's body began to change instantly, from white to yellow, from yellow to purple, from purple to black, and from black to bright red!
boom--

A terrifying pressure, possessed only by a 100,000-year-old soul beast, rose from Huo Yuhao and pressed down indiscriminately on everyone.

On the scene, even Soul King and Soul Emperor level contestants were involuntarily frightened and released their Martial Soul and Soul Rings. The pressure was so realistic that they really felt that a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast was right in front of them!

Huo Yuhao activated his fifth soul skill, Consciousness Override, and gripped Tang Dai's twin blades with both hands. Then, with a glare in his eyes, he used the Ice Emperor's aura that he had simulated to exert pressure on Tang Dai.

The effect was excellent. Even though the undead were fearless, the oppressive aura still caused the soul fire, which was the consciousness of the Tang Dynasty, to waver.

Swah——

In an instant, the martial soul switched, and the five red rings around his body transformed into a single four-patterned red ring that pulsed. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul switched, and the first soul skill, Ice Emperor's Claw, was activated!

dong!

"Sixth Soul Skill - King's Bone Spirit Body!"

The expected bone shattering did not occur; the torso bones under Huo Yuhao's pincers remained intact and were even coated with a layer of silver.

Tang Dai's sixth soul ring activated, further increasing the hardness of his bones and simultaneously raising his aura of the dead and the king.

"This guy is really tough! Third Soul Skill - Weakness, Fourth Soul Skill - Mental Leap!"

Without any gap, Huo Yuhao's mental and spiritual power dropped another level. His martial soul switched seamlessly, and the third soul skill of his Spirit Eye martial soul, combined with the fourth soul skill, descended upon Tang Dai without any hindrance:

"Claw of the Ice Emperor!"

With his martial soul switching again, another Ice Emperor's Claw struck. Tang Dai's body was too weak to react in time, and Huo Yuhao's claws destroyed the bones of his limbs. At the same time, he was kicked in the chest.

puff~
Tang Dai was sent flying backwards and lay on the arena, extremely weak. Although his martial spirit was seemingly intact after being passively disintegrated, his bones were shattered and he was completely unable to move.

(End of this chapter)