Battle Through the Heavens II: Three Phases of Peerless Power, One Soul and Four Bodies

Princess Jiujiu's voice also stopped abruptly, her eyes filled with disbelief.

At this moment, Tang Xiaolei's face revealed a resolute and solemn expression. His fourth soul ring lit up, and a purple light rose up. He also gave Yu Mengdi a wink, signaling her to go first.

Without hesitation, Yu Mengdi jumped onto the magic circle, knowing that Tang Xiaolei only had one spirit ring left.

Tang Xiaolei's fifth spirit ring had just been used against Princess Jiujiu. The strongest attack, formed by the black ten-thousand-year spirit ring, was ultimately blocked by the Dark Demon Tiger Huang Heyun. Even with more than twice the defense and various amplification effects, Huang Heyun was still broken through by Tang Xiaolei's strongest attack.

However, Huang Heyun was not seriously injured. He only defended with all his might, which consumed nearly half of his soul power and left a deep wound in his abdomen.

Just as Yu Mengdi was about to be teleported out by the spatial path, unfortunately, the people on Xingluo's side reacted quickly, and a gust of wind swept in, slamming Yu Mengdi and Tang Xiaolei heavily against the light barrier of the Star Guardian.

"Bang!" The two crashed heavily into the light barrier, their soul power becoming chaotic.

At the same time, Huang Heyun and Dugu Shangshan also reacted and rushed towards the two of them at high speed, their martial spirit power running at its limit, their eyes filled with killing intent.

Yu Mengdi's smile vanished as she watched the two charging towards her, replaced by a resolute expression. She turned and stood in front of Tang Xiaolei, her sacred twin swords glowing once more, ready for a desperate fight…

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Outside the arena, spatial fluctuations suddenly appeared, and Ye Wuqing's figure flashed into existence, appearing right behind Sheng Yi and Chen Xiaojie.

When using the spatial path to teleport, Luo Ranyu had already used her mental power to accurately map the location and surrounding conditions after the teleportation to him. Therefore, Ye Wuqing's lips curled up slightly, and he did not need to worry about falling into danger after the teleportation.

What came into view was the unguarded backs of the two members of the Star Luo Team. Ye Wuqing was overjoyed, but he was not hasty in his attack. He slowly raised his arm, and dozens of golden leaves gathered and floated in front of him, exuding a dangerous aura.

He exchanged a glance with Luo Ranyu, who was not far away, his eyes instantly turning sharp as knives, and his arm suddenly thrust forward: "Go!"

"Whoosh—Boom!"

Dozens of golden leaves, like sharp throwing knives, accurately pierced the back of the Holy Wing.

Then a violent explosion rang out, and Saint Wing's body was thrown to the side. His defensive soul tool automatically deployed, but it was also blown away and scattered everywhere. He then fainted and collapsed to the ground.

Unfortunately, Chen Xiaojie, as a speed-attack type Soul King, possessed keen insight that allowed him to sense the danger from behind. Before he could turn around, he had already transformed into a yellow lightning bolt and dodged Ye Wuqing's attack in a flash.

Just then, the Star Guardian Array set up by Princess Jiujiu gradually dimmed and slowly opened.

The scene inside the magic circle was revealed to everyone: the four members of the Star Luo team were unharmed, while Yu Mengdi and Tang Xiaolei from Zheng Tian Academy had already collapsed from exhaustion and fallen into a coma.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaojie immediately flashed into the group, and the five people of Xingluo faced off against the three people of Zhengtian, temporarily forming a three-against-five situation.

"Quickly finish this!" Princess Jiujiu commanded in a deep voice, her eyes icy.

Perhaps only she knew that the girl in the sky who was sealed by the soul tool was probably ten times more terrifying than Yu Mengdi... That's not quite right, but she was definitely very difficult to deal with.

Therefore, we must eliminate these people before Xue Qianlu breaks free of the seal.

The first to act was Wang Shiying, the wind control soul master from Xingluo. A gust of green wind blew past, brushing against Yu Mengdi's fallen body, guiding her still-burning Sacred Twin Swords to Xingluo's side, bringing them into her hands. Wang Shiying gripped the Sacred Twin Swords, glanced at them contemptuously, snorted coldly, and then threw the twin swords behind her, letting them fall outside the arena. She then turned her gaze to Luo Ranyu, smugly muttering to herself:

"Hmph, thankfully we've dealt with Yu Mengdi. Without the Divine Twin Swords, let's see how you use those moves now~"

Seeing this, Luo Ranyu's mood was not affected by her actions. Instead, she sneered and then her martial soul began to change. A black mark formed behind her, and the familiar dark aura reappeared on her body. In an instant, she completed the phase change.

At the same time, purple lightning crackled around her palms, radiating heroic spirit. The power of lightning element was once again unleashed, and Luo Ranyu was ready for a full-scale battle.

Ye Wuqing said softly, "Xiao Ran, hold on. The Dark Demon Tiger and Lightning Falcon on the other side are both injured. I will try my best to defeat them. Once Xiao Xue is freed from her restraints, you will still have a chance."

"Okay." Luo Ranyu replied calmly, standing beside Xi'er. The floral fragrance emanating from Xi'er would exert a continuous healing effect on her without her even realizing it. Luo Ranyu was still in peak condition, but he wasn't sure if he could protect Xi'er well. He said calmly, "Xi'er, you can go down now. Trust me!"

Upon hearing this, Hua Xi'er wrapped her arms around Luo Ranyu's right arm and pouted slightly, saying, "No, Xi'er wants to protect Brother Ranyu!"

Luo Ranyu didn't speak, but just looked at her. Her unwavering expression moved Luo Ranyu. Luo Ranyu touched her pink hair and looked ahead again. The other group had already rushed over again.

Luo Ranyu's second and third spirit rings suddenly lit up, but strangely, the two spirit rings began to approach each other and then turned into one spirit ring!

This was the Soul Ring Fusion Technique that Luo Ranyu had mastered after breaking through level 30. When his level approached 40, he could fuse the power of two soul rings, allowing him to unleash the effects of the next stage of his soul skill ahead of time—the power of his fourth soul skill. This subtle change went unnoticed by most people; only a few experienced soul masters frowned slightly, noticing the anomaly.

The moment the fusion was complete, a massive sphere of purple lightning appeared behind Luo Ranyu, his body crackling with lightning, the electric light rapidly converging. He suddenly threw a punch forward, and a thick beam of purple lightning shot out.

"Screech—" A piercing sound ripped through the arena, accurately striking Huang Heyun, who was charging at the forefront.

Caught off guard, Huang Heyun was struck squarely by the purple lightning beam. His arm trembled violently, and he instantly felt a strong numbness. He involuntarily took two steps back, his face turning slightly purple.

Before Huang Heyun could regain his footing, Luo Ranyu threw another punch. Purple lightning extended from his arm, as if his arm had instantly stretched dozens of meters, and with violent power, he punched Wang Shiying to the side.

Wang Shiying had no time to react before being struck squarely in the chest by the Purple Lightning, causing her melee soul tool to fall to the ground with a clang.

"Ah!" A sharp pain and numbness struck at the same time. Wang Shiying screamed and was thrown several meters away without any warning. She crashed heavily to the ground and was unable to get up for a while.

Shockingly, neither of these powerful attacks was a soul skill; they were merely Luo Ranyu's basic application of the three elemental powers, gathering lightning elemental power within her to greatly enhance her strength and attack range. Even so, their power was enough to intimidate all the soul masters present.

But as her momentum increased, Luo Ranyu suddenly stopped attacking, pointed her left hand to the sky, and a thunderclap suddenly rang out in the originally dark sky, "Azure Thunder Summoning!" Luo Ranyu shouted in a deep voice, and before her words had even finished, a huge thunderclap boomed.

Boom! Roar! A bolt of lightning descended from the sky, tearing a rift in the air, and struck the Netherworld Demon Master Dugu Shangshan with great force.

"Azure Thunder Guidance" is Luo Ranyu's fourth soul skill of the Thunder element, one of her three elemental martial souls. It continuously drops lightning from the sky to strike the enemy, is a single-target burst, and requires continuous casting.

Sensing impending doom, Dugu Shangshan instantly activated his soul power shield to defend himself, while simultaneously unleashing a deafening roar to amplify his aura.

Dugu Shangshan forcefully blocked a bolt of lightning, thinking to himself, "Hmph~ Nothing special!" He was confident that Luo Ranyu's attack was just a bluff, and his momentum surged. He wanted to pounce on her, but then, two white lights suddenly appeared in the dark cloud in the sky.

Squeak~ Boom!

Two bolts of lightning struck him again, instantly piercing his soul power shield. He felt numb all over and began to tremble uncontrollably.

A few seconds later, Dugu Shangshan emerged from the air, his face turning black. But as a Soul King with a Soul Power level of over fifty, the heavy blow did not break his will; instead, it fueled his fury once more.

Ughhhhh~~ Dugu Shangshan's third black spirit ring suddenly lit up, and his martial spirit power surged wildly, trying to break free from the shackles of paralysis and slowdown.