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

At this moment, the smoke and flames at Xiao Hongchen's location slowly dissipated, gradually revealing the situation inside. Then, Xiao Hongchen, looking somewhat weathered, emerged from the smoke, seemingly unharmed and unaffected by the explosion.

His body was covered by a layer of golden light shield. Most people did not recognize the shield. It was a level 6 soul tool, an advanced version of the invincible shield. Although the defensive effect of the tough wall was slightly weaker than that of the ordinary invincible shield, it had an advantage that the two ordinary invincible shields could not match.

Firstly, it can be reused multiple times, unlike ordinary invincibility shields which can only be triggered once and then become completely ineffective.

Secondly, it has a passive triggering function. Whenever the user suffers severe damage that is enough to threaten them, it will automatically activate and envelop the user's entire body in a layer of condensed golden light. It can resist fatal attacks without manual control.

However, the passively triggered Resilient Wall requires a large amount of the user's soul power to support it. At this moment, Xiao Hongchen's soul power has been more than half consumed, leaving less than 50%.

He was filled with resentment. He hadn't caused Luo Ranyu any harm yet, so how could he show any arrogance?

Nevertheless, Xiao Hongchen still looked forward to the audience's gasps of amazement and the surprised expressions of his opponents.

Unfortunately, he was overthinking things. What awaited him was the Extreme Shadow Explosion Lightning, as well as two large fireballs conjured by the Hellfire Demon. Xiao Hongchen finally discovered everything!

His face turned pale instantly. He really wanted to curse, but the intense lightning struck his body in an instant, numbing him so he couldn't speak. Although the Barrier of Resilience could be used continuously, it also had a usage interval. Just now, Xiao Hongchen had just closed the Barrier of Resilience, so it would take at least a few more minutes before he could use it again.

As two massive fireballs were about to strike him, Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth and mustered his last bit of strength to activate his martial soul and soul skill. The next second, a horrifying scene unfolded.

His body silently transformed into a mass of silvery-white liquid metal, flowing slowly like water, easily dodging the bombardment of the two fireballs. The fireballs crashed into the ground, blasting open two deep craters, with sparks flying everywhere.

Even Luo Ranyu couldn't help but show surprise at this scene, inwardly exclaiming, "What kind of skill is this? Could it be a soul bone skill? To be able to turn a person into liquid metal, this is unbelievable! If I could also achieve this elemental transformation, I could avoid many fatal attacks in future battles... Sigh, don't think too much about it now, Xiao Hongchen, take this! First soul skill, Ice Seal!"

Luo Ranyu slammed her palm down, and a stream of ice elemental soul power poured into the ground. Just as the freezing soul skill effect arrived, the ball of metallic liquid condensed into a human shape. Xiao Hongchen's body was instantly frozen, and the look of horror on his face froze.

However, as is well known, the freezing effect only restricts movement and lowers the opponent's body temperature to deplete their soul power, but it does not affect the opponent's ability to use soul skills.

Unable to move due to the freezing effect, Xiao Hongchen pondered for a moment and made a decisive decision. His second and fourth soul rings lit up, and these two soul skills became Metal Boiling and Metal Sacrifice. Using them together would greatly enhance his ability to manipulate metal, allowing him to barely control the soul tools outside the arena even when frozen.

The next second, the soul tools that had been suspended in the air were activated again, emitting a faint hum. Most of the cannons were aimed back at Luo Ranyu and the Hellfire Demon, while a small portion of them turned around and aimed at Xiao Hongchen, who was frozen in ice.

Boom boom boom!

Both sides fired cannonballs simultaneously, and Xiao Hongchen was quickly freed from the ice under the bombardment of the soul tool.

At this moment, the massive figure beside Luo Ranyu began charging towards Xiao Hongchen again, the heavy ground rumbling. Xiao Hongchen, who had just been thawed from the ice, immediately aimed all the cannons at the towering Hellfire Demon.

At this moment, the Hellfire Demon was only five meters away from him. It then stopped, raised one foot, and slammed it heavily on the ground while letting out a deep roar. Xiao Hongchen immediately felt dizzy and his head was buzzing. His soul tools were also greatly shocked and shook violently in the air.

With a mere wave of his hand, the Hellfire Demon knocked the two rows of soul-guided devices in front of him to the ground. Then, he unleashed another furious punch, causing Xiao Hongchen to grit his teeth in fury.

"Damn it! Invincible shield!"

Bang! With a loud bang, the Hellfire Demon's attack came to an abrupt halt as its heavy fist slammed into the surface of the Invincible Shield.

Just as the invincible shield was frantically absorbing Xiao Hongchen's soul power to protect him, a white light flashed behind Xiao Hongchen, and Luo Ranyu actually appeared behind him!

He has at least three ways to directly rush to his opponent's front. Spatial Path is one of them. Generally speaking, in a one-on-one fight, this soul skill can only be used to close the distance with the opponent, and the opponent can defend against it. However, in this situation where someone is restraining him, Luo Ranyu can flash behind his opponent, and the opponent will hardly notice.

Luo Ranyu appeared behind Xiao Hongchen like a ghost, her eyes cold. As she took a deep breath, blue ice element soul power gradually gathered in her palms. Two streams of cold air suddenly burst out from her palms, making people tremble.

The invincible shield quickly disappeared, and in an instant, Luo Ranyu slapped Xiao Hongchen's back with both palms. At the same time, her first soul ring shone brightly, and dense ice-attribute soul power rapidly covered Xiao Hongchen's entire body.

In the first few seconds after being frozen, the opponent will also briefly lose consciousness due to the rapid cooling of their body. This is what is called a dizzying effect, which will render the opponent unable to resist for a short period of time.

And so, another ice sculpture was formed. Without hesitation, the Hellfire Demon, sensing Luo Ranyu's inner command, grabbed Xiao Hongchen, the ice sculpture, with both arms and flung him off the field.

With a bang and a cracking sound, Xiao Hongchen was already on the ground outside the arena, surrounded by ice crystals and shards, and he had already passed out.

Seeing her brother being thrown off the stage, Meng Hongchen cried out, "Brother!" and rushed over. She checked Xiao Hongchen's injuries amidst the shattered ice shards. Although his body was cold, Xiao Hongchen didn't seem to have any serious injuries, so she was relieved. She then took out a healing soul tool to restore his body temperature and began treating him.

On stage, the referee immediately announced: "In the qualifying match between Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Zheng Tian Academy, the seventh match, Zheng Tian Academy wins!"

Cheers erupted from the sidelines, but Luo Ranyu couldn't feel happy. He discovered that the ice and fire power he had absorbed from the Ice Toad's poison in the previous match was gradually dissipating, and his perception of the third soul skill of the three elements was becoming somewhat weak. He quietly activated his third soul ring, his heart filled with doubts:

"The second soul skill seems to still be usable, but judging from the brightness of the soul ring, the third soul skill will probably become unusable again after a while, just like before. It seems that the awakening of the soul ring is temporary. But if I want to get that feeling of martial soul awakening in battle, what should I do?"

I was only able to temporarily awaken after being stimulated by the triple effects of ice poison, fire poison, and toad poison, and by absorbing the power of ice and fire. Hmm, I can study this when I get back.

The reason I was able to defeat Xiao Hongchen just now was probably because my three elemental martial souls were half-awakened, which allowed me to use my third soul skill. And this big guy just happened to block 70% of Xiao Hongchen's attacks, causing Xiao Hongchen's soul tool to lose its suppressive power for a moment. In addition, with the amplification of my second soul skill, Fire Wings, Ice Fist, and Purple Lightning Shield, I was able to quickly end the battle.

"Next, I'll be facing Ma Rulong, the captain of Sun Moon Sect! Let me see my true fighting strength. My soul power is already almost half depleted, so I probably won't be able to achieve a three-game winning streak. Before I go on stage, I'll try my best to deplete Ma Rulong's soul power and trump cards! Xue Qianluo and Jin Zhongyue should be enough to defeat him!"