Soul power surged within Li Xun's body, and vines and branches instantly sprang up from the forest, like countless green waves, surging towards Liu Erlong in an endless stream.
"Tyrannical Dragon Possession, Wrathful Fire Shocking Thunder."
Seeing the vines attacking from all directions, Liu Erlong's eyes widened as her first and third soul rings lit up beneath her feet.
Her feet stomped the ground fiercely, and a circle of thunder and fire instantly appeared centered on Liu Erlong, spreading in all directions. Due to the enhancement of her first soul skill, the range of this technique was several times larger than usual.
As plants and lightning fire clashed in close combat, dense crackling sounds filled the air, but Liu Erlong's expression grew increasingly grim.
She had watched the Soul Master Competition with Yu Xiaogang before and knew that the plants summoned by Li Xun were immune to ice and fire. But only when facing them directly could she truly feel how troublesome this fire immunity was.
Seeing that her third soul skill had no effect, Liu Erlong's fifth soul ring lit up beneath her feet: "Soaring Flame."
A massive fire tornado shot up into the sky, instantly enveloping her in the center. Wind fueled the flames, and this skill was not just a fire-attribute attack, but also incorporated slashing wind blades. Although the surrounding vines were fire-resistant, they were still somewhat lacking when faced with this purest form of power.
Vine fragments continuously flew about, and the severed parts, no longer sustained by Li Xun's soul power, were gradually consumed by the flames. Affected by this, the fire tornado grew increasingly violent, instantly expanding to about fifty or sixty meters, showing signs of devouring everything around it.
"Indeed very different from previous opponents. Famous experts are truly in a league of their own." Li Xun's eyes narrowed as he brought his hands together: "Wood Release, Wood Human Technique."
A huge humanoid sculpture suddenly rose from the ground. Due to the increase in soul power level, compared to the fifty or sixty-meter height during the Soul Master Competition, the wood human had grown another dozen meters taller.
Whoosh—
Without wasting words, the moment the wood human appeared, its two giant hands swatted at the fire tornado. Without the thunderous clash of energy impact, the fire tornado of similar height was easily penetrated.
Liu Erlong, at the center, looked up at the giant hands closing in, and her fourth soul ring lit up beneath her feet: "Exploding Fire Dragon Rush."
Explosive flames surged up from her feet, bursting forth with unparalleled impact force, allowing Liu Erlong to narrowly escape the range, almost grazing the hands.
Her gaze locked firmly on Li Xun as she pushed off the ground again, flying towards the sky like a meteor of fire.
Facing this attack, Li Xun quickly brought his hands together. The wood human swiftly followed the motion, its giant palms clapping towards Liu Erlong at a speed that seemed to defy logic.
From Dugu Bo and Oscar's perspective, Liu Erlong, transformed into a fire meteor, now looked like a mosquito about to be caught between human hands.
Hearing the whistling in her ears and feeling the wind pressure from the giant palms, Liu Erlong's face showed unprecedented gravity. Her eighth soul ring lit up.
Explosive power condensed in her fists, and a ball of light appeared in front of her chest, emanating an aura of destruction that continuously surged.
Her eighth soul skill could amplify her own power by two hundred percent while granting immunity to all attacks during its use. Her previous attack was merely a feint to deceive the enemy; this was her true killing blow.
Liu Erlong believed that even if Dugu Bo took this hit head-on, he would be skinned alive if not killed outright. And Li Xun, being somewhat weaker than Dugu Bo, could only be reduced to ashes under this attack.
Bang—
A tremendous boom mixed with fierce winds instantly swept across the surroundings. The shockwave from the wood human's palms clapping together continued to spread. Towering trees were blown askew, and birds and beasts were knocked unconscious.
But Li Xun sensed something was amiss. Through his wood release perception, he could clearly feel an unusual sensation from the wood human's palms.
In the blink of an eye, his intuition became reality as the wood human's giant hands suddenly exploded, the destruction spreading along its arms.
Li Xun's gaze sharpened, and he instantly retreated from atop the wood human's head, reappearing a hundred meters away.
Boom—
It wasn't a flashy energy attack, but the purest physical force. Liu Erlong pierced through the wood human's head like a bolt of lightning, directly pursuing Li Xun.
Noticing that the energy in Liu Erlong's chest was still condensing, Li Xun could deduce that this wasn't yet her strongest attack.
Not daring to be careless, he mobilized all his soul power, and his seventh soul ring beneath his feet emitted a dazzling red light.
Li Xun's gaze turned sharp: "Spirit Avatar, True Several Thousand Hands."
His martial soul instantly separated from his body, and a huge ethereal image appeared behind him. This apparition stood five hundred meters tall, with countless arms spread behind it.
In an instant, the apparition became reality, a colossal Buddha statue standing on the earth.
The statue's foremost pair of giant hands were pressed together as if chanting scriptures, but its face was utterly expressionless, showing neither joy nor sorrow. Combined with the countless grotesque arms, no one would believe this Buddha statue was benevolent.
"It's really as we guessed... But it's so enormous!" Dugu Bo's mouth gaped open as he looked up at the thousand-handed giant Buddha that seemed to touch the clouds. His heart trembled with shock, and even the giant snake condensed beneath his feet seemed on the verge of dissipating due to his unstable state of mind.
Ever since the wood human appeared, the group of old-timers had speculated about what Li Xun's Spirit Avatar might be. Although opinions varied, they all secretly harbored an expectation.
After Li Xun obtained his seventh soul ring, everyone had curiously inquired, but the young man had always been mysterious and tight-lipped. This only made everyone more curious.
Oscar, standing behind Dugu Bo, was in an even worse state.
Looking at the enormous Buddha statue before him, his Adam's apple bobbed as he felt his legs go weak. It took him quite a while to regain his senses.
Seeing the giant snake beneath their feet about to disappear, Oscar hurriedly moved behind Dugu Bo, mustering the courage to grab the hem of his clothes. They were currently about a dozen meters above the ground. While the expert in front of him had nothing to worry about, Oscar would be severely injured if he fell.
At this moment, not only could they see this towering Buddha statue, but many people in the nearby town were also gazing in this direction.
Five hundred meters is equivalent to a building over 160 stories tall, an awe-inspiring height in any era.
The townspeople and soul masters alike had never seen such a colossal being before. They trembled in fear, with the more timid fainting on the spot or losing control of their bodily functions.
There was no other reason than the fact that the statue's face resembled that of a human.
Many bold individuals even began to kowtow, believing a true deity had descended. They prostrated themselves on the ground, begging for divine mercy.
"This...!" Liu Erlong, who had been charging towards Li Xun at extreme speed, was rendered speechless.
Only when close enough could one truly feel the overwhelming pressure exerted by such a massive entity.
"Blocking out the sky and sun!" The idiom flashed through Liu Erlong's mind as she felt darkness descend above her. From her current angle, she couldn't even take in the entire Buddha statue with her eyes.
"True Several Thousand Hands, Buddha Transformation." Li Xun stood atop the giant Buddha's head, his gaze towards Liu Erlong devoid of any emotion, his joined hands interlocked.
As his words fell, the thousand arms on the statue's back suddenly extended, transforming into countless fist shadows hurtling towards Liu Erlong.
True Several Thousand Hands differed from other Spirit Avatars. Maintaining such a massive form consumed an enormous amount of soul power. Li Xun had to end the battle quickly before his soul power was depleted.
"Earthly Fist" Faced with the sky full of fist shadows, Liu Erlong felt despair and unleashed her eighth soul skill to its fullest.
The energy orb imbued with destructive power instantly shot out, meeting the dense barrage of thousands of fists. As for the other areas, she could no longer pay attention to them.
Boom, boom.
Liu Erlong's soul skill was indeed extraordinary. The moment the energy orb exploded, a destructive force erupted, sending severed arms flying and crashing to the ground, triggering intense earthquakes.
But it was all in vain. Losing dozens of arms had no impact whatsoever on the True Several Thousand Hands.
The sky full of fist shadows engulfed Liu Erlong. Mountains crumbled, and the earth wailed in anguish.
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