To this day, Cui Yejie still remembered what Cao Jinxuan had done to Zhu Lu outside the Star Dou Great Forest. If she had been the one in that situation, she probably would have been disgusted to the point of throwing up long ago.
Her soul power was only about ten levels higher than Cao Jinxuan's. In other words, without Huo Yuhao's kind of spiritual means, she was not necessarily able to be immune to the Time Stop domain.
Therefore, to defeat Cao Jinxuan, whose physical strength was formidable, Cui Yejie first could not give him any chance to get close. Otherwise, Dai Huabin's fate was the best example.
Huo Yuhao had once analyzed the strategy to deal with Cao Jinxuan with them. Besides Ning Tian's second soul skill, which had been prepared in advance, long-range offensive means were also one of the ways to deal with Cao Jinxuan. And his Time Stop domain only lasted for a mere few seconds and had a certain cooldown time.
Cui Yejie ignored Cao Jinxuan's teasing and instead condensed her soul power from the very beginning, getting ready.
"Both sides, take your positions! The match begins!"
Almost at the instant the Heaven-Shaking Douluo's words fell, the huge Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox soul spirit was summoned by Cui Yejie. It opened its mouth and fired a Soul Beast Cannon, sending warmth at the opening.
"So cruel!" Cao Jinxuan sneered coldly. Although he had never fought with these three from Huo Yuhao's team, in private, they had also done no small amount of research on how to deal with the original Fire, Sea, and Death trio. If one were to say that Huo Yuhao was the strongest link in terms of spiritual power among the three, then Xie Huanyue was more or less the strongest link in close combat and fighting. And Cui Yejie was the strongest link in long-range output among the three.
No matter which of Cui Yejie's soul skills, they had all been exposed in the eyes of the Shrek members, including the fourth soul skill that had just appeared in the tournament, the Soul Beast Cannon, a super-long-range explosive strike, its power far surpassing a soul tool master of the same rank.
If one were to say who among the three Cao Jinxuan was most confident in dealing with, the answer was naturally Cui Yejie. Huo Yuhao was not in the same dimension as them to begin with. And the close-combat brawling that Cao Jinxuan was good at was of no use against Xie Huanyue's rubber body.
Cao Jinxuan only needed one chance. His Time Stop domain had a fixed diameter of fifty meters. As long as he closed the distance with Cui Yejie to within this range, he had countless ways to obtain victory.
Seeing that Cui Yejie had started with her fourth soul skill, the Soul Beast Cannon, Cao Jinxuan did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. Hadn't he seen the four great Soul Kings of the Star Luo Empire being overturned by her one cannon shot?
Relying on his astonishing physical fitness, Cao Jinxuan twisted and moved, barely avoiding this one Soul Beast Cannon. When the empty energy cannon bombarded the protective shield at the edge, it directly stirred up a violent ripple.
Cao Jinxuan's face couldn't help but become grave. No matter how strong his physical fitness was, he absolutely could not block a single Soul Beast Cannon.
"Soul Beast Multi-Cannon!"
What made Cao Jinxuan never expect was that the Nine-Tailed Fox soul spirit behind Cui Yejie had actually opened its great mouth again. The next moment, a series of cannon fire roared, and countless light spots instantly enlarged in Cao Jinxuan's eyes.
How could she continuously cast this kind of high-energy attack? Isn't she afraid of exhausting her soul power?
At this moment, there was no time for Cao Jinxuan to think much. His second soul ring instantly lit up. Time Lock!
One after another of golden chains drilled out from the side of the Time Flies Clock that stood behind him, entangling all the bombarding huge energy bullets. The fiercely charging Soul Beast Cannons, after being bound by the Time Lock, just stopped in their original spot.
Clearly, this move was a soul skill he had specially used to deal with long-range attacks, and it was also the first time it was displayed in the tournament. In an instant, it had achieved an unexpected effect.
Huo Yuhao had already returned to the rearmost viewing area. With his eyesight, he didn't need to care about the distance at all. Any slight movement on the field could not escape his sight.
What a good Time Lock. Huo Yuhao was also shocked by Cao Jinxuan's ability. A powerful time control ability plus the advantage of a body martial soul. If not for the existence of him and his partners, Cao Jinxuan would absolutely be a top-tier existence among the younger generation.
Seeing that the Soul Beast Cannon had lost its effect, Cui Yejie immediately changed her tactics. Her second and third soul rings lit up at the same time. While wearing the Immortal Fox Outer Armor, her two palms were aimed at Cao Jinxuan. With the help of the powerful amplification of the Immortal Fox Outer Armor, her palms poured out the even faster-attacking Annihilation Ash Bones.
A massive amount of bone spurs swept over. Cao Jinxuan naturally could not use the Time Lock to imprison them one by one. He had long had a deep research on this attack method. To be hit by this move was no joke.
Once a bone spur pierced the skin, it would cause the flesh and blood around the pierced area to turn to dust. If one's soul power protection was not strong enough, facing this kind of attack method with extremely strong penetration, one would turn into a wisp of dust between heaven and earth in minutes.
A huge battle blade suddenly appeared in Cao Jinxuan's hand. It was impressively the level-eight offensive close-combat soul tool that Dai Yueheng had bought at the top-tier auction before, the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade. This battle blade was a full four chi and six cun long, its back at its widest was a full cun, in the style of a zhanmadao. From the hilt all the way to the guard, there was a bit of a bone shape. The guard was very wide, in the shape of a tiger's head.
Previously in the individual matches, Dai Yueheng had not used this level-eight close-combat soul tool. It turned out that he had given it to Cao Jinxuan to use.
Cao Jinxuan only had a three-ring cultivation. Naturally, it was impossible for him to completely display the powerful might of this level-eight soul tool, but it was enough to defend against Cui Yejie's attack methods.
It seemed that all of Cui Yejie's attack methods had been cracked by Cao Jinxuan in various ways. As for the first soul skill, Multiple Body Charm, it was even more impossible for it to have any effect on Cao Jinxuan.
Seeing that the situation was about to develop in an unfavorable direction, Cui Yejie tightly bit her silver teeth, trying to pull away and once again condense her soul power to cast the Soul Beast Cannon to find an opportunity.
After continuously casting powerful energy attacks, the Immortal Fox Outer Armor on Cui Yejie's delicate body gradually became illusory. Even if she had two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, it was impossible for her to continue to consume like this without end.
"This is the end. You've fallen for it, Cui Yejie!"
Cao Jinxuan suddenly laughed loudly. "This is my perfect route to you! Don't you know where you are right now?"
Hearing this, Cui Yejie's beautiful eyes instantly widened. She had been circling the edge of the competition field all along, while Cao Jinxuan, in the process of continuously dodging and evading, had already approached the very center of the field.
The length and width of the competition field was a hundred meters, but Cao Jinxuan's Time Stop domain was precisely fifty meters!
Cao Jinxuan's two eyes burned as he stared at Cui Yejie's foxy, pretty face. His gaze moved down, shifting to her rosy cherry lips.
"Your beauty really gets me so high—" Cao Jinxuan licked his own lips almost pervertedly. At the same time, his third soul ring finally lit up.
Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly condensed. In the previous matches, they had also never known what Cao Jinxuan's third soul skill was. An ability connected to the time attribute, it was surely not simple.
"Third Soul Skill, Time Acceleration, Heaven's Ascension!"
Cui Yejie suddenly found that the Cao Jinxuan before her had disappeared. And just at this time, Cao Jinxuan's figure had at some unknown time already appeared behind her.
"You're still one step too slow in the end, fox-girl," a teasing smile appeared on the corner of Cao Jinxuan's mouth.
"I haven't tasted Huo Yuhao's woman yet. I just don't know how your taste will be compared to Zhu Lu?"
Cui Yejie's beautiful eyes shook wildly. In an instant, the four soul rings surrounding her delicate body disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, Cao Jinxuan's first soul ring, which was invincible at the same rank, finally lit up.
"Time, stop! My world!"
All the spectators' eyeballs immediately widened. Even Huo Yuhao directly opened his Spirit Eyes martial soul. His first soul ring bloomed with a light sufficient to illuminate the entire plaza. As long as Cao Jinxuan dared to make a strange move on Cui Yejie, his soul impact would be the first to blow his head off.
Cao Jinxuan laughed wildly. He fiercely moved closer, his two hands grabbing Cui Yejie's wrists, about to turn her static, delicate body around.
And the next moment, perhaps because they were too close, Cao Jinxuan's line of sight was completely blocked by the Cui Yejie who was right before him.
"Roar—"
Suddenly, as if he had sensed something, Cao Jinxuan's entire person frantically retreated. His expression was as if he had discovered the most terrifying thing in the world. A strong sense of fear made his image plummet in front of the million spectators.
The moment he had approached Cui Yejie, the originally dazed Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox soul spirit had suddenly moved.
He could pause time and strongly control an opponent within ten levels of his own soul power. And in the domain where everything was stopped, he could do anything he wanted. When he achieved Titled Douluo in the future, that would be the day he was invincible under heaven.
It was just that, even if it was a man-made soul spirit, it was still a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit. What it was benchmarked against was naturally also a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Was that something he, a small Soul Elder, could control...
The million spectators present subconsciously covered their mouths. No matter how much they racked their brains, they had never guessed that this foxy, beautiful girl, at a critical moment, the thing that looked like her martial soul would actually move on its own.
The soul spirit had thus become the ability with number one unpredictability.
Huo Yuhao suddenly smiled, a very gratified smile. The wonderful use of a soul spirit was far from just this. The reason he had arranged her in this position in the lineup, how could he not have considered that Cui Yejie was the only one who could truly ignore Cao Jinxuan's Time Stop domain?
The huge Nine-Tailed Fox soul spirit raised a paw and swatted Cao Jinxuan away. The force was so great that it directly shattered his substitute martial soul again.
With Cao Jinxuan's loss of composure, the so-called invincible Time Stop domain also immediately lifted. Feeling the surprised gazes of the audience, Cui Yejie's pretty face instantly turned ice-cold. For the sake of victory, she had to kick this annoying fellow off the competition stage.
Seeing Cui Yejie and the huge Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox behind her continuously approaching him, an expression of extreme terror immediately appeared on Cao Jinxuan's face. He could clearly smell the aura of death.
"Don't come over, don't..."
Cao Jinxuan's body twitched. He shouted almost madly, having lost his reason, "Don't come near me, ahhhhh..."