"The Soul Battle begins."
As Lin Ximeng's voice rang out, Zui Hongchen let out a roar, instantly releasing his Spirit, and Xu Tianyang's eyes also instantly turned fiery red, like rubies.
A golden light flashed on Zui Hongchen's body, and from behind him, another leg surprisingly emerged from his backside.
This leg was completely golden, and at the same time, a dazzling golden layer covered his entire body.
The three-legged Zui Hongchen crouched slightly, his yellow spirit ring beside him shining, and from his slightly arched back, golden protrusions bulged out from under his clothes, emitting a soft golden glow.
As he waved his hands, golden light transformed into ten metal spheres that scattered out, hovering in mid-air, surrounding him entirely.
A bizarre scene unfolded in the next moment: with those metal spheres as cores, thick metal cannon barrels surprisingly grew out.
"Good heavens, I didn't expect the 'honest and simple' Zui Hongchen to be so ruthless when fighting His Highness," Huang Xiuwen, witnessing this from outside the arena, exclaimed with a changed expression, his mouth wide open as he spoke in a low voice.
Looking at the Tier 1 Soul Cannons hovering around Zui Hongchen, Xu Tianyang gave him an astonished glance; he hadn't expected Zui Hongchen to be able to skillfully control ten Soul Cannons simultaneously so quickly.
"Boss, watch out!"
"Annihilation Soul Cannon!"
With an angry roar, countless golden light spots suddenly appeared in the surrounding air, surging towards Zui Hongchen.
As they approached his body, they even spread out a faint golden halo, as if they were burning, and a rich metallic aura instantly boiled over.
As the golden light spots merged, each metal cannon barrel began to emit a dazzling brilliance, and a terrifying aura emerged.
"Fatty, you really were hiding something big," Xu Tianyang cursed with a laugh as he looked at the ten Tier 1 Soul Cannons, while his first spirit ring, which was hovering around him, subtly lit up.
The entire Soul Battle arena seemed to flash with red light, making the surrounding space appear somewhat distorted.
In the next instant, ten scorching white beams of light suddenly blasted towards Xu Tianyang.
"Oh no—" Exclamations rang out from all around, as Xu Tianyang seemed to be stunned, standing still and watching the ten attacks fall upon him.
"Boom—"
The sturdy arena was struck, emitting a deafening roar.
At this moment, everyone was burning with anxiety, and the three teachers had only one thought in their minds: it was over.
Xu Tianyang taking ten Soul Cannons comparable to a Spirit Master's first Spirit Ability head-on was an attack even a Spirit Grandmaster wouldn't dare to face.
If anything happened to him right under their noses, the three of them would be held responsible.
"Cough, cough, cough…"
"Where there's smoke, there's no injury. Fatty, your aim is still off, you need more practice!"
A teasing voice came from the dust, making everyone sigh in relief.
It's good that he's fine, it's good that he's fine.
Lin Ximeng and the three teachers wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads; they had almost not only ruined their careers but also their futures.
Huang Xiuwen also secretly broke into a cold sweat; at this moment, he hadn't even noticed that his back was already soaked with sweat.
From within the dust, Xu Tianyang slowly walked out, not only without any injuries, but not even a speck of dust on him, which was truly incredible.
Seeing Xu Tianyang completely unharmed, everyone finally relaxed, and apart from these few, in the crowd, a blue figure's palm had also unknowingly seeped with cold sweat, and the look in her eyes as she watched Xu Tianyang grew three points colder.
"Ugh—"
A retching sound rang out, and everyone's gaze was involuntarily drawn over.
Zui Hongchen's chubby body strangely swayed uncontrollably, his Spirit attachment had disappeared, and he staggered backward, eventually collapsing to the ground and dry heaving.
Looking at the situation, he clearly had no strength left to fight!
"Serves you right for being so overconfident, releasing ten Tier 1 Soul Cannons at once. You're completely drained!" Xu Tianyang shook his head upon seeing this.
One Soul Cannon blast is equivalent to a Spirit Master fully unleashing their first Spirit Ability.
Given a Spirit Master's total spirit power, they can at most release five times before their spirit power is depleted.
Although Soul Cannons are more spirit power-efficient than Spirit Abilitys, with Zui Hongchen's Level 12 spirit power, controlling ten Soul Cannons at once instantly drained him.
If it weren't for his spirit power being depleted, he wouldn't have been in such a sorry state against his own first Spirit Ability, which wasn't even at full power.
Just a second before Zui Hongchen was about to fire his Soul Cannons, Xu Tianyang had unleashed his first Spirit Ability.
Mental Field: Any opponent whose Mental Power is weaker than Xu Tianyang's will be suppressed by the Mental Field.
Depending on their cultivation and Mental Power, the suppressed individuals will experience different states such as dizziness, sluggishness, fatigue, despondency, or weakness.
It was due to the influence of the Mental Field that Zui Hongchen lost his aim, leading to Xu Tianyang remaining motionless yet completely unharmed.
"Teachers, please come and heal Zui Hongchen."
Zui Hongchen had no strength left to fight, so Xu Tianyang turned and called out to the three stunned teachers.
Snapping back to reality, the three teachers came onto the stage, and the healing-type teacher treated Zui Hongchen, then immediately announced Xu Tianyang's victory.
As Lin Ximeng made the announcement, the silent crowd in the stands finally came to their senses, clearly still in shock from Xu Tianyang's methods.
They had no idea what method Xu Tianyang had used to emerge completely unharmed from the attack of ten Tier 1 Soul Cannons and then defeat Zui Hongchen.
This bizarre yet powerful method made everyone look at Xu Tianyang with a hint of awe.
Among Spirit Masters, the strong reign supreme—a rule that had remained unchanged for ten thousand years.
As the competition continued, Huang Xiuwen and Yi Mingyu were quickly and easily defeated by Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang respectively, and the competition entered its final round.
"You shouldn't have put yourself in that situation just now, even if you were very confident." As the two stood still, before the battle even began, Xu Nianshuang looked at Xu Tianyang and said with a cold tone.
Xu Tianyang looked at her, his eyes revealing a strange expression.
Although her tone was icy, he detected a hint of concern within it.
Was this possible?
Looking at her cold eyes, Xu Tianyang shook his head inwardly.
"Thank you for the reminder," Xu Tianyang nodded earnestly and said softly.
As if she felt that Xu Tianyang had taken her words to heart, a trace of satisfaction flashed in Xu Nianshuang's eyes, and she gently nodded her head.
Seeing this, Xu Tianyang felt even stranger in his heart; this Xu Nianshuang was nine parts out of ten not right.
"The match begins!"
As Lin Ximeng's voice fell, Xu Tianyang and Xu Nianshuang didn't make a move immediately; instead, they spoke in unison with a tacit understanding.
"Xu Tianyang, Level 15 Control-type Battle Spirit Master."
"Xu Nianshuang, Level 14 Assault-type Battle Spirit Master."
"White Ice Shattering Thorns!"