Diamond Mammoth, Meaty as Hell

The final day of the Five Elements Academy Joint Training Event arrived just like that.

In the arena matches over the past few days, the stronger students had maintained a certain tacit understanding, restraining themselves from fighting one another. But now that it was the final day, that suppressed fighting spirit suddenly erupted.

Just like now, on the second-tier arena, Yu Tianxin and Huo Wushuang were clashing fiercely. Lightning shot out, flames erupted, and the two fought to a deadlock. The supporters on both sides below the stage were also shouting encouragement at the top of their lungs, making the scene extremely heated for a time.

In the end, the result was Yu Tianxin's narrow defeat.

There was no helping it. Yu Tianxin currently couldn't use Dragon Transformation, and after Martial Soul Possession, he didn't gain much of a boost. Huo Wushuang was different. In terms of level, he was one level higher than Yu Tianxin, and the Unicorn Blazing Dragon Martial Soul was also extremely powerful. After possession, every aspect of his physical quality increased by a large margin. For Yu Tianxin to be able to fight him to this extent was already quite impressive.

After this clash between strong opponents in the second-tier arena, the students who went up afterward were just average. Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er stopped paying attention and returned to the first-tier arena that belonged to them.

Coincidentally, there was also a student with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul fighting in the first-tier arena right now, while his opponent was a student from Elephant Armor Academy, whose Martial Soul was the Diamond Mammoth.

This battle between disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, ranked third among the Seven Great Sects on the Douluo Continent, and the Elephant Armor Sect, ranked sixth, likewise attracted a great deal of attention. On top of that, both of their Soul Power levels were twenty-five, with no level gap between them, making this fight even more worth watching.

But as time passed, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon student gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Elephant Armor Academy's admission standard was a body weight of over three hundred jin, and this student had definitely met it. His whole body looked like a mound of flesh. After Martial Soul Possession, he swelled up another size, his fat tightening into exaggerated muscles, while a dark yellow Keratin Layer surfaced over his skin.

During the battle, the First Soul Ring on the Elephant Armor Academy Student kept shining, adding another layer of enamel over the Keratin Layer on his skin. Those two layers of defense could only be described as terrifying.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon student used Thunderbolt Dragon Claw to attack fiercely, but the hundred-year-level Thunderbolt Dragon Claw merely increased attack power by fifty percent. He simply couldn't break through the Elephant Armor Academy Student's defenses.

Noticing that close-range attacks were ineffective, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon student pulled back and used his Second Soul Skill, Thunderbolt of Ten Thousand Jun, to bombard him wildly. However, after being weakened by two layers of defense, the damage the Elephant Armor Academy Student received was also negligible.

In the end, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon student, his Soul Power exhausted, could only helplessly be driven off the arena.

Seeing this, Shui Bing'er couldn't help shaking her head as she said, "Yu Tianlin, the difference in strength for your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul at Level Thirty is way too exaggerated."

She and Yu Tianlin had walked all the way here from the higher-level arenas. On the third-tier arena, the student with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul had been extremely powerful after his right arm underwent Dragon Transformation, practically unstoppable. Yet once it came to those below Level Thirty, they had suffered two consecutive defeats.

Yu Tianlin shrugged. That was just how Dragon Transformation was. Before Level Thirty, it was a little weak, but once one endured past Level Thirty, strength would grow by a large margin. In the long run, the advantages still outweighed the drawbacks.

"The victor is Hu Yan Shi of Elephant Armor Academy!" The referee teacher who had been standing nearby announced the result of the battle, then asked, "Student Hu Yan Shi, will you leave the stage or continue?"

Hu Yan Shi said without the slightest hesitation, "Of course I'll continue."

That body of fat of his wasn't just for show. He could rely on his physical strength to reduce his own Soul Power consumption, so after finishing one battle, he still had seventy percent of his Soul Power remaining. Since his Soul Power could still support him in continuing to fight, he naturally wouldn't choose to leave the stage.

"Interesting." Yu Tianlin sized up Hu Yan Shi on the arena with keen interest, then said, "I happen to need a meat shield to test Chidori on. I've decided—it'll be him."

"You're going up?" Although Shui Bing'er phrased it as a question, her expression looked as if she had expected as much. She lightly waved her small hand and encouraged Yu Tianlin, "Good luck!"

Yu Tianlin said confidently, "Don't worry, I won't lose!"

Shui Bing'er nodded in agreement. She had personally witnessed Chidori's power. Although Hu Yan Shi on the arena also had very strong defenses, he probably wouldn't be able to block it. Her encouragement merely represented her support for Yu Tianlin.

While Yu Tianlin and Shui Bing'er were talking, the referee called out toward the area below the arena, "Is there anyone else who wants to challenge Student Hu Yan Shi?"

Following the referee's shout, several people immediately grew eager to try. However, Yu Tianlin jumped onto the arena before them and shouted, "I'll do it!"

After getting onto the arena, Yu Tianlin looked straight at Hu Yan Shi in front of him and introduced himself. "Yu Tianlin of Thunderbolt Academy, twenty-second-level Assault System Battle Spirit Master!"

"Hu Yan Shi of Elephant Armor Academy, twenty-fifth-level Defense System Battle Spirit Master." Hu Yan Shi responded, while also analyzing a lot of information from Yu Tianlin's words. "From Thunderbolt Academy, Assault System, and surnamed Yu. You're also from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect?"

There was nothing worth hiding about that, so Yu Tianlin admitted it directly. "That's right!"

"That twenty-fifth-level guy just now wasn't my match, and naturally, you're the same." Hu Yan Shi grinned. "You can't do it. Better go down by yourself."

Yu Tianlin said noncommittally, "That's not certain."

Seeing that both sides were ready, the referee raised one hand high and prepared to swing it down. "Battle—"

However, right at that moment, with a sudden flash of lightning, a figure appeared beside the referee and grabbed the arm he had been about to swing down.

That person was none other than Thunderbolt Academy's vice dean—Lei Bao.

"Hold off on the battle for now." Lei Bao placated the referee teacher, then turned to look at Yu Tianlin and asked, "Little Tianlin, what's going on? Why are you on the arena?"

"Uncle Lei, it's you." Yu Tianlin greeted Lei Bao, then said, "Nothing much. I just want to spar with Student Hu Yan Shi here."

Hearing Yu Tianlin's answer, Lei Bao frowned. "Little Tianlin, your grandfather said in his letter..."

"It's fine, Uncle Lei!" Yu Tianlin suddenly cut Lei Bao off, stopping him from continuing, and said at the same time, "I won't use my Martial Soul."

Lei Bao looked at Yu Tianlin in amusement and said, "Stop messing around. What's the point of fighting if you don't use your Martial Soul?"

"Uncle Lei, have you forgotten that matter?" Yu Tianlin, however, didn't mind at all. Instead, he revealed an inscrutable smile. "I told you about it half a month ago."