Golden Dragon VS Black Tortoise

Smack!

Beibei, seated in the spectator stands, slapped his forehead, his face full of helplessness and bitter amusement.

"Too impulsive, seriously too impulsive!" Beibei felt as though he could hammer steel into iron but not iron into steel.

Of the two on the stage, one was one of the Outer Court Twin Stars, already renowned throughout the Outer Academy, while the other was the Strongest Freshman King, whose name had recently risen to prominence after knocking his Class Teacher senseless with two punches on the first day of school. The attention this battle drew needed no further explanation.

The Soul Fighting Arena was practically packed to the brim, yet Xu Sanshi had just revealed his trump card like that?

Didn't he know he was one of the Shrek Seven Monsters designated in advance? Didn't he know he was a reserve member for the next Soul Fighting Competition and a core member for the one after that?

He had just bared all his secrets like that?!

Beibei even had the urge to strangle Xu Sanshi.

Getting beaten up was one thing, but he had gone and pulled off such a suffocating stunt.

But Beibei had no time left to wallow in sorrow. The two on the stage moved!

Lin Yun grinned, exhaled a scorching breath, then stomped his right foot violently against the arena floor. Terrifying cracks spread across the hard granite stage as he shot forward like a cannonball leaving its barrel. Students with lower Soul Power Levels could only see an afterimage.

Facing Lin Yun's domineering assault, Xu Sanshi's pupils contracted. His second and third Soul Rings suddenly lit up.

Black Tortoise Power!

Black Tortoise Shield Array!

Black light spread outward from Xu Sanshi like flowing water, while the door-sized shield in his hand suddenly split into more than a dozen smaller Black Tortoise Shields, rapidly lining up before him.

This was Xu Sanshi's strongest defense, one that could absolutely be called the strongest defense in the Outer Academy. With the Black Tortoise Shield Array empowered by Black Tortoise Power, even a Soul King would find it impossible to break through in a short time.

Clang—

Mad Dragon's Strength!

The purple Soul Ring coiled around the dragon claw abruptly lit up. Lin Yun's shirt instantly exploded, recreating a bout of King's Clothes Shattering. He drew both arms back like a bow, raising his dragon claws, covered in brilliant golden scales, high overhead. The muscles beneath the scales were taut to the limit.

"Break!" Lin Yun laughed wildly as he threw his fully charged fist. Eighteen Black Tortoise Shields empowered by Black Tortoise Power stood in his way!

"Anything standing before this king has only one fate: being crushed into dust! There is no other path!"

"Hahahahaha!!!"

The first shield—shattered on contact!

The second and third—shattered!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

With unstoppable force, Lin Yun smashed the shields before him one by one. His punch was invincible; with every shield he destroyed, Xu Sanshi's face grew several shades paler.

Although his Martial Soul was the Profound Nether Turtle and had temporarily awakened into the Black Tortoise, these shields were merely manifestations of his Martial Soul. Even so, having them smashed so brutally would inevitably affect him.

Xu Sanshi only felt his Soul Power pouring out like floodwaters through an opened dam. The sensation of having so much Soul Power drained in an instant left him weaker than he had ever felt after three days and three nights of doing it himself.

Fortunately, no matter how monstrous Lin Yun was, he was still only a level thirty-seven Soul Elder. The power of this punch was ultimately limited.

Looking at the final shield before him, now covered in cracks, Xu Sanshi felt a bead of cold sweat the size of a soybean roll down his forehead.

Just a little more, and Lin Yun's punch would have pierced through his Black Tortoise Shield Array empowered by Black Tortoise Power!

When he met Lin Yun's brilliant golden vertical pupils, tinged with crimson, from such close range, Xu Sanshi finally felt fear.

With just one strike, Lin Yun had shown the dumbstruck audience exactly why he was called the Strongest Freshman King!

In particular, Lin Yun's self-proclaimed "this king" had set the entire crowd ablaze. They fanatically shouted the five words, "Strongest Freshman King!"

In the entire Soul Fighting Arena, aside from Yan Shaozhe and the other teachers observing in secret, Beibei was the only one who understood the true weight of Lin Yun's strike! If Xu Sanshi's defenses had been placed before him, even if Beibei awakened the Light Holy Dragon, he could at most have shattered three shields.

Xu Sanshi might truly be lacking in offensive ability, but his defense was far from undeserved!

"Sanshi, you're in trouble," Beibei murmured with a bitter smile.

"Ring Fusion!" Xu Sanshi had extensive combat experience. The moment Lin Yun stopped, he understood that he absolutely could not engage Lin Yun in close combat. He had to widen the distance and exhaust Lin Yun's Soul Power!

He pressed one hand against the final shield while making a grasping motion with the other before his body. The three Soul Rings circling him instantly flew into his hand. Then, the two yellow and one purple Soul Rings fused into a single black Soul Ring carrying a faint dark-green hue!

Black Tortoise Bloodline Ability—Ring Fusion!

The final Black Tortoise Shield, which had nearly shattered, instantly returned to its door-sized form, and the cracks on its surface rapidly healed.

"Ha!" Xu Sanshi roared. He swung the hand that had undergone Ring Fusion and punched the Black Tortoise Shield. The black Soul Ring around his wrist like a bracelet also released a deep black glow.

Black Tortoise Shock Variant—Multi-layered Black Tortoise Shock!

The Black Tortoise Shield blocking Lin Yun suddenly rippled with layer upon layer of profound black waves. While making Lin Yun feel slightly dizzy, it blasted him away.

After forcing Lin Yun back, Xu Sanshi decisively spread his Black Tortoise Power at high speed. It continued expanding until it covered half the arena before stopping. Xu Sanshi himself seemed to melt, transforming into black water that merged into the unusual domain formed by Black Tortoise Power.

Lin Yun landed lightly on the other side of the arena, watching the unusual domain Xu Sanshi had formed with great interest. Its only appearance in the Original Work had been during the Soul Master tournament in Radiant City, when Long Aotian of the Body Sect forced it out.

He had not expected to face Xu Sanshi's shameless ability ahead of time.

This thing really was difficult to deal with unless one was a fire-attribute Soul Master—and not just any ordinary fire-attribute Soul Master.

Within the Black Tortoise Domain, every attack would be dispersed throughout the domain's water. Water itself did not take force well, so its damage reduction was nearly maxed out. Unless all the water in the Black Tortoise Domain was evaporated, Xu Sanshi's damage immunity would remain in effect.

To evaporate the water in the Black Tortoise Domain, one needed to be at least on Ma Xiaotao's level. Although the Black Tortoise Martial Soul did not possess ultimate water, it was not far from it.

However...

Ordinary people might be stumped by Black Tortoise Power, but what did that have to do with Lin Yun?

No matter how many tricks you had, I would break them all with one punch!

Lin Yun took a deep breath. The muscles throughout his body instantly tightened as he crouched slightly to gather strength, then he suddenly leaped into the sky!

Lin Yun's strength was immense. With that all-out leap, he rose nearly fifty meters into the air!

Clang—

His third Soul Ring lit up once more!