Space Prohibition

But it was clearly only a single spear thrust, yet Dai Mubai felt a silent, piercing pain all over his body—in his limbs, heart, kidneys, and countless other places—as though they were about to be pierced through by the spear!

The stinging sensation brought by the Atlas Spear Light restored some of Dai Mubai's rationality. Realizing that this thrust was impossible to evade, he drew back both hands and guarded his chest as the First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring beneath his feet lit up in succession.

As the First Soul Ring shone brightly, a layer of white light appeared around Dai Mubai, attempting to block Yang Ming's Atlas Spear Light.

Immediately afterward, Dai Mubai's second Spirit Ring lit up as well. An enormous mass of white light instantly gathered in his tiger maw. Accompanied by a tiger roar, he spat out a milky-white orb of light.

These two soul skills were the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and the White Tiger Light Wave. Together with the third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, they were the three great inherited soul skills of the White Tiger Dai Family. Yang Ming was not surprised in the slightest. The first three soul skills of a famous Soul Master clan were common knowledge to anyone who knew even a little about the Soul Master World.

This entire series of actions was completed in an extremely short time. Yang Ming could tell that Dai Mubai had quite a bit of real combat experience and was decisive enough, but that was all. To Yang Ming, it made no difference.

Yang Ming looked at the rapidly approaching "spitball" with some disgust.

Although Yang Ming had many ways to evade the White Tiger Light Wave, he could not be bothered to dodge. Breaking it with one spear thrust was not much trouble anyway!

A flash of light passed through Yang Ming's eyes, while faint white radiance flowed over the Atlas Spear. He did not withdraw his spear to defend, instead continuing with the same thrust. The White Tiger Light Wave split directly into two beneath the sharpness of the Atlas Spear and exploded.

"Boom!"

The White Tiger Light Wave exploded, kicking up dust that obscured everyone's vision.

Although Zhu Zhuqing knew Yang Ming was powerful, she could not help worrying.

When Dai Mubai saw Yang Ming actually dare to meet the White Tiger Rending Light Wave head-on with his spear, the corners of his mouth curled up in a mocking sneer. He laughed at Yang Ming's overestimation of himself and said mockingly,

"The attack power of a Beast Spirit will always be greater than that of a Weapon Spirit..."

But before Dai Mubai could finish, a transparent spear flowing with white light pierced out of the smoke and dust. As easily as piercing through a sheet of paper, it cleanly penetrated his White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and stabbed through his shoulder.

Dai Mubai, having taken the spear strike himself, let out a miserable scream.

"Aaaah!!!"

He hurriedly pushed off the ground and retreated.

The Atlas Spear made no further move, allowing Dai Mubai to withdraw. As the spear left his body, it brought out a large spray of blood. Dai Mubai covered the wound on his shoulder with his other hand and glared viciously at the vague white figure within the dust.

After landing the strike, Yang Ming withdrew his spear, spun it in a flourish, and shook the blood from its tip before walking out of the dust. He was still dressed in white and holding his divine spear, untouched by dust. Yang Ming said calmly,

"You wanted to say that Beast Spirits have greater attack power than Weapon Spirits?"

"Then you really are ignorant."

Dai Mubai stared in disbelief. Yang Ming was not merely uninjured—his clothes had not even wrinkled. He had clearly seen the White Tiger Light Wave explode! That brat had not defended at all, so how could it be as though nothing had happened? He did not even react to Yang Ming's evaluation of him afterward.

Yang Ming saw Dai Mubai's doubts, but he had no intention of explaining. Besides, there was nothing much to explain about that spear strike. It was actually quite simple. It involved the new power Yang Ming could use after breaking through to Soul Elder rank: Space Prohibition. Though for now, he could only control a tiny bit of it.

What was Space Prohibition? Although the Atlas Spear's Space Prohibition trait manifested as preventing flight, its essence was the application of power that suppressed and sealed space. Moreover, preventing flight was not so easy to achieve; his Soul Power cultivation had to improve first.

The entire process of breaking the move was simple. First, the Atlas Spear pierced through the White Tiger Light Wave. Then, Yang Ming lightly mobilized the Atlas Divine Spear's Space Prohibition power to suppress the explosive shockwave rushing toward him. Finally, he only needed to rely on the Atlas Spear's own sharpness to pierce through the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and inflict damage.

With a casual spear thrust, he first blocked the White Tiger Light Wave, then shattered the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier. That was the gap between Yang Ming and the continent's ordinary geniuses.

After Dai Mubai came to his senses and saw Yang Ming's contempt for him, his anger grew even fiercer.

A savage light flared in Dai Mubai's Evil Eyes as the third Millennium Spirit Ring beneath his feet instantly lit up. The air around him began to distort under the violent White Tiger Martial Soul Power, and his Evil Eyes suddenly turned blood-red.

His already muscular body, strengthened by the White Tiger Avatar, swelled again. The muscles all over his body bulged exaggeratedly, his upper clothes burst apart, revealing terrifying muscular contours. Black stripes also appeared across his skin. If not for the lack of fur, he would have looked exactly like a tiger's hide.

His tiger paws grew another size, and the blades extending from them turned bright silver. Most remarkably, his entire body was enveloped in an intense golden glow, as though he had been plated with gold. His aura surged greatly. This was precisely the inherited soul skill passed down through the Dai Family for generations—White Tiger Vajra Transformation!!!

The wound inflicted by the Atlas Spear was temporarily plugged by his swollen muscles and no longer bled.

Perhaps the doubled attack power, defense, and strength granted by White Tiger Vajra Transformation gave Dai Mubai confidence again. He roared arrogantly at Yang Ming,

"Brat, I'm going to tear you apart today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Mubai's Second Soul Ring flashed again, and a White Tiger Light Wave shot explosively toward Yang Ming.

Yang Ming still neither dodged nor evaded. Using the same method, he thrust out the Atlas Spear and blocked the White Tiger Light Wave.

"Boom!"

The explosion briefly affected Yang Ming's hearing. The Soul Power radiance and smoke from the exploding White Tiger Light Wave also impaired his vision for an instant. Combined with the Soul Power fluctuations caused by the explosion,

Yang Ming's vision, hearing, and Soul Power perception were all affected at that moment.

Taking advantage of that fleeting instant, Dai Mubai arrived beside Yang Ming. The sharp claws on both hands extended. White-gold claw light now flowed over the previously bright-silver claws, flickering as it released astonishing pressure in every direction. Dai Mubai had also used this opportunity to activate his First Soul Skill, White Tiger Body Protection Barrier. Once everything was prepared, he continuously swung both hands.

Dozens of silver streaks crisscrossed through the air, forming a net of claws that directly sealed off every possible route of retreat for Yang Ming.

Dai Mubai had unleashed all his combat power in an instant. This attack plan had both high feasibility and excellent execution. Even his earlier roar had been meant to confuse Yang Ming. If his opponent had been anyone other than Yang Ming, it would truly have had a high chance of success. Unfortunately! There were no ifs in Douluo Continent!!!

After sensing the claw light covering every vital point around him and cutting off all paths of retreat, Yang Ming understood everything Dai Mubai had done in such a short time. At last, a trace of interest appeared in his eyes. Dai Mubai finally looked a little like a genius, though the final result of the battle would not differ.

Within the Soul Power radiance and smoke that no one could see through, Yang Ming's response was equally simple.

White light rose from the Atlas Spear in Yang Ming's hand once more, and the power of Space Prohibition appeared again! At the same time, he twisted his waist and swept the spear horizontally. Before Yang Ming's Atlas Spear, those streaks of claw light were like a gentle breeze—they shattered before even making contact, turning into points of Soul Power and dispersing into the air.

P.S.: A little extra setting for the Atlas Spear's Space Prohibition. Guantou personally felt that simply having the trait of preventing flight was rather abstract. Giving Space Prohibition a bit of underlying essence meant that this trait would not become completely useless against opponents who did not fly.

Like in Douluo 3, when Yang Ming fought Sea God Douluo Chen Xinjie above the sea and high in the sky—if Space Prohibition at that time only stopped people from flying, would it not just help the Sea God Douluo enter the ocean? Wouldn't that simply be aiding the enemy?

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