Corrosive Lightning, Might of the Golden Body

"Yu Tianhua, Martial Soul: Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Level 40 Assault-Type quasi-Soul Ancestor. Please instruct me."

"Su He, Martial Soul: Abyssal Golden Lion, Level 38 Assault-Type Battle Soul Master. Please instruct me."

Both sides activated Martial Soul Possession, and three spirit rings—yellow, purple, purple—once again astonished the entire audience. However, Su He did not hold back this time. Awe-Inspiring Mountains and Rivers was unleashed at full power in an instant, and the Abyssal Golden Lion's roar shook the heavens. Meanwhile, a purple thunder dragon slowly rose behind Yu Tianhua, its draconic might vast and overwhelming. For a time, their auras stood locked in a stalemate, neither yielding to the other.

Before long, the lion's furious roar overwhelmed the purple dragon's bellow, though the effect had already become minimal. Even though Awe-Inspiring Mountains and Rivers had not achieved much, Su He's face was filled with confidence.

A clash of auras often directly affected the outcome of a spirit fight. Whoever held the advantage in aura had already gained the upper hand mentally. During a spirit fight, a powerful state of mind could make a spirit master even stronger, like adding wings to a tiger.

Yu Tianhua's expression, on the other hand, did not look good. As a genius with a mutated Martial Soul from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he had grown up surrounded by flattery and praise. This had made his draconic might incomparably sharp.

But today, when he encountered Su He's Awe-Inspiring Mountains and Rivers, Yu Tianhua had his edge thoroughly blunted.

After the two finished saluting and completed Martial Soul Possession, Su He finally noticed that Yu Tianhua's Martial Soul differed from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon described in ancient records.

Ordinary Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons were surrounded by blue lightning, and their scales were blue as well. Yet this man's Martial Soul was an enigmatic, eerie purple—clearly far from ordinary.

A mutated Martial Soul. It looks like either a beneficial mutation or one on the same level, Su He thought. A two-level gap in soul power. I can't let my guard down.

Su He was two levels lower than his opponent in soul power. Though this was not a particularly serious problem for him, he remained extremely cautious.

His opponent was nothing like those easy Spirit Ancestors from the Great Soul Arena. Yu Tianhua's Martial Soul was a mutated Martial Soul, and unlike Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's, this mutation was not an inferior one. Aside from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's lightning and dragon transformation abilities, it might possess other unknown attributes.

Faced with the unknown, Su He had no choice but to remain fully alert.

Seeing the opponent's three spirit rings—yellow, yellow, purple—appear, Su He no longer hesitated and chose to seize the initiative.

"First Spirit Skill, Golden Lion Battle Physique." As always, Su He activated his First Spirit Skill to strengthen himself, then launched an Explosive Step and assaulted Yu Tianhua head-on.

"First Spirit Skill, Purple Lightning Armor!" Yu Tianhua's combat instincts were first-rate as well. The instant Su He lit up his spirit ring, he had already reacted. His yellow First Spirit Ring flashed, and purple currents wove themselves into armor that covered Yu Tianhua's body.

Su He had read the Original Work and knew that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had a specialized training system for its clan members. Their first three spirit skills were generally fixed as Lightning Dragon Claw, Lightning of Ten Thousand Jun, and Wrath of Lightning. Yet Yu Tianhua had not followed the route planned by his clan. Instead, he had chosen an eerie armor that looked like a defensive spirit skill, leaving Su He somewhat puzzled.

Despite his doubts, Su He's attack had already been launched, leaving no room for retreat. Su He threw a punch, while Yu Tianhua crossed his arms to block with the aid of his First Spirit Skill. In the end, Su He sent him flying roughly ten meters with a single punch, even dispersing the Purple Lightning Armor around his arms.

Both Su He and Yu Tianhua wore shocked expressions. Yu Tianhua was shocked by Su He's terrifying strength. Even after increasing his physical defense by eighty percent and receiving the armor's protection, he had still been knocked back such a distance, and his arms had even gone numb.

As for Su He, he was shocked by Yu Tianhua's mutated Martial Soul ability. The Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon appeared highly similar to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, but in truth, it possessed a powerful attribute that ordinary spirit masters of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could scarcely hope to attain—corrosiveness.

Su He raised his hand and looked at the charred area where he had struck the purple lightning armor. Purple currents crawled over it, and a foul acidic smell entered his nostrils. That was right! Yu Tianhua's purple lightning contained a large amount of acidic components. His purple lightning was true Corrosive Lightning!

"Noticed that something's wrong?" Yu Tianhua smiled faintly at Su He. "The fun part is still to come. Dragon Transformation! Second Spirit Skill, Corrosive Lightning Dragon Claw!"

Clearly, Yu Tianhua had inherited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan spirit masters' talent for dragon transformation. Unlike Liu Erlong's mutated fire dragon, which could control both fire and lightning but had lost the gift of Partial Dragon Transformation, only being able to use Martial Soul Avatar upon reaching Level Seventy.

His deep-yellow Second Spirit Ring shone as Yu Tianhua's right hand transformed into a dragon claw gleaming with purple light. The claw radiated the terrifying luster of Corrosive Lightning as it struck toward Su He.

"Second Spirit Skill, Golden Lion Blazing Light Bullet." Su He was no fool and would not stand still to take a hit. He immediately lit up his second Thousand-Year Soul Ring and released dozens of blazing light projectiles straight at Yu Tianhua's face.

These projectiles possessed extremely strong penetrating power, along with a potent blinding effect. When fighting an unfamiliar opponent for the first time, using them to catch someone off guard had never failed Su He.

Light was unimaginably fast. Although Yu Tianhua promptly raised his hand to shield himself, the dazzling radiance still left him dazed for about a second. The Purple Lightning Dragon Claw failed to hit Su He and instead veered aside, carving a trench roughly twenty meters long into the ground. Purple lightning surged within the trench, continuously eroding the Spirit Fighting Stage.

Naturally, Su He would not let such a good opportunity slip by. Activating Explosive Step, he rushed forward and engaged Yu Tianhua in a fierce close-quarters brawl.

To be fair, Yu Tianhua's close-combat ability was remarkably strong. Even though he could barely open his eyes, he paid the price of a fractured wrist and desperately defended himself, managing to withstand Su He's ferocious assault. This gave Su He quite a headache.

Feeling the intense pain in his wrist, Yu Tianhua's bloodlust was completely stirred. His third purple spirit ring lit up in an instant, and the damaged portions of the Purple Lightning Armor on his body were restored at once.

"Third Spirit Skill, Purple Lightning Fury! Second Spirit Skill, Purple Lightning Dragon Claw!" The two spirit rings flashed in succession as lightning flared all over Yu Tianhua's body, bolts occasionally shooting toward Su He.

Although Su He had quietly activated Indestructible Golden Body after suffering a loss in their first exchange, preventing the lightning from inflicting any real damage and blocking the corrosive effects of the purple lightning as well, he still chose to pretend that he had been affected by the corrosive power.

The fewer people who knew about one's trump cards, the safer one would be.

Su He understood the principle that an ordinary man could be punished for possessing a treasure all too well. Even though he was the young master of the Worship Hall, if he encountered true desperadoes, even being a king would not help.

Sorry for being late, readers.