Thanks to Jing Hongchen

The force of their clash swept across the entire Competition Stage, blasting out a gigantic crater.

On the distant viewing platform, the Sun Moon Empire's higher-ups stared at the scene before them in stunned disbelief.

The Competition Stage was forged as a single piece from alloy!

Just how powerful did the impact have to be to cause this?

Jing Hongchen could no longer spare any thought for the fact that the key factor in this match's outcome had been his Mortal World's Blessing. His expression changed again and again.

Whether it was Chen Ping or Long Ao Tian, both of them far surpassed Xiao Hongchen, a Soul Saint.

Were soul masters truly stronger than soul engineers?

Long Ao Tian appeared at the very center of the explosion.

He knelt on one knee in the middle of the crater, struggling to stand.

His clothes were in tatters, and his body was covered in wounds of all sizes. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and every meridian in his body seemed to have been knocked out of place by that staff strike.

Chen Ping had said earlier that, to determine whether this round was a draw, they first had to see whether Long Ao Tian possessed a Defense Soul Tool. In truth, however, Chen Ping knew the answer even better than Long Ao Tian did.

Long Ao Tian was an even more stubborn, old-fashioned traditionalist than Shrek's Inner Courtyard students from five years ago. Aside from the soul tools he used in daily life, he refused to use any form of soul tool to assist him in battle.

Naturally, he did not possess something like an Invincible Shield.

Chen Ping, on the other hand, looked bedraggled, but he had actually only been lightly jolted by the Rebounding Force.

Long Ao