First Show of Might

Feeling the ferocious aura of the three Soul Beasts, Ma Xiaotao could tell that they were not phantoms, but real Soul Beasts!

Although she had no idea how Zhou Sichen had obtained three Soul Rings approaching the Ten Thousand Year Level, since the soul battle had begun, Ma Xiaotao would not back down.

Though the terrifying pressure released by those three Soul Beasts even gave her some trouble, who was she? She was the famed Flame Maniac of the Inner Court!

What could a few Thousand Year Soul Beasts possibly do to her?

The Inner Court Disciples watching the battle were already dumbstruck. The moment those three powerful Soul Beasts appeared, even the senior students who had reached the Soul King realm silently closed their mouths.

Zhou Sichen truly had the right to be arrogant.

With those three terrifying beings alone, he could earn himself a place in the Inner Court.

Xuan Zi sat up from his reclining position. He stopped drinking and eating his chicken leg, his piercing gaze fixed on Zhou Sichen.

"This boy is destined for greatness," Xuan Zi murmured.

The three powerful Soul Beasts let out roars and launched attacks at Ma Xiaotao at the same time.

The Ice Jade Scorpion fired an icy-blue beam from its long tail. The Hellfire Bird dove toward Ma Xiaotao, while the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear remained guarding Zhou Sichen. Its pair of dreadclaws crossed, unleashing ten dark-gold Soul Power blades!

Ma Xiaotao instantly took to the air, using her Second Soul Skill, Phoenix Rebirth, and Third Soul Skill, Phoenix Wing Sky Soar. She evaded the Ice Jade Scorpion's Ice Seal and the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's attack, while activating her Fifth Soul Skill and transforming into a Fire Phoenix that charged at the Hellfire Bird.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike!"

The Fire Phoenix, burning with Crimson Flame, shot into the sky and collided directly with the Hellfire Bird.

Ma Xiaotao was Ma Xiaotao, after all. With Level 63 Soul Power, she was not someone the Hellfire Bird could compare to.

Hellfire could easily handle an ordinary Soul King now, but against a fellow prodigy like Ma Xiaotao, it was still somewhat lacking.

Of course, if the Hellfire Bird broke through to the Ten Thousand Year Level, it would definitely have the strength to fight her!

After colliding with the Fire Phoenix, the Hellfire Bird was sent flying backward. If not for the powerful Phoenix Hellfire protecting its body, that strike would have seriously injured it.

Seeing that it could not defeat the Fire Phoenix, Hellfire turned and fled. Ma Xiaotao seized the opportunity to pursue it, intending to defeat them one by one.

But the Hellfire Bird was not stupid either. If it could not win a one-on-one fight, it still had teammates.

The Hellfire Bird dove straight down, heading toward the Ice Jade Scorpion and the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.

Although the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and Ice Jade Scorpion could not fly, their strength was not to be underestimated.

Especially the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear. With strength infinitely close to the Ten Thousand Year Level, it was not afraid of even a Soul Emperor like Ma Xiaotao!

Once the three Soul Beasts regrouped, Ma Xiaotao could only watch helplessly from the air. In a one-on-one fight, she feared none of them, but one against three...

Zhou Sichen raised an eyebrow slightly in provocation. "Senior Sister, are you planning to just hand me thirty points?"

It would have been fine if Zhou Sichen had kept quiet, but the moment he spoke, Ma Xiaotao exploded.

"Arrogant!" Ma Xiaotao snorted coldly as the black Sixth Soul Ring around her body lit up.

She no longer held back. Against a mere Three-Ring Soul Elder, she was even using her strongest Sixth Soul Skill.

The pitch-black Soul Ring radiated light. Ma Xiaotao, transformed into a Fire Phoenix, erupted with endless, blazing flames that became a sky full of fiery meteors!

"Sixth Soul Skill: Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

This was Ma Xiaotao's strongest area-of-effect Soul Skill. Enhanced by her Second Soul Skill, the explosive fiery meteors doubled in power.

The wide-ranging barrage of fiery meteors directly engulfed Zhou Sichen and all three of his Contracted Soul Beasts!

Dugu Xianmeng's heart leaped into her throat. In her view, Zhou Sichen's Contracted Soul Beasts might be powerful, but with Zhou Sichen's Level 38 Soul Power, any one of those fiery meteors would be enough to seriously injure him!

Yet Xuan Zi and the others on the platform made no move at all. They merely watched the scene intently.

Zhou Sichen was equally calm—so calm that it seemed he was not facing a Soul Emperor, but some insignificant nobody...

The next moment, Ah Da's entire body gleamed with an ice-jade light, and endless frigid energy gathered around its long scorpion tail.

Under Ah Da's full exertion, Extreme Ice was unleashed. Before the fiery meteors falling from the sky could fully descend, they were gradually frozen into blocks of ice.

Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame was indeed powerful, only a step away from reaching the extreme, but that one step was like an uncrossable gulf!

Extreme Ice had absolute suppressive power over her Phoenix Flame. Combined with Ah Da's cultivation infinitely close to the Ten Thousand Year Level, Ma Xiaotao's all-out Sixth Soul Skill, released by a top-tier Level 63 Assault System Soul Emperor, had actually been blocked just like that?

The next moment, the Hellfire Bird charged toward Ma Xiaotao. It did not close in, however, instead spewing Phoenix Hellfire capable of burning the soul.

After clashing head-on with Ma Xiaotao's Fifth Soul Skill, the Hellfire Bird had been injured as well. It was now eager for revenge!

Although the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear could not take to the air, it still unleashed ten dark-gold blades of light at Ma Xiaotao!

Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao gritted her teeth in fury. The Extreme Ice attribute countered her far too severely. Otherwise, she would have given Zhou Sichen a good beating.

With a phoenix cry, Ma Xiaotao compressed her Phoenix Flame to the limit and fired several flame attacks to block the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's light blades.

At the same time, her First Soul Ring lit up. Phoenix Flame poured from her mouth as she directly traded blasts with Phoenix Hellfire.

The facts proved that she could easily withstand the attacks of Zhou Sichen's Contracted Soul Beasts. It was only because Extreme Ice suppressed her that her powerful attacks could not affect Zhou Sichen.

She had considered getting close to Zhou Sichen and ending the boy with one slap, but with the Hellfire Bird tying her down and the Ice Jade Scorpion and Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear supporting it, she had no chance to approach him at all.

In other words, she, a dignified Soul Emperor, could not do anything to a mere Soul Elder?

Watching the Ice Jade Scorpion's imposing presence and the power of the Extreme Ice it wielded, Ling Luochen, who had been sitting alone in the spectator stands, could not help becoming even more interested in Zhou Sichen.

It was not merely because of Zhou Sichen's looks and talent. What truly concerned her was that Extreme Ice, which could suppress Ma Xiaotao!

If she found a Ten Thousand Year Ice Jade Scorpion as a Soul Ring in the future, could she possibly evolve her own Ice Element as well?

After all, Zhou Sichen's Contracted Soul Beasts had not even reached the Ten Thousand Year Level, yet they had already mastered Extreme Ice.

Zhou Sichen looked at the teeth-gritting Ma Xiaotao, his smile widening. "Senior Sister, you should not have much Soul Power left, right?"

Ma Xiaotao snorted. "So what?"

Zhou Sichen was not wrong. Ma Xiaotao had already expended over thirty percent of her Soul Power when she defeated Ling Luochen. Now, after using six Soul Skills with only her Fourth Soul Skill left unused, her Soul Power had been cut in half again.

At this point, Ma Xiaotao had less than thirty percent of her Soul Power remaining.

Zhou Sichen smiled faintly. "Since Senior Sister does not dare to attack proactively, then let me do it."

Hearing Zhou Sichen's words, Ma Xiaotao thought the boy had gone mad. A mere Level 38 Soul Elder wanted to take the initiative and attack?

If not for those three powerful Soul Beasts, Ma Xiaotao could handle Zhou Sichen with one hand.

Zhou Sichen smiled slightly. The silver Soul Tool on his right middle finger flashed with treasure light, and a shoulder-fired cannon resembling an RPG-7 appeared on his shoulder.

On the platform, Qian Duoduo and Xian Liner could not help raising their brows. "That is... a Level 4 Soul Tool Cannon?"

"And it has been modified. It is not a traditional Level 4 Soul Tool Cannon. Could this kid... possibly be a Level 4 Soul Engineer as well?"

Qian Duoduo's tone was filled with disbelief. Zhou Sichen's Contracted Soul Beasts had already opened their eyes, and now he had produced a Fourth-Grade Soul Tool?

This Level 4 Soul Tool Cannon had been modified by Zhou Sichen based on a Level 4 Soul Tool Ray. Not only did it have a tracking effect, but it also did not consume much Soul Power.

Even a Soul King might not be able to withstand its power head-on. Though Zhou Sichen knew it certainly could not hurt Ma Xiaotao, it was more than enough to annoy her.

Besides, Zhou Sichen's purpose was not to use this thing against Ma Xiaotao, but to show it to those people on the platform.

This obviously modified Soul Tool was enough to prove that he was a Soul Engineer, and not one of low rank at that.

Of course, they would surely find it hard to imagine that he was also a Level 4 Soul Engineer. But that was fine. They would definitely ask him later, and he could simply admit it openly!

Bang!

Zhou Sichen pulled the trigger, and the Soul Tool Cannonball streaked toward Ma Xiaotao with a blazing tail, locking onto her.

Ma Xiaotao sneered. A mere Level 4 Soul Tool Cannonball could be destroyed with a flick of her finger...

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