Second Soul Skill: Ice Heart Fire Lotus

"Third Soul Skill: Gravity Enhancement!"

"Fourth Soul Skill: Positioning Tracking!"

"Fifth Soul Skill: Gravity Squeeze!"

The moment his feet touched the ground, Zhao Wuji unleashed all three Soul Skills at once.

Just as Dai Mubai had said, he was finally getting serious!

Of course, it was not that he could not afford to lose. The main reason was that if this continued, he would truly lose all face!

On the other side, Xiao Tianyang felt his speed slow and the gravity pressing in from every direction, and his expression changed.

With a combo like this, no matter how nimble your footwork is, it's useless. Slowdown, lock-on, and control—was that really necessary?

Xiao Tianyang grumbled inwardly, but as he watched Zhao Wuji stride toward him, he could not help but sigh.

"Great Strength Vajra Palm!"

This time, Zhao Wuji used seventy percent of his strength!

"First Soul Skill: Myriad Transformation Flame!"

Xiao Tianyang normally did not have the habit of shouting out his moves.

He knew Zhao Wuji only did so to look after them.

However, he was not doing this for the sake of fairness. He merely wanted to make Zhao Wuji suspicious.

Sure enough, that shout made Zhao Wuji pause.

At the same time, the nine flames beside Xiao Tianyang transformed into spears, stabbing toward Zhao Wuji with lightning speed, completely unaffected by gravity!

No one had expected such a sudden change.

Dai Mubai's eyes widened in disbelief. "Wasn't his First Soul Skill a support-type ability? How did it suddenly become offensive?"

Tang San shook his head. "Only Brother Tianyang himself may know the reason. But think about it—before the flames entered our bodies, they changed from orange-red to green."

"Now they've turned into offensive spears, yet their color hasn't changed. What does that mean?"

Dai Mubai's expression shifted. "Could it be that his First Soul Skill has two different uses?"

Tang San did not answer. Instead, he said, "Myriad Transformation Flame. Brother Tianyang chose a good name."

Zhao Wuji's eyes widened, but with his extensive combat experience, he immediately activated the Immovable Ming King Body.

Yet the piercing power of those nine flaming spears was greater than he had imagined, and their might was far stronger as well!

They pierced through his outer defenses and continued forward until they stopped only half a meter away from him.

But before Zhao Wuji could breathe a sigh of relief, the spear tips suddenly trembled and emitted a dazzling light!

"Not good!"

It was already too late to retreat. The spears exploded, and flames swallowed everything, including Zhao Wuji!

"Sixth Soul Skill: Great Vajra Roar!"

The soundwave spread outward, instantly dispersing the flames.

Xiao Tianyang's eardrums throbbed painfully from the shock, leaving him briefly stunned.

At that moment, Zhao Wuji charged out and unleashed the Great Strength Vajra Palm once more. "Kid, let's see where you can run this time!"

By the time Xiao Tianyang regained his senses, it was too late to dodge.

But to everyone's surprise, the corners of Xiao Tianyang's mouth curved upward.

"Teacher Zhao, who do you think taught Xiao Wu that move just now?"

"You brat!"

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth.

Unfortunately, he had miscalculated again.

Who else on this continent, besides Xiao Tianyang, could use that kind of combat technique that borrowed force to counter force?

Heavenly Mountain Plum Blossom Hand!

It was one of the few worthwhile rewards Xiao Tianyang had drawn during those Five Years.

Yet he personally disliked overly complicated things.

The Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms suited his preferences perfectly. Their moves were simple, their power immense, and they were especially effective against flashy tricks.

But once such knowledge had been transmitted into his mind, it was not something he could simply refuse.

So he knew the technique and had taught it to Xiao Wu, but he himself had never incorporated the Heavenly Mountain Plum Blossom Hand into his combat system.

He extended two fingers and clasped Zhao Wuji's wrist.

An even stronger wave of weakness surged through Zhao Wuji's body. His legs nearly gave out, and he almost dropped to his knees.

However, Xiao Tianyang clearly would not go that far.

He grabbed Zhao Wuji, swung him around in mid-air, then hurled him away like a sack!

Zhao Wuji smashed through a house and crashed inside.

"You brat!"

Zhao Wuji's voice rang out. The six Soul Rings around him flashed at once, a sign that he had pushed his Soul Power to its limit.

"Not good, retreat!"

Dai Mubai's expression changed.

"Great Vajra Roar!"

The roar sounded again, and the ruins around Zhao Wuji's feet were blasted away on the spot!

But Xiao Tianyang had prepared for it this time. The nine flames that had condensed beside him gathered before him and formed a wall, shielding him behind it!

The soundwave struck the flames. The first layer collapsed, then the second, the Third Layer... They were utterly useless, crumbling like dry weeds.

But Xiao Tianyang had never intended to truly block that attack. He was only buying himself time.

All the walls of flame were torn apart, revealing Xiao Tianyang just as his Second Soul Ring lit up.

The flames around him vanished, replaced by the black lotus in Xiao Tianyang's heart.

Just from the distorted air surrounding it, one could tell how terrifyingly high its temperature was!

"Second Soul Skill: Ice Heart Fire Lotus!"

The black lotus floated in the air, radiating an aura of destruction that even Zhao Wuji found troublesome.

"What exactly is going on with this kid's Martial Soul?"

"One moment it supports, the next it attacks, and now it has produced something this terrifying..."

"Wait, this is his Second Soul Skill—that means it comes from a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

Suddenly realizing the severity of the situation, Zhao Wuji hurriedly assumed a defensive stance.

The next instant, the black lotus bloomed and came crashing down like Mount Tai pressing overhead!

A tremendous boom shook the air, and the entire clearing trembled.

No mushroom cloud rose from the explosion. Instead, the area was occupied by a pitch-black lotus.

Even more terrifyingly, explosions continued to sound within it. Though heat waves surged into the sky, it somehow gave off an icy, bone-chilling sensation.

This was Xiao Tianyang's Second Soul Skill!

Ice Heart Fire Lotus. What truly mattered was neither the ice nor the fire, but the word "heart."

The first explosion merely inflicted the greatest possible damage upon the enemy!

But the enlarged black lotus that followed was a means of control, while the explosions within its core were the true killing blow!

Xiao Tianyang had never tested how powerful this move was because he had never had the chance to use it.

When sparring with Little San and the others, there was no need to use Soul Skills.

As for testing it on Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, once this move landed, there would basically be nothing left but scattered bones.

So this was actually the first time he had used his Second Soul Skill. As for how powerful it truly was—

One only had to listen to Zhao Wuji's furious roars from inside the lotus to know how badly it hurt...

"Xiao Tianyang, withdraw your Second Soul Skill! The commotion is too great!"

Dai Mubai hurried forward and said.

"This is my first time using this Soul Skill. I don't know how to withdraw it either."

Xiao Tianyang could only shrug helplessly.

Dai Mubai: "..."

He turned toward the direction of the explosion and sighed helplessly. "Teacher Zhao, I can only wish you well."