Ma Xiaotao's Mutation

As Dai Yueheng stepped onto the stage, fierce combat erupted between both sides in an instant.

Relying on the formidable physique of his White Tiger Martial Soul and the boosts from his Three Great Soul Skills, Dai Yueheng forcibly endured Meng Hongchen's deadly poison and defeated her. However, he himself was also unable to continue competing due to the poison.

Just as in the original story, the Sun Moon Empire's team leader gave up on the individual matches and placed their hopes on the two-two-three battle.

Judging by the number of team members and their respective conditions, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy undoubtedly held an absolute advantage.

The Sun Moon Empire made no changes to the lineup for the first two-two-three battle. Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao climbed onto the competition stage without the slightest fear.

Wang Yan glanced at Ling Luochen, but she gave no response.

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had never gotten along, and their attributes clashed. Having them take the stage together might not have been a good thing.

Wang Yan then looked over everyone present, his gaze finally settling on Lin Chen.

Feeling Wang Yan's gaze, Lin Chen silently sighed and stepped onto the Soul Fighting Platform, arriving at Ma Xiaotao's side.

Ma Xiaotao glanced at Lin Chen without saying anything. In any case, having one more person was better than having one less, right?

Provided that teammate was not dead weight.

"You hold off the other Soul Engineer. Once I finish Ma Rulong, I'll come help you," Ma Xiaotao said to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen had no desire to argue with this senior sister, who was proud to the point of arrogance, nor could he be bothered to win with words. With Ma Xiaotao's personality, unless someone was stronger than her, she would not listen.

Thus, Lin Chen merely nodded.

"Match, begin!" Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced.

Lin Chen and Ma Xiaotao fought separately. Ma Xiaotao charged directly at Ma Rulong, while Lin Chen faced Xiao Xiafeng.

Like He Caitou, Xiao Xiafeng was a Food System Soul Master. A prolonged battle would be extremely disadvantageous for Lin Chen.

I have to end this quickly! Lin Chen thought.

The Seven Kill Domain spread out, instantly suppressing Xiao Xiafeng's strength to the Soul Ancestor level.

"Long Sword Peaks!" Several Seven Kill Swords appeared and shot toward Xiao Xiafeng like lightning.

Yet Xiao Xiafeng remained unhurried. He pulled out two Soul Tool guns, shaped similarly to the rifles Lin Chen had seen in his previous life, and fired beams of laser light at Lin Chen.

Even though Xiao Xiafeng's strength had been suppressed by Lin Chen, his total Soul Power still exceeded Lin Chen's. Before long, Lin Chen's Soul Skill was broken through, and several laser beams shot toward him.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and used Lingbo Weibu, dodging the Soul Tool attacks while waiting for an opportunity to close in on Xiao Xiafeng.

"Xiafeng!" Ma Rulong, who was being suppressed by Ma Xiaotao on the other side, shouted.

Xiao Xiafeng immediately understood. Waves of light erupted in an instant—light spheres, light rays, and metal balls that flew directly into the sky in parabolic arcs.

The Soul Tool Emplacement's overwhelming firepower erupted at once.

Xiao Xiafeng had begun constructing the Soul Tool Emplacement while holding Lin Chen back, merely waiting for Ma Rulong's command.

Xiao Xiafeng's attacks were completely indiscriminate in their coverage. Some exploded on a timer, some fired powerful rays, and others were crisscrossing restraining Soul Tools. When Soul Engineers unleashed everything they had, their offensive power was tremendously formidable—especially when Xiao Xiafeng disregarded Soul Power consumption and crazily poured out attacks from every kind of Soul Tool weapon.

Though it was the same Soul Tool Emplacement tactic, when used by a member of the Sun Moon Team, it was vastly stronger than when employed by students from ordinary Soul Engineer Academies.

Although Ma Xiaotao was already evading with all her strength, Xiao Xiafeng's disregard for Soul Power expenditure left her scrambling. Meanwhile, Lin Chen moved through the range of the Soul Tool attacks with Lingbo Weibu, expending very little.

"Conserve your Soul Power. His kind of attack can't last much longer!" Ma Xiaotao shouted to Lin Chen.

While Xiao Xiafeng recklessly attacked Ma Xiaotao and Lin Chen without regard for Soul Power consumption, Ma Rulong successfully activated the Sword of Judgment.

"Those who are darkness shall be judged as heretics." Ma Rulong gripped the Sword of Judgment with both hands and pointed it toward Ma Xiaotao.

A beam of black light immediately shot toward Ma Xiaotao.

"Phoenix Fireline!" Ma Xiaotao unhesitatingly breathed out a stream of fire to collide with it.

"Senior Sister, dodge!" Lin Chen shouted to warn Ma Xiaotao.

Damn it. Lin Chen cursed inwardly.

But it was already too late.

The Sword of Judgment's dark power had already invaded Ma Xiaotao's body. Her Martial Soul was mutating at that very moment.

Just as Ma Rulong prepared to "judge" Ma Xiaotao with the power of light, Lin Chen wielded the Seven Kill Sword and engaged Ma Rulong in battle.

As for Xiao Xiafeng, he had collapsed from exhaustion long ago, back when Ma Rulong had brought out the Sword of Judgment.

"You're courting death." Facing Lin Chen's attacks, Ma Rulong could not help but rage.

The Seven Kill Domain expanded once more. After using the Sword of Judgment, Ma Rulong was no longer even at fifty percent of his peak condition. With the domain's enhancement, Lin Chen faintly gained the upper hand.

"Damn it! Those who are darkness shall be judged as heretics!" Suppressed by Lin Chen, Ma Rulong could no longer care about his Soul Power consumption. He directly summoned the Sword of Judgment's dark power again, attempting to judge Lin Chen.

Yet Lin Chen neither dodged nor evaded the incoming black light. He knew that this ray had no real physical damaging power. Its purpose was only to allow dark power to invade the target's body, then combine it with light power and cause the two opposing attributes to collide within the body, inflicting immense damage. But Lin Chen possessed an Extreme Light constitution. This Sword of Judgment was completely useless against him.

The black ray passed through Lin Chen's body. Ma Rulong instantly switched to the light attribute, the corners of his mouth already lifting as he anticipated the pair's screams.

Everyone from Shrek had anxiously risen to their feet. At this rate, the two people on the stage might lose their lives!

However, only Ma Xiaotao's scream rang out. As the white mist dispersed, Lin Chen's charging figure emerged, and he slashed Ma Rulong with his sword.

Ma Rulong hurriedly raised the Sword of Judgment to block, but he was still sent flying several meters back.

Lin Chen brushed off the remaining black Soul Power on his body, pointed the Seven Kill Sword directly at Ma Rulong, and said disdainfully, "That sword of yours is useless against me." He then charged at Ma Rulong again.

At that moment, a sudden change occurred. Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul had fully completed its mutation. It was no longer the Evil Fire Phoenix, but a Black Phoenix possessing Dark Extreme Fire.

A flash of platinum light appeared, and the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade materialized in Ma Xiaotao's hand.

As Ma Xiaotao infused it with her Dark Extreme Fire, the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade emitted waves of buzzing, clearly having reached the limit of what it could endure.

An enormous black blade light descended from the heavens, about to swallow Ma Rulong whole.

At the critical moment, Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu teleported over and blocked Ma Xiaotao's strike.

The outcome had been decided!

Xuan Zi also hurried onto the stage and used a Super Douluo's Soul Power to seal Ma Xiaotao.

She still mutated. I should have warned her sooner. Lin Chen sighed inwardly. Having another Fire Phoenix Saintess was not a good thing for Lin Chen—no, for the entire continent.

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