Hearing Elder Xuan's words.
Lu Heqiu didn't hesitate in the slightest.
He released his Martial Soul as well.
He also wanted to see just how different these so-called Soul Skills were from his own power!
"Come on!"
A golden phantom appeared behind Lu Heqiu.
It was the phantom Mu En had once seen in the Sea of Consciousness. Now it was no longer sitting cross-legged. Its movements almost perfectly mirrored Lu Heqiu's, its hands hanging naturally at its sides. The entire phantom radiated a bright, holy aura.
The solitary red Soul Ring slowly hovered beside Lu Heqiu.
Only one ring.
Yet it was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
At present, Lu Heqiu was the only person like that on the entire continent.
"Demon Subduer!"
Lu Heqiu had no intention of giving Xuan Zi so much as a warning.
The Blood-Red Soul Ring blazed with dazzling light, dyeing half the sky crimson.
The phantom behind Lu Heqiu expanded several times over. It stood more than ten meters tall, and though it remained as holy as ever, it brought an immense, invisible pressure with it.
The phantom raised its right hand and brought it down toward Xuan Zi.
The movement wasn't fast.
But in Xuan Zi's eyes, the scene looked entirely different.
Everything around him seemed to turn to nothingness as the Giant Palm appeared.
It was as if this single palm was all that remained between heaven and earth. It blotted out the entire sky, enveloping Xuan Zi beneath it!
"Good one, kid!"
Xuan Zi tried to get away.
He didn't believe the kid could actually hurt him.
But in a Soul Master duel, who would just stand there like an idiot and take a beating?
Yet the moment Xuan Zi moved, the golden palm didn't shift at all in his eyes. Instead, it followed his movements, showing no interest in anyone else.
From beginning to end, Xuan Zi was the palm's only target!
No matter where he went!
Lu Heqiu watched the Giant Palm without the slightest surprise.
How could Sun Wukong ever escape the Buddha's palm?
It was a tracking Soul Skill.
A single-target attack!
Its power was that of a normal Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. However, it could stack with Dragon Transformation, and Dragon Transformation had neither Soul Power consumption nor a time limit. Unlike the Soul Skills of ordinary Power Attack System Soul Masters, Lu Heqiu could stay transformed for twenty-four hours if he wanted.
There was no need for that while fighting Xuan Zi, though.
After all, Xuan Zi was only helping test the power of his Soul Skills!
"Hmph! A Soul Skill you can't dodge!?"
"Then I'll just break your palm!"
"Kid, be careful of Martial Soul backlash!"
As Xuan Zi spoke, the two horns on the Godly Taotie Bull blazed with dazzling light. He completely altered the gravity around him, crushing it toward the giant hand in the void, trying to tear it apart by force.
But the instant the gravity bore down on it, Xuan Zi's expression darkened.
The palm wasn't even a solid object!
Gravity had no effect on it at all!
The surrounding space twisted under the crushing force of gravity, but the palm descending toward him didn't change in the slightest. Its speed wasn't affected, either!
One move too late.
The giant hand had already descended in front of him, as if it would press down the very next second.
"Sky Mender!"
Yellow light instantly enveloped Xuan Zi, forming a curtain of light around him as he faced the Giant Palm head-on!
Lu Heqiu might have been a One-Ring Soul Master.
But he was using a Soul Skill from a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. There was no way Xuan Zi could afford not to defend himself. Who knew what might happen!?
The Giant Palm slammed into the yellow protective barrier.
Even the barrier began to tremble.
Xuan Zi stared fixedly at the curtain of light. Only after the Giant Palm had completely vanished did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, thank goodness. He hadn't lost face!
"Kid..."
Xuan Zi was about to speak.
But from the corner of his eye, he saw the Soul Ring in front of Lu Heqiu brighten again. The kid was about to use the second Soul Skill of his First Soul Ring!?
Others might not have noticed, but Xuan Zi saw it clearly: the curtain of light had developed extremely fine cracks from that last blow. If another one came now—
Something really might go wrong!
"Monster Suppressor!"
The phantom behind Lu Heqiu changed once more.
This time, it didn't form a palm. Instead, the hand curled into a claw and reached straight for Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi had no time to dodge.
He was about to rely on the curtain of light to withstand the blow.
But the claw ignored his defense completely and seized him in its grasp. Even his Martial Soul was suppressed in that instant. Forget using a Soul Skill—he could barely move at all.
A full five seconds passed.
Only then did the claw completely vanish.
Yan Shaozhe, watching from the side, was already dumbfounded.
This Soul Ring actually had two completely different Soul Skills!
The First Soul Skill, Demon Subduer, had nearly broken through the defenses of a Level 98 Super Douluo!
The Second Soul Skill, Monster Suppressor, had forcibly immobilized even Xuan Zi for five seconds!
These were Soul Skills!?
Weren't they divine abilities!?
"Does your Monster Suppressor Soul Skill ignore the level gap?! Does it have any limitations?"
Yan Shaozhe didn't look at Xuan Zi. He turned to Lu Heqiu and asked urgently. These Soul Skills were far too important to them. On a battlefield between Super Douluos, forcibly immobilizing an opponent for five seconds could end the battle outright!
This was no joke!
If he had five seconds, Xuan Zi wouldn't even be able to release his Martial Soul. Yan Shaozhe was confident he could kill him outright!
This little fellow was practically Shrek Academy's lucky star!
"I guess there are."
"I can only use it three times a day."
"And... I don't have enough Soul Power. Using those two Soul Skills has already pushed me a little past my limit. I can't use them three times."
The phantom behind Lu Heqiu disappeared, and his face turned pale from Soul Power exhaustion.
Yet he still hovered in the sky, showing no sign of falling.
"Three times..."
"That's enough."
A glint flashed in Yan Shaozhe's eyes. If Lu Heqiu could use them three times in succession, they were practically an all-purpose life-saving skill. Fifteen seconds would be more than enough for him to escape when faced with a powerful enemy!
If Yan Shaozhe were with Lu Heqiu, they could even turn the tables against a group of fewer than five Super Douluos!
The number of factions on the entire continent that could field five Super Douluos...
Could be counted on one hand!
"Good one, kid!"
"That Soul Skill of yours is pretty impressive!"
"But... why didn't you use your Soul Bone Skill just now? If you had, you might actually have hurt me."
Xuan Zi flew up from the side as well, his expression somewhat stiff.
Though he told Lu Heqiu to use his Soul Bone Skill, inside he was immensely relieved that Lu Heqiu hadn't gone all out!
Otherwise, if his curtain of light had been broken, wouldn't he have made a complete fool of himself today?!
Yan Shaozhe smiled without a word.
He wasn't laughing at Xuan Zi.
If he had gone down there to take the test, he definitely wouldn't have performed any better than Xuan Zi.
He was only amused by how stale Xuan Zi's excuse sounded. It was hardly something a Sea God Pavilion Elder should say.
"Elder Xuan."
"We can discuss the Soul Skills later."
"Shouldn't we head back to the academy now and direct the resources of the entire academy toward this little fellow?"
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