Combusken's Explosive Eight-Stage Kick

The boost from Blaze does not apply to the host, but rather causes the Combusken, as a martial soul, to enter a state of Blaze, granting a seventy percent increase in the power of fire-attribute skills.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen injected twenty levels of soul power into the Combusken's martial soul origin, directly allocating this power to the Combusken to enhance its overall combat capability.

Having gained twenty levels of soul power and the Blaze state, the Combusken realized Xiao Wu was about to slam it into the ground. In a moment of urgency, it had a flash of inspiration and suddenly sprayed a Fire Spin toward the ground.

Boom— accompanied by the sound of an impact, the Combusken was slammed heavily into the ground by Xiao Wu.

However, thanks to the Fire Spin offsetting most of the impact, the Combusken did not suffer significant damage.

But this was only the beginning. Xiao Wu's first soul skill, Waist Bow, is actually the opening move for the Explosive Eight-Stage Throw. She continued to grip the Combusken's waist with both hands, vaulted into the air in a handstand position, and with a flip, slammed the Combusken into the ground once again.

Boom— another thud echoed, but Xiao Wu's assault was far from over. Using the recoil from the second throw, she flipped her body back and slammed the Combusken into the ground yet again.

At this moment, the Combusken was being whipped left and right like a sack held by Xiao Wu, with the violent sounds of air being torn and the ground being struck echoing one after another.

Every time the Combusken hit the ground, the watching noble students and working students couldn't help but shriek; some noble students dared not look, as they had been thrown by Xiao Wu in the exact same way.

When Xiao Wu grabbed the Combusken's waist once more, she did not slam it into the ground, but instead tossed it high into the air.

Counting the six slams and the opening move of the Waist Bow, the Combusken had been thrown by Xiao Wu a total of seven times.

The so-called Explosive Eight-Stage Throw naturally consists of eight consecutive throws, and the eighth throw is the one with the most terrifying power.

After tossing the Combusken into the air, Xiao Wu leaped up, grabbed its waist with both hands, and spun twice in mid-air before slamming it fiercely toward the ground.

After being battered by the Explosive Eight-Stage Throw, even a two-ring Soul Grand Master would inevitably end up severely injured and unconscious.

But the Combusken now had the reinforcement of twenty levels of soul power, bringing its overall combat strength and defense to the level of a two-ring Soul Grand Master.

Coupled with the fact that it sprayed a Fire Spin toward the ground to offset the impact every time it was slammed, the actual damage the Combusken sustained was minimized.

Therefore, despite being thrown seven times, it suffered only superficial injuries, with no damage to its bones or muscles.

Just as Xiao Wu completed the eighth throw, the Combusken, falling toward the ground, sprayed another Fire Spin. Using the recoil from the flame hitting the ground to cushion its fall, it performed a flip and landed steadily on its feet.

Xiao Wu landed at the same time, and upon seeing the Combusken covered in dust but otherwise unharmed, she was stunned. "How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible. Combusken, it's time for our counterattack. Use Double Kick!" Ye Chen's voice suddenly rang out.

Receiving the command, the Combusken let out a strange "Chamo—" cry toward the sky. The flame-like crest on its head and its two thick, powerful legs suddenly lit up with white light as the skill "Double Kick" was activated.

Xiao Wu recovered from her shock just in time to see the Combusken vanish from its spot with incredible speed.

This scene not only made Xiao Wu's expression turn grave, but Tang San, who was fighting Ye Chen on the other side, also had his expression change drastically. He realized that since the Combusken was the evolved form of a Torchic, it must also possess an acceleration ability.

Xiao Wu had thrown the Combusken eight times, which meant that with the aid of its acceleration ability, the Combusken had stacked its speed attribute eight times, explaining why its movement speed had become so fast.

However, what neither Tang San nor Xiao Wu knew was that while stacking its speed attribute eight times, the Combusken had also stacked the continuous boost from its first soul skill, Blaze, eight times.

The Combusken now possessed an eighty percent increase in speed and a one-hundred-and-fifty percent boost to the power of its fire-attribute skills, enough to put up a fight even against a three-ring Soul Elder.

Furthermore, what the Combusken was about to use was not just a Double Kick, but the far more terrifying Explosive Eight-Stage Kick.

After evolving into a Combusken, the martial soul had added the Fighting attribute to the fire-attribute origin of the Torchic.

This elevated the Combusken's fighting talent to a top-tier level, allowing it not only to comprehend certain Fighting-type skills on its own but also to easily mimic any form of martial arts through its fighting talent.

Xiao Wu's Explosive Eight-Stage Throw was not currently a soul skill, but a form of martial arts.

Therefore, having experienced the full version of the Explosive Eight-Stage Throw firsthand, the Combusken had already committed the essentials of that martial art to memory and put them into practice.

Since Xiao Wu's first soul skill, Waist Bow, was the opening move for the Explosive Eight-Stage Throw, the Combusken's Double Kick served as the opening move for the Explosive Eight-Stage Kick.

"Chamo—"

The Combusken's battle-hungry cry rang out. It seized the initiative with blinding speed, its two legs lunging forward as its body leaped up trailing white light, slamming its right foot into Xiao Wu's abdomen.

Before Xiao Wu could be sent flying, the Combusken's body twisted instantly; its right foot touched the ground, its left foot lifted, and it delivered a high kick to her chin, sending her flying into the air.

A scene that left everyone stunned unfolded: relying on its exceptional mid-air agility and movement speed, the Combusken stepped on the air itself, actually pursuing Xiao Wu as she flew into the sky.

Just as Xiao Wu reached a height of seven meters, the Combusken caught up to her. It rapidly stepped on the air, delivering eight consecutive kicks to Xiao Wu from different angles.

The trajectory of the Combusken's eight kicks looked like a white, rice-character-shaped light appearing in the sky.

Xiao Wu was struck repeatedly in the abdomen, back, left shoulder, right shoulder, and other parts of her body within that light.

The Focus Energy skill can increase the chance of hitting a vital point because, with the enhancement of mental power, one can more precisely pinpoint the enemy's weak spots.

By the same token, that enhanced mental power can also be used to precisely avoid the enemy's vital points.

Since they were not true enemies, the Combusken's Explosive Eight-Stage Kick naturally avoided all of Xiao Wu's vital points.

However, after taking a Double Kick and then being hit by the continuous strikes of the Explosive Eight-Stage Kick, even if Xiao Wu wasn't severely injured, she could not avoid the physical pain. She fell from the sky and slammed hard into the ground, unable to stand up for a while.

It was fortunate that the Explosive Eight-Stage Kick was a Fighting-type skill; if it had been a fire-attribute skill, those eight kicks would have each carried a one-hundred-and-fifty percent power boost.

Watching the entire process of the Combusken defeating Xiao Wu with the Explosive Eight-Stage Kick, Ye Chen smiled with satisfaction. Once the Combusken learned Blaze Kick, the Explosive Eight-Stage Kick, performed with Blaze Kick as its foundation, would become a fire-attribute skill.

At that time, with the fire-attribute power boost from the first soul skill, Blaze, the terror of the Explosive Eight-Stage Kick would be no less than a red-hot, thousand-pound branding iron repeatedly piercing an enemy's body from different angles until they were cremated.