Crash Like a Great Fortune! Deep Sea Demon Whale!!

What a magnificent soul skill; a simple, ordinary punch, yet it manifests a soul beast phantom as if it were tangible.

Ji Juechen composed his mind, suppressing the astonishment in his heart as his soul power surged rapidly. Immediately, he formed a sword-finger with his left hand and swung his sword forward with his right!

Whoosh—

Following a piercing sound of air being torn apart, a silvery-white sword radiance appeared. In the blink of an eye, the Golden Dragon phantom was cleaved in two, dissolving into mere remnants of soul power.

It dissipated into the air.

Below the stage, Xiao Meng's expression shifted slightly, her palms clenching involuntarily. She whispered, terrified of disturbing Xu Qing on the stage.

"Go, Brother Xu..."

At that very moment, Xu Qing's charging reached its final stage.

He spoke:

"Ji Juechen, since you could cleave my soul beast phantom but chose not to interrupt my charging... you truly are full of martial virtue."

Ji Juechen performed a sword flourish and stood with his sword held across his chest, expressionless, yet the momentum radiating from his body climbed steadily!

Lin Jiayi could even see the beam of momentum, condensed into a tangible form, with his naked eye!

He gripped the Soul Master Data Detector tightly, the values on it already turning into garbled code!

"It can't display it!! And this is a Level 6 soul guidance device!"

Hall Master Jing's brow twitched. He knew Xu Qing was strong, but having never seen it with his own eyes, who would have guessed this guy was so fierce!

His gaze grew increasingly fervent. Heh heh heh... the fiercer, the better...

Veins bulged on Xu Qing's forehead, and the clothes on his upper body had already been shredded into rags by the rampant soul power released by the inscribed soul beast phantom.

It revealed a perfect torso that would make any young girl's heart rate soar to 180 in an instant!

He looked at Ji Juechen, who refused to get "serious," and thought to himself:

Tsk, it's not easy to find someone who can trade blows with me; you mustn't hold anything back...

He decided to add some heavy incentive:

"If you can defeat me, the Body Potion will be sold to you at cost price."

As soon as these words fell, the swordsman's expression changed drastically! His pupils dilated sharply, and he looked at Hall Master Jing below the stage in disbelief.

Hall Master Jing reacted with lightning speed, knowing that the most important thing right now was to let his future grandson-in-law enjoy himself.

His lips moved, and only Ji Juechen could hear him:

"Defeat him, and I will personally pay for thirty injections of Nine Dragons for you."

Thirty injections!!!

A full thirty injections!! That was thirty thousand gold soul coins!!

He only used fifteen injections of Nine Dragons a month; now, he only needed to defeat this Soul Ancestor youth to freely use the Nine Dragons Potion, with its negligible side effects, for two whole months!!

"Haa..."

Ji Juechen's eyes turned blood-red, burning with a near-manic flame, and the four-foot-long sword in his hand vibrated violently.

"Carrying the weight of the Nine Dragons Potion, I have no reason to fail!"

As his voice fell, the six soul rings around him merged into the blade in unison.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black!

The pressure of his soul power surged at an incredible speed. At this moment, Ji Juechen had gathered every ounce of his focus!

All of my soul skills are merely amplifications of soul power.

Although I lost powerful techniques because of this, I gained a solid foundation that my peers cannot match!

So what if I lack powerful soul skills!?

With the sword in my hand, that is enough!!

He said hoarsely:

"I have one sword strike; though it is a semi-finished product, it is enough."

Shing!

In the blink of an eye, Ji Juechen seemed to transform into a sword himself! His body skimmed across the ground with an incredibly eerie movement!

No! It was an illusion caused by speed reaching a certain limit!

In an instant, Ji Juechen had already arrived in front of Xu Qing. To him, a swordsman never strikes at an opponent's back!

"Sword Technique—Silence!"

However, Xu Qing had reacted a step earlier. His eyes tracked the blade, the corners of his mouth curling up, and his next move made the latter's hair stand on end!

"Watch closely, this punch will be very cool!"

Xu Qing's body flickered, vanishing from before Ji Juechen's eyes, and then those fists, which had turned black at some unknown point, smashed toward his abdomen!

Fourfold Power!

In that instant, Ji Juechen felt his vision blur as a black hand pressed against his chest.

He had no time to dodge, nor could he afford to.

He slammed his left arm horizontally across his chest, and an inconspicuous silver bracelet on his wrist suddenly flared with light!

A Level 5 defensive soul tool!

"Crack--!!"

A piercing sound of shattering echoed out.

Ji Juechen was sent flying backward like a cannonball, his feet plowing two deep black furrows into the metal floor.

He looked down to see that the silver bracelet was already covered in cracks!

"Crackle, crackle..."

This Level 5 defensive soul tool had completely crumbled into fragments, falling to the ground.

Ji Juechen could not hide the shock in his eyes! He snapped his head up to look at Xu Qing.

Just how high is this guy's physical strength!!?

Wait, the soul power fluctuation... it dropped!

"Good punch." Ji Juechen exhaled a breath of stale air. "Truly impressive, but--"

Before he could finish his sentence, Xu Qing moved again.

He flipped his left hand, and a pea-sized blue crystal condensed out of thin air. He tilted his head back to swallow it, his Adam's apple bobbing.

The soul power fluctuation that had returned to normal surged once more.

Forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven!

One level lower than the first time.

Ji Juechen narrowed his eyes.

It's not a potion, is it a food-type martial soul... Is his second martial soul his fists?

But what were those soul beast phantoms, and what kind of soul skills were they?

He was given no time to think, because Xu Qing had already thrown his second punch!

"Soul Beast--Deep Sea Demon Whale!"

"Roar, roar, roar--!!"

A deep blue whale phantom, larger than the entire arena, crashed out from the void!

Carrying the momentum of a collapsing mountain and a churning sea, it bore down on Ji Juechen like a massive tide!!

"What the hell is this?!!"

The aloof youth, who usually spent his time cultivating his heart and mind, had uncharacteristically let out a curse.

He wasn't the only one shocked; Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi's eyes were practically popping out of their sockets!

The terrestrial soul beast Golden Dragon was already heaven-defying enough, so how did this Deep Sea Demon Whale from the ocean manage to show up too!!?

Ji Juechen hurriedly raised his sword, parrying with all his might, but the sword strike landed on the phantom and failed to slice through it like it had with the first Golden Dragon.

It was indestructible!

Fortunately, this soul beast phantom lacked homing capabilities, and he narrowly managed to deflect it.

Boom--!!

A massive crater appeared outside the arena.

Ji Juechen gritted his teeth, a look of madness flashing in his eyes!

There's no other way!! I must win!!!

He feinted with his left hand, and three red syringes appeared out of thin air. As his soul power surged, the protective caps on the needles turned to dust, flashing with a blinding silver light. Without a moment's hesitation, he plunged them into his right upper arm!

"Triple--Nine Dragons!"

It wasn't over yet! Three needles alone wouldn't be enough to match this monster!

Again!

Swish!

Three more!

"Boom--!!!"

Soul power level: seventy!

A Level 70 Battle Soul Saint!

Even if it was only temporary, even if it would only last for a few dozen seconds!

"Haa... haa..."