Tang San roared and charged straight at Li Jiutian. In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of him, swinging his hammer down!
"Bang!"
Li Jiutian stopped the Clear Sky Hammer with a single finger, effortlessly.
"H-How could this be?" Tang San stared in terror.
"Go to hell!"
Li Jiutian released his Soul Power, blasting Tang San dozens of meters away.
Clutching his heart, Tang San knelt on the ground and glared at Li Jiutian, unwilling to accept defeat.
"Still not convinced? Then I'll beat you until you are!"
Li Jiutian's expression turned cold. Gripping the Aurora Sword, he charged at Tang San!
Tang San gritted his teeth through the pain and hurriedly fended off the slashes coming at him!
"Ah!"
Before long, screams rang out again and again across the Soul Fighting Arena.
"Xiao San!"
Grandmaster and the others cried out anxiously.
"Xiao San, hurry up and surrender! We don't need the championship. If this goes on, you'll die!"
Tears glimmered in Liu Erlong's eyes.
In the Soul Fighting Arena, Tang San's sturdy Eight Spider Soul Bones were being sliced off one by one by the Flame Aurora Sword!
"Go, Brother Tian! Beat Tang San to death!"
Luo Zixuan cheered excitedly from the stands.
After Li Jiutian cut off the last of Tang San's Eight Spider Soul Bones, Tang San collapsed to the ground in a sorry state.
"It looks like Tang San can no longer fight. I declare that the champion of this match is Spirit Hall—!"
The Cardinal had just begun announcing the result when Tang San, impossibly, struggled back to his feet.
"You're at the end of your rope. What other tricks have you got? Bring them all out!"
Looking at Tang San, who was drenched in blood, Li Jiutian smiled.
"Victory... belongs... to... Shrek!"
After Tang San spoke, the fragments of the Eight Spider Soul Bones scattered on the ground all rose into the air, then shot toward Li Jiutian!
"You think an attack like that can hit me?"
Li Jiutian held the Flame Aurora Sword in front of himself, then spun wildly. The fragments all bounced away in different directions!
"No one can dodge Bat Wing Reincarnation, Li Jiutian! You're no exception!"
Tang San looked at the fragments of the Eight Spider Soul Bones as they flew away, then fainted.
Yet the fragments that had been knocked aside suddenly curved back through the air at an impossible angle, shooting toward Li Jiutian once more from behind!
Victory Belonged to Spirit Hall! ###
"Ah, Tang San, Tang San. If I didn't know about Bat Wing Reincarnation, then I'd have wasted my time reading the first part of Douluo Continent!" Li Jiutian thought, then shouted:
"I'll return every last fragment of your Eight Spider Soul Bones!"
"Third Soul Skill, Air Cut!"
Just as the Eight Spider Soul Bone fragments behind him were about to hit, Li Jiutian vanished into thin air. In the next instant, Tang San stood in his place!
"Whoosh!"
Dozens of Eight Spider Soul Bone fragments pierced straight through Tang San's body!
Looking back at Tang San, who was coughing up black blood, Li Jiutian thought, That probably finished him off. I shouldn't need to put in another hit.
"I declare that the champion of this match is Spirit Hall Academy!"
The Cardinal announced excitedly.
"That's my brother for you! He's incredible!"
Luo Zixuan cheered.
"Xiao Tian really is a monster among monsters!"
Yan couldn't help but exclaim from below the stage.
"Sect Master Ning, I'll have to trouble you now!"
Bibi Dong looked at Li Jiutian standing at the center of the arena, a faint smile on her lips.
"Seven Treasures Avatar!"
"Seven Treasures Famous, third Yue Soul!"
Ning Fengzhi slammed his cane against the ground. A hundred-meter-tall Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda appeared in the air in an instant, radiating waves of white light!
The light from the pagoda then began healing the injured Soul Masters in the arena.
Luo Zixuan ran into the Soul Fighting Arena and threw her arms around Li Jiutian, beaming. "Brother, you're amazing!"
"They were just a bunch of minnows. As long as you weren't hurt, that's all that matters!"
Li Jiutian affectionately patted her on the head.
Seeing this, Xue Qinghe felt a twinge of jealousy, then turned and left.
Once Xie Yue and the others had mostly recovered, they walked over to Li Jiutian. Hu Liena spoke first:
"Xiao Tian, we were lucky to have you in this match. I never thought that despicable Tang San would use Hidden Weapons."
"This victory belongs to everyone. If Tang San hadn't used Hidden Weapons, he would never have been a match for Demon Charm."
Li Jiutian replied modestly.
His words warmed Xie Yue and the others.
"Children, you all did wonderfully. Come with me to Spirit Hall Square to receive your rewards!"
Bibi Dong had just turned to leave when a voice stopped her.
"Bibi Dong, don't you think you've gone too far?"
"You sent someone like Li Jiutian into the match and had him beat our children from Shrek Academy until they were all gravely injured, hovering near death. Why would you do that?"
Grandmaster shouted furiously.
"Mind your place. Address me as His Holiness the Pope!"
"What's wrong with my sending Li Jiutian into the match? Is he disqualified by age, or does he fail to meet any other requirement for the tournament?"
"Besides, injuries are normal in Soul Fighting Arena matches. Didn't Tang San and the others also go all out, leaving Hu Liena and the others gravely injured?"
"I haven't even settled the score with you over Tang San using Hidden Weapons. You'd better learn your place!"
"If Li Jiutian hadn't possessed overwhelming strength, his fate could have been even worse than Hu Liena and the others'!"
"Get out. Shrek Academy has no business here anymore!"
Bibi Dong said coldly.
When it came to trading barbs, Bibi Dong showed Grandmaster no mercy.
Grandmaster was left speechless.
"Your Holiness the Pope, there's one more thing I need to tell you!"
Li Jiutian called out.
"Oh? What is it?"
Bibi Dong looked at him in puzzlement.
"Your Holiness the Pope, Shrek Academy may leave after losing, but one person absolutely cannot leave. That person is Xiao Wu!"
Li Jiutian said seriously.
"What do you mean?"
Liu Erlong clutched Xiao Wu in her arms, looking furious.
"Why? Because Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!"
Li Jiutian's words shocked everyone present.
"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? Why can't I sense her aura? How did you know?"
Bibi Dong looked at Xiao Wu with undisguised greed, then asked.
"My Shining Golden Eyes can see through a Soul Beast's disguise. I knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from the moment the match began!"
Li Jiutian replied. He certainly wanted to seize the chance to capture Xiao Wu.
If she made it back to the Star Dou Great Forest, Da Ming and Er Ming would be guarding her. It would be much harder to capture her then.
"If she really is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Spirit Hall has every right to take her!"
Bibi Dong gave a cold snort. The Soul Douluos and Soul Saints of Spirit Hall immediately surrounded everyone from Shrek Academy.
Something must be concealing Xiao Wu's aura. Otherwise, I'd never have let her enter this match!
Dugu Bo thought.
"Is my Xiao Wu really a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?"
Liu Erlong stared in shock.
"Whether Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast or not, she's a member of our Shrek Academy!"
After speaking, Flender stepped in front of Xiao Wu. Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang followed close behind.
"Shrek Academy is an honored guest of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. You won't take Xiao Wu!"
After Sword Douluo spoke, his aura surged. He flew on his sword above the people from Shrek Academy.
Tang San and the others had all been beaten so badly they were on the verge of death. They remained unconscious.
"You dare oppose Spirit Hall? You're asking for death!"
After speaking, Bibi Dong floated in front of Flender and the others. Her Soul Rings appeared one after another: yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.
The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared, and its tremendous pressure left everyone present struggling to breathe!
Their targets are Tang San and Xiao Wu. As long as I get those two out of here, the others from Shrek will be safe!
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"
Dugu Bo thought, then stood on the head of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and charged toward Tang San and Xiao Wu!
"Fool!"
Bibi Dong casually waved her right hand. Dugu Bo was instantly pinned down, unable to move!
"Sun and Moon Shine, Golden Transformation!"
Yu Xiaogang shouted. The three of them formed a triangle, and a pillar of golden light erupted around them!
Luo Sanpao leaped into the pillar of light, then transformed into a Golden Sacred Dragon more than ten meters long!
The Golden Sacred Dragon roared and charged at Bibi Dong!
"Know your place!"
Bibi Dong released her Soul Power. Dugu Bo and the Golden Sacred Dragon were both blasted a hundred meters away.
"You two, go capture that rabbit!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and the other man nodded, then rushed toward Xiao Wu!
Just then, the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo aside.
"Got her!"