Wind Xiaotian's Star Official Defense Challenge, Grade D+, Random Second Spirit: Soul Breaking Spear

"Give up this hard-won Lucky Star Feather."

After explaining his duties, he said no more.

Whether to accept a Star Official Challenge was entirely up to the person. He would never force anyone.

Feng Xiaotian gradually calmed down.

He took a feather radiating sacred golden light from his robes.

Then he looked up at the Mysterious Golden Stele high in the sky.

A glimmer of determination flashed in his eyes.

Having made up his mind, he turned around, bowed respectfully, and said:

"Feng Xiaotian pays his respects to Senior!"

"I'm willing to accept the Star Official Challenge!"

"What should I do?"

Chapter 8: Wind Xiaotian's Star Official Defense Challenge, Grade D+, Random Second Spirit: Soul Breaking Spear

Lin Feng looked at Feng Xiaotian before him and said:

"Just channel your Soul Power into the Star Feather."

Feng Xiaotian glanced at Huo Wu beneath the arena. A glimmer of determination flashed in his eyes.

He said solemnly, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"

Then, under the astonished gazes of countless onlookers,

he channeled Soul Power into the Golden Feather in his hand.

The Lucky Star Feather blazed with golden light and flew into the air.

The golden light formed two words: "Defense."

Lin Feng spoke. "Feng Xiaotian, the Star Official Challenge has begun."

"Now, immediately form your strongest defensive technique."

"One minute from now, the Star Feather will unleash thunder upon you."

"The more thunder your defense withstands, the richer your reward will be."

Feng Xiaotian listened to him, his heart pounding with excitement.

He looked up at the "Attack" Mysterious Golden Stele in the sky.

Unable to resist, he asked:

"May I ask, Senior, once I complete the Star Official Challenge..."

"Will another Golden Stele bearing the word 'Defense' appear in the sky?"

Lin Feng nodded. "That's right. Begin your preparations."

After those final words, he closed his eyes.

He sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion, still as a meditating monk, unmoving as a mountain.

Feng Xiaotian's face lit up with joy, and he clenched his fists.

Things had gone exactly as he'd expected.

He was glad he'd made the right decision last night. Coming to Spirit City had allowed him to catch the Star Official Challenge in time.

Composing himself, Feng Xiaotian murmured:

"I'm a wind-attribute Power Attack System Battle Soul Master, focused on killing."

"Defense really is my weak point."

"Fortunately, I've evolved Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes into Fifty-Four Consecutive Slashes!"

"Not only has its power increased tremendously, it can also form a Storm Defense Shield!"

A pair of cyan wings sprouted from his back, and he flew into the air.

The power of a 52nd-level Soul King erupted from him, kicking up a gale and filling the air with an astonishing presence.

He shouted coldly:

"Gale Demon Wolf... Fifty-Four Consecutive Slashes!"

Then his body spun through the air at a terrifying speed, churning the wind and clouds.

The attack's power continued to build, eventually reaching the level of a Soul Emperor.

It kept growing stronger until it formed a Storm Defense Shield.

Feng Xiaotian didn't grow complacent. He continued feeding more Soul Power into the shield, reinforcing it.

He only hoped to withstand the thunder a little longer and earn a richer reward.

Beneath the arena, across the entire Spirit Soul City Square,

everyone stared at Feng Xiaotian as he formed the Storm Defense Shield atop the platform.

Though Gale Demon Wolf Fifty-Four Consecutive Slashes took the form of a defensive technique,

the aura it gave off was incredibly powerful, reaching the level of a Soul Emperor.

At the same time, everyone was full of curiosity about the "Star Official Challenge" and the "Lucky Star Feather."

The silver-haired man sitting on the meditation cushion at the center of the arena had said that anyone who accepted a Star Official Challenge

could receive rewards such as Spirit Bones, Soul Rings, and rare treasures.

Many people remained skeptical, while others believed him without question.

Someone the Pope of Spirit Hall treated as an honored guest,

and whom Ghost Douluo addressed as "Senior,"

someone who had badly injured Ghost Leopard Douluo just by using a Defense Array to repel him—he was certainly no ordinary person.

As Ghost Douluo Gui Mei treated Ghost Leopard Douluo's injuries, he watched Feng Xiaotian.

He exclaimed in admiration:

"As expected of a genius Soul Master born with Innate Full Soul Power, Feng Xiaotian!"

"He's only a 52nd-level Soul King!"

"Yet he can unleash a Self-Created Soul Skill comparable to a Soul Emperor's!"

"When Nana and Xie Yue, Yan, and the others were Feng Xiaotian's age..."

"They would probably have been a little weaker than him!"

"Too bad. Though the Gale Demon Wolf Beast Martial Soul isn't weak..."

"It simply can't compare to truly powerful Martial Souls!"

Gui Mei had witnessed Hu Liena's Star Official Challenge in the Mist Forest yesterday,

so this didn't surprise him. He simply hadn't expected Feng Xiaotian's challenge to be "Defense" and Hu Liena's to be "Attack."

Ghost Leopard Douluo, whose injuries had begun to ease, looked terrified.

He stared at the silver-haired man sitting cross-legged on the meditation cushion at the center of the arena, eyes closed.

If Gui Mei hadn't treated him in time, he would have died.

Xie Yue and Yan watched Feng Xiaotian on the arena, their faces grave.

Xie Yue frowned and said coldly:

"I can't believe Feng Xiaotian reached the 52nd level as a Soul King in just three years!"

"Is this what a genius Soul Master with the same ten levels of Innate Full Soul Power as Tang San is like?"

Feeling the aura Feng Xiaotian was releasing, Yan said gravely:

"Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes was Feng Xiaotian's Self-Created Soul Skill!"

"I can't believe he's taken it all the way to Fifty-Six Consecutive Slashes!"

"Its power has increased several times over!"

Both were members of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, and they were proud.

After Tang San, they had come to regard Feng Xiaotian as a formidable rival.

Huo Wu was Feng Xiaotian's girlfriend, clever and quick-witted.

Now, gazing at him on the arena, she clasped her hands in front of her chest as if making a wish.

She bit her lip and prayed under her breath: "Xiaotian, you have to do your best!"

At that moment, the whole arena fell completely silent.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Feng Xiaotian, still working to reinforce the Storm Defense Shield atop the platform.

They waited eagerly to see what kind of reward he would receive when the challenge ended.

Just then, at the center of the arena, on the meditation cushion,

Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes and spoke in a dignified voice:

"Your one minute of preparation is up!"

"Defense Challenge... begins!"

As his final word fell, the Lucky Star Feather suspended in the air

lost its golden glow and turned purplish blue.

An unsettling, hair-raising aura spread through the air.

Then came a thunderous boom.

A sharp, terrifying bolt of lightning burst from the Star Feather.

It streaked across the sky and crashed into the Storm Defense Shield Feng Xiaotian had formed.

The air filled with deafening explosions.

The Storm Defense Shield held firm against the thunder.

But Feng Xiaotian paid a terrible price.

He spat blood, his face pale.

Yet his exposed eyes burned with defiance.

He roared, "Again!"

The Lucky Star Feather seemed to know it was being provoked.

It quivered slightly, and a second bolt of lightning shot out, striking the Storm Defense Shield.

This time, as the wind and smoke cleared,

the shield was covered in countless cracks, on the verge of crumbling.

Feng Xiaotian spat out three mouthfuls of blood. His body could no longer hold on.

He plummeted from the air, crashing down in a pitiful heap.

The purplish-blue light flowing from the Golden Feather turned gold again.

It caught Feng Xiaotian and lowered him gently to the ground.

Then it flew over to Lin Feng, who caught it in his hand, and vanished.

Everyone present was stunned by what they had just seen.

They hadn't expected that this so-called Star Official Challenge would nearly cost Feng Xiaotian his life.