Individual Competition: Top Thirty-Two (4)

That being said, the power of this rain of arrows was not insignificant.

With three layers of enhancement, any one of these arrows has the power to kill a non-defense-type Soul Ancestor head-on. In fact, even a defense-type Soul Ancestor wouldn't be able to guarantee their survival under this rain of arrows, because it's a whole area, not just a single arrow.

Quantitative change can lead to qualitative change.

Although it's a low-probability event, it does happen.

Unfortunately, this rain of arrows was still useless against Ye Qingcang.

The endless flames stretched for hundreds of meters.

The sound of explosions was incessant.

Every arrow that fell created a crater more than ten meters in diameter and about two meters deep on the Metal Arena. Some arrows even repeatedly blasted away five or six meters of ground in an area that was between four hundred and nine hundred meters long and five hundred meters wide, which looked like a fan from above. This created an irregular depression, causing many Soul Master and spectators to look horrified and whisper among themselves, which gradually spread throughout the arena.

"Brother, can you do it?" At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, Meng Hongchen crossed her arms and looked at her brother, Xiao Hongchen, with heterochromatic eyes, beside her. "If all 128 Soul Guidance Cannon fire simultaneously..."

"That's impossible."

"Although all 128 of my Soul Guidance Cannon are equipped with explosive runes, the runes will still be damaged after prolonged firing."

"Moreover, arrows can curve and split."

"The Soul Power that is launched will not..."

Xiao Hongchen shook his head.

The strength of Soul Master lies in their Soul Skill.

The strength of Soul Tool Master lies in their widespread availability.

A Soul Master with the Heavenly Soul Empire Skills is a completely different concept from a Soul Master with the same Soul Power Level, the same Martial Soul, and even the same other Soul Skill. They also exhibit two different levels of strength.

Take Xiao Wu for example.

Invincible Golden Body, Teleport, Void.

This is a typical Heavenly Soul Empire skill.

One involves physical and magical immunity, another involves space, and the third involves the transformation between the real and the virtual, with the main focus on maximizing fault tolerance.

If Jiang Nannan were to fight Xiao Wu, without a doubt, Jiang Nannan would lose. Even if Jiang Nannan had cultivated Stellar Martial Arts, it wouldn't matter. Stellar Martial Arts, without reaching the middle stage, at most makes one stronger, faster, quicker to react, and thicker-skinned. That's about it. The real qualitative change comes from the middle stage magnetic field.

So, let's assume we're in a team fight.

Jiang Nannan may not be able to cut through the Xiao Hongchen.

But Xiao Wu definitely can.

Just like a topic Ye Qingcang once studied: the uniqueness and principle of the Invincible Golden Body, and the diversity of pseudo- Invincible Golden Body.

There are two types of Invincible Golden Body.

One is Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body.

Also known as the True Invincible Golden Body.

One type is the Invincible Golden Body of the other types.

It's called the Pseudo- Invincible Golden Body.

Although activating the former requires consuming Soul Power, and once the Soul Power is exhausted, it cannot be used, the essence of this Invincible Golden Body is the manifestation of the defensive rules between heaven and earth. It is equivalent to triggering the self-protection mechanism of heaven and earth. If someone can withstand this Invincible Golden Body and kill Xiao Wu, that person can also tear open the barrier of this world, go to other worlds, and travel in the Star River.

The specific manifestation of this is the tearing of space.

But the "torn space" here refers to what appears to be.

In reality, simply tearing space is not enough to break through the Invincible Golden Body.

In other words, as long as the attack does not exceed the upper limit of the world's self-protection mechanism, attacks of any attribute and type can be blocked.

However, the consumption is different.

It's possible that blocking a level 7 Soul Guidance Cannon Shell would require consuming level 1 Soul Power, but blocking Level 9 Soul Tool Bomb would require consuming level 10 Soul Power. The exact amount consumed depends on what you're blocking.

But as is widely known.

Humans and other living beings can only obtain the power to negate the world from outside the world. Therefore, theoretically, there is no Soul Skill that can break through the Invincible Golden Body from the front. At least in the Douluo World, such a Soul Skill will not be produced, so as not to cause any contradictions.

The latter, like the former, requires the consumption of Soul Power, and there is an upper limit. If the theoretical threshold is exceeded, the Invincible Golden Body will also shatter, even if the Soul Power is not completely consumed.

Therefore, to kill Xiao Wu, one must either use Soul Skill with maximum destructive power, including but not limited to other types of attacks, to drain Xiao Wu 'Xiao Wu Soul Power Soul Power until she is exhausted and unable to maintain her Invincible Golden Body, then one can kill Xiao Wu in the process; or one can learn from Bibidong and obtain a higher level of power from the Divine Realm, which would allow one to ignore the self-protection mechanism of the Douluo Continent and most of the influences on the Douluo Continent, thus killing Xiao Wu.

You can refer to Ah Rou for this point.

That's how Ah Rou died.

To kill Jiang Nannan, any Soul Saint would suffice. Jiang Nannan's Invincible Golden Body cannot withstand an attack launched by Soul Saint using their Martial Soul Avatar, at least not with her current Soul Power Level.

One is damage immunity.

One is to resist injury.

These are the two Invincible Golden Body.

It is worth mentioning that Ye Qingcang also carefully studied the research on the Sun Moon Empire.

The research progress of the Sun Moon Empire has been very rapid in recent years.

They even created a golden body and precious stones.

The Sun Moon Empire even gave this thing a very nice name.

Golden Shield Jade Barrier.

To put it simply, it's the kind of Soul Tool that can grant Soul Tool Master Invincible Golden Body effect; of course, here we're referring to a pseudo- Invincible Golden Body.

The cost of such Soul Tool is extremely high.

The material used is naturally the Golden Body Stone.

An extremely rare and extremely expensive item.

The price of a single Golden Body Stone can reach tens of thousands of times the value of gold equivalent to its own system, often costing millions of Gold Soul Coin.

Moreover, this is the price of one of the raw materials.

Other raw materials will need to be added later.

Even so, it's still a consumable item.

It is to be scrapped immediately after one use.

The most successful creation to date is that after consuming all the Soul Power of a level 69 Soul Emperor, it can obtain a shield that lasts for 15 minutes, which can protect against one attack from a Title Douluo or higher but below Super Douluo. This refers to a full-force attack.

And then that was it.

In other words, once the Super Douluo makes a move...

This thing will be scrapped immediately.

No matter how much Soul Power you have, it's useless.

But Xiao Wu is different. As long as Xiao Wu is equipped with enough Milk Bottle, or what is technically called portable Soul Tool for storing Soul Power, and Xiao Wu Soul Power is ensured to be sufficient, she can withstand the attacks of Limit Douluo like Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui for an indefinite period of time.

That's why.

The path of Soul Master is unique and cannot be replicated.

One strong person does not equal a group of strong people.

Fortunately, the path of Soul Tool Master is the opposite.

A group of strong individuals does not equal one strong individual.

Each has its advantages and disadvantages, and it's hard to say which is stronger.

It's like Xiao Hongchen admitting he can't beat the student on the Heaven Ranking in a one-on-one fight, but if the Sun Moon Empire can field a Soul Guidance Cannon Corps, then how many archers of similar skill can the Douluo Continent field for a long-range artillery battle?

Therefore, although Xiao Hongchen was confident that he could destroy the Metal Arena to a similar state as it is now, he absolutely could not destroy the Metal Arena to this extent with just one round of attacks.

In terms of burst power, he certainly can't match it.

"Fortunately... he is not our enemy."

"We don't need to suffer failure."

"I don't need to engage in a firefight with him."

Unfortunately... he is not our enemy.

"We can only enjoy it by watching."

"I didn't even have a chance to clash with him in team fights."

Xiao Hongchen sighed softly, his expression and tone somewhat complicated, it was hard to say whether he was more disappointed or happy.

But whether he was disappointed or happy.

The battles off the field are nearing their end.

Violet effortlessly dealt with the other powerful students.

And they turned their attention to Ye Qingcang.

The real elites are all in one team.

The second team's performance was merely passable.

However, while that's the case, it only applies to what others consider elite and worthy of attention. In reality, the students Violet alone has recruited are all Heaven Ranking. Moreover, even compared to Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, and Xi Xi from the Shrek Academy, or Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ji Juechen from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, they are not inferior at all and are basically at the same level.

Unfortunately, they were facing no one else.

It was Violet had single-handedly defeated all of them.

Therefore, failure is to be expected.

This seemingly childish logic is precisely the truest fact.

Ye Qingcang was still somewhat interested and wanted to play with this nominal senior to see what other tricks he had up his sleeve. However, considering that Violet was over and there was Individual Competition to be held tomorrow, he sped up his pace.

Raise your hand.

An arrow that was falling suddenly stopped.

It stopped in mid-air.

It looked particularly out of place amidst the scattering and falling arrows.

This scene captivated the attention of all the viewers.

This naturally attracted the attention of the young man with the bow.

Knowing full well what this action meant, the young man squatted down without hesitation.

He kicked it out.

Stepping on the suddenly enlarged longbow.

He held the Soul Power bowstring with both hands.

The spine is like a dragon, with qi and blood surging.

Dead blood Entanglement to the bowstring.

It exudes a tragic atmosphere of "do or die".

Immediately, he took a deep breath.

A thick arrow of Soul Power immediately landed in the correct position.

There was nothing earth-shattering about it.

Nothing special.

It seemed unremarkable compared to all the previous attacks.

But it is more alarming than any previous attack.

A stinging sensation.

It felt like a steel knife was pressed against my heart.

That kind of agonizing, unsettling pain, even when you know you're not actually hurt.

It permeated everyone's heart.

certainly.

This does not include Ye Qingcang.

This does not include Violet, who was standing to the side.

At that moment, Ye Qingcang took the arrow, which clearly had all its kinetic energy drained, and casually played with it in his hand.

It's like spinning a pen.

With a casual flick of the wrist, the arrow points directly at the opponent.

They were more than 500 meters apart.

They slowly locked eyes with the young man, whom they weren't particularly familiar with but had sparred with before—a man who had unilaterally crushed them.

"Lie Shi..."

This is a very ordinary name.

The young man with the bow read it aloud in a relieved tone.

At the moment the sound was emitted.

The hand holding the bowstring loosened its grip.

The arrow arrived at Ye Qingcang at a speed that others could not see.

This arrow was so fast that it shattered five layers of the sound barrier.

Five full rings of white mist exploded.

More than 500 meters?

Sorry, that's just a fraction of the arrow's speed!

Five rings of white mist indicate that the arrow's flight speed exceeded 1,700 meters per second. Since the speed of sound is 340 meters per second, more than five times the speed of sound makes the 500-meter distance seem incredibly short. In less than a third of a second, the arrow would hit its target. Not only would it be invisible to weaker spectators, but even Soul Saint and Soul Douluo would find it impossible to see even half of the arrow's trajectory. Only Title Douluo could barely discern its path, and even then, they couldn't guarantee they could catch it, because its speed was simply too great!

However, for Ye Qingcang, who measures his time in milliseconds, this arrow was something he could only take seriously, not something he would take seriously.

A flick of the finger.

The arrow, originally held between the index and middle fingers, struck the arrow traveling at over 1,700 meters per second with a perfect trajectory. In less than a fraction of a second, it acted like a black hole, absorbing all the kinetic energy of the arrow, including other energy within it. After shattering its impractical outer shell, it directly reversed the force by five times, exploding into five layers of air waves in the blink of an eye, landing precisely at the feet of the bow-wielding youth. A fireball a hundred meters high slowly rose from the arena, its horizontal air waves creating a rare and beautiful sight.

A shockwave rippled around the fireball.

The shockwave was biased towards Ye Qingcang's side.

The ten slowly spreading white mist rings were successively cut in half by the horizontal air waves.

The white mist circle closest to the fireball is the largest.

The white mist ring furthest from the fireball.

That is, Ye Qingcang's side.

It is also the largest.

Secondly, there are the second and ninth laps.

Secondly, there are the third and eighth laps, which are also in a state of opposition.

Then came the fourth and seventh laps, which were quite close, less than 100 meters apart.

Finally, there are the fifth and sixth laps.

Experienced people can easily see from these aftershocks what happened: the fifth burst of the arrow was forcibly contained, and then the other side launched a reverse burst.

It doesn't sound difficult.

But discussing toxicity without considering dosage is utter nonsense.

The sheer power and kinetic energy of an arrow capable of blocking a speed exceeding 1,700 meters per second, or even exploding in the opposite direction, are completely unknown. This isn't a simple matter of adding or subtracting elements from the supersonic barrier; it involves mass issues. For example, why didn't the two arrows explode at their point of impact? Normally, the fireball and the associated shockwave should have exploded in the middle, or even more so, towards Ye Qingcang's side. However, the result was the opposite: the explosion occurred to the side of the bow-wielding youth, blasting him off the stage. This is clearly quite illogical.

However, whether it's reasonable or unreasonable.

The results are in.

"Referee, you can announce the result now."

Ye Qingcang shook his head, nodded to the Soul Saint referee who was still somewhat dazed below the stage, ignored the applause and cheers that gradually rose from the audience, and led Violet and the others back to the lounge below the stage.