Plaque Removal!
First Soul Skill: Sharp!
Second Soul Skill: Break!
Third Soul Skill: Chase!
Fourth Soul Skill: Penetration!
Fifth Soul Skill: Annihilation!
Chen Zifeng held the Soul Chasing Sword, and an aura of mountains of corpses and Sea of Blood surged from the scarlet sword in his hand, but it was far less than the Killing Intent possessed by Tang Chen, the Asura God Test Taker, not even reaching one ten-thousandth of it.
However, even though Chen Zifeng's Killing Intent was less than one ten-thousandth of Tang Chen's, it was still so heavy that it was visible to the naked eye. Especially after stacking five Soul Skill, even though Gongyang Mo's amplification was not applied immediately, the coldness of the mountain of corpses Sea of Blood made the Inner Court students watching outside the training ground turn slightly pale, and the Outer Court students were even more unbearable, with faint sounds of retching coming from the crowd.
Chen Zifeng follows the Extreme Style.
The ideal is to break through all laws with a single sword.
First Soul Skill: Sharp; Provides a 50% armor penetration increase.
Second Soul Skill: Break; Provides a 50% power boost.
Third Soul Skill: Pursuit; Provides a 50% speed boost.
Fourth Soul Skill: Penetration; Once activated, ignores 30% of the opponent's defense. Each time flesh damage is dealt to the opponent, an additional 10% of the opponent's current base defense is reduced, up to a maximum of 300%.
Fifth Soul Skill: Annihilation; Soul Power consumption is halved, the amplification effect provided by the first four Soul Skill is doubled, the debuff effect provided is increased by 50%, and a sword aura can be accumulated each time flesh damage is dealt to the opponent. Each sword aura can provide a 10% amplification based on the user's current attack power, with a stacking limit of 99 sword auras. When using it, each sword aura requires an additional 1% of the total Soul Power.
This is the unreasonable Soul Master system.
This is the unreasonable Douluo Continent.
Too many Soul Skill are boosted by a percentage!
Take Tang Chen for example. The reason why Ye Qingcang was beaten so badly by Tang Chen in his half-crippled state, with his Tier 9 Soul Tool Death God Tower on the verge of collapse and even losing an arm, was mainly because Tang Chen's Soul Skill were too overpowered and too simple: the first Soul Skill provided a 150% increase in strength, the second Soul Skill provided a 100% increase in defense, and the third Soul Skill provided a 150% increase in speed. Combined with the special effect of the God of Slaughter Domain —after locking onto a single target, it unconditionally increases speed by 100% and unconditionally increases total attack power by 30%; even though Tang Chen didn't use the Great Sumeru Hammer and was being chased by the Chains of Heaven, he still taught Ye Qingcang a good lesson in the magnetic field state.
In general, the Stellar Martial Arts and the Soul Master system follow two different paths.
Stellar Martial Arts play with sublimation, calculating values by squares.
The Soul Master system relies on multipliers and percentage-based rewards.
Returning to Chen Zifeng, assuming Chen Zifeng current strength is 1,000 jin, after activating his second Soul Skill, his strength will be 1,500 jin, and after activating his Fifth Soul Skill, his strength will be 2,000 jin. After receiving a 30% strength boost from Gongyang Mo, this 30% boost is calculated based on the total value of 2,000 jin, not the base value of 1,000 jin. Therefore, Chen Zifeng's strength after receiving the full boost can reach 2,600 jin, while his base strength is only 1,000 jin.
Tang Chen used this to make up for the gap.
However, Tang Chen is Tang Chen.
Tang Chen has high base stats. When his Soul Skill is maxed out, his full-force hammer strike can generate more than 500,000 kilograms of force. With the enhancement of the God of Slaughter Domain, his speed can reach a top speed of nearly 290 meters per second.
However, Chen Zifeng's base stats are not as good as Tang Chen's.
Even with all the buffs, his strength wouldn't reach 10,000 jin, his speed wouldn't reach 100 meters per second, and his defense would be just average, because he spent all his skill points on offense.
Therefore, he could only be suppressed and beaten!
They were being overwhelmed by weapons that could fly at supersonic speeds!
Although Ye Qingcang's Gate of Babylon was a replica, his spiritual power didn't support him in materializing the real Gate of Babylon. If he could materialize the real Gate of Babylon, even without Soul Power, he could still use the interdimensional treasures within the treasury to restart the Douluo Universe. Therefore, from the beginning, his Gate of Babylon was a replica. But even as a replica, the Gate of Babylon, having absorbed a host of replica treasures, possessed a portion of the power of the real Gate of Babylon's Treasury. Chen Zifeng's Soul Chasing Sword was at most equivalent to the lowest-grade treasure in the Gate of Babylon— its power was inferior, its speed was inferior, and its quality was mediocre. What could Chen Zifeng use to block it?
But no matter what, Chen Zifeng still had a sword in his hand!
Dai Yueheng is the one who's truly miserable!
And Yao Haoxuan too!
In front of all the audience, including the students of the Inner Court and Outer Court, the teachers and deans of the Outer Court, and several elders of the Inner Court, they were riddled with holes. If Ye Qingcang hadn't avoided those fatal spots, Dai Yueheng and Yao Haoxuan, the two human shields, would have been dead long ago!
Compared to Dai Yueheng, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zifeng, who were all covered in wounds, Gongyang Mo, the support-type Soul King, and Xi Xi, the agility-type Soul King, performed surprisingly well.
Although she narrowly escaped death, Gongyang Mo, who could fly, was sent flying everywhere by various weapons. Xi Xi, who could run, couldn't even engage in close combat with Ye Qingcang. Whenever she had the thought or action of getting close to Ye Qingcang, a barrage of swords blocked her path of advance. However, with her extraordinary speed and the two lightning-shaped daggers in her hands, Xi Xi is currently the only one who has kept the number of wounds to within ten.
"I don't know when it started, but the number of wounds seems to have become a kind of glory..." Xi Xi silently mocked herself. As one of the current Shrek Seven Devils, the fact that she, a Soul King, could be forced to flee in a sorry state by Ye Qingcang, a mere Soul Ancestor, was only because Ye Qingcang was fighting all five of them at the same time. Her self-esteem and pride had long been crushed in the process. "In the past, we considered being unscathed an honor and wounds a disgrace. Agility-based attackers are all about speed, so fast that the opponent can't hurt you, a fatal blow. I never thought that today I would feel honor from the shame of wounds... Hmm?"
A strong wind swept in.
Xi Xi subconsciously turned her head, revealing a sword scar on her pretty face.
A trickle of blood rolled down the wound on his face.
It reached down to his chin and then dripped down.
But Xi Xi's pupils were constricted.
"This is..." The familiar gale swept in again. Xi Xi suddenly raised her Lightning Dagger; a blinding spark and half a blade flashed and disappeared in the wind, leaving Xi Xi completely bewildered. "An invisible sword?"
"No, it's the Wind King Barrier." Gongyang Mo, who could fly, lacked combat ability and was eventually trapped like a dumpling by the Chains of Heaven when his Soul Power was almost exhausted. Ye Qingcang looked at the still struggling Xi Xi with admiration. "As the one who lasted until the end, congratulations, you've had the good fortune to witness some interesting little tricks..."
A pure golden circular hole appeared under Ye Qingcang's hand.
The air was revealed as if Void.
Ye Qingcang then reached out and grabbed the air.
With a gentle flick, a sword's cry, like the roar of a dragon, resounded.
The Wind King Barrier shattered, revealing the sword in its entirety.
"The effect of the Wind King Barrier is invisibility..." Ye Qingcang threw out the longsword in his hand. Unlike the weapons that were controlled to be less than 340 meters per second, this sword was a true sonic sword. The previous throws without sonic boom clouds were at most Hiss. "To be precise, a perfect Wind King Barrier can also conceal your aura. Invisibility is just one of the functions of this minor Wind King Barrier, which can effectively make the opponent misjudge your attack distance."
Xi Xi, pinned to the ground by the sword, had a lifeless look in her eyes.
Beside it were two daggers with cracks.
I felt like each day was an eternity.
In reality, it only lasted for less than three minutes.
This three-minute battle was more exhausting than a three-hour duel with Ma Xiaotao. She was constantly facing attacks that seemed to penetrate every nook and cranny, making it impossible to create any distance. Weapons were everywhere, even under her feet, forcing her to change her movement habits multiple times. After successfully dodging the first two attacks, Ye Qingcang predicted her movement the third time. If she hadn't braked in time, the sword that suddenly emerged from the ground would have pierced her foot.
Habits are very difficult to change.
This is especially true for Agility Attack System Soul Master like her.
"Now..." Xi Xi slowly closed her eyes. Everyone said that Dai Yueheng and Yao Haoxuan were seriously injured, riddled with holes, but although she wasn't riddled with holes, the high-speed movement caused her wounds to bleed profusely, leading to excessive blood loss. Her Shrek Inner Court uniform was completely soaked. If it weren't for the strong physical constitution of Soul Master, she would have died long ago with this level of blood loss. "It's finally over..."
"No, not yet."
Zhang Lexuan heard Xi Xi's mutterings.
He shook his head, giving a negative answer to Xi Xi, who had already fainted.
With a wave of his hand, the school medical team, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed over and carried away Dai Yueheng and the other three who had fainted due to excessive blood loss for treatment. They also checked on Gongyang Mo, who had been trapped like a dumpling, and confirmed that Gongyang Mo only had superficial injuries before casting a healing spell.
The focus of treatment is still on Dai Yueheng.
Then, he left the blood-soaked playground to Zhang Lexuan: "I am Zhang Lexuan, twenty-two years old, a level seventy-eight Soul Saint, please grant me..."
"Etc!"
Before Zhang Lexuan could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Xuan Zi, who suddenly appeared on the playground.
Most of the students in the Outer Court were still confused and didn't understand who this old man who smelled of alcohol was.
The students in the Inner Court spontaneously stood up.
Like a group of children who have done something wrong.
Filled with shame, they cried out in unison, "Xuan Zi..."
"Alright, it's like you've lost a battle!" Xuan Zi flicked his sleeve in annoyance. "This kid was not someone you could handle anyway. He's God Trial Taker. Anyone who can beat him within five years of his age is already at the Limit Douluo level. It's not your fault you lost... Le Xuan, step down. Your martial uncle has other plans for you."
There are too many flaws in what Xuan Zi.
The teachers and students from the Outer Court and Inner Court looked at each other in bewilderment.
What does "it seems like we've lost a battle" mean?
It is clearly true!
They were overwhelmed by Ye Qingcang's relentless attacks. Even the combined efforts of the Inner Court and Outer Court couldn't defeat them. They were attacked from both sides repeatedly, and their morale plummeted and their confidence severely waned. Is there a problem?
And there are also those God Trial Taker!
As a student of the Shrek Academy, you may not know who the dean of the Shrek Academy is, but you absolutely cannot not know who the original Shrek Seven Devils are!
The original Shrek Seven Devils were the God Trial Taker.
In the past ten thousand years, no one has ever been known to be God Trial Taker.
Now, suddenly a God Trial Taker has appeared, and this God Trial Taker is the one who's been attacking them head-on. They've found an excuse to lose, and they accept their defeat wholeheartedly, but they still feel inexplicably aggrieved: You, a God Trial Taker, what did Shrek Academy do to offend you that you, God Trial Taker, are worthy of raising your banner and slapping us in the face?
However, no matter how many complaints there were, and no matter how frustrated the teachers and students of the Outer Court and Inner Court were, it didn't stop Xuan Zi from speaking at this moment, "Student Ye, Shrek Academy is the number one Advanced Soul Master Academy in the entire continent, with a proven track record and amazing achievements in cultivating several God Trial Taker. After a vote by the Poseidon Pavilion, we have specially invited you to join our Shrek Academy's Inner Court. What do you think?"
I don't think so.
Ye Qingcang was not fooled by this seemingly sincere trap.
Shrek Academy?
What's the point?
When Tu Xuan Zi led the team for the first time, he reduced Zhang Lexuan's Learning of the Mind to four out of twelve. Of the twelve geniuses who reached level sixty before the age of twenty, only Zhang Lexuan is currently unaffected.
It was Tu Xuan Zi who led the team for the second time, causing heavy losses to Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek Seven Devils. Huo Yuhao almost died in the self-destruction of the Evil Spirit Master. He can be called the biggest contributor to the immediate rise of the Holy Spirit Church.
Or perhaps it was because Xuan Zi led the team for the third time that Xiao Xiao, his disciple, almost suffered the same fate. If Huo Yuhao hadn't reminded Xuan Zi in time, Xiao Xiao would have died without a burial place like the other geniuses, such as Zhang Lexuan.
Shrek Academy... Is he out of his mind?
He patted the large banner behind him.
Ye Qingcang was not tempted at all.
He valued the plaque more than Shrek Academy's invitation. Now that the banner was erected, he had to follow the rules of the Blue Tyrant Academy.
"To be honest, if it weren't for Xu Sanshi from the Shrek Academy falsely accusing me, I wouldn't have taken action and made such a mess of things."
"I just came to see a friend I haven't seen in years. I didn't expect to be lectured by Xu Sanshi using the school rules. Considering that the weak are not worthy of being lectured by the strong, I'm too lazy to argue with you. So, as you can see, I've taken action directly like this."
"Therefore, I never intended to the Shrek Academy from the very beginning."
"We only hit you because we had no other choice."
"To avoid you arresting me or killing me on charges of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble,' after much thought, I've decided to use this simpler method to shut you up. Do you understand now?"
The expressions on the faces of all the students, both from the Outer Court and Inner Court, were identically grim.
This unpleasantness wasn't directed at Ye Qingcang.
A God Trial Taker, whatever he says is right.
Not to mention that this God Trial Taker showed mercy, not only helping Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul Evolution into a phoenix, but also allowing Ling Luochen's Martial Soul Second Awakening, becoming the Ultimate Ice. Rather than showing mercy, it would be more accurate to say that he gave guidance.
Anyway, they really gave Shrek Academy a lot of face.
The problem lies with Xu Sanshi.
The main reason they were humiliated today was that Xu Sanshi, that bastard, was blind and arrogantly picked on Ye Qingcang, whom he thought was an easy target. He didn't expect that Ye Qingcang was not only not an easy target, but also a diamond hard enough to break Shrek Academy's front teeth. In his anger, Ye Qingcang included the entire Shrek Academy in his attack range, and they fully understood that!
If it were Ye Qingcang... Damn it, I'm already God Trial Taker, it's already good enough that I don't slander or bully others, how dare others slander or bully me?
Just take him down!
The Inner Court students of the Shrek Academy are usually arrogant and haughty. Ye Qingcang is stronger than these Inner Court students. Is it wrong for him to be a little arrogant?
If I had his strength, I would be even more arrogant than him!
But Xu Sanshi had already been beaten half to death by Ye Qingcang's Nine Sons of the Dragon Bracelet, and since he wasn't there, even if they were angry, they couldn't find anyone to vent their anger on!
"Alright..." Xuan Zi was quite frank, or rather, he had expected it. However, while he could give the plaque, he also wanted to fight for the Shrek Academy's reputation. He took the plaque from Yan Shaozhe with a dark face, and handed it to Ye Qingcang: "This is the first time I've seen God Trial Taker. I'd like to learn a few moves from you, Ye. But please rest assured, I have absolutely no intention of bullying the weak. I wonder if you would do me the honor of coming to Poseidon Lake to broaden my horizons?"
Xuan Zi is unreliable in his work, but his emotional intelligence is still quite good.
Of course, there was also the reason behind the advice from Mu En.
"Then please..." Ye Qingcang accepted the Shrek Academy plaque. From this moment on, the Shrek Academy gate would remain empty until someone from the Shrek Academy could solo Blue Tyrant Academy and retrieve the plaque. "Nan Nan, Yuhao, and the others, wait a moment. The grilled fish is indeed delicious. I promised to teach you a couple of moves, so I will. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, you two, and Tang Ya and Bei Bei, if you want to learn, you can come and learn a few moves too..."