Victory: First Soul Skill, Flame Kill Blade

Yuwen Tuo had devoted himself to mastering the Profound Sun Blazing Flame Finger and knew the acupoints throughout the human body like the back of his hand.

Generally speaking, the human body had 720 acupoints. There were approximately 52 single acupoints, 300 paired acupoints, and 50 extraordinary acupoints outside the meridians. Of these, 108 were vital points. Striking 72 of them would generally not be fatal, while the remaining 36 were lethal points.

These acupoints could be used to kill people, but they could also save them.

Thus, aside from being skilled in music and cooking, Yuwen Tuo was actually an expert physician as well.

Back then, his master often scolded him for this, saying that his combat strength was mediocre while he had learned all sorts of inexplicable miscellaneous arts, neglecting his proper training.

He felt quite wronged too. Had he wanted to become a doctor? Hadn't he inexplicably mastered medicine only to cultivate the Profound Sun Blazing Flame Finger?

He hadn't wanted to study music either, but if he failed to learn it properly, his master's wife would slap him across the face. Master, would you take that for me?

As for cooking, he had even less of a choice. After all, the biggest glutton in the household was neither himself nor his master's wife. Guess who it was?

Thanks to his thorough grasp of the human body's acupoints, although Yuwen Tuo was wholly inferior to Bei Bei in speed, strength, attack power, and cultivation power in today's battle, he could steadily suppress Bei Bei in close combat.

Even after activating Wrath of Thunder, Bei Bei no longer dared rashly engage Yuwen Tuo at close range.

"Second Soul Skill, Thunderous Myriad Bolts!"

Thunder surged wildly across Bei Bei's entire body. Countless arcs of serpentine lightning expanded at once, transforming into lightning arrows that flashed through the air and formed a dense net of thunder that descended upon Yuwen Tuo.

Against this sort of long-range attack, the close-combat-oriented Profound Sun Blazing Flame Finger was indeed useless.

However, Yuwen Tuo had other methods.

His First Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet, radiating a yellow light faintly tinged with purple. It was originally a Soul Ring of more than eight hundred years, not too far from reaching a thousand years.

"First Soul Skill, Flame Kill Blade!"

Yuwen Tuo's First Soul Ring came from a century-old Flame Blade Demon. This Flame Kill Blade transformed flames into a treasured saber, increasing attack power by fifty percent. It could also gather all flames into a single point before delivering one slash, called Flame Kill Slash, which could unleash an attack at two hundred percent power.

However, after that single strike, the Flame Kill Blade would dissipate and could not be reformed for a short time.

Yuwen Tuo would not directly use Flame Kill Slash. Without drawing upon the Xuanyuan Sword, it was currently his strongest offensive method and could not be used lightly.

But not using Flame Kill Slash did not mean he had no other options.

The Divine Fire Method contained two sets of martial techniques. Besides the Profound Sun Blazing Flame Finger, there was also the Blazing Flame Crazy Saber.

Although Yuwen Tuo mainly cultivated swordsmanship, he was not wholly unfamiliar with this saber technique. Just as his master had criticized him back then, his interests were too scattered—he learned everything.

To Yuwen Tuo, swordsmanship was his profession, saber techniques were his hobby, and movement and finger techniques were supplementary strengths.

Naturally, this saber technique was far less powerful than the Xuanyuan Sword Art, but it was enough to deal with the people of Douluo Continent. It could also conveniently conceal Yuwen Tuo's true ultimate arts.

The Xuanyuan Sword Art was his killing move.

The Blazing Flame Crazy Saber was broad and forceful, its paths simple and direct, with only three moves.

Wildfire Spreads the Plains Stance, Mountain of Blades Sea of Fire Stance, and Saha Breaks Prison Stance.

A stance was not the same as a move.

A move was merely a technique, while a stance was saber intent. Even the most basic Wildfire Spreads the Plains Stance, once fully unleashed, could turn dozens of meters before Yuwen Tuo into a blazing death zone.

However, this move could only target enemies directly ahead. Only with Mountain of Blades Sea of Fire Stance could all directions surrounding one's body be set ablaze. The ultimate Saha Breaks Prison Stance could even leave Red Earth Thousand Miles.

Bei Bei's current Thunderous Myriad Bolts was merely a second soul skill, and it was also a frontal attack. Yuwen Tuo only needed the first move to deal with it.

Wildfire Spreads the Plains Stance!

Yuwen Tuo slashed down, and raging flames collided head-on with the thunder.

The explosion of firelight and lightning left the entire arena on the verge of collapse.

Although Bei Bei had the enhancement of Wrath of Thunder, Yuwen Tuo also had the boost of Flame Kill Blade. Moreover, he possessed the Yin Yang Demon Eyes. The point his saber struck was precisely the weakest part of Bei Bei's Thunderous Myriad Bolts encirclement.

Since his strength could not compare to his opponent's, Yuwen Tuo could only use his own strengths to strike at the enemy's weaknesses.

Bei Bei's cultivation was not yet very high, and his soul skills contained many flaws that Yuwen Tuo could easily spot. But if Bei Bei reached Soul Emperor rank or above and used this century-old soul skill again, Yuwen Tuo likely would not be able to find any flaws. Once cultivation rose, it naturally elevated one's realm as well, causing soul skills to approach perfection until they had no weaknesses at all.

"My god, is this really a duel between a three-ring Soul Elder and a one-ring Soul Master? Why does it feel no less impressive than a Soul Ancestor battle?"

"Forget the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—who exactly is that kid? His finger techniques are exquisitely unpredictable, his saber technique tyrannical and fierce, and he controls flames as easily as moving his own arm. How could such a person be hidden among the new students without me knowing a thing?"

"Senior Bei Bei can't gain the upper hand at all! No way, he isn't going to lose here today, is he? I bet my entire fortune on him! If he loses, I'll go bankrupt! Don't let that happen!!!"

After using the Flame Kill Blade to block Thunderous Myriad Bolts, Yuwen Tuo seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

With one slash, he tore open a path through the lightning and closed in on Bei Bei once more. Now that he had a saber in hand, his attacks were far sharper than when he used the Profound Sun Blazing Flame Finger.

Including the two soul skills he had used against Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei had now used soul skills five times in succession.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul possessed formidable offensive power, but every soul skill consumed an enormous amount of Soul Power. With merely thirty-odd levels of Soul Power, such massive expenditure had already begun to drain Bei Bei dry.

The heavy consumption of Soul Power brought reductions to all his attributes—attack, defense, speed, and more.

Yuwen Tuo knew well that in this battle, whether it was strength or Soul Power, there was no way he could defeat his opponent head-on. The best approach, then, was guerrilla warfare: retreat when the enemy advanced, advance when the enemy retreated.

He had been passively defending all this time, but now that his opponent's Soul Power was nearly exhausted, it was naturally his turn to attack.

Yuwen Tuo's sharp saber light was as swift as lightning, while his nimble saber technique was as agile as a spirit cat. Bei Bei did not even have a chance to catch his breath.

Tang Ya could no longer bear to watch and shouted, "Bei Bei, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!"

Hearing this, Bei Bei shifted his feet lightly and used a movement like switching forms and exchanging shadows to evade Yuwen Tuo's slash. Yet when he came back to his senses, he discovered that his head was still hanging beneath Yuwen Tuo's saber.

"How could this be?" Bei Bei was utterly shocked. Yuwen Tuo had actually managed to keep up with the movements of his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

"Your footwork is pretty good, but unfortunately, it still isn't enough against me!" Yuwen Tuo said with a smile. The essence of the Divine Fire Doppelganger technique lay in its movement art. At its peak, one could transform into a streak of fire and teleport in an instant—how could Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track compare?

"Senior Bei Bei, it's over. Taste the variation of my first soul skill—Flame Kill Slash!"

The power of flames gathered as Yuwen Tuo swung down with all his strength, the blade light slicing across the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul's vital point.

With a loud bang, Bei Bei's martial soul dissipated, and his entire body was sent flying backward until he landed outside the arena.

The winner had been decided!