Innate Eight Trigrams Formation

Jiang Xuan's third soul skill allowed him to freely command the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation within his Eight Trigrams Furnace martial soul to engage in battle.

Furthermore, because this was a ten-thousand-year soul skill, the effective range of the Innate Eight Trigrams Formation was quite large, covering a hundred-meter radius centered on Jiang Xuan himself.

As long as an enemy entered the formation, Jiang Xuan could control it to attack at will using the elemental powers of wind, fire, water, thunder, and earth.

Moreover, these elements were not ordinary.

For instance, the fire was the Six-Ding Divine Flame, the water was the Innate Gui Water, and the thunder was the Innate Divine Thunder...

It was no exaggeration to say that if any one of these powerful elements were mastered by someone on this continent, it would be enough to give rise to a god.

Yet at this moment, Jiang Xuan was preparing to use these powerful elements against Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai, who were already scared witless...

"Fatty... I think my eyes are playing tricks on me. Is that black one... a ten-thousand-year soul ring?"

Ma Hongjun rubbed his eyes.

"I think I'm hallucinating too. It's one thing for this kid to have the strength of a three-ring soul master, but how could he have a ten-thousand-year soul ring? It's fake, it must be fake! He's definitely just bluffing!"

After psyching himself up, he summoned his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul. In an instant, the temperature in the surrounding air rose rapidly, which also snapped Dai Mubai out of his shock.

"Right! You're absolutely right! It must be fake; this defies common sense! This kid is too detestable, daring to fool us. We must teach him a profound lesson! Let him understand the consequences of offending us!"

As he finished speaking, Dai Mubai also summoned his Evil-Eyed White Tiger martial soul and revealed his two yellow soul rings.

The Evil Fire Phoenix and the Evil-Eyed White Tiger were definitely top-tier beast martial souls on the Douluo Continent.

The Evil Fire Phoenix, in particular, was destined in the original lore to have its flames evolve into Ultimate Fire after consuming the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower provided by Tang San and refining the inner core of the Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Serpent, making it the strongest flame to ever appear on the Douluo Continent.

However, in the face of the Six-Ding Divine Flame, which could burn the heavens and melt the earth, the so-called Ultimate Fire could at best be considered a slightly more resilient little spark that was still liable to be extinguished at any moment.

Just like now, Ma Hongjun first used his second soul skill, "Phoenix Bathing in Fire," to amplify the power of his subsequent soul skills, then immediately unleashed his first soul skill, "Phoenix Fire Line," at the calm-looking Jiang Xuan.

This was Ma Hongjun's long-range single-target soul skill. The flames possessed extreme stickiness; once tainted by this fire, it was difficult to extinguish.

Seeing Jiang Xuan so "arrogant" that he didn't even dodge, Ma Hongjun felt victory was within his grasp. However, just as the flames were about to hit Jiang Xuan, a stream of water carrying extreme yin energy appeared out of thin air and, in the blink of an eye, completely extinguished Ma Hongjun's prideful attack.

"How is this possible!"

This scene completely overturned Ma Hongjun's understanding.

When did his fire attacks become so weak?

Could it be that he had rewarded himself too many times today, causing his body to be weak?

Seeing the fatty's existential crisis, Dai Mubai patted him on the shoulder at the right moment to comfort him.

"It's okay, Fatty. That kid's martial soul just happens to restrain your fire. Don't take it to heart. I've already figured out his bottom line. Watch as my Evil-Eyed White Tiger avenges you!"

Hearing this, Ma Hongjun's mood improved significantly.

Dai Mubai was right!

According to the underlying logic of a soul master's martial soul, a person's martial soul could only master one attribute at most. Although he didn't know what this brat's martial soul was, since it was related to the water element, it was impossible for it to defeat Dai Mubai!

This was a principle his master had once taught him. The outcome of this battle was already decided!

Thinking of this, Dai Mubai had already used his first soul skill, "White Tiger Bodyguard Barrier," to amplify his body, and then charged forward.

"Second soul skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"

After using this move, seeing that Jiang Xuan still didn't dodge or evade, Dai Mubai subconsciously wanted to celebrate his victory, but a very bad premonition suddenly welled up in his heart.

Sure enough.

Just as his attack was about to land, a rock-solid earth wall appeared out of thin air, perfectly blocking his strike.

When the dust settled, Dai Mubai also began to doubt his life.

Because his full-force attack hadn't even left a single mark on that earth wall!

Where on earth did this monster come from?

He looked to be the same age as them, yet his strength far exceeded theirs!

If they wanted to reconcile now... was it still too late?

However, before Dai Mubai could figure out whether to take the initiative to negotiate, Jiang Xuan's body suddenly vanished from where he stood.

This caused Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to widen their eyes again, completely unable to understand what was happening.

Just as the two were bewildered and looking around, Jiang Xuan appeared silently behind Dai Mubai like a ghost. He raised his leg and kicked, sending him crashing to the ground, forcing him to perform a face-plant.

Furthermore, to prevent Dai Mubai from opening his mouth to concede, Jiang Xuan followed up with a kick directly to his face, knocking out half of his teeth and causing him to lose his voice in pain, with snot and tears streaming out uncontrollably.

Seeing this scene, which could only be described as cruel, Ma Hongjun was scared witless.

Too violent!

They were all still just children!

How could this person deal such a heavy hand to both of them?

No! He had to admit defeat quickly!

If he was late, his fate would be the same as Dai Mubai's!

Thinking of this, Ma Hongjun immediately abandoned all dignity. His legs went soft and he knelt before Jiang Xuan, weeping bitterly.

"Hero! We had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, and we were ungrateful. I apologize for the mistake we just made. Please be magnanimous and let us go like a fart!"

Jiang Xuan had long known that Ma Hongjun's character was rather spineless, but he hadn't expected this fatty to be this cowardly. His fist hadn't even touched him yet, and the man had already knelt down...

But Jiang Xuan wouldn't let him off so easily.

"Heh, only now do you think to admit your mistake? Don't you think it's a bit too late?"

Jiang Xuan's cold laughter made Ma Hongjun's spine chill, but in order to save himself, he could only bite the bullet and smile ingratiatingly.

"Not late! Not late at all! As the saying goes, a prodigal who returns is worth more than gold, and a youth who mends his ways is a good youth! Seeing that my attitude in admitting my mistake is so sincere, please be the bigger person, Hero, and spare me this once, how about it? In this life, I will always cherish your mercy and great kindness! I will never forget it!"

In order to escape a sound beating, at least half of what Ma Hongjun said was sincere. He considered his speech enough to move heaven and earth; if there were a Best Actor award in the world, he should at least be able to win one.