Dai Mubai froze slightly, then nodded.
Cripple him? Just what I wanted.
"First Spirit Skill, White Tiger Body Barrier!"
Dai Mubai was the first to make a move.
A golden curtain of light condensed over his body, forming a tiger-striped barrier.
Immediately after,
"Second Soul Skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave!"
A golden beam of energy shot from Dai Mubai's mouth, hurtling straight toward Lin Ye's chest.
The light wave was incredibly fast, tearing through the air with a piercing whistle.
"Hmph, is this the strength of a Soul Elder?"
The corner of Lin Ye's mouth lifted slightly.
He did not dodge.
Instead, he swiftly raised his right hand,
and black light flashed across his palm.
"Second Soul Skill, Evil God Guard."
Black evil energy, purple lightning, and howling gale winds instantly intertwined into a spherical barrier, firmly blocking the attack before him.
Boom!
The White Tiger Fierce Light Wave slammed into the Evil God Guard, exploding in a burst of dazzling golden sparks.
The barrier did not budge.
Dai Mubai's heart jolted.
His second skill, White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, had failed to leave even the slightest crack?
Yet there was no time for him to be shocked.
The instant the barrier vanished, Lin Ye had already charged out.
His speed was absurdly fast.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's wind attribute pushed his movement speed to its limit, leaving afterimages flashing through the restaurant.
"First Spirit Skill, Evil God Thirteen Slashes!"
The first slash came howling forward, wreathed in black evil energy.
Dai Mubai crossed his arms to block it.
Clang!
He was sent stumbling back three steps, shattering the floorboards beneath his feet.
"Damn it, how could his strength be this great?"
Dai Mubai's heart violently skipped a beat.
Then,
the second slash!
The third slash!
The fourth slash!
Each was heavier than the last!
Dai Mubai was immediately forced back again and again, while the golden screen of the White Tiger Body Barrier flickered madly.
Then, at the sixth slash,
Crack!
The barrier was shattered outright.
"What? No... impossible!"
Dai Mubai roared in disbelief. He was a Level 37 Soul Elder! He was an entire realm above the person before him!
How could he not even withstand a direct confrontation?
As he spoke, the seventh slash had already struck his left shoulder.
Dai Mubai's bones immediately let out an ominous crack.
Dai Mubai groaned, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Tang San watched from outside the battle, his brows drawn tightly together.
"How is his Physical Constitution this strong?"
Tang San murmured.
A Level 25 Great Soul Master could unleash enough strength to confront a Level 37 Soul Elder head-on, even suppressing him.
This had completely exceeded Yu Xiaogang's theoretical understanding that "Soul Power level determines the upper limit of combat strength."
In the arena,
Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, his face twisted savagely.
He could not drag this out any longer.
He had no way out now.
"Third Spirit Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation!!"
Roar!
Dai Mubai threw back his head and let out a long roar as his third purple Soul Ring suddenly lit up!
His body rapidly swelled, muscles bulging and bones lengthening as his entire frame grew a full size larger.
White tiger stripes surfaced across his skin, his hands transformed into enormous tiger claws, and his eyes became golden vertical pupils.
The Third Spirit Skill enhanced his strength, speed, and defense across the board!
This was Dai Mubai's trump card.
In the White Tiger Vajra Transformation state, his overall combat strength increased by at least thirty percent.
"Die!"
Dai Mubai bellowed, swinging a massive tiger claw infused with golden Soul Power at Lin Ye's head.
It was nearly twice as fast as before.
The force of that claw was enough to smash a huge boulder to dust.
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.
Interesting.
Rather than retreating, he formed his right hand into a claw and met the attack head-on.
Boom!!!
The two beast claws collided directly.
A shockwave exploded in every direction, sending the restaurant's tables, chairs, and benches flying everywhere.
Lin Ye slid back half a step.
Dai Mubai was also forced back half a step.
"He's only a two-ring Soul Master, yet he actually took Boss Dai's frontal attack?!"
Ma Hongjun's jaw nearly dropped to the floor.
With the Vajra Transformation activated, Dai Mubai's overall combat strength was close to Level 40.
Yet Lin Ye had taken it head-on!
Over the next several dozen exchanges, the two fought evenly.
The White Tiger Vajra Transformation gave Dai Mubai the ability to contend with Lin Ye.
But only to "contend."
Because Lin Ye's stamina and Soul Power were being consumed far more slowly than Dai Mubai's.
One minute later.
Dai Mubai's White Tiger Vajra Transformation began showing signs of becoming unstable.
His tiger stripes flickered on and off, and his breathing grew increasingly labored.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye's breathing remained steady.
"Time's up. It's time to end this!"
Lin Ye then gathered power in his right fist as black evil energy, purple lightning, and howling wind poured into it at once.
He threw a punch.
Dai Mubai hastily raised his claw to block.
Crack!
"Not good!"
"Aah!"
His tiger claw was directly smashed out of shape by the force of that punch, and then the fist followed through, slamming into his face.
Bang!
Another punch.
Bang!!
One more punch!
His left cheek.
His right cheek.
The bridge of his nose.
After three punches, Dai Mubai's face, which he had always considered handsome, had completely swollen into a pig's head.
Blood streamed from his nose, his eyes had narrowed into slits, and even the corner of his mouth was twisted to one side.
The White Tiger Vajra Transformation was completely dispelled.
"Boss Dai!" Ma Hongjun jumped anxiously in place.
Tang San's expression was even more dreadful.
A Level 37 Soul Elder who had activated Vajra Transformation had actually been beaten into a pig's head by a two-ring Great Soul Master?
Lin Ye's Physical Constitution was simply inhuman!
At that moment, Dai Mubai was sent flying heavily away.
Lin Ye stepped forward to pursue him, his final punch filled with all his strength.
Black lightning and evil energy roared wildly around his fist.
If that punch landed solidly, Dai Mubai would either die or be crippled.
However, at that critical moment,
"Stop!"
Boom!!
A massive hand as thick as an adult's waist appeared out of thin air, forcibly blocking Lin Ye's fist.
The fist collided with the palm.
A shockwave instantly erupted.
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared across the restaurant's remaining walls.
Lin Ye was also shaken back three steps by that immense force.
He looked up.
A burly middle-aged man built like a bear, with a face full of flesh and a thick beard, stood in front of Dai Mubai.
Seven Soul Rings glowed beneath the man's feet.
Two yellow, two purple, and three black.
The newcomer was none other than Shrek Academy's vice principal, the Immovable Bright King, Zhao Wuji!
Zhao Wuji glanced at his slightly numb palm.
"What domineering strength! This kid is only a Great Soul Master. If that punch had landed on Dai Mubai, he would have either died or been crippled!"
"Teacher Zhao!"
Tang San and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Ye withdrew his fist, black lightning dancing between his fingers,
as he coldly stared at Zhao Wuji before him.
"So, it's actually the Immovable Bright King, Zhao Wuji."
"What? You beat the younger one, and now the older one has come? Is the mighty Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji going to personally step in against a junior like me today?"
Zhao Wuji froze at those words.
"You brat, you actually know me?"
"Your name, Zhao Wuji, carries some weight around Soto City."
Lin Ye fearlessly met Zhao Wuji's gaze.
"But one thing is one thing. Your precious student was the one who proposed the duel, and he set the rules himself."
Lin Ye pointed at Dai Mubai, who lay on the ground with his face swollen like a pig's head, taking in more air than he breathed out.
"Now he has lost. As agreed, he and that fat guy have to kneel and kowtow to apologize to me and the girl behind me."