Golden Toad's Bizarre Transformation

"One-on-one, seventh match! Li Family, Li Xiaochen! Thick Earth Sect, Qian Kun!"

Li Xiaochen practically skipped onto the arena, wearing his trademark grin, a stark contrast to Li Longyue's steady dominance just moments ago. Many people had yet to recover from the shock Li Longyue had brought them, and they were stunned again at the sight of him.

Thick Earth Sect's seventh contestant, Qian Kun, was a level sixty-nine assault-type Soul Emperor. His martial soul was the Mountain-Splitting Earth-Rending Hammer. He was tall and heavily muscled, wielding a black sledgehammer the size of a door. His vicious gaze sought to overwhelm his seemingly flippant opponent through sheer intimidation. After suffering several consecutive losses, especially Li Longyue's crushing victory just now, the Thick Earth Sect desperately needed a win to save face. The pressure on Qian Kun's shoulders was immense.

"Begin!"

Having learned his lesson, Qian Kun knew he absolutely could not give a bizarre Soul Engineer time to set up! He roared as his first and third soul rings lit up. His body swelled, and he swung his enormous hammer in a full arc before charging furiously at Li Xiaochen with enough force to split mountains and shatter stone. The wind howled around the hammer, carrying an astonishing momentum!

Yet Li Xiaochen remained utterly unhurried. He even had the leisure to pull a face. "First Soul Skill: Metal Control! Second Soul Skill: Golden Boiling!"

The first two yellow soul rings beneath his feet flashed in succession, and the air around him seemed to take on an almost imperceptible metallic sheen. With a sweep of his hands across his waist, more than a dozen silver metal balls the size of pigeon eggs appeared between his fingers. He scattered them across the ground before him like a celestial maiden scattering flowers.

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