Trading Injury for Injury, Securing Another Round

However, the scene that followed on the arena brought every cheer to an abrupt halt.

Li Aotian, pierced by the rock spikes, wore a savage grin! It was as if he could not feel pain at all. The muscles in his left leg suddenly contracted, forcibly snapping the spike embedded in it! At the same time, he exerted force through his waist and blasted the other spike out of his body!

Even more horrifyingly, the two bloody, mangled wounds began to stop bleeding, heal, and scab over at a visible rate beneath the dense green glow of the life domain! Within mere breaths, the wounds had closed, leaving only faint red marks!

"What?!" Wu Lei stared in disbelief. His attack had clearly dealt effective damage, so how had Li Aotian recovered in an instant? That life-type soul skill was simply outrageous.

Using the recoil from blasting out the rock spikes, Li Aotian had already adjusted his stance. Ignoring the "minor injuries" to his waist and leg, he clenched his left fist as his fourth soul ring flowed with purple light!

"Fourth Soul Skill: Vibration Ripples!"

He slammed his fist into the ground! He was not attacking Wu Lei, but sending a force of high-frequency vibrations into the arena! Centered on himself, silvery-white vibration ripples spread outward in rings, instantly reaching Sun Hou and Wu Lei!

The two felt the ground beneath their feet shake violently, as though they were standing on the deck of a pitching ship. Their bodies became unsteady, and even the circulation of their soul power suffered a hint of disruption. A momentary gap appeared in Sun Hou's shield defense.

At that very instant, a cold gleam burst from Li Aotian's eyes. He lunged forward like a phantom, instantly closing in on Wu Lei, whose body had