Osler charged out from the side.
The Netherworld Panther granted him incredible speed.
His two panther claws bypassed the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus and went straight for Lin Tian's back.
Lin Tian did not even turn around.
He took a step backward.
His shoulder slammed directly into Osler's chest.
Bang!
The protective Soul Power over Osler's chest shattered on the spot.
His body flew sideways and crashed into Shi Mo's Black Tortoise Shell.
Both of them were forced back more than ten meters.
Yu Feng swooped down from midair.
Two azure wind blades condensed along the edges of his wings.
"Wind Wing Slash!"
Lin Tian raised his head.
He reached upward with his right hand.
The two wind blades exploded in his palm.
The shattered blades failed to leave even a wound on his skin.
Before Yu Feng could take flight again, Lin Tian had already seized his ankle.
With a casual swing of his arm.
Yu Feng slammed into the Soul Battle Platform.
A large section of stone slabs caved in.
Lin Tian released his grip.
The Tank Engine began to run.
His bones and muscles rapidly expanded.
One point nine meters.
Two point five meters.
Three meters.
Four meters!
His black-and-gold combat outfit stretched outward along with his growing body.
His broad shoulders blocked Hu Liena and the others from view.
The muscles in his arms bulged.
A vast surge of blood energy rushed into the skies above the Spirit Arena.
Forty-five Tank Engine enhancements.
The power, speed, stamina, and defense granted by dozens of Attribute Forgers were fully revealed at this moment.
Lin Tian took a step forward.
Boom!
The entire Soul Battle Platform sank with him.
Shi Mo and Shi Mo moved forward at the same time, blocking his path.
The two Black Tortoise Shells overlapped.
The second Soul Rings beneath their feet lit up simultaneously.
"Black Tortoise Shield!"
Heavy Soul Power gathered into a gigantic shield.
Lin Tian did not stop.
His body crashed directly into the Black Tortoise Shield.
Crack!
A fissure split open at the center of the shield.
Dense cracks rapidly spread in every direction.
Shi Mo and Shi Mo's faces flushed red.
The two of them pushed all their Soul Power at once, yet they could not stop Lin Tian from advancing.
The Black Tortoise Shield exploded with a thunderous blast.
Lin Tian raised both arms.
His two enormous hands pressed down on the Shi Brothers' Black Tortoise Shells.
He swept both arms outward.
Shi Mo and Shi Mo were sent flying off the Soul Battle Platform together.
They landed beside Yu Tianheng as their Black Tortoise Shells vanished one after another.
Dugu Yan watched Lin Tian approach her.
The four Soul Rings beneath her feet lit up at once.
A vast cloud of jade-green poison mist spewed from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's mouth.
The poison mist condensed into a giant python that coiled around Lin Tian's body.
The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus swayed gently.
Azure Divine Light fell from behind Lin Tian.
The jade-green giant python had barely raised its head before it completely dissolved in the azure light.
Dugu Yan retreated.
"Why doesn't my poison work on you?"
"Your poison is too weak."
Lin Tian raised his palm.
A thick vine burst through the Soul Battle Platform.
The vine wrapped around Dugu Yan's waist and sent her out of the arena.
Dugu Yan was not injured when she landed.
But she had already left the competition area.
Only Ye Lingling remained from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
She stood at the very back of the Soul Battle Platform.
The pink-and-white Nine-Heart Begonia floated between her hands.
Healing-type Soul Masters were never suited for direct combat.
With Yu Tianheng and the others all defeated, she no longer had the ability to continue fighting.
Ye Lingling looked at the figure over four meters tall and softly let out a breath.
"I concede."
The referee stood at the edge of the Soul Battle Platform.
He glanced at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy members who had all left the arena, then looked toward Hu Liena and the others, who had yet to make a move.
Spirit Hall Academy had sent out only one person.
The other six members had not even summoned their martial souls.
Lin Tian had defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team head-on all by himself.
The referee raised his right hand.
"The match is over!"
"The winners are the Spirit Hall Academy representative team!"
The Spirit Arena remained silent.
Countless gazes were fixed on Lin Tian.
Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
Yu Tianheng defeated with a single palm strike.
The Black Tortoise Shield shattered through sheer physical strength.
The Jade Phosphor Snake Poison was utterly useless before the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus.
Not one of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's seven main members had been able to stop him.
Lin Tian withdrew the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus.
The four pitch-black Soul Rings disappeared back into his body.
His body, over four meters tall, gradually returned to normal.
Hu Liena led the remaining Spirit Hall members to stand behind him.
Yan glanced at Yu Tianheng outside the arena.
"We didn't even get the chance to summon our martial souls."
Xie Yue withdrew his gaze from the shattered Soul Battle Platform.
"This is the captain's current strength."
Lin Tian ignored the looks directed at him from all around.
He turned and led the Spirit Hall Academy representative team down from the Soul Battle Platform.
Only after the seven of them entered the passageway did deafening cheers finally erupt throughout the Spirit Arena.
After the Spirit Hall Academy representative team left the Soul Battle Platform, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy members gradually climbed up from the ground.
Yu Tianheng's shoulder had already been healed by Ye Lingling.
Yet his face was still pale.
When that palm had come down, he had clearly felt an irresistible force.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's lightning had been slapped apart directly.
Even his body had lost all right to resist before that force.
"Captain."
Dugu Yan walked over to Yu Tianheng's side.
She turned to look toward the passageway, her jade-green eyes filled with anger.
"That Lin Tian is far too arrogant."
"He never took us seriously at all."
Yu Tianheng did not answer.
He looked up at the Soul Battle Platform.
That sturdy Soul Battle Platform was already badly damaged.
The stone slabs around it were covered in cracks, and several edges had collapsed outright.
Lin Tian had merely summoned his martial soul, yet he had plunged the entire Spirit Arena into silence.
Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings circled the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus.
Every black Soul Ring seemed to silently prove his strength.
Dugu Yan bit her red lip.
"I'll definitely make him pay."
"The match is already over."
Yu Tianheng frowned.
"What else do you want to do?"
"I just want to say hello to him."
Dugu Yan turned and left.
Yu Tianheng reached out to stop her, but Shi Mo grabbed his arm.
"Let her go."
Shi Mo watched Dugu Yan's retreating back.
"You know what her temper is like."
"What if something really goes wrong?"
Yu Tianheng's brow furrowed even deeper.
But Dugu Yan had already gone far away.
Elsewhere.
Lin Tian led the Spirit Hall Academy group back to the rest area.
Spectators lined both sides of the passageway.
Countless eyes followed his figure.
Whispers came from every direction.
"A forty-fifth-rank Soul Power user actually defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy alone."
"Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. That lineup is terrifying."
"When did Spirit Hall produce such a genius?"
"He didn't even use a single soul skill just now."
"Heaven Dou Royal Academy lost far too quickly."
Hu Liena walked beside Lin Tian.
She glanced back at Yan behind them.
"You were already preparing to fight up there, weren't you?"
Yan rubbed his nose.
"I just wanted to see if I could help."
Xie Yue spoke calmly. "The captain doesn't need any help at all."
"I know."
Yan looked at Lin Tian ahead of them.
"But watching opponents get knocked off one after another without even getting a chance to make a move really feels unpleasant."
"There will be opportunities later."
Lin Tian did not turn around.
"In the upcoming matches, not every team will be like Heaven Dou Royal Academy."
Yan immediately perked up.
"Captain, let me fight in the next match."
"We'll see."
Lin Tian led everyone into the rest area.
On the viewing platform not far away, Xue Qinghe kept her eyes on that figure.
They had not seen each other for two years.
Lin Tian's aura had already grown so powerful that she could no longer judge it accurately.
Four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
A massive body over four meters tall.
And the strength to crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon head-on.
Xue Qinghe recalled the Lin Tian she had met in the Great Star Dou Forest.
Back then, Lin Tian had possessed only twenty-third-rank Soul Power, yet he had been able to kill a Blackwood Jiao more than fifteen thousand years old by himself.
Now, two years had passed, and he had already reached rank forty-five.
Such a rate of improvement had surpassed her understanding of what a genius was.
"Lin Tian."
Xue Qinghe murmured softly.
"Just how much strength are you still hiding?"
Before you continue