Meiying with Phasing

"Phasing!"

Lu Chen's eyes lit up.

He remembered that someone had seemingly used this soul skill during the second Soul Master Tournament in the original story.

"Phasing may seem invincible, but its weakness is obvious."

Lu Chen pondered aloud. "If I remember correctly, once a Soul Master enters Phasing, they can't fight back either. They can only remain in a purely Void state."

Bei Yuxuan's expression turned serious. "That is indeed normally the case, but she is different."

"Hm? What do you mean?" Lu Chen pressed in surprise.

"Meiying's Martial Soul is a Mutated Spectral Shadow Cat, and it has an extremely high natural compatibility with Phasing. After the two fused, they underwent a mutation.

She can shrink the range of Phasing to a specific body part, achieving 'Partial Phasing'!"

Bei Yuxuan explained, "Yesterday, one of my men was fooled when she phased her head and made his attack miss, then killed him with a soul-tool dagger."

"That can be done?"

Lu Chen was stunned. "No wonder she clearly has a Spectral Shadow Cat Martial Soul, yet chose the assault-type path."

"Wouldn't that make her invincible?" Tang Ya could not hide her shock. "Others can't hit her, yet she can attack them!"

Lu Chen shook his head. "It's not that exaggerated.

Using a soul skill requires soul power, and this nearly invincible Phasing consumes an enormous amount of it.

As a level 19 Soul Master, she can only use it a few times before her soul power runs dry."

Hearing that, Tang Ya finally relaxed.

"That's good, then."

As they spoke, Meiying, dressed in black, had already stepped onto the arena.

Her opponent was a Soul Master with a Mighty Vajra Bear Martial Soul.

The two had clearly figured out each other's strength. Without even trading trash talk, they tacitly released their Martial Souls.

One white and one yellow Soul Ring lit up beneath their feet.

Seeing the yellow Soul Ring beneath Meiying's feet, Buck's expression grew increasingly grim.

"Match begin!"

The moment the referee finished speaking, Meiying shot forward like a black spirit cat.

Though she was an assault-type Soul Master, her speed was not slow in the slightest.

"Perfect!"

Buck roared, and the white Soul Ring beneath his feet flashed. "First Soul Skill: Bloodlust!"

The next instant, a powerful crimson vapor billowed from his body.

Buck's physique swelled another notch, and his eyes turned blood-red.

He transformed into a ferocious Explosive Bear and lunged at Meiying.

The distance between them vanished in an instant.

"Die!"

Buck roared as his bear-like claws smashed viciously toward Meiying's head, intending to crush it with a single strike.

Faced with this, Meiying did not dodge at all.

Her first Soul Ring flashed.

Her head twisted slightly, and Buck's claws passed straight through her cheek!

At the same time, Meiying had already closed in against Buck's chest.

A silver dagger suddenly appeared in her previously empty right hand.

A level-three close-combat soul tool!

The next instant, the dagger flashed coldly.

Meiying gripped it in reverse and thrust fiercely toward Buck's throat, fast as lightning.

"Splat!"

Blood suddenly sprayed out.

"D-Dead?!"

"No way, it ended in one exchange?"

Just as the audience thought Buck was dead, they saw a large hand blocking in front of his throat.

The dagger had pierced Buck's left hand. Its tip was only a hair's breadth from his neck, but he had gripped it firmly, rendering it unable to move.

"I figured out your fighting style long ago!"

Buck's expression was savage as he stared at Meiying with bloodthirsty eyes.

Before he had even finished speaking, he threw a powerful right hook at her head.

At the same time, his knee slammed toward her right arm. "Bitch, let's see how you phase now!"

"To break the limits of Phasing, Buck actually chose to trade injuries and lure her in!" Tang Ya cried out in alarm.

Bei Yuxuan clenched his folding fan tightly and gritted his teeth. "He'd better cripple one of her arms!"

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes. "Buck is thinking too simply.

Or rather, Meiying's previous fighting style deceived everyone and made them forget the true effect of Phasing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Buck, who had been certain of victory, suddenly underwent a drastic change in expression.

"How is that possible?!"

He discovered that both his knee and fist had missed.

Meiying's entire body had already become Void.

"You should die now."

Meiying's expression remained calm. Seizing the instant Buck lost his balance from inertia, a cold flash suddenly swept across his throat.

A column of blood sprayed out. Buck's eyes widened as both hands clutched desperately at his neck.

After letting out a few muffled whimpers, he collapsed dead.

The entire battle had been clean and decisive!

"Ninth match, winner—Meiying!"

With the referee's announcement, the entire venue erupted into celebration again.

Quite a few Soul Masters, however, wore gloomy expressions.

Meiying's ability was simply too troublesome.

Inside Lu Chen's private room, Bei Yuxuan let out a long sigh.

"What a pity."

Tang Ya looked at Lu Chen worriedly. "Her ability is far too overpowered. How are you going to counter it?"

Bei Yuxuan was conflicted as well.

Lu Chen was, after all, a disciple of the Body Sect, perhaps even a core member.

If something happened to him, Bei Yuxuan would definitely be unable to bear the consequences.

But if he gave up now, that Seventy-Thousand-Year Soul Bone would fall into Luo Du's hands.

"I told you already, this domineering soul skill consumes an extreme amount of soul power."

Lu Chen looked calm as he gestured for the two to look toward the arena.

At this moment, Meiying's breathing had become slightly hurried, and her footsteps were noticeably less steady than before.

Clearly, she had expended no small amount of soul power.

Douluo Three Kingdoms did not yet have recovery-type soul tools like Milk Bottles.

No matter how overpowered Meiying's Phasing ability was, without soul power to sustain it, it was merely for show.

"Ah!"

Tang Ya suddenly pulled a long face and stomped her foot in frustration. "I actually forgot to place a bet!"

Lu Chen's mouth twitched slightly.

The matches continued, and before long, it was Lu Chen's turn to fight.

This time, his opponent was a level 18 control-type Soul Master with a Fangtoothed Spider Martial Soul.

That surprised Lu Chen a little.

Generally speaking, control-type Soul Masters were weak in one-on-one fights and mostly chose to compete in teams.

However, the outcome did not change. Lu Chen won with ease.

"Yay! He won again!" Tang Ya danced excitedly.

Although Lu Chen had won decisively last time, the odds for this match were still four to one.

Together with the match reward, the twenty Gold Soul Coins in her hand instantly became ninety.

"One more win and it'll be over a hundred! Making money feels so great!"

Over the following period, Lu Chen and Meiying continued their winning streaks.

Of the original fifty Soul Masters, fewer than ten remained after just two hours.

Although most participants had not entered death matches, more than a dozen people had still died.

Lele, the host, looked at the match list in her hand, an excited smile appearing on her face as she loudly announced,

"Next match, a death match! Level 10 Soul Scholar Lu Chen versus level 19 Soul Master Meiying!

They are tonight's brightest rising stars, having achieved astonishing records of eleven consecutive wins and eighteen consecutive wins respectively!"

"Lu Chen! Lu Chen!"

"Meiying! Meiying!"

Hearing those two names, the audience instantly erupted in deafening cheers.

Their records were simply too dazzling.

Not only had they won many consecutive matches, but their battles had also been clean and decisive.

Their opponents had almost never lasted more than five exchanges.

"It's finally here!"

Bei Yuxuan gripped his folding fan tightly, his gaze fixed firmly on the arena.

Luo Du did the same, his cold eyes fixed on Lu Chen as a sinister curve formed at the corner of his lips.

"The good show is finally about to begin!"

In another private room, Vina, Du Bushi, and the others also focused all their attention on the arena.

Amid the cheers of the entire venue, Lu Chen and Meiying stepped onto the main arena at the same time.

As the referee announced the start of the match, Meiying instantly possessed her Martial Soul.

Holding her dagger, she studied Lu Chen warily.

"Show your Martial Soul," she said in a low voice.

Lu Chen assumed the opening stance of the Flowing Water Fist and replied calmly,

"No need."

Meiying's expression turned cold. "Then die!"

Before her words had faded, her figure charged at Lu Chen like an arrow leaving the bow.