Hell White Tiger

Wu Feng's eyes, fierce with momentum, clearly showed confusion. Especially under the effects of her second soul skill, Dragon's Wrath, her rationality had already been affected!

She had been sprinting forward at high speed, but now she stood there dazedly, murmuring softly to Cui Yajie, "Young mistress..."

?!!

Although Wu Feng's voice was not loud, Dai Huabin and the others all possessed beast Martial Souls that were at least high-grade. Naturally, they heard clearly what Wu Feng had said.

Cui Yajie's first soul skill, Charm, could amplify her own allure and thereby enchant her opponent, making them see in her the person they most wanted to see in their subconscious.

When everyone heard this thunderous piece of gossip, even Dai Huabin subconsciously slowed down, his gaze shifting back and forth between Ning Tian and Wu Feng on the opposite side.

"Feng!"

Even Ning Tian, who was usually quite composed, had flushed crimson. Even the speed at which she recited her incantation was several beats faster than usual!

"Seven Treasures have renown: second is, Heal!"

As a beam of light descended from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tower, clarity finally returned to Wu Feng's eyes!

"Ah—" Realizing what she had done, Wu Feng let out a long cry. It was impossible to tell whether the redness on her face came from embarrassment and fury or from the reflection of the dragonflames. She instantly activated her Haki Thornback Dragon form and viciously charged at Cui Yajie.

"Ning Tian, Wu Feng, close your eyes!"

The three of them had already practiced together before the match. Following Lu Yuan's voice transmission, the two obediently closed their eyes.

After several interruptions, the distance between the two sides had shrunk to within fifty meters!

Light Magic · Illumination Spell!

Endless radiance began to rise from Lu Yuan's hands. The blinding light, carrying a burning sensation, spread outward.

"Ah!!!"*3

Dai Huabin and the other two, completely unprepared, let out agonized wails. The thousands of lumens of light stabbed into their eyes and instantly blinded them.

In battles between low-level Soul Masters, because their spiritual power was relatively weak, most Soul Masters still relied on the human five senses to fight. This was especially true for possessors of high-grade beast Martial Souls like Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. After Martial Soul Possession, their five senses would be strengthened even further.

Under such circumstances, the Illumination Spell cast by Lu Yuan, the Son of Light, inflicted an extraordinarily severe blinding effect on them. Moreover, the Illumination Spell carried the sacred attribute of light's demon-breaking power, dealing additional damage to the Hell Spirit Cat and Evil-Eyed White Tiger, whose Martial Souls contained a certain amount of negative energy.

"Ha!"

Lu Yuan immediately shouted, his right arm above and left arm below as a bolt of Holy Light shot forth like lightning, heading straight for Zhu Lu. Due to time constraints, he did not use the Eight-Part Light Wheel. Instead, he directly used Holy Light, which dealt damage quickly and had little windup, seeking to swiftly take down the weaker Zhu Lu among the three while also specifically disrupting her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Huabin.

"White Tiger Vajra Transformation! White Tiger Shield!"

However, Dai Huabin's reaction was not slow either. Enhanced by the White Tiger Wuhun, although his vision was impaired, his hearing remained intact. The combat instincts cultivated through training at the Duke's residence since childhood made him realize that Zhu Lu, who had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him and whose cultivation was weaker, was very likely to be the opponent's first target.

Without hesitation, Dai Huabin's third soul ring, glowing purple, rose up. His already burly body, enlarged by the possession of the White Tiger Martial Soul, swelled once more. His muscles bulged exaggeratedly, and the clothes on his upper body burst apart completely, exposing sharply defined muscle contours. Most bizarrely, black horizontal stripes appeared across his skin. If not for the lack of fur, he would have looked no different from a tiger's hide.

Relying on his senses, he lunged fiercely toward Zhu Lu, knocking her to the ground and taking the Holy Light head-on with his solid back!

The smell of burnt flesh rose from his back. Dai Huabin's right shoulder blade was already charred black. After all, the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Martial Soul contained the word "evil." As long as negative energy existed within it, it would suffer additional damage from Holy Light!

However, Cui Yajie was having a far worse time on the other side.

Without Dai Huabin's protection, she had used her hearing to anticipate some of Wu Feng's attacks and unleashed her second soul skill, Fox-Tail Needle, in advance. But with her vision gone and the disparity in cultivation, Cui Yajie still took a solid hit from Wu Feng's dragon claw, empowered by Dragon's Wrath and Blazing Dragonflame.

Cui Yajie's school uniform over her chest had been reduced to scraps. Several claw wounds deep enough to expose bone dripped with blood. Though they were not fatal injuries, it was clearly impossible for her to continue fighting anytime soon.

As Cui Yajie fell heavily to the ground, seriously injured, Du Weilun promptly took her off the stage for treatment.

"Lu Yuan, when all is said and done, you're nothing more than someone who relies on his teammates!" Seeing Cui Yajie leave the field, Dai Huabin's expression darkened further. "If you have the guts, face me one-on-one and fight head-on!"

"Haji Bin, are you still putting on a tough front at a time like this? Is it really that hard to admit that someone else is better than you? You're always trying to provoke me with such pathetic little tricks."

Lu Yuan looked at Dai Huabin as though he were an idiot. When dealing with someone with rocks in his head, the only thing he needed to do was tear apart all of his pride, then grind it beneath his feet.

"Ning Tian, stop the enhancement!" Lu Yuan waved toward Ning Tian behind him, while also signaling for Wu Feng at his side to retreat.

(Dai Huabin acting tough be like)

"Zhu Lu!" Hearing Lu Yuan's words, delight appeared on Dai Huabin's face. Whether Lu Yuan was overly proud and careless or had truly been enraged by his simple provocation, Dai Huabin knew that this was their only chance to turn the tables. As long as they eliminated Lu Yuan, there was still hope.

Once he turned the situation around and won, it did not matter whether people called his victory dishonorable or said he would stop at nothing. The championship would already be Dai Huabin's for the taking.

Zhu Lu, who had been in Dai Huabin's arms after he blocked the attack for her, naturally embraced him as well. At this moment, there was only each other in their eyes. Dai Huabin spread his arms, and his entire body expanded once more. White fur mixed with black tiger stripes surged wildly from within his body. His two pupils actually fused into one, though the coldness in his gaze did not change. Zhu Lu's aura, meanwhile, began to grow elusive, as though she might vanish the next instant. Yet her beautiful eyes were tender as water, as if she wanted to draw Dai Huabin, held in her embrace, into her gaze.

At that moment, the auras of the Evil-Eyed White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat completely merged. It was an extraordinarily strange feeling, as though the white tiger had devoured the black cat. Intense Soul Power fluctuations erupted from their fused bodies like a volcanic geyser. Black and white light completely melded together amid the spreading golden halo. It was a sensation of complete sublimation.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's bodies both vanished the instant they fused. The only thing left in the assessment area was a gigantic white tiger over ten meters long. Its entire body was translucent, with white fur and black stripes, violet eyes with double pupils. It stared coldly at Lu Yuan opposite it. A glint of triumphant scheming flashed through its eyes, along with a trace of disdain that Lu Yuan had been so careless as to fall for the trap.