Soul Battle Competition

"Fourth Soul Skill, Jade Spirit Black Poison!"

Seeing Yu Tianheng and the others being suppressed by Dugu Feng, Dugu Yan immediately unleashed her fourth soul skill, Jade Spirit Black Poison.

The Jade Spirit Serpent Emperor martial soul behind her slowly emerged and opened its jaws.

Black poisonous flames blasted forth, forming a pillar of fire.

It hurtled toward Dugu Feng.

Dugu Feng could sense the potent toxicity contained within the black flames. More importantly, it was poison that targeted the soul.

Once burned by it, not only would one's body be harmed, but one's soul would also be scorched.

Dugu Feng knew it was time to show some real skill.

He began circulating his power, gathering the Soul Power within his body into his chest cavity.

Just as the pillar of black flames was about to strike him—

Dugu Feng opened his mouth and let out a frog-like croak that resounded through heaven and earth.

It was his Self-Created Soul Skill, Deadly Sound Wave.

Soul Power was mixed into the sound waves.

The fire pillar was forcibly shattered by the shockwaves, which passed through the flames and struck Dugu Yan directly.

Fortunately, Dugu Feng had deliberately restrained its power. Otherwise, an ordinary Soul Ancestor would have their internal organs shattered upon being hit by Deadly Sound Wave.

The sound waves spread through the surroundings at astonishing speed. This was an area-of-effect skill.

The sound waves were like enormous ocean swells.

Yu Tianheng and the others tried to resist with their Soul Power, but they were like small sailboats navigating towering waves.

In an instant, they were overturned by the tidal surge.

Under the assault of the sonic waves, the Shi brothers were the first to give out. They had blocked most of the attack for Yu Tianheng and the others.

They were immediately blasted away by the sound waves and completely lost their ability to fight.

Under the sound wave attack, their Soul Power had already fallen into chaos, and they could no longer gather or mobilize it again.

Even Qin Ming, standing at the edge of the field, had no choice but to circulate his Soul Power to withstand the residual shockwaves.

"No soul ring? Could this move of yours be a Self-Created Soul Skill?!"

Qin Ming stared at Dugu Feng in utter shock. Dugu Feng merely nodded.

"Truly a monster. At such a young age, you can already create your own soul skill."

"There's no need to continue this spar. You have already lost the ability to fight. In an arena, enemies will not wait for you to readjust your Soul Power. Your sound wave attack can disrupt a person's Soul Power, but I imagine it does not distinguish between friend and foe."

Dugu Feng nodded.

"You can rest for now. Today was meant to let you all understand each other's strength, especially you, Dugu Yan."

"Ever since you broke through to Soul Ancestor, I've noticed that you've become somewhat complacent. You must remember that there are always greater people beyond you and greater skies beyond the heavens. Your Jade Spirit Black Poison can attack the soul. Even a Soul King would suffer if caught off guard and burned by those black flames."

"But that assumes your black flames are fast enough and concentrated enough. Otherwise, they will end up like they did just now and be shattered outright by sound waves."

"So you need to learn to adapt with your Jade Spirit Black Poison. For example, you may fire out a pillar of flame, but when the enemy attacks, it can split into two and strike from the front and rear, or from both sides."

"Like a venomous snake—strike when they least expect it. That requires control over your soul skill. From now on, your focus should be practicing control of the black flames."

Dugu Yan nodded.

"Rest up properly over the next few days. Tomorrow, I plan to take you to the Great Soul Arena so you can temper yourselves properly."

After Qin Ming left, Yu Tianheng walked up to Dugu Feng unwillingly and asked,

"How exactly do you train? Why are you so strong? Even if you possess Innate Full Soul Power, you shouldn't be this freakish!"

At that moment, Yu Tianheng felt as though his Dao heart had collapsed. He could already see the end of his future at a glance.

"Cultivation cannot rely solely on burying your head in hard training. Not everyone who works hard can become a powerful soul master. You must comprehend your own path."

"Your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul is a top-tier beast martial soul. Use your strengths to strike at your enemy's weaknesses."

After saying that, Dugu Feng walked over to Dugu Yan. Seeing the angry look on her face, he could not help smiling. Dugu Yan turned and pinched his arm as she said,

"You couldn't go a little easier on me?"

"Sis, I already went easy on you. If I hadn't, you might have been blasted away just like them."

"Hmph!"

Dugu Yan snorted coldly.

Seeing this, Ye Lingling covered her mouth and giggled.

Several days later, Yu Feng became the final member of the Imperial Fighting Team.

His martial soul was the Wind Chime Bird, and he was an agility-attack soul master.

With that, the Imperial Fighting Team was complete.

Two defense-type soul masters, one support-type soul master, two assault-type soul masters, one control-type soul master, and one agility-attack soul master.

Now that the team was complete, Qin Ming brought everyone to the Great Soul Arena.

"For the next semester, you must raise your team rank to Gold Soul Battle."

"The Great Soul Arena uses two scoring systems: individual battles and team battles. You may also participate in individual battles on your own. I hope that each of you can obtain a Silver Soul Battle badge before graduation."

"Team battles are the goal you must accomplish. I have already applied to the academy. Next, I will take you to the soul arenas in every city throughout the Heaven Dou Empire. However, the soul arena in Heaven Dou City will be your first stop."

"I hope you will not disappoint me."

After Qin Ming finished speaking, he led the students to the front desk.

They began registering for team battles.

Most of the Heaven Dou Academy students had come to the Great Soul Arena to test their strength before, and they were basically Bronze Soul Fighters.

"Very good. Now, begin your first battle."

At present, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team was judged to be a Soul Elder-level team. Although Dugu Yan and Dugu Feng had already reached Soul Ancestor rank,

as long as fewer than three members exceeded the team's rank standard, they would not be judged as a Soul Ancestor-level team.

Since they had just registered, they were an Iron Rank Soul Elder team.

In other places, Iron Rank Soul Elder teams were rather uncommon, but this was Heaven Dou City.

A large number of soul masters gathered here, including teams like theirs, with Soul Elder-level strength, registering for group battles.

Less than half an hour after Dugu Feng and the others registered, the Great Soul Arena quickly matched them against an Iron Rank Soul Elder squad that had also registered not long ago.

Its name was Fire Squad.

All seven soul masters possessed fire-attributed martial souls known as Flame Demon Wolves.

They were considered high-grade fire-attributed beast martial souls.

The captain leading them had reached level thirty-nine.

Even the weakest member of the team had reached level thirty-three.

They fought like a wolf pack.

As the two teams entered the soul arena, the spectators in the stands instantly erupted in cheers.

The host's voice rang out through the amplifiers once more.

"Welcome, everyone, to this soul battle competition! Both teams are newly registered Iron Rank Soul Elder teams, but the Heaven Dou Team has two Soul Ancestor-level members serving as captain and vice-captain."

"However, the Blazing Wolf Team is not to be underestimated either. Five of its seven members possess Silver Soul Battle badges, and they are seasoned soul battle experts. Who will emerge victorious? Please wait and see!"