Rasengan and Chidori

Wang Xiao stepped forward, blazing electricity crackling around him.

Lightning coiled around his body, arcs sizzling one after another as they wound around him, as though thunder itself were flowing through his veins.

As Wang Xiao drew closer, the light on Huang Chutian's face turned colder and colder.

His pupils constricted, his face full of disbelief. Such violent lightning power—was this still Blue Silver Grass?!

"Y-you, what is this ability called? How can you gather such violent lightning around your body? How did you do it?!" Huang Chutian asked in horror.

Wang Xiao replied, "Lightning Release, Lightning Chakra Mode!"

"To borrow what you said earlier, if you lose to this move of mine, you'll have plenty to brag about once you get out."

This was a self-created ninjutsu Wang Xiao had developed over more than sixty days.

Drawing from the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode and the principles of Chidori Stream, he had developed this brand-new Lightning Release ninjutsu, which could double his strength!

There was nothing unfair about losing to this move.

Huang Chutian's face burned with pain. The words he had said to Wang Xiao not long ago had now been thrown back at him. It was like slapping himself in the face—more humiliating than getting slapped by someone else.

"Wang Xiao, I admit you have the strength to contend with me. But what good is being strong? I have two teammates, while you only have Wufeng as fighting power."

Huang Chutian rose to his feet, confidence returning to his smile.

"Look, it seems your teammate is about to lose. Aren't you going to save her?"

On the other side of the arena, Wufeng was locked in a bitter battle, the flames around her body extinguished.

Faced with hair strands more agile than tentacles, she could not hold them off and could only dodge left and right.

Ning Tian supported her from the rear, granting her enhancement effects.

But when the Lan sisters unleashed their soul skill, blue hair poured down like a torrential rain, crashing into Wufeng like seawater.

She erupted with flames, instantly melting a large swath of hair around her. Yet in the blink of an eye, more hair surged in, swiftly filling the gap.

Helpless, Wufeng could only release flames again to burn an opening, trying to break free from their control.

Huang Chutian laughed loudly. "You're anxious, aren't you? But with me blocking you here, even if you're stronger than me, don't dream of breaking through anytime soon."

He stood between the two fronts, his tall, sturdy frame blocking Wang Xiao's view.

Wang Xiao said nothing. With a light step, he vanished with a whoosh, appearing before Huang Chutian in the blink of an eye.

Electric arcs wrapped around his fist as he threw a punch.

"So fast!"

Huang Chutian's pupils darted wildly. He hurriedly raised both arms and crossed them in defense.

They were less than ten meters apart, but Wang Xiao's speed had exceeded his expectations. After barely two blinks, the electric light had already burst before him.

Bang!

The seemingly light punch struck his arms, yet it felt like a massive boulder had slammed into him. He groaned, his feet scraping across the floor as he was driven backward.

Huang Chutian's chest tightened, and he began coughing violently. He was shocked. They had been evenly matched moments ago, so why had the other party's strength more than doubled in just a few seconds?!

After activating Chakra Mode, Wang Xiao had also received a forty-percent increase in strength and speed. In terms of raw power alone, he had already surpassed Huang Chutian's Mighty Divine Ape Martial Soul.

"After defeating you, I'll still have enough time to deal with Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo."

Wang Xiao's figure flickered, and he vanished from where he stood.

Huang Chutian was alarmed. That speed again—he could not react in time and could barely keep up.

"Maybe I'm not as fast as you, but don't underestimate the physical strength of the Mighty Divine Ape. I can't be beaten to death!"

Huang Chutian suddenly straightened, raising his arms into a defensive stance as he took Wang Xiao's attacks head-on.

He was forced back again and again. No matter how strong his body was, he could not remain completely unmoved.

At first, Huang Chutian had pursued Wang Xiao with a flurry of attacks, driving him toward the edge of the arena.

But now, the tables had turned, and it was Huang Chutian who was being driven to the arena's edge.

Yet Huang Chutian laughed, the madness in his eyes nearly impossible to conceal.

"Once Wufeng loses, you'll be the only one left who can fight. No matter how strong you are, you're no match for the three of us. You're doomed to lose, Old Wang!"

Wang Xiao froze for half a beat, then his expression darkened.

He stopped punching. The lightning around his body suddenly dispersed, and he struck out with an unadorned palm.

Huang Chutian was overjoyed, thinking Wang Xiao had exhausted his Soul Power and that victory was about to tilt in his favor.

Yet the next sight stunned him, making him want to curse aloud.

Just as Wang Xiao was about to hit him, white light suddenly erupted from his palm. Energy gathered, stirring up spiraling winds as a strange phenomenon appeared.

Huang Chutian watched with his own eyes as, in less than a second, a blue sphere formed in Wang Xiao's palm, spinning at high speed and blazing with light.

"Instant-cast soul skill... you sneaky bastard!"

He had never expected this to happen. By the time he wanted to use a soul skill to defend himself, it was already too late.

"Rasengan!"

Bang!

A thunderous boom rang out, accompanied by a piercing howl of wind that drew the attention of everyone outside the arena.

Everyone turned to look, only to see blue light flash brilliantly. Then Huang Chutian's body began spinning as he flew away like a fan.

"What happened? What was that just now?"

Many people were confused. Why had Huang Chutian lost? And to a Blue Silver Grass auxiliary-type soul master, no less!

Moments earlier, their attention had been drawn to the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and they had not noticed the battle on the other side.

On the arena,

Ning Tian stood dumbfounded. She had been supporting from the rear, yet even she had no idea what had just happened.

At that moment, only Huang Chutian, lying at the edge of the arena, understood just how treacherous Wang Xiao was.

He had thought it was merely an ordinary palm strike, only for an energy sphere to suddenly burst forth. It was not that he was weak—who could react to an instant-cast soul skill like that?

"Wang, you're so insidious and cunning!" Huang Chutian propped up his upper body with one hand. Watching Wang Xiao approach step by step, he kept coughing up blood.

He was seriously injured, with the flesh on his arms and abdomen mangled beyond recognition. Had the Mighty Divine Ape Martial Soul not granted him such a powerful physique, his bones would likely have been exposed by now.

What he did not know was that Wang Xiao had dispelled the Rasengan at the last moment. Otherwise, his injuries would have been far worse.

Huang Chutian had been arrogant, but this was only a match, not a fight to the death. Wang Xiao naturally would not strike to kill.

"I refuse to accept this, cough cough... If your soul skill hadn't been so underhanded, I wouldn't have fallen for it!" Huang Chutian shouted angrily while coughing up blood.

Wang Xiao sneered. "Even now, you still haven't figured it out? When did I ever say I was going to help Wufeng break free?"

"What do you mean?" Huang Chutian was startled, even his coughing stopping.

"You thought that by holding me back, Wufeng would eventually be eliminated. But from another perspective, weren't your two teammates being held back as well?"

Wang Xiao said, "From the very beginning, my goal was to deal with you."

"What?!"

Huang Chutian's expression changed drastically. At that moment, he finally understood that he was the one who had fallen into a trap.

From beginning to end, he had assumed Wang Xiao was desperate to save his teammate, when in truth Wang Xiao did not care whether Wufeng lived or died.

If he had known how to maneuver instead of stubbornly attacking head-on, Wang Xiao could never have ended the fight so quickly!

He had assumed Wang Xiao wanted to break through, so he had taken every attack head-on.

"I refuse to accept this! If I had waited for my teammates' support, we would definitely have won in the end!"

Wang Xiao did not reply. He swept out a kick and sent Huang Chutian flying out of the arena.

Thus, Huang Chutian was eliminated.

Only the sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo remained on the field.

Wang Xiao walked toward the sisters, arcs of electricity rising from his hand. "Heavenly Net is indeed powerful, but if I take out one of you, can you still maintain the Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"