A Rule-Bending Aura for the Third Soul Skill!

"Finally!"

Luofan opened his eyes and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been aware of what was happening around him while he absorbed the Soul Ring.

But at the crucial moment, he had been unable to do a thing.

Now that he had finished absorbing it, Luofan could feel his Soul Power surge from level 30 to level 32.

He also knew what his newly awakened third Soul Skill was.

"Uncle Ci Xue, I'm coming to help!"

Luofan opened his eyes and called out to Porcupinefish Douluo.

Help me?

Porcupinefish Douluo froze for an instant at Luofan's words.

This was a battle between Titled Douluo-level opponents. How could Luofan help him?

Even after successfully absorbing the Soul Ring, Luofan was only a Soul Elder, wasn't he?

How could he interfere in a fight at this level?

Whoosh...

Porcupinefish Douluo's hesitation lasted only an instant, but the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear seized that opening amid the fierce battle. It brought its innate Dark Gold Dreadclaw down on him once more!

Damn it! Porcupinefish Douluo's heart sank as he saw the blow coming.

If it landed, he would be crippled even if he survived!

"Shield!"

Luofan reacted quickly. He instantly activated his second Soul Skill, and a translucent shield shaped like a Nine-Story Pagoda enveloped Porcupinefish Douluo!

The Dark Gold Dreadclaw struck the shield, and its attack was completely nullified!

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear stared at him in obvious confusion when its attack had no effect.

Beautifully done. That rule-based defensive Soul Skill really is something!

Porcupinefish Douluo knew exactly what had happened, and surprise and delight surged through him.

Luofan's timing with that shield had been perfect!

Though puzzled, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear did not stop attacking. It swung another paw at Porcupinefish Douluo!

"Third Soul Skill: Overpowering Aura!"

At almost the same moment, the third Soul Ring on Luofan's Exquisite Pagoda flashed!

An invisible ripple spread rapidly outward from Luofan!

From above, the ripple could be seen expanding into a vast circle centered on Luofan, enclosing both Porcupinefish Douluo and the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

As it swept past, Porcupinefish Douluo saw a faint golden glow surround his body.

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, by contrast, was wreathed in grayish-white light.

Porcupinefish Douluo raised his hand again and met the bear's paw head-on!

Bang!

This time, Porcupinefish Douluo did not so much as sway. The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, however, was sent flying like a ball.

Its massive body sailed more than ten meters before slamming into the ground!

"Luofan, what does this Soul Skill do?"

Porcupinefish Douluo looked at the bear he had sent flying, then at his own faintly glowing palm. "Is it some kind of boost for me and a weakening effect on the bear?"

Yet he felt no stronger at all!

With an ordinary boosting Soul Skill, like the famous enhancement from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, he would have clearly felt his attributes soar!

"My third Soul Skill is called Overpowering Aura!"

"Within its range, everyone I designate an ally deals double damage!"

"And everyone I designate an enemy deals half damage!" Luofan explained.

It did not simply increase an ally's attack power. It directly changed the damage their attacks dealt!

That was what embedding a rule into his third Soul Skill had achieved!

"So the boost and weakening effects ignore level differences?"

Porcupinefish Douluo glanced around. Luofan's aura covered a huge circular area with a radius of more than thirty meters, centered on him. He could not help asking again.

"Yes. Level doesn't matter," Luofan confirmed with a nod.

Porcupinefish Douluo sucked in a sharp breath.

That meant the aura doubled the damage dealt by an ordinary Soul Master.

And it doubled the damage dealt by a Titled Douluo too!

Porcupinefish Douluo turned toward the fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, a smile spreading across his face.

He had been at his limit. When Luofan finally finished absorbing his third Soul Ring, all he had wanted was to take him and flee.

But now that he knew what Overpowering Aura could do, the tables had turned. Why would they run?

Porcupinefish Douluo had to admit that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear lived up to its reputation as a top-tier assault-type Soul Beast. At fifty thousand years old, it was already stronger than him!

But he quickly ran the numbers in his head.

If his strength was an eighty, the bear's was a hundred at most.

Under Overpowering Aura, his eighty points of strength could deal a hundred and sixty points of damage!

And the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?

With its damage halved, its hundred points of strength could deal only fifty points of damage!

In terms of damage alone, he now hit at least three times as hard!

So why would he run?

"Come on, then!"

Porcupinefish Douluo grinned at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, ready for more.

The bear shook its head after being sent flying, then pulled itself together.

But when it looked at Porcupinefish Douluo again, its eyes were full of wariness.

That last clash had made one thing clear to the bear: its opponent's strength had suddenly overwhelmed its own!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Overpowering Aura was every bit as formidable as its name suggested.

Porcupinefish Douluo had seized the upper hand. Dealing nearly three times the bear's damage, he battered it relentlessly!

Fortunately for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, its defenses were formidable too. Otherwise, it would already have been at death's door.

After another two minutes of fighting, Porcupinefish Douluo grabbed the bear and hurled it away. Its body smashed straight through two large trees!

"Awooo!"

The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear scrambled up. It no longer dared to fight. With a strange cry, it turned and fled for its life.

"That's enough, Uncle Ci Xue! My Soul Skill only lasts 180 seconds. It's almost over!" Luofan called.

"Fair enough. Leave this Soul Beast alive, and it might become your fourth Soul Ring someday!" Porcupinefish Douluo thought it over and did not pursue the bear.

With their purpose in the Star Dou Forest accomplished, Luofan and Porcupinefish Douluo quickly headed back.

Meanwhile, Luofan could not help looking forward to what came next.

What would his fourth Golden Entry turn out to be...?