Fierce Collision, Defeating the Enemy with a Single Punch

The defense of his eighth soul skill was remarkably strong, and that was only natural.

After all, it came from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, the golden hawksbill turtle.

The invincible defense of the golden hawksbill turtle, combined with his martial soul, derived this powerful soul skill that possessed not only astonishing defense, but the ability to deflect force as well.

What was more, after Huang Jinxu underwent a second development of this soul skill, it not only gained the function of sealing off a small pocket of space, but also carried certain water-element abilities that could continuously weaken and neutralize force.

"Martial soul, Titan God Ape, avatar!"

Tai Tan let out an angry shout, and then unleashed his martial soul.

Both he and Niu Tan were exceptionally special existences.

The two of them were former hundred-thousand-year soul beasts who, after offering themselves in sacrifice to Tang San, were resurrected when Tang San ascended to the Divine Realm, relying on the power of the God King and the baptism of the Divine Realm.

Therefore, they possessed two forms: a human form and a soul-beast true form.

His previous true form was the titan giant ape, but under the power of the God King and the baptism of the Divine Realm, his martial soul had evolved into the Titan God Ape.

The Titan God Ape belonged to a God-Bestowed Martial Soul, but it also belonged to a God-Level Martial Soul.

Although affected by the suppression of their own cultivation, the confinement of the Douluo Plane, and the suppression of the Divine Realm rules, the power Tai Tan was able to display was only at rank 98, yet he felt not the slightest fear when facing a rank-99 Titled Douluo.

Immediately following that, Tai Tan's nine soul rings appeared simultaneously.

Five blacks and four reds.

It defied conventional understanding and cognition.

Naturally, these soul rings of his were not obtained by hunting soul beasts, but were condensed by himself.

Of course, this so-called soul ring was, to a certain extent, more of an illusion and camouflage, and could also be considered a product derived after adapting to the rules of this realm.

Looking solely at martial souls and soul rings, Huang Jinxu, a rank-98 Super Douluo, simply could not compare to Tai Tan.

The gap in basic stats was far too vast.

Yet the outcome of a battle was never judged solely by basic numerical values, unless the gap in stats was particularly massive, allowing for a direct crushing victory.

Powerful though the Titan God Ape martial soul was, Huang Jinxu's Heavenly Lone Star martial soul was not the least bit inferior either.

Looking across the entire Douluo series, in terms of talent alone, Huang Jinxu could be certain that apart from the Angel God Qian Renxue of ten thousand years ago, no one else could compare to him.

Qian Renxue's innate soul power of rank 20 was heaven-defying and immensely powerful.

Yet for him to awaken his martial soul right at birth and still possess innate full soul power, surpassing other soul masters from the starting line by six years, was likewise extremely heaven-defying.

Judging purely from the quality of his martial soul, Huang Jinxu classified his own martial soul into the ranks of the super martial soul.

Especially after the second awakening of his martial soul, in his view, his martial soul had undoubtedly stepped into the ranks of the god-level martial souls.

If the martial soul he awakened a second time was still not a god-level martial soul, then the so-called god-level martial soul, the Hell White Tiger, was nothing at all.

As for the gap in soul rings, that was even less of a problem.

He possessed his own alternate methods to compensate.

"Ninth soul skill, Starfall!"

Huang Jinxu certainly did not stand on ceremony with Tai Tan, directly employing his improved ninth soul skill right from the start.

What he wanted was to force Tai Tan to unleash power that surpassed his own cultivation; only in this way could he gather the force he required—power that exceeded soul power.

To push the opponent, he needed to unleash his full strength.

"Playing with gravity in front of me."

Sensing the power contained within Huang Jinxu's punch, although Tai Tan felt a sense of oppression, he did not retreat in the slightest.

Not only that, he seemed to have been provoked, or rather, as if he had encountered an interesting plaything.

He was truly happy.

"Go to hell!"

As one of the hundred-thousand-year soul rings on Tai Tan's body lit up, a wave of gravity materialized out of thin air between heaven and earth, and simultaneously, Tai Tan swung his massive fist and pressed in close toward Huang Jinxu.

His so-called execution of a soul skill was actually the direct activation of his innate soul skill: the gravity domain.

At the same time, he wanted to rely on his own formidable physique to directly crush the arrogant human soul master before him.

For him, accomplishing such a feat was not difficult.

"The gravity domain, is it? Ultimately, it's still a bit crude."

Huang Jinxu did not immediately and completely unleash the power of the Starfall punch; instead, only at the exact moment of collision with the opponent's fist did he truly display its might.

"Rumble!"

Along with a muffled explosive sound, the fists of the two directly collided just like that.

The collision of mighty forces should have erupted into violent shockwaves, but the reality was otherwise.

Aside from a single muffled sound ringing out, there was no other massive commotion whatsoever.

"How did you do that?"

Immediately afterward, Tai Tan's shocked voice rang out amid the battle.

At this moment, his arm was trembling slightly, and fresh blood was even flowing from his fist.

Tai Tan was truly shocked.

Although he was a rank-98 Titled Douluo, suppressed by the Divine Realm and bound by plane rules, his own physique vastly exceeded that of all soul masters of this era.

Only an existence whose physique had reached the god level could possibly harm him.

Yet the human soul master before him had managed to injure him in just this manner.

Most importantly, Tai Tan had a very bizarre feeling: at the exact instant of the collision, his gravity domain had vanished.

The problem was that the human soul master before him had not utilized a domain to cancel it out at all.

"Er Ming..."

Niu Tan, witnessing this scene, was equally shocked.

He was well aware of just how formidable Er Ming's physique was.

In this regard, even he himself fell short of Er Ming.

Yet the human soul master before him had actually injured Er Ming.

How could one not be shocked?

"As expected of Little Xu, having just broken through to rank 98 not long ago, the combat power he erupts with is already infinitely close to rank 99."

Within the academy, Zhuang Yusen gazed at Huang Jinxu engaged in battle, and after a gasp of amazement, he could not help but sigh with emotion.

"Merely close to the realm of a limit Douluo?"

"Yet why do I feel that he truly already possesses the combat power of a limit Douluo."

Divine Eagle Douluo Song Yunzhi looked toward Huang Jinxu's location, a hint of unprecedented solemnity surfacing within her gaze.

Though she had never crossed hands with a limit Douluo, she was nonetheless a top-tier powerhouse on this continent, and moreover had witnessed the combat power of limit Douluos on multiple occasions in the past; she could conclude that the force behind Huang Jinxu's punch had already reached the level of power possessed only by a limit Douluo.

While the academy's higher-ups were shocked, they also collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

Viewed this way, with Huang Jinxu around, even if Elder Mu were to unfortunately pass away one day, there would still be someone to continue sustaining the brilliance of Shrek Academy.

"Utilizing another person's gravity domain to augment his own strength?"

"This brat's methods seem a bit too formidable."

Mu En had been observing the details of this battle from start to finish, and thus the things he saw were much more thorough.

At present, he had a feeling that even if he were to make a move himself, he might not necessarily emerge as Huang Jinxu's match.