The moment he stepped onto the stage, Ma Rulong tossed a Milk Bottle over.
"Catch your breath. I won't take advantage of you!"
Jiang Peng caught it but treated it with utter disdain. The Heaven Dou Empire championed the pure, domineering power of soul masters and looked down on these childish gadgets most of all.
"I'm already in peak condition! I'm going to beat every last one of you!" Jiang Peng crushed the Milk Bottle in his hand.
"Ah! It seems you don't understand the true essence of soul tools at all. You may have beaten Mi Jia, but that doesn't mean soul engineers are inferior to soul masters. Every soul tool I use was assembled and made by me, step by step. In this battle, I'll show you a soul engineer's true strength!"
"Hmph!" Jiang Peng remained utterly dismissive.
"Begin!"
Huang Jinxu raised his hand and announced the start.
"Hah!" From the outset, Jiang Peng launched fierce attack after fierce attack in his excitement, paying no heed to defense.
This was the Heaven-Shaking Axe's fierce, domineering momentum: attack, attack, and keep attacking.
Yet his opponent anticipated every one of those attacks and dodged them all.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Phantom Clones!" Jiang Peng created two clones, which slashed at Ma Rulong.
Ma Rulong released his martial soul, and his appearance began to change bizarrely. His head grew much larger. This was his martial soul, the Big-Headed Spirit Ape, a rare support-type beast martial soul.
The ring on his hand flashed, and a soul cannon appeared in his grasp. He gently pressed a button, and the cannon instantly spat out a beam of white light.
It was a Level 4 Soul Tool, the Flash Cannon. Who could have imagined that he would use only a Level 4 Soul Tool against a