The showdown between two control-type Soul Masters instantly set the entire arena ablaze!
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass swept across the sky, bristling with sharp thorns and surging with dense soul power. Like a black tidal wave, it bore straight down on the Heaven Dou Royal Team, seeking to seize control of the battlefield first and prevent Lin Chen from deploying his domain.
His Purple Demon Eye remained locked on Lin Chen. A Bone-Piercing Needle lay poised in his palm, and he had pushed the hidden weapon techniques of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record to their limit. The moment Lin Chen revealed even the slightest opening, he would deliver a lethal strike.
"Tang San's Blue Silver Grass certainly has impressive control."
Lin Chen remained composed, showing not a trace of panic before Tang San's Blue Silver Cage.
Both possessed a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, but Tang San's emphasized restraint and poison. His own Life Blue Silver Grass combined life nourishment with Ice Heart Binding, its fundamental quality already far surpassing ordinary Blue Silver Grass. With a domain empowering it as well, the difference was plain.
"Iceheart Domain, condense!"
Lin Chen gave a quiet command, and white-and-green domain power erupted instantly. Ice crystals showered down, a layer of solid ice covered the arena floor, and extreme cold spread outward. The instant Tang San's advancing Blue Silver Grass touched that chill, it froze and stiffened at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its once-ferocious assault stopped dead in midair!
A sizzling hiss rose as the cold ate into it. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul had been utterly suppressed!
"What?!"
Tang San's expression changed sharply, and towering waves of shock crashed through his heart.
His Blue Silver Grass had undergone repeated tempering and become extraordinarily tough, yet it could not even approach Lin Chen's domain. This martial soul suppression was nothing short of crushing!
Even more alarming, Lin Chen's Life Blue Silver Grass seemed to tug at the Blue Silver Grass martial soul within him, stirring it into restless agitation, as though it had encountered a superior being of its own bloodline origin!
"What kind of Blue Silver Grass is this...?" Tang San growled through clenched teeth. For the first time, helplessness rose within him. The control abilities he took such pride in proved unable to withstand even a single blow before Lin Chen.
"Tang San, your control is too weak."
As Lin Chen's words fell, a slight shift of his will sent his Life Blue Silver Grass bursting out of the ground!
Emerald vines covered in luminous white ice patterns, thicker and tougher than Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, shot forward like icy green flood dragons. They instantly coiled around Tang San's frozen grass and wrenched tight!
Crack—
The frozen Blue Silver Grass shattered. Lin Chen's Life Blue Silver Grass pressed the advantage, launching a counterattack straight at Tang San. At the same time, the Iceheart chill spread along the vines, seeking to freeze the channels through which his soul power flowed.
"White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, break!"
Seeing this, Dai Mubai immediately unleashed his strongest attack. Dense White Tiger soul power condensed into a wave of light and slammed toward the Life Blue Silver Grass, attempting to free Tang San from danger.
Ma Hongjun followed close behind, driving his third soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, at full power. Flaming meteors rained down, scorching the arena as he tried to melt away the Iceheart chill.
"Qingyuan, keep Dai Mubai occupied! Everyone else, stop Ma Hongjun!" Lin Chen commanded calmly, his tactics clear.
Su Qingyuan darted forward, unleashing her Soft Bone Soul Skill at full power. She kept Dai Mubai firmly engaged, using agile movements to neutralize his White Tiger attacks. The Royal Team's power attack-type members met Ma Hongjun head-on, resisting his Phoenix Flame. Both sides plunged into fierce combat, and the sounds of colliding soul power rang out without pause.
Oscar kept producing sausages to sustain Shrek's fighters. Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda blazed with light as she supported the Shrek Seven Devils, her power contesting Yue Huaxi's support from across the arena. The two support-type Soul Masters had also begun a silent struggle.
At the center of the arena, only Lin Chen and Tang San remained—the two Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters facing each other head-on!
"I won't lose!"
Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, his fury fully ignited. He knew ordinary Blue Silver Grass soul skills could not contend with Lin Chen, so he stopped holding back. His left hand rose silently, a thread of pitch-black soul power surged, and the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul quietly appeared!
Though it had only one yellow soul ring, the Clear Sky Hammer was the world's foremost power attack-type tool martial soul. Its oppressive aura spread instantly, and a heavy gale swept forth with the hammer as it smashed straight toward Lin Chen's Life Blue Silver Grass.
The Clear Sky Hammer's appearance shocked the entire arena!
"Dual Martial Souls! That Tang San from Shrek actually has dual martial souls!"
"The world's foremost tool martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer! Just where did he come from?"
Cries of astonishment erupted from the stands, and powerful figures from every faction were visibly moved. Dual Martial Souls Soul Masters were already one in ten thousand, and one of his was the Clear Sky Hammer. Such talent was enough to rival the Spirit Hall Golden Generation!
Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others looked tense. They had intended for Tang San to keep his trump card hidden, but now he had been driven into a corner and forced to reveal it early.
Lin Chen's gaze sharpened slightly as he studied the Clear Sky Hammer in Tang San's hand, yet he showed no fear.
He had already guessed that Tang San was hiding a trump card, but even the Clear Sky Hammer might not be able to break his Iceheart Domain!
"So what if it's the Clear Sky Hammer? Today, I'll break this so-called world's foremost tool martial soul!"
Soul power surged around Lin Chen as he drove his Iceheart Domain to its limit. Ice crystals gathered from the air to form a thick wall before him, while layers of Life Blue Silver Grass intertwined into an enormous vine shield to withstand the Clear Sky Hammer's strike head-on!
Bam!
The Clear Sky Hammer slammed into the ice shield. A thunderous crash shook the sky, and shards of ice flew everywhere. Lin Chen swayed slightly, but he held firm against the blow.
The Clear Sky Hammer was undeniably powerful, but Tang San was currently only a rank-thirty-three Soul Elder and could not unleash its true might. Combined with the freezing effect of the Iceheart chill, the hammer's force had been greatly weakened!
"Nothing more than that."
Lin Chen sneered and brought his hands together. Like a net stretching across heaven and earth, Life Blue Silver Grass surrounded Tang San from every direction. The power of Ice Heart Binding poured forth at full force, seeking to freeze his soul power completely.
Tang San's face turned deathly pale. Suppressed by the domain, his soul power circulated sluggishly, and even swinging the Clear Sky Hammer became difficult. He was moments away from being completely bound by Life Blue Silver Grass!
At that instant, when everything hung by a thread!
On the raised platform above the arena, murderous intent blazed in the eyes of Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo envoy!
Lin Chen had repeatedly ruined Spirit Hall's grand plans and defeated the Golden Generation. Now he was about to claim the tournament championship as well. If allowed to live, he would surely become a thorn buried deep in Spirit Hall's heart!
Before the match could be decided, the Titled Douluo erupted into action. Black soul rings rose into the air, and terrifying Titled Douluo pressure swept across the arena. A palm imprint of intensely condensed soul power bypassed the Arena Defensive Formation and shot straight toward Lin Chen at the center, intent on killing him!
Its speed was far beyond anything a Soul Elder could react to!
"This is bad! Spirit Hall dares to attack in public!"
The Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire flew into a rage, but he was too far away to intervene in time.
Everyone's expression changed drastically. No one had imagined Spirit Hall would be so brazen as to send a Titled Douluo to assassinate Lin Chen before countless watching eyes!
Still confronting Tang San, Lin Chen abruptly sensed lethal danger behind him. Every hair on his body stood on end, but with Tang San keeping him occupied, he had no way to evade the Titled Douluo's strike completely!
"Lin Chen!"
Su Qingyuan and Yue Huaxi's eyes widened as though they would split at the corners. They rushed toward Lin Chen without regard for anything else, but there was no time.
Tang San froze as well. Though he wanted to defeat Lin Chen, he had never intended to kill him through Spirit Hall's hand. For a moment, he forgot to react.
At that instant between life and death, the Life Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul within Lin Chen's dantian suddenly trembled wildly. The vast aura of life deep within the distant Star Dou Great Forest Core crossed ten thousand miles in an instant, resonating powerfully with him!
A gentle yet boundless Life Force descended around Lin Chen out of nowhere, forming a golden shield of light that forcibly blocked the Titled Douluo's soul power palm imprint!
Boom—!
The palm imprint collided with the light shield, and a shock wave swept across the arena. Yet Lin Chen remained completely unharmed.
Dead silence fell. Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events.
The Spirit Hall Titled Douluo's expression changed drastically as he looked toward the Star Dou Great Forest in disbelief. He could clearly sense that the power just now far surpassed the Titled Douluo level. It was the aura of the Soul Beast Co-Ruler!
"Who is it?!" the Titled Douluo growled sharply, his heart filled with wariness.
Lin Chen stood where he was, profoundly shaken. He could clearly sense that the power that had saved him was connected to the origin of his Life Blue Silver Grass. Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, there had to be a world-shaking secret concerning his martial soul.
Meanwhile, the situation in the arena reversed in an instant.
Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo had openly attempted to assassinate a contestant, violating the tournament's rules. Enraged, the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire immediately ordered the imperial family's powerful Soul Masters to surround the envoy. The entire arena descended into chaos.
Lin Chen's eyes were icy as he slowly turned toward the Spirit Hall envoy on the raised platform. Murderous intent surged around him.
Spirit Hall had tried to wipe him out time and time again. He would remember this debt!
He withdrew his gaze from the platform and looked back at Tang San, his tone indifferent. "Spirit Hall's interference has put today's final on hold, but sooner or later, our duel will have a winner."
"And I will make Spirit Hall pay!"
As his words fell, Lin Chen withdrew his domain and turned to shield Su Qingyuan and Yue Huaxi, remaining alert for another attack from Spirit Hall.
A final watched by countless spectators had been utterly interrupted by Spirit Hall's assassination attempt, plunging the entire arena into chaos.
What Lin Chen did not know was that his resonance with the aura of life at the Star Dou Core had already exposed the secrets of his martial soul. A world-shaking game involving Soul Masters and soul beasts, Spirit Hall and the major factions, all bound to the origin of Life Blue Silver Grass, had only just begun...
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