"Tian Heng!"
"Captain!"
Once the match result had been announced, the members of the Imperial Fighting Team and Thunder Team could finally enter the plaza.
As the only daughter of the Ye Family of the Nine Heart Begonia, foremost among healing Soul Masters, Ye Lingling was naturally ushered to the front.
She used three healing Soul Skills in succession, waking Yu Tianxin, who had been bleeding from five orifices, almost in the blink of an eye.
Sensing the mass of vitality between Ye Lingling's palms, Xu Zi could not help remarking, "If you'd let her take that snake woman's place in the match, you wouldn't have ended up so miserable."
Destruction and life countered each other.
On the level of cosmic laws, this was the Heaven Thunder Team's only chance to stand on equal footing with Xu Zi.
Unfortunately, the Heaven Thunder Team seemed to have left Ye Lingling on the bench because she had not reached four-ring cultivation.
This was also why Xu Zi had burst out laughing that morning when he read the information and saw that the Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master was not in the starting lineup.
Hearing the name "snake woman," Dugu Yan raised her head, holding Yu Tianheng in her arms, and snorted from afar. "Lecher! Sooner or later, I'll have Grandpa poison you to-"
But before she could finish, her green slit pupils met Xu Zi's bright purple ones.
One look was all it took: the purple dragon suppressed the green serpent.
Under his stare, all of Dugu Yan's bluster died away.
She instinctively covered her right breast-there was a fresh piece of cloth wrapped around it.
After treatment from the Nine Heart Begonia, her right breast had fully healed, its full curve restored.
Yet that physical agony, and the dizziness from being struck by the Will of Destruction, still left her seeing snakes in the shadows of bows.
Meanwhile, the head referee had finished summarizing the day's matches.
He turned toward the judges' seats and loudly reported to the person in charge, Ling Yuan Douluo. "Your Eminence Ling Yuan, the final match of the second round of the Soul Master Tournament's ranking competition has concluded successfully."
"As head referee for the second round, I await your instructions."
Ling Yuan wasted no words. "Clean up the Soul Fighting Plaza quickly and prepare for tomorrow's third round."
"Yes!"
The Spirit Hall staff present all shouted their acknowledgment.
"Oh, right." Just as Ling Yuan was about to take flight, she suddenly remembered something important.
She hurriedly stopped the red-robed bishop, who was preparing to report to the Pope Hall, and suggested, "There are only four matches in the third round. Why don't we wait until nearly noon tomorrow to begin the semifinals?"
Although the red-robed bishop did not know what Ling Yuan intended, she was the Douluo specially dispatched by the Pope Hall to oversee the event. Naturally, he had no reason to reject a suggestion from the person in charge.
The torches crackled.
On the Soul Fighting Plaza.
Xu Zi's eyes had returned to normal. The Amethyst Dragon scales on his body turned into blazing clouds and vanished along with the purple sun behind him.
The seven members of the second team immediately crowded around him from off the field, showering him with praise.
Shi Xing, who had recovered, spoke first. "At first, I thought that with the Holy Dragon Sect sending us Tuoba She to complete an all-Soul Ancestor lineup, we'd at most get through the first round comfortably and reach the top fifteen."
"I never imagined you'd come along and actually take the team this far..."
The other six chimed in:
"Exactly! As expected of a Western noble, Captain. You really can fight."
"Immune to lightning and poison, beating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon into the ground-I'd say the title of the world's number one Power Attack Beast Martial Soul ought to change hands."
"Our captain has the makings of an Elder Hall consecrator!"
These young masters from prominent families had originally come merely to gild themselves, waiting to graduate and get assigned official posts.
But now Xu Zi had arrived and forced them to train until they were nearly refined into real gold.
On the other side.
The Blue Lightning Twin Stars, whose broken arms and legs had just been healed, felt bitter as they listened to the hearty laughter a few meters away.
Yu Tianheng rose with a limp. Facing the members of the Imperial Fighting Team and Thunder Team, he apologized sincerely. "I insisted on having my own way and didn't let Lingling compete. As captain, I should bear the main responsibility."
"Tian Heng." Clutching the piece of cloth for her right breast that she had just retrieved, Dugu Yan shook her head. "It wasn't your fault. I was the one who kept insisting on staying by your side."
"But as vice-captain, I should have realized sooner that the sun would naturally counter snake venom..."
"No, Brother Tian Heng, Sister Yanyan, you can't be blamed for this." Ye Ling broke her silence and spoke abruptly. "If anyone's to blame, it's that Soul Elder captain of theirs. He hid himself too deeply... far too deeply."
Lei Tian and Lei Dong both agreed. "Exactly! A Power Attack Soul Elder with a top-tier Martial Soul actually pretended to be a support. He's too cunning."
The green glow of healing lit Ye Lingling's face, revealing her solemn gaze.
Perhaps she alone knew just how difficult Xu Zi was to deal with.
While treating Lei Tian off the field, she had been surprised to discover that injuries she could normally heal quickly and easily required twice as much Soul Power before her treatment took effect.
After examining him carefully, she discovered the reason: a faint power lurked in the wounds on Lei Tian's hands and chest, continually disrupting the Soul Master's bodily self-healing functions.
That strange destructive power was especially distinct when she treated Dugu Yan, Yu Tianxin, Yu Tianheng, and the others.
Other healing Soul Masters could offer little more than a cup of water against a burning cartload of firewood. Their only option was to forcibly disperse it with large amounts of Soul Power, rather than "targeting the specific affliction."
Only when Ye Ling used a life-restoring Soul Skill was this highly destructive power rapidly canceled out by life energy.
Ye Lingling's discovery was correct. This power was precisely the Power of Destruction driven into their bodies by Xu Zi's blows!
Even with only Soul Elder cultivation, Xu Zi could cross ranks and inflict sustained damage on Soul Ancestors.
Xu Zi pushed past his teammates and approached the Imperial Fight and Thunder Team.
He said to the Blue Lightning Twin Stars, "I originally wanted to injure you two more severely."
"What do you mean?" Yu Tianheng staggered as he straightened his legs.
Thinking Xu Zi had come to mock them and pick a fight, the members of both the Imperial Fight and Thunderclap teams crowded around him in righteous indignation.
But the seven members of the Spirit Hall Second Team were no mere decorations either. They also thought their "boss" had gone over to pick a fight, and without caring about anything else, began shoving the members of the two teams.
By now, the head referee, assistant referee, and judges had all left. Only a few young volunteers remained in the plaza. How would they dare mediate between these prodigies of their generation?
Xu Zi answered Yu Tianheng's question. "Exactly what I said. Because of your uncle, Yu Xiaogang."
"I was afraid you two would tell that dark horse team, Shrek, about today's battle, so I planned to cripple your ability to move."
"But seeing how much fighting spirit you two had, I couldn't bring myself to be ruthless."
Dugu Yan was the first to object. "We have the world's number one healing Martial Soul..."
Yu Tianheng raised a hand to interrupt his girlfriend. Even Ye Lingling held Dugu Yan's arm and shook her head.
Because both of them knew Xu Zi really could do it.
First, someone whose severed limb had been restored needed time to adapt to the new neurons. Yu Tianheng knew this perfectly well, because his right leg was currently half-paralyzed.
Second, having treated all seven teammates in succession, Ye Lingling naturally knew that Xu Zi's words were no bluff, given the formidable latent damage inflicted by the Power of Destruction.
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