"Her Soul Bone Skill is indeed at the hundred-year level, but her way of using it is very wrong."
With a gloomy face, Tang San explained in a deep voice, "Her Soul Power split into countless threads that spread throughout all the Purple Fire Thorn, merging with the fire poison within to form a burst of flame power, shooting out those sharp thorns."
A single thorn spike is indeed only a hundred-year-old Soul Bone Skill, but their quantity is... weird!
Recalling the waves that appeared when Zijing used Thorn Burst Shot twice before, Tang San could only describe it as bizarre.
There were far too many thorns and spikes, far more than the Serpent Cane that Meng Yiran had used before.
Although each spike possesses the power of a hundred-year-old Soul Skill, when their quantity reaches an unfair level, the power of this Soul Skill increases countless times, reaching a level comparable to Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill.
The addition of the intense pain caused by the fire poison from the Purple Fire Thorn makes it even more troublesome and terrifying.
" Zijing's Soul Bone should come from the Violent Porcupine, a Soul Beast that can shoot out its sharp quills to attack enemies."
However, a hundred-year-old Violent Porcupine can only shoot out one spike at a time. If the opponent's Soul Bone is truly a hundred-year-old one, then it will inevitably be subject to this limitation.
According to my calculations, Zijing's Soul Power reserve was only about ninety times her own, so it shouldn't have been able to shoot out so many spikes.
Based on Tang San's information, Yu Xiaogang immediately analyzed the origin of Zijing's Soul Bone and clearly explained its effects and limitations as a Soul Bone Skill.
But this brings up a completely new problem!
Even if this Soul Bone Skill used infinitely and continuously as long as the Soul Power reserve is sufficient, just like Meng Yiran did back then.
But this number of times is highly unusual. How did the other party manage to do that?
"His Soul Power is very special; he only needs to consume one ten-thousandth of the fixed Soul Power of a hundred-year-old Soul Bone Skill to unleash it, and its power is in no way diminished."
Tang San timely Earthly Dao another key point he had discovered, which resolved the doubts Yu Xiaogang had previously raised, but also brought about an even bigger one.
"Well... I might know a little about it."
At this moment, Ma Hongjun suddenly spoke up weakly, clearly having thought of something.
"If you know, why don't you just say it!"
Dai Mubai slapped Ma Hongjun hard across the face. He was also very curious about what Ma Hongjun had said, as were the others.
"Do you remember that Grandmaster from the Spirit Hall who once taught me a method for cultivating the power of Evil Fire? It included a secret technique for refining and purifying Soul Power Soul Power. It's very likely that he used the power of Evil Fire to refine his own Soul Power."
Ma Hongjun honestly revealed his guess, and at the same time, he was filled with regret!
Although he had browsed through the entire inheritance of cultivating Evil Fire, he only did so briefly and did not delve into it in depth.
At the time, he also saw the secret method that specifically used Evil Fire to temper one's own Soul Power, but he thought it was just a simple tempering at most, and the effect wouldn't be that powerful.
Moreover, his Martial Soul is the top-tier Beast Martial Soul, the Fire Phoenix, whose inherent Soul Power quality is already at its highest level, naturally beyond which there is no room for further improvement. Even if he were to cultivate further, it would not yield significant results.
At the same time, the cultivation process of the Evil Fire was far too painful. It was not worth it to exchange that inhuman pain for such a small improvement, so he decisively gave up at that time.
Who would have thought that the tempering effect would be so strong? Zijing's Soul Power Soul Power quality is probably comparable to that of Titled Douluo.
As we all know, as Soul Master's cultivation level increases, the quality of their Soul Power also continuously improves. When using high-quality Soul Power to perform low-level Soul Skill, not only is the consumption less, but the power is also greatly increased.
This is also why high-level Soul Master sometimes still use their low-level Soul Skill multiple times during battle.
Zijing only learned a little bit from Jiang Zhu, and because the time was short, she only made a preliminary connection with the characteristic of improving the quality of Soul Power and reducing consumption.
As for the ability to further enhance the power of Soul Skill, this feature is still being explored and has not yet been mastered.
Otherwise, Yu Xinming Yu Xinming wouldn't have been riddled with thorns today, but rather a sieve; the burst of thorns would have been enough to pierce through his body.
"You spendthrift little brat!"
Flender was furious. He chopped Ma Hongjun hard on the forehead with a chop, his face full of disappointment and frustration.
The stronger the Evil Fire power and that inherited technique became, the more he regretted it.
Such an incredible inheritance was abandoned by them, and now Little Nine, who lives on Evil Fire and inherited the inheritance, has become their enemy.
What a mess!
"You agreed to it in the first place, but now you're blaming me for everything!"
Rubbing his throbbing forehead, Ma Hongjun muttered to himself in dissatisfaction.
Although he couldn't bear the inhuman pain and gave up voluntarily, his teacher Flender agreed.
Logically speaking, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on himself; Flender also bears some responsibility.
He dared not say this aloud, lest Flender retaliate again.
"Kids, the Botanical Team will likely be your strongest opponent in this competition, so be sure to deal with them carefully."
With a sigh, Yu Xiaogang felt deep regret and remorse, but what was done was done and could not be undone; all he could do was make more preparations.
He was quite confident that his trained Little Monster could defeat the Spirit Hall Team, but the unexpected rise of the Plant Academy made him very uneasy.
After all, the performances of Meng Yiran, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er were all too outstanding, especially Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.
Although both girls used tricks, that's still a skill in itself.
The reason why the opponent was able to make such great progress must be inseparable from Little Nine's Evil Fire power.
Tang San Dai Mubai, and the others exchanged glances, their expressions becoming more serious. Then, they turned their gazes to the battle on the battle platform below.
It would have been better if they hadn't looked; once they did, everyone's hearts sank again.
Jing Ni stood in the center of the platform, constantly wielding the longsword formed from her Swordleaf Grass Martial Soul. Streams of pink sword energy shot out, and she moved as nimbly as Xiao Wu.
This is Jing Ni Ni's fourth Soul Skill, which she acquired not long ago. It allows her to use her mental power to control the shooting sword energy to attack enemies.
As long as they are within her mental range, she can manipulate and control them flexibly.
In order to allow Jing Ni to fully unleash the power of this Soul Skill, Suosite even went so far as to shamelessly obtain a 30,000-year-old Head Soul Bone, which greatly enhanced Jing Ni's mental strength.
Now, Jing Ni can flexibly control the sword energy she unleashes within a radius of a hundred feet. With the blessing of the Soul Bone, she can control ten sword energies simultaneously.
There are now ten sword energies constantly attacking Xiao Wu.
Aside from her powerful defensive Soul Skill, Invincible Golden Body, Xiao Wu has no other defensive abilities. Even after refining her Soul Bone, they only increase her speed and attack power.
Therefore, he really dared not let these sharp pink sword energies hit him, and could only dodge in a sorry state.
Although these sword energies could not be maintained for too long, Jing Ni continuously unleashed sword energies to replenish them, maintaining ten sword energies to attack at all times.
She tried using her Teleportation Soul Skill to rush to Jing Ni's side and attack, but although Jing Ni had Plant-type Martial Soul, she was not a control-type Soul Master like Zijing who was not good at close combat. Instead, she was a true agility-type Soul Master, and could even act as Power Attack System Soul Master.
Jing Ni would notice her rushing forward immediately and simultaneously thrust out her longsword, as if she herself were deliberately offering her body to the opponent's blade.
Xiao Wu was pierced through the body several times; the feeling was absolutely terrible.
Her opponent's close-combat skills were far superior to hers; if they were to engage in close combat, she would actually be at a greater disadvantage.
Thus, the two sides became embroiled in a protracted war of attrition.
Three minutes later, both were panting, their breaths were weak, and they had less than Issei of their Soul Power left.
Although Jing Ni had accumulated a considerable amount of Soul Power within her body, just like Zijing and the others, her cultivation level was still much weaker. Even with nearly a hundred times the amount of Soul Power she had accumulated, it wasn't much, at least much less than the amount of Soul Power Zijing had accumulated when she unleashed her full power earlier.
Meanwhile, Xiao Wu is a level 60 Soul King, capable of advancing to the Spirit Emperor realm at any time.
Jing Ni does not have the advantage in fighting against it.
Fortunately, Jing Ni's Soul Power reserves were superior, and when she was almost exhausted, she finally managed to deplete Xiao Wu's last bit of Soul Power.
Do you want to engage in hand-to-hand combat?
She twirled her longsword, the tip pointing directly at Xiao Wu, who was panting and pale. Jing Ni smiled, knowing she had won the battle!
"No need, I've already lost this round!"
Xiao Wu didn't try to hold on any longer and decisively conceded defeat to the referee.
She wasn't someone who couldn't accept defeat, and since Zijing had already readily admitted defeat, she naturally couldn't be inferior to that woman.
"This woman's Self-Created Soul Skill is a bit too powerful!"
Many powerful figures present focused their attention on Jing Ni on the battle stage. They had originally thought that Jing Ni's strength mainly came from the Swordleaf Grass Martial Soul, which had been developed by the Plant Academy.
However, with each battle, especially this one, they realized that the real power did not come from the Swordleaf Grass Martial Soul, but from the self-created sword technique Soul Skill used by Jing Ni.
It was this set of sword Soul Skill that increased the combat power of the Swordleaf Grass, a seemingly Trash Martial Soul, countless times.
This Self-Created Soul Skill is truly astonishing; it's probably comparable to the core inheritances held by top-tier forces.
"Brother Wuwei!"
Seeing Xiao Wu leave, Tang San nodded to Yang Wuwei, who had been silent all along.
They had already lost the initiative due to Zijing's strength and had no way to select the right people to counter their opponents in advance.
Therefore, the only option now is to choose based on the relative strength of the two sides.
Without a doubt, the main combat team members are the strongest. Even though Yang Wuwei and others obtained celestial-grade medicines and powerful Soul Bone, they are still somewhat inferior to the main combat team members.
Therefore, all five main players will definitely play, so two of the four substitute players must be selected.
Yu Xinming had already made the first move and suffered a miserable defeat, leaving them with only one candidate.
Tang San planned to send Yang Wuwei into battle.
It should be noted that the Soul Breaking Spear inherited by Yang Wuwei Innate with a Soul Ring that could be upgraded as his cultivation level increased.
Yang Wuwei is now Soul King, and with an additional Soul Ring, his strength is naturally even greater.
Moreover, the Soul Breaking Spear possesses extremely high attack power, enabling it to fight opponents of higher levels, making it the strongest among the four reserve members.
"Your Honor, I concede!"
Seeing Yang Wuwei go into battle, Jing Ni decisively conceded defeat and retreated to her own viewing platform.
Her final task while she stayed there was to gain the upper hand and lure out the next member of the Shrek Team.
With this initial advantage, they can field an opponent that can counter their opponent.
Although their Botanical Team's core philosophy is to clash with true powerhouses, taking a completely head-on, ruthless approach, it's not like they completely disregard tactics.
" Breaking Clan, I've been waiting for you for so long! Today, I'll use my Dragon Courage Spear to shatter your Soul Breaking Spear!"
Zhao Zilong leaped onto the battle platform, her bright eyes fixed on the Soul Breaking Spear in Yang Wuwei's hand.
Their family has a significant conflict with the Breaking Clan, and if it weren't for the Spirit Hall, they probably wouldn't be where they are today.
Their lineage was ostracized and targeted because their Martial Soul Mutation into the Dragon Courage Spear, and they did not inherit the Soul Breaking Spear of the Breaking Clan.
Since the source of everything is the Soul Breaking Spear, then today I will use my Dragon Courage Spear to break the Soul Breaking Spear and seize the title of the First Martial Soul among spears!
"You think you can break my Soul Breaking Spear with your inferior Mutated Martial Soul? You're dreaming!"
With a cold snort, Yang Wuwei's gaze grew even colder.
Although he is not talkative, his own Martial Soul is his pride and belief, and he will not allow anyone to question it.