But no matter how hard he tried with the next fourteen consecutive slashes,
he could not touch Yu Tianheng in the slightest.
The feeling of every punch landing on cotton filled him with frustration.
"If you've got the guts, stop dodging!"
Gradually, Feng Xiaotian was beginning to lose his composure.
He even shouted at Yu Tianheng, abandoning all semblance of dignity.
"All right, then I won't dodge."
Yu Tianheng still wore that calm, unruffled expression.
As soon as he spoke, the temperature in the arena suddenly began to rise in a bizarre way.
It was almost hotter than when every member of Blazing Fire Academy had released their Martial Souls earlier.
"Xiaotian, watch out!"
Feng Qi shouted and led the five remaining Godwind Academy team members forward.
At first, he had only wanted to see whether Feng Xiaotian's Self-Created Soul Skill could have any effect on Yu Tianheng.
But the truth was plain to see. Feng Xiaotian's pride and joy, the Gale Demon Wolf Twenty-Eight Consecutive Slashes,
was almost like playing house before Yu Tianheng.
If Feng Xiaotian lost too, they would truly be like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandfather, with no chance of winning whatsoever.
"Third Soul Skill, Strong Wind Gust!"
Feng Qi murmured the words as his Storm Bear Martial Soul possessed him.
He thrust a palm fiercely toward Yu Tianheng,
hoping to give Feng Xiaotian an opportunity to attack.
As his teammate, Feng Xiaotian was no fool. Naturally, he saw what Feng Qi had in mind.
His Gale Demon Wolf Twenty-Eight Consecutive Slashes showed no sign of stopping.
Faced with an attack from both sides, the corners of Yu Tianheng's mouth rose slightly.
A massive scarlet dragon suddenly appeared behind him, its entire body ablaze and its oppressive presence no weaker than the Thunder Dragon King's.
Its pair of bony wings bore fearsome spikes, and the skin between the bones seemed to be made of flames.
Its dragon tail was thick and long, with a ball of orange-yellow flame hanging from its tip.
Its enormous head had its jaws wide open, each sharp fang gleaming with a chilling light.
The moment the Fire Dragon King appeared, the entire arena seemed almost ready to burn to ashes.
Even Dugu Yan and the others felt an unbearable heat on their skin.
It seemed that, in the next instant, they would burst into flames like the scarlet dragon.
"Th-this... what is that?"
On the raised platform, Emperor Xue Ye, ruler of a nation, sprang to his feet.
He stared at the scene in the arena in disbelief.
Yu Tianheng was already outrageously strong.
And he actually had Twin Martial Souls too?
At that moment, the entire arena fell silent.
No one knew how to put their feelings into words.
The name Yu Tianheng might become an adjective in generations to come.
A son should be born like Yu Tianheng.
"Second Soul Skill, Primordial Blazing Slash!"
As his words fell, the Ember Dust Sword appeared in his hand.
As Soul Power flowed into it, the blade seemed to catch fire.
He swung it fiercely, and a wave of heat that seemed capable of burning everything to ashes surged from the blade.
When it was still three feet from Feng Qi, the heat wave suddenly exploded.
The change happened in the flash of lightning, leaving Feng Qi no time to react, much less dodge.
Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out. The arena, which normally suffered little damage no matter how the matches were fought,
now had a crater two people deep.
The blow was almost devastating in its force.
At the bottom of the crater lay a person in tattered clothes, barely clinging to life.
It was Feng Qi.
His clothes were covered in scorch marks, and his face was blackened all over.
It seemed he would ride a crane west at any moment.
"Your turn."
Yu Tianheng looked up at Feng Xiaotian, who was frozen in midair, and spoke.
"I'll fight you to the bitter end!"
Feng Xiaotian took a deep breath and executed the complete Gale Demon Wolf Twenty-Eight Forms from beginning to end.
Unlike before, every strike this time landed squarely on Yu Tianheng.
Only then did Feng Xiaotian gradually begin to understand.
He had always thought that Yu Tianheng had gained the upper hand
purely because Yu Tianheng was strong enough, monstrous enough,
and that it had nothing to do with how much he himself had done or what kind of effort he had put in.
This was complete and utter domination, domination that left him no chance to fight back.
By now, every trace of fighting spirit had vanished from Feng Xiaotian's eyes.
The outcome was already decided. No matter how hard he tried, nothing would change.
Yu Tianheng naturally saw what Feng Xiaotian was thinking too.
With a movement of his raised hand, the Ember Dust Sword vanished.
A bolt of purple lightning suddenly flashed into existence and struck Feng Xiaotian squarely.
It was not that Feng Xiaotian had not thought of dodging, but by the time he reacted, the lightning was already in front of him.
After Yu Tianheng was knocked down, the remaining members of Godwind Academy had completely lost the will to continue fighting as well.
"Heaven Dou Team wins!"
After they left the arena, Qin Ming came up to meet them, his face full of excitement.
"Tian Heng, you actually have Twin Martial Souls?"
No matter which Martial Soul it was, the strength it displayed was equally terrifying.
"Yes. At the time, I hadn't planned to cultivate this Martial Soul first, and since its attributes were different from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's, I put it aside."
Yu Tianheng naturally could not say that he had obtained this Martial Soul later at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Otherwise, the threshold of Dugu Bo's residence would probably be worn down by countless fanatics.
He did not want to cause Dugu Bo any unnecessary trouble.
"Twin Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power, the first three rings all Thousand-Year Soul Rings, level forty-nine at thirteen..."
Qin Ming kept muttering to himself, the expression on his face growing increasingly colorful.
The surprises Yu Tianheng brought people were truly enough to almost turn their worldview upside down.
There were so many points, and if a Soul Master in this world achieved even one of them, it would already be as if their ancestral graves were emitting blue smoke.
Yet he happened to have them all.
"Tian Heng, what Soul Rings did you choose for your Second Martial Soul?"
Qin Ming's voice was filled with boundless excitement.
"Three Thousand-Year Soul Rings."
Both the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King Martial Souls could produce Soul Rings automatically.
As long as his Martial Soul level rose, the quality of the Soul Rings would increase along with it.
He did not need to worry about that at all.
"Three Thousand-Year Soul Rings. You really did rush a little too much after all."
Qin Ming could not help beating his chest and stamping his feet.
If he could have persuaded Yu Tianheng to wait a little longer before working on his Second Martial Soul,
perhaps it could have produced a Titled Douluo with all nine Soul Rings at the Ten Thousand Year level, at least in theory.
And with Yu Tianheng's already monstrous Martial Souls on top of that,
Qin Ming could hardly imagine how strong he would be.
Yu Tianheng had no intention of responding to Qin Ming's regret.
It was still too early to explain, and there was not much need to do so anyway.
"It's all right, Teacher Qin. We'll head back and prepare for the upcoming top-three matches first."
The final contest among the top three would take place in five days.
During that time, Yu Tianheng had something important to accomplish.