stonecrandall Chapter 148 Tang's Three Defeats
Chapter 148 Tang's Three Defeats
Chapter 148 Tang San's Three Defeats
With the competition at this stage, Niu Meng still stepped down without hesitation. This means that Dugu Yan and Yang Ping'an will have to fight against four Soul Masters, which will put them under much more pressure.
This was unexpected by everyone. Could it be that the Tiandou Second Team doesn't care about winning or losing at all?
On the Soul Arena, Dai Mubai took the stage. Among all the members of the Heaven Dou Team, Dai Mubai was recognized as having the strongest strength, probably second only to Tang San and Yu Tianheng. Many people even believed that Dai Mubai's strength was probably no weaker than Yu Tianheng's.
Moreover, in a sense, Dai Mubai is somewhat able to restrain Dugu Yan, especially Dai Mubai's first and third soul skills. His first soul skill is White Tiger Protective Barrier, which can block poisonous fog, and his third soul skill is White Tiger Vajra Transformation, which can greatly improve physical fitness and is also very effective in resisting poisonous fog.
This is what Yu Xiaogang has always been most worried about. If Niu Meng continues to play, he might wear down Dai Mubai, which would be a huge loss.
After the two entered the arena, Dugu Yan launched the first attack. The entire arena was instantly filled with purple smoke, which was Dugu Yan's third soul skill, Azure Phosphorus Poison, which could cause the target to hallucinate.
But Dai Mubai roared and actually activated his fourth soul skill: White Tiger Meteor Shower. Countless light orbs struck the arena and exploded, dispersing the poisonous mist on the arena.
Immediately afterwards, Dai Mubai activated his third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and rushed towards Dugu Yan, clearly intending to defeat her as soon as possible.
Although Dugu Yan is a control-type Soul Master, she is also a Beast Soul Master. In particular, after years of training, her physical qualities are outstanding. It can be said that she can be both a control-type Soul Master and a power-attack-type Soul Master.
Dugu Yan actually used her profound soul power to directly possess the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, summoning poisonous mist once again and moving quickly within it.
Immediately afterwards, Dugu Yan activated her fourth soul skill: Azure Phosphorus Poison, turning the entire arena yellow. This is a corrosive poison that can cause the target to rapidly deplete their soul power and continuously lose their life force. Even though Dai Mubai had already used his third soul skill in advance, he was still affected.
The match seemed to have turned into a tug-of-war, with the question being who would run out of soul power first. Would Dai Mubai gain the upper hand first by relying on his powerful physical attributes and attack skills, or would Dugu Yan exhaust Dai Mubai's soul power through her soul skills?
But to everyone's surprise, Dugu Yan's physical attributes seemed to be terrifyingly strong, and her speed was much faster than Dai Mubai's. In particular, her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul was also very powerful. In addition to poison gas, she would occasionally swing her huge snake tail to attack Dai Mubai. Moreover, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's tail seemed to be very flexible and powerful, making Dai Mubai suffer a lot.
The battle lasted for more than twenty minutes before Dai Mubai collapsed in pain on the stage. Dugu Yan was also exhausted, panting heavily.
But Dugu Yan showed no fear at all, remaining standing on the arena, waiting for the next battle.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang's face had already begun to tighten. According to his original estimate, Dai Mubai should be able to barely defeat Dugu Yan, and the three of them should be able to defeat Yang Ping'an in succession.
Dugu Yan's next opponent is Tailong. Although Tailong is only level 42, his martial soul and strength are far weaker than Dugu Yan's. However, Dugu Yan has already been greatly weakened by Dai Mubai, so it will be difficult for her to win another match.
However, Dugu Yan seemed exceptionally tenacious. Facing the pure strength-based Soul Master Tailong, she actually summoned the Jade Phosphorous Serpent and continued to forcibly release poisonous mist. Even when her Soul Power was almost depleted, she relied solely on the strength of her physical body and her agility to continue fighting against Tailong, whose Soul Power was not greatly depleted.
After a series of battles, Dugu Yan gradually fell into a disadvantageous position. But at the most critical moment, Tailong activated his fourth soul skill: Vajra Power. Tailong's power seemed to have reached its limit, while Dugu Yan resisted stubbornly and finally took a hit from Tailong. At the same time, Dugu Yan spat out a burst of green poisonous mist from her mouth, which also attacked Tailong. In the end, the two fell to the ground at the same time.
Just as Dugu Yan stubbornly exhaled the last wisp of poisonous mist, her soul power actually broke through, finally reaching level fifty. However, at this time, her soul power was completely exhausted, and even her physical strength and energy were depleted. Moreover, she had withstood Tailong's fourth soul skill and had no choice but to fall on the arena.
However, everyone could sense the change in Dugu Yan's soul power, which meant that the second Soul King of the Tian Dou Second Team had been born, making him the second Soul King in the Tian Dou region.
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang looked at the Tian Dou Second Team and was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He had schemed and plotted for victory, and it could be said that most of the process was in his hands. But it was precisely because of his schemes that the Tian Dou Second Team advanced one after another. Dugu Yan and Yang Tianyue both advanced to a higher realm. If they were to have another team battle next time, the opponent's strength would have increased by a lot.
The battle continued, with Team Tiandou One having two members left, while Team Tiandou Two only had one spot left.
As expected, Yang Ping'an represented Team Tiandou 2, while Xiao Wu represented Team Tiandou 1.
Judging from Yu Xiaogang's plan, he probably wanted to use Xiao Wu's agility to wear down Yang Ping'an as much as possible, paving the way for his disciple Tang San's victory.
But at this moment, Yang Ping'an was not in a hurry at all when facing Xiao Wu. Instead, he wielded the Soul-Breaking Spear, giving people a feeling of being as immovable as a mountain. From beginning to end, he only used the Soul-Breaking Spear Technique and did not use any soul skills at all, let alone soul skills that consumed too much energy.
Xiao Wu herself is even more limited. She lacks long-range soul skills. While her Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation skills are powerful, Xiao Wu's explosive power is relatively weak. She is agile but lacks strength, and against the composed Yang Ping'an, she has no advantage whatsoever. Even if she uses Teleportation to launch a sneak attack, she cannot break through Yang Ping'an's impenetrable Soul-Breaking Spear Technique.
In fact, Yang Podi had always been puzzled. Xiao Wu was a rabbit, and normally rabbits' advantage is speed. She would be a decent agility-type soul master, so how did she become a power-type soul master?
After a long and drawn-out battle, Yang Ping'an finally managed to knock Xiao Wu off the stage. However, Yang Ping'an himself had exhausted 30% of his physical strength, and although he hadn't exhausted much of his soul power, he had still depleted 20%. The final battle would likely be quite difficult.
Tang San, holding Xiao Wu who had fallen from the arena, simply said, "Xiao Wu, don't worry, I will avenge you."
When Tang San entered the arena, everyone knew that the most exciting match of this round was about to begin.
After Tang San entered the arena, he indeed launched the first attack, immediately using his first soul skill: Entanglement, seemingly trying to gain the upper hand.
However, Yang Ping'an was extremely fast, quickly dodging the flying Blue Silver Grass. Instead, he raised the Soul-Breaking Spear and thrust it straight at Tang San. The Soul-Breaking Spear was unstoppable, seemingly possessing immense power.
In particular, the Soul-Breaking Spear is extremely sharp, seemingly a natural counter to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. This makes the weaknesses of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass even more prominent, as it is afraid of fire and sharp weapons.
Looking at the original work, Yang Podi was speechless. It's normal for a plant-based soul master to be afraid of sharp weapons, but in the entire Soul Master Competition, there were hardly any weapon-based soul masters. The only one who was somewhat powerful, Xie Yue, couldn't even cut through Blue Silver Grass with his Moon Blade. This setting was too unrealistic.
Seeing that Yang Ping'an had pierced through the Blue Silver Grass repeatedly, Tang San decisively withdrew the Blue Silver Grass and summoned his martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.
For a moment, Tang San was at a disadvantage. After all, the Clear Sky Hammer had no spirit rings and weighed only about 500 jin. Moreover, it had no spirit skills and could only rely on ordinary hammer techniques to smash, or on the so-called Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. However, the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique had an extremely long charging time, and as long as one was prepared, it could probably be broken.
Yang Ping'an had already become a Soul King, and with five consecutive offensive Soul Rings, the weight of the Soul-Breaking Spear had reached about 800 jin. Facing Tang San, he was not at a disadvantage at all, and was even stronger. After all, Yang Ping'an had practiced spear techniques since childhood, and his spear techniques were exceptionally proficient. He not only had the spear techniques inherited from the Breaking Clan, but also had been learning from Yang Podi for a long time.
As the battle continued, it seemed that everyone understood that Tang San's situation would be quite difficult. After all, Tang San was much worse than Yang Ping'an in terms of both soul power and physical fitness. His only advantage was that his body's recovery ability had become much stronger since he ate the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
More importantly, Tang San's Tang Sect special skills, Ghost Shadow Clone Technique and Crane Control Dragon Capture, are extremely powerful, especially Ghost Shadow Clone Technique, which gives Tang San a slight speed advantage when facing Yang Ping'an.
Although Yang Ping'an did not possess the Tang Sect's ultimate techniques, his five soul skills were quite good, and all of them were offensive soul skills, which could make up for the lack of creation of some cultivation techniques.
As the battle drew to a close, Tang San indeed began to use his Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique. For some reason, despite Yang Ping'an's repeated attempts to stop him, he was not completely interrupted.
Finally, when Tang San stacked up to the last fifty-four strikes, it seemed that he had reached his limit. The Clear Sky Hammer seemed to have become much larger, and it struck Yang Ping'an. This was Tang San's strongest strike at this moment.
Unexpectedly, Yang Ping'an neither dodged nor defended. His entire body's spirit rings flashed simultaneously, with the first four spirit rings beginning to melt. All his power was concentrated on the last spirit ring, which was the secret technique of the Breaking Clan: Ring Fusion. The Breaking Clan's Ring Fusion seemed to be more difficult and dangerous than others' Ring Fusion, because all of the Breaking Clan's spirit skills were offensive, and they stacked all attack damage.
Finally, facing the massive Clear Sky Hammer was an extremely explosive and powerful Soul-Breaking Spear, which emitted a deafening sound, as if the entire Soul Arena had exploded. Even the arena had a large hole, and dust filled the entire arena.
When everyone's attention returned to the Soul Arena, Tang San had already fallen to the ground, while Yang Ping'an held the Soul-Breaking Spear, barely supporting his body with it, seemingly about to collapse at any moment.
Even Yang Ping'an's soul power changed, and at the last moment, he actually broke through to level 52, a breakthrough that was simply unheard of.
With the referee's whistle, Team Tiandou II officially won the victory, marking the toughest battle of all the matches.
Everyone was looking at the Tian Dou Second Team with strange expressions, wondering how they trained.
After just one month of training, Yang Tianyue, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Yang Ping'an all made it to the next round of the qualifying competition, breaking through their soul power levels. The training results were incredible; it was unheard of.
Other teams occasionally have a few individuals who break through in soul power, but the number is extremely small, only a handful.
Some people are even speculating about who will be the next to break through in the Tiandou Second Team. Could it be Niu Meng, who has already reached level 45? However, it seems that in the promotion matches, Niu Meng only participates in one match per day, and his opponents generally do not put too much pressure on him.
Of course, many people also looked at Yu Xiaogang with strange eyes. Yu Xiaogang had always wanted to merge the Tian Dou Team 1 and Team 2 and have himself as the team leader. However, although the Tian Dou Team 1 had good results under his leadership, they were not particularly outstanding. On the other hand, the members of the Tian Dou Team 2 had broken through their soul power one after another. Everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to Yang Podi, the leader of the Tian Dou Team 2.
Many people now understand that the second team was organized and trained by Yang Podi from beginning to end, and the members of the second team were generally not as qualified as those of the first team. The current stark contrast makes people question Yu Xiaogang's teaching ability.
Everyone paid even more attention to Yang Podi. This captain of the Tiandou Second Team, who had never played a match, had such strong training abilities. Just how strong was he himself? It was probably unimaginable.
(End of this chapter)