Chapter 35 Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Heavenly Tiger Summoning
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On opposite sides of the arena, the four contestants faced one another in pairs.
Without any embarrassing battle cries, they each completed their beast martial soul possessions and weapon martial soul summons.
Unlike the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, which had to absorb three dragon-species soul rings before it could activate its dragon transformation, Long Chen’s martial soul, the Light Sacred Dragon, came with complete bodily dragonification the moment it possessed him.
That was the might of a supreme, first-rate beast martial soul like the Light Sacred Dragon.
A pair of white dragon wings imbued with the power of light unfurled from Long Chen’s back. Pale-golden scales spread across every part of his body, making him look like a half-human, half-beast hybrid dragonkin.
The other three all possessed weapon martial souls.
Xu Yucheng’s Dark Demon Scythe looked just as it had before.
Its shaft was more than three meters long, while its blade exceeded one and a half meters. The only change was that the gray currents of air coiling around the martial soul had grown slightly denser.
Jian Mochen’s Heavenly Tiger Shield was a round shield decorated with the pattern of a tiger’s head.
It was enormous, completely concealing his plump body behind it.
Kuang Zhantian’s Heavenly Tiger Axe was no less imposing.
A petite six-year-old girl held aloft a battle-axe as large as her entire body, a tiger emblem carved into its head.
Of the four, Long Chen—who looked like a hybrid dragonkin—was bizarrely the most normal-looking compared with the incongruous appearance of the three weapon martial souls.
“Match, begin!”
With Zhang Xuanfeng’s loud announcement, the two-on-two match officially began.
The moment his voice fell, Jian Mochen and Kuang Zhantian moved.
“Heavenly Tiger—”
Jian Mochen shouted, then hurled the Heavenly Tiger Shield in his hands with all his strength.
At the same time, Kuang Zhantian threw his Heavenly Tiger Axe.
The shield and axe collided in midair.
In an instant, streaks of radiance burst forth between the two great martial souls.
At the same time, Jian Mochen and Kuang Zhantian vanished. A moment later, a gigantic tiger, pure white from head to toe and bearing a pair of wings, appeared in the air.
Powerful light flowed across its tiger body, making the winged beast appear divinely majestic.
This was their martial soul fusion skill: Heavenly Tiger Summoning!
“Roar!”
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The Heavenly Tiger beat its wings and roared furiously. A powerful aura erupted from within it, causing the expressions of the two people across the arena to shift subtly.
Long Chen thought, It’s acceptable. For a two-on-two match, it’s still within the range I can handle.
Xu Yucheng, however, had an entirely different opinion.
“That’s it? It’s also a martial soul fusion skill, but this Heavenly Tiger is far inferior to the Goddess of Ice and Snow.”
“Judging by this, although the compatibility between their martial souls exceeds fifty percent, their actual compatibility is probably only a little over seventy percent—far below the Goddess of Ice and Snow’s ninety-one percent.”
Though Xu Yucheng and Long Chen were thinking differently, their movements were perfectly synchronized. Almost simultaneously, they released their soul spirits:
a seven-hundred-year-old Demon Flower Mantis and an eight-hundred-year-old Light Dragon Horse.
A soul master in a martial soul fusion state could not withdraw a soul spirit that had already been released, but could still release soul spirits from within that state.
Seeing this, Jian Mochen and Kuang Zhantian immediately released their own soul spirits to meet them:
a seven-hundred-year-old Lightwing Tiger and a six-hundred-year-old Bloodflame War Tiger.
Among the four soul spirits, the Demon Flower Mantis possessed the strongest bloodline.
The Light Dragon Horse and the Lightwing Tiger had comparable bloodlines.
The Bloodflame War Tiger ranked last.
Thus, although the Lightwing Tiger had fewer years than the Light Dragon Horse, the odds between them were roughly forty to sixty.
The Bloodflame War Tiger, however, was utterly outmatched by the Demon Flower Mantis. It was inferior in both age and bloodline, making it the greatest weakness in the battle between the soul spirits.
Even if they switched opponents and had the Lightwing Tiger fight the Demon Flower Mantis, it would merely last a little longer than the Bloodflame War Tiger.
Moreover, doing so would leave the Bloodflame War Tiger to face the Light Dragon Horse. It would still be inferior in both age and bloodline, and the outcome of defeat could not be changed.
Jian Mochen and Kuang Zhantian both understood this.
Therefore, the moment they recognized Xu Yucheng and Long Chen’s soul spirits, they had already decided that they had to end the battle quickly.
Since their soul spirits were inferior, they would first join forces to eliminate the opposing soul spirits, then surround Xu Yucheng and Long Chen together with their own soul spirit.
The moment the Heavenly Tiger moved on the arena, Zhang Xuanfeng below it saw through its intentions.
“Children these days truly are fearless, like newborn calves facing tigers.”
As he spoke, he turned to admonish everyone behind him.
“Although soul spirits can accompany soul masters in battle once they reach a hundred years of age, they are still—”
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“soul spirits are fragile by nature. Once they suffer a serious injury, not only will they require an extremely long time to recover completely, but the soul master’s own strength will also be greatly reduced during that period—by as much as thirty percent in the short term.”
“That is one of the most important reasons soul masters rarely send their soul spirits into battle.”
“There is nothing wrong with bringing soul spirits out to fight, as they are doing.” Zhang Xuanfeng pointed toward the arena and continued, “But this is merely a sparring match. Everyone is fighting with restraint, stopping once a point has been made, so there is no harm in using soul spirits.”
“In a genuine competition, however, your opponents will not show your soul spirits any mercy simply to secure victory.”
“So remember this well: do not bring out your soul spirits just to show off. If someone deliberately inflicts serious damage on them and causes your own strength to suffer, it will be too late for regrets.”
As he said this, his gaze swept across the entire class before finally settling on Xu Zhao.
He was currently the only person in the class with a thousand-year soul spirit. If anyone was most likely to bring out a soul spirit just to show off, it would undoubtedly be him.
Xu Zhao noticed the homeroom teacher’s gaze and gave him an expression that plainly said, Why are you looking at me?
To be honest, he really would bring out his soul spirit and put on an impressive display.
But he was not someone who ignored the circumstances. He knew perfectly well when to bring out his soul spirit and when not to. He had his limits, didn’t he?
While things stood thus below the arena, the match above continued.
The Heavenly Tiger wanted to eliminate the soul spirits first, and Xu Yucheng and Long Chen naturally had the same idea.
In a group battle, eliminating the soul spirits first was much the same as taking out a support-type soul master first.
Xu Yucheng was the first of the two to move. Gray currents of air wrapped around his entire body as he merged into the darkness and darted forward.
Seeing this, Long Chen refused to be outdone. His dragon wings spread behind him, and he flew rapidly ahead as the soul rings behind him began to flash.
First soul skill: Dragon’s Claw!
His target was the greatest weakness in the battle between the soul spirits: the Bloodflame War Tiger.
The Heavenly Tiger caught this movement, but it did not attempt to stop him. Instead, it pounced at full speed toward the position of the strongest soul spirit, the Demon Flower Mantis.
Red-and-white flames of light gathered over its enormous tiger paw before it slammed downward.
“Hmph. You’ve fallen into our trap!”
A smug, conspiratorial smile appeared on both Long Chen’s face and Xu Yucheng’s as he emerged into the darkness.
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