aircannonsinc Chapter 225 The Advantage Lies With Me
Chapter 225 The Advantage Lies With Me
Seeing that the four attacks were already upon him, Yu Tianyun couldn't help but wonder how he would break through the impasse if he were at the level he had just reached when he broke through to the Soul Master realm.
As for why he used his strength when he first broke through to the Soul Master level, it was because he felt that before entering Dragon Valley, his strength was already comparable to that of the ordinary Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Emperor within the sect.
Yu Tianyun's mind raced, and even as the four attacks were about to land, he was still able to come up with a suitable way to break the deadlock.
The next moment, his first three spirit rings suddenly lit up simultaneously, and the dragon scales on his body became even more dazzling, as if they were coated with a layer of diamond, making them look extremely hard and smooth.
The electric arcs wrapped around his body became increasingly dense, crackling incessantly, as if he were wearing a shimmering robe woven from lightning. Especially his dragon claws, where the lightning almost solidified into a tangible form, transforming into blue-gold lightning dragon claws that exuded a powerful aura that sent chills down one's spine.
However, Yu Tianyun didn't actually unleash his first three soul skills. It's important to understand that even Tang Hao, the Haotian Douluo who shook the continent, wasn't worthy of making him use his soul skills. If he were to use them on these little Karami, they probably wouldn't even leave a speck of dust.
His three soul skills were merely illusions created by using the disguise ability of the Blue Silver Domain; they were all show and no substance and did not bring any real boost.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Tianyun's body moved, flying towards the Fire Leopard Soul Master like an arrow released from a bow.
Huo Wu, who was holding the fireball, was a little stunned. She didn't understand why Yu Tianyun would choose this most difficult direction to break through.
The Fire Leopard Soul Master's Seven Star Bullet attack was the most concentrated, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master is usually good at close combat. Shouldn't he have sought out Huo Wushuang, who is also good at close combat, to fight?
Huo Wu was puzzled, feeling that her plan seemed to have gone astray.
Her original plan was to have Huo Wushuang use his several amplified soul skills to entangle Yu Tianyun, while the two Fire Crane Soul Masters and the Fire Leopard Soul Master would launch ranged attacks from a distance.
She believed that Huo Wushuang's several amplified soul skills were enough to resist Yu Tianyun, who was in full dragon form and only had one Thunder Fury amplified soul skill, for a short time.
With the addition of the other three's ranged attacks, even if they couldn't stop Yu Tianyun, they would be enough to deplete a large amount of her soul power. Finally, she could unleash a super-amplified Fire Dance of the Sun, which would be enough to decide the outcome in one move.
She was secretly pleased to see Yu Tianyun standing still, but now that he wasn't acting as she expected, she was a little confused.
She wasn't worried about the possession slipping out of her control, but rather she found Yu Tianyun's thoughts strange.
Regardless of whether Yu Tianyun can break through the Fire Leopard Soul Master's blockade unscathed, even if he is unharmed by the Fire Leopard Soul Master's attack, he will still be blocked for a moment, and what awaits him next is the powerful attack from Huo Wushuang and the other two.
"Does Yu Tianyun have absolutely no combat experience?" Huo Wu's doubts grew stronger, but she did not stop condensing Huo Wu Yao Yang because she felt that things were not that simple.
As if by telepathy, Huo Wushuang shared the same thought. During the sprint, his first and fourth spirit rings lit up one after another, revealing his true colors completely.
Regardless of Yu Tianyun's true intentions, he can't go wrong as long as he gives it his all.
As Huo Wushuang charged forward, the dark red dragon scales on his body seemed to have thickened considerably, as if he were wearing a heavy, dark red armor. A surge of flames exploded from his body, creating boundless heat waves. The blades between his hands grew several inches longer, and his body swelled to over two and a half meters, making him resemble a small giant. His imposing presence appeared in no way inferior to that of Hu Yanli, who possessed the Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul.
"Hmph, even if your martial soul is stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, it won't easily break through our defenses." Three powerful amplification soul skills filled Huo Wushuang with confidence.
He had naturally also studied the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus, which was known as the number one beast spirit in the continent.
Although the dragon transformation he unleashed after being possessed by the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul was much stronger than the amplification brought by the dragon scales and claws that grew after being possessed by ordinary dragon martial souls, the amplification brought by him using three amplification soul skills in a row definitely exceeded the amplification of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex's dragon transformation.
Moreover, as far as he knew, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters generally only had one amplification Soul Skill—Thunderous Fury. Even if Thunderous Fury and Dragon Transformation were combined, Huo Wushuang estimated that it wouldn't exceed the number of amplification Soul Skills he could use simultaneously.
Besides, he's not fighting alone; he has three teammates! Moreover, each of them has been amplified by two support-type Soul Masters.
Therefore, the advantage lies with me!
Yu Tianyun didn't possess the extraordinary ability of telepathy and was unaware of Huo Wushuang and the others' thoughts. Even if he did know, he would only remark, "Quite the inner monologue."
His reason for attacking the Fire Leopard Soul Master was simple: it was because the Fire Leopard Soul Master was closest to him, and there was no other reason.
At this moment, Yu Tianyun had already put himself in the state he was in when he first entered the Soul Sect. He had already calculated in his mind how much power he should display.
From his perspective at that time, the four people in front of him posed roughly the same level of threat. Therefore, he would naturally attack whoever was closest, without bothering to attack from afar, and certainly not foolishly stand there and take a beating.
"A mere trick." Yu Tianyun sneered at the Fire Leopard Soul Master's attack. To be honest, even when he was eight or nine years old and still a Great Soul Master, he could easily handle such an attack.
Yu Tianyun charged forward with overwhelming force, his lightning-infused dragon claws slamming down on the seven dark blue fireballs, striking them seven times in succession.
He abruptly changed the direction of the seven dark blue flame bullets, directing them towards Huo Wushuang and his companions.
Five of them flew towards Huo Wushuang, while the other two flew towards the two Fire Crane Soul Masters respectively.
However, after being struck by Yu Tianyun, the power of these seven fireballs was naturally greatly reduced. The five fireballs only barely hindered Huo Wushuang's charge, causing him to pause slightly, but did not have much of an impact.
The two fireballs posed almost no obstacle to the crane shadow formed by the Fire Crane Soul Master, only slightly dimming the firelight emitted by the crane shadow, making it difficult to notice without careful observation.
"Thunder Dragon Claw!"
Yu Tianyun instantly unleashed two dragon claws formed from condensed lightning, charging fiercely towards the two crane shadows.
To outsiders, he appeared to be using the Thunder Dragon Claw, the most commonly used soul ring skill of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master. In reality, however, Yu Tianyun was merely imitating the appearance of a real Thunder Dragon Claw, using his own lightning power to condense the shape of a dragon claw.
Thanks to his powerful mental strength, as well as his soul core and a trace of the Thunder God's bloodline, Yu Tianyun has an extremely high degree of control over his own abilities.
His two "knock-off" Thunder Dragon Claws were exactly the same in appearance as his real second soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.
However, it's not as easy to use as a Soul Ring skill. But the advantage is that its power can be controlled much more effectively.
If he were to use the Thunder Dragon Claw attached to his second spirit ring, even if he tried to control the damage, he would still reduce the two Firecrane spirit masters to ashes.
However, these two "knock-off" Thunder Dragon Claws are obviously unsuitable for fighting opponents of the same level, as their maximum power is inferior to the real Thunder Dragon Claws, and the sluggishness when executing them will create significant openings. But dealing with these Soul Masters and Soul Sect Masters in front of them is no problem at all.
This also reflects the difficulty of creating one's own soul skills. Most self-created soul skills are improvements on the way power is exerted, such as the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, the Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Wolf, and even the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian.
However, creating one's own soul skill composed of energy, like Yu Tianyun, is extremely difficult. Moreover, even if one creates such a soul skill, it is usually inferior to the soul skill attached to one's own soul ring.
Just like Sword Douluo's Killing Technique, the seven energy sword lights composed of killing intent and sword energy are not as powerful as his eighth and ninth soul skills. He usually only uses them as ordinary minor skills.
This is not to say that the self-created soul skills created by Sword Douluo are trash.
On the contrary, the fact that he was able to create such a self-made soul skill is enough to show that Sword Douluo has extremely high comprehension and his talent is no less than Tang Chen's.
However, compared to self-created soul skills that involve external energy projection, self-created soul skills that alter the technique of exertion are obviously more beneficial and relatively simpler to create. For example, the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, if used well, can achieve effects far exceeding those of soul ring skills.
This was a conclusion Yu Tianyun reached after personally testing it. After all, a self-created soul skill that releases energy outward requires some thought and control over the flow of soul power before it can be released. Soul ring skills, on the other hand, can be released simply by forcefully injecting soul power into the soul ring.
Compared to soul ring skills, self-created soul skills that project energy outwards are simply too much effort for little reward. As a result, over time, not many people have thought about developing such self-created soul skills.
Even if someone were to create their own soul skill, most would be like Feng Xiaotian, using techniques such as the Gale Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes. Although there are certain limitations, if executed properly, the effect is still quite ideal.
Of course, this doesn't mean that self-created soul skills like energy projection are without any advantages. When the ultimate skill is on cooldown, self-created soul skills are undoubtedly a good way to fill the attack gaps.
However, to improve its power and the smoothness of its release to the same level as a Soul Ring skill, it requires a lot of time to practice.
Furthermore, there's a clever way to create your own soul skills that project energy outwards: by evolving them into more efficient techniques based on your own soul skills. For example, Yu Tianyun learned the Thunder Sword Finger technique very early on, which was created using his first and second soul rings. Its smoothness is in no way inferior to soul ring skills, and its power is even greater.
He simply didn't want to use any of the effects of his soul rings or soul skills right now, relying entirely on his control over the lightning attribute to unleash this "knock-off" version of the Thunder Dragon Claw.
After Yu Tianyun unleashed two Thunder Dragon Claws, he stopped looking at the three people and instead focused on the Fire Leopard Soul Master in front of him.
His sharp dragon claws were soon covered with another layer of lightning power.
Before the Fire Leopard Soul Master could be shocked that Yu Tianyun had so easily neutralized his attack, he felt a tremendous threat from those sharp dragon claws.
Therefore, he activated his second spirit ring without hesitation.
A layer of eerie blue flames instantly ignited, quickly spreading throughout his body. He suddenly accelerated, leaping backward in an attempt to create distance.
This second soul skill is his only amplification soul skill, which can increase the power, speed and strength of the flames by fifty percent.
"It's no use!" Yu Tianyun had long anticipated that the Fire Leopard Soul Master wouldn't dare to fight him head-on, but he wasn't worried at all about the Fire Leopard Soul Master escaping his dragon claws.
The reason why True Dragon Soul Beasts are hailed as one of the most powerful and perfect Soul Beasts is that they have no obvious weaknesses and all their physical stats are top-notch, so their speed is naturally no exception.
Although most True Dragon Soul Beasts have always been considered to be power-type Soul Beasts with strong offensive capabilities, this does not mean that True Dragon Soul Beasts are weak in other attributes such as speed and defense.
Conversely, even top-tier True Dragon Soul Beasts possess extremely high resistance to mental attacks. This is one of the reasons why True Dragon Soul Beasts hold such a high status in the world of Soul Beasts.
The same applies to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, which is a true dragon martial soul, including its current evolved form, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Emperor Dragon Martial Soul.
Therefore, Yu Tianyun's current speed is quite fast, so there's no need to worry about whether it exceeds the normal speed expected of a powerful attack-type Soul Emperor.
His figure flashed past like lightning, instantly arriving in front of the Fire Leopard Soul Master. He clenched his lightning dragon claw fist and ruthlessly swung it out.
"Is this the end?" The Fire Leopard Soul Master looked at the fist, which was bigger than a sandbag and crackling with blue lightning, and felt a chill run down his spine.
He wanted to put up a fight, but his first spirit ring had just flashed once and hadn't fully lit up when he suddenly felt dizzy.
He felt no pain because his mind was completely blank.
Then, the swirling sky in my field of vision gradually darkened...
Huo Wushuang's expression suddenly changed. He had just rushed out of the explosion of the five fireballs when he saw Yu Tianyun punch the Fire Leopard Soul Master, sending him spiraling into the sky and losing consciousness.
"That's way too fast!" Huo Wushuang was stunned for a moment.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The Fire Leopard Soul Master bounced three times on the arena like skipping stones before stopping his backward flight, raising wisps of thin dust.
One punch was enough to defeat a high-level Soul Venerable, completely waking Huo Wushuang up. His expression became extremely solemn, and he suddenly felt that the advantage was no longer on his side.
"That punch used ninety percent of my strength." Yu Tianyun shook his fist, then turned to look at Huo Wushuang. "Huo Wushuang, I wonder if you can block it?" (End of Chapter)