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The snowstorm summoned by non-elemental forces left Gu Yue at a loss. She couldn't disable Yuan Hua's soul skill.
However, she adapted to Yuan Hua's snowy environment. In an instant, she condensed snow and wind elements into a tornado, which collided with the snow tornado Yuan Hua had formed.
Fang Yuan noticed that the space around Xu Yuan had been locked down, but he didn't intervene. He knew Li Qiankun's spatial lockdown was ineffective. Silently, he manipulated the Divine Suppressing Stele, positioning it on the side of the arena where Wu Siduo and Mo Jue were battling.
(T/N: I called it the Suppressing Spirit Stele in Chapter 120 but while it has a Manhua style, Divine Suppressing Stele has more a flair, no?)
Gravity Space, Spatial Lockdown!
These two soul skills were specifically aimed at Mo Jue.
Mo Jue lacked any teleportation-type soul skills, so Fang Yuan focused his spatial lockdown on restricting the flight speed of her skulls.
This gave Wu Siduo more time to react.
The Gravity Space also greatly hindered Mo Jue, a battle soul master not adept at physical strength, making her movements sluggish and her flight unsteady.
Countless vines surged toward him, but Xu Yuan remained unfazed.
He swung his spear horizontally into the air, channeling his blood qi through the weapon. A crescent-shaped spear aura sliced through all the vines.
With a burst of blood qi, the three soul rings on his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear flashed simultaneously.
Five Elements Spear Technique, Spear Demon Body, Piercing Strike.
A single spear thrust shattered the locked space like a mirror. The fragments fell to the ground, disintegrating into powder.
Li Qiankun's expression shifted slightly.
His Qiankun Sphere had been shattered.
This was the first time it had happened.
What was that technique just now?
How could the Qiankun Sphere, which had merged into the fabric of space, be shattered like that?
His second soul ring flashed, and three Qiankun Spheres materialized around his body. This time, instead of merging into space, they transformed into beams of light and shot toward Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan swept them away one by one with his spear. However, the Qiankun Spheres swiftly maneuvered in midair, adjusting their force and increasing their speed. They darted around the surrounding space, striking at Xu Yuan whenever he let his guard down.
Xu Yuan frowned.
You're supposed to be a defensive-type soul master?
Isn't this clearly a control-type or power-type soul master?
Seeing this, Wu Rui flipped to the fourth page of his Book of Heaven. A beam of light landed on Xu Yuan.
Then, his face turned pale.
"Damn it!"
His soul power was being rapidly drained.
The energy cost skyrocketed.
"Damn it, creating a sixty-percent replica of him shouldn't consume this much!"
Wu Rui was on the verge of tears. Before he could even showcase his control techniques, most of his soul power had already been drained by the replica.
He quickly equipped the pieces of his battle armor, circulating his soul power through them to replenish his reserves. At the same time, his soul power recovered at the speed typical of a high-level Soul King, compensating for his current Soul Elder-level power.
A sixty-percent replica was originally meant to serve as an auxiliary distraction.
However, this time, Wu Rui had suffered a major loss.
The harassment effect of this replica on Xu Yuan was nowhere near worth the amount of soul power Wu Rui had expended.
Sure enough, a faint, ghostly figure identical to Xu Yuan appeared beside him, wielding the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear.
Since it was a phantom form, its brain region glowed with light.
Not only had Wu Rui lost most of his soul power, but when he tried to control the replica, his mental strain skyrocketed. It felt as though his head had been struck by a heavy hammer, leaving him overwhelmed.
When Xu Yuan saw his phantom replica, he simply stabbed it with his spear.
A surge of blood qi erupted, spear intent converged, and the five elemental forces reversed.
Boom!
The replica dissipated.
Only then did the burden on Wu Rui's mind disappear, but by now, his face was pale, sweat dripped from his forehead, and he looked utterly shaken.
"Don't use this replication soul skill carelessly," Xu Yuan remarked sarcastically.
Honestly, during the individual battles earlier, he had wondered: Could Wu Rui's replication soul skill replicate sixty percent of anyone's strength?
Or were there limitations?
Now, the answer was clear.
The others on the third-year team noticed Wu Rui's dire state and were shocked.
First, Wu Rui hadn't even fought for long before being completely drained.
Second, Wu Rui's reaction made it clear that Xu Yuan's true abilities were far more complex than they appeared on the surface!
What exactly was going on?
Xu Yuan didn't bother explaining.
He naturally knew the reason.
When Wu Rui had attempted to replicate him, Xu Yuan felt his Dream Space being replicated as well.
Fortunately, he had interrupted the process before Wu Rui completed the replication.
The Dream Space wasn't just a fictional realm. Over the years, Xu Yuan had integrated countless things into it using the third soul skill of his brain martial soul—transforming reality into illusion.
Though it wasn't a real space, replicating it should have been similar, right?
Poor kid.
Suddenly, one of their key players' strength was severely diminished. Meanwhile, the third-year team began equipping their battle armor, each summoning pieces from their storage rings and attaching them to their bodies.
They quickly finished suiting up.
This was a skill in itself.
Among them, Yuan Hua was the most flamboyant. Alone in the backline, he showcased every movement while fusing his battle armor, looking incredibly dazzling.
His martial soul was unique and highly effective, and his battle armor consisted of five pieces.
As the five pieces fused, the amplification of his snowstorm aura became even more pronounced for his entire team.
As for its suppression against Xu Yuan's team?
Spear intent spread across the arena.
On the stage, Xu Yuan awoke like a slumbering beast.
Yuan Hua's snowstorm, which resembled an artistic conception, wavered under the pressure of the spear intent but didn't dissipate completely.
However, under Xu Yuan's spear suppression, it failed to negatively impact his team. Its influence was confined to the half of the arena closer to the third-year team.
Seeing the opposing team equip their battle armor, the first- and second-year alliance followed suit.
However, very few on their side possessed battle armor.
Only Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Gu Yue had battle armor. The other four did not.
Le Zhengyu himself was a mecha craftsman, but his skill level wasn't sufficient to forge Spirit Alloy-based One-Word Battle Armor. Even though he had the materials, he didn't know where to begin.
Fang Yuan simply lacked Spirit Alloy and hadn't planned on forging battle armor at this stage.
Wu Siduo was diligently working on the mecha construction task assigned by Wu Changkong for this semester. After seeing Tang Wulin and the others choose to forge battle armor, she had considered switching paths, but it was too late to change course.
Though their side had fewer battle armors, the ones they did have stood out more.
Two areas on Yuanen Yehui's right hand and right shoulder glowed as her battle armor fused.
Three areas on Gu Yue's forehead and the backs of both hands glimmered.
One area on Ye Xinglan's right hand and right shoulder shone brightly.
Yuanen Yehui's two pieces of battle armor were forged by Xu Yuan, while Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan's were crafted by their own team.
The quantity was small.
Most of the resources had been concentrated on Tang Wulin, but his blood qi had been severely depleted during the previous two-on-two match.
His blood qi recovery hadn't been fully restored yet, thanks to the little dumplings' slow healing.
In the two-on-two match, his limit burst had almost secured victory. Unfortunately, the Li siblings had hidden their martial soul fusion skill, turning the tide at the last moment.
"You don't have battle armor?"
Li Qiankun had already equipped armor on his arms, legs, headband, and battle skirt. Only his chest armor remained missing!
Xu Yuan shook his head.
Xu Yuan hadn't forged battle armor for himself?
Relax, it's all under control!
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