Linfeng and Xie Yixiao attacked at the same time. A purple ball of light gathered at the bottom of Linfeng's feet, and his figure flashed. In the next second, he appeared not far to Xie Yixiao's left and punched out. A bluish-purple fist shadow tore through the void, and a sharp whistling sound could be heard.
"The Hundred Divine Fist!" Many in the audience exclaimed.
It was rare for someone to be able to use the Hundred Divine Fist in the Rookie Challenge.
There were nine grades of martial arts, and although the first five grades had different effects, they were essentially meant to temper the body.
After breaking through to the sixth grade, one would be able to release their spiritual force and use the Hundred Divine Fist.
This was a watershed in martial arts.
After the sixth grade, although there was still the effect of tempering one's physical body, it was essentially tempering one's spiritual force, causing it to change.
Spiritual force would also give a martial artist more abilities.
For example, the Hundred Divine Fist, spiritual force wings, spiritual force soldiers, and so on.
Among the thirteen teams, aside from Linfeng, there were only four people who had reached the sixth grade.
Although Linfeng had just entered the sixth grade, he had relied on the spiritual force baptism during the preliminaries to break through to the middle of the sixth grade. Coupled with the amplification of the Dragonfish Transformation, his martial arts strength was not too far off from Xie Yixiao's, who was at the peak of the seventh grade.
Xie Yixiao's expression changed slightly when he saw the bluish-purple fist shadow flying towards him and felt the sharp whistling sound. This power was not much inferior to his own attack.
"Is it because of the Dragonfish Transformation?"
Xie Yixiao knew about the technique that Linfeng practiced.
At that time, this news had not only spread like wildfire on the warrior forums and the internet, but it had also occupied the headlines of various major news outlets.
The Dragonfish Transformation was a technique created by the invincible Dragon King of Shenwu Continent.
Even if one was not a martial artist and did not know much about this god-tier technique, they would still have heard of its name.
After all, it was comparable to a god-tier technique, and its name was too well-known. Those who practiced it all had miserable endings, and this mysterious technique was tainted with a bloody aura.
As a martial arts freak, Linfeng clearly knew his fate, but he still chose to practice the Dragonfish Transformation. How could this not be shocking?
He was simply courting death.
Just when everyone thought that Lin Feng would die prematurely and have no future, a media outlet announced the reason why Lin Feng practiced this skill.
This technique was imparted to Linfeng by Bu Zheng, the dean of the College of Martial Arts of Hongyun University.
Most people were unfamiliar with the name Bu Zheng. Only a few people knew that he was the dean of the College of Martial Arts of Hongyun University.
However, if the name Qi Yuanlong was mentioned, many people would recall the brilliant Son of Glory from twenty years ago.
He was one of the most brilliant geniuses twenty years ago.
However, because he practiced the Dragonfish Transformation, he gradually disappeared.
No one knew that he had changed his name, hidden in Hongyun University, and became the dean of the College of Martial Arts.
One must know that Qi Yuanlong's Natal Demon Spirit was the Blue Crystal Dragon, ranked 23rd on the Earth Leaderboard. Its rank was so high that only Ye Qiu could compare with it.
As for the aftereffects of practicing this skill, it was rumored that Bu Zheng had already found it. This was also the reason why Linfeng dared to practice this skill.
Furthermore, the media speculated that it was because of practicing the Dragonfish Transformation that Linfeng refined the Dragonfish into his Natal Demon Spirit.
Otherwise, Linfeng could have refined the Earth Leaderboard's Demon Spirit!
Knowing the rank of the Dragonfish Transformation and Linfeng's close combat ability, Xie Yixiao had no intention of engaging in close combat with Linfeng. A silver-white light gathered under his feet, as if he was stepping on lightning. With a stomp of his feet, his figure disappeared and reappeared ten meters away. He stood in his original position. He did not enter the Demon Transformation state, nor did he attack. He only looked at Linfeng with provocation in his eyes.
Clearly, Xie Yixiao intended to use his speed to toy with Linfeng, just like how he toyed with Yunkai.
Speed was Linfeng's advantage, but it was also Xie Yixiao's advantage.
Both of them were of the lightning attribute, and both of them practiced the Rank 9 movement skill, Thundercry. This made Linfeng and Xie Yixiao's attacking and dodging styles extremely similar, making the chase very exciting.
On the stage, the two of them seemed to have turned into two bolts of lightning, one silver and one purple. They chased each other around the stage. Their speed was so fast that the audience in the front row couldn't even find them if they weren't paying attention.
Xie Yixiao's speed was clearly a notch higher. As one of the Ten All-Stars, the number one lightning user in the Glory of Glory, Xie Yixiao was already at the pinnacle of Rank 7. He was only a step away from the Rank 8 Grandmaster Realm, so it wasn't surprising that he was faster.
Although his speed was fast, Xie Yixiao wasn't as agile as Linfeng. His change of direction was slower than Linfeng's. Therefore, this chase wasn't easy for him. He also went all out and didn't dare to be careless.
"Still running!"
Seeing that Xie Yixiao only dodged and didn't attack, Linfeng was a bit impatient.
Xie Yixiao was faster than him, his martial strength was stronger, and he had an absolute advantage in terms of spirit power. Continuing the chase wouldn't do him any good.
As for whether Xie Yixiao would follow the rules and suppress his strength, Linfeng didn't consider this point.
Not everyone was like Yun Tianqi and had their own perseverance.
During the chase, Linfeng entered his demon transformation state. When a silver-white gauze robe appeared on his body and four colorful phoenix tails appeared on his left eyebrow, he opened his mouth slightly and bubbles began to float around the stage. Under the lights, the bubbles flickered with a multicolored luster. They were magnificent and caused the audience to exclaim in admiration.
Ignoring the power of his innate skill, just looking at the beautiful effect, Linfeng's bubbles could definitely be ranked at the top.
Especially under the lights, they were even more gorgeous.
"Lock on!"
After the bubbles appeared, Linfeng focused on Xie Yixiao's dodging figure. A purple light flashed through his pitch-black eyes as he released his lock-on soul skill. An imprint that only he could see appeared on Xie Yixiao's back.
The originally aimless and scattered bubbles began to chase after Xie Yixiao.
"A lock-on soul skill?"
Although Xie Yixiao didn't discover the imprint on his body, he knew that he had been locked on.
Facing the bubbles that were following him like a shadow, his expression didn't change, but he increased his speed again.
He was very clear about the power of the bubbles. If the stage was covered by the bubbles, then he would have nowhere to run.
At this moment, over a hundred bubbles had already gathered on the stage. Xie Yixiao didn't give Linfeng a chance to continue releasing bubbles. He didn't dare to be careless and quickly entered his demon transformation state. He turned into a fairy and waved his right hand. A bolt of lightning appeared in the center of the bubbles. It was so fast that it seemed to have been released instantly.
The lightning blossomed and the bubbles burst.
Boom boom boom!
Following the explosion, the bubbles burst one after another. Gravel and dust flew everywhere. Huge craters appeared on the stage, causing the audience to cry out in alarm.
Although the explosion was powerful, it couldn't get close to Xie Yixiao, so it didn't cause any damage.
After that, no matter how fast Linfeng released the bubbles, they were all broken by Xie Yixiao's simple but instantaneous lightning. He couldn't resist at all.
Xie Yixiao was able to become the number one lightning mage because of this instantaneous lightning.
Seemingly simple attacks could be used by all lightning mages, but Xie Yixiao could instantaneously release them. Because his casting speed was fast enough, regardless of whether it was a one-on-one or a group battle, he would have the advantage.
"As expected of the number one lightning mage, it's not that simple."
Linfeng thought in his heart. He couldn't catch up and his bubbles couldn't get close to his opponent. He was at his wit's end.
In the previous battles, if he met someone with slow speed, Linfeng would directly crush them in close combat.
In close combat, Linfeng had absolute confidence.
If he met a speed-type opponent, even if he was slower, he could rely on his battle experience to get close to his opponent and release his bubbles. He would let the bubbles cover both himself and his opponent. At the same time, he would feel the power of the explosion and launch a suicidal attack.
This kind of suicidal attack wasn't as simple as injuring the enemy and injuring himself. More often than not, he would suffer more damage. After all, Linfeng was at the center of the explosion.
However, relying on the strong physique granted by the Dragonfish Transformation and Blood Tears, Linfeng's injuries would be much lighter than his opponent's. Therefore, he would have the advantage in the following battle.
This was Linfeng's main fighting method when facing a speed-type opponent.
Previously, he had used this suicidal attack against Hai Wei and Tian Qing, and it had achieved great results.
However, this suicidal attack obviously didn't work.
Linfeng's speed wasn't as fast as Xie Yixiao. The latter didn't give him a chance to get close. In addition to Xie Yixiao's instant lightning, Linfeng's innate skill, Bubbles, was completely restrained.
When the last bubble exploded, Linfeng didn't continue to waste his soul power and stopped.
In the audience, seeing that Linfeng couldn't catch up and couldn't hurt Xie Yixiao with his demon spirit, many of the Assembled Star Team members finally heaved a sigh of relief.
Linfeng's demon spirit was the Dragonfish and his innate skill was Bubbles.
Although Linfeng still had other soul skills, other than the illusion and doppelganger soul skills, the rest relied on Bubbles to attack. Now that his innate skill was restrained, the rest of his soul skills couldn't be of much use. The outcome of the battle was already determined.
"I say, what are you guys worried about? Don't you know Yixiao's strength?"
Seeing his teammates heave a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders, the main force member Li Wenbo could not help but laugh.
He was the one that Yu Qiao challenged earlier.
Li Wenbo was stronger than Yu Qiao, but because of his carelessness and Yu Qiao's extremely wretched attack style, he almost had his anus burst, causing the audience to roar with laughter. At the same time, it made him feel embarrassed.
He was already unhappy with the Hongyun Team, and now he was even more hostile.
"I admit that Linfeng is very strong, but he's still young. How can he be Yixiao's opponent?" Li Wenbo continued.
"Linfeng's strongest opponent is only at the sixth rank. There's a huge gap between him and Yixiao."
"The power of the explosion is indeed great, but the flaw is obvious. The attack speed is too slow and it explodes upon contact. Although the power is great, it will cause a chain reaction. If he encounters a speed-type opponent or an opponent with fast attack speed, he won't be able to unleash his full power. Without the cooperation of an opponent, this is actually a somewhat useless ability."
Many team members echoed and analyzed Linfeng's attack and soul skill.
Listening to the evaluation of Linfeng's innate soul skill, many people disagreed. One of them was the captain, Ye Xing. He looked at Linfeng's figure on the stage and suddenly said, "Linfeng has a Six-Winged Illusion Python. If he refines it, the weakness of his ability will be made up for. When that time comes …"
Ye Xing didn't finish his words, but the echoes came to an abrupt end.
That's right. During the preliminary round, Linfeng went to Hongyun University to challenge and obtained a Six-Winged Illusion Python. Although it was only a ninth grade demon spirit, the innate ability of the Six-Winged Illusion Python was illusionary. It was a Diamond-rank soul skill and was even rated as a divine rank soul skill.
Although it didn't have any offensive ability, it could illusionary its body and for a short period of time, it would be invincible. It was a defensive type divine rank soul skill.
If Linfeng could absorb this soul skill, he wouldn't be so passive. He wouldn't be so easily suppressed by Xie Yixiao. Furthermore, his attack methods would become more varied. When that time comes, their so-called weak ability would be somewhat terrifying.
After a moment of silence, someone couldn't help but say, "How can it be so easy to absorb a divine rank soul skill?"
A divine rank soul skill, also known as a Diamond-rank soul skill, was extremely difficult to absorb.
For a first grade Arowana, even if it evolved to a fifth grade, absorbing this soul skill would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
"He's Linfeng."
Ye Xing added, causing the atmosphere to freeze again.
That's right!
He's Linfeng!
He's someone who has already created miracles and is good at creating them.
According to the known information, Linfeng should have absorbed five soul skills.
His first soul skill was unknown, but it should be a soul skill that increased the power of Bubble.
The other four known soul skills were: Mirror Image, Illusion, Lock on, Devil Flame, three Purple Gold soul skills, and one Diamond-rank soul skill.
Many people in the Star Assembly team had absorbed seven soul skills, but only had one or two Purple Gold soul skills. Even Ye Xing only had three Purple Gold soul skills, and none of them were Diamond-rank soul skills.
Linfeng had absorbed five soul skills, but he had three Purple Gold soul skills, and even a Diamond-rank soul skill.
For a demon spirit of the lowest level to be able to absorb such a high level soul skill was already a miracle in itself.
The chances of absorbing Illusory Transformation were slim for others, but it wasn't impossible for Linfeng.
Bubble's explosive power was already very strong, and no one doubted it. Currently, Linfeng's soul skill combination and attack method had a huge flaw. If he could absorb Illusory Transformation, the flaw would be made up, and the originally flawed combat system would be matured without any weaknesses.
At that time, perhaps even Xie Yixiao wouldn't be a match for him?
Thinking of this, many people looked at Linfeng. Their eyes flickered, and they fell silent.