En Ci's eyes flashed with admiration.
This spear strike was perfect.
It came from the heart, inspired by instinct.
Xu Yuan ignored everything else, landing and instantly exerting force without giving Long Yue any opportunity to prepare.
The spear's light pierced through mountains and rivers, heading straight for Long Yue.
A streak of lightning flashed across the arena, arriving in an instant.
Long Yue's blood-red gaze revealed a hint of surprise, followed by a furious roar.
"Unmovable as a Mountain!"
His body transformed into hard rock, with layers of mountains extending outward, forming a massive mountainous structure around him.
Boom!
Xu Yuan pierced through the peak of the mountain, stopping twenty meters behind Long Yue. He panted heavily, and the flames surrounding his body flickered weakly.
The mountain crumbled layer by layer, causing the arena to tremble continuously.
As the dust settled, Long Yue's towering figure emerged, his eyes now completely crimson.
He let out a deafening dragon roar, his body rapidly expanding.
The three-meter-tall Mountain Dragon King now reached five meters. His grotesque scales resembled the essence of condensed mountains.
Each scale seemed like a mountain itself.
The intricate patterns on them resembled rivers winding and flowing.
An endless surge of blood essence coursed through him.
A Soul Emperor, combined with two-word battle armor, and now fully immersed in the state of Spirit Transformation—his martial soul had taken over his body, stripping him of rationality. Long Yue had naturally entered the state of True Body Manifestation.
On the continent, there was a seven-in-one combination technique that concentrated the soul power of seven individuals into one person, allowing them to unleash the power of True Body Manifestation even without reaching the rank of Soul Sage.
Similarly, Long Yue's current strength far surpassed that of a Soul Sage. With his martial soul's instincts taking full control of his body, he had naturally entered the state of True Body Manifestation.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
Troublesome.
Such things that go berserk truly had no limits to their explosive potential.
En Ci looked at Long Yue on the arena, worry flashing in his eyes.
To think it had already escalated to this state.
This was Long Yue's limit.
If it continued further, not even he, as Long Yue's teacher, would allow it.
If it went on, it would surpass what he could endure.
Even if he could still explode with power, it absolutely couldn't be allowed.
At this point, En Ci was already preparing to intervene, suppressing Long Yue and sealing him completely to pull him out of this state.
Otherwise, if this state became unstable and worsened, even if he managed to restrain Long Yue and help him regain his sanity, the terrifying rush of blood essence would undoubtedly cause Long Yue's personality to change drastically, turning him into a slave of his martial soul.
The cost of the Mountain Dragon King martial soul and bloodline had always been equal to the rewards.
If you couldn't control it, you would be devoured by the power of the Mountain Dragon King.
Under normal circumstances, Long Yue didn't need to worry about such risks. Under En Ci's guidance, he had been gradually integrating the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline into himself, and so far, the process had been smooth.
But that was based on not excessively tapping into the deeper potential of the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline.
Now, Long Yue had overdrawn.
If this continued, En Ci feared that the will within the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline might influence Long Yue.
In that case, fusing with the Mountain Dragon King martial soul in the future would present a significant problem.
If he wanted to eliminate this influence, it would be nearly impossible to do so.
But if he accepted it, it would lead him step by step into a desperate situation, eroded by the power of the Mountain Dragon King.
Unless… he never stepped into the realm of Super Douluo.
A trace of worry flashed in En Ci's eyes.
Should he intervene and stop Long Yue?
He still couldn't accept that his disciple had lost to a mere Soul King, a Soul King who hadn't even completed crafting his battle armor!
Xu Yuan ultimately belonged to Shrek Academy and was a genius of the Federation. Perhaps Long Yue had simply gone too far with his burst…
While En Ci was internally conflicted, a sudden change occurred on the arena below.
The Mountain Dragon King, which had just unleashed a heaven-shaking aura as if it intended to destroy everything, abruptly collapsed onto the ground.
The arena shook, and the mountains gradually dissipated, revealing the rare metal surface beneath. The massive Mountain Dragon King shrank back into Long Yue's original form.
Everyone: ???
A second… Was it over in a second?
Xu Yuan turned around, holding the Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear, his eyes flickering slightly.
Sorry, your role has been perfectly fulfilled. Now it's time for me to activate my secret weapon.
"What just happened?" In the viewing box, Tang Wulin's voice was filled with doubt.
He even suspected that Xu Yuan had thrown the match.
If even he doubted it, how much more so the hundreds of thousands of spectators in the stadium?
En Ci was also stunned. Amidst the overwhelming wave of accusations and refund demands, he quickly regained his composure, his Limit Douluo presence filling the entire venue.
"Long Yue overexerted, exhausting his bloodline power and falling unconscious. The winner of this match is Xu Yuan from Shrek Academy!"
He personally announced the result, and the shouting crowd quieted down significantly.
This Holy Dragon Douluo was a legendary figure, the strongest in the empire and a symbol of national power. Once he spoke, the citizens of Star Luo Continent naturally dared not question it.
But they still couldn't understand what had just happened.
Bloodline power exhaustion?
You're lying!
Just moments ago, that earth-shaking dragon roar sounded full of vitality, and now you're saying it's exhausted?
At most, it was an overexertion, causing his body to suffer backlash.
Some spectators thought they had guessed the truth.
"It was a mental-type soul skill!" In the viewing box, Gu Yue spoke up.
Everyone's attention immediately focused on her.
"What?"
"I said, just now, Xu Yuan used a mental-type soul skill. It should have been a skill from his other martial soul," Gu Yue said after taking a deep breath.
She had just sensed fluctuations in Xu Yuan's spiritual power—swift and subtle, but very clear to her perception.
"But didn't he switch martial souls?" Le Zhengyu asked, puzzled.
Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui rolled their eyes.
"Did you forget about his spirit soul?"
In this era, twin martial souls were somewhat at a disadvantage due to the mental burden of spirit souls. However, because of the existence of spirit souls, twin martial souls also had more possibilities.
For example, using spirit souls to simultaneously unleash techniques from both martial souls.
Moreover, the so-called mental burden of spirit souls could be overcome entirely by raising one's spiritual power to the Spirit Domain level. Theoretically, one could possess nine spirit souls of any age, which was more than enough for twin martial souls.
Using spirit souls to unleash techniques from his other martial soul was Xu Yuan's specialty.
Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui had also learned a lot from Xu Yuan in this regard.
"Spirit soul!" After hearing this, Le Zhengyu felt embarrassed while also feeling envious.
Xu Yuan's spirit souls were close to ten thousand years old, or even older, with high intelligence and complete autonomy, capable of assisting him in battle.
But they themselves still had a long way to go.
They didn't know when their own spirit souls could be deployed in combat.
The others also sighed inwardly.
"So, Brother Xu used a mental-type soul skill to take down Long Yue in a second?" Tang Wulin mused aloud. "So that's why… Long Yue in his frenzy was most afraid of mental-type soul skills?"
"No!" Gu Yue rejected Tang Wulin's statement.
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