At this moment, Long Aotian's entire skin completely turned into a jade-like silver-white, with light rippling across its surface. The silver-white humanoid phantom behind him condensed into form.
This state was precisely the second awakening of his core martial soul, Silver tier.
The Silver tier could instantly double the power of the martial soul. Long Aotian's core martial soul, skin, was originally a top-tier martial soul. At this moment, in its Silver-tier awakened state, although not as good as a super martial soul or a divine martial soul, it still surpassed top-tier.
As long as he cultivated "Divine Tome of Sloth" in the future, it was unclear whether he could achieve the Diamond Fourth Awakening like Poison Douluo, but the Gold Third Awakening was definitely not an issue.
"Sixth Spirit Ability, Yama's Claw!"
Long Aotian's right arm greatly enlarged, and his fingers transformed into dark golden claws. This was an offensive spirit ability similar to the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
State activated, offensive spirit ability prepared. Next, of course, was the offense.
Long Aotian took one step, and the next moment his figure appeared directly in front of Yuwen Tuo. Xiao Xiao exclaimed, "So fast!"
Long Aotian's speed at this moment was so fast that it could shame a large number of agility-type Spirit Emperors of his same level.
However, this should not be his regular speed. Rather, after the second awakening of his core martial soul, his physical explosive power increased, and then he forcefully accelerated using that explosive power.
"Fifth Spirit Ability, Heavenly Rainbow Cascades!"
Yuwen Tuo's entire body burst into flames. He had already activated all his Fire Elephant Martial Soul abilities at this moment. The power of his flames instantly doubled. The Flame Execution Blade, not only became even sharper, but the flames entangled around it also burned more fiercely.
Blade and claw met. The two's powers were evenly matched for a time. When blade and claw scraped past each other, what burst from the sharp point was not sparks, but columns of fire.
Countless columns of fire, like fiery meteors, flew out of the soul battle arena with every collision between the two, slamming into various corners of the Body Sect.
An unlucky house was struck by a column of fire and burst into fierce flames.
Chen Lu cried, "That's my house!!!"
"Shut up! It's just a house. Rebuild it. Watch this magnificent soul battle properly!" Liang Yusu roared. Chen Lu's martial soul was the same as hers legs and he was considered her direct disciple.
It really made her lament his lack of ambition. To not pay attention to such an intense battle between two young prodigies, but instead care about a single house.
"However, this Yuwen Tuo is truly a bit too strong. Aotian's strongest Unity of Heaven and Man state and Silver-tier awakening have already been used, yet he still firmly maintains the upper hand in a hundred clashes, relying only on a few spirit abilities," Jin Peng said. He clearly felt that Yuwen Tuo still held back some power. Aside from anything else, he hadn't even used any of his spirit bones or the Xuanyuan Sword.
"Hahahaha, fantastic, this is what battle should be! Junior Brother Yuwen, you truly are a rare and excellent opponent," Long Aotian laughed heartily.
"Senior Brother is also extraordinary. It's been a long time since I've had such a prolonged exchange with anyone. As fellow Spirit Emperors, you are stronger than all other Spirit Emperors I've seen, including Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaheng from back then," Yuwen Tuo praised.
He dared to guarantee that if Ma Xiaotao were still a Spirit Emperor, she would absolutely be no match for Long Aotian.
As for Dai Yaheng, there was no need to mention him. If he saw his current self and didn't flee, but chose to fight head-on, he could end his life within ten moves.
Only Long Aotian could contend with his Fire Elephant Martial Soul alone for hundreds of moves.
That's right, Yuwen Tuo had already utilized all of his Fire Elephant Martial Soul's abilities today. If he wanted to end the battle quickly, he could only use the Xuanyuan Sword Soul or his spirit bones.
Long Aotian's body possessed at least three spirit bones, two of which were top-tier. His strength was definitely not inferior to a Spirit Saint. The amplification from his core martial soul's Silver-tier awakening would also be no weaker than a true Martial Soul Avatar.
"It's not over yet, Junior Brother, be careful." Long Aotian clenched his left fist. Waves of powerful fluctuations condensed upwards. This was clearly a spirit bone skill, "Heaven and Earth Collapse Fist!"
Long Aotian roared, and his fist energy surged forth like a collapsing mountain, sweeping everything before it.
Although Yuwen Tuo managed to block with his blade in time, he was still sent flying a considerable distance by the punch. Even the Flame Execution Blade he had condensed completely shattered after taking this blow.
"This spirit bone is that Destruction Impact Left Arm Bone!" Yuwen Tuo realized. So, the first spirit bone he contributed to the sect was given by Poison Douluo to his beloved disciple? That makes sense.
This was a 50,000-year spirit bone. As a limb part, it was worthy of Long Aotian.
Long Aotian sighed, "That's right, but it's a pity. My punch, though heavy, still didn't defeat you. It only interrupted your first spirit ability."
"You are the first person who could interrupt my blade. Senior Brother Long, you should also take one of my moves."
"Phoenix Armor Dispel, Dispel!"
As Yuwen Tuo spoke, the flaming armor on his body suddenly disintegrated. This was the second usage of Phoenix Armor Dispel: at the cost of temporarily lowering his defense, he would greatly enhance the power of his next attack.
"Fire Meteor Stream, Gather!"
His fiery wings dissipated, merging into the fireball. This was the second usage of Red Earth Thousand Miles.
"Starfire Across the Sky, Lift!"
His fiery wings dissipated and merged into the fireball. This was a new usage of Starfire Across the Sky, increasing the attack speed of this fireball.
Aside from his Heavenly Rainbow Cascades state, Yuwen Tuo had condensed all of his Fire Elephant Power into this single attack.
Lu Si chuckled, "What formidable flames. This fireball, I'm afraid even a Spirit Saint wouldn't dare to take it head-on. Old Jin, should we stop this soul battle now?"
He didn't want these two top geniuses to get hurt.
Jin Peng, however, reached out and stopped him, "No, wait a little longer. Both children still have many trump cards!"
"Go!" Yuwen Tuo threw the Fire Meteor Stream. Its speed was so fast that it was impossible to dodge. Long Aotian had no choice but to take it head-on.
The next moment, his body was completely enveloped by the fireball.
Yuwen Tuo knew this attack of his was powerful, but he wasn't worried. Firstly, Long Aotian was also very strong. Secondly, there were so many Titled Douluo masters below the stage. When Long Aotian truly couldn't hold on, they would naturally intervene to save him.
But the next scene utterly astonished him. He saw Long Aotian standing beneath the fireball, completely unmoved.
A layer of black rock appeared on his body, protecting him like armor. Yuwen Tuo's fireball had no effect on the black rock.
This seemingly black rock was probably countless times harder than diamond.
This was precisely Long Aotian's torso bone spirit ability, Rhinoceros Protection.
This spirit bone came from a 90,000-year-old heavily armored rhinoceros. This kind of spirit beast's defense was in no way inferior to Plate-Armored Rhinos or Diamond Mammoths, and it possessed even greater strength, greatly enhancing Long Aotian's physical attributes.
When he activated his spirit bone ability, this defensive spirit bone ability was stronger, not weaker, than many 100,000-year defensive abilities.
No wonder Yuwen Tuo's fireball couldn't break through his defense.
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