Global Demon Transformation.

Chapter 619 Yun Tianqi vs. Zhao Zhou
Everyone already knows about the Avengers' plan, or rather, their tricks.

They did achieve their goal, not only protecting the flags of the five teams but also successfully avoiding the teams ranked first and second in strength. However, to succeed, they still have to face the challenges from the two teams in succession.

One of these two teams is Kitahara Sousuke's team, which is ranked third in strength, making it equally difficult for them to defend their title.

The probability of success is low.

At this time, not many people were optimistic about the Avengers, not even their mentors.

In everyone's opinion, they couldn't defend against Kitahara Sousuke's challenge alone.

The remaining team, which has survived until now and still has three fire flags, is no weakling either.

How will the Avengers resist?

"The challenger will send out one person first, with two minutes to prepare."

Hearing Remy's reminder, Zhao Zhou, who was already prepared, slowly walked onto the ring.

His gaze fell on Yun Tianqi, a faint, mocking smile playing on his lips that the latter found repulsive.

"Aren't you afraid? Do you still feel fear and powerlessness when facing me now?"

Zhao Zhou faced the Avengers calmly and asked in a soft voice.

Although no names were mentioned, Lin Feng and the others knew that these words were directed at Yun Tianqi.

As a fellow member of the Thunder team, Yun Tianqi was Zhao Zhou's substitute before Zhao Zhou retired.

Even though Yun Tianqi already possessed the strength to become a key player at that time.

Yun Tianqi only gets a chance to play when Zhao Zhou is injured.

It wasn't until Zhao Zhou retired that Yun Tianqi finally had a chance to shine.

"How arrogant! I really want to beat him to death!" Yu Qiao said unhappily.

He wouldn't allow anyone to be more arrogant than him, except for Lin Feng.

"They are indeed very arrogant."

Dong Yunan rarely echoed Yu Qiao's words.

Normally, she would disagree with Yu Qiao.

"In my opinion, Yun Kai would be a better match for him," Ye Xing said.

As he spoke, he looked at Yun Tianqi.

He could sense that Yun Tianqi was full of fighting spirit and eagerness to try.

He knew that Yun Tianqi had been looking forward to this battle for a long time.

It's been at least six or seven years.

Perhaps he started looking forward to it the day he graduated from university and joined the Thunder club.

Yun Tianqi had fought against Zhao Zhou before, but each time he suffered a crushing defeat.

The two are seven years apart in age, so it's normal that Yun Tianqi's strength is inferior to his opponent's.

Ye Xing could understand Yun Tianqi's impulsiveness.

However, in Ye Xing's view, as both are agile combat professions, Yun Tianqi does not have an advantage in fighting Zhao Zhou, and even risks defeat.

Zhao Zhou not only has bizarre attack methods, but is also very skilled in using poison.

If you're not careful, you'll get hit and the battle is over.

The risk is too great.

If it were Yun Kai, his defense would be impervious to Zhao Zhou's poison attacks, and with his [Sword Control] long-range attacks, his chances of winning would be even greater. As long as Yun Kai is cautious, victory would be almost certain.

Zhao Zhou was clearly aware of this, so he deliberately provoked Yun Tianqi, hoping to provoke him into anger.

Yun Tianqi looked at Lin Feng.

He desperately wanted to take on this battle; he dreamed about it.

But as a member of the alliance, he must prioritize the overall interests of the alliance.

If Lin Feng asks him to fight again later, he will accept it without hesitation.

"Why are you looking at me? Go if you want to. I'll take care of everything, what are you afraid of?"

A smile appeared on Lin Feng's lips.

Seeing Lin Feng say this, Ye Xing didn't continue to persuade him, and the others were also at ease, seemingly not taking the battle to heart.

"It's good to have you say that."

Yun Tianqi smiled slightly, and with a flicker of his figure, he transformed into a streak of azure light, landing on the arena, no more than five meters away from Zhao Zhou.

"You actually dare to come?"

A hint of joy flashed in Zhao Zhou's eyes, and he said with some surprise.

"I've been looking forward to this day for a long time."

Yun Tianqi looked at Zhao Zhou with a complicated expression and a sigh in his voice.

If it weren't for the chilling murderous intent revealed in those words, the two would have truly been chatting like old friends reunited after a long separation.

"Come on, my defeated opponent, my best substitute."

With a mocking sneer on his lips, Zhao Zhou quickly entered his demonic transformation state.

"Ah!" A beastly roar rang out.

At this moment, Zhao Zhou bowed slightly, seemingly suppressing his pain.

As his body changed, crackling sounds emanated from his bones, and black spikes pierced through his back, extending all the way to his feet. His chest and joints were covered with black armor, and behind him, three long, gleaming metallic tails with menacing barbs swayed slightly.

Zhao Zhou refined a three-tailed dragon scorpion ranked 64th on the Earth Ranking. Poison-type demon spirits are generally not high-level, and Earth Ranking demon spirits are even rarer, which is the source of his arrogance.

When the demon transformed in Zhao Prefecture, Yun Tianqi was also quickly possessed by a demon spirit.

Both of them had already condensed their life souls and entered the Spirit King realm, but neither seemed to intend to use their life souls in battle at this moment.

After his demonic transformation, Yun Tianqi's body became extremely slender, reaching a height of three meters. His jet-black eyes turned dark green, and his hands transformed into mantis-like scythe-shaped forelimbs.

Its sickle-shaped forelimbs are over two meters long, curved, and could reach three meters if extended. They are as thin as cicada wings, almost transparent under light, but extremely sharp, with a row of hard serrations.
Yun Tianqi also wore armor similar to carapace, with black patterns on the emerald green armor.

This means that his natal spirit, the eighth-tier Ghost Mantis, has evolved into the ninth-tier Demon Mantis.

Accompanied by the dazzling light of diamonds, Yun Tianqi launched the first attack.

Its forelimbs, gleaming with diamond-like light, swung down towards Zhao Zhou's head.

Facing Yun Tianqi's attack, Zhao Zhou remained calm, slightly shifting his body to the side. The blade, carrying a gentle breeze, grazed past his ear.

With a flick of his scorpion tail, Zhao Zhou landed on the ground. His figure arced through the air, appearing behind Yun Tianqi like a ghost. Three scorpion tails shot out like venomous snakes, changing their trajectory in mid-air, making it difficult to judge their attack angle and direction.

Yun Tianqi spun around.

Deep blue wind blades swirled around him, shooting out like spinning blades as he rotated.

"clang!"

A crisp impact sounded.

Zhao Zhou appeared more than ten meters away, his body covered by a gray barrier. The wind blades kept slashing at the barrier, creating ripples. The light of the barrier dimmed a little, but it was still intact.

Only when the wind blades gradually disappeared did Zhao Zhou dispel the barrier, and said with some surprise, "Dance of the Wind, another Diamond Soul Skill! Which Soul Skill is this?"

Yun Tianqi had already used two diamond-level soul skills.

【Dance of the Wind】is a common diamond soul skill, far less rare and precious than 【Diamond Transformation】.

However, given Yun Tianqi's talent, being able to absorb two diamond-level soul skills is an extremely difficult feat.

Even he only possesses two Diamond Soul Skills.

"Surprised?"

Sensing the disdain in Zhao Zhou's tone, Yun Tianqi asked coldly, his figure flashing as he appeared in front of Zhao Zhou, his scythe-shaped forelimbs waving, and a dazzling array of sword light flashing across the sky.

"I'm just a little surprised. With your talent, having two diamond-level soul skills is no easy feat."

Zhao Zhou smiled faintly, then leaped backward, his three scorpion tails lashing out at Yun Tianqi like whips.

The long scorpion tail is extremely fast and very agile, and can attack from various angles and directions simultaneously. Moreover, the scorpion tail's attack does not affect Zhao Zhou's movements, and Zhao Zhou can still make a move while the scorpion tail is attacking.

Ordinary people would be unable to resist such attacks from multiple directions.

If you miss even once, the sharp scorpion tail will pierce its body, releasing terrifying venom instantly.

"Dang Dang Dang Dang"

A series of rapid, continuous impacts rang out.

Sparks flew as Yun Tianqi rapidly waved his hands, repeatedly knocking the scorpion's tail away. However, the tail did not break off; it slid along like a persistent leech, constantly changing its trajectory in the air, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

The next moment, three scorpion tails appeared in front of Yun Tianqi at the same time, emitting a piercing shriek, and fiercely stabbed towards his head, chest, and right foot.

With a flap of his wings, Yun Tianqi's figure vanished instantly. Immediately afterward, a sharp scorpion tail pierced the spot where he had been standing. Using the scorpion tail as leverage, Zhao Zhou, like a giant spider, pounced on Yun Tianqi, who was trying to dodge, and simultaneously unleashed three scorpion tails.

On the ground, more than thirty gray-white scorpions, each over half a meter tall and formed from condensed energy, appeared out of nowhere. These scorpions were staring at Yun Tianqi, poised to pounce.

"Yun Tianqi is finished."

Chen Junhao thought to himself.

At this moment, Yun Tianqi was in mid-air and had nowhere to avoid it.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Yun Tianqi indeed showed no intention of dodging. Facing the more than thirty large poisonous scorpions that had already leaped up and Zhao Zhou who was coming straight at him, his gaze remained calm, and he silently uttered in his heart: "Seven Kills!"

The next moment, a streak of azure light flashed by. Although the azure light traveled in a straight line, its speed was so fast that it was impossible for the naked eye to catch it.

[Seven Killings]
This is the ninth soul skill that Yun Tianqi absorbed.

His god-level soul skill.

Zhao Zhou's pupils contracted, and the hairs on his body stood on end. A strong sense of crisis surged into his heart. Although he didn't know what kind of soul skill Yun Tianqi was using, he instinctively stopped attacking and made a strange gesture in mid-air, trying to dodge.

At this point, it was too late for the spirit to possess the body.

In an instant, seven blue lines intersected from Zhao Zhou as the center, forming a visible pentagonal pattern in mid-air.

A soft "poof!" sound.

The next moment, Zhao Zhou's body froze in mid-air, an arm fell from the void with a very clean cut, and on his left cheek was a deep wound that exposed bone, which extended to his chest.

"Seven kills!"

"A divine-level soul skill!"

"Another god-level soul skill!"

Gasps of shock filled the air. Zhao Zhou knelt on one knee, staring at Yun Tianqi in disbelief. Blood streamed down his cheek and into his slightly open mouth, but he remained oblivious.

why?
How can a ninth-tier demon mantis absorb the god-level soul skill [Seven Kills]?
Why does Yun Tianqi, whom he looks down upon, possess a divine-level soul skill that even he doesn't have?
why?