Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 244 Dark Sky
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With Xuanming's intervention, the Blazing Fire Academy's first coordinated attack failed. However, this also confirmed to them that the Royal Fighting Team's teamwork was very weak, and that this was not a pretense.

It's like a makeshift troupe that was put together on the spot!
It's not that their teamwork was bad, it's that there was absolutely no teamwork at all!

Although they are individually very strong, they are not so good when they are combined. They may even interfere with each other. Once their tactic of forcibly overpowering the opponent is broken, the Royal Fighting Team's offense will become very passive.

However, despite being on the defensive, the huge gap in overall strength was enough to forcefully erase the shortcomings in teamwork.

Having barely experienced the feeling of being protected by Xuanming, Dugu Yan was satisfied. Immediately afterwards, the thick, emerald-green poisonous fog dispersed again, spreading throughout the entire competition venue.

Before the competition began, Xiao Wu and the others had already taken the antidote, so they wouldn't be too bothered by the poisonous fog, but the people from Blazing Fire Academy were in an awkward situation.

Faced with the enhanced poisonous fog, their individual firepower was no longer sufficient to burn away the deadly poison, and the Blazing Fire Academy team members, not wanting to be poisoned, had no choice but to gather together.

The entire team assembled, and their firepower was terrifying, completely incinerating and evaporating the approaching poisonous fog.

"Captain, this can't go on. We'll be worn down to death by this poisonous fog," Huo Lie said.

The Royal Fighting Team's tactics are very simple and brutal. At the start, they release poison mist, and then the female soul master with the teleportation soul skill will target one person and forcibly kick them into the poison mist's encirclement. Then, the fierce silver-haired girl will launch a strong attack, followed by the opponent's agility-type soul master who will also complete the encirclement, making it three against one!

Royal Fighting Team's underhanded tactics almost always manage to eliminate opponents instantly!

If it weren't for Huo Wushuang's third soul skill, Huo Wushuang would have been taken down in one combo from the start.

Now, Dugu Yan on the opposite side has clearly given up on breaking through them one by one because of Huo Wu's soul skill, and has chosen to release poison mist with all her might, intending to wear them down to death.

Although they could withstand the poison of the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King by combining their high-temperature flames, the soul power they used to resist the poison was not proportional to the amount of energy Dugu Yan used to release the poison!
Once Dugu Yan's soul power is exhausted and she can no longer support such a wide-range attack, their soul power will also be more than half depleted. If the enemy attacks again then, won't they be beaten down one by one?
Huo Lie had thought of all this, and so had Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu. The difference in their two teams' soul power levels was huge, so if they got into a war of attrition, they would definitely lose.

Huo Wushuang turned around and exchanged a glance with Huo Wu. Huo Wu nodded and slowly raised her hands, two balls of orange-red flames beginning to rise from her palms.

Seeing this, the others from Blazing Fire Academy also sprang into action. Two support-type Soul Masters blazed brightly, amplifying Huo Wu's power, while the remaining four, led by Huo Wushuang, formed a defensive formation in front of Huo Wu to prevent an enemy attack.

The flames in Huo Wu's hands burned brighter and brighter, turning from orange-red to dark blue, and then to incandescent. As Huo Wu's fourth spirit ring flashed, this huge fireball was almost like a small sun lying across the arena.

"Fire Dance Shines in the Sun!"

Under this terrifyingly high temperature, the poisonous fog that filled the arena was quickly evaporated. With the full support of the two support Soul Masters, Huo Wu's attack was even more powerful than the fifth Soul Skill of an ordinary Fire Attribute Soul Master.

"Truly, a great number of talented people have emerged."

In the VIP seats, Ning Fengzhi and his group were somewhat surprised to see the dazzling little sun on the field. To have such a level of control over one's martial soul at such a young age, this little girl from Blazing Fire Academy was indeed quite outstanding.

However, upon seeing this scene, Hu Liena and Xue Qinghe's expressions were somewhat off.

Because they saw the entire Royal Fighting Team retreating, Xuanming, who was originally standing at the back, was now forced to move to the front.

"What a terrifying fireball! Brother Xuanming, keep going!" Ning Rongrong said, feigning a coquettish tone to encourage Xuanming.

"I really have no other choice," Dugu Yan said with an innocent shrug.

She could feel the terrifying power of that little sun; with her abilities, she definitely couldn't withstand that attack!

Her only option was to activate her fifth soul skill before the move was completed, forcibly interrupting the opponent.

But now that the other party has completed their preparations, there's nothing she can do.

"You guys really went to great lengths to make me feel involved." Xuanming was a little tired, but he still took a step forward.

"Xuanming! If you've got the guts, take this attack!"

Huo Wu's voice trembled slightly, clearly because the soul power of the sun above her head was too immense, and she could hardly suppress it with her own control.

Xuanming walked alone to the center of the arena and looked at Huowu holding up the little sun. "Among the fire attribute soul masters I have met, at least so far, you are the best. However, you seem to be overestimating yourself."

"What did you say!" Huo Wu's eyes narrowed, and she used her last bit of strength to forcefully increase the flames.

Then, an accident occurred.

The incandescent fireball began to crack, and the intense heat of the flames began to visibly overflow.

"Young people still can't keep their composure," Ning Fengzhi shook his head.

The fireball that the little girl had condensed was already at its limit; once she released it, the move would be a complete success.

However, because of Xuanming's words, the little girl was so angry that she forcibly compressed and increased the power of the flames. The power of the flames was too strong and had exceeded her control limit. The fireball was about to go out of control!

"Fire Dance!" Sensing the restless flames, Huo Wushuang's expression changed. "Throw her out quickly!"

Huo Wu's face turned extremely ugly. "I can't control it anymore, I can't throw it out."

Damn it! She had just forcibly increased and compressed the power of the flames, and now this thing had become a hot potato, stuck in her own hands!

"Playing with fire will only get you burned." Xuanming glanced at Huowu, who was gritting her teeth, then slowly turned around and walked towards the group.

"Get out of here!" Huo Wu said through gritted teeth.

"Retreat? What retreat? You're almost exhausted. You can't withstand the out-of-control Fire Dance Radiance," Huo Wushuang said in a deep voice.

"We have already lost."

"Loss?" Huo Wu's eyes narrowed as she watched Xuan Ming's departing figure, the humiliation in her heart turning into a raging fire.

"I won't lose!"

Huo Wu gritted her teeth and, ignoring the immense pressure from the out-of-control fireball, forcibly activated the little remaining soul power in her body, attempting to regain control of the fireball that was about to explode.

However, her efforts were in vain. The cracks on the surface of the fireball became more and more dense, and the blazing light was like a volcano about to erupt, threatening to engulf everything around it at any moment.

"Huo Wu, stop pushing yourself!" Huo Wushuang shouted anxiously, while signaling the other team members to prepare for defense.

Xuanming sensed the increasingly violent fiery aura behind him, paused slightly, and frowned.

Is this girl going to kill herself?

Thinking that if something went wrong, the so-called competition organizing committee would probably have to resort to banning him again, Xuanming sighed and turned around.

"It's really troublesome."

A cold white light suddenly exploded, instantly enveloping the entire Soul Arena.

A terrifying pressure descended upon the students of Blazing Fire Academy. Even with a fireball hovering over their heads, they still felt a cold sweat breaking out on their brows.

In the audience, whether it was their first time seeing it or they had seen Xuanming's white light before, they all screamed and exclaimed in surprise.

"Is this his innate domain?" Emperor Xueye's expression changed.

Having heard about it for so many years, this was the first time he had ever seen Xuanming's domain in person. After all, given his status, it was impossible for him to go to a place like the Soul Arena to watch a match.

"Sect Master Ning, do you know what the effects of his domain are?" Emperor Xueye couldn't help but ask.

The information he knew was all hearsay, and each one was more exaggerated than the last—something about the underworld, or someone stepping into a death trap and immediately losing consciousness.

He knew that some special martial souls possessed powerful talent domains, but these domains were ultimately growth-oriented abilities. Although they could give a soul master a huge advantage within the same level, they were definitely not as exaggerated as the rumors suggested, not to mention that Xuan Ming had not yet cultivated his beast martial soul.

"Suppress," Ning Fengzhi said.

"A comprehensive suppression. Soul power, mental power, elemental power, all the attributes of a soul master will be suppressed. The activity of various energies within the domain will also be greatly reduced. Even if he knew the effect of this domain in advance, it would be meaningless."

"It cannot be prevented, avoided, or escaped; we can only face it."

"If their soul power level is higher than his, it's fine. With their strong soul power, they can resist the suppression effect of the domain. But if their soul power level is lower than his, it's a nightmare."

In battles between Soul Masters, intelligence is often crucial. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory. If you understand your opponent's Soul Skills, Abilities, and Fighting Style, while your opponent knows nothing about you, the scales of victory will have already tipped before the battle even begins.

But there are some abilities in this world that can only be described as shameless, and even if you know them, they are meaningless!
Knowing the truth only made me more desperate!
"what is that!"

Gu Rong's expression changed, and countless eyes in the arena turned to the main arena in the center.

Xuanming raised his right hand and made a grasping motion across the air towards the massive fireball above Huowu's head, which was about to explode out of control.

"Dark Sky!"

Dark aurora burst forth from the void, particularly conspicuous amidst the cold white light, instantly engulfing the massive fireball created by Huo Wu, leaving not a trace behind.

The intense heat vanished along with the incandescent flames, as if it had never existed.

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence, with everyone's eyes fixed on Xuan Ming, as if time itself had frozen at that moment.

(End of this chapter)