The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 42 Absolute Defense

the next day.

night.

Just as agreed.

The same central arena, the same host, and the same opponents.

At this moment, on the Soul Battle Stage, Dugu Yan and Xia Liang stood facing each other. Both of them had already activated their Martial Souls, and their respective Soul Rings were flashing on their bodies.

A young man dressed in a silver outfit walked into the spectator area. This young man was Qin Ming, the team leader of the Royal Fighting Team.

"Teacher Qin, you've arrived." Yu Tianheng and the other members of the Royal Fighting Team greeted Qin Ming.

Qin Ming nodded, walked to Yu Tianheng's side and stopped, carefully watching Dugu Yan and Xia Liang on the Soul Battle Platform.

"Teacher, Yan Yan, she..."

Before Yu Tianheng could finish speaking, Qin Ming suddenly interrupted him, saying calmly, "I already know what happened. Yanzi's opponent was Chef Xia from the academy's kitchen, right? And last night, the two already had a battle of spirits. Yanzi lost."

"Teacher, that's because..."

Qin Ming interrupted Yu Tianheng again, "Let's watch the match first. After the Soul Battle is over, I'll give you a recap of last night's and tonight's cross-level Soul Battles."

Yu Tianheng was somewhat surprised. "Were you also watching last night?"

Qin Ming nodded without replying, his gaze fixed on the Soul Battle Stage.

At this moment, Dugu Yan and Xia Liang, who were facing off in the center of the Soul Arena, had gained some understanding of each other after last night's battle.

Dugu Yan seemed to have lost her previous arrogance and haughtiness. From the moment she stepped onto the stage, her expression was extremely solemn.

The stakes for this cross-level battle arena are her grandfather's prized Ruyi Treasure Pouch. She doesn't want to lose her grandfather's treasure to someone else because of her own incompetence.

Moreover, if I go all out this time but still lose to a second-ring Great Soul Master, can I accept such an outcome?

"Dugu Yan, considering how hard I work for you students every day, will you let me have three moves later in the Soul Battle?" Xia Liang said.

Dugu Yan gritted her teeth in hatred, "You're dreaming!"

"Gentlemen, may we begin our spirit battle?" the host asked from below the stage.

Dugu Yan and Xia Liang nodded almost simultaneously.

"Battle of Spirits, Begin!"

As soon as the host's passionate shouts rang out, the audience members who had been discussing the topic all turned their attention to the main battle stage in the center, and cheers and shouts of encouragement began to rise and fall.

As before, Dugu Yan first pulled back twenty meters.

But unlike others, she didn't waste any words and went straight to the initiative.

With all three of her spirit rings lit up, Dugu Yan spewed out poisonous mist of three different colors: red, blue, and purple.

Strangely, the three types of poisonous fog did not merge together, but were arranged in the order of front, middle and back, forming three closely connected layers of poisonous fog that enveloped Xia Liang.

Suddenly, five beams of light shot out from the direction shrouded in three layers of poisonous fog.

Having learned my lesson the hard way last night, how could I possibly make the same mistake again?

Seeing that the five beams of light were actually five finger bones shot out by Xia Liang, Dugu Yan immediately dodged. This time, she did not dodge backward, but swayed her body left and right, easily avoiding the trajectory of the five finger bones.

Just then, three layers of poisonous fog enveloped Xia Liang's location, forming a three-colored poisonous fog that covered half of the Soul Arena.

Seeing this, Dugu Yan's solemn face finally broke into a smile. With so much practical experience, she knew that once her three layers of poison mist completely enveloped the enemy, the outcome of the battle would be decided.

These three layers of poisonous mist are each composed of a different soul skill.

The first layer of red poisonous mist is the Excitement Poison of the first Soul Skill. It has an amplifying effect on allies and a poison control effect on enemies, causing them to become overly excited and lose their calm judgment.

The second layer of blue poisonous mist is the paralyzing poison of the second soul skill, which can eliminate the pain of friendly units while causing nerve and sensory paralysis to enemies.

The third layer of purple poisonous mist is the corrosive poison of the third soul skill, and it is also the Azure Phosphorus Purple Poison of the Azure Phosphorus Serpent Martial Soul. It cannot distinguish between friend and foe, and can instantly melt and corrode any object contaminated with the poison. Its toxicity is extremely domineering.

Unless one possesses the ability to fly or burrow underground, attempting to pass through these three layers of poisonous fog would inevitably result in the body and flesh being subjected to the attacks of three different toxins, ultimately decaying into a skeleton.

Looking at the three layers of poisonous fog swirling in front of her, Dugu Yan smiled with amusement. If she weren't going to hold back, she would really like to see what Master Xia would look like as a skeleton when he broke out of the fog.

At this moment, the three layers of poisonous fog, arranged in front, middle and back order, began to sway one by one as if blown by the wind.

Dugu Yan's pupils dilated involuntarily. In the last layer of purple poisonous mist ahead, she actually saw a skeleton rush out.

However, the skeleton was not complete; it only contained the ribs, and these were enormous ribs burning with dark purple flames. Each rib was stacked on top of the other, forming a shield-like shape.

Through the gaps between each layer of ribs, Dugu Yan could clearly see a living person encased inside this huge rib. It was none other than Master Xia, who should have been trapped in the three layers of poisonous fog.

Dugu Yan was only surprised for a second before she realized that Master Xia was a defensive Soul Master. The dark purple ribs covering his entire body should be similar to the Xuanwu tortoise shell defense of the Shi brothers.

But aren't there gaps between each rib, just like in a tortoise shell?

Why can't my poisonous mist penetrate this gap and damage the inside of my ribs?

Dugu Yan naturally couldn't understand why Xia Liang's rib defense, ever since he obtained the Netherworld Ghost Bear's soul ring, had a blackish-purple flame burning on each rib that could act as a protective membrane, filling the gaps between the ribs and making the entire rib form a sealed state.

Therefore, the three different toxins in the three layers of poisonous fog were all isolated by the sealed ribs.

Not only poisonous fog, but even poisonous gas cannot penetrate it.

With the combined amplification of the first and second soul skills, this sealed skull rib can not only defend against physical attacks, but also reduce elemental energy damage, making it an absolute defense.

In the past year and a half, Xia Liang had taken the opportunity to test himself. With his current strength, he would need at least a Soul Master with the best Soul Ring combination to break through his ribcage defense and injure him.

Of course, it would be difficult to defend against an enemy attack that comes from underground, because the defense formed by the lack of a skeleton at the bottom is not strong enough, and it can only be blocked by a protective membrane formed by black and purple flames.

Having just emerged from the last layer of purple poisonous mist, Xia Liang pulled out a rib from the ribs covering his entire body. Entangled in a black-purple iron wire energy body, this one-meter-long rib transformed into a sharp knife.

The knife is called the Iron Bone Knife. It looks very simple in construction, with only a bone handle and an iron blade. It is very light in the hand, but it can deal the damage of a heavy sword when amplified by the first and second soul skills.

(End of this chapter)