Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

Xu Sanshi was struck as if by a heavy blow, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

The spirit is linked to the life of the spirit master. Damage to the spirit is no different from injury to the spirit master himself, and sometimes it is even more serious.

He forced down the salty taste in his mouth, and a string of wild and irreverent remarks were about to burst out, but he couldn't continue as soon as his reddened lips opened.

Through the crack in the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield, Xu Sanshi met a pair of eyes that sent chills down his spine.

He finally understood why Long Aotian had been so violent and uncompromising from the very beginning.

Those narrow eyes held no arrogance about their own strength, no anger at his previous trash talk, and no pride whatsoever.

Yes, there was only one kind of desire, a pure and intense desire that almost burned him through.

Fight! Fight! Fight! Keep fighting! Defeat your opponent! Then, stand before that person!

Long Aotian's eyes were filled with a fanatical, burning light as he drew his sword as swiftly as water.

Just as the dark gold blade was about to detach, it seemed to suddenly expand, as if it were completely embedded in it.

Long Aotian pulled Xu Sanshi back, who was trying to retreat.

At this moment, Long Aotian's left arm also softened and reassembled instantly, transforming into a angular and ferocious war hammer, which he swung in a circle and smashed down again!

Once he begins his all-out attack, he will no longer give Xu Sanshi a chance.

Xu Sanshi had no other choice at the moment. He crouched down, using his shield to protect himself.

"boom--"

Those two consecutive blows were incredibly powerful. Under the weight of those hammer blows, cracks spread across the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield, making it look as if it might collapse at any moment.

Xu Sanshi's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He could only desperately squeeze out his soul power and frantically pour it into the tortoise shell shield in an attempt to strengthen its defense.

But the shield was already damaged, and the strange suction force had not yet been dispelled. He was like a workpiece nailed to an anvil, and could only watch helplessly as Long Aotian unleashed a barrage of heavy blows from both sides.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each strike was perfectly executed, its power condensed to the extreme, its destructive force penetrating the defense and acting directly on the Martial Soul Core and the Soul Master's body.

The dull thud was like a death knell, striking Xu Sanshi's heart and the hearts of all the Shrek Academy team members below the stage.

With each hammer blow, the cracks in the shield widened, Xu Sanshi's aura weakened, and blood continuously spilled from his mouth and nose, staining his chest.

The so-called Eternal Defense is collapsing at a visible speed under this pure and efficient barrage of violent attacks.

"This Long Aotian clearly has an absolute advantage, so why doesn't he finish the job in one fell swoop and destroy that turtle from Shrek Academy? Dragging it out like this could lead to unforeseen problems, and his soul power consumption might not be less than if he unleashes his full power, right?"

Although Long Aotian's overwhelming fighting style captivated most viewers, Xu Tianzhen couldn't help but raise her own questions.

"It's not that simple. Long Aotian made a smart choice. When fighting against defensive-type Soul Masters, you must remember that defensive-type Soul Masters are definitely not just good at defending."

Kong Tianxu shook his head, then turned to Cain:

"Yin'er, if you were to face off against Xu Sanshi, how many attacks would it take?"

“Three times,” Cain replied quickly, clearly having already considered the question.

"Three times?" Kong Tianxu was somewhat surprised.

It's important to understand that even Long Aotian, who only used the Unity of Heaven and Man and his first and third soul skills, only needed two attacks to break Xu Sanshi's defenses. In his perception, Cain's strength shouldn't be any greater...

“Yes, that’s right, three times, and he will die.” Cain nodded.

Kong Tianxu smiled and shook his head.

Xu Sanshi didn't know if he would die after a few exchanges with Cain, but he knew very well that if things continued like this, he would probably be shaken to death behind the shield before the referee could intervene!

"Three stones!"

Inside Shrek's waiting area, Jiang Nannan couldn't help but burst into tears. She didn't notice that black mist was gradually rising from Xu Sanshi's body.

The heavy bombardment continued, and the hazy black aura around Xu Sanshi gradually intensified. His eyes grew increasingly fierce with each hammer blow.

Under Long Aotian's relentless onslaught, which was like a mighty river, he had no chance to unleash his Xuanwu Awakening. Just keeping himself from collapsing had already exhausted all his energy.

But amidst those almost humiliating blows, the pride of his Xuanwu divine beast bloodline began to gradually awaken.

It's just waiting for the right moment to fully bloom.

Long Aotian swung his hammer once more!

"you!"

The second blow!

"Give me!"

The third strike!

"stop it!"

The cracks on the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield finally intertwined and spread completely, and the shield surface shattered completely. Xu Sanshi roared, and the dark black tortoise and snake phantom fully emerged.

"Have you had enough?!" he said, his face contorted with rage.

"Boom."

Long Aotian ignored him and punched Xu Sanshi squarely in the face.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Xu Sanshi's bloodshot single eye suddenly became dazed, as if he hadn't reacted yet. At the gap in the completely sunken opening of his nose, a blood-red bubble slowly formed and burst.

Long Aotian threw another punch.

On the surrounding competition stage, Xu Sanshi's splattered blood suddenly turned into a pool of pitch-black liquid.

The ground turned completely black, and a large amount of black water surged up, creating waves almost instantly.

The competition platform, with a diameter of 100 meters, was instantly transformed into a black ocean.

"Domain?" Long Aotian finally spoke for the first time, his eyes showing a hint of interest.

Black waves surged, and a figure formed from the condensed black water slowly rose from the waves.

Taking advantage of this respite, Xu Sanshi shouted at the top of his lungs towards Zheng Zhan in the air:

"I surrender! I surrender!"

He was forced to use his strongest sixth soul skill, Xuanwu Domain, and he was already injured, so there was no point in continuing.

Zheng Zhan landed just in time, standing between the two, and announced loudly with a blank expression:

"In the first individual match, Xue Mo Zong's Long Aotian wins!"

He was also deeply shaken by the swift and overwhelming crushing defeat he had just witnessed. This young man from the Snow Demon Sect was far too strong.

Long Aotian stopped his attack and stood still. The white light and dark gold luster on his body slowly subsided, and he returned to his cold yet harmonious appearance.

"Sanshi!" Jiang Nannan rushed forward immediately, helped Xu Sanshi who was staggering off the competition stage, and quickly stuffed a healing pill into his mouth.

Xu Sanshi himself held a baby bottle in his hand, beginning to fully recover his soul power. He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his breathing erratic, the shock still lingering in his single eye, and he murmured:

"That guy is a monster..."

On the competition stage, referee Zheng Zhan had already signaled to both teams to prepare for the second match.

The Shrek waiting area was filled with a stagnant, heavy atmosphere.

Zhang Lexuan's expression turned serious as she looked at Huo Yuhao: "Yuhao, did you see it clearly?"

Huo Yuhao nodded slowly and said in a deep voice:

"His martial soul should be his skin. Among physical martial souls, this is probably an extremely rare and powerful existence. He has not only reached the seventh ring in cultivation, but he may even have completed the second awakening of his physical martial soul."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the Tang Clan members:

"If the latter is really as I think, then in a head-on confrontation, I'm afraid none of us could beat him in a one-on-one fight. His combat skills are flawless, combining offense and defense, with almost no weaknesses."

Wang Qiu'er frowned but didn't speak, though her grip on the Golden Dragon Spear clearly showed her attitude.

Huo Yuhao continued:

"We've already lost one match in the individual competition. So our goal now isn't to defeat Long Aotian right now, but to wear him down as much as possible and create an advantage for team fights."

He stood up.

"So, I'll take the next round."

After saying that, without waiting for anyone else to respond, he gently pressed his thick arms on the seat, and his whole body was like a heavy hammer launched by a catapult, drawing a sharp arc in the air, spinning several times in succession, and landing with a thud on the competition stage!

The table shook.

Raising his head, Huo Yuhao straightened his arms and his lumbar spine stretched out strangely, thus returning to a standing posture.

"Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao."

The tournament failed, two years in espionage, criminal punishment, and the Soul Hunting Incident.

Huo Yuhao had been suppressing his feelings for far too long.

After five years of honing his skills, today, with this top genius of the Body Sect as his whetstone, he will test his mettle!

Chapter 284 Witnessing this change in heaven and earth, you take refuge on the beam.

After announcing his name, Long Aotian did not immediately turn around and return to his own half of the field.

His gaze fell on Huo Yuhao's thick, almost deformed arms and legs, then swept over his disproportionately small head and torso, his brows furrowing.

"Huo Yuhao? You're Huo Yuhao? But isn't your martial soul a mental-type eye?"

Long Aotian then turned to look at Gu Tong, who was still sitting in the Snow Demon Sect's waiting area. Both of them were spirit-type soul masters with eyes as their martial souls, but the latter was much more handsome!

This contrasted sharply with his opponent on stage, who was flexing his limbs.

"How did you train to be like a four-limbed martial spirit?" Long Aotian turned around, looking genuinely puzzled. His earnest questioning stung Huo Yuhao. "Is it a special mutation after the second awakening of your martial spirit?"

Huo Yuhao's face darkened.

"Both sides step back and prepare for the match," Zheng Zhan waved his hand expressionlessly.

Huo Yuhao turned and walked back to his own half of the court, his steps steady, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists.

"Game start!"

Two yellow, two purple, and two black. Six perfectly matched spirit rings instantly appeared on Huo Yuhao's body.