manynovel Chapter 224 Ultimate Showdown
Chapter 224 Ultimate Showdown
Chapter 224 Ultimate Showdown (Part 3)
As snowflakes drifted down, Luo Yu's body was revealed on the competition stage. His soul-guided armor was somewhat damaged, most of his blood-red wings were broken, and even his armor had some cracks.
Luo Yu looked quite disheveled; her once fair face was now stained with blood.
"Cough cough..." Luo Yu rubbed her back, which was still sore from the shock, and straightened up, wiping the blood off her face.
"The Sun and Moon Empire will surely prevail!"
As everyone's gaze fell upon him, some enthusiastic students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy cheered excitedly. They had thought that Luo Yu would lose to Shrek's captain, but Luo Yu was still standing there, and even still had the strength to fight!
"Your Ice Blast spell is powerful, but your tactics still don't seem to have worked. It's time for me to retaliate."
With a flick of his wrists, Luo Yu conjured a pair of blood-red longswords. The swords trembled, and in the next instant, Luo Yu chose to take the initiative to attack!
A Soul Master actually chose to engage in close combat with Huo Yuhao, a powerful offensive and control-oriented Soul King who also possessed the ultimate ice martial soul.
The shattered wings completely detached from Luo Yu's soul-guided armor, and then a pair of simple thrusters appeared. Although the wings were gone, the flying soul-guided device could still continue to operate. A blood-red figure rapidly approached, and before Huo Yuhao could react, a pair of longswords had already slashed fiercely at Huo Yuhao's protective Extreme Ice.
Struck by the pair of longswords, Huo Yuhao shuddered violently, feeling a sharp pain and numbness.
"Damn it! I've been tricked by this guy!"
Huo Yuhao endured the muscle spasms and forcefully broke free from the near-numbness caused by the electric shock. Before he could retaliate, Luo Yu sheathed her longsword and stood steadily in the air.
Maintaining distance and suppressing firepower—this was the fighting style of a Soul Master as Huo Yuhao understood it. But this guy named Luo Yu was simply an anomaly, because you could never guess what kind of shocking and bizarre thing he would pull out in the next instant.
The previous Annihilation Ray, the later Palm Thunder Cannon, and just now the Thunder Sword.
After experiencing a series of battles, Huo Yuhao's mindset also underwent some changes...
Facing Luo Yu's renewed attack, Huo Yuhao did not hesitate. An icy blue phantom instantly formed behind him. With a roar, a turquoise Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion flashed past behind him, followed by a sharp tearing sound as its massive pincers slammed down on Luo Yu.
This scene startled Luo Yu. He wasn't sure if it was Huo Yuhao's simulated soul skill or the real Ice Emperor's Wrath. Now, Luo Yu could only rely on his own judgment, because when those two huge Ice Emperor's Claws appeared, the hairs on his body stood on end.
Luo Yu knew that his senses had been affected, and now he could only rely on his own judgment. If he guessed wrong, this attack would definitely defeat him directly, and might even severely injure him, since he had sensed the Ice Emperor's aura just moments before.
Just to be on the safe side, Luo Yu immediately raised two thick cannons from his shoulders and fired two explosive shells at the pair of huge pincers, then quickly created distance.
After the two explosive bullets disappeared without a trace after entering the illusory image of the Ice Emperor, a bad feeling immediately arose in Luo Yu's heart.
Oh no, it's Huo Yuhao's mental interference again!
Amidst the deafening roar, Huo Yuhao silently appeared behind Luo Yu. A beam of icy blue light shot from Huo Yuhao's eyes, striking Luo Yu squarely in the back.
Ripples appeared in the air, and the feathers that were hit disappeared as quickly as if the calm surface of water had been broken.
Luo Yu's attack missed, and so did Huo Yuhao's. Both attacks missed simultaneously in an extremely strange manner. Just as Huo Yuhao's attack failed, the image of Ice Emperor in his mind warned him, "Huo Yuhao, watch your shoulder."
A steel hand covered in soul-guided armor swiftly reached for Huo Yuhao's shoulder. Huo Yuhao tapped his foot and used the Tang Sect's ultimate technique, Ghost Shadow Step. Then, his palm turned white jade-colored, and taking advantage of the opening while dodging, he activated Crane Control and Dragon Capture.
clang!
Amidst the ear-piercing metallic scraping sound, the black jade hand of the fallen feather brushed against the palm covered by the soul-guided armor.
Huo Yuhao originally intended to use the Crane Control and Dragon Capture technique to grab Luo Yu's arm, but when he tried to use it, he was surprised to find that he could not pull Luo Yu's arm over at all. Without being able to pull Luo Yu's arm over, he could not inject the Ice Explosion technique at the moment of contact.
However, to Huo Yuhao's surprise, Luo Yu discovered his intention. In the instant when their arms crossed, Luo Yu changed the shape of the soul guide armor on his arm, making it resemble sharp barbs that fiercely grazed Huo Yuhao's Xuan Yu hand.
It must be said that Luo Yu's soul-guided armor is indeed powerful. In just one exchange, Huo Yuhao's arm was injured again. If it weren't for the Xuan Yu Hand's support, Huo Yuhao's arm would probably be covered in wounds by now.
"The captain was actually quite merciful. You have no idea how he beat everyone else back then. If it weren't for that guy named Huo Yuhao constantly using these mental attacks to interfere with the captain's judgment, the captain would have already used his signature move." Rachel looked at Luo Yu in the arena and couldn't help but sigh. He knew he was no match for an opponent like Huo Yuhao.
"Wait a minute, didn't the captain say he didn't have any signature moves? Rachel, you're lying again!" Yan Lingshu looked at Rachel and noticed the problem with his words.
Rachel glanced at Yan Lingshu and said, "Don't you all know that the captain has a well-known nickname in Mingde Hall?"
"Wait, Rachel, could it be that you mean...?" Even Jing Peng, who was usually quiet, spoke up as if he had thought of something.
Lu Jiuyu, watching the figures clashing in the arena and the two still exchanging blows, said, "What you're talking about is probably a title you guys made up in private before the captain took over the experiments. The captain's fighting style used to be extremely similar to Senior Ma Rulong's, but Senior Ma Rulong's fighting style was only similar to the captain's. In the captain's hands, any soul tool can play a huge role. The captain doesn't have a fixed fighting style, and there's no pattern to follow in many battles. But the only thing that can be determined is that the captain is a genius who is extremely good at combining multiple soul tools."
"A genius in the Sun Moon Empire, capable of making all soul tools work at 200% in his hands! His battles are like a feast of soul tools. The captain rarely takes action, but when he does, it's a soul tool combat tutorial that none of us can refuse. Such opportunities are hard to come by, so you should all watch carefully."
Lu Jiu watched Luo Yu quietly as she constantly changed her soul tool, her eyes filled with fervor and excitement.
Palm-sized Thunder Cannon, Flashbang, Repelling Light Wave...
Various unrelated soul tools were put to good use in Luo Yu's hands, and even a small level-three soul ray almost injured Huo Yuhao.
The spectators clearly saw when Luo Yu used the soul tool, and this scene gave them the feeling that this was how soul tools were used.
A faint purple-gold light reappeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes. Luo Yu's figure froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. If it had been a sudden attack, Huo Yuhao's sneak attack would have been just like last time. But now that Luo Yu was on guard, the soul impact would hardly have a decisive effect.
On Huo Yuhao's body, three spirit rings lit up one after another: the third spirit ring, the fourth spirit ring, and the fifth spirit ring.
Weakness, mental confusion, mental repression!
In the next instant, Huo Yuhao was already in front of Luo Yu, and his charred hand slammed hard into Luo Yu's chest, under the light of his icy blue eyes.
Three powerful mental-type soul skills were applied to Luo Yu in succession. At that moment, Luo Yu also activated his protective soul tool.
The triggered soul tool activated instantly, immediately reducing much of the impact, but weakness and mental confusion still couldn't stop it, unless Luo Yu's mental strength was stronger than Huo Yuhao's.
But is this possible?
The weakening effect fell on Luo Yu, who immediately felt his soul power flow slow down. The mental confusion plunged his consciousness into a state of chaos, and the moment the mental confusion was applied to him, Luo Yu lost control of his body.
However, the next moment, a slight electric current flowed through Luo Yu's body, and the stinging sensation immediately pulled Luo Yu out of her mental confusion.
Just as Huo Yuhao's palm was about to strike Luo Yu, Luo Yu moved. The icy blue light on Huo Yuhao's body dimmed instantly, and two of the three spirit rings that had been lit up dimmed. Without hesitation, Luo Yu grabbed Huo Yuhao's dark palm and punched him hard in the abdomen.
Having landed a successful blow, Luo Yu did not loosen her grip on Huo Yuhao. If Huo Yuhao's mental suppression hadn't partially reduced Luo Yu's strength, that punch would have been enough to knock Huo Yuhao unconscious.
Click!
A crisp sound rang out, and Huo Yuhao's hands were immediately bound with soul-guiding bracelets. Looking at the bracelets on his hands, he instinctively tried to break free, but he found that the more he channeled his soul power, the more severely the bracelets restricted it. Huo Yuhao was dumbfounded. He knew that such things were used when arresting criminals in the Sun Moon Empire, but who could have imagined that they would be used on him in the arena?
(End of this chapter)