"Third Soul Skill: Repelling—"
As a control-type soul master, not everyone was like Tang San, who could excel in control, agility, and offense simultaneously. Control-type soul masters were typically fragile. Once a power-type soul master closed the distance, they had virtually no chance to resist.
For such frail individuals, the Repelling Fire Ring was undoubtedly a divine skill.
Dai Mubai shook his head. To everyone's shock, he directly covered Huo Wu's mouth with one hand, preventing her from calling out the name of her soul skill.
"???"
Soul masters didn't actually need to verbally announce their skill names to release them. However, shouting them added flair and visual excitement—something especially important in a match. As a result, it had become customary for contestants to declare their skill names during battles.
"Mmgh!"
Huo Wu's eyes widened, momentarily stunned. Her attempt to use Repelling Fire Ring was interrupted entirely by Dai Mubai's unorthodox move!
"Dai Mubai! You bastard, you're absolutely dead! I, Feng Xiaotian, swear never to let you off!"
"Huo Wu, use your Repelling Fire Ring already!"
In the contestant area, over at the Divine Wind Academy's rest zone, Feng Xiaotian was utterly shocked and shouted furiously at the stage.
"Captain, calm down, it's not that serious!"
"Yeah, Captain! He just used his hand to cover her mouth. What's the big deal? It's not worth losing your cool!"
Feng Xiaotian shook his head angrily and roared back.
"If he dares to cover her mouth with his hand today, tomorrow he'll dare to use his mouth!"
"But Captain, Dai Mubai is the son-in-law of Poison Douluo Dugu Bo. That seems unlikely, doesn't it?"
Hearing this, Feng Xiaotian fell silent. After a moment of contemplation, he nodded slightly.
That made sense. Dai Mubai was Dugu Bo's grandson-in-law. If he tried anything improper, would Dugu Bo let him off?
What they didn't know was that not only did Dugu Yan not mind, but she had also brought her good friend Ye Lingling along to support him. Dugu Bo adored his granddaughter and supported her choices unconditionally, often going out of his way to help her.
After a few seconds, Huo Wu finally managed to step back, escaping Dai Mubai's grasp. Her heart was racing at least a third faster than usual. Her face was slightly flushed as she lowered her head, nervously fidgeting with her fingers.
The crowd: "???"
Girl, this is a match!
Why are you acting like a shy maiden?
And Dai Mubai, don't think that just because you're strong and handsome, you can flirt with soul masters from other teams during a competition!
Huo Wushuang's anger boiled over. Scanning the battlefield, he noticed that Tang San had the highest soul power level and had been sent flying the farthest by the Repelling Fire Ring. Without hesitation, Huo Wushuang conjured a blazing fireball and hurled it at Tang San.
At that moment, Tang San was still a bit dazed. The sudden impact of the Repelling Fire Ring had inflicted considerable damage on him.
He had been the closest to Huo Wu when the skill was released, and without Ning Rongrong's defensive boosts, he bore the brunt of the attack.
Now, with Huo Wushuang's enraged assault heading his way, Tang San quickly snapped back to his senses. He didn't dare to be careless and immediately used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade.
Unfortunately, his injuries severely hampered his speed. Activating Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was far slower than usual.
"Nine Treasures have a name, second is speed!"
At that moment, Ning Rongrong's second soul skill landed on Tang San. The 50% speed boost sent a surge of power through him.
His movements became significantly faster, allowing him to narrowly dodge Huo Wushuang's attack.
Huo Wushuang, seeing his first strike miss, pressed on, continuing his assault on Tang San. He thought to himself, There's no way a control-type soul master can hold his own in close combat against an offensive-type soul master.
Meanwhile, what was Dai Mubai doing?
"Just give up. Even if you use your fusion skill, you're no match for me."
Fusion skills were different from combination skills or martial soul fusion skills.
In this case, the two flame-themed martial souls of her teammates could enhance Huo Wu's fourth soul skill, boosting its power to the level of a Soul King. This was an example of a fusion skill—augmenting the power of a single soul skill.
Later, when Blazing Fire Academy and Divine Wind Academy merged, they developed combination skills: Wind fans the flames; fire follows the wind. The synergy between these two different elements created unparalleled power.
Martial soul fusion skills, however, were on another level. They combined the strengths of two martial souls into a higher-tier or even multiple-tier martial soul. Additionally, the fusion of soul power made their combined strength far exceed 1+1.
Two Level 99 Ultimate Douluos using a martial soul fusion skill could suppress and control a god-level opponent for three days!
The sheer terror of martial soul fusion skills was unimaginable.
Two second-level gods using such a skill could rampage among first-level gods. And who were they?
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, of course!
Huo Wu scoffed at Dai Mubai's words. "Arrogant fool!"
She didn't believe her fourth soul skill would be useless.
Wait… How did he know about Blazing Fire Academy's fusion skill?
There's a spy?
This skill had been their trump card, hidden since the start of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
How could Dai Mubai know about it already?
Should she surrender?
On the stage, the Shrek team was in bad shape. Apart from Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Dai Mubai, the rest were somewhat injured. For Blazing Fire Academy, the situation seemed favorable.
But they still had two Soul Kings on the Shrek side. Even if her fourth soul skill, Fire Dance of the Sun, could take one down, what about the other?
Reluctant to admit defeat, Huo Wu decided to take a gamble.
Just as she steeled herself to attack, Dai Mubai suddenly appeared beside her and grabbed her shoulder.
Dai Mubai froze momentarily. So smooth!
However, he didn't dwell on it. Gripping Huo Wu, he swiftly carried her to the edge of the stage.
Under her bewildered gaze, Dai Mubai tossed her out of the arena.
Huo Wu: "???"
Just like that, she was thrown out of the competition without a chance to resist?
She had only managed to release her third soul skill before being so effortlessly defeated by Dai Mubai!
The two support-type soul masters on her team didn't fare any better. Dai Mubai kicked each of them out of the arena with pinpoint accuracy.
With his mastery of the Vajra Invulnerability Technique at the seventh level, Dai Mubai's control over his strength had reached perfection.
If he wanted to inflict light injuries, it would be light injuries. If he wanted heavy injuries, there'd be no chance of light injuries!
"Damn it, this is so frustrating!"
Huo Wu didn't even know how to feel. It was her first time being so easily defeated, leaving her with an incredibly complex mix of emotions.
"Good man, Dai Mubai!"
Seeing this, Feng Xiaotian couldn't help but laugh. His sister wasn't hurt. This was fantastic!
Onstage, Huo Wushuang froze mid-attack, the blazing fireball in his hand halting in disbelief.
(End of Chapter)