Dai Yueheng and the others were somewhat unaccustomed after losing Huo Yuhao's spiritual sharing, and their combat performance decreased significantly.
Just now, they were fighting as if they had a bird's-eye view, able to fight to a draw even against stronger opponents by relying on the advantage of foresight.
Those who were already stronger were able to exert even greater pressure on their opponents.
Now back to normal, Ma Xiaotao erupted powerfully, equalizing the situation with Dai Yueheng and even suppressing him in turn.
Jiang Nannan and the others also felt much less pressure when facing their respective opponents.
Shi Yu once again used Naruto's Instant Transmission to appear where Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan were, attacking Yao Haoxuan.
Ling Luochen's reaction was slightly slower; having lost Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection, her reaction speed clearly dropped by a notch.
Yao Haoxuan quickly retreated to create distance, simultaneously unleashing his strength to counter Shi Yu.
The Soul Power difference between Shi Yu and Yao Haoxuan was over twenty ranks, yet Yao Haoxuan found it somewhat difficult to parry his attack.
This was related to his Soul Master type; as a support and control type Soul Master, his abilities leaned more towards support, and it was inevitable he would feel somewhat powerless against attack type Soul Masters.
Furthermore, Shi Yu suddenly appeared in front of him with a rapid attack, so even if Yao Haoxuan had means, he didn't have time to unleash them.
He could only respond with normal moves, and the intensity of such a response couldn't keep up with Shi Yu's attack intensity.
One punch sent Yao Haoxuan flying off the ground; this was the effect after Shi Yu used Imperial Sky Technique.
Ling Luochen's attack arrived, but with a thought, Shi Yu disappeared from his original spot, causing Ling Luochen's attack to miss.
When he reappeared, he was already behind Yao Haoxuan.
At this moment, Yao Haoxuan hadn't landed yet; Shi Yu's previous punch had sent him flying back nearly ten meters, and he was just about to land.
"Be careful," Ling Luochen quickly warned when she saw this, her Soul Rings also lit up as she used a Soul Skill to attack Shi Yu.
Shi Yu wasn't intimidated by Ling Luochen's attack; his second Soul Ring lit up again, and at the same time, he forcefully threw a small stone towards outside the arena.
At such close range, a part of the Displacement skill's power instantly landed on Yao Haoxuan, not giving the opponent any time to react.
Shi Yu closing the distance to release this skill was precisely because he didn't want to give the opponent any chance to forcibly neutralize the effect of his Displacement skill.
The opponent was a Soul King, and if he unleashed his energy with full force, it was possible to strongly interfere with this skill of his, potentially causing the skill to fail.
Yao Haoxuan wanted to react, but the time given to him was too little, too little; even if he could react in time, it wouldn't help.
The Displacement skill activated, and Yao Haoxuan's position swapped with the stone that flew out.
In just the blink of an eye, he was already outside the arena, moving rapidly along the trajectory the stone had previously flown.
Yao Haoxuan was a bit stunned, what was happening?
The next moment, he was caught by Xuan Lao's power, becoming the second person eliminated.
"Put away your auxiliary power," Xuan Lao reminded him.
Yao Haoxuan did as told, removing his amplification effects, and watched Shi Yu, who was enduring Ling Luochen's Soul Skill attack on the field without much trouble, with an unspeakably complex mood.
And there were full of question marks; was this really the strength a second-year Outer Courtyard student should possess?
On the field, Shi Yu released his Eight Spider Lances to block Ling Luochen's Soul Skill attack.
The opponent's ice attack was strong and cold; any other Soul Grandmaster would have been frozen long ago.
But he didn't; the Eight Spider Lances he released blocked together, like a shield, dissolving the direct impact of the ice. As the cold air swept over him, he remained composed, not feeling cold at all.
Having cultivated Ice Fire Golden Body, what he feared least was ice energy and fire energy.
If it were a powerful impact formed by these two types of energy, it might still cause him harm.
But if it was just pure low-temperature or high-temperature attacks, then for him, he could calmly withstand them.
The impact force of this ice attack was also considerable, causing him to slide back a long distance on the ground, but that was all.
"How is this possible?" Ling Luochen exclaimed, normally Shi Yu should have been frozen after being hit by the attack.
"This should be related to the fire and ice energy of his Soul Bone," Xuan Lao, who was observing and focusing on Shi Yu, muttered to himself upon seeing this scene.
Shi Yu looked up at Ling Luochen, and the next moment, he disappeared from his original spot.
Ling Luochen quickly calmed her emotions, remained highly vigilant of her surroundings, and had blocks of ice floating around her body, using them as shields.
Shi Yu appeared behind her, and the eight legs of the Eight Spider Lances all thrust towards Ling Luochen.
Ling Luochen felt a chill, quickly leaped forward, turned around in mid-air, and her heart tightened when she saw the situation behind her.
The Eight Spider Lances were already less than a meter away from her.
Ling Luochen quickly mobilized ice to resist, but it was continuously pierced by the Eight Spider Lances.
These blocks of ice simply couldn't block the sharp Eight Spider Lances; they were very fragile in front of them.
This was also related to the newly added ice and fire attributes of the Eight Spider Lances; the rank suppression of the ice attribute and the melting effect of the fire attribute on ice both caused her ice to appear extremely fragile in front of the Eight Spider Lances.
Ling Luochen's expression changed; was her ice really this ineffective?
Dai Yueheng and the others also noticed Ling Luochen's situation and wanted to help, but it was simply too late.
Ma Xiaotao and the others clearly wouldn't give them this opportunity either.
After piercing through layers of ice, the Eight Spider Lances stopped just inches away from Ling Luochen's body, not stabbing into her.
"Senior sister, go down yourself," Shi Yu didn't use the Eight Spider Lances to stab into Ling Luochen's body; he didn't have any grudge against Ling Luochen, so there was no need to make her lose so badly.
Ling Luochen nodded silently, wisely went down herself, her mood very complex.
Shi Yu continued his actions, disappearing from his spot with a thought, without any warning whatsoever.
He appeared where Jiang Nannan and Bei Bei were fighting, and when Bei Bei attacked Jiang Nannan, he stepped in to interrupt him.
Shi Yu sent Bei Bei flying out with a single punch; the combination of Space power and pure physical strength made it impossible for Bei Bei to resist.
After landing, Bei Bei stumbled back, his brow furrowed when he saw Shi Yu appear in front of Jiang Nannan.
"Why did my heart just palpitate, and my strength leak away?" Bei Bei was inwardly surprised and suspicious.
Shi Yu's punch just now was indeed powerful, but it wasn't to the extent that he had no power to resist at all.
The key reason he suffered such a great loss was the inexplicable palpitation.
This was different from the palpitation one feels when sensing danger; it affected his entire body's strength.
Shi Yu was also thinking about this matter in his heart; the feeling he had when facing Bei Bei just now was very peculiar, a feeling of looking down on him.
That punch he threw out was also exceptionally powerful; if he used the same strength to attack Bei Bei, the damage caused might be much stronger than hitting other Soul Masters.
"Could it be related to my faint Dragon God's Blood?" Shi Yu couldn't help but look at his left hand.
After appearing just now, it was completely a subconscious left-handed punch; as for why, he himself didn't know, it was just a subconscious action.
Shi Yu disappeared from his spot, and just as Bei Bei was thinking of being vigilant, he had already appeared close to him, punching with his left hand once again, increasing his strength.
A few Dragon Scales appeared on his left hand; this was Shi Yu intentionally activating the Dragon God's Blood slightly, wanting to verify what he was thinking.
Bei Bei mobilized his strength to resist, but the moment he came into contact with Shi Yu's left hand, his strength leaked away; he was completely defenseless and was hit by the opponent's punch.
Bei Bei widened his eyes in disbelief, his body was sent flying out by the powerful force, and this flight took him out of the combat platform.