Chapter 42: Shikigami · Nue!
Huo Yuhao's loss of consciousness only caused Wang Dong to hesitate for a split second before he immediately launched an attack.
The Light Goddess Butterfly butterfly wings on her back flapped violently, and a brilliant gold and blue light erupted!
"First Soul skills! Wing Guillotine!"
At the same time, Xiao Xiao's small face tightened, and she gave a soft shout,
"National Treasure! Cauldron Tremor!"
The three cauldrons merged into one with a violent roar, and a giant cauldron, twice as large as any single Soul Suppressing Cauldron, appeared out of thin air.
Facing the pincer attack coming from left and right, above and below, almost simultaneously, Lin Xuan's expression remained unchanged.
He simply snapped his fingers casually. His second Soul Ring flashed, and he instantly swapped positions with a Tu Tu that had just appeared in the corner.
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's attacks missed as a result.
There was no helping it; a skill like Teleportation was incredibly cheap in any kind of battle.
The moment he dodged their combined attack, Lin Xuan's hands had already formed a hand seal in front of his chest.
"Tu Tu."
After he whispered those two words, the deep shadow beneath his feet suddenly surged, churned, and expanded like a boiling sea of ink!
In an instant, it covered nearly half of the Soul Dueling Platform's floor.
Following that—
"Poof! Poof! Poof poof poof...!"
Seemingly endless white fluffballs surged frantically out of the roiling shadows!
One, ten, a hundred... they were densely packed and countless!
In just the time of a single breath, thousands of Tu Tu were like a white tide, completely submerging the large area in front of Lin Xuan and spreading towards Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao at an alarming speed!
As far as the eye could see, there was only surging and jumping white. One couldn't even see the opponent's figure, and even the ground beneath their feet was covered by these little things.
"How can there be so many rabbits?!"
Xiao Xiao cried out in alarm, instantly surrounded by the surging tide of rabbits.
Countless furry bodies pressed against her and bumped into her cauldron, severely obstructing her vision and movement, making her unable to even stand steadily for a moment.
Seeing this, Wang Dong was first startled, but then a hint of mockery and smugness flashed in her eyes.
"Fool! Do you think this trick works on everyone?"
She gave a clear shout, and the butterfly wings on her back flapped with all their might, immediately lifting her body off the ground.
"I can fly! No matter how many rabbits you have, can they fly into the sky?"
In an instant, she rose more than ten meters, completely escaping the white sea of rabbits below. Looking down from above, her vision became clear again.
However, Xiao Xiao in the sea of rabbits below wasn't so lucky.
She was struggling to swing her Three-Life Soul Suppressing Cauldron, trying to vibrate away the Tu Tu that were gathering more and more around her to clear a small space.
Just then, a rabbit in front of her that was trying hard to hop upward disappeared with a "poof" without any warning.
In the position where the rabbit had been, Lin Xuan's figure soundlessly appeared.
He appeared so abruptly less than a meter away from Xiao Xiao, looking at her calmly.
Xiao Xiao's movements instantly froze. She looked at Lin Xuan who was right in front of her, then looked at the surrounding endless sea of rabbits, and her small face suddenly collapsed.
Almost on the verge of tears, she quickly raised a hand and said at a very fast speed,
"Don't... don't hit me! I give up! I give up!"
...On the field, through the gaps between the jumping Tu Tu, Lin Xuan caught a glimpse of the smug Wang Dong flying in the air, while Xiao Xiao had already been put to sleep by a hand-knife strike from him.
"Flight, huh? That really is a troublesome ability..."
Despite saying so, not a trace of gravity could be seen on Lin Xuan's face. Instead, he showed a meaningful smile.
"Divine Dog, Tu Tu, Giant Serpent, Toad... I've played with these Shikigami enough... It's time to try something new."
As his voice fell, Lin Xuan's hands overlapped in front of his chest again, forming a hand seal that resembled a pair of wings.
Then, he clearly and deeply uttered a single word.
"Nue."
...High in the sky, Wang Dong was secretly feeling smug about her wise choice.
Hmph, no matter how bizarre your Shadow Martial Soul is or how many rabbits you have, as long as I hold the aerial advantage, you can't do anything to me! Those rabbits can't threaten me at this height, and shadows can't reach here either.
Even if you can still summon that troublesome Giant Serpent, in the air, the speed and flexibility of my Light Goddess Butterfly are dominant!
Just as she was thinking this, a sudden, inexplicable sense of dread gripped her heart without warning!
Wang Dong subconsciously looked up at the originally clear sky. In the next moment, her pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpricks!
Without her noticing, a massive shadow had already enveloped a large area of the sky above her head!
It was a monster of such gargantuan size that it was suffocating!
Its wingspan was over ten meters in diameter, like a small moving dark cloud, hovering there silently, blocking the sunlight and casting a massive shadow that chilled one to the bone.
Its form was bizarre and inexplicable, completely overturning an ordinary person's understanding of biological creatures.
Its main body resembled a simian, its head was hideous, and its pair of large eyes were pure gold, with vertical pupils that contained no emotion whatsoever.
Even more terrifying was that its entire body was entwined with and spitting out countless fine, blue-purple electric snakes!
Those electric snakes scurried and splattered frantically, making a constant, terrifying "sizzle" sound, making it look like an avatar of calamity descended from a lightning hell!
"What... what the hell is that?!"
"Why did the sky turn dark?!"
"When did it appear?! Is it a Soul Beast?! How can there be a Soul Beast in the Assessment Area?!"
"Look! There's electricity on its body!"
In an instant, not just the Ninth Trial area, but the entire elimination tournament grounds—almost everyone who noticed the anomaly here erupted in horrified cries!
Countless gazes looked up in horror. Shock, fear, and disbelief spread like a plague.
Even Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi, who had been watching the battle calmly from the high platform, sat up slightly at this moment, their eyes flashing with sharp light!
Wang Dong's mind went blank, her previous smugness shattered into pieces by the sudden arrival of this terrifying existence.
However, Nue did not give her much time to react.
Those cold golden vertical pupils indifferently locked onto the tiny butterfly shadow below that was emitting the aura of light.
Then, its massive pair of wings gave a gentle flap towards Wang Dong's direction.
BOOM—!!!!
That wasn't the sound of wind, but a deafening roar of thunder!
Hundreds of blue-purple lightning bolts, like spears of judgment cast down by an angry god, tore through the air. Carrying a violent aura that could destroy everything, they rained down indiscriminately, covering the airspace where Wang Dong was!
Wang Dong's hair stood on end. With no time to think, the Soul Power in her body erupted frantically. She used all her techniques to desperately twist and flash through the air in a pathetic state.
However, how fast was the speed of lightning? How wide was its coverage area?
"Sizzle!"
"Bang!"
A bolt of lightning grazed the edge of her butterfly wing, instantly bringing a burning pain and a sense of numbness.
Another bolt of lightning exploded almost right against her waist. The bursting plasma made her blood and qi surge, and her figure swayed uncontrollably.
If this continued, being completely swallowed by this terrifying lightning storm was only a matter of time!
Meanwhile, inside the Assessment Area below.
The countless Tu Tu that originally filled the vision and surged incessantly began to quickly vanish back into the shadows like a receding tide, as if receiving a silent command.
The white "sea of rabbits" quickly receded, revealing the clear scene below.
Lin Xuan was still standing where he was, but his posture now was completely different from before.
He slightly bent his knees, his center of gravity lowering, assuming an ancient offensive stance full of explosive power.
The Soul Power that was originally restrained around him now surged out of his body like an awakening volcano.
His eyes were sharp as knives, tightly locked onto the butterfly shadow that was desperately dodging in the air. His whole person was like a fully drawn powerful bow, ready to strike.
At this moment, everyone finally understood.
That terrifying monster in the sky, emitting an aura of destruction and controlling lightning, belonged to Lin Xuan's power, just like the rabbits, the wolf-dogs, and the giant serpent!
"That monster... was also summoned by Lin Xuan?!"
"Not only can it fly... it can also control such violent lightning?!"
"Just how many kinds of summons does he have?! What exactly is this Martial Soul?!"
Uncontrollable cries of shock swept through the entire Assessment Area like a tsunami, even drowning out the sounds of battle from other areas!
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