Chapter 44 The Thickest Armor
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Lightning struck Niu Shaopeng's skin, which had been strengthened by his soul skills, leaving a patch of charred black.
Feeling the pain from his forearm, Niu Shaopeng retaliated with red eyes.
He charged straight ahead, like a mad bull.
Lei Yin interlaced his fingers in front of him, then pulled them apart, creating a net made of lightning.
The electric net blocked Niu Shaopeng's path, electrocuting him until his whole body was charred and his hair stood on end.
"Hahaha..." Bettman mocked from the side, "Is he going to crash and burn?"
"Shut your mouth!" Niu Shaopeng roared in displeasure, activating his second soul skill.
His skin changed from its original bark-like state to gray-white rocks.
Then, his third soul ring lit up, a purple thousand-year soul ring.
His gray-white skin faintly gleamed with a metallic luster.
Lei Yin understood that he was using all his soul skills to increase his defense.
A sentence he had heard in the tavern in Frost Leaf City suddenly popped into his head:
Wear the thickest armor, endure the most vicious beating.
A smile couldn't help but appear on Lei Yin's face. He didn't rush to attack, but instead slowly created distance.
Maintaining soul skills consumes soul power, and time was on his side.
"Hey, kid? Are you scared?" Niu Shaopeng taunted.
"No, this is called a strategic retreat." Lei Yin smiled, unfazed by his words.
"Then you better be careful..." Niu Shaopeng charged again.
This time, his movements were much faster than before, but still not enough.
Lightning crackled around Lei Yin's legs, constantly moving and conducting electricity through the ground, paralyzing his opponent's muscles and reducing his speed.
This allowed him to maintain a safe distance from his opponent at all times.
Time passed by, and Niu Shaopeng began to pant due to the consumption of soul power and stamina.
During this time, he had tried to turn off the defensive enhancement effect of his soul rings to save soul power, but each time, he was met with a fierce lightning strike.
Stronger and more damaging than the initial probing attack, forcing him to keep the enhancement active.
Lei Yin's martial soul was lightning, which inherently had strong conductivity, allowing him to throw it out easily, without having to specially acquire a soul ring for "launching" like Yan Jin.
Therefore, Amon chose "storage" as the direction for his second soul ring, to compensate for the defect that lightning would quickly dissipate after being created, and to improve his ability to fight for a long time.
Lei Yin could create lightning in peacetime and store it in his second soul ring, although there was a limit.
Fighting Niu Shaopeng until now, he had been saving the use of lightning, and had not even used up the lightning stored in his soul ring.
With the battle at this stage, anyone could see that the balance of victory had begun to tilt towards Lei Yin.
"Haha, that big fool is just being played with," Bettman commented with a smile.
His words did not receive any agreement from others.
In fact, Niu Shaopeng's speed was not too slow. On the arena, the space for dodging was limited. Being able to dodge his charge every time proved Lei Yin's advantage in speed.
In addition, he forced Niu Shaopeng to keep all three soul rings activated in a defensive stack, which showed that his attack power was not weak either.
Moreover, lightning also had a paralyzing control effect.
Speed, attack power, and control, added together, anyone who thought about it could understand how tricky Lei Yin was.
What's more, he seemed to have something in reserve!
Niu Shaopeng's face was a little ugly. Being beaten by a child without any power to fight back made him lose face.
He decisively activated his martial soul's special ability, "Berserk."
Azure Water Buffaloes would enter a berserk state when faced with a life-or-death crisis, during which their attack power, defense, speed, etc. would be greatly improved.
Niu Shaopeng's martial soul also gave him the same ability, except that he could activate it proactively, without needing a specific state like "facing a life-or-death crisis."
His speed suddenly increased greatly, and the paralyzing effect of the electricity on the ground was greatly weakened. Lei Yin's dodging began to become difficult.
Amon raised his right hand, adjusted the lower edge of his monocle, and said:
"Lei Yin, stop playing around, make a quick decision."
Since it was an assessment, winning with appropriate strategies was indeed a way, but Amon needed a clean and decisive victory to show the strength of their group, which would make his team more attractive to excellent students.
He didn't have a deep background, and Yan Jin's master Walter didn't interfere too much, so he could only improve the team's competitiveness in other ways.
In any case, the ultimate goal of joining the team was to win the intra-academy selection competition and represent the academy to participate in the Soul Master Competition.
Then "victory" was the biggest advantage. As long as others felt that they could achieve "victory", they would not worry about attracting people.
"Okay, Mr. Amon..." Lei Yin nodded, and said to Niu Shaopeng, who had gone berserk and had little reason left:
"I didn't want to hurt you too badly, but since Mr. Amon requires it, I can only do it as soon as possible."
He clasped his hands together in front of him, then his right hand drew a silver-white short spear from the palm of his left hand. After the short spear left the palm of his left hand, it suddenly stretched out, transforming into a long spear.
"Thunder Spear!"
This was a long spear composed of highly condensed lightning. Even looking at it from a distance gave people a sense of heart-pounding fear.
"No way? Is he a Soul Grandmaster?"
Bettman was taken aback and couldn't help but look at Bing Lan, and then at Yan Jin, who glared at him from time to time. He suddenly felt that it was better to say less.
Looking at the burly figure rushing towards him, Lei Yin had no intention of dodging.
Lightning surged as he threw the spear in his hand.
This strike used up the lightning stored in his second soul ring, and also consumed a lot of soul power, making his face pale.
Boom...
Thunder roared, accompanied by a deafening explosion. A large pit was blasted out of the arena.
Niu Shaopeng, covered in blood, walked out of the smoke and dust. After taking a few steps, he fell to the ground.
Yu Xinxue quickly rushed to the arena to check his injuries, while shouting:
"Student Arlana, please come over and help him heal."
Before she could finish speaking, a girl in light green clothes with flaxen curly hair had already jumped over.
"Leave it to me," she said in a sweet voice.
A dandelion appeared in Arlana's hand, emitting a bright white light.
Yellow, yellow, and purple soul rings emerged, indicating that she was a healing-type Soul Elder.
Her purple soul ring lit up, and the bright white light formed small clusters of light, merging into Niu Shaopeng's wounds.
The wounds that had been bleeding non-stop quickly stopped bleeding and began to heal at a visible speed.
"I only restored the external injuries, and the internal injuries need further examination.
"Although my treatment has healed his wounds, it consumes his own vitality, so overall, he is weaker.
"In addition to the negative effects of 'Berserk', he may have to rest for a long time, at least half a month," Arlana said softly.
"You've done very well," Yu Xinxue nodded.
Lei Yin walked over and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was too heavy-handed and didn't grasp the power of the soul skill well."
Yu Xinxue waved her hand and said, "No need to apologize. It's common to get injured in sparring matches. As long as there are no permanent, difficult-to-heal injuries, it's not a big deal.
"Moreover, the fact that he needs to rest for so long is mostly due to the side effects of 'Berserk'. Your attack was powerful, but this kid is also thick-skinned. After all, he is a Soul Elder.
"If he only suffered the superficial injuries caused by this attack, he would be jumping around in two or three days after receiving treatment."
Tian Honghai walked over, picked up Niu Shaopeng, and said, "I'll take him to the infirmary. Teacher Yu, please keep an eye on this side and prevent any accidents."
"Okay, thank you," Yu Xinxue nodded.
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