Xuechen stared in shock at the creature in front of Yuwen Tuo a monster with an eye for a body and sixteen silver tentacles. As a native of the Sun Moon Empire, how could Xuechen not recognize it?
"A hundred-thousand-year... Evil Eye Tyrant?"
Yuwen Tuo smiled slightly. "Shadow Douluo, this is my gift to you. Surprised? Unexpected?"
"Mental Field!"
With that, he unleashed his Mental Field before Shadow Douluo could react. Now, controlling the Evil Eye Tyrant's body, he could use all of the Evil Eye clan's racial abilities. Mental Field was the clan's most classic and common opening move.
This domain-like skill was always excellent for crowd control, and Shadow Douluo immediately felt a dizzy spell. Like most Titled Douluo, he did not possess a domain ability. Once affected by such a unique skill, he would become extremely passive.
"Why, would a hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant obey your command?" Xuechen asked, clutching his head, affected by the mental-type skill.
"Shadow Douluo, go ask the King of Hell! Mental Paralysis Ray!" Yuwen Tuo said coldly. From the center of the Evil Eye Tyrant's pupil, a paralyzing ray shot out at extreme speed. Once hit by this skill, even Shadow Douluo would be unable to move. For a agility-type Titled Douluo like him, once speed was lost, combat power would immediately plummet by eighty percent.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Shadow Demon True Form!" Xuechen knew he couldn't be hit by this attack, so he unhesitatingly activated his Martial Soul True Form. His body suddenly shrank, swiftly dodging the ray attack.
Yuwen Tuo was slightly surprised; it was a special Martial Soul True Form that caused the body to shrink. Usually, when soul masters use Martial Soul True Form, their bodies become larger to withstand more soul power.
Only a very small number of soul masters shrink instead, but that doesn't mean their soul power isn't enhanced; it's forcibly compressed, making their explosive speed even more terrifying. This kind of True Form is generally suitable for agility-type soul masters. It appeared in the original work: Bai He of the Speed Clan,
known as the fastest in the world during the Douluo I era, possessed this kind of Martial Soul True Form. At this moment, Xuechen had completely transformed into a ghostly shadow, fully embodying his elusive attack style.
Yuwen Tuo closed his eyes and chuckled. "Heh heh, looking at you like this, it reminds me of an old acquaintance I've never met. Ten thousand years ago, there was a Ghost Douluo whose fighting style should be very similar to yours.
However, this fighting style is completely useless against me, and you're not as strong as he was." Although Ghost Douluo was also an agility-type, his Martial Soul True Form leaned towards a etherealization state, allowing him to be immune to physical attacks, which was significantly more powerful than this speed-enhancing True Form.
When Yuwen Tuo opened his eyes again, they had transformed into the brown-blue Yin-Yang Demonic Eyes. Now, his mental power was controlling the Evil Eye Tyrant, and the God's perspective he saw was naturally shared by the Evil Eye Tyrant.
Moreover, because his Yin-Yang Demonic Eyes had broken through to the second stage, what he could see now was no longer just Shadow Douluo's movement, but even the flow of his soul power.
In other words, Yuwen Tuo could predict his attack patterns. When he condensed soul power in his hands, it would definitely be a punch or palm attack. On his feet, it would naturally be a leg technique. Anticipating the enemy's moves in advance naturally made counterattacks twice as effective.
"Left side, soul power converging in your hands, transmitted by your second soul ring. You're going to use a cross-armed slash attack, aren't you, Shadow Douluo?" Yuwen Tuo said with a smile, simultaneously controlling two of the Evil Eye Tyrant's tentacles to attack where he appeared.
As soon as Shadow Douluo's ghostly figure appeared, he revealed an incomparably shocked expression. How did Yuwen Tuo do it? Not only could he clearly see his movement path under Martial Soul True Form,
but he could even predict his soul skills and attack patterns? But it was too late for him to change his moves now, as the soul skill had already been activated, and his body, due to inertia, slashed down towards Yuwen Tuo with crossed arms.
Two tentacles struck first, each binding his left and right wrists. Following that was another paralyzing ray. Today, Yuwen Tuo had to cripple him.
"First Soul Skill, Shadow Clone!" Xuechen quickly used Shadow Clone, leaving a clone in place while his real body tried to retreat. But at this moment, another tentacle struck from above, hitting him squarely on the crown of his head, almost shattering his skull. Fortunately, the Evil Eye Tyrant was not a soul beast specializing in physical attacks.
Yuwen Tuo said indifferently, "How foolish. I can predict even your second soul skill. Do you think I can't predict your first soul skill?"
"Pity, I anticipated your anticipation." Xuechen sneered. In his hands, two pitch-black daggers suddenly appeared. These were not soul skills, but soul tools. It turned out that Xuechen was a soul engineer who used close-combat soul tools.
These were his proudest creations in this life, Level 9 soul tools: Shadow Twin Daggers. They could greatly enhance the power of all his shadow-type soul skills, custom-made soul tools for himself.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Shadow Night Thousand-Mile Slash!" Xuechen's strongest ultimate move, releasing a gigantic dark purple light slash. Where it passed, not a single blade of grass grew. Under the amplification of the soul tool, its power would be no less than a hundred-thousand-year soul skill. However, just as he raised the twin daggers in his hand, he saw them turn to dust the next moment.
Yuwen Tuo extended a finger and murmured, "Let me show you my ultimate move too, Copper of Shouyang!" He had already told Xuechen that his Yin-Yang Demonic Eyes could predict his every move, so why wouldn't Xuechen believe him? During the battle just now, he seemed to be escaping using his first soul skill.
But in reality, he was channeling soul power into the emblem-shaped soul tool on his chest. In this situation, besides preparing to use a soul tool in battle, was there any other possibility? Therefore, Yuwen Tuo's Copper of Shouyang was already prepared.
His current mental power was much stronger than it was during the Soul Master Tournament. As long as there weren't a bunch of Level 9 soul tools, just one or two, he could easily disintegrate them.
"What?" Xuechen stared at his empty hands in shock. He knew he had fallen for it again. But just like before, his Ninth Soul Skill was already fully charged and couldn't be retracted. He could only force it out.
A terrifying silver light, three meters in diameter, shot out from the Evil Eye Tyrant's massive evil eye the next moment, heading straight for Xuechen. It collided head-on with Xuechen's Shadow Night Thousand-Mile Slash.
This move was one of the Evil Eye Tyrant clan's most powerful innate attack soul skills: Evil Eye Stare. The original work mentioned that when the Evil Emperor used this move, even Di Tian was controlled by it for several seconds.
Not to mention Xuechen. His Ninth Soul Skill, without the amplification of his close-combat soul tools, was merely a ten-thousand-year soul skill. And Evil Eye Stare was a genuine soul skill comparable to a fierce beast's. With comparable cultivation levels, and such a difference in skill power, the outcome was naturally very obvious.
The silver light instantly pierced through Xuechen's black glow, enveloping his entire body. The outcome of this battle was decided!
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