Yet, despite it being only a single spear strike, Dai Mubai felt a wordless, stinging pain erupting from all over his body—his limbs, his heart, his kidneys, and various other points—as if he were about to be pierced through by the spear!
The stinging sensation brought by the sharp Spear Light of the Atlas Spear helped Dai Mubai regain some of his Reason. Realizing that this strike was unavoidable, Dai Mubai pulled his hands back to protect his chest, his first and second Soul Rings lighting up in succession.
As his first Soul Ring shone brightly, a white barrier of light appeared around Dai Mubai, attempting to block Yun Ming's Atlas Spear Light.
Immediately following this, the second Soul Ring on Dai Mubai's body lit up as well. A massive amount of white light instantly condensed within his tiger maw, and accompanied by a tiger's roar, a milky-white ball of light erupted from his mouth.
These two Soul Skills were the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and the White Tiger Light Wave, which, along with his third Soul Skill, the White Tiger Vajra Transformation, were the three great ancestral Soul Skills of the White Tiger Dai Family. Yun Ming was not surprised by this at all; the first three Soul Skills of any famous Soul Master family were common knowledge to anyone with even a basic understanding of the Soul Master World.
This series of actions was completed in a very short time. Yun Ming could see that Dai Mubai had quite a wealth of practical combat experience and was sufficiently decisive, but that was all there was to it; it made no difference to Yun Ming.
Yun Ming looked at the "spitball" rapidly approaching him with a hint of disdain.
Although Yun Ming had many ways to dodge the White Tiger Light Wave, he couldn't be bothered to move, deciding to simply shatter it with a single spear strike; it wasn't any more trouble than that.
A flash of light flickered in Yun Ming's eyes, and a faint white glow circulated on the Atlas Spear. Yun Ming did not retract his spear to defend, but instead thrust it forward. Under the sharp edge of the Atlas Spear, the White Tiger Light Wave was split in two and exploded.
"Boom!"
The explosion of the White Tiger Light Wave kicked up a cloud of dust, obscuring everyone's vision.
Although Zhu Qing knew that Yun Ming was very strong, she still couldn't help but feel worried.
Seeing that Yun Ming actually dared to meet the White Tiger Light Wave head-on with his spear, the corners of Dai Mubai's mouth curled into a mocking sneer, ridiculing Yun Ming for his overestimation of his own abilities.
"The attack power of a Beast Spirit is always greater than that of a Weapon..."
But before Dai Mubai could finish his sentence, a transparent spear with white light circulating along its shaft thrust out from the dust. As easily as piercing through a sheet of paper, it cleanly and decisively pierced through his White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and ran through his shoulder.
Dai Mubai, having taken the hit, let out a miserable scream.
"Ahhh!!!"
He hurriedly exerted force through his feet and retreated backward.
The Atlas Spear made no follow-up moves, allowing Dai Mubai to pull away. As the spear left his body, it brought out a large spray of blood. Dai Mubai clutched the wound on his shoulder with his other hand, glaring with fierce, bloodshot eyes at the blurry white figure within the dust.
After his strike succeeded, Yun Ming retracted his spear, performed a flourish to shake off the blood staining the tip, and walked out of the dust. He remained the same white-clad divine spearman as before, unstained by a speck of dust. Yun Ming said calmly.
"You wanted to say that the attack power of a Beast Spirit is stronger than that of a Weapon Spirit?"
"Then you truly are incredibly ignorant!"
Seeing that Yun Ming wasn't even injured—his clothes weren't even wrinkled—Dai Mubai was filled with disbelief. He had clearly seen the White Tiger Light Wave explode! The kid opposite him hadn't even used any defense, so how could it be as if nothing had happened? Dai Mubai didn't even react to the evaluation Yun Ming gave him afterward.
Yun Ming saw Dai Mubai's doubts, but he wasn't about to explain them to him. Besides, there was nothing to explain about that strike; it was actually very simple. It concerned the new power Yun Ming could use after breaking through to Soul Elder: Anti-air Power, though he could only control a tiny bit of it for now!
What is Anti-air Power? While the manifestation of the Atlas Spear's anti-air characteristic is to forbid flight, its essence is the application of suppression and sealing power over space. Moreover, achieving the ability to forbid flight is not that easy; one's Soul Power cultivation must be raised first.
The entire process of breaking the move was: the Atlas Spear first pierced the White Tiger Light Wave; then, it simply mobilized a bit of the Atlas Divine Spear's Anti-air Power to suppress the residual shockwave of the explosion heading toward Yun Ming; finally, it only needed to rely on the sharpness of the Atlas Spear itself to pierce the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and inflict damage.
Lightly and casually, a single spear strike—first blocking the White Tiger Light Wave, then breaking the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier—this was the gap between Yun Ming and the conventional geniuses of the continent.
After Dai Mubai regained his senses, seeing Yun Ming's contempt for him only fueled his rage further.
Fierce light flashed in Dai Mubai's evil eyes, and his third, thousand-year Soul Ring instantly lit up. The air around Dai Mubai's body began to distort due to the violent White Tiger Soul Power, and his evil eyes suddenly turned blood-red.
His body, already robust from the White Tiger Avatar, swelled once more. His muscles bulged exaggeratedly, his upper garments burst apart to reveal terrifying muscular contours, and black horizontal stripes appeared all over his skin—if not for the lack of fur, he would have looked exactly like a tiger.
His tiger palms grew another size, and the sharp blades protruding from them turned a bright silver. Most uniquely, his entire body was shrouded in a layer of intense golden light, as if he had been plated in gold, and his overall momentum surged. This was the ancestral Soul Skill passed down through the Dai family for generations: the White Tiger Vajra Transformation!!!
The wound caused by the Atlas Spear was temporarily blocked by his swelling muscles, and it stopped bleeding.
Perhaps the doubling of attack, defense, and strength brought by the White Tiger Vajra Transformation made Dai Mubai confident again, for he roared arrogantly at Yun Ming.
"Kid, this young master is going to tear you apart today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Mubai's second Soul Ring flashed again, and a White Tiger Light Wave shot toward Yun Ming.
Yun Ming still did not dodge or evade, repeating his previous tactic by thrusting the Atlas Spear to block the White Tiger Light Wave.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion briefly affected Yun Ming's hearing. The light of the exploding Soul Power and the dust from the White Tiger Light Wave also affected Yun Ming's vision for an instant. Coupled with the Soul Power fluctuations caused by the explosion, it actually managed to affect Yun Ming's vision, hearing, and Soul Power perception for that split second.
Dai Mubai took advantage of this fleeting moment to reach Yun Ming's side. His hands' claws popped out, and the originally bright silver claws were now flowing with sharp, white-gold claw light. The claw light flickered, releasing astonishing pressure into the surroundings. It turned out that Dai Mubai had also taken this opportunity to activate his first Soul Skill, the White Tiger Body Protection Barrier. With everything prepared, Dai Mubai swung his hands repeatedly.
Dozens of silver lights crisscrossed in the air, forming a claw-web that directly sealed off all of Yun Ming's retreat paths.
In that instant, Dai Mubai unleashed all of his combat power. This attack plan was highly feasible and executed with great precision, including the previous roar, which had been intended to distract Yun Ming. If his opponent had been anyone other than Yun Ming, it would have had a very high success rate. Unfortunately! There are no "ifs" on the Douluo Continent!!!
When Yun Ming sensed the claw light covering all his vital points and retreat paths, he understood everything Dai Mubai had done in that short time. A hint of interest finally appeared in his eyes—he finally looked a bit like a genius, though the final result of the battle would be no different regardless.
Within the Soul Power light and dust invisible to the others, Yun Ming's response was very simple.
The white light on the Atlas Spear in Yun Ming's hand rose again, and the Anti-air Power reappeared! He twisted his waist and swept the spear horizontally. The streaks of claw light were like a gentle breeze before the Atlas Spear; they shattered without even making contact, dissolving into specks of Soul Power in the air.
PS: A personal headcanon for the Atlas Spear's Anti-air Power. I feel that a simple anti-air characteristic that just forbids flight is a bit abstract. I added a bit of essence to the Anti-air Power so that this characteristic doesn't become completely useless when facing an opponent who doesn't fly.
Like in Douluo 3, when Yun Ming and the Sea God Douluo, Chen Xinjie, fought on the ocean and high in the sky—if the Anti-air Power at that time only forbade flight, wouldn't it just help the Sea God Douluo enter the ocean? That would be purely aiding the enemy!!!
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