Yun Ming and Zhao Wuji stood facing each other.
Zhao Wuji clasped his hands together and cracked his wrists, a series of teeth-gritting bone-popping sounds echoing out, instantly increasing the invisible pressure.
Yun Ming said calmly.
"Let's skip the three moves; I'll use just one to decide the winner!"
Hearing Yun Ming's arrogant declaration, Zhao Wuji sneered and slowly replied.
"Kid, a deal is a deal—three moves are three moves."
"If you fail to win in one move and lose the bet, making excuses would be quite embarrassing!"
Yun Ming didn't respond; he raised his hand to summon the Atlas Spear, its tip pointing directly at Zhao Wuji.
Seeing Yun Ming's Martial Soul—a spear that radiated a white-hot glow, its shaft appearing almost transparent while its blade was exceptionally long—Zhao Wuji frowned deeply. No Soul Rings?!!
When Zhao Wuji was just starting out and traveling the continent, he had encountered several spear-wielding Soul Masters, the most memorable being the Soul Breaking Spear of the Breaking Clan.
Looking at Yun Ming's Atlas Spear, Zhao Wuji vaguely felt it was no less impressive than the Soul Breaking Spear. Although he couldn't sense the power the Atlas Spear should possess—it was just a gut feeling—a Soul Master who had reached the level of a Soul Saint knew that such feelings rarely came from nothing!!!
Zhao Wuji let out a low roar, his body suddenly expanding. His already terrifying muscles swelled to nearly double their size, and his height shot up by a meter in an instant, making him look incredibly massive.
After his Martial Soul Avatar, Zhao Wuji was covered in a layer of thick brown fur, standing over two and a half meters tall with bulging muscles, his brownish-yellow eyes radiating a domineering aura, and his large hands becoming exceptionally heavy.
Seven dazzling Soul Rings rose simultaneously: two yellow, two purple, and three black—seven terrifying rings attached to his body.
Pedestrians on the street let out a series of gasps upon seeing the seven rings at Zhao Wuji's feet.
"Seven rings? A Soul Saint!!!"
"It's actually a powerful Soul Saint!!!"
"..."
Watching Zhao Wuji, who looked like a giant humanoid bear after his Martial Soul Avatar, Yun Ming's expression turned stern, and he let out a long, heavy breath. Zhao Wuji's cultivation was far superior to his own, but that didn't matter; Yun Ming wasn't without a chance to win.
If he couldn't win through raw power, he would attack the mind directly—it was perfect timing, as Yun Ming had just perfected his 'Royal Power'!
Yun Ming crouched slightly, raising the Atlas Spear into a thrusting stance. A yellow Soul Ring appeared at his feet, glowing brightly as he activated the Atlas Spear's First Soul Skill: 'Source of Void'!!!
Simultaneously, he activated his Anti-air Power!!!
In an instant, Yun Ming channeled all the strength required to perfectly execute 'Royal Power'.
The aura around Yun Ming began to erupt fully; on the transparent, ancient-looking Atlas Spear, a flame of Soul Power blending gold, silver, and white light flared brilliantly.
Feeling the terrifying aura of 'Absolute Dominance' radiating from Yun Ming, Zhao Wuji's conviction of victory began to waver, and a trace of fear crept into his heart. This wasn't a gap in strength, but a gap in will and capacity.
From the moment Zhao Wuji's conviction wavered, the scales of victory began to tip.
'The way of aura is to strike with full force at the first beat, weaken at the second, and exhaust at the third!'
This was Yun Ming's latest realization regarding aura.
Although his previous 'Royal Power' had been developed to be quite strong due to his top-tier talent, he had been heading in the wrong direction, and it had reached its limit.
On the Atlas Spear, the flames had completely condensed, forming a dazzling, blinding point of light at the tip that was impossible to look at directly. Yun Ming had used his spatial power and Anti-air Power to focus all his aura and pressure into a single point, without a single leak.
Yun Ming was now very curious to see what would happen when this will, capable of shattering matter, was fully driven into a human body!
As the point of light gradually condensed and took shape, the aura Zhao Wuji felt from Yun Ming grew weaker, and the pressure he felt diminished until it was almost non-existent. But such an anomaly made the alarm bells in Zhao Wuji's heart ring loudly!
"Atlas, Royal Power!!!"
Following Yun Ming's low shout, the Atlas Spear thrust forward, appearing slow but moving with extreme speed.
Watching the Atlas Spear draw closer, Zhao Wuji decided to play it safe.
"ROAR!!!"
A furious roar erupted. Cold light flared in Zhao Wuji's eyes as he clenched his fists. Among his seven Soul Rings, the first yellow one lit up instantly, and a powerful golden light exploded in a flash.
'Immovable Bright King Body'
Zhao Wuji's signature Soul Skill, and the reason he was known in the Soul Master World as the 'Immovable Bright King'. The effect was simple and brutal: it unleashed a powerful golden light that reflected any attacks within three meters of his body.
In an instant, the golden light reached Yun Ming. Just as Yun Ming was about to collide with Zhao Wuji's protective light, silver light flared once more at the tip of the Atlas Spear!
Right in front of the Bright King's light, which should have sent Yun Ming flying, a tiny, pitch-black crack appeared. The deep blackness gave off the feeling of an infinite abyss, as if it could swallow the surrounding light, causing the bright sky to dim.
'Space Rending', the signature attack skill of the Void God Leopard.
If 'Royal Power' had truly collided with the 'Immovable Bright King Body', Yun Ming would have inevitably exhausted the power of 'Royal Power', especially given the massive gap in their Soul Power cultivation! However, since Yun Ming dared to use it, he naturally had a strategy to ensure a hit.
Yun Ming had poured most of his focus into stabilizing 'Royal Power', and he had used the remaining sliver of his concentration to manipulate spatial power, ensuring 'Royal Power' would land—a plan he had considered in advance.
'Space Rending' was only the first step. If it could tear through the 'Immovable Bright King Body' directly, that would be best. If not, Yun Ming would use a second stage of 'Space Rending' to connect the space and deliver the Atlas Spear directly in front of Zhao Wuji.
Although the golden light fought fiercely against the crack, it was easily torn apart. However, after tearing through the 'Immovable Bright King Body', the spatial power was exhausted, and the micro-spatial crack created by 'Space Rending' began to be repaired by the Great Void of the Douluo world.
The 'Immovable Bright King Body' was a 360-degree, all-around explosion, but its power was too dispersed. It might have been able to block non-spatial elemental skills like 'White Tiger Light Wave', but against the highly destructive 'Space Rending', it wasn't enough!
Seeing the pitch-black crack in front of Yun Ming, Zhao Wuji let out a cry of shock.
"A spatial crack!!!"
Even if this spatial crack was tiny, was this a skill a Soul Elder could use?!! Zhao Wuji roared internally, but the facts were right before his eyes—Yun Ming was capable of it.
Before Zhao Wuji could finish his shock, Royal Power was already right before his eyes. The Atlas Divine Spear struck his golden light bear body—which looked as if it were cast from pure gold—with a plain, unremarkable stab that carried no outward momentum.
"Clang!!!"
The collision between the spear and flesh actually produced a resonant, metallic chime, a testament to just how formidable Zhao Wuji's defensive power truly was!
Yet, this seemingly "powerless" strike now made Zhao Wuji feel as if he were standing on the edge of an abyss!!!
Yun Ming had perfectly compressed the momentum of Absolute Dominance, the might of the Atlas Divine Spear, and the peerless will that grew ever stronger with the recovery of his memories into a single point. When the Royal Power Spear Art touched Zhao Wuji's body, it erupted with full force!!!
That supreme will, capable of pulverizing matter itself, suppressed Zhao Wuji's mind with brutal force!!!
Within Zhao Wuji's inner world at this moment:
A boundless, colossal spear carrying an earth-shaking, peerless aura descended upon him with a terrifying might that seemed intent on shattering this very world! The Vajra Bear manifested by Zhao Wuji's mind looked up at the descending giant spear and let out a roar, its golden light surging violently.
"Roar, roar, roar!!!"
The Vajra Bear form Zhao Wuji had taken began to swell at an exaggerated speed. Its brownish-yellow fur grew wildly, and its body turned completely into a brilliant gold. It became a Holy Bear—a prehistoric beast radiating golden light, appearing as if a Bright King had descended into the world.
The Holy Bear raised both palms, and the golden light from its entire body condensed into them. Soon, the luster of the fur faded back to a brownish-yellow, but the pressure upon the bear's palms was as if the Hand of the Bright King had arrived in the Human World, representing the will of the gods descending to suppress devils.
Watching the giant spear draw ever closer, Zhao Wuji's massive bear body launched itself from the ground, striking out with a palm.
"Boom!!!"
A thunderous roar echoed through Zhao Wuji's heart, causing his entire inner world to tremble.
PS: The Sky Support Spear Tactic is a set of spear techniques I designed for Yun Ming, following the naming conventions of his Sky Support and Sun Shooting, combining moves from his past life with those he created in this one. Royal Power is one such move, and Sun Shooting is the one from the original work; more moves will be added later.
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