Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting - Chapter 1153

Chapter 1153: Chapter 1153: Four Battles, Four Victories

The Dragon Clan spectators watching the battle couldn’t help but inhale sharply at this sight.

Tang Yanxuan’s family had always been known for their defensive power, regarded as the bulwark of the Dragon Clan. Such powerful defenses, yet they were blown away by the opponent’s strike in a single encounter. How overwhelmingly powerful must the attack have been?

Now, Tang Yanxuan’s hand gripping the war hammers was trembling. His body rebounded back, and the glow flared again, but his complexion was visibly paler.

Lan Xuanyu didn’t pursue, his dragonlance pointing diagonally at the ground, the long lance shaft resting behind him as he stepped toward his opponent.

With each step he took, the dragon roar became louder and clearer, and the golden shadow on his back became more solid. Just like that day when he faced that coward, his aura began to surge violently.

Tang Yanxuan now understood why that person chose to surrender that day. The aura of this “Lan” was simply too terrifying. Each dragon roar seemed to resonate right in his heart, suppressing the unstable fluctuations of his bloodline. Manifested outwardly, this was the trembling of the Yellow Earth Elemental Flame on his body.

With each step, his aura strengthened, especially as Lan Xuanyu’s eyes began to shift gradually to red, and his pupils started to narrow, that sense of fear made him somewhat unable to control himself.

If Lan Xuanyu had unleashed such an aura from the start, Tang Yanxuan might have been able to resist, but he had just endured the full force of the God Annihilating Shock, and his body was still trembling. Although he hadn’t suffered serious damage, he didn’t know if he could withstand the next hit, especially with the opponent’s aura accumulating so terrifyingly that the next attack would undoubtedly be an irresistible force.

Some of the top competitors who were watching the fight with a relaxed expression finally began to look serious.

If Lin Zexuan and Shaoxiu, being from the Mid-rank Dragon Clan, losing was not surprising, then Tang Yanxuan, belonging to the high-ranking Dragon Clan and especially adept at defense, was another matter.

From the current situation, Tang Yanxuan’s prospects didn’t look good. Those who knew him were aware that his Yellow Earth Elemental Flame was an amalgamation of offense and defense and the foundation of his combat effectiveness. One hit, just one hit, and it was blasted apart. It was because the opponent’s Attack Power was so strong that he had to use such methods to neutralize it.

The terror was such that only those four words could describe Lan Xuanyu’s attack. Tang Yanxuan illustrated to everyone with his own situation how strong Lan’s attack was, and how unwise it was to confront it head-on.

The dragonlance, previously pointing at the ground, slowly lifted, and suddenly all the dragon roar sounds disappeared. Lan Xuanyu’s vertical pupils locked onto Tang Yanxuan, and when the distance between them was still thirty meters, he suddenly charged forward.

“I surrender.” Just at that moment, without any hesitation, Tang Yanxuan raised his war hammers.

He saw the shock, the tremor on the tip of Lan Xuanyu’s lance. He had no wish to taste that deathly shock again. There were still more matches to come, and the previous ones had gone smoothly for him, he didn’t want to be seriously injured by his opponent in this match and affect the subsequent ones.

Lan Xuanyu, who had already leaped into the air, sheathed his lance and stopped just one meter away from Tang Yanxuan.

The fierce wind was biting, blowing against Tang Yanxuan’s body. The hot bloodline aura, like a flame, oppressed and scorched Tang Yanxuan’s own aura, suppressing the fluctuations of his bloodline to the extreme.

So close that he could nearly touch him, Tang Yanxuan suddenly felt that the figure in front of him wasn’t a bit beautiful at all. Any tiny anticipation he had harbored in his heart had long since vanished.

“If you dare to defeat Xiuxiu, I will kill you.” The faint voice rang in his ears, sending a shiver down Tang Yanxuan’s spine. The next moment, Lan Xuanyu walked past him, heading towards the edge of the arena.

“Lan, victorious.”

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Just as conceding defeat, but today, no one mocked Tang Yanxuan. He had conceded after giving his all in one strike.

Tang Yanxuan’s greatest strengths were defense and strength, indeed, he also excelled in strength. As an Earth Element controller, he possessed an exceptional talent in that area. In terms of talent, he was not inferior to his elder brother; it was only that he had not cultivated for as long as his brother had.

However, his greatest strengths were almost completely overpowered by his opponent. Continuing the fight would inevitably lead to defeat. Moreover, considering the way Lan acted, who could say that “she” wouldn’t kill someone? After all, “she” had a history of such actions.

The Dragonlance dragged across the ground, emitting a grating screech, seemed to also drag across the hearts of the other competing Dragon Clan members.

In this battle, “Lan” demonstrated her overwhelmingly powerful might to everyone, proving that she was undoubtedly a strong contender for the crown of the Ascending Dragon Competition. Four fights, four victories, all of them won swiftly with overwhelming force.

Tang Yanxuan’s decision was the right one; he lacked speed and couldn’t dodge his opponent’s attacks. His strength and defense were no match for the God Annihilating Shock, so not conceding would have been even more terrible.

Lan Xuanyu stepped out of the arena and sat down cross-legged next to Bai Xiuxiu, who was already sitting on the ground.

What Tang Yanxuan did not know was that the accumulation of momentum by Lan Xuanyu was real, but the vibrating Dragonlance in her hand was a fake. It was a vibration created by her Soul Power, not the God Annihilating Shock.

The God Annihilating Shock had its deadliest impact only when released at the moment of collision with the opponent. To release it prematurely, if no collision occurred, wouldn’t that only harm oneself? Moreover, Lan Xuanyu had not fully recovered in such a short period, and to forcibly perform the God Annihilating Shock again could likely cause self-injury. So in a way, Tang Yanxuan was intimidated into defeat.

But through this battle, Lan Xuanyu deeply realized his current power. His increasing cultivation allowed him to finally stand firm among the younger generation of the Dragon Clan and become one of the strong ones. The benefits of the Dragon Power Refining were becoming increasingly evident, and the progress of Body Refining was accelerating.

During the fight, he had tried channeling Dragon Power into the ground, hoping for feedback from the Ascending Dragon Pillar, but to no avail. Clearly, relying on the Dragon Qi absorbed during cultivation on the Ascending Dragon Platform was no longer sufficient to support him in helping his companions cultivate together. However, Lan Xuanyu still had his own tricks up his sleeve.

Bai Xiuxiu again had a bye this round, winning without fighting, with three wins and one loss, placing her above Tang Yanxuan in terms of record.

Huang Yuanlang was lucky today, facing a relatively weaker opponent in his group; after struggling for a quarter of an hour, he narrowly won. With two wins and two losses, his mood visibly improved.

Lan Xuanyu did not pay too much attention to the other matches. While winning or losing the competition was one aspect, absorbing Dragon Qi for cultivation was even more important!

After the fourth round of competition, the situation in each group was becoming clear. Those who had won all four of their battles were revealing their strength and were generally considered strong contenders for the final phase of the competition. By defeating Tang Yanxuan, Lan Xuanyu once again became a hot topic. He had proven his strength. The number of fans from various clans who liked him rose again. After all, in these last two battles, “she” had been very restrained, pulling back at the last moment and not harming her opponents. It seemed that “she” took the criticism from the higher ranks of the Dragon Clan very seriously.

The records of Lan Xuanyu and Bai Xiuxiu also greatly excited Huang Daoqi, prompting him to reward Lan with a box of Dragon Marrow as encouragement. This made Huang Yuanlang extremely jealous. That was Dragon Marrow!

Dragon Marrow was certainly helpful to Lan Xuanyu, but not particularly significant. After all, his bloodline was exceptional. However, it was a tremendous aid to Bai Xiuxiu.

Since her Spiritual Power was not yet strong enough, the Dragon Crystal was not as suitable for Bai Xiuxiu, but the Dragon Marrow was absolutely nourishing for her.

Her Martial Soul was a mutation resulting from absorbing the Demon Queen as her Soul Spirit, and her bloodline was not originally pure Dragon Clan. The Dragon Marrow was assisting her in purifying this process. Bone marrow and bloodline are closely related; bone marrow produces blood, and with the nourishment of Dragon Marrow, Bai Xiuxiu’s physical condition and cultivation speed were rapidly improving. Lan Xuanyu himself felt quite envious of this.

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Today is the first day of the college entrance examination. Don’t be nervous, go for it, and good luck!

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