"What are you doing? Dealing with a mere Soul King, you not only used your Martial Soul but even unleashed your soul skills." Seeing the Battle Axe Soul Sage exposed, the last black-clothed man shouted harshly.
It seemed this Painting Soul Sage was the leader of the three.
"That kid's sword is strange. When I punched at him, I used soul power to protect myself, but he was able to pierce through my defense easily. If I hadn't summoned my Martial Soul in time, my hand would already be crippled." The Battle Axe Soul Sage frowned.
He didn't understand the concept of true damage. If Bibi Dong were present, she would have noticed that this characteristic was identical to her sixth soul skill, Eternal Creation.
"Oh? There's such a thing? A Soul King who can ignore a Soul Sage's soul power defense? In that case, let me try him." The Painting Soul Sage's eyes flashed with a sharp light. A massive spiritual force instantly surged toward Tianlin—it was clear he was a spiritual-type Soul Sage.
Tianlin smiled faintly. Of all things to challenge me, you had to pick spiritual power. Fine, then come visit my spiritual sea.
Tianlin simply opened up his spiritual sea, allowing the Soul Sage's spiritual force to rush in.
"Ah, a guest! Let me entertain him." The Skydream Iceworm grinned dangerously. A million-year spiritual fluctuation immediately counterattacked, and in an instant, the Painting Soul Sage's spiritual power was bounced back.
"Ugh!"
At that moment, he was even more wretched than the Battle Axe Soul Sage earlier—spiritual damage is much more dangerous than physical damage.
"Big brother!" The Battle Axe Soul Sage immediately helped him up.
Holding his head, the Painting Soul Sage was still somewhat dazed. "You're right, this kid is abnormal. Don't hold back anymore, or not only will we fail to contain him, we might even be killed instead."
This time, the Painting Soul Saint didn't hesitate any longer. A beautiful painting scroll depicting mountains and grasslands appeared in his hands.
"Seventh Soul Skill: Martial Soul True Body."
To deal with Tianlin, this Soul Sage activated his Martial Soul True Body. At the same time, the scroll shrouded Tianlin. "Sixth Soul Skill: World Within the Painting."
Indeed, the sixth soul skill after activating Martial Soul True Body was extraordinary—Tianlin seemed to be truly transported into a beautiful world of birds and flowers. Compared to Shi Nian back then, this illusion was even more realistic.
It was almost impossible to escape from such an illusion.
At the same time, the Battle Axe Soul Sage, wielding a giant axe, approached Tianlin step by step. Although he didn't dare to kill Tianlin, crippling one of his hands or feet temporarily was no problem. It would also allow them to eliminate a major threat to their Spirit Hall Academy.
Seeing Tianlin trapped in the illusion and motionless, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the others grew anxious. They wanted to help, but they were also being firmly held back by many black-clothed men and couldn't break free.
"Damn it! You dare hurt my little brother? I'll take all your lives!" Dugu Yan's eyes flashed green as if she had returned to the deeply poisoned state of the past.
"Oh no, Yan's gone berserk! Shi Brothers, form up!" Yu Tianheng quickly ordered, and the rest of the Emperor Team immediately gathered together.
The Shi brothers formed the Xuanwu Shield Formation above their heads, fully prepared for defense.
Of course, this wasn't because Dugu Yan was poisoned again, but rather her fifth 50,000-year Soul Bone Skill from the Poison Electric Salamander skull. Precisely because of this move, Qin Ming never dared let her go all out in matches—if she did, people would die, and not just one or two.
Dugu Yan raised both hands above her head. In the sky, terrifying purple-black clouds gathered at some point. "All of you, die for me—Corrosive—Deadly—Annihilation Rain!"
As Dugu Yan called out her soul skill, torrential rain began to pour down on their battlefield. The rain, like the clouds, was all purple-black. Whatever it touched—plants or stone—was instantly corroded to nothing.
But, miraculously, the small area where Tianlin stood wasn't touched at all. Clearly, even in her rage, Dugu Yan still remembered not to harm her little brother.
A large group of black-clothed men cried out miserably. At this point, many couldn't help but release their Martial Souls, but it was useless—unless their soul power was much higher than Dugu Yan's, or they had poison resistance, even Martial Souls would be corroded by this poisonous rain.
It was a terrifying move. However, its weakness was obvious—while using it, Dugu Yan couldn't move and had to continuously channel soul power to keep the rain falling.
Thus, when the Shi brothers put up the Xuanwu Shield Formation, they also included Dugu Yan under its protection. Breaking through their defense to hit Dugu Yan was no easy feat.
"Yan has completely inherited the Poison Douluo's group combat ability—this is terrifying. She took out three-quarters of the black-clothed men in a single move," Yu Tianheng said with lingering fear.
"Yeah, luckily Shi Mo's Xuanwu Turtle has abnormal status resistance. Otherwise, I couldn't guarantee surviving Yan's poisonous rain alone," Shi Mo nodded in agreement.
"The Poison Douluo's granddaughter, huh? Truly impressive. I didn't expect a mere Emperor Team to make us suffer such losses." The Battle Axe Soul Sage, seeing the misery on the other side, was furious. He didn't want to play anymore, flipping his axe and swinging at Tianlin's arm. "Kid, getting your arm broken in this beautiful world isn't so bad."
He was still wary of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. After all, if Chen Xin wanted his life unless he stayed in Spirit Hall forever, he'd be dead as soon as he left Spirit City. So, he only wanted to temporarily break Tianlin's bones and affect his future matches.
"Is that so? But I was lying to you." Suddenly, Tianlin broke free from his previous state, blocking the axe with his demon sword. A spark flashed in his eyes. "Burn—Golden Flame Soul Annihilation!"
In an instant, the entire painting world was set ablaze.
"Haha, this is what happens when you let a brat play in your house—the whole place gets burned down." Skydream Iceworm laughed heartily.
This time, the Painting Scroll Soul Sage suffered not just spiritual but also Martial Soul damage from Tianlin's ultimate fire.
"Big guy, I'll play with you later." Tianlin smiled at the Battle Axe Soul Sage, then teleported in front of the Painting Scroll Soul Sage.
This Soul Sage was already completely incapacitated, kneeling on the ground and howling. Tianlin didn't hesitate, slashing with his sword and granting him a swift death.
A head flew into the air, landing at the Battle Axe Soul Sage's feet.
The Battle Axe Soul Sage was shocked. His big brother—was just killed like that?
Tianlin turned and said calmly, "That's one down. Next, it's your turn."
"Damn you! Today, I will kill you!" Having lost his big brother, the Battle Axe Soul Sage completely lost reason. As for the consequences of killing Tianlin, he couldn't care less now.
However, his opponents now were not just Tianlin—because Dugu Yan had dealt with most of the black-clothed men, the rest of the Emperor Battle Team was now free to join the fight. Now, he faced the combined assault of the entire Emperor Battle Team.