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This meant that both of them would have to use the content taught by the Body Sect to engage in battle.
Tang Wulin stood on one side of the competition platform. A layer of seven-colored scales immediately emerged on both his arms, and his blood and Qi surged, a terrifying aura erupting from within him and sweeping in all directions.
This was Huo Yuhao's first time directly facing Tang Wulin's terrifying aura.
As expected, the Dragon God's aura was quite formidable.
Even though Tang Wulin was not yet a complete Dragon God, merely in the Fusion stage of possessing the Dragon God Bloodline, this sense of oppression still made Huo Yuhao's heart beat faster involuntarily.
He could finally understand exactly how those who had faced Tang Wulin before felt.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but take a deep breath, forcing his mind to calm down.
At this moment, the voice of Skydream Ice Worm rang out in his mind once again.
"This guy's strength is simply too strong; he is truly invincible. Among the younger generation, I really haven't seen anyone stronger than Tang Wulin."
Skydream Ice Worm paused for a moment before continuing to speak.
"Even that bunch of guys who gave me trouble back then are nothing in front of Tang Wulin."
"Yuhao, you aren't thinking of going head-to-head with Tang Wulin, are you?"
Huo Yuhao gave a bitter smile in his heart.Head-to-head?
He would like to.
But the problem was that his own Body Sect secret technique had only just reached the third stage of Body Tempering, and what about Tang Wulin?
He had already been immersed in the third stage for some time, and besides his own physical strength, Tang Wulin also had the support of the Dragon God Bloodline.
Just the combination of these two things had already brought Tang Wulin's Physical Body stats to an extremely terrifying level.
If it came to comparing physical strength, even if he were to whip his horse to speed up and chase day and night, there would be no way to catch up.
If it were comparing physical strength with others, Huo Yuhao would be willing to give it a try.
After all, he had put in quite a lot of hard work in Body Tempering, and when sparring with most of his classmates, he wouldn't suffer too much in terms of physical confrontation.
But if he were to clash with Tang Wulin...Huo Yuhao could guarantee that just one clash, and he would be eliminated immediately.
The force contained in Tang Wulin's fist was not something his current physique could withstand.
Therefore, Huo Yuhao had been very clear from the beginning that the strategy for this battle absolutely could not be a direct confrontation.
The tactic he adopted was to not make contact with Tang Wulin—to avoid contact entirely—and then only use his own Mental Force to attack.
Ever since he started to Cultivate the "Heavenly Derivation Divided Soul Art", Huo Yuhao increasingly discovered the unfathomable nature of this Cultivation Technique; the more he studied it, the more he felt the infinite mysteries contained within it.
It wasn't just as simple as increasing the total amount of Mental Force; more importantly, it allowed Huo Yuhao to control his Mental Force to an extremely precise level.
The moment the match began, Tang Wulin moved.
His figure rushed towards Huo Yuhao like a heavy truck, moving extremely fast.
In the blink of an eye, he had already closed more than half the distance, as if he could send Huo Yuhao to another World at any moment.
Huo Yuhao's reaction was equally fast. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately side-stepped and dodged to the other side of the competition platform.
Tang Wulin's fist grazed past his side, the wind brought by it causing Huo Yuhao's clothes to flap loudly.
While dodging, Huo Yuhao began to concentrate his Mental Force in his mind using a special operational method.
This was the most formidable mental attack method he had realized during his previous training, compressing and condensing all his Mental Force into an extremely sharp form, then releasing it in an instant.
Its power was so strong that even an opponent with excellent mental defense would definitely not feel good after taking this hit.
Huo Yuhao named this move Divided Soul Soul-Splitting Awl
Using an awl for form and spirit as the blade, it strikes directly into the depths of the opponent's Soul.
Tang Wulin naturally sensed Huo Yuhao's movements.
After all, although his Mental Force was not as specialized as Huo Yuhao's, after the Fusion of the Dragon God Bloodline, his perception ability had also improved significantly.
He could clearly feel that a massive amount of Mental Force was rapidly condensing within Huo Yuhao's mind.
Tang Wulin knew very well that he absolutely could not let Huo Yuhao unleash this move.
If Huo Yuhao were to finish charging and hit him head-on, he might be in trouble.
Therefore, Tang Wulin increased the speed of his pursuit, throwing his fists alternately, each punch carrying the sound of breaking wind, attempting to force Huo Yuhao to interrupt the condensation of his Mental Force.
However, Huo Yuhao's footwork was quite agile. He constantly changed directions on the competition platform, sometimes dodging left, sometimes darting right, narrowly avoiding Tang Wulin's attacks every time.
Seeing this, Tang Wulin simply stopped relying solely on close-quarters pursuit. The seven-colored scales on his left and right arms lit up slightly, and then he raised his hands. A blazing flame and a biting frost erupted simultaneously from his palms, sweeping towards the direction where Huo Yuhao was.
The alternating attacks of the water element (ice is also considered a transformation) and fire element almost completely sealed off most of Huo Yuhao's movement routes.
But Huo Yuhao still did not panic. He had been maintaining the state of Spiritual Detection, so he could predict the trajectory and landing point of every one of Tang Wulin's attacks in advance, and then react in time.
He wove and dodged between the waves of fire and frost, his figure as agile as a swimming fish, surprisingly not letting a single attack actually land on him.
This scene left everyone in the spectator stands dumbfounded.
Xie Xie opened his mouth wide and couldn't help but mutter.
"This guy Huo Yuhao... since when did his footwork become so good?"
You have to know that even his own footwork had been honed only after suffering quite a bit, yet Huo Yuhao could actually dodge so well.
And just at this moment, the Mental Force in Huo Yuhao's mind had condensed to the limit.
He stopped abruptly, and a brilliant golden light suddenly lit up in his deep blue eyes. Immediately after, an invisible mental awl blade shot out from between his eyebrows!
The mental awl blade was extremely fast, piercing through the barrier of space almost the moment it was released, stabbing straight towards Tang Wulin's mind!
Tang Wulin had already prepared himself the moment Huo Yuhao stopped.
He gritted his teeth, and a thick layer of Mental Force surged up from his mind, forming a barrier to block the depths of his consciousness.
The Divided Soul Soul-Splitting Awl collided head-on with the mental barrier!
At that moment, Tang Wulin only felt as if his mind had been fiercely pierced by an iron awl, a violent, stinging pain exploding from the depths of his Soul!He couldn't help but knit his brows tightly, his figure swaying violently, his steps unsteady, and he even staggered slightly, looking as if he were about to fall at any moment.
In the spectator stands, everyone was stunned to see this scene.
No one dared to believe that Huo Yuhao could actually achieve this level.
That was Tang Wulin!
That was Tang Wulin, who had already achieved Fusion with the Dragon God Bloodline and possessed a terrifying Physical Body and Mental Force!
Huo Yuhao was actually able to make him show such an expression, and was actually able to make his footsteps so unsteady that he almost couldn't stand?However, there was no look of joy on Huo Yuhao's face.T
hat strike of his had condensed almost all of his Mental Force and was the strongest attack he could currently unleash.
But Tang Wulin... had not fallen.
Although his steps were unsteady, his brows were tightly knit, and he looked quite uncomfortable, Tang Wulin ultimately still stood firmly in place.
His consciousness had not dissipated, which meant Tang Wulin still had the power to continue fighting, while he himself had no more power to fight; could his strike, which had condensed all his Mental Force, only achieve this much?
However, fortunately, this time Huo Yuhao did not faint completely after releasing a mental attack like he had before; he only felt a wave of intense dizziness wash over him.
His legs went weak, and he sat down powerlessly on the floor of the competition platform, one hand supporting his forehead. His Mental Force was exhausted, and even his physical stamina was affected.
Tang Wulin stood where he was, and it took a few more moments before he finally recovered.
He took a deep breath, shook his somewhat heavy head, and his gaze fell upon Huo Yuhao, who was sitting on the ground.
And in Huo Yuhao's mind, the voice of Skydream Ice Worm rang out again."Yuhao, you have done your best."
"There's no helping it... compared to Tang Wulin, your cheat is simply too small."
"But don't be discouraged. If you continue to Cultivate the 'Heavenly Derivation Divided Soul Art', sooner or later, you will be able to defeat Tang Wulin."
"After all, the two of you have different directions of Cultivation. You are walking the path of the spirit, while he is walking the path of the Physical Body. Each has its own extremes, and sooner or later, you can become the king of the mental Domain."
Just at this moment, Tang Wulin walked in front of Huo Yuhao with a smile on his face, and then reached out his hand towards Huo Yuhao, who was sitting on the ground.
Huo Yuhao looked up at the figure in front of him, as if he had returned to the time of the start of school, and then he also nodded with a smile, grasped Tang Wulin's hand, and stood up again with the help of Tang Wulin's strength.
"First match, Tang Wulin wins."
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