The Ice Empress's power was still too overpowered.
Hit square in the face by Xiao Hongchen's Invincible Toad Cannon, Huo Yuhao only had a pair of hammers shattered, looking slightly disheveled.
His hands transformed into giant pincers, emanating an icy chill.
Extreme Ice spread out, causing the temperature of the entire arena to plummet rapidly. Spectators close to the arena even began shivering and sneezing.
Xiao Hongchen was very dissatisfied with this.
How was this possible?
With Battle Armor enhancement, he was equivalent to breaking through to the Spirit Sage level.
This Invincible Toad Cannon was his painstaking work. Only through his many years of research on spirit cannons had he barely managed to integrate this set of formations into his Battle Armor.
Huo Yuhao gasped for breath, a flicker of shock and fear in his eyes.
What a terrifying spirit cannon.
He was very clear that if the Ice Empress hadn't exerted her power just now, he might have been crippled.
He was, after all, a Spirit King. Even if the quality of his spirit power was high, giving him roughly the strength of a standard Spirit Sage, facing a full-force attack from a Spirit Sage without any defense would definitely have caused a loss.
On the other side, seeing this, Wang Dong'er cried out in alarm and, ignoring the enemy in front of her, flew straight towards Huo Yuhao.
"Yuhao!"
Because of Wang Dong'er's action, an enemy spirit cannon shot directly past her position and landed in the rear of the Shrek Academy team.
The target of this spirit cannon shell was Zhu Lu.
Seeing this, Dai Huabin gritted his teeth and charged towards Zhu Lu.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill!" he roared.
If Zhu Lu were seriously injured now, the two of them would be useless in this match.
Zhu Lu also pounced towards Dai Huabin.
The two embraced, and a brilliant light illuminated the area.
Below, in the preparation area, Fan Yu couldn't help but frown.
He didn't blame Wang Dong'er.
It was just that Xiao Hongchen's actions were too abnormal.
His fighting style had completely changed from his previous spirit cannon barrage, charging straight to the front and even sneak-attacking with such a powerful spirit cannon shot.
Similar to Dai Huabin turning back mid-charge to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Lu to save her, Wang Dong'er could also be considered saving Huo Yuhao, as their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was of great significance in this match.
"Does Battle Armor affect a Spirit Master this much?" Fan Yu muttered. "Don't tell me Meng Hongchen and the others' fighting styles have also changed?"
If so, that would be a serious problem.
They had discussed tactics based on past information.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were the most obvious targets of their strategy, as this brother-sister duo had stayed at Shrek for over three years, practically being completely figured out by them.
Fortunately, Meng Hongchen's subsequent performance allowed him to relax slightly.
The biggest change was in Xiao Hongchen; only Xiao Hongchen's fighting style had changed.
"Golden Toad Devours the Heavens!"
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was actually unharmed, after a moment of shock, Xiao Hongchen once again circulated his spirit power.
Spirit power flowed through his Battle Armor.
Simultaneously, his spirit rings flickered. His whole body turned into metallic liquid, then began to expand.
The light released by the Battle Armor directly devoured the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, injecting it into his body, causing his size to increase at least threefold. The originally three-to-four-meter golden toad swelled to a full ten meters.
He lowered his head and raised his foot to stomp down.
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao raised his giant pincers.
"First Spirit Skill, Ice Empress' Pincers!"
"First Spirit Skill, Ice Emperor's Protection!"
Two Spirit Skills were used simultaneously, maximizing his own defense while also filling the giant pincers with power.
Boom!
The entire arena shook.
"How is this any different from a Martial Soul True Body?" Fan Yu murmured.
Could this also be an ability of Battle Armor?
Not far away, Meng Hongchen glimpsed this scene and sighed inwardly.
"Have to admit, while Xiao is not the sharpest tool in the shed most of the time, he's a complete genius in fields related to spirit tools."
Xiao Hongchen's Battle Armor was completed by himself, and only the formations within his Battle Armor were constructed by himself.
He had integrated many abilities into his fighting rhythm through the Battle Armor.
This allowed him to fight without relying solely on a spirit cannon fortress.
Before, he was influenced by the Hongchen family's development approach for the toad Martial Soul. Although the additional Spirit Skills he obtained earlier were better than the family's expectations, he was still walking the same path, only able to serve as a spirit cannon fortress.
She retracted her gaze and refocused on Bei Bei ahead.
Bei Bei had already activated his bloodline, transforming into the Holy Light Dragon.
However, he was facing the deadly poison of the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad.
This poison contained both ice and fire attributes nearing the extreme level. Even the light attribute couldn't dispel it.
Not ultimate attributes, but three intertwined attributes, each approaching the extreme.
Without a targeted antidote or overwhelming cultivation level to suppress it, this kind of terrifying poison was impossible to resist.
"Senior Brother!" Huo Yuhao roared.
Bei Bei remembered the poison chapter Huo Yuhao had brought back.
"Poison, the Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad's poison. Need to destroy the core ice and fire forces within it!"
White lightning burst from his palm, the power of the lightning attribute gradually intensifying, shifting from white back to blue-purple.
Patterns lit up on Meng Hongchen's Battle Armor.
Just as the lightning power seeped into her toxins, destabilizing the ice and fire forces, the core formations within the Battle Armor activated.
Ice and fire forces, explode!
At this moment, there was a large patch of poison mist in front of her. These toxins exploded in an instant.
The opposing forces of ice and fire, erupting simultaneously, possessed astonishing power, no less than a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Skill.
"Senior Brother!" Huo Yuhao, seeing this through Spiritual Detection, was both shocked and furious.
The only weakness became a means of explosion?
How could Meng Hongchen possibly achieve this?
The Scarlet-Eyed Ice Toad's poison was extremely deadly, but at the same time, this poison should also corrode the Spirit Master. How could she use the poison in such a way?
Could it be the Battle Armor?
At this moment, Huo Yuhao understood the difference between a full set of Battle Armor and Spirit Artifacts made from single pieces of Spirit Metal.
The most fundamental advantage of Spirit Metal lay in its spirituality directly fusing with the Martial Soul.
This was the most fundamental enhancement and transformation of the Martial Soul.
Spirit Artifacts could certainly boost the Martial Soul's explosive power, but a complete set of Battle Armor could unleash effects no less than a Martial Soul mutation.
If the Martial Soul had flaws, directly mend them.
If Spirit Skills were lacking, mend them.
If desired abilities were missing, add them.
If skilled in something, provide corresponding amplification.
In short, solve whichever problem could bring about a qualitative change in oneself.
On this basis, it could also improve both the quality and quantity of spirit power.
Too versatile.
Battle Armor, perfectly conforming to the human body, could correspond to the body's meridians, forming another set of external meridian system, doubling the number of a Spirit Master's meridians. This was also the essence of Battle Armor amplification.
With Spiritual Detection and Tianmeng's intervention, he saw all this clearly.
Too versatile.
He was shocked and furious.
At this critical juncture of the forging system's rise, Shrek had actually taken the wrong path again!
And this wrong choice was also because he, Huo Yuhao, placed too much importance on the Tang Sect's hidden weapon concept.
He was too eager to transform weapons to be powerful.
He had overlooked the importance of the Spirit Master's own strength.
"Don't get distracted in a fight!" Xiao Hongchen was displeased that Huo Yuhao was still looking towards his sister's battlefield.
"Invincible Toad Cannon!"
He opened his mouth, directly spewing out metal cannonballs.
During this process, his body also shrank.
As hundreds of spirit cannonballs flew out, his size returned to normal.
The strike range of these Invincible Toad Cannons covered all Shrek members.
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