One move weakened, Xuanzi had already switched from offense to defense in an instant. His soul power surged as he prepared to receive Lin Xiao's counterattack.
However, when Lin Xiao made his move, Xuanzi realized that the opponent's counterattack was far weaker than he had anticipated.
Raising his head, he saw Lin Xiao with a smile on his face, nodding slightly toward him.
Xuanzi's gaze flickered, and a trace of surprise rose in his heart. In his mind, given Lin Xiao's and the Sun Moon Empire's style, this bout should have been a complete display of their strength.
Yet now, the other party seemed to truly want a spar. Lin Xiao's attack had clearly held back quite a bit of power.
Xuanzi was puzzled, but Lin Xiao himself was quite clear about it. With his current cultivation, defeating Xuanzi was not difficult at all. Even with the support of soul tools, he could defeat him in just a few moves.
However, he wanted to comprehend more while exchanging blows with various experts.
Although this strike of his seemed to have held back a lot of power, the intricacies within it were not few.
His sea of spirit trembled slightly, resonating continuously with the plane of the dead. Spiritual power and soul power completely merged, surging toward Xuanzi.
And when this force landed on Xuanzi, it changed again and again within a mere instant.
Xuanzi, who received Lin Xiao's strike, now had an even deeper understanding.
In the brief moment their forces connected, Xuanzi felt Lin Xiao's aura on the opposite side shifting continuously. Influenced by the opponent's spiritual power, even his own thoughts fluctuated heavily in that short time.
Desolate, silent, peaceful, or frenzied, various auras flashed from Lin Xiao's body, all ultimately pointing toward the final destination that all living beings would head toward: death.
What Lin Xiao emitted was the ultimate aura of death, yet because he had comprehended different battle techniques, it gave his opponents different feelings. At this moment, these auras changed at will with a single thought from Lin Xiao, flowing freely and effortlessly.
Although Xuanzi had suffered many defeats, his cultivation and experience were genuine. At this moment, he had already understood that within Lin Xiao's seemingly simple attack was an attempt to fuse all the insights from his path of cultivation into one.
Although it was now only simple successive changes and could not yet achieve complete fusion, once completed, his strength would surely rise to another level.
Xuanzi sighed softly in his heart. He knew that for Lin Xiao to use such an "immature" method at this time meant he truly wanted to spar and exchange insights with experts from all sides.
Recalling his initial guess, it had indeed been somewhat petty.
"Be careful." Calming his thoughts, Xuanzi shook his soul power and raised his hand to attack once more.
On the ground, the seats prepared by the Sun Moon Empire for the experts from various sects remained empty. No one was seated; everyone was staring intently at the high sky above, wishing they could get a little closer to the airborne battle.
With so many Title Douluos present, their eyesight was naturally excellent. Although most people did not know exactly what had happened in that instant, they could sense that the two people in the air had not gone all out.
Du Busi's gaze flickered repeatedly, his eyes seemingly containing only the figures of the two people exchanging blows in the air.
Just as Lin Xiao had said, this peak battle was not truly to determine a victor… or perhaps there was some element of that, but it was also a rare opportunity for exchange.
To make friends through martial arts… that Soul Alliance might not be such a terrifying thing. If the Sun Moon Empire had not forced the various sects to do anything, it might truly have become a good place for the different sects to interact and exchange with one another, just like today.
Outside the arena, although Ju Zi could not understand the details of the aerial fight, she could read the changes in the expressions of the sect members on the ground. As time passed minute by minute, the two in the air showed no sign of deciding a winner, yet the atmosphere on the ground had quietly begun to shift.
"The State Preceptor truly understands these soul masters." Ju Zi sighed inwardly and spoke softly.
Beside her, Jing Hongchen heard this and turned to look at Ju Zi. After thinking for a moment, he spoke carefully.
"The soul masters on the Douluo Continent are, after all, quite different from soul engineers in many ways. To my shame, even after I reached the Title Douluo realm, I thought only of how to use such power to create better soul tools, rather than thinking about advancing the power of the martial soul itself."
"Those soul masters, on the other hand, cultivate and fight by relying on their martial souls. Therefore, at every realm, they strive to explore their own combat strength, and actual combat is indispensable."
"I had overlooked the importance of actual combat to these soul masters. Now it seems that soul engineers are not superior to soul masters in every aspect. An idea like the peak battle could only have been proposed by the State Preceptor, who is himself a soul master."
"The State Preceptor's mind has always held ideas that ordinary people cannot match." Ju Zi looked toward the sky, a hard-to-describe glint flashing in her eyes.
In mid-air, Lin Xiao dealt with Xuanzi quite effortlessly. Seeming to sense the gazes fixed on him, he glanced down at the ground and saw Ju Zi and Jing Hongchen not far away.
Looking around the field, many people seemed to have been stirred by his fight with Xuanzi and were already secretly rubbing their fists in anticipation.
After all, once one reached the Title Douluo realm, these soul masters had truly not fought others for a very long time.
And for a soul master to grow to the Title Douluo realm, it was absolutely impossible to have done so solely through meditation without any actual combat experience.
Every soul master who could break through to the Title Douluo realm harbored, to some degree, a longing for a hearty and satisfying battle.
Especially Du Busi, the light flickering in his eyes was now completely unconcealed.
Lin Xiao withdrew his gaze, feeling somewhat reassured in his heart.
In the past, people from the sects had not been bound much by the empire and had always been unruly. Even if a Soul Alliance could be forcibly formed through strength, that organization would probably be unable to unite as one when the Abyss plane arrived in the future.
It would be better to first form a loose organization for mutual exchange. As the various sects grew familiar with one another, it would always be better than a group of loose sand when a foreign enemy invaded.
Moreover, during this period, it might even promote each sect to learn from the strengths of others and make improvements.
A few days ago, when Ju Zi ascended the throne, she had proposed the Soul Alliance with such a strong attitude. At that time, it was when the Sun Moon Empire was displaying its national power, so everyone naturally felt that the Soul Alliance was a means for the Sun Moon Empire to control the various sects.
Today, however, Lin Xiao had set an example with his own actions, showing everyone that the Soul Alliance was not as harsh as they had imagined. Naturally, their resistance would lessen considerably.
At this moment, the reactions of everyone present were the best proof.
If you want to open a window, first remove the roof—the wisdom of the ancients was still useful.
Lin Xiao put away his thoughts, gathered soul power in his hand, and gently pushed forward. Xuanzi, in front of him, immediately retreated repeatedly, his body flashing with light as he barely managed to stabilize himself.
Looking at Lin Xiao, Xuanzi cupped his fists. "I am defeated."
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