Facing the newly evolved Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, Sea Dragon Douluo felt his own martial soul being suppressed for the very first time.
However, although his martial soul quality was now slightly inferior, he still possessed Level 95 soul power and could fully unleash the terrifying strength of a Super Douluo.
"Senior, be careful!"
Amplified by the ultimate buffs of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Yu Tianheng, fully transformed into a massive thunder dragon, released a dense, blinding storm of blue lightning.
The torrential electric arcs almost completely engulfed the battlefield, even causing the weather above the sea-within-a-sea to darken and churn.
The next moment, these dense bolts of lightning violently converged, forming a gigantic, crackling dragon claw that struck down toward Sea Dragon Douluo with overwhelming force.
"This level of thunderous power..."
Sea Dragon Douluo's pupils trembled, his eyes filled with sheer disbelief. To be able to control such a massive scale of elemental thunder meant the boy's raw attack power had definitely reached the threshold of a Titled Douluo.
Although he had heavily benefited from the amplification of an elite support-type soul master, it was enough to prove that his base strength far surpassed anyone else in his generation.
Moreover, this devastating display proved that his martial soul was no ordinary Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. If Sea Dragon Douluo wasn't mistaken, this young man must have encountered some miraculous opportunity that forced his martial soul to mutate and evolve.
The original Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was merely a standard top-tier beast martial soul, but this new form had completely shattered that ceiling. It was now second only to the Spirit Hall Grand Worship's god-level Seraphim martial soul.
"Martial Soul True Body!"
In an instant, Sea Dragon Douluo's body rapidly expanded, undergoing a dramatic, monstrous transformation.
Not only was his skin covered in thick, heavily armored blue dragon scales, but his limbs thickened into draconic forms, and a massive, spiked dragon tail sprouted from his back. He now resembled a towering, humanoid dragon.
Unlike Yu Tianheng's complete beast transformation into an actual dragon, Sea Dragon Douluo's True Body leaned towards a highly augmented semi-dragon brawler form.
BOOM!!
A deafening, earth-shattering roar erupted as the lightning-formed dragon claw violently slammed into Sea Dragon Douluo's crossed, heavily scaled arms.
Although he had raised his guard in time, the violent, hyper-concentrated lightning still knocked him skidding back several meters, badly scorching a large patch of scales on his dragon-transformed arms.
"That's a pretty good move. Its destructive power is at least equivalent to a standard Titled Douluo's sixth soul skill," Sea Dragon Douluo said, shaking out his arm, which was still slightly numb from the intense electric shock.
He looked up, intrigued. "Is this a self-created soul skill?"
"It's not a self-created soul skill, just a highly concentrated, derivative use of my existing elemental control," Yu Tianheng replied simply.
Without pausing to chat, he immediately resumed his relentless assault.
Various lightning-based attacks rained down one after another, making it incredibly difficult for Sea Dragon Douluo to mount a counter-offensive.
Compared to brutal close-quarters brawling, Yu Tianheng currently preferred to use his overwhelming elemental power for ranged bombardment.
Although his Martial Soul True Body form was technically suited for melee combat, it also passively amplified all his elemental attributes by a factor of two.
Combined with Ning Rongrong's massive soul power boost, raining down devastating ranged attacks was the most tactically sound choice.
However, he didn't completely abandon close combat; instead, he adopted a fluid, unpredictable combination of both, striking from afar and rushing in for brutal, electrified physical blows when openings appeared.
"This is so troublesome."
After dozens of high-intensity exchanges, Sea Dragon Douluo's expression grew increasingly grim.
From the very beginning, when his opponent activated his Martial Soul True Body, he had fully expected a brutal, blood-pumping close-quarters brawl. Instead, it had turned into a frustrating, ranged war of attrition.
Just as he decided to change his strategy and prepared to bypass the dragon to attack the two fragile support-type soul masters, Yu Tianheng launched a vicious, electrified sneak attack from behind, forcing him to defend again.
This fight was absolute torture!
To make matters worse, Sea Dragon Douluo's martial soul was water-attribute, which was inherently countered by the extreme lightning of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
It wasn't a direct elemental counter in the traditional sense, but seawater was extremely conductive.
This meant that whenever he used a water-based defensive or offensive soul skill, he inadvertently acted as a massive lightning rod, drawing Yu Tianheng's attacks directly toward him.
It was like having a homing beacon permanently attached to his body.
Since becoming the guardian of the Sea Dragon Holy Pillar, he hadn't left Sea God Island for decades, mostly sparring with Sea Spear Douluo and the other guardians.
This was the very first time he had encountered such a wildly frustrating and formidable opponent.
"Something's not right!"
Sea Dragon Douluo suddenly realized a glaring inconsistency. This kid had been spamming incredibly high-cost, devastating soul skills while maintaining his Martial Soul True Body; logically, his soul power should be completely drained by now.
Yet, instead of showing any signs of fatigue or weakness, his attacks seemed to be growing stronger and more relentless with each passing second.
Soon, Sea Dragon Douluo's sharp gaze locked onto the quiet, unassuming girl standing at the very edge of the battlefield: Ye Lingling.
'Judging from her martial soul's aura, she should be a pure healing-type soul master,' he thought to himself, 'But it seems she also possesses the terrifying ability to continuously rapidly restore soul power!'
Realizing this, Sea Dragon Douluo's expression instantly turned dead serious.
Previously, he had completely ignored the healing-type soul master, focusing all his strategic attention on Ning Rongrong.
After all, without the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's massive buffs, Yu Tianheng could never have reached this terrifying level of combat strength.
But now it seemed that this quiet healer was equally, if not more, dangerous.
Her supreme restorative abilities were single-handedly keeping Yu Tianheng at his absolute peak, allowing him to unleash his most devastating soul skills with complete, reckless abandon.
"If I don't eliminate one of those support-type soul masters immediately, I'm going to be slowly ground to dust."
Sea Dragon Douluo's eyes flashed with fierce determination. He abruptly abandoned his clash with the massive lightning dragon and lunged directly toward Ning Rongrong at blinding speed.
Seeing this sudden shift, Yu Tianheng immediately reacted.
He spun violently in mid-air. In an instant, crackling blue lightning completely enveloped his draconic body.
His muscles tensed, and he shot toward Sea Dragon Douluo's exposed back like an electrified missile.
However, Sea Dragon Douluo had completely anticipated this desperate reaction.
Using the momentum of his feint, he suddenly shifted his trajectory mid-dash, completely changing his target. He blurred past the incoming lightning strike and rushed straight toward Ye Lingling instead.
"Damn it!"
At that moment, Yu Tianheng finally saw through Sea Dragon Douluo's true intention.
Due to the intense forward momentum and the magnetic acceleration of his attack, his massive body simply could not change direction in time.
Sea Dragon Douluo had perfectly calculated this brief window to eliminate the healer.
In just the blink of an eye, Sea Dragon Douluo appeared directly in front of Ye Lingling, his massive, razor-sharp dragon claws swinging out with lethal intent.
At this critical, life-or-death moment, Ye Lingling remained eerily calm. She decisively activated her torso soul bone skill.
The very next second, a dense, swirling protective shield made of highly compressed water elements completely enveloped her frail body.
Sea Dragon Douluo's devastating claw strike slammed into the barrier, causing it to ripple violently, but it failed to inflict any actual damage on the girl inside.
Not taking any chances, Ye Lingling immediately activated her second trump card. A pair of brilliant, crystalline wings burst from her back.
These were the Emerald Wings, an incredibly rare external soul bone.
Suddenly, the Emerald Wings vibrated rapidly, releasing a blinding burst of green light that instantly crystallized into a second, transparent emerald barrier over the water shield.
Protected by these absolute, double-layered defensive skills, even a Level 95 Super Douluo striking at full power couldn't break through her defenses in a short amount of time.
"A soul bone skill?! And an external soul bone?!"
Seeing his full-powered sneak attack completely stonewalled, Sea Dragon Douluo's face contorted into an extremely ugly expression.
As the proud second strongest entity on all of Sea God Island, he couldn't even manage to scratch a fragile, stationary healing-type soul master!
During her previous assessments, Ye Lingling had been so perfectly protected by her team that she had never needed to reveal these soul bone skills, leaving Sea Dragon Douluo completely blind to her true defensive capabilities.
After all, absolutely no one would ever expect a pure healing-type support to possess such a priceless defensive torso soul bone, let alone an astronomically rare external soul bone.
Just as Sea Dragon Douluo stood frozen in stunned disbelief, Yu Tianheng finally managed to turn around. Channeling every last drop of his amplified power, he condensed a massive, blindingly bright giant lightning spear.
"Crackling—"
"WHOOSSH!!"
Accompanied by the deafening roar of absolute thunder, the massive lightning spear, trailing a devastating net of interwoven electricity, pierced through the air toward the Guardian.
Faced with this terrifying, all-out ultimate attack, and caught entirely off guard, Sea Dragon Douluo had no time to dodge or mount a proper defense.
He could only cross his arms and attempt to withstand the blast with his heavily scaled body.
The spear struck. A massive explosion of blue light consumed the pillar. Sea Dragon Douluo was violently thrown back, completely paralyzed by the overwhelming electric shock, before finally crashing heavily to the ground, incapacitated.
As Sea Dragon Douluo fell, the massive Sea Dragon Holy Pillar suddenly lit up with a brilliant, acknowledging light.
Yu Tianheng had officially passed his fifth trial.