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Unlike the previous two opponents, this time the defeat was not so instantaneous.
Bai Chen took a little more than ten seconds to defeat him, and those ten seconds allowed some members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to notice a few clues.
"Could it be… he's a spiritual-type soul master?"
A Soul King muttered quietly.
"A spiritual-type soul master?"
"Yes, a very rare kind of soul master. This type doesn't rely on physical attacks but attacks from the spiritual or mental level instead. They're extremely troublesome."
"So what should we do then?"
"I'll go."
A Soul King stepped forward.
He said confidently:
"This kid might be able to instantly defeat Great Soul Masters and Soul Elders, but against a Soul King, he still needed some time to win. That proves higher cultivation levels can resist his spiritual abilities."
"Just watch how I defeat him."
After saying that, he strode onto the arena stage.
Seeing that an opponent at the Soul King level had finally appeared, Bai Chen's expression also became serious.
Across three different eras, this was actually his first time truly facing a Soul King-level opponent.
Back in Douluo III, although he had briefly fought a ten-thousand-year sea soul beast during spirit hunting, he had not actually won. He had almost died and only severely injured the opponent using a special time-freeze soul skill.
Generally speaking, the Soul King stage is the first time a soul master absorbs a ten-thousand-year soul ring. Compared to previous levels, there is a qualitative leap.
Although not as exaggerated as the jump to the Soul Saint level, the difficulty still increases dramatically.
At the same time, starting from the ten-thousand-year soul ring stage, a soul master's mental strength also improves significantly.
This means spiritual attacks become far less effective.
He could not underestimate his opponent.
"Begin!"
As soon as the battle was announced, the Soul King from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect smiled coldly.
He stretched out both hands, and crimson flames ignited from his palms.
At the same time, thick fur grew across his body.
His martial spirit was a fire-attribute bear-type beast spirit.
"…."
At that moment, the tension in Bai Chen's eyes suddenly disappeared.
He even looked slightly speechless.
That expression made the Soul King unhappy.
"Hey kid, what does that look mean? Are you looking down on me?"
"Not really…"
Bai Chen sighed softly and extended his hand, slowly opening his palm.
"You simply can't defeat me. If there's anyone to blame, blame your fire attribute martial spirit."
"What…?!"
The Soul King was about to question him further when he suddenly felt a powerful trembling sensation rising from the depths of his heart.
He subconsciously took two steps back.
His eyes could not leave Bai Chen's outstretched hand.
Floating quietly in front of that hand was a small fireball.
"Ah… ah…"
Dizziness hit him.
Nausea followed.
Cold sweat poured down his body.
Facing this small flame, the powerful Soul King felt as if he were facing something absolutely undefeatable.
His legs trembled uncontrollably.
This reaction was completely beyond Bai Chen's expectations.
Within the system of ultimate attributes, ultimate-level power possesses absolute suppression over lower-tier attributes.
This suppression is even more exaggerated than the suppression dragons exert over other soul beasts in Tang San's case.
For example, when Huo Yuhao first awakened his second spirit ring, he completely seized control over Ling Luochen's ice abilities with his ultimate ice attribute.
This shows that when normal attribute soul masters face someone with the same attribute but at the ultimate level, they are suppressed even more strongly than the relationship between grandson and grandfather.
Looking at enemy arrangements also reveals this pattern.
Tang San often faced dragon-type enemies because even if they were suppressed, they could still fight.
But after Huo Yuhao's first tournament, he almost never faced pure ice attribute opponents again, because they had no qualification to fight him.
Bai Chen's situation was similar.
His Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial spirit possessed the power of Ultimate Fire.
So how could this fire-attribute Soul King possibly fight him?
Bai Chen withdrew his hand and extinguished the flame.
The fire-attribute Soul King immediately felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Without saying another word, he fled the arena in embarrassment.
On the referee platform, Ning Fengzhi asked in confusion:
"Uncle Gu, what do you think?"
Gu Rong slowly replied:
"This child's earlier judgment was correct. Until this battle began, Bai Chen had only used spiritual-type methods."
"He could even evade my perception, so most likely he relied on some extraordinary spiritual power."
"In that sense, he really should be a spiritual-type soul master."
Gu Rong's eyes were filled with confusion.
"But something is wrong… judging from the reaction of the Soul King just now, it seems he was suppressed at the martial spirit attribute level."
"But how could someone possess both extremely strong spiritual power and a powerful fire attribute martial spirit at the same time?"
The Ten-Thousand-Demon King, who was sitting nearby, rolled his eyes.
He also wanted to know why a human could possess a martial spirit like the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Normally speaking, soul beasts possess stronger innate abilities than humans.
Humans generally cannot obtain extremely powerful beast spirits because their bodies cannot withstand them.
What humans excel at is technique and tools, not raw potential.
But Bai Chen possessed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial spirit.
That left nothing more to say.
Unless someone had absurdly superior resources, a human of the same level could not defeat him.
And speaking of resources…
Was there any configuration stronger than million-year soul rings and soul bones?
The Ten-Thousand-Demon King smiled faintly.
After a moment of silence, Ning Fengzhi stood up and said to Bai Chen:
"Little Brother Bai Chen, it seems most of these people cannot trouble you."
"How about we speed things up and let our strongest Soul King take the stage?"
"No problem."
Bai Chen agreed immediately.
After all, continuing to fight weaker opponents was meaningless.
This battle was meant to test his own upper limits.
The earlier low-level fights were mainly because Ning Fengzhi was worried about Bai Chen encountering danger.
Before the next fight began, Bai Chen suddenly asked:
"Sect Master Ning, your strongest Soul King here… doesn't use ice, water, fire, light, or darkness attributes, right?"
"Uh… no."
Ning Fengzhi felt slightly confused but nodded honestly.
"That's good."
Bai Chen smiled.
He had no interest in repeating the previous situation.
Ice, water, darkness, and similar attributes might not suffer suppression as severe as fire or light, but they would still be affected.
Soon, another middle-aged man stepped onto the arena.
Bai Chen scanned him with his spiritual power and quickly reached a conclusion.
This man's soul power was around Level 58.
He was already very close to the Soul Emperor level.