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When Bai Chen became Hua Tianyu's disciple a year ago, he had already learned about the abilities of Hua Tianyu's martial soul.
His martial soul was very peculiar. It was called the Gem Martial Soul.
This Gem Martial Soul did not refer to a specific gemstone, but rather the concept of gemstones itself.
He could summon different types of gems to assist him in battle, and each type of gem possessed different abilities.
In a sense, this martial soul was a rare all-purpose type martial soul.
Not only could it attack, control, defend, and enhance agility, it could even provide healing and support.
Aside from the fact that it couldn't produce edible gemstones, this martial soul practically covered every category of Soul Master abilities.
But the price for this versatility was that none of its abilities were extreme.
In some ways, it was similar to Ji Zichen's situation—both were balanced types.
The difference was that Ji Zichen's versatility manifested in his person, while Hua Tianyu's manifested in his martial soul.
As the battle began, more than a dozen fiery red gems appeared in Hua Tianyu's palm.
These gems emitted intense heat and shot toward Bai Chen.
Bai Chen was completely fearless.
His Tyrant Domain and Steel Bone Shock erupted simultaneously, his aura instantly surging as he charged directly toward Hua Tianyu while meeting the red gems head-on.
"Boom boom boom boom boom—!"
As the gems approached Bai Chen, they released dazzling red light and exploded violently.
However, to Hua Tianyu's shock, Bai Chen merely raised a hand to shield his face and then stepped out of the smoke unharmed.
Seeing this scene, Ning Rongrong below the stage was shocked.
"How is that possible? Hua Tianyu's martial soul might not be as powerful as a super martial soul in raw attack power, but among top-tier martial souls it's still extremely strong."
Sitting on her father's knee, Ning Rongrong said proudly:
"Dad, just keep watching. Bai Chen's strength is far more than this."
She occasionally watched Bai Chen fight the two battle maniacs, so she already had a rough understanding of his strength.
Even when fully buffed, the sword intent of Ji Zichen's Severing Sword was unable to seriously injure Bai Chen, let alone these lukewarm explosions.
Such explosions might be useless against Ji Zichen, but they had never truly troubled Bai Chen either.
On the arena, Hua Tianyu was already close to the Super Douluo level.
After a brief moment of shock, he quickly regained composure and adjusted his strategy.
He snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, blue crystals appeared beneath Bai Chen's feet.
The moment Bai Chen stepped on them, the crystals quickly climbed up his legs and encased his entire body.
At the same time, more than thirty blue gemstones floated around Hua Tianyu.
Under his control, the gems rapidly fused together, forming a beautiful, crystal-clear blue crystal.
During his growth, Hua Tianyu had developed the ability to fuse gemstones.
He discovered that the higher the quality of the gemstone he summoned, the stronger the single-target attack.
The larger the volume, the wider the attack's influence.
However, under his current control, the fused crystal did not grow larger. Instead, it became even more condensed.
After that brief test earlier, Hua Tianyu already understood that bombardment tactics wouldn't work against Bai Chen.
He needed to abandon quantity and pursue quality.
The blue crystal emitted a sharp aura, completely different from Ji Zichen's sword edge.
If Ji Zichen's sword represented intent, then Hua Tianyu's attack represented material refinement raised to a new level.
To be honest, Bai Chen had once been extremely tempted by this ability.
If Hua Tianyu's martial soul could be used for forging, it could produce the highest-grade soul tools.
Unfortunately, Bai Chen later learned that the gems Hua Tianyu summoned could not exist permanently.
Even with his current cultivation, they could last only five minutes before disappearing.
Otherwise, if Hua Tianyu could preserve them indefinitely, he could easily become richer than a nation just by selling gemstones.
From the blue crystal, Bai Chen sensed a hint of danger.
He knew the power of this attack would likely exceed the fifth soul skill of an ordinary Soul King.
If struck directly, even he wouldn't come out unscathed.
"Hmph."
Bai Chen snorted coldly.
He spread his arms and forcibly broke free from the crystal cage, then raised his right hand high.
"Oh? Facing it head-on?"
Hua Tianyu smiled.
"Then let me see how far your Dark Gold Terror Claws have grown over this past year."
As his words fell, the blue crystal transformed into a sharp beam of light and shot straight toward Bai Chen.
What greeted it were five dark-gold slashes.
"Boom—!"
The terrifying clash caused the entire arena to shake violently.
Five deep claw marks appeared in front of Bai Chen.
At the moment he blocked Hua Tianyu's attack, Bai Chen charged forward again, instantly closing the distance.
"Hm…"
Hua Tianyu hurriedly raised his hands. The light of diamonds appeared as he blocked Bai Chen's strike.
At the same time, he quickly retreated, attempting to create distance again.
Although he was an all-purpose Soul Master, close combat was his weakest area, so he needed to maintain distance.
But Bai Chen had already approached this range—there was no way he would allow Hua Tianyu to escape so easily.
Bai Chen waved his hand.
The Control Crane Dragon Capture appeared.
Hua Tianyu suddenly felt an invisible pulling force that disrupted his retreat.
Bai Chen raised his hand again.
The terrifying dark-gold light erupted once more as he slashed mercilessly toward Hua Tianyu.
"Sigh… you brat really have grown beyond my expectations."
A sigh sounded.
All the wolf-like fierceness disappeared from Hua Tianyu's face.
He stopped resisting and simply raised one hand, catching Bai Chen's Dark Gold Terror Claw.
But this also meant he had lost the battle.
Without using the power of a Titled Douluo, relying purely on Soul Saint strength, he couldn't block that attack.
He looked at Bai Chen with emotion, amazed at the growth speed of this disciple.
Bai Chen's fighting style was actually very simple:
Close the distance quickly and crush the opponent with close combat.
A fighting style so simple that almost anyone could use it.
But under Bai Chen's terrifying stat boosts, this simple method became overwhelmingly powerful, putting immense pressure on Hua Tianyu.