The rules for the third duel quickly appeared on the light screen.
[Rules for the Third Duel: Comprehensive Battle]
When Skydream Ice Worm saw this line of text, it couldn't help but wail in Huo Yuhao's mind.
"Yuhao, isn't your luck a bit too terrible?"
Huo Yuhao didn't reply; he began to calculate quickly in his heart.He had learned enough of a lesson from the first match, the Battle of Factions: he could not use Mental Force to clash head-on with Tang Wulin. Although his own Mental Force was strong, Tang Wulin's mental defense was equally formidable.
A strike condensed from his entire Mental Force only made Tang Wulin sway slightly, while he himself lost the ability to continue fighting immediately after that strike.
Therefore, he had to change his approach for this match.
Since a direct clash of Mental Force wouldn't work, he would use other methods. Huo Yuhao's gaze sank slightly.
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm, Tang San watched the scene on the light screen, his pair of blue eyes filled with a look of dissatisfaction.
His own son had actually lost to Huo Yuhao.Even if it was just by a hair, even if it was just winning back one point in the second match of the mecha battle, Tang San still felt uncomfortable.
In Tang San's eyes, this Huo Yuhao was nothing more than a dog that should be kept on a leash by him. How dare he strike his master?
He let out a cold snort in his heart.
However, Tang San quickly suppressed that displeasure. In his view, in this third comprehensive battle, Huo Yuhao would likely be defeated by Tang Wulin in a single move.
After all, a comprehensive battle was different from a faction battle or a mecha battle; there were no restrictions in this match, and Tang Wulin could exert his full strength.
With Huo Yuhao's meager skills, how could he possibly be a match for his son?
Just as Tang San was calculating these things in his heart, Rong Nianbing, who was sitting not far away, spoke up.
He looked at Huo Yuhao's figure on the light screen, his eyes filled with a touch of appreciation, and then said with a smile: "This Huo Yuhao... really should inherit my God Position."
"Just looking at his spirit and ability to adapt on the spot during battle is very much to my liking."
Rong Nianbing's words caused Tang San's brows to furrow slightly, but he didn't say anything more.
On the competition stage, Huo Yuhao had already made a decision.
His line of thought was quite clear: since he couldn't clash head-on with Tang Wulin's Mental Force, he would first consume Tang Wulin's physical strength and defensive capabilities.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and waved his hands in front of him. Dozens of silver-white spherical objects flew out from his Storage Soul Tool and hovered steadily in front of him.
The surfaces of those silver-white bombs shimmered with a faint luster; one look and it was clear they were not ordinary goods.
The comprehensive battle allowed the use of Spirit Tools, with one restriction: the Spirit Tool used must be manufactured by the user themselves.
And in terms of talent and investment in Spirit Tool manufacturing, no one in the entire class could surpass Huo Yuhao.
These bombs were all meticulously crafted by him over a considerable amount of time.
Without the slightest hesitation, Huo Yuhao pushed his hands forward violently, and those dozens of silver-white bombs shot toward Tang Wulin simultaneously!
The moment Tang Wulin saw those bombs, he reacted. Seven-colored scales instantly emerged on his left and right arms, and then that layer of seven-colored scales spread across his entire body at a rapid speed, covering his whole frame.
At the same time, a set of One-word Battle Armor also appeared on the surface of his body.
Boom—!!!
Dozens of bombs exploded simultaneously. The impact was terrifying; the entire competition stage was enveloped in the light of the violent explosion, and the shockwave swept out in all directions.
Du Busi, sitting in the Body Sect's spectator area, was stunned as he watched this scene.
His mouth was slightly agape, and his old eyes were filled with astonishment.
One had to know that if these bombs landed on him in large batches, even he would definitely not have an easy time, and might even die under these bombs.
The impact force erupted from that round of explosions—each one was equivalent to a full-force strike from an ordinary Spirit Douluo.
With dozens exploding at the same time, the power was terrifying.
"Huo Yuhao... this kid is really not simple."
Du Busi couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.
However, when the smoke and dust from the explosion slowly dissipated, Du Busi's expression became even more spectacular.
Tang Wulin still stood steadily in place. On his body, which was covered in seven-colored scales and One-word Battle Armor, not even a single obvious mark had been left.
Those dozens of bombs, each with power comparable to a full-force strike from a Spirit Douluo, had been taken head-on by Tang Wulin, and he was completely unharmed.
Du Busi took a deep breath.
"This guy... is just too strong."
To take so many bombs head-on and be completely fine—who else could do that?
In Du Busi's view, even a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse standing in that explosion would absolutely not be able to remain unscathed.
Yet Tang Wulin had managed to do just that.When Huo Yuhao saw this scene, his deep blue eyes did not show too much surprise, as he had long expected that bombs alone could not truly hurt Tang Wulin.
His purpose was merely consumption.
Huo Yuhao didn't stop his actions; he took out several more Spirit Tools from his Storage Soul Tool, including Spirit Tool guns and Spirit Tool cannons.
He raised the Spirit Tool gun and pulled the trigger continuously, aiming at Tang Wulin. Beams of energy shot out, and at the same time, the Spirit Tool cannon in his other hand finished charging and fired a compressed energy blast with a boom.
However, Tang Wulin couldn't even be bothered to dodge. He just stood there, letting those energy beams and energy blasts bombard his body.
The defensive power of the seven-colored scales and the One-word Battle Armor stacked together, letting the attacks from Huo Yuhao's Spirit Tools strike them.Huo Yuhao watched this scene and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
Sure enough, with his current technology in manufacturing Spirit Tools, he was far from being able to break through Tang Wulin's defense.
For Tang Wulin, these things probably didn't even count as much of a consumption.
He had to change methods.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, and then a layer of gray light suddenly began to emerge in his deep blue eyes.
That gray light became increasingly intense, gradually completely covering the original blue.
Huo Yuhao's entire temperament changed, and his whole being became quite ominous.
Xie Xie was stunned as he watched this scene; he had never seen such a move from Huo Yuhao.
"What move is Yuhao using now?"
"Why does it feel like he has completely changed?"
On the competition stage, Huo Yuhao ignored the surrounding discussions. He slowly raised his right hand, and a wisp of dark red light condensed on his fingertips. That light seemed to contain some kind of eerie power.
Necromancy, Blood Curse!
This was a very special type of curse magic that Huo Yuhao had mastered within Necromancy.
He pointed gently toward Tang Wulin, and that wisp of dark red light wrapped around Tang Wulin's body like an invisible thread, then silently sank into the depths of Tang Wulin's Soul.
The Blood Curse mark had been branded.
From then on, as long as any wound appeared on Tang Wulin's body, that wound would trigger the curse, amplifying the Spirit Power backlash of the injury; the damage caused by an attack of the same level would be doubled.
This was the second layer of consumption means Huo Yuhao had prepared for Tang Wulin.
However, this was not enough; more was needed. A series of black gates appeared in front of Huo Yuhao. The first to appear was a huge white skeleton—it was a Bone Dragon, with two clusters of ghostly blue flames burning in its hollow eye sockets.
Following closely behind were dense crowds of skeleton soldiers, holding rusted blades in their hands, occupying more than half of the entire competition stage.
Zhongli Wu of the Holy Spirit Cult was stunned when he saw this scene through the light screen.
Was this the Saint?
And in the ordinary spectator area, Ghost watched this scene and couldn't help but laugh softly.
"This guy, Huo Yuhao... really should join our Holy Spirit Execution Department."
Immediately afterward, a transparent gray whip appeared in Huo Yuhao's hand, radiating a terrifying aura, his gaze fixed on Tang Wulin in front of him.
Next, the second round began.
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