togophonebook Chapter 116 On the Actor's Self-Cultivation
Chapter 116 On the Actor's Self-Cultivation
Chapter 116 On the Self-Cultivation of Actors (1)
Five dazzling soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—appeared on Meng Hongchen's body, and a light and shadow also appeared behind her.
Her originally wine-red hair turned snow-white, and her originally ice-blue eyes turned blood-red in an instant, as if they were about to drip blood.
Looking at Meng Hongchen's changes, Su Yu also felt a little expectant. After all, he hadn't encountered a worthy opponent for so long. He didn't have the chance to fight her in the competition, but this time he wanted to see how capable his precious granddaughter, Meng Hongchen, really was.
A sense of crisis arose instantly from instinct. Above the arena, fine rain began to fall slowly, and a faint blue color appeared in Meng Hongchen's palms.
"I wonder if your poisonous rain can penetrate my soul-guided shield?"
Su Yu did not attack rashly, because he had already witnessed how troublesome this woman's poison was during the competition.
It wasn't that Su Yu didn't have a way to deal with it, but there were some methods he couldn't reveal here, such as his original teleportation soul skill, and the skills granted by his soul rings.
Meng Hongchen leaned forward slightly and slowly raised her hands. Su Yu could clearly see that all her exposed skin, including her face and hands, turned snow-white at this moment, as white as jade and crystal clear.
Only those bloodshot eyes looked so abrupt and terrifying.
Then, a large amount of drizzle was incorporated into Meng Hongchen's initial movement, and the drizzle rushed towards Su Yu with the airflow.
Su Yu was naturally not going to be careless. Even Bei Bei had suffered a terrible fate with him back then, so he couldn't underestimate this little girl. Although she was pretty, she might not be so kind when she got going.
A soul-guided shield lit up, and a soul-guided armor appeared. A longsword that looked like crystal appeared in Su Yu's hand.
With a single strike, the mist that parted the fine rain in front of him instantly engulfed the surrounding onlookers.
This directly caused those bystanders to suffer an undeserved disaster, as their lack of strength led to them being poisoned.
However, Meng Hongchen's attacks did not stop, and the drizzle above continued to fall. As long as the clouds above were not broken, Su Yu would eventually be poisoned if this continued.
A soul-guided cannon was aimed at the clouds. As the light burst from the cannon, the clouds floating above pierced through the rain and fell onto the white mist.
Meng Hongchen, on the other hand, remained calm. She clasped her hands together, and an invisible stream of energy once again attacked Su Yu from both sides.
To prevent himself from being swept away by the airflow, Su Yu had no choice but to activate his soul guide shield again. At the same time, his flying soul guide device emitted a large amount of gas to prevent the poisonous fog hidden in the air from taking advantage of the situation.
The Zhu Qing Ice Toad is a soul beast known as the king of the crevices in the far north, because its territory is located on the outskirts of the far north, bordering the human world.
Because their population is extremely small and their whereabouts are elusive, they are very rare.
The most powerful aspect of the Crimson Ice Toad is its poison, a potent toxin cultivated by absorbing the coldest energy of heaven and earth.
One reason they didn't venture deep into the far north was because the three Heavenly Kings of the far north were stationed there.
Another reason is that although the Zhu Qing Ice Toad is entirely ice-attribute, its eyes are fire-attribute, which is extremely unique.
Zhu Qingbingchan herself is not well adapted to extremely cold places, but generates that special cold poison by alternating between her ice and fire abilities.
However, Su Yu knew that Meng Hongchen's terrifying aspect lay in the word "poison," while her other attack methods were not particularly outstanding.
In the original novel, Huo Yuhao suppressed him because Ice Emperor was completely immune to poison, and Meng Hongchen's attacks in front of him were just a bunch of immunity attacks.
Master Meng, please stop shaving. You'll tire yourself out if you keep doing that...
It's hard not to imagine this scenario, but when Su Yu faced it himself, he realized just how tricky the situation was.
As Meng Hongchen continued to make moves, the fog and rain in the arena became increasingly dense, and a slight misstep could result in inhaling poisonous gas.
Even the soul-guided shield was hard to stop. Looking at Su Yumeng Hongchen, who was struggling to hold on, she thought of the day of the competition.
On that day, even Ling Luochen, a regular member trained by Shrek Academy, was defeated by him. If it weren't for that guy named Huo Yuhao, he could have definitely made more than half of the opponent's members lose their fighting ability!
"I must say, as a level four Soul Master, you have much to be proud of, but you're still far from being able to defeat me!"
Ice-blue light shone simultaneously from thirteen places on her body: her forehead, shoulders, chest, elbows, lower abdomen, hips, knees, and hands.
The thirteen clusters of icy blue light quickly transformed into an exquisite icy blue armor that protected Meng Hongchen's entire body.
Although her armor was full-body armor, it didn't look bulky or redundant at all.
Every detail was exquisite. The armor was adorned with magnificent blue and gold patterns, making the already beautiful Meng Hongchen even more dashing in appearance.
A pair of icy blue longswords extended from his hands, each sword three feet long and slender.
Behind her, three pairs of broken wings, each only a foot long, also opened at the same time.
As soon as she put on this soul-guided armor, she exuded a strong aura of icy coldness.
Su Yu's crystal-like longsword trembled again, and the resulting shockwave repelled the poisonous mist once more. Just as the poisonous mist showed an opening, a dazzling diagonal cross slash flew fiercely toward Su Yu.
Su Yu did not dodge. He spun his longsword and slashed at the center of the cross slash.
The cross slash instantly disintegrated under Su Yu's sword, a sight that even surprised Xiao Hongchen, who was watching from the sidelines.
"This guy named Luo Yu actually managed to withstand Senior's Cross Slash; I'm afraid many level-five Soul Masters couldn't even withstand that!"
"It seems that Xuan Ziwen has taught a good student. Interesting, very interesting." Xiao Hongchen subtly sized up the boy.
Xiao Hongchen had been thinking a lot. In fact, even people their age would find it difficult to last this long against them. This guy named Luo Yu, if he wasn't a soul beast who had been reborn, would definitely be a genius!
"Let me see where your limits are."
Xiao Hongchen smiled slightly, pretending to be mature, and stroked his little mustache before turning his gaze back to the competition arena.
Seeing that her first soul skill could not harm Su Yu, Meng Hongchen then unleashed a ring of ice-blue light that spread out from beneath her feet, instantly covering the entire arena.
Second Soul Skill: Ice Poison Ring.
As his second soul skill emerged, Su Yu could feel that his soul tool was beginning to falter against the incoming icy mist. However, he had to demonstrate his exceptional abilities in this battle, otherwise, he would hardly have another opportunity to showcase himself in the future.
In that case, I'm sorry.
The longsword emitted a crisp, resonant sound as Su Yu strode forward, his aura rising with each step.
Five steps later, Su Yu's aura began to show signs of rivaling Meng Hongchen's.
This move was not a soul skill granted by a soul ring, but a soul skill created by Ji Juechen himself.
During this month, Su Yu also managed to get quite a few good things from Ji Juechen before he reluctantly agreed to spar with Ji Juechen. This move was something he secretly learned from that time.
No, to be precise, it was copied from that time.
The ice-blue twin swords clashed repeatedly with the crystal longsword, the fine rain of sword light constantly shattering Su Yu's sword energy, and the countless sword shadows were dazzling.
However, Meng Hongchen's intervention also created an opportunity for Su Yu. When the two clashed with their swords, the surrounding poisonous fog was completely dispersed by the dissipating sword energy and sword light, posing no threat to Su Yu at all.
What appeared to be a crisis had actually been subtly shifting in Su Yu's favor all along.
The ice-blue slender swords in Meng Hongchen's hands were two level-six soul tools, and her armor was also a level-six soul tool.
Su Yu was rather pitiful. If it weren't for maintaining his status, why would he need to be so shabby?
He wore a level four soul-guided armor, a level five soul-guided shield, a level four flying soul-guided device behind him, and a crystal longsword in his hand, all transformed from fragments of his own martial soul.
The equipment was far inferior; if it were someone else, it would be amazing to achieve this result.
However, Su is different. If he were to disregard the consequences and unleash his full power, he could instantly kill Meng Hongchen!
However, for now, I can only pretend honestly, otherwise all my efforts will be in vain.
In order not to shock the world, during the twentieth clash of sword energy and sword light with Meng Hongchen, Su Yu's soul power was insufficient and he was "carelessly" cut down to the ground by Meng Hongchen from the air with a sword. He was then completely "suppressed" by Meng Hongchen, and the whole situation was instantly reversed.
"Is that all? It seems I'm still not quite qualified. What a pity..."
Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen shook his head helplessly, clearly somewhat disappointed with Su Yu's performance.
However, he was unaware that Su Yu had already seen through his every move and word.
Wow, you've got pretty high standards, kid. Looks like I'll have to stand up for myself, or I'll lose face if you, my defeated opponent, look down on me.
Since you've said that, then we absolutely have to arrange it for your sister today!
Shrek's top free agent is ready!
Su Yu threw out a delicate sphere, and Meng Hongchen mercilessly brought down her twin swords. However, with Su Yu's activation, the level-five soul tool instantly released a soul shield, blocking the twin swords.
However, the next moment, a flashbang was fired directly at Meng Hongchen's face.
Judging from Meng Hongchen's surprised expression, Su Yu could sense the extent of the psychological trauma Meng Hongchen was experiencing.
"what!"
"Which bastard fired that flashbang? My eyes..."
"Who is it? Who is it? Show yourself!"
"Ah~~"
…………
Amidst a series of screams, Su Yu knew that almost everyone present had fallen victim to this insidious trick.
Actually, Su Yu was quite conscientious; it was already good enough that he didn't pull out an energy-gathering soul-guided cannon at this moment to tell them that times had changed.
And so, the two siblings, caught off guard, were both struck. However, since they were both Soul Kings, they still had the ability to recover. After a brief period of blindness, Xiao Hongchen recovered in time.
However, Meng Hongchen was different. The moment she lost her sight, she activated her soul-guided shield, completely protecting herself and giving Su Yu no chance. But what he didn't notice was that behind her, there was a tiny shard of a mirror.
Seeing that everyone had gone blind, Su Yu originally planned to release his martial soul, but then thought better of it, since now was a good opportunity to improve his soul guidance strength.
With a slight twitch of his fingers, the explosive sphere attached to Meng Hongchen's Soul Guidance Armor instantly activated.
When Xiao Hongchen opened his eyes again, he was surprised to find that there was an explosive soul tool that was being activated on Meng Hongchen's back.
However, in the next instant, the explosive soul tool exploded. Although it was only a level four soul tool, it still could not break through the protection of the level six soul tool armor.
boom!
With a loud bang, Meng Hongchen was thrown to the ground. The surrounding poisonous mist, having lost its control, dissipated and disappeared without a trace.
Holy crap, did I go a little too far?
Should we hold back a bit? It would be terrible if we actually defeated her.
If he were to actually defeat him, Mingde Hall would thoroughly investigate Luo Yu's background, and Su Yu wasn't afraid of uncovering anything.
But secrets don't stay hidden forever. If something goes wrong, all our efforts might be in vain, and we might even lose our lives.
Fortunately, Meng Hongchen's soul guide armor was effective, and Su Yu also took the opportunity to lie down on the ground, pretending to be exhausted of soul power, panting heavily.
With difficulty, she stood up from the ground. "Senior is indeed amazing. I admit defeat."
The timing was about right, and Su Yu probably figured out that the desired effect had been achieved. Otherwise, if the fight continued, it would be difficult to end the situation, because if he went too far, Meng Hongchen wouldn't be the winner...
However, the necessary pretense must still be done, otherwise Meng Hongchen on the other side will lose face. If some preliminary preparations are not made now, then there will be no way to understand the terrain later.
"Thank you for showing mercy, senior. If you hadn't held back at every turn, I, Luo Yu, would have been defeated long ago. Today's battle with you has shown me what true strength is. Thank you for your generous guidance!"
Words must be fully expressed to be effective; the same words will have different effects depending on the person they are spoken to.
If Su Yu were one of those guys who were taken down in just a few moves, saying these words would probably be considered shameless flattery.
This is the difference between people. Su Yu's words gave Meng Hongchen a lot of face. Otherwise, it would be hard to believe that a regular team member would be beaten like this in front of a level four soul master.
Now that they had a way out, Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen praised Su Yu even more.
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