20demayo Chapter 26: Penetrating Force - Another Perfect Score
Chapter 26: Penetrating Force - Another Perfect Score
"Next, Dai Youheng, come on stage."
Just as he was planning his future, the examiner, Gong Changlong, called out his name.
While the focus of this upgrade assessment was on the bet between Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, the assessments of other trainees were also underway simultaneously. Dai Youheng was also one of those who needed to be assessed.
He had a fleeting thought: why not deliberately fail the exam so the college would expel him and give him the freedom to leave?
But then I thought about it again, and realized that I was still officially a member of the Dai family.
Minor frictions with Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng could be explained as common disputes between legitimate and illegitimate children within aristocratic families. However, deliberately failing the assessment and humiliating the Dai family would be a blatant challenge to the family's authority, with potentially serious consequences. Currently, he lacks the power to directly confront the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
To be on the safe side, I should first pass the test steadily, cultivate to level 40, obtain the item that the Snow Emperor mentioned, and have enough trump cards before considering leaving.
He made the decision instantly.
Dai Youheng calmly walked to the center of the Soul Arena.
"Dai Youheng, what age of soul beast do you want to choose?" Gong Changlong asked as usual.
"A thousand-year-old soul beast," Dai Youheng replied calmly.
Having decided to fight, he wouldn't take it lightly. Besides, he lacked experience in actual combat against the spirit beasts of this world. This kind of assessment, with a Title Douluo ensuring safety on the sidelines, was perfect for practicing against thousand-year-old spirit beasts.
No one was surprised by his choice of a thousand-year-old soul beast. Even the sycophantic You Heng was not weak; his soul power level was only a few levels lower than Dai Huabin's, and his martial soul was the top-tier Evil Shadow Demon Tiger!
The reason I was defeated by Xu Jiujiu in three strikes was simply because the opponent was a Soul King, and the gap was too large.
Soon, a massive rhinoceros-like spirit beast with thick skin and a single, thick horn on its nose was placed into the arena. Its skin had a metallic gray-black sheen and exuded a heavy sense of oppression.
"Another armored rhinoceros?" Xiao Xiao couldn't help but exclaim from the sidelines. "This thing's defense is too high! I couldn't even break through the defense of the 800-year-old one before, and this one is 1000 years old. Can Youheng handle it?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao nodded, his tone tinged with uncertainty, "It should... be fine, right? My brother's combat strength is actually quite formidable."
Although he was grateful for Dai Youheng's support, he didn't actually know much about his older brother's actual combat abilities.
In the arena, Dai Youheng faced the millennium-old armored rhinoceros that was slowly approaching and emitting a low, threatening roar, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Martial spirit possession.
A deep, eerie tiger roar seemed to echo from the void. Dai Youheng's muscles bulged slightly, his nails sharpened, a bloodthirsty crimson flashed in his eyes, and a faint black mist enveloped his body, vaguely forming the outline of a fierce tiger.
Three standard soul rings, two yellow and one purple, rose from beneath his feet, and his soul power fluctuations stabilized at level thirty-two.
The technique that the person who brought him here implanted in his brain has the ability to conceal one's soul power, which is quite a useful ability.
At this moment, he was displaying exactly the level expected of the sycophantic You Heng. As for his second martial soul, the Heavenly Demon Pill of Reversal of Fate, and that terrifying 700,000-year soul ring, they would absolutely not be revealed in this situation.
Dai Youheng stood in the center of the arena, surrounded by a faint black mist, the power brought by the Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul filling his entire body.
He looked at the ancient, armored rhinoceros opposite him, its thick hide and flesh resembling a mobile fortress, his eyes calm and unwavering.
"Roar!" The armored rhinoceros let out a deep roar, its thick hooves pawing the ground. Then it lowered its head, pointed its black horn, which was strong enough to pierce metal and stone, at Dai Youheng, and launched a sudden charge! Its massive body trembled slightly as it ran, its momentum astonishing!
Faced with this unstoppable collision, Dai Youheng neither dodged nor avoided it.
"First Soul Skill, Demonic Tiger Body!"
He gave a low shout, and the yellow, century-old soul ring on his body lit up. Instantly, the shadow patterns around his body became clearer, his muscles bulged slightly, and a powerful sense of strength flowed through his entire body. Strength, speed, defense, and nerve reflexes all increased by fifty percent!
He lowered his body slightly, adopting a posture that seemed to indicate he was going to take the hit head-on.
Just a moment before the armored rhinoceros was about to crash into him!
Dai Youheng moved. Amplified by the body of the demonic tiger, he was so fast that he left only a blur. His body slid past the thick neck of the armored rhinoceros in an extremely strange and flexible manner, like a ghost, and narrowly avoided the fatal rhinoceros horn!
At the same time, his right palm silently pressed against the thick skin where the armored rhinoceros's neck and shoulder blades met! It wasn't the hardest part of its carapace, but it was still thick and tough.
Just as their hands were about to touch, a glint flashed in his eyes!
Evil Shadow Soul Claw!
His second spirit ring flashed, and dense dark attribute energy and a tearing destructive aura instantly condensed in his right palm. His five fingers were slightly bent, as if they had transformed into an invisible tiger claw. But this time, he did not use it to tear, but instead gathered this power in his palm and slammed it down!
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A faint, almost inaudible thud. The palm strike left little mark on the armored rhinoceros's thick hide, and didn't even completely break through its outermost layer of defense.
Youheng did not use his full strength, because his goal was not the claws, but the palms.
At the moment of his attack, he skillfully incorporated a trace of the power-generating technique from the "Emperor's Palm - Great Cold Without Snow" that the Snow Emperor had taught him over the past few days, concentrating his power to the extreme, penetrating the surface, and striking directly at his internal organs!
However, the Snow Emperor's Emperor Palm is the freezing and internal destruction of extreme ice, while his Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul is of evil attribute!
The concentrated palm force, carrying the unique corrosive properties of the Evil Shadow Soul-Splitting Claw, was like an invisible poison, instantly penetrating the armored rhinoceros's solid muscles and fat layer, and directly blasting into its fragile internal organs!
"Ooh—!" The armored rhinoceros, which was maintaining its forward charging posture, suddenly let out an extremely painful cry. Its huge body stiffened abruptly, then its limbs went limp and it collapsed to the ground with a thud!
Its exterior appeared intact, but inside, evil soul power was frantically eroding and rotting its internal organs! The intense pain caused its whole body to convulse, and even black blood with a foul stench began to spill from its mouth and nose!
From start to finish, it was only a matter of a flash, seemingly only two contacts, one evasion and one strike, but in reality, it contained three exchanges of force. Within three moves, the outcome was already decided!
"What ruthless methods!" On the high platform, Beast King Gong Changlong's expression changed. As a titled Douluo, he could naturally see at a glance that the armored rhinoceros's real injury was internal!
Feeling sorry for the soul beast, he flashed to the side of the armored rhinoceros that was convulsing on the ground, placed a palm on its back, and poured in his powerful soul energy, which quickly dispelled and expelled the palm force that was eroding its internal organs.
"Good lad, what exquisite penetrating force! You almost crippled another of my thousand-year-old soul beasts!" After checking the armored rhinoceros and confirming that its life was not in danger, Gong Changlong breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but glare at Dai Youheng, but his eyes were filled with a hint of surprise and appreciation.
Within the sea of consciousness, the Snow Emperor's clear, cold voice carried a rare hint of admiration: "I never imagined that in just a few days, you would actually incorporate a portion of the essence of the 'Emperor's Palm' into your own attacks. Though lacking the chilling cold, it possesses even greater corrosiveness and destructive power. Very good."
In the main seat of the stands, Dean Yan Shaozhe's eyes gleamed, and he nodded slightly.
With his keen eyesight, he could naturally see the extraordinary nature of Dai Youheng's final palm strike. It was by no means a simple application of a soul skill, but rather contained an extremely sophisticated technique that could penetrate defenses and strike directly at the interior, making it a very good self-created soul skill.
"Clear combat strategy, decisive response, skillful use of soul skills, and what's even more remarkable is the mastery of such exquisite penetrating force techniques." Yan Shaozhe spoke slowly, his voice resounding throughout the arena, "Dai Youheng, you pass the test. Outstanding skill application, amazing self-created combat tactics, score: 150 points, full marks."
Full score!
The entire hall was silent for a moment, then a low murmur arose!
No one expected that after Huo Yuhao, another perfect score would appear! And it was achieved in such a decisive, even somewhat bizarre and ruthless way.
Dai Huabin's expression turned even more grim. Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie also looked shocked. Even Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the others were horrified.
Dai Youheng calmly withdrew his martial spirit, gave a slight bow in the direction of Yan Shaozhe and Gong Changlong, and turned to walk off the field.
At this moment, no one dared to underestimate him because of his previous "sycophantic" behavior.
He won over the entire audience with a clean and decisive victory.