A golden flame-like aura rose from Long Aotian's body, and this aura was like a roaring dragon, soaring into the sky.

Golden flames rolled around him, forming a barrier of flames that enveloped him entirely.

The light of the flames shone on his face, and his angular features revealed a firmness and determination, making him look like a god of war walking out of the flames.

At the same time, a huge figure suddenly appeared behind him. The figure was several feet tall and almost touched the sky above the competition stage.

The figure was silver-white all over, emitting a dazzling light, like a god descending from the sky.

Looking closely, although the figure looks very blurry, it can be vaguely seen that it is somewhat similar to Long Aotian. It is actually his martial spirit true form!

With the appearance of the figure, the atmosphere on the entire competition stage changed.

The temperature suddenly rose, and the air seemed to be burning. A suffocating feeling of oppression spread, making everyone present feel heavy in their hearts, as if a mountain was pressing on their chest, making it difficult to even breathe.

At this moment, Long Aotian's aura began to soar wildly. He originally had the strength of an early Soul Saint, but in a blink of an eye he broke through to the middle Soul Saint level.

Soon after, he easily broke through the bottleneck of the late Soul Saint. Finally, his soul power fluctuations stayed at the peak of Soul Saint, and he was only one step away from the realm of Soul Douluo!
This is the power of the original martial soul, which can forcibly improve one's own strength and achieve the ability to fight across levels.

Huo Yuhao's eyes were filled with fiery colors. Logically speaking, his previous martial soul was also his original martial soul.

Although it has been integrated now, some characteristics still remain.

If he could gain some insights from this battle with Long Aotian, perhaps he would be able to perform this move.

"Try his mental strength."

Huo Yuhao muttered to himself.

It can be seen that the first soul ring on Huo Yuhao's body is shining brightly, with a lustrous yellow luster and white. Because he has increased his mental strength to the extreme, his imitation soul skills can no longer conceal the true color of the soul ring.

Two purple-gold rays of light cut through the sky and instantly appeared in front of Long Aotian.

Long Aotian stood there, motionless. Facing Huo Yuhao's fierce mental attack, he slowly raised his hands and made a strange movement in front of his chest.

I saw him slightly raising his right hand, with his palm facing left, his five fingers slightly bent, and his fingertips drooping naturally, as if he was holding a ball of invisible energy.

At the same time, his left palm was raised, with five fingers together and fingertips facing the sky. His palm was facing his right hand from a distance, forming a strange echo.

As this action was completed, a layer of lustrous luster slowly spread from his body, like ripples on the calm water.

The light was crystal clear, emitting a soft but powerful aura that enveloped him. As the light shone, Long Aotian's figure gradually blurred, as if he had turned into a finely crafted jade sculpture, emitting an ancient and mysterious aura.

At the same time, with a slight "hum" sound, Huo Yuhao's soul impact also arrived. The two purple-gold lights were like two spirit snakes, instantly wrapping around the jade sculpture that Long Aotian had transformed into, trying to invade it.

The surface of the jade carving suddenly lit up with a dazzling purple-gold color, as if it was on fire, but then the purple-gold color spread out like ripples and disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

Long Aotian groaned, feeling an overwhelming and powerful force hitting his soul power shield, causing his blood to surge.

His body swayed, and the bright light on his body flickered like a candle blown by a strong wind, appearing a little scattered.

Huo Yuhao looked solemn. He suppressed the surging of blood and energy in his body and took a deep breath.

Long Aotian's defense just now seemed simple, but it contained a skill he had never seen before. It completely integrated his mental power, soul power and himself, and even formed a certain resonance with the surrounding heaven and earth energy. This made Huo Yuhao feel extremely shocked.

He understood that in the previous attack, Long Aotian was not simply defending, but rather integrating attack and defense into one, dissolving his attack in a way that was almost like "Tao".

It felt as if he was not facing a person, but a towering mountain or a vast ocean, full of invincible power.

Huo Yuhao’s eyes sparkled with brilliance. He longed for this kind of power and longed to reach this level!

After Long Aotian steadied his body, he stared at Huo Yuhao with a burning gaze, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He tapped the ground lightly with his toes, and his whole body shot towards Huo Yuhao like an arrow, as fast as lightning, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and in an instant he closed the distance between him and Huo Yuhao!

Suddenly, a strong soul power fluctuation burst out from Long Aotian's body, and circles of soul rings rose from under his feet.

The first soul ring represented the yellow color of ten years, emitting a warm glow. The second soul ring represented the purple color of a hundred years, flickering with a faint halo.

The third soul ring was also purple, but the light of the hundred-year soul ring seemed more solid. The fourth soul ring was black, representing the ten-thousand-year soul beast, and it exuded a deep and powerful aura.

The fifth soul ring was still black, and the pressure from the ten thousand year soul ring was even heavier. The sixth soul ring was still black, and the terrifying aura of the ten thousand year soul beast almost condensed into substance.

The seventh soul ring was still black, and the powerful pressure from the four ten thousand year soul rings moved everyone present.

Seven soul rings, and a ratio that exceeds the best, with four ten thousand year soul rings in total.

Although not as good as Huo Yuhao's eight soul rings, everyone present could feel that Long Aotian was a true Soul Sage.

He is definitely not the kind of Soul Saint who is high on drugs.

His cultivation was obviously achieved through his own hard work. And such a Soul Saint, born in the Body Sect, is so terrifying! Four ten thousand year soul rings, such a soul ring level has even surpassed the Unbreakable Douluo next to him.

Zheng Zhan only has four ten thousand year soul rings.

The Body Sect actually had such a strong person among the younger generation. Everyone's faces changed drastically.

Even on the rostrum, Crown Prince Xu Tianran, Jing Hongchen and the mysterious national teacher, their auras began to fluctuate after seeing the seven soul rings rising from Long Aotian's body.

The moment Long Aotian showed the second awakening of his martial soul, his identity could naturally no longer be concealed.

The Body Sect was actually hidden within the Snow Demon Sect.

What a good plan! A hundred meters was just a matter of seconds for Long Aotian, who was moving smoothly.

There were no unnecessary movements, nor the release of any spirit skills. He raised his right hand and made a virtual pressing gesture towards Huo Yuhao.

Suddenly, the entire competition stage began to tremble slightly. Huo Yuhao, who was standing in front of him, felt that his opponent was not only Long Aotian, but also all the air in the protective cover of the competition stage. Even the sunlight became part of the enemy.

Although no strange phenomenon appeared, in Huo Yuhao's eyes, there was a feeling that the world was changing color.

A fighting skill that combines nature and man?
He raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist. Huo Yuhao's body also trembled slightly, and then a purple light shone from his body.

He himself turned completely purple.

That purple light and shadow was actually his martial soul. Although it was illusory, the moment it appeared, Long Aotian felt that all the pressure he had exerted on Huo Yuhao was borne by this light and shadow.

The golden light and shadow looked somewhat familiar. A giant purple tiger roared towards the sky and blocked Long Aotian's palm head-on.

There was no deafening roar, no earth-shaking tremor, only a slight "puff" sound, like the sound of a bubble bursting.

The moment the two sides came into contact, all the attacks released by Long Aotian seemed to be converged at one point in an instant, turning into a white jade-colored light condensed to the extreme. This light was so dazzling and so sharp, as if it could penetrate everything in the world.

The giant purple tiger faced this fatal blow without dodging or evading. Instead, it roared towards the sky, and the purple light all over its body rolled violently like boiling magma, eventually condensing into a deep vortex in front of it.

This purple vortex exudes a heart-pounding aura, as if it can swallow everything, not even light can escape.

The white jade light and the purple vortex, one is extremely sharp, the other is deep swallowing, the two collided in the air, but strangely did not make any sound.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and space seemed to solidify at this moment. There were only visible ripples, spreading out in all directions with the contact point between the two as the center.

The white jade-colored light continued to penetrate deeper into the purple vortex, but it seemed as if it was stuck in a quagmire and could not move forward. The purple vortex also continued to tremble under the impact of the white jade-colored light, as if it would collapse at any time.

Huo Yuhao stood there without moving, as if he had really turned into a sculpture, without any change. However, the purple light in front of him shattered the next moment the light curtain exploded.

Long Aotian stood there motionless, but his eyes revealed an undisguised surprise. He didn't expect that his attack under the awakening of his martial spirit would be blocked.

Even with Long Aotian's cultivation, he couldn't follow up at the moment when the two sides collided. In the next moment, the purple light condensed again, and the left claw retracted, and the right claw collapsed.

Between the two claws, a vortex with a diameter of only about one foot, but pure golden in color, flew out from the purple light and shadow's hand and crashed straight into Long Aotian.

Long Aotian took a step back, raised his right arm high, and held his palm up like a knife. In an instant, his entire arm and body turned jade-colored. Behind him, a twisted long knife made of compressed air appeared faintly, ready to chop.

"Chi--" a sharp whistle sounded.

The golden vortex shattered, but the white jade blade light was also instantly crushed into powder.

Long Aotian tapped the ground with his toes and slid backwards gracefully, controlling the distance with each step precisely, retreating just half a step.

This seemingly simple collision caused a storm in his heart, and he deeply realized that the danger involved was far greater than the confrontation of soul skills.

He watched the purple light in front of Huo Yuhao shatter again and dissipate into the air, and a hint of doubt arose in his heart.

However, before he could think about it, Huo Yuhao's face turned pale, and his right hand was retracted to his chest like lightning. He clenched his five fingers and then pushed them out suddenly.

Following Huo Yuhao’s movements, the purple light and shadow condensed into shape again. This time, the light and shadow put its hands together in front of its chest, as if it was accumulating some terrifying power.

A murderous aura instantly spread out, covering the entire competition arena, making Long Aotian feel a little nervous.

Although Long Aotian's mental power is not as strong as Huo Yuhao's after he entered the state of unity between man and nature, his perception is even better, especially his sense of crisis, which is extremely acute.

When the purple light once again condensed and took shape in front of Huo Yuhao, Long Aotian felt his heart suddenly contract, as if it was being tightly grasped by an invisible big hand, and breathing became difficult.

Then, his heart began to pump blood frantically again, and all the blood in his body seemed to rush to his head in an instant, making him dizzy.

Every hair on his body stood up, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Despite his cultivation level and the state of unity between man and nature, he actually broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

That feeling is like being stared at by an extremely poisonous snake. If you are not careful, it will take your life in one bite.

"How is this possible? Is this how powerful Contra is?"

Long Aotian was extremely shocked, but he was not consumed by fear. Instead, it aroused his strong desire to survive.

He knew that now was not the time to hesitate and he had to dodge as quickly as possible!

Long Aotian lightly tapped the ground with his toes, and the whole person flew backwards like an arrow, so fast that it was almost impossible to catch with the naked eye.

At the same time, he swung his arms in a big circle in front of him. His originally bronze skin turned completely jade-white at this moment. A layer of faint silver-white light rippled on the surface of his skin, as if it was covered with a layer of holy light.

"Roar--"

A low roar sounded from behind Long Aotian, and a huge silver-white humanoid shadow slowly emerged, perfectly merging with his body. It was his original martial spirit.

"The main body's martial soul has awakened for the second time! It has been used again!" An elder soul master on the viewing platform exclaimed, his tone full of disbelief.

At the moment when Long Aotian finished all this, the purple light in front of Huo Yuhao moved. Its two claws clasped in front of its chest suddenly swung horizontally, and a thin golden light shot out, so fast that it even exceeded the speed of sound.

Wherever the golden light passed, it did not cause the slightest ripple, not even the slightest sound of breaking through the air.

If you don't observe extremely carefully, you won't even be able to see its existence.

At least none of the spectators in the audience saw this flash of golden light.

It was like a glimmer of light in the deepest night, silently cutting through the darkness, but disappearing in an instant, as if it had never appeared. It even seemed to absorb the light refracted by itself. (End of this chapter)