novelraw Chapter 37 Dai Youheng VS Xu Sanshi and Dai Huabin's Conspiracy
Chapter 37 Dai Youheng VS Xu Sanshi and Dai Huabin's Conspiracy
While seemingly dodging in a disheveled manner, Dai Youheng's mind was racing.
Although he didn't have Huo Yuhao's God-like perspective of shared mental detection, he had roughly deduced the changing patterns of the maze through observation and memory.
Based on Dai Huabin's initial approximate location, he was able to deduce the areas where Dai Huabin was most likely to be at that moment.
His retreat, while fighting, was a detour towards one of the areas with the highest probability of success.
Sure enough, after passing through several constantly changing passages, he sensed a familiar fluctuation of soul power coming from around the corner ahead.
Savage and violent, belonging to the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, but even more sinister, it is Dai Huabin!
Moreover, there was another relatively weak but extremely fast soul power fluctuation beside him, which was obviously Zhu Lu who had already joined him.
Dai Youheng was certain; a crucial step in the plan had arrived.
He abruptly stopped his escape, turned around, and faced Xu Sanshi, who was relentlessly pursuing him. His face revealed a desperate and furious expression, as if he had been driven to the brink of despair, and his voice was deliberately raised a few decibels.
"Senior Xu, we are both core disciples. I respect you as my senior and have repeatedly yielded to you! Yet, because of some unfounded suspicions, you are so aggressive and unwilling to let me go! Since that's the case, then I, Dai Youheng, will no longer tolerate this! Even if I am outmatched, I will fight back!"
His words were less directed at Xu Sanshi and more meant for the person behind the corner.
Sure enough, not far away around the corner, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu were lurking, waiting for their chance to strike.
"It's Dai Youheng!" Zhu Lu's eyes lit up, and she whispered excitedly, "Great opportunity, Hua Bin! He's fighting with someone and seems to be losing. If we launch a sneak attack now, we can easily eliminate him and get revenge!"
A flicker of interest flashed in Dai Huabin's eyes, but he was more composed and cunning than Zhu Lu. He pulled back the restless Zhu Lu and whispered, "Don't rush! Look at the person he's fighting, it seems to be Xu Sanshi from the senior year! That guy is a four-ring Soul Master, known as the best defender in the outer academy, he's very strong."
"Our goal is to finish in the top seven, not to get revenge on Dai Youheng. Xu Sanshi is also a potentially strong competitor."
A sinister smile crept across his face. "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. Let them fight like dogs first! Whether the one left is a battered and bruised Dai Youheng or a heavily exhausted Xu Sanshi, it's all good for us. We can easily eliminate a competitor!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Lu's eyes immediately lit up with admiration. "Hua Bin, you're so smart! We'll just wait for them to weaken each other!"
So the two of them became even more careful to conceal their presence, hiding behind the corner, ready to reap the benefits.
Meanwhile, the battle ahead, or rather, Dai Youheng's one-sided theatrical resistance, had broken out again.
Xu Sanshi ignored what Dai Youheng said. Seeing him stop, he roared and charged forward, brandishing the Xuanming Shield. Dark light flowed across the black shield, and the force was immense!
Dai Youheng parried and dodged.
The Shadow Tiger's claws collided with the Xuanming Shield, producing a dull thud. He seemed to be at a disadvantage, but he always managed to avoid the heavy blows at the most crucial moments.
Outside, on the high platform.
Old Master Xuan gulped down a mouthful of wine, his eyes blurry with drunkenness as he watched the scene on the screen where Xu Sanshi was chasing and beating Dai Youheng. He shook his head. "That kid Xu Sanshi, he's got talent, and he's even mastered the Xuanming Shield to a certain extent, but his brain just turns to mush when it comes to Jiang Nannan. Instead of hurrying to the central area to secure a spot, why is he arguing with a second-year kid?"
Yan Shaozhe sighed helplessly, "Your temperament still needs tempering. Being swayed by emotions and losing your composure will make it difficult to achieve great things."
Although he admired Dai Youheng's decisive and ruthless fighting style just now, he didn't think that a three-ring Soul Master could last long against the enraged four-ring Xu Sanshi.
Qian Duoduo chuckled, "I think that kid named Dai Youheng is quite interesting. Despite the huge difference in strength, he's as slippery as an eel. Xu Sanshi really won't be able to take him down anytime soon."
Faced with Xu Sanshi's relentless onslaught, Dai Youheng appeared disheveled, but in reality, every step he took was precisely calculated. He stopped dodging and began to look for an opportunity to counterattack.
"First Soul Skill, Demonic Tiger Body! Third Soul Skill, Shadow Boiling!"
With a low growl, Dai Youheng simultaneously activated two amplification soul skills! The phantom of the Evil Shadow Tiger behind him became even more solid, and the dark shadow patterns around its body seemed to come alive as it wriggled, and a violent and cold aura suddenly erupted!
Strength, speed, defense, soul power, and mental power instantly increased by 150% with the combination of the two soul skills!
"Hmm?" On the high platform outside, Elder Xuan, who had been languidly lounging around, suddenly sat up straight. A glint of light flashed in his hazy, drunken eyes. "Activating two amplifying soul skills at the same time? The superimposed effect is so significant? This kid's soul control and soul skill combos are quite interesting. This Evil Shadow Demon Tiger truly lives up to its reputation as a variant of the White Tiger soul."
Xu Sanshi also felt the sudden increase in pressure from his opponent, but he was extremely confident in his defense and roared, "First Soul Skill, Xuanming Tremor!"
He slammed the Xuanming Shield into the ground, and a powerful shockwave mixed with a mental impact spread out from him, attempting to knock Dai Youheng back and make him dizzy.
However, just before the shockwave struck, Dai Youheng's figure vanished into the shadows beside him like a ghost, narrowly avoiding a direct impact, though he was swayed by the aftershock.
"It can actually blend into the shadows? Troublesome!" Xu Sanshi cursed under his breath, immediately changing his strategy. "Second Soul Skill, Xuanming Shield Formation!"
The Xuanming Shield in his hand emitted a bright black light, instantly disintegrating into several smaller shields that surrounded his body, forming a three-dimensional defensive formation with no blind spots.
"Let's see how you break through my defenses!"
Dai Youheng's eyes were cold, and he did not choose to confront the seemingly indestructible shield formation head-on.
He took a deep breath, and his right palm quietly turned as black as ink. An extremely concentrated palm force, containing the intent of penetration and destruction, was brewing in his palm. It was a modified palm technique that incorporated the essence of the Snow Emperor's "Emperor's Palm - Great Cold Without Snow"!
He moved swiftly, closing in on Xu Sanshi's shield formation like lightning. It seemed like they were going to clash head-on, but at the moment of contact, his palm strike didn't explode, but instead, it was like a venomous snake spitting out its power!
"puff!"
A soft thud. The palm strike, which had gathered 250% of Dai Youheng's power and contained penetrating force, ignored the physical defense of the Xuanming Shield Formation. A cold and eerie shadow palm force, as if striking a cow through a mountain, penetrated through layers of shields and directly slammed into Xu Sanshi's body behind it!
"Ugh!" Xu Sanshi groaned, feeling a cold, tearing force explode in his internal organs. His blood and qi surged, and his soul power stagnates for a moment. The surrounding shield formation also became slightly disordered.