Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 25 The Sword-wielding Mage

The moment Lu Jun unleashed his Ice Abyss Sword, hundreds of ice shards suddenly condensed around the blade.

These icicles were not stationary; rather, they burst open along the trajectory of the strikes as if they were alive.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Dense ice explosions erupted around Huo Yuhao, each explosion sending out sharp ice crystal fragments.

Huo Yuhao barely managed to dodge the ice explosion.

He turned his head to avoid the main sword's edge, but his left shoulder was slashed by three bloody marks from the splattering ice crystals.

As Huo Yuhao stepped back to dodge the ice spikes protruding from the ground, his trouser legs were frozen into ice shards by the bursting cold air.

"Is the mental detection being interfered with?" someone in the spectator room exclaimed.

"It seems that wide-range soul skills are indeed more effective against this type of soul master."

Indeed, these unpredictable ice explosions were disrupting Huo Yuhao's predictions.

Whenever he tries to avoid an icicle, a new ice trap will suddenly explode in the adjacent area.

Lu Jun kept swinging the Ice Abyss Sword, each strike aimed at Huo Yuhao's vital points, making it even harder for Huo Yuhao to defend himself.

Human bodily functions have limits.

There is a limit to the number of times you can dodge.

As long as Lu Jun's attack frequency exceeds the number of times Huo Yuhao can dodge, there is a chance that he will hit Huo Yuhao.

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to retreat to the edge of the battlefield, a strange blue light suddenly flashed in Lu Jun's eyes.

He also channeled his mental energy and used his most proficient move against Huo Yuhao.

Mental shock!

An invisible mental shock pierced Huo Yuhao's brow.

The attack came too suddenly, and in addition, he had to dodge Lu Jun's sword, as well as various ice spikes and icicles in the environment.

Huo Yuhao had no intention of dodging and took the blow head-on.

"Humph."

Huo Yuhao groaned, and blood began to flow from his seven orifices.

Lu Jun's mental strength is not bad.

After all, he was a swordsman who appeared to be wielding a sword but was actually a mage.

A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of Huo Yuhao's mouth.

Worse still, his breathing became heavy, each exhale carrying tiny ice crystals.

Frost clung to her eyelashes, and her fingertips were slightly bluish.

This is a sign that the cold poison has penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

The cold energy lurking in his meridians was eroding the speed of his soul power circulation.

The longer he stayed under Lu Jun's domain, the more he sensed, even with mental detection, that there was more and more cold poison in his body.

He will die if the cold poison accumulates to a certain level.

Huo Yuhao had just checked his physical condition when he saw that Lu Jun had already pulled away from him to the furthest distance.

Clearly, Lu Jun's strategy is very simple.

Can't you use mental detection?

Fortunately, by covering the entire battlefield with his domain, Huo Yuhao wouldn't be able to hide even if there were mental detection.

Moreover, the cold poison erodes everything within the area along with the cold air, so even if you know it, it's very difficult to avoid.

Someone like Huo Yuhao can't hold out for long.

If he delays any longer, the cold poison will erupt, and that will be the moment of his death.

So Lu Jun just dragged things out.

Huo Yuhao switched his martial soul back to the Spirit Eye. Without the protection of the Ice Jade Scorpion, his body began to freeze faster.

However, the golden light in his eyes flickered uncertainly in the icy mist, and the cold poison in his body had already eroded his heart meridian. If he dragged this out any longer, he would surely be defeated.

"We have no choice but to gamble on this final blow."

He suddenly stopped and stopped dodging the icicles flying everywhere.

He pressed his right fingertips against his temple, veins bulging on his forehead, and the golden light of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul instantly surged to a blinding level. In that instant, the entire virtual battlefield trembled.

Huo Yuhao's burst of spiritual power was compressed into a solid golden beam of light, which shot towards Lu Jun.

This is a desperate, all-or-nothing attack.

A mental shock that is released in full force.

"Well done!"

Lu Jun had anticipated this. He plunged the Ice Abyss Sword into the ground, and his third soul ring fully bloomed for the first time. A dragon-shaped phantom formed of ice crystals shot up from behind him. That was his Ice Dragon Soul Spirit, fighting alongside him.

The ice dragon spirit used its crystal-clear dragon wings to wrap Lu Jun in an ice-blue cocoon.

At the same time, his mental energy also condensed into a shield between his eyebrows, forming a double defense against the destructive golden light.

The shockwave from the collision of the two spiritual forces blasted a giant crater ten meters in diameter in the center of the battlefield.

The illusory ice dragon let out a painful roar, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on its wings.

Huo Yuhao's mental attack actually penetrated the soul's defense, and the aftershocks slammed into Lu Jun's forehead like a heavy hammer.

"puff."

Having withstood Huo Yuhao's full-force attack, Lu Jun bled from all seven orifices, but a wild smile curved his bloodied lips.

His right hand never left the Ice Abyss Sword stuck in the ground.

At the very moment their mental energies clashed, the second soul ring on the sword had already been lit up for some time.

"I won."

The moment the soul skill was released, Huo Yuhao's body suddenly froze. He looked down at his chest and saw countless ice-blue patterns spreading wildly under his skin.

The long-dormant cold poison now transformed into sharp ice blades that pierced out from within the body.

His skin cracked inch by inch. Huo Yuhao's right arm was the first to explode with ice flowers, followed by his left leg, abdomen, and finally even his neck, which was pierced with crystal-clear ice spikes.

He tried to suppress the cold poison with his last bit of mental strength, only to find that what flowed through his meridians was no longer blood, but solidified ice shards.

Lu Jun staggered to his feet, wiped the blood from his face, and watched Huo Yuhao die.

The outcome is decided.

Huo Yuhao's chest began to explode, and a long sword made entirely of ice pierced out from his heart.

"Battle over, winner: Lu Jun."

The moment the electronic voice faded, the entire viewing hall fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone's expression froze, their eyes wide open, their mouths slightly agape, yet no sound came out.

Even the sound of breathing seemed to have disappeared.

Even Leng Yulai, at this moment, had her red lips parted, her jaw almost dropping to the ground, her pupils contracted sharply, and her beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief.

In the monitoring room at the top of the Spirit Pagoda, Qian Gu Dongfeng suddenly stood up from his seat.

The usually composed tower master of the Spirit Transmission Tower was now pressing his hands firmly on the table, his knuckles turning white from the force.

His eyes were glued to the screen, and the muscles in his face twitched slightly.

"The first person in ten thousand years to defeat a Spirit Ice Douluo of the same level..."

His voice was trembling.

Qian Gu Dongfeng originally just wanted to see how his grandson performed in the triennial assessment.

It turned out there were actually some experts.

Huo Yuhao from the first ring can be ignored because he is not included in the calculation.

After the second ring, Huo Yuhao's artificial AI function is extremely abnormal. It was personally created by Huo Yuhao's ancestor ten thousand years ago, who turned his life's experience and skills into data and preserved it to this day.

The purpose is to train more talents in the Spirit Pagoda and pass on their experience and skills.

But ten thousand years have passed, and none of Huo Yuhao's ancestors, from the second to the eighth ring, have been able to defeat him.

Even using battle armor won't work.

The other staff members in the monitoring room were also frozen in place. Some of them didn't even notice that their coffee cups had tilted, and brown liquid was dripping down the edge of the table.

A full ten seconds passed before Qian Gu Dongfeng suddenly came to his senses. His eyes instantly sharpened, and he said sternly:
"Seal all combat data and seal it all away. Furthermore, everyone must keep this strictly confidential and not allow it to be revealed!"

"This child, Lu Jun, must not be known to anyone else."

(End of this chapter)