Douluo Continent: The Ruler of Time, Reigning Supreme

Chapter 78: One-hit kill
The oppressive aura of the Netherworld White Tiger has already surpassed the realm of a Soul Venerable.

Gu Yuena's purple eyes narrowed slightly, and seven-colored light began to gather around her.

Ye Guyi also raised the Angelic Holy Sword high, its sacred fire burning fiercely, ready to go all out and confront this legendary Martial Soul Fusion Technique head-on.

However, Yin Chen, standing at the very front, remained calm in his eyes.

In his eyes, the illusory clock's pupils suddenly spun faster, emitting a faint golden glow.

The enormous figure of the Netherworld White Tiger rapidly magnified in his pupils, a foul stench filled the air, and sharp claws were about to strike him.

At this critical moment——

An invisible slash suddenly appeared in the path of the Netherworld White Tiger's charge, as if it had been destined to appear there from the beginning, silently sweeping past the Netherworld White Tiger's massive body.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

The next second, to everyone's disbelief, the mighty Netherworld White Tiger, like a burst bubble, collapsed instantly without any resistance, turning into countless black and white specks of light and vanishing into nothingness.

As the light faded, two figures were revealed—Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu crashed heavily onto the arena. Both were deathly pale, spitting blood, and their breaths were extremely weak.

The backlash from the forced breaking of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was terrifying, instantly draining their soul power and physical strength, and causing serious internal injuries.

Dai Huabin struggled to lift his upper body, his eyes filled with resentment and deep confusion. He stared intently at Yin Chen, who still stood calmly, and with his last strength, asked with difficulty:
"what is that?"

Yin Chen slowly lowered the finger that had been raised at some point, and the light of his first spirit ring went out again. He calmly met Dai Huabin's gaze and responded indifferently:
"First Soul Skill, Dream Bubble".

From the very beginning of the battle, every step he took and every seemingly meaningless wave of his hand had already left an invisible "mark" on the ring.

When the Netherworld White Tiger pounced with terrifying power, he activated his soul skill, which reproduced the "slash" phenomenon that had already occurred in the "past".

Once a phenomenon is identified, its outcome is irreversible, no matter how strong the defenses in between are.

The intensity of the strike itself may be negligible, but the "result" it represents—the fact that "the strike cuts through the air"—is forcibly reproduced and completed.

This is not a clash of forces, but an irreversible fact.

On the stands, Yan Shaozhe suddenly stood up, his usual gentle smile replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.

With his cultivation as a Title Douluo, he only felt an extremely strange power fluctuation in that instant. The appearance of that slash was completely untraceable, yet it carried an undeniable "inevitability" that made even a Super Douluo like him feel a chill.

"What kind of soul skill is it?"

He muttered to himself, his gaze towards Yin Chen filled with deep shock and curiosity.

What happened in the ring was beyond the comprehension of most people.

A second ago, the legendary Netherworld White Tiger descended with overwhelming ferocity. The terrifying fluctuations of its soul power even caused the arena's protective shield to tremble violently, making many spectators turn pale and feel a chill in their hearts—such power was probably something even a newly-entered Soul King wouldn't dare to withstand head-on.

However, the next second.

There was no earth-shattering collision, no explosive burst of energy.

With just a single, seemingly illusory, slash that appeared out of nowhere, the arrogant Netherworld White Tiger instantly disintegrated and vanished, like a reflection in water wiped away by an invisible giant hand.

Fast, too fast!
From the appearance of the Netherworld White Tiger to its collapse, the entire process was as swift as lightning, and the climax came to an abrupt end.

Many people's minds are still stuck in the shock brought by the Netherworld White Tiger, and they have not been able to keep up with the rapidly changing reality.

Dead silence.

The entire assessment area fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone clearly saw that the moment the Netherworld White Tiger pounced, the yellow, first-ever spirit ring on Yin Chen's body lit up. But... his first spirit skill?

How could a mere hundred-year-old soul ring grant a first soul skill that could instantly shatter a martial soul fusion skill, the Netherworld White Tiger, whose power rivals that of a Soul King?!
This completely violates the common sense and power system generally accepted in the Soul Master world.

"Fa...what happened?"

"Where's the Netherworld White Tiger? Why is it gone?"

"I think I saw Yin Chen's first spirit ring light up..."

"The first soul skill defeated the Netherworld White Tiger? What a joke, that was only a hundred-year soul skill."

Whispers spread like wildfire from the stands, filled with bewilderment, confusion, and disbelief.

The trainees looked at each other, all seeing the same confusion in each other's eyes.

They could understand that Yin Chen's team could suppress Dai Huabin's team with sheer strength, but they couldn't understand this bizarre scene before them at all.

The teachers' seats were filled with the same astonishment and doubt.

Several highly accomplished teachers frowned, trying hard to recall the details of what had just happened.

"Director Du, did you see it clearly? What exactly was that?"

One of the teachers couldn't help but whisper a question to Du Weiren beside him.

Du Weiren's expression was solemn as he slowly shook his head:

"The Soul Ring Fluctuation is undoubtedly the number one Soul Skill... but its effect... is unheard of."

Even he, a Contra Master, couldn't fully comprehend the strangeness of that moment.

At this moment, the focus of everyone's attention, apart from the composed and independent Yin Chen on the arena, was Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy, on the high platform.

"Dreamlike Illusion... Can it recreate past phenomena and make them an inevitable reality? What a terrifying rule-based soul skill."

As a Super Douluo, Yan Shaozhe overheard Yin Chen and Dai Huabin's conversation and learned the name of this soul skill.

At the same time, we also roughly figured out the effects of Yin Chen's soul skills.

"This child..."

Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incredibly profound.

"We must pay close attention to him; his potential may be far more terrifying than we previously assessed."

On the arena, the medical team teachers quickly took to the field and carried Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, who were suffering from depleted soul power and severe backlash injuries, away for treatment.

Looking at her teammates who had been defeated in an instant, and then at Yin Chen on the other side, whose clothes were not even disheveled, Cui Yajie's charming face was filled with only blankness and fear.

Gu Yuena gave Yin Chen a deep look, a hint of understanding and... a subtle sense of seriousness flashing in her purple eyes.

She seemed to understand the meaning behind Yin Chen's move better than others.

Ye Guyi, her face beaming with excitement, strode over to Yin Chen and patted him forcefully on the shoulder:

"Well done, Yin Chen, that move of yours was amazing. But next time, could you please give us a heads-up? You made Gu Yuebai and me nervous."

Yin Chen simply smiled slightly at this, offering no further explanation.

(End of this chapter)