RNP Chapter 26 Completely Convinced
Chapter 26 Completely Convinced
Xiao Chen's performance amazed the four spectators.
Normally, there is a time interval between releasing a soul skill, but Xiao Chen's release of soul skills is completely unrestricted.
Each arrow he shoots is imbued with a soul skill, and the same soul skill can be released consecutively.
"Brother, if it were you, could you break through Xiao Chen's arrow barrage?" Hu Liena asked.
"It'll be difficult!" Xie Yue said. "But even if I manage to get past him, Xiao Chen's speed is not slow. If he uses that speed-up soul skill, plus the interference from the arrows, I definitely won't be able to get close to him!"
Xie Yue had personally witnessed Xiao Chen use "Shadow Step Swift Movement," and under normal circumstances, Xie Yue was confident that he could catch up.
However, Xie Yue knew perfectly well that he could not keep up with the speed that Xiao Chen had unleashed at the last moment in the Star Dou Great Forest a few days ago in order to escape the lightning pattern.
"With the distance between us, Xiao Chen's lethality is just too great! Luckily, he's our teammate now!" Xie Yue said with great relief.
As a member of the Spirit Hall's golden generation, Xie Yue was always arrogant and never took the top talents of his generation from various universities across the continent seriously.
But since meeting Xiao Chen, his innate arrogance has been largely suppressed.
He knew perfectly well that since the Douluo Continent could produce such a heaven-defying genius as Xiao Chen, there were probably many other top geniuses who were no less than himself hidden in it.
Hu Liena felt the same way.
Xiao Chen's appearance was like a wake-up call, shattering the long-held sense of superiority of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.
The once arrogant and disdainful prodigies of the Spirit Hall have now all restrained their pride and dare not look down on any of their peers.
The battle between Xiao Chen and Yan continues.
Yan knew that if this dragged on, he would definitely be worn down by Xiao Chen, so he directly activated his first soul skill - Hell Magma Rush.
The scorching magma enveloped Yan's entire body, and the ground was slightly heated by the high temperature. Yan transformed into a violent crimson torrent, carrying scalding heat waves, and rushed straight towards Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen's arrow collided with the gushing torrent of lava. The moment it made contact, it was instantly scorched, melted, and disintegrated by the terrifying heat, unable to provide even the slightest resistance.
Yan's first soul skill has a limited attack range and cannot pose a threat to Xiao Chen, who is more than 100 meters away. Therefore, Xiao Chen does not need to waste his soul power by fighting him head-on.
Yan unleashed his first soul skill, successfully advancing more than forty meters forward. As soon as the soul skill's effect ended, an arrow imbued with 'brute force,' 'penetration,' and 'speed boost' arrived in front of Yan.
Xiao Chen's timing was extremely precise, and Yan had no time to react, so he could only activate his second soul skill—Granite Rock—to withstand the arrow.
Using his rock armor, Yan continued to charge forward, determined to break through by relying on his defenses.
The armor was made of hard, thick granite, and the inner layer was filled with high-temperature lava fire. Even if Xiao Chen used his soul skill to fuse with it, he could not break through its defense.
Moreover, Yan's second soul skill provides full-body defense, leaving no openings.
However, correspondingly, while maintaining the rock armor state, Yan's speed decreased significantly, and his soul power consumption was also very high. Even without external interference, he could only maintain this state for three to five minutes at most.
Bibi Dong forbids Xiao Chen from using Soul Ring Sharing in front of anyone, so his current attack methods are indeed unable to break through Yan's defense.
However, although the rock armor is a full-body cover, the key protected areas are naturally the head, neck, heart and other important parts, so there are still weak points.
After identifying Yan's weak point in defense, Xiao Chen did not hesitate and fired five arrows in quick succession. The arrows were imbued with both brute force and penetrating power, precisely aiming at the weak point of the rock armor.
Although these five arrows were insufficient to tear through the rock layers and break through the defenses, they could continuously vibrate the armor with their powerful penetrating impact, forcing Yan to consume additional soul power to stabilize the armor, thereby increasing Yan's soul power consumption and compressing the maintenance time of the rock armor.
Yan knew that his rock armor had a weak point, which was to conserve his soul power, but he did not expect that Xiao Chen would discover this weakness so quickly.
Fortunately, he could still circulate his soul power, mobilize the rock armor in real time, and temporarily shift the defensive focus to make up for the weaknesses in the armor.
However, to Yan's surprise, every time he adjusted his defensive weaknesses, Xiao Chen could quickly pinpoint them.
Originally, Yan Shao's rock armor, which could withstand Xiao Chen's arrows for three minutes, was shortened to one minute.
The moment the rock armor dissipated, Yan was only about eighty meters away from Xiao Chen. He immediately used his first soul skill again—Hell Magma Rush—and closed in by more than thirty meters.
At this moment, he was only about fifty meters away from Xiao Chen, still not within the optimal attack range.
However, Yan couldn't care less about that anymore; he immediately activated his third soul skill—Hellfire.
He stomped his foot on the ground, and the earth instantly cracked. Red flames erupted from the ground, forming a vast sea of fire that spread towards Xiao Chen.
This move by Yan was not intended to attack Xiao Chen, but rather to use the flames to block his vision and, with the smoke and dust as a barrier, steadily close the distance between them.
Once Xiao Chen entered the attack range of his fourth soul skill, he activated it without hesitation – Lava Turbulence.
He slammed his fists into the ground, channeling his soul power into the earth. Crimson magma erupted from the ground, instantly engulfing Xiao Chen.
Yan only wanted to trap Xiao Chen with the gushing lava, but suddenly realized that Xiao Chen's figure had somehow distanced himself from him, just out of the range of the churning lava.
Yan then remembered that Xie Yue had mentioned Xiao Chen's speed was very fast.
"I never expected that even after using all four of my soul skills, I couldn't even touch the hem of Xiao Chen's clothes!" Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly, then deactivated his fourth soul skill.
"I'm not fighting anymore, I admit defeat!" Yan was very decisive. Although he had some strength left, he was very clear that even if he tried his best, he could not get close to Xiao Chen.
Despite possessing formidable strength, he was unable to even touch his opponent, making the fight incredibly frustrating.
"You flatter me!" Xiao Chen stepped forward and clasped his hands in greeting.
Yan waved his hand, admitting he was completely convinced of the outcome of the battle.
"No wonder His Holiness the Pope made an exception and accepted you as his disciple!" Yan said, looking at Xiao Chen.
"Just lucky!" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"Don't be modest. You are indeed more suitable for Nana than I am. Her charm skills combined with your ranged attacks are probably comparable to the spirit fusion skill that Xie Yue and she used!" Yan suddenly felt relieved.
He then added, "But I won't give up; we'll compete fairly."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen quickly explained, "Brother Yan, please don't misunderstand. My senior sister and I are just fellow disciples; we have no other relationship!"
He had barely finished explaining when Hu Liena's voice came from the side: "Junior brother, what do you mean? You look down on your senior sister?"
"Uh..." Xiao Chen felt embarrassed for a moment, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others immediately burst into laughter.
"Hehe... Junior brother, I'm just teasing you. But you have to promise your senior sister that if you figure out the secret to that soul skill fusion, you must teach your senior sister first!" Hu Liena said with a smile.
"No problem!" Xiao Chen nodded.