Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting

Chapter 1157: Chapter 1157: Aerial Acrobatics
 

Hu Hongyu was ready, prepared to adopt a tactic akin to grinding, using force against force, slowly to deplete his opponent’s Dragon Power. Relying on his advantage in element and Dragon Power, he intended to secure the final victory.

However, he hadn’t expected that at the start of the match, Lan Xuanyu would choose to soar into the air, flying up instead of launching a direct frontal attack—and without even a probing offensive.

What surprised him even more came next. Under his watchful gaze, in the next instant, Lan Xuanyu’s body was already radiant with golden light. With a shudder, he astonishingly materialized the “Self Body” of the Golden Dragon King True Body in the air.

The high-ranking members of the Dragon Clan actually preferred to fight in human form. For the powerful upper dragons, there wasn’t a significant difference between the human and dragon forms in terms of attack and defense. But due to the smaller size of the human form, it was much more agile, which was advantageous in battles. Revealing one’s Self Body was only chosen for employing certain special combat methods or when Innate Abilities had to be released using the Self Body.

Lan Xuanyu immediately revealing his Self Body upon entering the battle left Hu Hongyu not only astonished but also more cautious and puzzled. The five-color light radiating from his body suddenly intensified. In the next moment, Lan Xuanyu in the sky had already flipped back, bringing with him a fierce wind as he swooped down, directly spearheading an assault on him.

Though Lan Xuanyu wasn’t the largest in size among the competing members of the Dragon Clan, that massive body of his was still over thirty meters in length. Descending from the sky, his speed was exceptionally fast, and his Strength likewise surged.

What Hu Hongyu didn’t know was that for human Soul Masters, displaying their Martial Soul True Body nearly doubled their combat power. This was fundamentally different from their Dragon Clan. Therefore, the Martial Soul True Body state Lan Xuanyu was when he was the strongest.

Precisely because of Hu Hongyu’s strength, the battle had just begun, and Lan Xuanyu had unreservedly unleashed his Martial Soul True Body, aiming for a quick victory.

Hu Hongyu held his Dragonlance at an angle towards the sky, the five-color light blooming from his body and transforming into a huge colorful light pillar as he blasted it towards the sky, meeting Lan Xuanyu’s colossal figure.

In his opinion, with such a massive dragon Self Body, it was simply impossible to dodge the attack of light. He didn’t understand why Lan Xuanyu would transform into his Self Body, but in his opinion, that was definitely a misstep! Wouldn’t losing agility just turn him into an easy target for himself?

As he launched his attack, his feet already shimmered with water light, swiftly sliding to the side to evade Lan Xuanyu’s head-on dive.

But the astonishing scene occurred. Just as the colorful light pillar burst forth from his Dragonlance, the Huge Golden Dragon that was diving down suddenly performed a rolling maneuver to the side. This maneuver was extremely peculiar. With the golden dragon wings folded to the sides of his body, he performed a sideways roll three times in mid-air, a complete one-thousand-and-eighty degrees. This roll carried him dozens of meters away. Then the wings flared open again, and with golden light spouting from behind, not only did it not hinder the diving speed, but the speed was even a bit faster. What’s more, he was directly plunging towards the very direction Hu Hongyu himself was sliding towards.

The five-color light pillar swept through the air in the first instance, completely missing Lan Xuanyu, and he dodged it thoroughly. Meanwhile, the huge golden dragon was already within an arm’s reach.

Startled, Hu Hongyu quickly grasped the midsection of his Dragonlance, spinning it in front of him as the five-color light erupted once again, forming a huge Five-color Light Shield. Blocking in front of himself.

He had ample confidence in his elements. He wasn’t afraid of a head-on collision with the opponent. The only thing to guard against was that intense shock.

But he had learned something from Lan Xuanyu’s opponent yesterday: such shock attacks could not be maintained continuously by Lan Xuanyu. After one use, time was needed to recover.

So, as long as he could block the opponent’s shock once, there would be a chance to win afterwards.

However, another unexpected event took place. Just as the Huge Golden Dragon, with its magnificent momentum descending from the sky, was about to collide with the five-color glow, suddenly, as if encountering some gravitational force, its body in mid-fall abruptly changed direction and plummeted downwards. The colossal body smashed directly onto the ground.

“Hmm?” Hu Hongyu was startled. But that huge golden body had already sprung upwards, and in the next instant of crashing down, it suddenly rose with staggering speed, directly appearing behind him, bypassing the Five-color Light Shield that was his frontal defense.

A thirty-meter-long massive body, yet at this moment it moved as nimbly as a civet cat. All Hu Hongyu could do was to turn around instantly, his colorful light bursting forth.

But still, no attack came from behind, and even when he turned around, he didn’t see his opponent. Lan Xuanyu had seemingly vanished into thin air, not appearing behind him at all.

What was this…

“Roar—” A heaven-shaking dragon roar suddenly erupted from above his head. The terrifying spiritual shock instantly petrified Hu Hongyu, stiffening his entire body. The radiance of his Five-color light began to dissipate clearly.

The other members of the Dragon Clan who were watching this match witnessed an aerial maneuver that left them somewhat dazzled.

When Lan Xuanyu flew over Hu Hongyu’s head and descended behind him, without waiting to land, he beat his wings violently, propelling his body upward. That was why, after turning around, Hu Hongyu hadn’t laid eyes on Xuanyu at all.

And now, Xuanyu was above his head, unleashing a Golden Dragon Roar directly at him.

The bloodline power burst forth in the roar of the Golden Dragon Roar, that immense pressure descending from the heavens along with the innate stress the bloodline power itself brought. Even though Hu Hongyu’s bloodline was strong and his cultivation higher than Lan Xuanyu’s, he was still greatly affected.

At the same time, the huge Golden Dragon descended out of nowhere, spinning as its right wing viciously struck Hu Hongyu’s body.

This time, Hu Hongyu had no way to avoid it, his body still in a rigid state.

But at this moment, this popular contender in the group displayed his own tenacity. The colorful light erupted suddenly, and his human body instantaneously swelled up as if a Five-color Light Sphere had been abruptly inflated.

With a muffled “Bang,” Hu Hongyu’s body was struck, flying sideways, but while he was still in the air, he had already manifested his Five-element Dragon Self Body.

It could be seen clearly that many scales shattered under the strike of the golden dragon wings, and the intense shock made blood splatter from his body. However, by suddenly displaying his Self Body, he managed to avoid his vitals, taking the strike on his right shoulder and dragon wing instead.

The God Annihilating Shock was mercilessly infused, but this time Lan Xuanyu discovered that the opponent’s colorful light provided excellent defense. With the light element as its base, the five elements transformed into a solid shield, entirely in a reflexive state, blocking most of the destructive power of the God Annihilating Shock. Although still in an extremely awkward situation, he didn’t suffer a fatal blow. Only his right dragon wing went limp, making flying obviously a very difficult task.

But in the next instant, Hu Hongyu didn’t pause for half a beat before spewing a stream of Five-color light at Lan Xuanyu.

This breath was an attack launched without a moment’s delay, despite enduring the rampaging force of the shock within his body and sustaining significant injuries.

The strongest point often becomes the weakest, and when Lan Xuanyu executed the God Annihilating Shock, it was also the moment he had to withstand its side effects. As an observer of the previous few matches and today’s opponent, Hu Hongyu had a very accurate grasp of this.

He belonged to the Wild Dragon Clan, not affiliated with any other family. He filled the void of not having any backing power by seizing resources, and he had been through many more battles than the average member of the Dragon Clan. His experience in actual combat was extremely rich.