Crawling back to his feet, Lei Qian glared menacingly at his opponent as his body trembled from the boiling rage within. On his stomach, the Soul Energy that was gutted had already been patched up. The Soul Energy engulfing his body was denser and darker, in a much deeper shade of purple than before.

“Humiliation, what a humiliation.” Clutching his fist, Lei Qian’s veins popped on his neck as his face flushed crimson. He bellowed, “Lin Qian, well done. You have angered me successfully. Now, I will rip you apart as a reward!”

After he thundered, Lei Qian had turned maniacal. His entire body’s Lighting Attribute Soul Energy went berserk, crackling around him threateningly.

In an instant, he bent over slightly, piercing like a laser, in a beeline to Lin Qian.

As the Lightning hissed increasingly, Lei Qian zoomed over at breakneck speed. His fist packed with power, swinging straight at Lin Qian’s smirking face.

His fist was just like a purple lance, rushing straight to Lin Qian’s swirling pure white Soul Energy. In the blink of an eye, he was already an inch away.

Alas, like the distance between the Heavens and Earth, it was unsurpassable.

For at that moment, a foot had already dug into his torso.

Dong!

A deep rumble resounded. Just from the explosive volume, the power-packed into Lin Qian’s kick was evident.

Taking that foot head-on, Lei Qian could feel his chest tighten, his lungs wheezing and hyperventilating.

“Hmm…. I guess you aren’t as fast as you think…” In Lin Qian’s eyes, Soul Energy glimmered as he snorted.

Zhuge Ming had led the Tiangong Ministry in cutting edge research, fusing Soul Skills and the Buffs from the game world. From this, they had invented Power Up Soul Skills.

Discernment increases sight, observation and analysis.

Building on Lei Qian’s battered state from the kick, Lin Qian slammed his feet into the ground, flying forward like the wind. Instantly, he had caught up with Lei Qian, who was slamming backwards.

Rush brought about max speed for the user from the moment of movement.

Acceleration increased his movement speed by 10%.

Innately, Lin Qian had a robust physique and dense Soul Energy. Now, owing to the 2 Power Up Soul Skills, his movement speed compared to Lei Qian…

Was far superior.

“Bastard!” Being kicked up into the air, Lei Qian was quivering in shame and anger. His purple Lightning Soul Energy crackles and morphed into a Spear. As he landed and stabilized himself, he shot it towards Lin Qian, who was quickly closing in.

As the lightning spear rushed into his face, Lin Qian seemed indifferent to the impending doom. Casually, be slammed a fist into the spear, meeting brute force with brute force.

When the purple Lightning crashed onto Lin Qian’s soul energy, a majority of the static slipped around the Pure White Soul Energy, dissipated like stardust behind him.

The remaining electricity was blown into dust by Lin Qian’s forceful fist, unable to even scratch the Soul Energy Shield Lin Qian had.

Most shockingly, amongst the Pure Lightning that was blown apart, a segment of it rushed back at Lei Qian.

Insulation, the one and only choice for battles against Lightning Attributed Soul Energy.

Iron Defense increases Lin Qian’s defence and added counters attacks, returning a favour to the assailant.

“Impossible!” Deflecting the counter-attack, Lei Qian lost all his confidence, pompous composure, screaming aloud crazily.

While he was still lost in his maniacal screech, Lin Qian had already appeared in front of him. Without a second thought, he slammed another fist straight into Lei Qian’s face.

The Soul Energy Barrier provided no form of defense, crumbling like sand under the impact.

The Power Up Skills boosted Lin Qian’s innately overpowering physique and Soul Energy by leaps and bounds, almost doubling this already overbearing strength. Then, Exponential Blessing’s effects kicked in. Multiplying the Buffs by a few folds.

Not to mention, Lin Qian’s 9 Round Nirvana was different. He did the cultivation under the help of the Nirvana Flame Tempering, unlike the conventional Practitioners. The ignited Soul Energy was not wasted but maximized fully.

Now, both the quantity and quality of Lin Qian’s Soul Energy was far above his peers within the same stage.

Moreover, his physique was refined continuously by his own Soul Energy and the Soul Energy, which was transformed from the Heaven and Earth Energy surging from Heaven’s Slit. His body then went through fortification under Nirvana Flame Tempering.

Now, he was basically a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex. Under the boost of the Power Up Soul Skills, he was a Godly, humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex, crowned with 9 Golden Halos, possessing the strength of 2 monsters in one body.

Facing an opponent of this calibre, Lei Qian foolishly chose not to use his Infused Vitality Equipment and fought with bare hands. His idiocy was as good as having his brains juiced twice.

Bam! Boom! Pow!

On the Deathbattle Arena, thunderous impacts boomed. Lei Qian had been entirely pinned down into a one-sided plummeting by Lin Qian.

In the arena, Lin Qian had circulated his Soul Energy to the maximum, roaring punches rained onto Lei Qian like a storm. In between the torrential downpour of punches, kicks whipped in like the occasional clasping of Lightning and Thunder.

Around the arena, all of the spectating Universal Phenomenon Sect disciples, be it Named, Inner or Outer, were dumbfounded.

It was unbelievable. The invulnerable Lei Qian was caught in the onslaught of attacks from Lin Qian, juggled in mid-air, never touching the ground even once.

Who would have expected, the Lin Qian who everyone believed was a dead man walking, had battered Lei Qian so quickly, leaving no room for a turnover. What’s more, he was just a Materialized Vitality Stage. While he may have completed the 9 Round Nirvana, he was still stuck at the Materialized Vitality Stage.

In front of a Nirvana Stage Practitioner like Lei Qian, he should be weak and pitiful, easily pierced through like tofu.

“What the hell. Lin Qian, is he a reincarnation of a Soul Beast?”

“Peerless in the Materialized Vitality Stage? I think he’s almost invincible in the Nirvana Stage!”

“What the fuck… how strong will be if he successfully breakthrough? What a shame…”

All of the Inner disciples sent from other factions sighed in shock and empathy for Lin Qian.

“ARGHHH! Enough!” On the stage, Lei Qian’s cumulated rage and embarrassment ignited. What was the difference between being juggled by attacks in mid-air and a public lynching? How could a man of his status be subjected to such embarrassing cruelty?

In a fit of anger, Lei Qian outstretched his arms and a gigantic sphere of Lightning Soul Energy. The sudden ejection of Soul Energy forced Lin Qian back momentarily, retreating multiple steps.

This move from Lei Qian drained him of a majority of his Soul Energy. However, it was a good trade-off. He had finally rid himself of the malicious cycle of mid-air juggling and pummeling.

Having fallen back, Lin Qian landed back on the ground. Before long, he had stamped hard, vanishing into a flash of motion blur, crashing head-on with the electrical sphere barrier.

“Oh, no! Lin Qian you rascal! He has gotten overconfident!” Watching Lin Qian dive headfirst back into the giant sphere, Qin Wushuang muttered heavily under his breath.

At that same time, all of the Inner Disciples were also shocked down to the core. Is Lin Qian going crazy?

The Outer Disciples may not recognize this move, but this move was famous with all of the Inner Disciples and every member on the arbitration platform.

The Thunder Shield, one of the strongest and sturdiest defence techniques available in the Lightning Attribute users. Upon activation, half of the user’s Soul Energy would drain in instants, in exchange for a Sturdy Barrier.

While it was a defensive technique, the Thunder Shield hid an immense destructive power.

Slamming into the Thunder Shield straight without thought would only result in an ending of a pile of ashes.

On the arbitration platform, after watching his grandson get trampled over, Lei Heng had been quiet and sullen, keeping a sombre face throughout. Now, seeing the Lightning Technique, his face lit up and laughed disdainfully: “HAHA! Arrogant and insolent brat!”

Unbeknownst to them, when Lin Qian was about to hit the thunder Shield, a red-gold spark crackled at the tip of his Soul Energy.

BAM!

Deafening collision sounded, followed by the sound of shatters and cracks.

On the stage, Lin Qian has stopped in front of Lei Qian, smirking contemptuously and arrogantly.

Watching the massive turn of events, the spectators were dumbstruck. On the arbitration platform, Lei Heng stupefied, and Qin Wushuang’s jaws dropped. The eternal cold, stoic expression of the disciplinary elders also showed a startled look, the facial expression he had made in some time.

On the contrary, Wei Wushuang laughed.

Within the Disciples, all of them were scared silly. Suddenly, a comment sounded from the first to pull himself together: “What the fuck. He fucking cracked the Thunder Shield with his body…Is Lin Qian even human?”