Violent lightning rampaged through the crowd, launching indiscriminate attacks at all members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Battle Team.
"Hmm, partial dragonification? Is that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul?" As Yu Tianheng activated his partial dragonification, Yu Tianlong's face revealed a flash of surprise.
But the surprise vanished instantly, and he quickly regained his composure, his gaze becoming cold again.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul was no longer what it once was, and Yu Tianlong had long heard that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon wasn't unique to their Heaven Dragon Sect.
Although he found Yu Tianheng's strength a bit lacking, it was normal for martial soul owners to vary in power.
Take their Heaven Dragon Sect, for example—not only he possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, but among the current generation, he was undoubtedly the strongest.
Yu Tianheng was panting heavily, his body covered in charred marks.
Moments earlier, he had used all his strength to block most of the black lightning ball's attack. If not for his own lightning attribute, that strike alone might have seriously injured him.
Yet his eyes were still full of disbelief.
After all, his martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—one of the top beast martial souls with the lightning attribute. But now, he was actually injured by the opponent's lightning. Clearly, their lightning power surpassed his.
Thanks to the full protection of her teammates, Ye Lingling remained unscathed, with Yu Feng and Oslo blocking in front of her.
Ye Lingling's Nine-Hearted Begonia in her hand radiated a pink-white healing light, rapidly spreading to envelop her teammates.
In an instant, the injuries of Yu Tianheng and the others began to heal visibly.
If Shi Mo and Shi Mo's brother hadn't been instantly killed, Ye Lingling could have restored them to peak condition as well.
"What is this?!" Witnessing this scene, Yu Tianlong and his companions' faces changed drastically, their eyes filled with shock as they looked at Ye Lingling.
"Those injuries healed in the blink of an eye! Boss, this healing soul master is really powerful!"
Xing Yan, the vice-captain of Heaven Dragon Sect's team, was also a Soul King with a Fire Dragon martial soul.
He looked at Ye Lingling with undisguised desire.
"I've changed my mind. You can keep your supplies, and I'll let you go revive your teammates. But she must stay to serve us until the competition ends."
Yu Tianlong pointed directly at Ye Lingling, his gaze equally fervent.
Having such a powerful healer in the team would greatly increase their fault tolerance—he wouldn't let this chance slip away.
Frightened by the intense and aggressive stares from Yu Tianlong and Xing Yan, Ye Lingling hurriedly hid behind her teammates, seeking protection.
"These guys are really cunning! They're even trying to form illegal alliances," muttered March 7th, who had been watching the drama unfold with interest not far away.
"Xiao Ming never banned teaming up. Maybe that's exactly what he wants to see!" Robin blinked, not surprised at all.
She had expected that in such a competition, some would think of ways to cooperate—after all, it was a logical move, and the rules didn't forbid it.
This kind of competition was meant to be full of uncertainties.
Aside from the more upright teams, most people considered alliances.
Of course, this kind of cooperation usually only appeared in the early stages.
The champion's rewards were just too tempting. Even allies would inevitably turn on each other at the end, knife in the back for the prize.
But Yu Tianlong's method—forcing someone to surrender their teammate through threats—was also a tactic.
"Absolutely not!" Dugu Yan flatly refused, even knowing they'd lose. She would never hand Ye Lingling over.
Yu Tianheng also shook his head. As captain, trading away a teammate for leniency was a failure in his eyes—he couldn't accept it.
"If you refuse, then we'll settle this right here."
Yu Tianlong was never patient. Seeing their resolute refusal, he resolved to eliminate the Heaven Dou Imperial Battle Team.
Thunder roared instantly as Yu Tianlong unleashed his spirit and activated the dragonification technique.
Blue-violet scales quickly spread across his body, his arms transforming into sharp dragon claws, and a phantom Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon appeared behind him, radiating immense power.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?! Who are you really?" Yu Tianheng's face changed drastically upon seeing Yu Tianlong's martial soul.
To his knowledge, among his generation in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, no one had reached the Soul King level.
He and Yu Tianxin of Thunderclap Academy were called the clan's twin stars, but even they were only Soul Ancestors now.
The burly Yu Tianlong, though younger in appearance, had far surpassed him in cultivation.
If such a genius existed in the clan, Yu Tianheng would know.
"Heaven Dragon Sect, Yu Tianlong!" Yu Tianlong's expression was cold, lightning gathering in his right hand, gradually forming a dragon's head.
"Nonsense! Only our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect has that martial soul. Who are you?!" Yu Tianheng was full of suspicion, not believing Yu Tianlong's claim.
He'd never heard of any Heaven Dragon Sect.
No one noticed that, as "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect" was mentioned, Yu Tianlong, Xing Yan, and the others showed no reaction, as if they hadn't heard at all.
"How baffling!" Yu Tianlong frowned, not understanding Yu Tianheng's agitation or his strange words.
Without hesitation, Yu Tianlong punched out, sending a roaring thunder dragon surging forth, aiming to finish the battle in one blow.
"A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, but not from the sect? Looks like I was right," thought Qian Renxue, watching from the distant forest with the Spirit Hall team. She heard the exchange clearly.
She, too, had never heard of the Heaven Dragon Sect.
But to have such a young Soul King with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul—the force couldn't be unknown.
Thus, she was more convinced: like Lu Jingming, these people weren't from the Douluo Continent.
Where they came from, she could only guess. She never imagined they were from a parallel world ten thousand years in the future.
"It's all over," Qian Renxue thought, believing the Heaven Dou team had no chance against a Soul King-level opponent.
But at that moment, a golden dragon burst in from the side, colliding head-on with the thunder dragon like a cannonball.
A deafening blast followed, a shockwave swept everyone away.
"Who?!" Yu Tianlong frowned, Xing Yan and the others instantly on guard, releasing their martial souls.
With their martial souls revealed, Heaven Dragon Sect's strength was exposed: two Soul Kings, five Soul Ancestors, all around fifteen or sixteen years old.
Compared to Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, already twenty but only Soul Ancestors, their power was much greater.
Even Bibi Dong and others watching the live stream frowned, noticing many oddities.
Based on their experience, Yu Tianlong and the others were under twenty, yet already so strong—stronger than the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation.
If these people came from another continent, did that mean other lands nurtured even stronger experts?
After all, the strength of the youth often reflects the strength of the older generation.
As the dust settled, Wang Qiu'er appeared, wielding the Golden Dragon Spear, leading the St. Freya Academy Team 2.
Her golden dragon wings unfurled, a golden horn on her forehead, and her exaggerated two-purple, three-black soul ring combination, plus the powerful golden dragon phantom, brought unprecedented pressure to everyone present.
"How is this possible?" Yu Tianheng was forced to one knee by the dragon's aura, his face full of disbelief.
First, a stronger Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul master appeared, now a golden dragon soul master even more powerful?
The bloodline suppression left him in utter shock.
How could there be a true dragon martial soul even stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? It made no sense!
Even Dugu Yan and the others, without dragon martial souls, felt the oppressive dragon might.