"You don't need everyone to take you on; I alone am enough!"
From the crowd, a proud young man stepped forward, facing Lin Yu with a cold smile as he spoke. He believed he had figured Lin Yu out.
Through the earlier test by Lu Qi, he had already discerned that Lin Yu's first soul skill seemed to be a debuffing type that severely weakens an opponent's physical abilities.
And his second soul skill was likely one that amplifies the power of other skills.
When Lin Yu used his first skill, his second skill was activated simultaneously, but it showed no immediate effects.
It was almost certainly used to enhance the first soul skill's effects. Otherwise, Lu Qi wouldn't have felt like he was on the brink of death.
But his soul, the Golden Lion, was different from Lu Qi's Ghost Leopard soul.
Though slightly inferior to the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, it was still a high-level beast soul like the Great Strength Bear!
Moreover, his soul skills included those that enhance physical abilities, which would be more than enough to counter Lin Yu's debuffing skill.
What use was Lin Yu's eye-based soul when it came to his Golden Lion soul?
As long as he closed the distance, victory would be his!
"Then step up!"
Lin Yu, without even asking the young man's name, responded indifferently.
"You're too arrogant! Just because you defeated Lu Qi doesn't make you impressive!"
"Right! Let's see how you deal with Brother Sheng!"
"Just wait! This Soul Arena stage will be ours!"
…
Seeing Lin Yu so dismissive of the proud young man, Bai Sheng, the young man's followers were seething with anger.
But Bai Sheng himself didn't mind; with a cold smile on his face, he jumped onto the Soul Arena stage.
"Diamond Lion, Possess!"
Facing Lin Yu, who had merely defeated Lu Qi and now acted arrogantly, Bai Sheng roared and summoned his Golden Lion soul.
With a ferocious roar, a majestic lion seemingly made of gold appeared behind Bai Sheng and merged with him.
With the soul's possession, Bai Sheng's previously well-proportioned figure expanded, his muscles bulging and stretching his clothes.
Simultaneously, golden fur sprouted on the back of his hands, and his black hair transformed into lion-like golden locks.
As his eyes turned into golden vertical pupils, two yellow hundred-year soul rings rose from beneath him and encircled his body.
"You're younger than me, so you can make the first move. I, Bai Sheng, never bully children!"
After performing the soul possession, Bai Sheng, with his arms crossed, sneered at Lin Yu.
He believed he had Lin Yu figured out.
He planned to let Lin Yu use his debuffing soul skill first.
Then he would use his second soul skill, Diamond Rampage, to counteract the debuff effects.
And then he would immediately launch his first soul skill to catch Lin Yu off guard.
"You want me to make the first move?"
Hearing Bai Sheng's words, Lin Yu's eyes gleamed with a peculiar light, and he suddenly laughed.
"Alright then!"
Lin Yu, amused by someone trying to act tough in front of him, decided to make Bai Sheng regret it.
"First Soul Skill, Purple Spirit Weakening Aura!"
Lin Yu took a step forward with a cold smile and activated his first soul skill, Purple Spirit Weakening Aura.
A purple soul ring flared up, forming a beam that shot toward Bai Sheng, enveloping him.
The next moment, the debuff effect of the Purple Spirit Weakening Aura activated!
Despite Bai Sheng being a great soul master, compared to Lin Yu's true level of seventy and the crushing effect of a ten-thousand-year soul ring, he was no different from Lu Qi.
Once the Purple Spirit Weakening Aura took effect, Bai Sheng, who had been arrogantly sneering, suddenly changed his expression.
What!!
In an instant, Bai Sheng felt an overwhelming wave of weakness flood through his body, making him feel as if he had aged into a dying old man.
He felt like he was about to collapse!
How could it be this powerful?
Feeling the sudden extreme weakness, Bai Sheng's face turned pale with shock.
"Second Soul Skill, Diamond Rampage!"
With his body weakened so drastically, Bai Sheng urgently activated his second soul skill, Diamond Rampage!
As a hundred-year soul skill, Diamond Rampage could enhance a soul master's overall physical abilities by fifty percent and reduce debuff effects by half.
This was also why Bai Sheng let Lin Yu make the first move—part of it was for show, but also because of the effect of Diamond Rampage.
Unfortunately, Bai Sheng was completely overwhelmed by Lin Yu in both the cultivation level and soul ring age.
Even with Diamond Rampage activated, his level of weakness barely changed.
At most, it recovered by about ten percent—virtually useless!
This slight recovery allowed Bai Sheng to barely stand.
Second Soul Skill, Mental Replica Eye!
As Bai Sheng activated his second soul skill, Lin Yu, with a sneer, used his second soul skill, Mental Replica Eye, to copy Bai Sheng's second skill.
"Phantom Claw!"
After copying Bai Sheng's second soul skill, Lin Yu activated it with another flash of his eyes.
With his second soul ring glowing, a ghostly leopard made of soul power appeared and roared toward Bai Sheng, slashing him with a claw!
Under the restriction of the Purple Spirit Weakening Aura, Bai Sheng was slashed with five bloody claw marks across his chest.
He was sent flying, spitting blood, and crashed into the crowd below.
"Brother Sheng!"
Seeing Bai Sheng defeated and thrown out, his followers rushed to catch him, anxiously shouting.
But with the Purple Spirit's Weakening Aura draining his physical abilities and his injuries, Bai Sheng could only continue to vomit blood, unable to respond.
"Heh, wasn't it enough for just one of you to defeat me? Why are you failing so soon? How amusing. A bunch of weaklings daring to be brave. Come at me all at once!"
Seeing the crowd below, including the weakened and injured Bai Sheng and Lu Qi, Lin Yu sneered with contempt.
As he mocked them, Lin Yu quickly summoned the Chaos Green Lotus martial Soul in his hand.
Using the Mirage Dragon Qi's concealment, he manifested the World-Destruction Black Lotus and used its emotional influence to ignite the crowd's anger.
His goal was to exacerbate the conflict, making the crowd furious and charging at him together.
Then he would single-handedly defeat them all!
This way, he might make enough noise to catch the attention of the Ghost King Zhu Xuanfeng and make Zhu Zhuyun think twice before troubling him again!
Everything was part of Lin Yu's plan.
The World-Destruction Black Lotus's emotional influence worked exceptionally well.
The crowd below was instantly enraged, surging onto the Soul Arena stage in a furious mob.
"You little punk, don't get too arrogant. Just because you defeated Brother Sheng doesn't mean you're impressive. Do you think you can challenge us all at once? We'll show you today!"
"Let's all attack and show this kid what we're capable of!"
"Revenge for Lu Qi and Brother Sheng!"
…
In their rage, Bai Sheng's followers rushed onto the stage, ready to beat Lin Yu into submission.
Under the influence of the World-Destruction Black Lotus, these people were blinded by fury.
"First Soul Skill, Purple Spirit Weakening Aura!"
"Second Soul Skill, Mental Replica Eye!"
Facing the mob, Lin Yu was unafraid. He activated the group Purple Spirit Weakening Aura first and then used Mental Replica Eye to copy and counter their skills.
In less than a minute, he defeated the enraged mob, sending them flying off the Soul Arena stage, bleeding and beaten.