Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 513: Sacrificial Strike

The dragon and phoenix contestants also erupted simultaneously. They clasped their hands together, and the originally separate blue and red lights suddenly converged inward, transforming into a massive blue-red tornado that swept upward. As the saying goes, wind fuels the fire; the fusion of wind and fire turned into a gigantic whirlwind, covering a massive area around them.

It was not just wind and fire elemental energy, but wind and fire force!

Before this battle began, they had already decided that under no circumstances could they allow the male human to get close. By maintaining distance, they aimed to limit his abilities. Wind Dragons and Immortal Flame Phoenixes were both skilled in medium- and long-range attacks. Their abilities, when combined, were far more than just the sum of their parts. With this duo’s flawless cooperation, even a Demon King could hardly contend with them.

They had even anticipated that Tang San and Mei Gongzi would choose to launch a swift attack. After all, getting close was the only chance for Tang San and Mei Gongzi.

Silver light flickered, and when Mei Gongzi reappeared, she was right in front of the wind-fire tornado. However, what she held in her hand was no longer the Peacock Plume. It was a slender silver-white feather, with three peculiar eyespots at one end: the Celestial Plume.

At this moment, Mei Gongzi's eyes had turned completely silver-white, and she floated in the air completely unsupported, as if space itself was holding her up. Streams of both illusory and brilliant silver light flowed from the Celestial Plume, layering upon each other in the air. Each ray of light from the feather was a spatial rift. When these spatial rifts overlapped, not only did they tear space apart but they also created strange distortions.

As she unleashed this strike, a massive peacock phantom appeared behind Mei Gongzi. It was a silver peacock wearing a golden crown, spreading its wings, and behind it unfolded the splendid display of a peacock's tail, towering tens of meters high. The peacock phantom suppressed all the surrounding space, while the layered spatial rifts silently slashed down from above!

In front of the wind-fire tornado, a crack appeared, and that silver crack silently devoured the raging wind and fire forces, drawing them in and splitting them apart.

The folded space continuously shattered, bursting out with dazzling silver light, but the rift slowly expanded in a short time. Mei Gongzi, with her own strength, had managed to tear a gap in the combined attack of the Dragon-Phoenix Pair!

The dragon and phoenix contestants couldn't help but show expressions of astonishment. Even god-level experts would find this difficult! Their eyes suddenly shone brightly; they no longer dared to hold back in the slightest.

Yet just as they prepared to go all out, driving the wind-fire tornado to devour the spatial rifts and Mei Gongzi together with them, a golden light had already arrived!

Teleportation was faster than flying, that was an absolute fact, but the speed of the Golden Roc over such a distance was not much inferior to teleportation.

Facing two opponents, even with the powerful divine weapon that was the Celestial Plume, Mei Gongzi could only open a gap in the wind-fire force for an instant. But that instant was enough for Tang San.

Without the slightest deceleration, as if he wasn't afraid of the wind-fire tornado closing and tearing him apart between the wind and fire forces, he charged in without hesitation. He rushed in through that minute gap!

As he rushed in, he began to spin rapidly. A Golden Roc’s wings were the sharpest of blades, and like a sharp wheel of gold, he slashed directly into the wind-fire tornado, reaching the dragon and phoenix duo almost instantly.

All of this happened so quickly that the audience could only see flickering lights.

Only Cheng Zicheng, who stared unblinkingly at the battlefield, understood that what Tang San was performing was the Golden Wing Wind-Splitting Slash she had been arduously practicing! But the speed, power, and explosiveness Tang San demonstrated were far beyond hers. Of course, that was only natural; it was the Golden Wing Slash enhanced by the Lion-Tiger Golden Force!

At the moment Tang San rushed in, Mei Gongzi was already surrounded by silver light and teleported away. The rift that had been slashed open also instantly closed.

Clang!

A piercing metallic clash suddenly rang out. Almost in the next instant, the wind and fire forces dissipated.

What had happened?

Spectators with sharp eyes could see the golden light cutting deep into the wind-fire tornado.

The Wind Dragon contestant stood sideways in front of the Immortal Flame Phoenix, punching out with a fist and arm completely covered in azure dragon scales. Each scale emitted terrifying wind force as it collided fiercely with the incoming Golden Wing Slash.

The golden figure was instantly smashed back to whence it had come from. At that moment, those with particularly sharp ears could hear the sound of bones breaking.

The Wind Dragon Clan contestant froze in place, and it was at this moment that the wind-fire tornado shattered.

The golden figure was flung backward, but silver light flickered and Mei Gongzi appeared in his path, catching him with both hands.

At this moment, Tang San's mouth and nose were bleeding, and even his ears were bleeding from the shock. The pair of golden wings on his back was broken, and both hung limply at his sides. After being caught by Mei Gongzi, he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, his face as pale as paper.

"Big Brother, are you alright? You..." Mei Gongzi's beautiful eyes were filled with panic. She never expected that just one collision would injure someone like Asura so badly.

Tang San smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm fine. I've completed my task. The rest is up to you."

It was only at this moment that changes began to appear on the other side—specifically, something was going on with the Wind Dragon.

The right hand of the Wind Dragon Clan, which had collided with Tang San’s wings, began to crack, starting from the palm. The azure dragon scales shattered one by one. Along with the scales, the hand and arm itself also broke.

Boom!

The entire right arm of the Wind Dragon, along with the right shoulder and half of his chest, suddenly exploded!

The spectators could vaguely see the internal organs through the gap, and not even he himself could tell how many ribs were broken. With a muffled groan, he fell to the ground, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.

Although the life force of the dragon clan was extremely strong, it was clear that even if he survived, he no longer had the strength to continue fighting.

The entire audience erupted in an uproar!

No one expected that this two-on-two match would begin in such a manner.

One collision, just one collision, and both sides had ended up severely injured. Tang San had exchanged injury for injury, directly inflicting a serious wound on his opponent. It was his victory in a sense, since that was what he had intended; at the same time, however, he was also severely injured. During the Golden Roc Transformation, his wings were broken, and that rendered the imprint useless. He wouldn't be able to use this transformation again for at least a month.

The wings of the Golden Roc Transformation were formed from his back ribs. When the wings broke, his ribs were also broken—not just one, but three on each side, totaling six broken ribs.

With that said... it was indeed his victory, and it had indeed worked as intended. It was clear that the Wind Dragon was by far the worse off. It only took a quick assessment to understand that Tang San might still have some strength left to fight, but the Wind Dragon contestant certainly did not.

There were many Demon Kings present, but in terms of combat experience, let alone them, not even the emperors could compare to Tang San.

When Tang San saw that their opponents for this match were a Dragon-Phoenix Pair, he knew it was big trouble. In his previous life, there were legends of the harmony between dragons and phoenixes, and those legends very much held true. The coordination between the dragon and phoenix races was naturally seamless. Though he and Mei Gongzi had some degree of coordination, it couldn't compare to theirs.

Moreover, both the dragon and phoenix races had first-tier bloodlines. And to top it all off, the wind and fire elements complemented each other, and both opponents were at the peak of the ninth order. It was the absolute perfect combination.