Duel with Wang Jinxi—Absolute Suppression

Duel with Wang Jinxi—Absolute Suppression

As she watched Yu Nanyuan in the center of the training field, a strange light flickered in Ye Yingluo's beautiful eyes.

With her Soul King-level cultivation, she naturally would not have her judgment affected by Lei Ge's First Soul Skill. Like Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, she had witnessed the entire process of Yu Nanyuan subduing Lei Ge from beginning to end.

On top of his powerful martial soul and Soul Power Cultivation, Yu Nanyuan had just displayed rich combat experience and precise judgment in response to a crisis. Combat experience could be tempered later, but that kind of instinctive judgment was an innate talent.

Moreover, the fact that Yu Nanyuan had sensed Lei Ge's movements through Spiritual Power Projection just now meant that his spiritual power level had already reached the Spirit Sea Realm.

Even Ye Yingluo, who had been called a genius since childhood, had to admit that Yu Nanyuan was simply flawless. With talent like that, he would definitely be able to get into Shrek Academy in the future, and he might even enter the inner court directly.

Ye Yingluo had been proud back then, but she had been nowhere near as obsessive and extreme as she was now. It was only because of the double blow of failing the Shrek Academy entrance exam and being rejected by Wu Zhangkong that she had become what she was today.

Now she had one more obsession: to make Yu Nanyuan become someone far stronger than Wu Zhangkong in the future.

Wu Zhangkong, aren't you always so proud? Don't you look down on soul masters from remote regions like us? I'd like to see how long that cold arrogance of yours can last!

"Yu Nanyuan advances to the next round. Next group, Wei Xiaofeng versus Xuan Ning," Ye Yingluo announced in a resonant voice.

On the training field, Yu Nanyuan had no idea what Ye Yingluo was thinking. He was simply supporting Lei Ge as they walked down. Lei Ge was extremely flattered by this, and his Good Feelings toward Yu Nanyuan rose sharply.

Having long been influenced by his family environment, he understood the rules of this world better than his peers. He knew very well that if he could be on good terms with Yu Nanyuan, his family would benefit for the rest of their lives.

"Young Master Yu, I'm fine now. There's no need to trouble you like this."

"It's no trouble." Yu Nanyuan gave Lei Ge a meaningful look, an easygoing smile spreading across his face.

"And don't call me that from now on. We're all classmates. Just call me by my name."

At that moment, Wei Xiaofeng happened to be walking toward them. The look he gave Yu Nanyuan now carried a little more gravity. Although he did not know exactly what had happened just now, the fact that Yu Nanyuan had instantly subdued Lei Ge, whose soul power was as high as rank eighteen, already said plenty.

Yu Nanyuan gave Wei Xiaofeng a slight nod as they brushed past each other, then returned to the edge of the field with Lei Ge to watch the match.

Wei Xiaofeng's opponent was a girl with a somewhat icy air. Her long ice-blue hair was tied behind her head with an exquisite ribbon, and her eyes were the same ice-blue color.

"Begin!" At Ye Yingluo's command, Wei Xiaofeng, who had gathered his focus, instantly darted out. Two Yellow Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet at the same time. His body suddenly grew a few inches taller, every joint seemingly becoming supple, while some cyan scales grew on his neck. Even his eyes turned into cold, sinister vertical pupils.

His seriousness was only toward Yu Nanyuan. Toward the other students of Freshman Class One, he remained as arrogant as ever.

As he advanced, the First Soul Ring beside Wei Xiaofeng flashed, and his body abruptly became illusory. A string of afterimages appeared behind him.

First Soul Skill, Azure Shadow Shift.

Although the afterimages created by Azure Shadow Shift were merely illusory, when they surrounded him, they gave off a feeling that made it difficult to distinguish true from false.

Wei Xiaofeng's goal was clear: end the fight quickly. Take down his opponent in the shortest time possible.

The little girl named Xuan Ning released her martial soul in some panic. After all, not every peer could remain calm in the face of danger like Yu Nanyuan and possess such rich combat experience.

She held out both hands before her chest, and a pale-blue little grass swayed into view. Faint ice mist seemed to gather around it. The little grass looked crystal clear, as if carved from gemstone, and emitted a faint halo. Most peculiar of all, two edges grew from the leaves of this grass.

"Mysterious Ice Grass?" Seeing this highly recognizable martial soul with his own eyes, Yu Nanyuan finally recalled Xuan Ning's background. Her family also had a certain amount of fame within Eastsea City.

If it were real Mysterious Ice Grass, after growing to a certain age, its leaves would fork and form edges. When it evolved to the extreme, it would become Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, possessing a terrifying ultimate ice attribute.

Although the Mysterious Ice Grass martial soul inherited by Xuan Ning's family had only two edges, among Ice Attribute martial souls, it could still be considered a relatively high-grade existence.

A yellow soul ring shone beside Xuan Ning, and waves of ice-blue Frost Mist and cold surged out at once. The surrounding temperature plummeted, to the point that the Soul Guidance Barrier enveloping the training field activated on its own, isolating the low-temperature environment inside the field.

First Soul Skill, Frost Condensation.

Affected by the Frost Mist and cold, Wei Xiaofeng's speed clearly dropped by a lot, and the afterimages around him became blurred. But that was all.

Control System Soul Masters did indeed counter Agility-Attack System Soul Masters, but only when the gap in cultivation between the two sides was not too great. With Wei Xiaofeng's two-ring cultivation against Xuan Ning's one-ring cultivation, the result was obvious.

Xuan Ning only delayed things slightly before she was defeated. Unlike the way Yu Nanyuan defeated Lei Ge, Wei Xiaofeng did not use any technique. He relied entirely on crushing her with raw strength.

In the following six actual combat matches, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi both advanced easily as expected. Among the students with one-ring cultivation, Lei Ge and Xuan Ning could already be considered the best of them. The later matches had almost no entertainment value to speak of and were reduced entirely to serving as foils for Yu Nanyuan and the others.

Only when the second round began did everyone's interest rise again.

"Second round, Yu Nanyuan versus Wang Jinxi. The two of you go on stage and prepare," Ye Yingluo said meaningfully after writing a few things down on the document.

"Yes, Teacher Ye," Yu Nanyuan replied with a smile, while Wang Jinxi nodded silently.

Zhang Yangzi and Wei Xiaofeng frowned slightly and focused intently on the center of the training field. They knew Wang Jinxi's strength very well. A top-tier Dragon Martial Soul, a powerful Darkness Attribute—when it came to future development potential, Wang Jinxi was above even them.

Against Wang Jinxi, Yu Nanyuan would definitely have to use his martial soul's abilities.

"Begin!"

When Wang Jinxi heard Ye Yingluo's command, he was the first to release his martial soul. Two yellow soul rings likewise appeared beneath his feet, and immediately after, his thin body instantly stretched upward and swelled. What grew and swelled was not his muscles, but the bones throughout his entire body. It made him look like an oversized skeleton.

Black light flickered in the depths of his eyes, and faint black mist seeped from his whole body, making him look extremely eerie.

Wang Jinxi charged toward Yu Nanyuan in long strides.

Just then, the crisp sound of chains sliding rang through the entire Indoor Training Field without warning. Points of silver light flickered in the void above the Competition Stage, and chains branded with mysterious silver patterns shuttled out from the void one after another, filling this space.

One of the chains happened to stretch horizontally right in front of Wang Jinxi.

Wang Jinxi felt an extremely sharp aura coming from his chest and, almost by instinct, lit up his Second Soul Ring at the first possible moment.

From the perspective of Ye Yingluo and the students of Freshman Class One, Yu Nanyuan crossed a distance of dozens of meters and silently appeared before Wang Jinxi. A long, narrow wedge blooming with brilliant silver light was controlled in his right hand, slashing directly across Wang Jinxi's chest.

At that very instant, Wang Jinxi's body seemed to become illusory. The sharp spearhead-like wedge flashed through Wang Jinxi's body without the slightest sensation of touching anything solid.

Second Soul Skill, Bone Soul Conversion. Bone Soul Conversion could transform part of Wang Jinxi's body from a physical body into a spirit body. Although it lasted only a short time, during that process, it could make him immune to all physical damage.

"Roar!" Wang Jinxi, having fully reacted, could not help letting out a low growl of shock and suspicion, and his First Soul Skill activated as well.

His raised right hand rapidly swelled, and his five fingers turned into four abnormally thick fingers, with pitch-black, curved, razor-sharp nails growing from the tips. The huge Bone Dragon Claw swung toward Yu Nanyuan with an incomparable, terrifying Aura.

At the same time the wedge was about to pass out of Wang Jinxi's body, Yu Nanyuan's figure flickered again and appeared in the air behind Wang Jinxi. Twisting his body, he brought his long, powerful right leg down from above and smashed it heavily into Wang Jinxi's back.

"Bang—"

A low, muffled sound rang out, and Wang Jinxi's entire body crashed heavily to the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"How is that possible?! You?!"

In such a brief exchange, Yu Nanyuan had actually keenly discovered the flaw in his Second Soul Skill. After a body part transformed into a spirit body, a certain interval of time was needed before he could use it on that same body part again.

What shocked everyone present even more was Yu Nanyuan's martial soul ability.

A Space Attribute martial soul?! An innate ability for Instant Movement?!

Wang Jinxi was kneeling on the ground and about to struggle to his feet, only to see that Yu Nanyuan was already holding the wedge, which resembled the tip of a Silver Crystal spear, against his throat, a gentle smile on his face.

"You let me win, Jinxi."