Flesh Against a Martial Soul Fusion Skill

Flesh Against a Martial Soul Fusion Skill

In the semifinals, Ye Qingchen faced Dai Huabin's team, while Huo Yuhao faced Zhou Sichen's team from another class. Dai Huabin was a three-ring Battle Soul Venerable, and his Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Netherworld Spirit Cat of another freshman on his team.

This time, aside from the teachers of the Martial Soul Department, Xian Lin'er, the dean of the Soul Tool Department, Qian Duoduo, the vice dean, and the other teachers of the Soul Tool Department had all come as well.

Ye Qingchen and Dai Huabin's team had long since arrived at the arena. They sat on opposite sides, preparing while observing their opponents. Dai Huabin's team had a Power Attack System Battle Soul Venerable and had made thorough preparations before this match even began. They had even sought out opponents who had previously fought Ye Qingchen to learn about his abilities in detail. According to the teams that had fought him, Ye Qingchen had not taken any of those matches seriously.

Just as Dai Huabin was sizing up Ye Qingchen, the proctor entered the spacious assessment area. All the partitions within the assessment area had been removed, leaving it exceptionally broad. This was treatment reserved only for the teams competing in the finals.

The referee beckoned both sides forward at the same time. Ye Qingchen stepped into the arena, while Dai Huabin led the two girls behind him into the arena as well.

Calling both sides before him, the referee said in a deep voice, "The rules have changed somewhat. You may move freely within the arena, but those with flying martial souls may not fly higher than ten meters. Also, so that you can display your full strength, there is no need to hold back. I will control the extent of the match. Anyone I rescue from the arena will be considered eliminated. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Both sides answered in unison, their fighting spirit surging.

"State your names."

"New Student Class One, Ye Qingchen."

On Dai Huabin's side, all three displayed obvious fighting spirit. Dai Huabin in particular exuded a murderous aura unlike that of his peers, like that of a soldier.

He spoke first. "Dai Huabin."

"Zhu Lu."

"Cui Yajie."

The referee extended both arms to his sides. "Take your places at the edges of the arena. You may only attack after I announce the start."

Both sides slowly backed away, while Dai Huabin's eyes remained fixed on Ye Qingchen.

The referee raised his right hand, then abruptly brought it down. His command of "Begin" rang clearly in the ears of every participating student.

The moment the command to begin was given, both sides burst forward at tremendous speed, charging toward one another. The key to this battle was Dai Huabin, the power attack Battle Soul Venerable.

Dai Huabin charged at the front of his team. As he ran, he shouted, "White Tiger, possess me!"

An intense pale light suddenly erupted from his body. As Dai Huabin sprinted, he stretched both arms to his sides and thrust out his chest. His bones crackled loudly, and his muscles rapidly swelled, straining his clothes taut.

Three soul rings rose beneath his feet in succession, the standard configuration of two yellow and one purple. As the soul rings revolved, surging Soul Power poured forth like rolling waves, carrying immense pressure.

The two girls beside Dai Huabin also changed. The black-haired girl on the left had eyes of different colors, which now deepened further. Her ears sharpened and stood upright, while her delicate body became more slender and powerful.

Cui Yajie, with her long pink hair, became even stranger. After releasing her martial soul, she seemed to have suddenly aged three or four years.

Her eyes were clear and lustrous, and her ears became even sharper than Zhu Lu's. Her peerless face was mesmerizing when she smiled, while two long tails appeared behind her, each around a meter in length.

Cui Yajie's gaze instantly fell upon Ye Qingchen. She gave him a sweet smile as her first soul ring quietly lit up. The glow was not especially conspicuous and could easily have been overlooked without close attention.

Her first soul skill was Charm, which she directly used on Ye Qingchen. Ye Qingchen answered with a dazzling smile, completely unaffected. The Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul lay between the spiritual and power attack systems, and Cui Yajie had naturally developed both paths. Her spiritual power was lower than Ye Qingchen's, and the two were not even on the same level. Naturally, her Charm skill had no effect.

"I am a god. Even weakened, I am not someone you can influence."

Gravity Field.

A tremendous pressure suddenly descended, noticeably slowing Dai Huabin and the others. Dai Huabin's side had launched the first attack. Zhu Lu's figure flashed as her speed abruptly increased, leaving a string of afterimages behind her as she charged straight at Ye Qingchen.

Icy blue cold instantly clung to Zhu Lu's body. No matter how fast she was, without sufficient strength, she could not break free from the Ice Seal.

Dai Huabin roared, and concentrated white light instantly gathered around his head. His second soul ring lit up, followed by a beam of white light blasting toward Ye Qingchen.

"Second soul skill, White Tiger Light Wave."

The icy blue light trembled, and the cold on Zhu Lu's body dissipated. Her afterimage flashed again as she arrived at Ye Qingchen's side.

Ye Qingchen swept the Ice Spear in his hand toward Zhu Lu, but Cui Yajie launched a soul skill at him at that moment.

Cui Yajie's second soul ring lit up. She swung her delicate body sharply, and a pair of large pink tails whipped toward Ye Qingchen.

Those seemingly fluffy pink fox tails contained immense Soul Power, concentrated within them like long needles as they shot toward Ye Qingchen's chest.

Ye Qingchen held the Ice Spear before him. It trembled, sending rings of light spreading outward that made the surrounding air shudder and distort, blocking Cui Yajie's attack.

A smile tugged at Ye Qingchen's lips as his soul rings released a dazzling radiance. In an instant, an afterimage appeared directly beside Zhu Lu.

"Not good!"

The pressure radiating from Ye Qingchen's Soul Power was immense. An ice blade slammed toward Zhu Lu with full force, but Dai Huabin's tall figure suddenly appeared beside her. The instant Ye Qingchen revealed his aura, Dai Huabin had unleashed all three soul skills at once. Within the golden light of the White Tiger Protective Barrier, the ice blade caused only negligible damage.

Bang! A dull impact resounded throughout the arena. Dai Huabin glared at Ye Qingchen with murderous eyes.

"You hid yourself well, but meeting me is your misfortune." Dai Huabin's Soul Elder cultivation was displayed to the fullest this time.

Ye Qingchen burst out laughing. "You? A Soul Elder?"

Before Ye Qingchen had even finished speaking, explosive fireballs surged from behind him, bombarding Dai Huabin's White Tiger Protective Barrier one after another. The fireballs did not target Dai Huabin alone; Cui Yajie and Zhu Lu were caught within them as well.

Space Imprisonment.

Circles of silver light spread outward. Dai Huabin and the others discovered that they could not move. Even the Soul Power in their bodies had frozen, and it was steadily draining away. Just as the fireballs were about to fall, the proctor flashed forward and carried Cui Yajie out of the arena.

The proctor only removed Cui Yajie and did not spare Dai Huabin or Zhu Lu a glance, because he knew the fireballs could not seriously injure Dai Huabin.

Although Cui Yajie was a Battle Soul Grandmaster of both the spiritual and power attack systems, her body was nowhere near as tough as Dai Huabin's. She could only leave the match.

When the smoke cleared, Dai Huabin's White Tiger Protective Barrier had completely shattered. His back was covered in wounds, blood streaming from the charred injuries, yet this only added to his murderous aura.

Dai Huabin held Zhu Lu in his arms. When the fireballs had erupted, Dai Huabin had shaken off Ye Qingchen, turned around, and pulled Zhu Lu into his embrace. With Dai Huabin protecting her, Zhu Lu had remained completely unharmed.

Ye Qingchen stared sharply at Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu as an ominous feeling rose in his heart. Dai Huabin let out a thunderous tiger's roar. Accompanied by that roar, his body swelled once more as white fur streaked with black tiger stripes burst wildly from his body. Zhu Lu did the same. A faint black glow covered her entire body, and her figure became hazy, almost transparent. She spread her arms and wrapped them around Dai Huabin's neck.

At that moment, the auras of the Evil Eye White Tiger and the Netherworld Spirit Cat aligned perfectly, completely merging as black and white light blossomed and fused into one amid a golden halo.

The Evil Eye White Tiger and the Netherworld Spirit Cat fused together, giving birth to the enormous figure in the assessment area, over eight meters long and more than two meters tall—the Hell White Tiger!

The giant white tiger's body appeared somewhat illusory, carrying a translucent texture. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had long since vanished. The Hell White Tiger crouched low, then in the next instant charged straight at Ye Qingchen with terrifying speed, leaving a transparent ripple in the air behind it.

As the enormous white tiger darted forward, its resounding roar and huge, bloodthirsty maw displayed the majestic bearing of a ruler of the world, the king of beasts.

"Naive. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill is indeed greater than one plus one, but you are facing me. Martial Soul Avatar."

Silver-white dragon scales covered Ye Qingchen's entire body, while dragon wings spread from his back. His four soul rings—one purple and three black—merged into his body one after another.

Silver light flickered as Ye Qingchen, transformed by Silver Dragon Transformation, continuously pressed toward the Hell White Tiger. At that moment, time itself seemed to stop. Just as he was about to collide with the Hell White Tiger's claws, even the Soul Saint-level proctor was nearly dumbfounded by the intense aura. Was this power something that could erupt during the New Student Assessment?

"His physical strength alone can rival a Martial Soul Fusion Skill! What an incredibly powerful body!"

In the stands, all the teachers were filled with disbelief at Ye Qingchen's strength, rising from their seats in an instant.