Summary

Tang Wulin was the first to stand and say, "We performed terribly. In the first wave, when we faced Lin Xingyu's Force Field Impact, we split up right away. In truth, Lin Xingyu's first Force Field Impact wasn't that strong. After taking the first hit, we should have immediately gathered together. Force Field Impact didn't affect us that much.

Also, if I had tied even one strand of Blue Silver Grass to Xie Xie and Gu Yue, things would have been much better. We wouldn't have been blasted apart so easily. I shouldn't have charged straight up and fought two Assault System soul masters in close combat either. Once I saw their martial soul types, I should've been able to make some judgment about their general abilities. I shouldn't have lost my head. The three of us had no coordination at all." At this point, Tang Wulin looked somewhat ashamed.

Wu Changkong glanced at Tang Wulin in slight surprise. He hadn't expected Tang Wulin to have thought through so much. It seemed the occasional defeat did have its benefits. For the past two days, Tang Wulin had been repeatedly thinking over every detail of that lost match.

Wu Changkong nodded and said, "Who's next?"

Lin Xingyu thought for a moment, then stood up and looked at Wu Changkong. "Teacher Wu, in my view, all battles are won by the strong defeating the weak. There has never been such a thing as the weak defeating the strong! In those so-called successful cases of the weak defeating the strong, it wasn't that they were truly weak. Rather, when compared to their opponent, there were certain areas where they were stronger!"

"Battle is about playing to your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses, using your own strengths to defeat your opponent's weaknesses! You do everything you can to bring out your side's advantages and compress the opponent's advantages, turning your own advantages into a winning position."

"In clashes between armies, they do everything possible to create local situations where many fight few, where the strong fight the weak!"

"What advantages did Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and I have compared to Tang Wulin's group of three? All three of us are Soul Grand Masters. We have more Soul Skills than they do, and more Soul Power as well.

Compared to team coordination, I heard Tang Wulin and the others studied under you for three months, and their coordination in the earlier matches was very good. As for me, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi, we only knew the effects of one another's Soul Skills. We had never fought in coordination before. So naturally, we had to do everything we could to bring out our strengths and overwhelm them with cultivation."

After listening to Lin Xingyu's statement, Wu Changkong nodded as well. "What Lin Xingyu summarized just now is very correct. However, I still have a few things to add. Tang Wulin, you need to learn to think calmly and bring out the advantages of a Control System soul master. Don't keep losing your head just because your strength is a bit greater. That isn't what you're supposed to do.

Xie Xie, after you endured Lin Xingyu's Force Field Impact, you charged straight at Zhang Yangzi. I don't know who gave you the courage to take the initiative as an Agility Attack System soul master and deliver yourself under the Soul Skill of a Control System soul master."

There was nothing much to say about Gu Yue. From beginning to end, Lin Xingyu pinned her down with one Soul Skill after another. She hadn't been able to show anything.

Wu Changkong looked at Lin Xingyu, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi and said, "Although the three of you didn't have much coordination, you did what you were supposed to do."

"There is one more thing all of you lack, and that is fundamental combat technique and combat experience!"

Gu Yue spoke up. "Teacher Wu, shouldn't my future direction of development be like what Lin Xingyu displayed earlier, defeating enemies through powerful Elemental Control?"

Wu Changkong nodded and said, "That is indeed the case, but these fundamental combat techniques can allow you to bring out the greatest combat strength with the least Soul Power. All of you need to learn them. Just talking is useless. Since you brought up Lin Xingyu, then the two of you come at me together. I won't use my martial soul, only level twenty-two Soul Power, roughly half of your combined Soul Power. We'll fight one match. We soul masters only have the right to speak after we win. If you beat me, you won't need to learn it."

Lin Xingyu had never expected Wu Changkong to call him out directly. He took a deep breath and did not object, stepping forward together with Gu Yue. Combat experience had to be increased sooner or later. At worst, it just meant fighting a few more matches. This was a hurdle he would have to face eventually.

Lin Xingyu moved first. Armor covered his entire body, and his first and Second Soul Rings lit up at the same time.

Magnetic Field Control was unleashed at full strength, and every one of Wu Changkong's movements was clearly sensed in his mind. The armor on his body radiated an intense crimson-gold light.

Streams of glazed fire rose from the armor on his body, then condensed into glazed fireballs one after another.

At the same time, as his left hand pushed forward, Electromagnetic Field—repulsion! It smashed straight toward Wu Changkong at maximum output!

Gu Yue followed behind Lin Xingyu. Her first soul ring lit up, and Wind Blades condensed in her hands before flying straight toward Wu Changkong, enveloping the area around him.

Through the arena match, Gu Yue knew the effects of Lin Xingyu's Soul Skills and could roughly sense his fighting style as well.

Because Lin Xingyu was fully condensing the Electromagnetic Field and attempting to push its power to the limit, the process required complete focus and fine control. As a result, he was a beat slower in speed and failed to attack Wu Changkong in sync with the Wind Blades.

Wu Changkong waved the pointer in his hand and directly scattered Gu Yue's Wind Blades. Every strike landed precisely on the core of a Wind Blade. Gu Yue's expression changed.

In the blink of an eye, the Wind Blades had completely dissipated. Almost at the same moment, the force field Lin Xingyu had condensed came surging in. Seeing this, Wu Changkong flicked and swept the pointer in his hand again, throwing aside the field Lin Xingyu had condensed.

Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon!

The corner of Lin Xingyu's mouth twitched at the sight. No way. Could this kind of technique for deflecting force and guiding momentum even divert the Force Field Impact he had condensed? Although his Soul Spirit's age was not high enough, so he couldn't condense too powerful a force field, this was still a little excessive!

Before this, when Lin Xingyu attacked with a condensed force field, there had been only two ways to deal with it. People like Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi would choose to withstand it head-on with their own strength, using their powerful physiques to endure the Force Field Impact. Wei Xiaofeng, Zhang Yangzi, and Gu Yue, meanwhile, would either rely on agile movements to decisively dodge, avoiding that powerful force. What right did he have to use basic techniques to scatter an invisible thing like a force field?

Although this was a fantasy world, he should at least show force fields a bit of scientific respect!

The first wave of offense being blocked was within Lin Xingyu's expectations. By now, the fireballs on his body had finished condensing as well. He held nothing back and smashed all twelve fireballs he had condensed over, not leaving a single one behind.

Behind him, Gu Yue suddenly raised both hands. In an instant, a small tornado took shape in her palms. From the beginning until now, Gu Yue had been condensing Wind Element the entire time, giving up on the other elements. The tornado carried a howling wind as it left her chest and sped forward like an untamed wild horse. In the blink of an eye, it caught up to the twelve Glazed Fireballs Lin Xingyu had thrown.

A thought flashed through Lin Xingyu's mind, and he immediately took control. The crystalline Glazed Fireballs seemed to have received an order, rushing toward the small tornado one after another and instantly merging into it. In that instant, the flames grew even fiercer with the aid of the wind, and the raging wind became more ferocious with the power of the fire. The two fed into each other, and the blazing gale they formed began spreading out in every direction.

The pointer in Wu Changkong's hand tapped repeatedly. It flickered rapidly through the air, and every time it fell, it stabbed with flawless precision at the junction between flame and gale. Each stab was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly disrupting the balance between wind and fire and triggering a stretch of chaos.

Immediately afterward, the pointer in Wu Changkong's hand tapped like an illusion, his movements so fast they dazzled the eyes. In an instant, the Wind and Fire Elements violently collided and struggled in the air before finally, helplessly, fading away. When everything calmed, the originally smooth pointer in his hand had already turned completely black.

The flame Lin Xingyu controlled was not ordinary fire element, but the extremely special Glazed True Fire. Once this Glazed True Fire attached itself to something, it was as troublesome as maggots in the bone. It was only because his Soul Spirit's age was still low, so the Glazed True Fire's power could not be fully released, and because Wu Changkong reacted as fast as lightning. Otherwise, with the properties of Glazed True Fire, the pointer in Wu Changkong's hand probably would have vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Lin Xingyu inhaled, then charged straight to meet Wu Changkong. After dealing with the Fire Tornado, Wu Changkong was already right in front of him!

He swung his right hand, glazed fire clinging to it. Driven by the Electromagnetic Field, this punch smashed straight toward Wu Changkong's chest.

Behind him, Gu Yue waved her hands again. Several fireballs quickly took shape around her and shot toward Wu Changkong. It seemed she had noticed that the pointer in Wu Changkong's hand had already turned black and wanted to use flames to restrain the wooden pointer in his hand. At the same time, she also accelerated the gathering of fire element in the air, providing Lin Xingyu with a certain battlefield advantage.

"Smack!"

The pointer in Wu Changkong's hand landed on Lin Xingyu's fist, and the glazed fire on Lin Xingyu's fist immediately wrapped toward the pointer like maggots in the bone.

Wu Changkong frowned as he looked at the flame. A tremendous force erupted between the two of them. Wu Changkong's Physical Strength, which could be considered top-tier even among Soul Emperors, was not weak. Relying on strength alone, Lin Xingyu could not gain the upper hand.

The pointer swept out, and the tremendous force made Lin Xingyu retreat two steps. The other ability Lin Xingyu had obtained by refining Tungsten Steel through "Metallurgy Stone" took effect—Toughness!

This ability gave Lin Xingyu's body greater endurance, and his defense also increased greatly! After suffering the rebound of that powerful force, he only took two steps back before adjusting.

Wu Changkong also retreated two steps, dispersing Lin Xingyu's force. Then he casually stabbed into the air, scattering Gu Yue's fireballs.

Lin Xingyu stepped forward again, preparing to clash head-on with Wu Changkong. Through Magnetic Field Sensing, he felt Wu Changkong's figure rush toward Gu Yue like a ghost.

Lin Xingyu's expression changed, and he retreated two steps, guarding in front of Gu Yue.

Wu Changkong swung his pointer, but he did not strike Gu Yue. Lin Xingyu's Magnetic Field Control covered the area at all times. The instant Wu Changkong's figure turned illusory, he could still clearly sense Wu Changkong's position. Since he could not keep up with Wu Changkong's movements, he simply fell back to defend directly in front of Gu Yue. At the same time, he pushed a force field toward Gu Yue, pushing her away from where she stood. Wu Changkong's pointer struck his right hand.

Gu Yue took advantage of that force field and retreated.

Wu Changkong's figure flashed, and the pointer in his hand smashed fiercely toward Lin Xingyu.

Lin Xingyu turned, his right hand meeting Wu Changkong's pointer according to the position sensed through the magnetic field.

"Bang!"

The pointer collided with his right hand again. This time, Lin Xingyu directly mobilized a portion of the Bloodline Power within his body, and his body did not budge.

Seeing Lin Xingyu block Wu Changkong, Gu Yue's body shone brightly with green light. A streak of green light directly coiled around Wu Changkong—Wind Element control, Wind Bind.

Lin Xingyu naturally would not miss the opportunity Gu Yue had created. His left hand formed a fist and smashed straight toward Wu Changkong's chest.

Gu Yue's hastily cast Wind Bind could only make Wu Changkong's body pause slightly. In the next moment, Wu Changkong broke through the green light around him, but Lin Xingyu's attack had already arrived.

Wu Changkong's left hand directly met Lin Xingyu's left hand.

"Smack!"

The two hands collided in midair, producing a crisp sound together. At the same time, the flame on Lin Xingyu's hand directly wound toward Wu Changkong's hand.

Under the collision of tremendous force, both sides retreated two steps. Wu Changkong once again used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, dispersing the force on his body while borrowing the momentum to retreat, charging straight toward Gu Yue.

The pointer in Wu Changkong's hand swept like an illusion, instantly and precisely covering Gu Yue. Gu Yue felt a sudden sharp pain at her waist. Her movement to summon fireballs froze on the spot, her body lost balance, and she fell heavily to the ground. This time, Lin Xingyu was too late to rescue her.

Wu Changkong's figure moved like lightning, once again charging fiercely toward Lin Xingyu. The pointer shot out like a venomous snake leaving its hole, pressing straight toward Lin Xingyu. Lin Xingyu hurriedly raised his right hand to block. Unexpectedly, Wu Changkong immediately used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. His figure flashed like a specter, avoiding Lin Xingyu's defense, and the pointer fell with the momentum, striking heavily against Lin Xingyu's right waist.

Lin Xingyu's waist went numb—Toughness. As his blood and qi circulated, he returned to normal.

Lin Xingyu reacted swiftly. Without the slightest hesitation, he swung his right hand like a heavy hammer toward Wu Changkong's waist. Wu Changkong immediately turned to dodge, his movements smooth as flowing water, while also sweeping the pointer with the momentum. With a crisp "smack," it accurately lashed Lin Xingyu's right arm. This strike made Lin Xingyu's right arm instantly go numb.

Wu Changkong looked at Lin Xingyu in some surprise. Earlier, he had already estimated the force of those two strikes according to Lin Xingyu's physique. It should have been enough to make Lin Xingyu collapse.

But two strikes in a row had failed to make Lin Xingyu show any obvious reaction. Was it the effect of his martial soul? Then this martial soul was rather impressive. After possession, it could bring powerful defense. That made sense too. After all, his martial soul was full-body armor!

As his thoughts turned, Wu Changkong increased the force in his hand again and again. Finally, after being struck by Wu Changkong once more, Lin Xingyu's waist went numb, and his entire body fell to the ground.