Ignoring the reactions of everyone on the high platform, the two teams below instantly released their Martial Souls the moment the Referee Teacher called for the match to begin!
"First Soul Skill: Ice Staff!"
Ling Luochen's yellow First Soul Ring lit up, and an Ice Staff made entirely of ice crystals appeared in her grip. A biting chill immediately swept toward the three opponents, enveloping them!
At the same time, Jiang Ming directly used his own First Soul Skill as well.
"Heart Tremor!"
Invisible ripples, accompanied by the freezing aura, spread toward the opposing trio, trying to slap them with a weakening debuff.
"An attack that acts directly on the heart? We expected that! Lu Ren, now!"
Dai Yueheng's gaze sharpened as he spoke in a low voice.
Behind him, two Yellow Soul Rings lit up at the same time on a Second Ring Soul Master whose Martial Soul was unknown, and two different-colored lights fell onto the three of them.
In an instant, Dai Yueheng and the Second Ring Control System Soul Master beside him saw their auras surge!
When Jiang Ming saw the condition of the opposing trio, a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.
"Man, how many times have I even used this First Soul Skill? And I keep running into Support Soul Masters who can counter it. Talk about rotten luck."
Though he said it was rotten luck, Jiang Ming's movements were not the least bit hesitant.
Seeing that his First Soul Skill had no effect on them, Jiang Ming directly used his Third Soul Skill!
This was the final match. Once he swept Dai Yueheng's team aside, the Freshman Assessment would be over. Better to end it quickly.
"Golden Blood, activate!"
With Golden Blood activated, Jiang Ming's entire aura surged. Like a fierce Soul Beast, he pounced toward the opposing three!
This lineup of theirs had one advantage for him: no one could break through to Ling Luochen's side.
The Support System Soul Master obviously could not. As for the Control System Soul Master, if Ling Luochen lost to the other side in control, that would be a little, well...
As for Dai Yueheng, it would already be good if he did not get thrown out by Jiang Ming. Break through? Not a chance!
"Let me see just how strong you are now!"
"Third Soul Skill: White Tiger Adamant Transformation!"
In an instant, Dai Yueheng's aura, which had already surged under the support of the Support System Soul Master, rose sharply once again!
The Support Soul Master on their team was not as powerful as the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda or the Rainbow Dragon, but he could still provide a twenty percent Soul Power boost and immunity to negative effects.
The reason Jiang Ming's First Soul Skill had not worked just now was because it had been negated by this Support Soul Master's Second Soul Skill.
With an existing twenty percent Soul Power boost, combined with the White Tiger Adamant Transformation's one-hundred-percent increase to all attributes for half an hour, Dai Yueheng at this moment could even defeat a Soul Ancestor!
At this moment, Dai Yueheng's aura was actually able to stand on equal footing with Jiang Ming after he had activated Golden Blood!
"Tch. Having a Support Soul Master really is nice."
As Jiang Ming charged forward, he sensed the change in Dai Yueheng's aura and could not help clicking his tongue.
Without that Support System Soul Master, Dai Yueheng probably would not even have been able to withstand his First Soul Skill. But after gaining a Support Soul Master, this guy could actually match the aura of Jiang Ming, who had lowered his Soul Power, without falling behind.
"First Soul Skill, White Tiger Protection Barrier!"
Just before he was about to clash with Jiang Ming, Dai Yueheng very cautiously activated his First Soul Skill.
Against Jiang Ming, he did not dare show the slightest contempt or rely on luck.
"You're pretty cautious."
Jiang Ming smiled, then suddenly swung his fist!
Boom!
A powerful Soul Power Fluctuation burst out from the space where the two exchanged blows, instantly sweeping across more than half the competition field!
Ling Luochen and the two Soul Masters on the opposing side were startled at the same time and, as if by tacit agreement, chose to move away from the area where their captains were fighting.
On the high platform, Du Weilun's eyes widened, his face full of amazement.
"How is this a fight between Soul Elders? This is practically a battle between Soul Ancestors!"
Yan Shaozhe nodded and said, "Dai Yueheng has the boosts from a Support Soul Master and White Tiger Adamant Transformation. His current combat power is definitely no weaker than a late-stage Soul Ancestor!
"And Jiang Ming—his Third Soul Skill seems to have a similar effect to White Tiger Adamant Transformation, but its effect is probably even stronger than White Tiger Adamant Transformation!
"But doesn't he have over forty ranks of Soul Power? Why is he suppressing his Soul Power? If he didn't suppress it, Jiang Ming's current aura would be enough to rival a Soul King!"
A trace of puzzlement flashed through Yan Shaozhe's eyes.
If Jiang Ming did not suppress his Soul Power, Dai Yueheng absolutely would not be able to compete with him in aura. Rivaling a late-stage Soul Ancestor and rivaling a Soul King were two completely different concepts!
"Well... Dean Yan, I was the one who asked Jiang Ming to do that. With over forty ranks of Soul Power plus this skill, the Freshman Assessment wouldn't pose even the slightest difficulty to him. Suppressing his Soul Power is meant to give him a bit of pressure."
Zhou Yi, standing to the side, explained.
Yan Shaozhe understood at once, then smiled and said, "You really are quite a good teacher."
Zhou Yi accepted the praise from Dean Yan Shaozhe with great satisfaction, while Mu Jin, off to the side, was so jealous her face had practically twisted out of shape.
"You've all underestimated that kid Jiang Ming. Shaozhe, take a closer look at his third Soul Ring."
The sloppy old man who had been sitting off to the side eating meat and drinking wine suddenly spoke.
"Third Soul Ring?"
Yan Shaozhe's gaze sharpened. A trace of golden light flashed through his eyes as he looked at the deep-purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring on Jiang Ming.
"This color... this energy aura..."
Yan Shaozhe frowned, then his pupils abruptly contracted.
"That kid's third Soul Ring is actually over eight thousand years old!"
The moment those words came out, Du Weilun, the teaching director standing closest to Yan Shaozhe, froze on the spot.
"Eight thousand years? Even a Soul Ancestor-level Soul Master wouldn't dare use an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring as his fourth! This kid's only on his third Soul Ring, and it's already eight thousand years?!"
Du Weilun couldn't help being shocked. This Soul Ring's age was simply absurd for a normal Soul Master!
An eight-thousand-year soul beast was only two thousand years away from being a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! It could basically be counted as half a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast already!
A soul beast of this level was already fundamentally different from one that was five or six thousand years old. Though it was not as terrifying as a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, absorbing a Soul Ring of this age while breaking through to Soul Ancestor carried tremendous danger!
And right now, Jiang Ming was not using it as his fourth Soul Ring, but as his third—an eight-thousand-year third Soul Ring!
"Where on earth did this monster come from?"
Yan Shaozhe murmured. In all his years as the dean of Shrek Academy, he had seen his share of geniuses. Recently, he had even taken in a little girl with the Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul as his personal disciple.
But he had truly never seen a monster on Jiang Ming's level!
"A heart Body Martial Soul, Twin Martial Souls, terrifying cultivation speed... If this kid grows up, he'll probably become even stronger than that fellow Deathly Poison!
"Shaozhe, go examine this kid's body later. With this kind of Soul Power cultivation speed, I hope he hasn't been imitating the Sun Moon Empire and using drugs to forcefully boost himself. That would be a terrible waste of a heavenly gift!"
After saying that, the sloppy old man seemed still uneasy and spoke again.
"Forget it. This old man will go personally. A fine seedling like this is something you can only encounter by chance!"
With that, the sloppy old man went back to gnawing on his chicken leg, while on the competition stage, the situation also changed.
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