Passing the Assessment

Roar—

A phantom of a white tiger roared over Dai Mubai's body, then finally contracted onto him, layering him with an amplification buff.

Under the effects of White Tiger Vajra Transformation, Dai Mubai's resistance to abnormal states, defense, attack power, and more all received a 100% boost.

Pfft—

Yet even Dai Mubai, in his White Tiger Vajra Transformation state, seemed as flimsy as paper before Su Mo's Thunderclap Strike. The Soul Hunting Spear in Su Mo's hand drove straight toward Dai Mubai with unstoppable force, and the spear tip stabbed directly into the arms Dai Mubai had crossed protectively in front of himself.

"Not good..."

Zhao Wuji, who had originally been watching calmly, instantly changed expression at the sight.

Su Mo's attack had completely exceeded his expectations.

In his view, even if Su Mo's Second Soul Skill was a Thousand Year Soul Ring quality soul skill, Dai Mubai's Third Soul Skill was also a thousand-year soul skill. On top of that, Dai Mubai was rank 37, and his martial soul was a top-tier martial soul. Even if Su Mo's attack could injure Dai Mubai, it shouldn't have been life-threatening.

But now, looking at it, if Su Mo's attack went even slightly wrong, it might pierce straight through Dai Mubai. That would be dangerous—even if he did not die, he would be seriously injured.

However, just as Zhao Wuji was about to intervene, Su Mo drew back the long spear in his hand, flourished it in a spear flower, and then put the Soul Hunting Spear away behind his back.

"I think there's no need to continue, right?"

After putting away the Soul Hunting Spear, Su Mo smiled faintly at Dai Mubai before him, whose face was pale and who still looked badly shaken.

"Gulp~"

Only then did Dai Mubai swallow, his eyes somewhat unfocused. After a good while, he finally spoke, his voice filled with shock and frustration. "...I lost!"

Though he was extremely unwilling to admit it, Dai Mubai also knew that if Su Mo had not held back just now, it would not have been as simple as his arms being stabbed.

"This..."

"How is that possible..."

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong looked at the scene before them, both wearing expressions of utter disbelief.

Neither of them had expected Su Mo to complete the assessment so cleanly and decisively.

And Su Mo had not merely endured an Incense Stick's worth of time against Dai Mubai—he had directly defeated Dai Mubai.

"Teachers, does this count as me passing the Fourth Round Assessment?"

At this moment, Su Mo also turned back and smiled as he spoke to Zhao Wuji and Lu Qibin.

As for defeating Dai Mubai, Su Mo himself was not surprised at all.

Right now, his attack power was simply extremely strong. His First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill were both top-grade soul skills, and if he stacked them together, along with the Soul Hunting Spear fused with the Mystic Iron Spear, let alone a Soul Elder, even a Soul Ancestor would be in great danger under Su Mo's fierce assault.

Of course, Su Mo was only relatively strong in attack. Close-quarters combat was fine, but if he ran into a fast enemy who refused to clash head-on with him, Su Mo would have a harder time dealing with them.

Moreover, at the end of the day, Su Mo was still only a rank 22 Soul Grandmaster. Weak defense and weak Soul Power were both Su Mo's shortcomings.

For example, in his fight with Dai Mubai, if Su Mo had not defeated Dai Mubai in a short amount of time just now, his defeat afterward would have been certain.

"You pass, of course you pass!"

"Good kid, and you actually had the nerve to tell me just now that you were only rank 22? How is this the kind of strength a rank 22 soul master can display?"

"Hurry up and tell me, what exactly is your Second Soul Skill, and why is it so strong?"

When Zhao Wuji heard Su Mo's words, he immediately spoke, then began questioning Su Mo curiously.

It was not only Zhao Wuji. Everyone else was also looking at Su Mo with curiosity, all wanting to know why Su Mo was so strong.

"My Second Soul Skill is actually only a little stronger than an ordinary soul skill. The reason my attack is this strong is because I fused my martial soul with a weapon!"

Su Mo smiled faintly, then, right in front of everyone, once again took the long spear from behind his back into his hand.

Buzz—

Then, with a thought from Su Mo, his martial soul, the Soul Hunting Spear, and the Mystic Iron Spear were separated by him.

After they were split apart, everyone discovered that the two long spears in Su Mo's hands were only similar, not completely identical.

This was because after Su Mo's martial soul absorbed a soul ring, it had undergone some changes. The Mystic Iron Spear had been forged according to its previous appearance, so naturally there were some differences.

"This is my martial soul, the Soul Hunting Spear!"

"And this is the long spear I asked Tang San to help me forge based on the appearance of my martial soul. The shaft is made of Refined Iron, and the spearhead is forged from Mystic Iron!"

Su Mo knew everyone would definitely be curious as to why his strength was so high, so he did not hide it. He directly revealed the fact that his martial soul had actually fused with a Mystic Iron Spear.

As long as he did not reveal the secret of Soul Tool Refinement, that was enough!

Besides, even if he did not say it, soul masters with sharper eyesight would be able to tell, especially Tang San. As long as Tang San activated his Purple Demon Eyes, he would be able to see it.

There was no need to hide it at all, because over time, it would naturally be discovered.

"So it can actually be done like this..."

"Forging a weapon exactly the same as your own martial soul, then fusing them together..."

"No wonder he's always kept his martial soul out. So it was to cover this up!"

"..."

After hearing Su Mo's explanation, everyone was stunned by what he had done. None of them had expected that such a method existed. No wonder Su Mo's attack power was so strong.

He clearly already had his martial soul as a weapon, yet he had actually forged an identical one and fused them together.

That kind of behavior was something they had never even considered.

Ning Rongrong's eyes shone slightly as she looked at Su Mo. She only felt that this person called Su Mo was very interesting. Not only was his way of looking at things sharp and incisive, he had even thought of combining his martial soul with a weapon to increase its power.

"Despicable! You're cheating!"

And after Dai Mubai understood what had happened, he immediately shouted angrily at Su Mo.

He had already found it hard to accept that he had actually lost to Su Mo. Now that he had found the reason, he naturally started attacking Su Mo over it, so he could prove that his loss had been unfair.

He thought the reason he had been defeated by Su Mo was that Su Mo had cheated, causing him to misjudge Su Mo's attack power.

"Teachers, this doesn't count as cheating or breaking the rules, does it? The weapons Tang San used just now were far more numerous than mine!"

Hearing that, Su Mo did not argue with Dai Mubai. Instead, he looked up and asked Zhao Wuji and Lu Qibin in return.

"Ahem, this really doesn't count as cheating. Being able to think of this method also shows your ability!"

"But in the future, you'd better not use it like this. In the Soul Master Competition, the use of any external objects is forbidden, and that naturally includes weapons!"

Hearing this, Zhao Wuji hurriedly coughed twice, then spoke.

Naturally, he would not shut a little monster like Su Mo out.

It was just that he also had to consider Dai Mubai's feelings, so he said something to Su Mo as well.

"All right, Mubai. From now on, everyone will be companions, so don't worry about it so much. That kid Su Mo is still a little monster even without using weapons!"

At the same time as Zhao Wuji spoke, Lu Qibin also used Secret Sound Transmission to comfort Dai Mubai.

After all, the one in the most awkward position there was Dai Mubai.

He, a rank 37 Soul Elder, had been instantly defeated by a rank 22 Soul Grandmaster.

"Sorry, I spoke out of turn!"

"Su Mo, welcome to Shrek Academy as well!"

Dai Mubai still had a certain breadth of mind. Although he was very unhappy inside, he still stepped forward and apologized to Su Mo, while also welcoming him to join Shrek Academy.