Shocking Brilliance, Zhou Yi Had Gone Mad?

"Buzz—"

Ripples instantly spread through the rings of black radiance.

At this moment, Chen Junting felt as though he had sunk deep into a quagmire, pinned in place and unable to move.

Moreover, the rings of black radiance continued invading his body, causing the Soul Power within him to evaporate at an astonishing speed.

But the price was...

Xiao Xiao could no longer use her Nine Phoenixes Auspicious Flute Martial Soul. Under the intense consumption of Soul Power, her face was growing paler and paler. She clearly could not hold out for much longer.

"Ha!"

Xiao Xiao shouted and abruptly swung out her delicate hand!

The Great Cauldron, towering like a mountain, swept horizontally toward Chen Junting with indescribable might.

Yet Chen Junting's expression remained unchanged. Only a trace of admiration flashed through his eyes. He gripped the Seven Kills Sword tightly, its blade gleaming with a chilling light beneath the sunlight. The second star quietly lit up, and murderous aura instantly coiled around the blade before he suddenly swung out the Sword Edge!

In that instant, the air seemed to be torn apart. The entire arena was filled with indescribably powerful fluctuations of Soul Power.

The seemingly materialized Sword Qi tore through the air like lightning, carrying a sharp roar as it cleaved straight toward the center of the Great Cauldron.

"Boom—"

At that moment, the entire Elimination Tournament examination arena seemed to fall silent. Only the Sword Qi soaring into the sky and the impact against the Great Cauldron echoed through the air. The sound shook the hearts of everyone present, making them feel an intense force of impact.

When the Sword Radiance struck the Great Cauldron, an ear-splitting boom rang out, and the entire Number Seven Arena trembled. The force of the collision made it impossible for anyone to keep their footing, as though they might be swept away.

Seeing this, the Referee Teacher immediately took action!

Six Soul Rings revolved around him one after another.

The Soul Power of a Soul Emperor burst forth, forming a protective Soul Power barrier that enveloped the Number Seven Arena.

In addition, he had to focus on the situation within the arena.

A tense feeling spread through his heart.

Within the arena, facing the terrifying waves of air, Chen Junting stood firmly in place. However, that streak of Sword Radiance had cleaved the Great Cauldron in half during its collision with it!

All color had vanished from Xiao Xiao's face.

At this moment, she had completely lost her will to fight.

The Referee Teacher immediately dared not hesitate. With a flash of his figure, he charged into the arena. Yet the Sword Qi had already howled toward him in the blink of an eye. Its razor-sharp edge gave even him, with the cultivation of a Soul Emperor, the feeling that he might be split apart.

Martial Soul Possession?

There was no time.

Just as he was about to take the attack head-on, a spring breeze seemed to sweep across the space before him. The murderous Sword Qi from moments earlier scattered like willow catkins drifting in the wind.

What remained was the slightly dazed Referee Teacher, Xiao Xiao lying unconscious on the ground, and Chen Junting standing tall and composed.

"Brilliant beyond compare."

After softly uttering those words, Chen Junting walked toward the two teammates who had also fallen into a daze. They had clearly been stunned by their captain's strength! In their eyes, this battle had been far more shocking than any previous Spirit Duel.

"Let's go."

Chen Junting patted the two on the shoulders and drifted away.

The result of this Spirit Duel was already clear.

At the same time, on the Spectator Stand.

"The one from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is extraordinary."

Du Weilun stared at Chen Junting's departing back and spoke softly. However, none of the teachers heard his words. As for why he had said that...

As a powerhouse at the Soul Douluo level, he had seen the disappearance of that final sword strike clearly. It was obvious that Chen Junting's control over his Sword Qi had reached, at the very least, the stage of mastery.

On the other side of the Spectator Stand.

"Mu Jin, what exactly do you mean!?" Feeling the mocking gaze, Zhou Yi forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart and demanded an explanation.

"What do you mean, what do I mean?"

Mu Jin shrugged and pretended not to understand.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi coldly glanced at Xiao Xiao, who was being carried away by the students from Class One because she was unconscious. The volcano of rage in her heart was about to erupt, and she could no longer hold it back. She stopped paying attention to Mu Jin's gaze, snorted coldly, and turned away in a huff!

Especially after hearing other Class Teachers congratulate Mu Jin from behind her, her hurried footsteps quickened once again.

Seeing this scene, Mu Jin's mood felt as refreshed as if he had gulped down a cup of ice water in the height of summer—utterly invigorating!

At noon in the Cafeteria, Wu Feng picked up her tray and put a piece of Millennium Scaled Demon Crocodile meat into her mouth. However, her attention was clearly not on her lunch.

"Huo Yuhao, we should be getting another companion."

Wu Feng suddenly leaned close to Huo Yuhao's ear, interrupting his meal and drawing the attention of Wang Dong, Dugu Xin, and the other three teammates, who had been called over by Ning Tian to eat together.

"Companion?"

Huo Yuhao was stunned, unable to react for a moment.

"You're so stupid!" Wu Feng immediately wore a look of disdain and lowered her voice. "That Xiao Xiao!"

As she spoke, she gestured toward the distance.

Ning Tian and Chen Junting were only holding their trays at that moment, but they were not in a hurry to eat. Instead, they seemed to be discussing something.

If one listened carefully, one would notice that their topic was basically inseparable from the two words "Xiao Xiao."

"Have you taken a liking to that little girl?"

Ning Tian leaned against Chen Junting and teased him. Clearly, her words were only meant as a joke.

"What do you think?"

Chen Junting gave a displeased snort before turning serious.

"The results of the investigation from a few days ago have come out, right?"

"Yes."

Ning Tian nodded slightly and returned to her serious demeanor.

"The names of those great and prominent nobles on the list you and I compiled have already been removed. However, Xiao Xiao happens to belong to a minor noble family—the Xiao Family. Their family's Martial Soul is the inherited Soul Suppressing Cauldron, which can only be considered an advanced Martial Soul. Xiao Xiao's Martial Soul, however, underwent a mutation and became a top-tier Martial Soul. Her second Martial Soul, the Nine Phoenixes Auspicious Flute, is also a mutated Martial Soul, and it was inherited from her mother."

"Then let's try to make contact with her next."

Only then did Chen Junting begin eating. He picked up a piece of Thousand-Year Black-Horned Boar Sweet and Sour Pork and placed it into Ning Tian's cherry-red lips. "You and she are both girls, so you're more suited than I am to recruit her."

"Don't worry."

Ning Tian chuckled, looking as though victory was already in her grasp. "As long as Shrek Academy doesn't interfere, no one can refuse the olive branch extended by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Just like you, haha—"

Several hours after lunch, the afternoon examination for the round of thirty-two advancing to sixteen was also completed. The lots had been drawn, and the areas assigned.

Was it fate? Their opponents this time were once again a team from Class One. Moreover, it was the last remaining team among all the Class One teams that had entered the Elimination Tournament.

However, when Chen Junting learned a certain piece of news from this team, a thought instantly surfaced in his mind.

Had that woman Zhou Yi gone mad!?