Overwhelming Force

At Long Hengxu's command.

Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie each released their Martial Souls!

"What? First Grade Class Five has Soul Grandmaster students too?"

"That's unbelievable! But it'll still be far too difficult for them to turn things around!"

"Exactly. After all, First Grade Class One has a full three Soul Grandmasters!"

Seeing the two Soul Rings light up around Xie Xie, the students all revealed looks of surprise.

"Wu Changkong, you really are something. It seems handing Xie Xie over to you was the right move!"

Long Hengxu, too, secretly nodded as he looked at Xie Xie's Soul Rings.

Just then, the purple Soul Ring on Zhao Tao's body, signifying a thousand years, suddenly flashed into existence!

"What? A Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

"That's impossible! How could a Soul Master have a Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

"If the other side didn't have three Soul Grandmasters, I'd think First Grade Class Five was First Grade Class One!"

At this sight, the Eastsea Academy students—and even some of the observing teachers—gaped in utter shock!

After all, Soul Grandmasters were already quite rare, but for a mere Soul Master to possess a Thousand-Year Soul Ring was even more outrageous, practically unheard of!

At the same time, Zhang Yangzi and the other two refused to be outdone. They circulated their Soul Power and released their Martial Souls one after another!

"Green Shadow Snake, possess!"

As green light flickered, two Soul Rings swiftly emerged around Wei Xiaofeng.

A small green snake with transparent wings and a powerful aura also appeared on his shoulder, merging with Wei Xiaofeng.

With the Martial Soul possession, Wei Xiaofeng's skin changed from yellow to pale green, while his body seemed to become softer and more agile, like a snake poised to strike at its prey.

On the other side, Wang Jinxi, who had originally been skin and bones, raised both arms as waves of dark aura burst from his body!

The next moment, Wang Jinxi's entire skeleton rapidly expanded, and two yellow Soul Rings appeared around him as well!

As for Zhang Yangzi, the captain of the trio, he summoned his Dark Phantom Eagle Martial Soul and completed his possession!

With a piercing eagle cry, a pair of black wings appeared behind Zhang Yangzi. His pupils instantly turned pitch-black, and his hands transformed into eagle claws!

"Execute the encirclement plan!"

At Zhang Yangzi's command, his body instantly turned into a black shadow and charged at Zhao Tao!

As he approached Zhang Ran, his first yellow Soul Ring flashed.

The next instant, a dense cloud of black mist appeared around him, instantly splitting the battlefield apart!

"Green Shadow Clone!"

At the same time, following Zhang Yangzi's command, Wei Xiaofeng also launched an attack on Zhao Tao!

His first Soul Ring abruptly flashed, and a series of indistinguishable afterimages instantly appeared behind him!

Though these afterimages looked illusory, each actually possessed ten percent of Wei Xiaofeng's true body's combat strength!

At this moment, he commanded his clones to launch a coordinated assault on Zhao Tao from all directions!

"Bone Dragon Claw!"

As for Wang Jinxi, he was not idle either!

As his first Soul Ring lit up, Wang Jinxi's entire right arm instantly swelled!

His palm in particular transformed into an extremely thick claw, black as ink and incomparably sharp!

With terrifying momentum, it lunged fiercely toward Zhao Tao's chest!

In an instant, Zhao Tao found himself besieged by the three Soul Grandmasters of First Grade Class One, his situation becoming exceedingly dangerous!

This was naturally the tactic Zhang Yangzi and the others had discussed before the match!

They would launch a surprise attack and take down First Grade Class Five's captain, Zhao Tao, first!

Then they would use their numerical advantage to deal with Gu Yue and Xie Xie!

"Zhao Tao, I'll help you!"

Seeing Zhao Tao trapped within the black mist, Gu Yue did not panic. She merely smiled faintly as a flash of Silver Light passed over her body!

The next moment, Zhao Tao's figure was directly teleported out of the black mist and to Gu Yue's side!

This was Gu Yue's most proficient Space Element ability: teleportation!

"Gu Yue, thanks. Let's go together!"

Giving Gu Yue a sunny smile, Zhao Tao gripped the Time Burial Sword and charged straight at Wang Jinxi!

"Wei Xiaofeng, I'm your opponent!"

Xie Xie, meanwhile, held the Light Dragon Dagger and activated his newly acquired Second Soul Skill, Light Dragon Storm, engaging Wei Xiaofeng in battle!

"Was that a spatial ability?"

Watching Zhao Tao suddenly teleport away, Zhang Yangzi's eyes flashed with astonishment as he looked toward Gu Yue.

However, Gu Yue gave Zhang Yangzi no answer. She merely controlled several elements and launched wave after wave of fierce attacks at him, forcing Zhang Yangzi to constantly block and evade!

"Take this!"

On the other side, empowered by Gu Yue's Wind Element, Zhao Tao rapidly closed in on Wang Jinxi. He swung the Time Burial Sword in his hand straight toward Wang Jinxi's throat!

"Trying to compete with me in strength will be the thing you regret most!"

Facing Zhao Tao's strike, Wang Jinxi grinned and swung his Bone Dragon Claw toward the Time Burial Sword with a terrifying gust of wind!

"Hmph, who said I was competing with you in strength?"

Looking at Wang Jinxi, now within arm's reach, Zhao Tao sneered as well. The instant the Time Burial Sword touched the Bone Dragon Claw, the Power of Time surged across its surface, as though it had entered another dimension of time and space!

The next moment, Zhao Tao's Time Burial Sword passed directly through Wang Jinxi's Bone Dragon Claw and once again struck toward Wang Jinxi's neck!

"Bone Soul Conversion!"

Though somewhat startled by Zhao Tao's sudden strike, Wang Jinxi still promptly activated his Second Soul Skill!

As the Soul Skill activated, Wang Jinxi's neck instantly transformed from solid flesh into a spirit form, allowing it to ignore all physical damage!

"I knew you had this move!"

Against Wang Jinxi's incredibly powerful Second Soul Skill, Zhao Tao's first attack with the Time Burial Sword missed.

However, Zhao Tao, who had long understood Wang Jinxi's Soul Skills inside and out, merely tapped the ground with his toes and turned his body. The Time Burial Sword slashed toward Wang Jinxi's waist once more!

Not good!

Facing Zhao Tao's returning strike, Wang Jinxi inwardly cried out!

With his current cultivation, he could only temporarily turn at most a quarter of his body into spirit form.

To deal with Zhao Tao's previous strike, he had chosen to turn his neck into spirit form!

Switching which part of his body entered spirit form required time as well!

And Zhao Tao's strike clearly did not give Wang Jinxi enough time!

Clang!

With a crisp ringing sound, the Time Burial Sword in Zhao Tao's hand slashed directly across Wang Jinxi's back!

With just one strike.

The bones in Wang Jinxi's back were nearly severed, leaving him almost completely unable to fight!