Soul Chasing VS Seven Kill

"Come in."

Wang Yan pushed the door open and entered, with Lin Chen following behind. Lin Chen then told Yan Shaozhe about his experiences and released his Soul Rings.

"You've got guts. You actually ventured deep into the territory of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and survived. No wonder Lexuan gave you a letter of recommendation."

"You flatter me, Dean." Listening to Yan Shaozhe's praise, Lin Chen knew he would most likely be allowed to stay.

"Don't celebrate just yet. Although there was a reason for what happened this time, you did indeed violate the school rules. And since you never took the second-year promotion assessment, your test will be more difficult. If you fail, get out of here."

"Yes, Dean."

"All right, go back for now. Be at the Soul Fighting Platform tomorrow morning and wait for me. I'll supervise the assessment personally."

"Then Dean Yan, Lin Chen and I will take our leave first," Wang Yan said.

Yan Shaozhe nodded, and Wang Yan led Lin Chen away.

After classes ended that afternoon, the hot-tempered Zhou Yi also dragged Lin Chen aside for a thorough questioning. Fortunately, Wang Yan helped smooth things over, so it did not become much of an issue.

That night, Lin Chen finally brought out his milk tea cart again after a long absence.

"Little Earth, we'll come sell milk tea with you tonight!" Xiao Xiao said excitedly.

"But you have to treat us to a late-night snack," Xiao Xiao added.

Lin Chen: "...Can I refuse?"

"Refusal denied. Let's go," Lin Xiaolei said, then directly grabbed Xiao Xiao's hand and left.

"Brother Lin, I'm coming too," Zhou Mingxing said from the side.

"Why are you being so polite with me? If it hadn't been for your Soul Tool, I might not have made it back."

The group walked on amid laughter and cheerful chatter.

"Little Earth, we were all worried about you while you were gone!" the slightly tipsy Lin Xiaolei said. "Especially Xiao Xiao. When we went into the city to put up missing-person notices, she posted the most."

Zhou Mingxing nodded from the side. As for Xiao Xiao, she had already been drunk unconscious.

Lin Chen had not expected these friends to care so much about his safety, and he was deeply moved. Other than his family, few people had cared for him since childhood. Yet the friends he had made now valued loyalty and friendship so dearly. That was truly rare in the Soul Master world, where strength ruled and material desires ran rampant.

When I make it big someday, I absolutely can't forget them!

Everyone enjoyed the late-night meal, and they were still humming songs on the way back to the dormitory.

The next day, when Lin Chen arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena, he saw Yan Shaozhe already waiting there. Beside him stood an upperclassman with short dark-red hair, dressed in Inner Court attire.

"Chen Zifeng?" Lin Chen instantly guessed his identity.

"Lin Chen, your assessment is simple. Hold out against him for the time it takes an incense stick to burn."

Hold out for an incense stick? He's looking down on me too much. Today, I'll take him down!

Yan Shaozhe then vanished into thin air, appearing on the spectator stands the next instant.

"Hello, junior. My name is Chen Zifeng, a level 57 Attack System weapon Soul King."

"Hello, senior. My name is Lin Chen, a level 36 Attack System weapon Soul Elder. Please guide me."

"Level 36? Good kid. You went out once and rose five levels in a row," Yan Shaozhe praised.

With that, the two released their Martial Souls at the same time. One radiated the aura of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, while the other unleashed a vast and mighty killing intent.

A clash between the Soul Chasing Sword and the Seven Kill Sword!

Yan Shaozhe lit an incense stick and placed it in the wall, then announced loudly, "The assessment begins."

However, Lin Chen was the first to attack.

"Senior, be careful. Second Soul Skill, Sharpness Revealed."

Empowered by the thousand-year amplification Soul Skill, Lin Chen's attack power had already reached the level of a Soul Ancestor. He swung out streams of Sword Qi toward Chen Zifeng.

"Third Soul Skill, Annihilate!" Chen Zifeng also slashed out several crimson streams of Sword Qi.

The red and blue Sword Qi collided, erupting with a thunderous crash as a fierce aura exploded outward.

At that moment, Lin Chen and Chen Zifeng began fighting directly.

Chen Zifeng was, after all, a level 57 Soul King, and his Soul Power far surpassed Lin Chen's. Lin Chen's Sword Qi was clearly no match for his. After only a few seconds of collision, it was unsurprisingly shattered by Chen Zifeng's Sword Qi.

Secretly astonished by a Soul King's strength, Lin Chen faced the incoming Sword Qi with Lingbo Weibu beneath his feet, effortlessly weaving around one streak after another.

Seeing Lin Chen evade his Third Soul Skill so easily, Chen Zifeng could not help but exclaim, "What kind of footwork is that?!"

At the same time, he put away his previous contempt.

"Second Soul Skill, Break!"

"First Soul Skill, Long Sword Peaks!"

In the clash between two Hundred Year Soul Skills, Chen Zifeng failed to gain any advantage. Especially with Lin Chen under the enhancement of a thousand-year Soul Skill, he even suffered a slight disadvantage. So, he began engaging Lin Chen in close combat, intending to drain Lin Chen's Soul Power within the time of an incense stick and claim victory.

The Soul Fighting Platform was filled with the sound of swords clashing.

Yan Shaozhe watched the two battle, his thoughts unreadable.

Just then, a fiery-red figure flew over from the sky and landed directly beside Yan Shaozhe.

"Teacher, so you were here."

The newcomer was Ma Xiaotao.

"You girl, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to ask whether you've identified the assassins who tried to kill Huo Yuhao a few days ago," Ma Xiaotao said.

"We've investigated it. There's a ninety percent chance they were from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."

"What? Dai Yueheng?! I'm going to teach him a lesson right now." The instant Ma Xiaotao heard that they were from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, she flared up in anger.

"Wait. When will you ever temper that temper of yours? Although they were from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Dai Yueheng knew nothing about it. His younger brother, Dai Huabin, was responsible. He and Huo Yuhao had already developed a conflict during the Freshman Assessment Tournament. Let Huo Yuhao settle these matters himself."

"Fine."

On the Soul Fighting Platform, Chen Zifeng had already used his Fourth Soul Skill. He now wielded two Soul Chasing Swords as he traded blows with Lin Chen, hoping to end the battle quickly.

"Third Soul Skill, Sword Shadow Overlap!"

Centered on Chen Zifeng, countless sword shadows instantly swept up into a whirlwind, trapping Chen Zifeng within it.

Lin Chen had already concealed himself amid the countless sword shadows, using them to strike at Chen Zifeng.

Lin Chen was confident that Chen Zifeng's Spiritual Power could not be higher than his own. Therefore, Chen Zifeng could not possibly see through his position and could only rely on Soul Power to blast apart the Soul Skill.

Just as Lin Chen had expected, Chen Zifeng used his Fifth Soul Skill, Chaos. Its effect was to condense several sharp swords and fire them at the target like meteors, with tremendous destructive power.

But Chen Zifeng could not lock onto his target at the moment, so he could only use his Fifth Soul Skill to break Sword Shadow Overlap.

The countless sword shadows were swept away by Chen Zifeng.

At that moment, Lin Chen suddenly appeared behind Chen Zifeng, gripping the Seven Kill Sword as he thrust toward him.

"First Soul Skill, Sharp!" Reacting in time, Chen Zifeng hurriedly used his First Soul Skill and thrust at Lin Chen.

The instant the Soul Chasing Sword struck Lin Chen, Lin Chen's body turned into a dark shadow and flowed into the ground.

"Not good, it's a sword shadow!" Chen Zifeng immediately sensed that something was wrong.