Stars Arching the Moon

Xuan Zi rushed into the cave with Wang Yan, only to see Gu Yuena holding Mu Xuanheng, looking at a loss.

Elemental energy swirled around them, nourishing Mu Xuanheng's body.

Xuan Zi dared not use his Soul Power to probe the body, fearing he would truly confirm the worst: "Hand his corpse over to me. After all, I raised him." His posture slumped, and murky tears dripped from his eyes.

"He isn't dead, he's just asleep."

As they drew closer, they could hear the sound of ragged breathing.

It was the most powerful proof of life. Xuan Zi's mood instantly lifted, only to turn gloomy again.

"You brat, playing with my emotions like this. I knew you wouldn't die."

He took a medicinal pill from his spatial Soul Tool and fed it to him to accelerate Mu Xuanheng's recovery.

A gentle breeze supported his body as Gu Yuena helped him walk out of the cave.

Outside the cave, the group surrounded the unconscious core members.

It wasn't that those with higher cultivation had lighter poisoning; on the contrary, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, who had the highest cultivation, had fought the most intensely and inhaled too much resentment, making their poisoning the most severe.

"Dean Yan, is there any way?"

Yan Shaozhe had also arrived. Xuan Zi had chosen to trust Mu Xuanheng and had specifically sent information to Yan Shaozhe before leaving, asking him to follow.

It had paid off today. When the battle was at its peak, Yan Shaozhe had unleashed a Judgment of Light from afar, successfully securing the victory.

Yan Shaozhe shook his head: "I've already fed them pills, but this kind of virulent poison is unheard of. We can only take them back to Shrek for treatment."

"Then what about this Soul Fighting tournament?"

"Forget about the tournament! Is a championship title more important than their lives?" Mu Xuanheng, having regained consciousness, immediately retorted: "The lives of the students are the absolute priority. Even if you value that so-called glory, aren't there still a few of us left?"

"Old Man Yan, you're fast. Take them back and get them treated immediately. We will handle the rest of the Soul Fighting tournament."

Even with three elders present, he made the decision decisively. When it came to poison, every moment of delay was a danger.

Gongyang Mo knew it was time for him to step up: "That's right, even without Xiaotao and the others, we can still win and take the championship!"

After Xuan Zi left, the group began to boost their morale; they couldn't surrender before the fight even began.

"Don't look at our Soul Power Level as only being a Soul King; in terms of combat power, we have two Soul Emperors and one Soul King."

"No, it's a Soul Saint."

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena's terrifying combat record meant that even counting them as Soul Emperors was an underestimate.

Without Battle Armor, they were top-tier Soul Emperors; with Battle Armor, they were at the level of a newly ascended Soul Saint.

Mu Xuanheng coughed twice: "Just a moment ago, the two of us took down a genuine Soul Saint."

"What?" Yan Shaozhe had always assumed Xuan Zi had taken him down, but it turned out the two of them had eaten a Soul Saint alive while crossing a 30-level gap.

On the way to Star Luo City, they recounted the dangers of the event.

Gu Yuena recovered from her earlier state and slowly separated from Mu Xuanheng, maintaining a distance of one fist.

She needed to calm her emotions and ensure she wouldn't fall in love with Mu Xuanheng.

Unlike Gu Yuena, who was self-regulating, Mu Xuanheng had the Snow Empress reminding him, and she was quite diligent about it.

After registering, they arrived at the hotel where they would be staying.

The others began preparing for the competition, while Mu Xuanheng rested peacefully. After all, he was still a patient.

He lay on the bed, closing his eyes to rest his mind.

In his Spiritual Sea, the Snow Empress raised that question again: "Who exactly is Gu Yuena? Why do you care about her so much?"

"Snow Empress, once we meet her family, everything will be clear. Trust me, you will be shocked."

"Hmph, I just hope you don't play with fire and get burned. The moment you rushed in to save her, I truly felt you had fallen in love with her."

Although the Snow Empress stopped asking questions, she still demanded that he practice the Three Ultimates of the Snow Empress diligently, even encouraging him to develop them further on his own.

He trained under the guidance of the beauty, while outside, the others discussed the competition.

"For the first round, it seems we don't need to worry at all."

Before entering the quarterfinals, they had almost no opponents in terms of combat power.

Those who encountered them could only be called unlucky. Only after the quarterfinals, if their luck was bad, would they face real opponents.

Their arrival was also a hot topic among other academies.

It was just that the number of people sent this time was too small, and their combat power looked too poor.

"This is contempt! Do they think one Soul King and three Soul Ancestors can defeat our Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy?"

Xiao Hongchen: "Maybe we won't even need Brother Ma to make a move to win the match."

"Xiao Hongchen, behave yourself." As the lead teacher for Sun Moon, Elder Ma was also having a headache. "I don't know why Mingde Hall sent us a combination-type Soul Tool. Its power is likely close to a Level 9 Soul Tool. Regardless, we must win."

Compared to Sun Moon, the other academies were much more relaxed. They couldn't win anyway.

For the first match, which was also the opening ceremony, they all had to be present at the scene.

"Wow, why did Shrek only bring eight participating students?"

"No way, there's a sickly weakling too? Isn't this looking down on the other academies way too much?"

"Why is a silver-haired beauty supporting him? So envious."

As the center of attention, Shrek was met with countless gazes. Compared to previous years, this time it wasn't just because the people who came had low Soul Power Levels, but also because of the presence of Mu Xuanheng.

Ever since the orange soul ring made its debut at Shrek, it was impossible to keep it hidden.

It was simply beyond common sense; although the news spread far and wide, it didn't carry enough weight because too many people refused to believe it.

"Do you think they're looking at you or me?"

Gu Yuena glanced at him: "In a moment, they will definitely be looking at me."

Once the opening ceremony concluded, the competition officially began.

The first battle was a team match, and their opponents were the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy; one could only say that this academy had bad luck.

The starting formation was purely a Stars Arching the Moon style; it wasn't a Crescent Moon Formation, nor was it a variation of the Single-Line Snake Formation, but simply the other six people arching around Gu Yuena like stars.

"What are they doing?"

"Are they looking down on their opponents? I remember their Soul King is an auxiliary-type soul master, right?"

Others couldn't understand it, but Mu Xuanheng understood it all too well. This move was definitely thought up by Huo Yuhao.

Unlike Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena's soul rings weren't simulated; they were genuine strength.

The referee shouted: "The match begins!"

The Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy unleashed their martial souls; yellow and purple were the standard color scheme, with four Soul Ancestors, whose strength was definitely not weak. But at this very moment, not a single person was looking at them.

The audience all wanted to see what Shrek was up to.

Gongyang Mo, as the elder of the team, was the first to kneel on one knee. Following that, the others made the same gesture, extending their right hands to focus the entire arena's gaze on Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena activated her martial soul, and yellow, purple, black, and red soul rings lit up the entire arena.

Starting from the second soul ring, it was beyond imagination.

The blood-red fourth ring instantly illuminated the entire competition stage.

Even if there was only one, it was a 100,000-year soul ring, not a thousand-year or ten-thousand-year one.

Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of people in the audience gasped, and the representatives of the participating academies stood up, wanting to catch a glimpse of whether it was real or fake.

The host, the Star Luo Emperor, and his ministers had already risen to their feet.

A 100,000-year soul ring appearing on a 12-year-old girl, and as her fourth ring at that. For anyone, her future achievements would be limitless.

The six people who had been kneeling on one knee stood up one after another, jumped off the competition stage, and left the field entirely to Gu Yuena.

Her silver hair fluttered, drawing the envy of countless people, as the wind swirled across the arena.

In an instant, all seven members of the Tianling Academy were forced to their knees on the ground, suppressed by the terrifying wind pressure. She had used this move before, and now it was merely a reenactment of that scene.

"The match can be declared over now, right?"

At the same level, there was absolutely no possibility of resistance.

In this Soul Fighting tournament, it was almost impossible for them to have any opponents. At most, the subsequent matches might be a bit more troublesome.

The labels of being invincible at the same rank and a peerless beauty were now attached to Gu Yuena.