Shamelessness

Ling Nan: "..."

The next moment, blazing golden light burst from the space between Zheng Li's brows, like a little sun.

A stunning, graceful figure emerged from within, like a goddess of light!

The light was dazzling, but it didn't affect Huo Yuhao and the others, who had Spiritual Detection.

On the viewing platform, nearly all the teachers froze.

Yan Shaozhe watched the scene with interest.

"So this is the Spirit of Light in its entirety? Pure, but not entirely pure, light..."

Beside him, Qian Duoduo's eyes were as wide as a pair of eggs.

"An Angel Martial Soul? No, that's not it... What the hell is this?"

Wang Yan had known about it since yesterday, but he was still shocked to see it now.

The proctor was the most embarrassed. He saw a fourth person appear in the arena and was about to call a foul, only to realize it was their Martial Soul.

Fortunately, Du Weilun sent him a telepathic message in time.

As soon as Xiao Nai appeared, she grabbed Zheng Li's hands and began spinning. With the help of her lithe body, they managed to stay suspended in midair for several seconds.

After one full turn, Xiao Nai aimed at Huo Yuhao and threw Zheng Li toward him!

In that instant, the Yellow Soul Ring around Zheng Li flashed again and again.

He locked onto Huo Yuhao and fired the Light Sword!

Huo Yuhao used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to move over beside Xiao Xiao. He couldn't block the Light Sword on his own.

Cui Yajie reacted as well.

She wanted to use Charm, but her opponent wasn't even looking at her.

Charm required eye contact with the target. It was a real limitation.

The Light Swords quickly surrounded Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.

The two of them were standing too close together, so the Light Swords naturally trapped them both.

"This Soul Skill is a real pain!"

Find a gap and break through? Not a chance. Just look at their size—the gaps between the Light Swords weren't wide enough.

"Xiao Xiao, be careful!"

Huo Yuhao took out a Silent Sleeve Arrow, aimed at several Light Swords with his Purple Demon Eye, and triggered the mechanism of his Silent Sleeve Sword.

"Got it."

Xiao Xiao unleashed her first Soul Skill, Cauldron Suppression. The black cauldron trembled, its dark light blazing as the air seemed to twist around it.

The Light Sword truly lived up to being a Soul Skill granted by the system. It was barely affected, only slowing down a little.

Xiao Xiao had no choice but to split the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron into three, sending them spinning rapidly around the two of them to knock the Light Swords away!

Above them, Huo Yuhao kept fending off the Light Swords with Silent Sleeve Swords and other Hidden Weapons.

But Xiao Nai was the one they really had to watch out for!

Xiao Nai used her first Soul Skill as well, but the Light Swords didn't emerge from the golden ring. It was strange.

On closer inspection, the golden ring had grown much larger. A mass of golden light shone at its center. Soon, a massive sword tip emerged, followed by the blade and hilt!

The sword was over three meters long, and its blade was twenty centimeters wide!

It radiated golden light and a razor-sharp aura, as if it would cleave the entire arena in two!

Yan Shaozhe frowned. "So this is... a modified first Soul Skill, fusing all the Light Swords from a single use into one? But the increase in power is a bit much. It's no weaker than a thousand-year Soul Skill from a Power Attack System Soul Elder—in fact, it might even be stronger..."

Of course, it had limitations too. It had gone from attacking from multiple angles to just one. It could still lock onto its target, but it was also easier to dodge.

Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao had no chance of doing that.

Back in the arena, Xiao Nai raised her delicate hand and waved it through the air. The sword followed her gesture, rose high above Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, then came crashing down!

Wang Dong's pupils contracted sharply. He had broken through the Light Sword blockade, but Ling Nan had caught up to him.

Ling Nan's attacks weren't powerful, but he was slippery. He was faster than Wang Dong, and Wang Dong couldn't get past him.

Now, Wang Dong was getting desperate.

"Ling Nan, get out of my way!"

"No! You're dreaming."

"Are you moving or not?" Wang Dong snapped.

"No!"

"You..."

Without another word, Wang Dong lit up his second Soul Ring. The patterns on the wings of his Light Goddess Butterfly shimmered, condensing into balls of light that shot toward Ling Nan.

This was Butterfly God's Light.

"Holy crap! You're going straight to the big move?"

"But you think I don't have a trump card of my own?"

Ling Nan's gaze sharpened. He used Godspeed Movement, concentrating most of his Soul Power in his wings and limbs. He crouched like a cat and shot forward in an instant!

No one knew how it worked, but Ling Nan darted between the balls of light, leaving afterimages behind without ever getting hit! His sharp Cat Claws kept closing in on Wang Dong.

As the young master of a sect, Ling Nan was no pushover.

Every time Wang Dong tried to seize an opening and push forward, Ling Nan seemed to turn into his shadow, intercepting him again. He never stayed to trade blows, just harried Wang Dong and kept him from advancing.

Wang Dong was thoroughly annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.

Why had he never heard of this kind of Martial Soul?

On the other side, Xiao Xiao's pupils contracted. She could feel the razor-sharp aura coming off the blade, as if it were about to cut her in half. The massive Light Sword hadn't even fallen yet, but its cutting edge already made her whole body ache!

Clenching her teeth, Xiao Xiao glanced at the Light Swords still around them. "Class monitor, I'm counting on you!"

"Xiao Xiao, you..."

Huo Yuhao was in a tough spot too. With his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul, he could sense the danger posed by the massive Light Sword even more clearly. There was no way Xiao Xiao would come out unscathed if she took the hit.

"Xiao Xiao, call for the teacher. Don't try to block it."

Xiao Xiao was clever and understood what Huo Yuhao meant. She immediately shouted, "Teacher, save me!"

As soon as she spoke, the middle-aged teacher, who had already been prepared, leaped into the air. Soul Power surged through his palm, and ripples of pale blue light spread as he struck at the massive Light Sword.

Crack!

The massive Light Sword shattered.

Xiao Xiao was eliminated.

If she was going to be eliminated anyway, why suffer serious injuries first?

Huo Yuhao understood why Xiao Xiao had said that. It was because of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill he and Wang Dong could use...

But...

Huo Yuhao used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and fired Silent Sleeve Swords one after another, blocking the last few Light Swords.

Neither he nor Wang Dong was in a good position!

Just then, Cui Yajie's pair of fox tails whipped toward Huo Yuhao.

But Huo Yuhao used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, leaving afterimages behind so the fox tails couldn't reach him.

Cui Yajie looked stunned.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao regretted his carelessness. He should have stayed with Wang Dong from the start. Then they could have used the Power of Hao-Dong to unleash their Soul Skills with greater strength.

But why did Zheng Li and the others seem to have deliberately separated him from Wang Dong? Could it be...?

At that moment, Zheng Li was kneeling on the ground, his face pale.

Xiao Nai had come up with the massive Light Sword while bored in the Sea of Consciousness. She had finished it just a few days before the Freshman Assessment.

Before his first Soul Skill fully unfolded, he had gathered all the Soul Power needed for one use of the Light Sword inside the ring, forming the massive sword.

The massive Light Sword just now hadn't merely used the Soul Power required for one Light Sword Soul Skill. Otherwise, Xiao Xiao wouldn't have felt as if she couldn't block it.

After all, Xiao Xiao still had another national treasure, her Ring Fusion Skill, Cauldron Oscillation. That would have greatly strengthened her defense.

The price of using it was clear from Zheng Li's current state.

His Platinum Combat Suit had turned somewhat transparent, as if it might vanish at any moment.

Xiao Nai's body had also grown indistinct.

Once her Soul Power was completely exhausted, Xiao Nai would return to the Sea of Consciousness.

Xiao Nai stepped forward and supported Zheng Li.

"Xiao Li, are you sure?"

"What's there to be sure about at this point?" Zheng Li said helplessly. "Besides, I'm not losing anything."

"I'm only just realizing you have a shameless side too," Xiao Nai said calmly.

"..."

"Do you want to do it, or should I?" Xiao Nai asked.

"Together." Zheng Li took her hand.

"Okay."

After Xiao Nai agreed, the Yellow Soul Ring around Zheng Li lit up once more. At the same time, his Platinum Combat Suit grew even more transparent, his skin now visible to the naked eye. Xiao Nai became even more indistinct.

The golden rings behind their heads floated in front of their joined hands and overlapped. The Light Sword Soul Skill activated again!

Of course, this was equivalent to the full power Zheng Li or Xiao Nai could muster alone under normal circumstances.

In fact, the massive Light Sword would have been even stronger if one of them had used it alone, but their Soul Power couldn't sustain it.

Well...

It was like having a nice car right in front of you but no gas. You could only admire it, not drive it...

Shameless

On the surface, the Light Sword Soul Skill locked onto Huo Yuhao, who was using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dodge Cui Yajie's attacks while gradually closing in on Wang Dong.

"Again..."

Huo Yuhao muttered in frustration.

He had an idea now: once he became a Spirit Emperor or Spirit Saint, he would smash this Soul Skill to pieces every time he saw it!

It was too disgusting!

Huo Yuhao couldn't take it anymore!

Wang Dong was still being held up by Ling Nan.

Ling Nan's catlike movement technique had taken him more than three years to develop, with help from his grandmother and father. It naturally counted as a Self-Created Soul Skill.

Ling Nan had named it Cat Void Step!

It was a pretty lousy name.

Cat Void Step used Godspeed as its foundation, concentrating most of his Soul Power in his wings and limbs. He could quickly leap and fly through the air, like an agile cat running.

Did this consume Soul Power?

Of course. It used up the Soul Power concentrated in his wings and limbs. Ling Nan didn't explain the mechanics, but the consumption wasn't too fast or too slow.

There was a price for using it: he couldn't use it again for the next half month.

Otherwise, the meridians in his limbs would rupture.

Wang Dong was getting seriously annoyed. Seeing Huo Yuhao attacked again while he couldn't help him made him feel terribly frustrated—and deeply worried.

But the next moment, the Light Sword abruptly turned and split apart, its blades shooting toward Wang Dong.