Golden Dragon Green Spirit Sword

The topic had come up, so Huo Yuhao chose to explain everything directly. Starting from his earliest memories, he slowly revealed the pain he had endured.

Although Chi Qiu had already seen it in his memories, hearing Huo Yuhao tell it himself still made her heart tremble.

The more Wang Dong listened, the angrier she became. Finally, she slammed a fist into the ground and sprang to her feet. "I'm going to beat the crap out of him!"

Chi Qiu raised a hand to stop her. "Let's settle things properly in the final."

Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly. After a moment of silence, he relaxed them again. "Wang Dong, what was the information you wanted to tell me just now?"

"That? Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu probably have a hereditary Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Hell White Tiger."

"So, Captain Huo, how about giving some more thought to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Miss Qiu?"

That was why Wang Dong had brought it up with Huo Yuhao after the semifinal.

Now, Huo Yuhao gave her a mysterious smile. "Well, there's been some progress, but it isn't stable yet, so I can't talk about it. We'll see on the field! Besides, don't we have a plan that doesn't rely on a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

At that, Chi Qiu merely wore a confident expression, as if she had expected this all along. Wang Dong grew impatient. "You two have been scheming something in secret again and keeping me out of it, haven't you? That's not cool, Huo. You're buying me dinner tonight!"

Huo Yuhao laughed. "Don't you already have a VIP spot for grilled fish every night?"

"The real VIP spot belongs to Miss Qiu, doesn't it?! I still have to wait in line!"

Listening to his friends joke around, Huo Yuhao finally felt the turbulent emotions in his heart settle a little.

He was not nearly as composed as he seemed. After all, his opponent was Dai Huabin. If he couldn't defeat him, Huo Yuhao would feel as though all his previous efforts had gone to waste.

More than wanting Dai Huabin to lose to him, he couldn't bear the thought of losing to Dai Huabin. He absolutely refused to bow his head to that man.

Fortunately, he wasn't alone.

On the night before the final, Huo Yuhao didn't sleep at all. Sitting on his bed, he repeatedly reinforced the foundation of his Soul Power while continuing to absorb the last remnants of the Soul Ascension Pill's essence in the Eye of Destiny.

Golden and emerald-green mist gradually billowed from around his body, circling him as it simulated a special method of circulating Soul Power.

When the sky began to pale with the first hint of dawn, Huo Yuhao let out a long breath and opened his eyes. His Soul Power was still locked at level twenty because he lacked a Soul Ring, but by now it had grown so dense that it was almost viscous.

On the other side of the curtain, Wang Dong was sleeping soundly. For a lazybones like her, being forced to cultivate for so many days had been quite a trial. It wouldn't hurt to let her relax a little on the eve of the final.

Huo Yuhao quietly opened the door and stepped outside. He leaned against the windowsill, gazing out at the city just before dawn. Beneath the gray sky, the stars were fading, and the boundless Sea God Lake shimmered with dim ripples.

Mom, I'm competing against Dai Huabin today.

I won't lose to him, will I?

That's right. I won't lose to him.

Huo Yuhao's thoughts stirred, and he looked back. Wang Dong was coming out through the door.

"So you couldn't sleep either?" Huo Yuhao asked softly. It was still early, and he didn't want to disturb the other students.

"Come on, I was way too excited to sleep." Wang Dong pressed down her sleep-mussed pink-and-blue hair. "I heard you get up, so I dragged myself out of bed too."

Huo Yuhao looked toward the student square and spotted a third person who hadn't been able to sleep.

Even in the murky light of dawn, Chi Qiu's beautiful golden hair stood out. She seemed to be out for a stroll, walking slowly along the edge of the teaching building. When she reached the dormitory, she noticed Huo Yuhao watching and looked up.

"Let's go downstairs and warm up," Huo Yuhao said.

With several hours still to go before the morning's final assessment, the three of them met up in the familiar grove and stretched their muscles one last time.

In the not-too-distant future, this would become their last happy memory at Shrek.

Then the freshman assessment final began.

"State your names!"

"Huo Yuhao, Chi Qiu, Wang Dong."

"Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Cui Yajie."

Huo Yuhao was certain Dai Huabin hadn't recognized him, but he could still feel hostility radiating from him. He gave a cold laugh inwardly, then calmly moved to Wang Dong's left rear, while Chi Qiu shifted to her right rear.

Dai Huabin's expression changed slightly. In the previous matches, Huo Yuhao's team had sent Chi Qiu out alone to sweep through their opponents. But today, the one standing at the front was the two-ringed agility-type Butterfly.

Had they changed their formation for the final? Dai Huabin told himself it wouldn't matter. No matter how they rearranged themselves, they couldn't change the fact that they were destined to lose. After all, he and Zhu Lu had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Even the Golden Dragon Girl, who had dominated the entire competition earlier, had been trapped for a while by the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill. His Hell White Tiger was even stronger.

Seeing that both sides were in position, the referee swept his hand through the air.

"Begin!"

Wang Dong leaped into the air, her Butterfly Wings unfurling in an instant. At the same time, Huo Yuhao stepped forward and activated Spiritual Detection Sharing.

He had already tested its range in previous matches. From where he stood now, Spiritual Detection Sharing could cover the entire arena.

Wang Dong had already gathered information on Cui Yajie for the team. She was a mix of Power Attack System and spirit-type, which made her the perfect target for Huo Yuhao.

So when Dai Huabin and the others charged, releasing their three different Martial Souls, Huo Yuhao held back the urge to strike Dai Huabin and instead met Cui Yajie's attempt to bewitch him with a Soul Shock.

In a battle between spirit-type Soul Masters, if one side's spiritual power was suppressed, using a skill could backfire. The backlash from the bewitchment, combined with Soul Shock, shook Cui Yajie's Sea of Consciousness. She cried out in pain, her legs gave way, and she immediately fell behind.

In the next instant, Wang Dong was already in front of her.

They couldn't use the collar-grabbing trick in the final. Wang Dong's First Soul Ring lit up for the first time. The edges of her blue wings turned gold, gleaming with a chilling sharpness in the sunlight. She swept her wings fiercely, sending a gust of wind at Cui Yajie.

First Soul Skill, Wing Guillotine.

Before the final, no one had ever seen Wang Dong use her Soul Skills. Naturally, Dai Huabin's team had assumed she was just an ordinary agility-type Soul Master. Cui Yajie was a mix of Power Attack System and spirit-type—there was no way an agility-type Soul Master could knock her straight out of the match, right?

They had all underestimated the power of Wang Dong's First Soul Skill.

So even after she was knocked out of the arena, Cui Yajie still couldn't believe what had happened.

Nearby, Dai Huabin was locked in a standoff with Chi Qiu. His hair had turned black and white, his four pupils were completely blue, and white tiger fur covered his arms, with sharp claws emerging from his fingertips.

With a clang, his claws collided heavily with the Golden Dragon Spear, sending sparks flying. Both of Chi Qiu's Soul Rings lit up, and Dai Huabin couldn't budge her at all.

A low tiger's roar came from his throat. His Second Soul Ring lit up, and a beam of white light shot toward Chi Qiu's face. But a flash of blue and gold appeared, and Wang Dong's hardened wings intercepted the attack, shielding Chi Qiu.

Dai Huabin glanced behind him and saw that Cui Yajie had already been knocked out of the arena.

Wang Dong had taken the hit hard. She staggered backward several steps, barely making it to a safe distance where she could disengage. But she didn't mind. She was only there to provide cover, and she had already accomplished most of her objective by knocking Cui Yajie out of the match.

Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Huo Yuhao had carefully analyzed Dai Huabin's team's fighting habits before adjusting their tactics. Even the fact that Dai Huabin would use White Tiger Intense Light Wave against Chi Qiu, whose front was difficult to break through, was something he had predicted.

Huo Yuhao had also planned Wang Dong's routes for both support and retreat.

Now, Wang Dong and Chi Qiu stood one in front of the other, shielding Huo Yuhao between them. Zhu Lu, who had been harrying Huo Yuhao and looking for an opening, had her path disrupted by the formation.

She was indeed fast, but the three months Huo Yuhao's team had spent fighting without Spiritual Detection hadn't been wasted. With Spiritual Detection assisting him now, and Spiritual Interference disrupting her from time to time, Huo Yuhao had also figured out Zhu Lu's attack patterns. He could now defend himself against her, at least barely.

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a look.

Help Miss Qiu conserve her Soul Power!

Wang Dong leaped up and swung her hardened wings at Dai Huabin again. Dai Huabin activated his First Soul Skill, White Tiger Barrier. Her wing blades struck him, but only a ripple of white energy appeared.

The gap in Soul Power between a Soul Elder and a Soul Grandmaster was still significant.

But in the next second, Dai Huabin suddenly sprang backward. He had spotted what Wang Dong had hidden beneath her wings. Light of the Butterfly Goddess immediately flared from under them.

But she didn't aim entirely at Dai Huabin. Instead, she unleashed a rapid barrage along the path Zhu Lu was taking to exploit an opening and attack Huo Yuhao.

Meanwhile, Chi Qiu broke free from Dai Huabin and swung the Golden Dragon Spear, newly freed in her grasp, toward Zhu Lu, who had been forced to a halt.

Dai Huabin roared in anger. His third, purple Soul Skill suddenly lit up, and he lunged forward with both palms, taking Chi Qiu's spear strike head-on in front of Zhu Lu.

White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

Chi Qiu gave a cold shout and thrust out a second time. The golden light at the tip of her spear shone even brighter than before. Though Dai Huabin's White Tiger Martial Soul was a top-tier beast Martial Soul, it was still slightly inferior when facing the Golden Dragon head-on.

As he blocked Chi Qiu's attacks, Dai Huabin calmly assessed the situation. He glanced at Zhu Lu behind him. She had used up a great deal of her stamina and Soul Power, while Wang Dong, though injured, was still capable of fighting head-on.

"Come," Dai Huabin said to Zhu Lu.

Though it was only one word, Zhu Lu understood what he meant. The two immediately turned and rushed toward each other, embracing tightly. Their bodies gradually became as transparent as crystal.

As their figures faded away, a gigantic white tiger appeared in the arena. Its body was translucent, and its pupils were purple. Its cold gaze fixed on the three before it, and a powerful aura surged toward them with the wind.

Wang Dong put on an exaggerated cry. "Oh, so you really did have it! We've been fighting for ages and I hadn't seen it yet. I thought the information was wrong!"

This was the hereditary Martial Soul Fusion Skill passed down through the Dai and Zhu Families: Hell White Tiger.

Huo Yuhao looked up at the seemingly inviolable white tiger, his face bearing a smile that seemed to promise revenge.

"Qiu'er," he said. "It's time."

Chi Qiu said nothing. She turned around, and the Golden Dragon Spear spun in her hands before its shape melted and became a ray of golden light. Huo Yuhao walked over and placed his hand in the light, clasping her hand around the spear.

In the stands, the students had just erupted into cheers at the appearance of Hell White Tiger. Now they were all staring in shock.

Could they have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill too?

At that moment, the Eye of Destiny on Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu's foreheads opened at the same time, one emerald and one gold. Two lines flew out and gradually merged, sketching a gigantic golden-green eye in the air. They raised their clasped hands together, sending the light formed from the Golden Dragon Spear into its pupil.

Their joined arms took on a jade hue. The giant eye stared at the Hell White Tiger before them, as if it had locked onto its target.

This wasn't the Dragon of Destiny's Roar from the original worldline. That Fusion Skill had been affected by God King Tang's interference, and it also required the Ice Empress Scorpion's participation.

The skill they were using now was the result of Chi Qiu merging the Power of Destiny and spiritual power with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye Martial Soul.

A pure spirit-type Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The referee was now on high alert, prepared to intervene at any moment to prevent the Martial Soul Fusion Skills from colliding.

Just as the Hell White Tiger was about to pounce, the giant eye before Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu flickered almost imperceptibly. A slender strand of golden-green light shot toward the Hell White Tiger at astonishing speed, then pierced one of its eyes.

The Soul Power fluctuation from that flash was so faint that the referee didn't even notice Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu had already made their move.

But three seconds after the emerald light entered the Hell White Tiger, the massive, powerful tiger suddenly crumbled.

The referee's face instantly filled with horror. He recognized this as the Hell White Tiger collapsing on its own, which meant its users had both lost consciousness. But given how much Soul Power Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had left, there was no way they should have only been able to sustain it for such a short time!

He immediately used a Soul Guidance Ray to disperse the smoke in the arena and rushed in to check on them.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu lay on the ground unconscious. Their bodies were covered in jade-colored patches, making them look like statues carved from green jade. Specks of golden light shimmered beside them, while the ground around them was marked by a ring of pale green, as though someone had splashed blood around them.

The referee looked at Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu. "What did you do?!"

Huo Yuhao shrugged. "We used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

"What does it do?"

"It temporarily seals their Sea of Consciousness. Don't worry, Teacher. They'll recover after a little rest."

Huo Yuhao was lying. This Martial Soul Fusion Skill did more than seal their Sea of Consciousness. It was a sword of spiritual power, plunged directly into their Spiritual Origin.

Wang Dong, who loved coming up with dramatic names, had named it the Golden Dragon Green Spirit Sword.

The jade-colored patches on the ground were the result of the spiritual power leaking out and taking physical form under the skill's effects.

The skill's power was limited by their spiritual cultivation. At present, it could only attack one person's Spiritual Origin. Huo Yuhao had naturally chosen Dai Huabin.

Zhu Lu had been caught in the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and suffered collateral damage, but her Spiritual Origin was unharmed. Her Sea of Consciousness had merely been badly shaken.

But Dai Huabin...

That was right. He would wake up after a while and seem just like his normal self. But as he grew, he would gradually lose more and more of his normal intelligence, until he eventually became an idiot.

That was with Huo Yuhao's spiritual power still insufficient. If he had a little more, he was confident he could make Dai Huabin's brain explode and kill him on the spot. But that would cause him a lot of trouble. The current effect was just right: enough to keep him out of trouble in the short term while still giving him the satisfaction he wanted.

"Isn't it time to announce our victory?" Huo Yuhao stepped forward and asked the referee seriously.

After watching Elder Zhuang, who was in charge of treating the injured, take Dai and Zhu away, the referee raised his arm and shouted:

"Freshman assessment final! The Huo Yuhao team is the champion!"

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