Golden Dragon Green Spirit Sword

Golden Dragon Green Spirit Sword

Since the topic had reached this point, Huo Yuhao chose to speak plainly. He began from his earliest memories, slowly exposing his pain bit by bit.

Although Chi Qiu had already seen it through his memories, hearing Huo Yuhao recount the events himself still caused her heartstrings to tremble.

Wang Dong grew angrier the more she listened, until finally, she slammed her fist into the ground and stood up abruptly: "I'm going to go beat that guy up right now!"

Chi Qiu raised a hand to stop her: "Solve it legitimately in the finals."

Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly, remaining silent for a moment before finally relaxing them. He said: "Wang Dong, what was the intelligence you wanted to tell me earlier?"

"That—Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu likely possess an ancestral Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger."

"So, Team Leader Huo, why not reconsider the Martial Soul Fusion Skill between you and Miss Qiu?"

This was why Wang Dong had brought it up to Huo Yuhao after the semifinals concluded.

At this, Huo Yuhao offered a mysterious smile: "As for that, there has been some progress, but it isn't stable yet, so it's not convenient to talk about. We'll see when we're on the competition stage! Besides, don't we have a plan that doesn't rely on a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"

Upon hearing this, Chi Qiu merely wore a look of confident preparation. Wang Dong grew anxious: "You two are secretly plotting something and not telling me again, aren't you! That's not fair, Brother Huo, you're treating me to a meal tonight!"

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

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

Listening to the playful banter of his companions, Huo Yuhao felt his turbulent heart calm down slightly.

In truth, he was not as composed as he appeared. After all, his opponent was Dai Huabin. If he could not defeat this person, Huo Yuhao would feel as though all his previous efforts had been in vain.

Compared to "letting Dai Huabin lose to him," what he could accept even less was the idea of "losing to Dai Huabin." He absolutely refused to bow his head to this person.

Fortunately, he was not alone.

On the night before the finals, Huo Yuhao did not sleep. He sat on his bed, repeatedly consolidating his soul power foundation while continuing to absorb the remaining essence of the Soul Ascension Pill within his Eye of Destiny.

Golden and emerald mists gradually overflowed from around his body, swirling up and down as they simulated a unique method of soul power circulation.

When the sky began to turn a pale fish-belly white, Huo Yuhao let out a long breath and opened his eyes. His soul power, which had been locked at level twenty due to the lack of a soul ring, now felt thick and viscous within his body.

Behind the curtain, Wang Dong was sleeping soundly. For a lazybones like her, being forced to cultivate for so many days had already been a struggle, so relaxing on the eve of the finals was not unreasonable.

Huo Yuhao quietly pushed the door open and stepped out, leaning against the windowsill to gaze at the city as dawn approached. Under the gray sky, the stars were fading, and the vast Sea God Lake shimmered with dim, rippling light.

Mother, today I am going to compete against Dai Huabin.

I definitely won't lose to him, right?

Yes, I definitely won't lose to him.

With a shift in his thoughts, Huo Yuhao looked back to see Wang Dong pushing the door open to come out.

"So you didn't sleep well either?" Huo Yuhao said in a low voice. It was still early, and he couldn't disturb the rest of the other students.

"Please, I was too excited to sleep at all." Wang Dong reached up to press down her sleep-tousled powder-blue hair. "I heard you get up, so I crawled out too."

Huo Yuhao looked back toward the student plaza and spotted a third person who hadn't slept.

Even in the chaotic morning light, Chi Qiu's beautiful golden hair was exceptionally conspicuous. She seemed to be just taking a walk, moving slowly along the edge of the teaching building. When she reached the bottom of the dormitory building, she noticed Huo Yuhao's gaze and looked up.

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

With a few hours left before the start of the morning's assessment finals, the three of them gathered in their familiar small woods to stretch their limbs one last time.

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

Afterward, the freshman assessment grand finals began.

"Both sides, state your names!"

"Huo Yuhao, Chi Qiu, Wang Dong."

"Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Cui Yajie."

Although Huo Yuhao was certain that Dai Huabin did not recognize him, he still felt the hostility radiating from him. He sneered inwardly and retreated gracefully to the rear left of Wang Dong, while Chi Qiu moved to her rear right.

Dai Huabin's expression shifted slightly. In previous matches, the Huo Yuhao team had always let Chi Qiu handle everything alone, but today, the one standing at the very front was that two-ring agility-type butterfly.

A formation change prepared for the finals? Dai Huabin told himself it was useless; no matter how they changed their formation, it wouldn't change the fate of their defeat. After all, he and Zhu Lu possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Even that Golden Dragon girl who had dominated the entire field could be restrained for a time by the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill; his Hell White Tiger was even more powerful.

At this moment, the referee teacher saw that both sides were in position and waved a hand:

"Begin!"

Wang Dong soared into the air, her butterfly wings snapping open. At the same time, Huo Yuhao took a step forward, and Spiritual Detection Sharing was activated.

He had tested the range during previous matches, and his current position allowed Spiritual Detection Sharing to cover the entire field.

Wang Dong had already gathered the intelligence on Cui Yajie for the team. A hybrid of assault and spirit types—this was precisely Huo Yuhao's target.

Therefore, as Dai Huabin and his two teammates charged forward and their three distinct martial souls began to manifest, Huo Yuhao suppressed the urge to strike Dai Huabin directly and instead met Cui Yajie's charm attack with a Soul Shock.

In a battle between spirit-type soul masters, if one side's spiritual cultivation was suppressed, releasing a skill would result in a backlash. The backlash from the charm, combined with the impact of the Soul Shock, rattled her Sea of Consciousness. Cui Yajie let out a cry of pain, her legs instantly turning to jelly as she fell behind.

The next moment, Wang Dong had already appeared before her.

Naturally, they couldn't use the "collar-grabbing" method in the finals. Wang Dong's first soul ring flashed for the first time, and the edges of her blue wings instantly plated with gold, shimmering with a chilling coldness under the sunlight. She whipped her wings fiercely, creating a gust of wind as the sharp edges struck down hard toward Cui Yajie.

First Soul Skill, Wing Guillotine.

Before the finals, no one had witnessed Wang Dong's soul skill, so naturally, Dai Huabin's team had pegged her as an ordinary agility-type soul master. Cui Yajie was at least a hybrid of power and spirit types; surely she couldn't be forced out of the arena by a mere agility-type?

They had all underestimated the power of Wang Dong's first soul skill.

Consequently, Cui Yajie remained in a state of disbelief even as she was knocked out of the arena.

On the other side, Dai Huabin was locked in a stalemate with Chi Qiu. His hair had turned black and white, his double pupils had shifted to a solid blue, his arms were covered in white tiger fur, and sharp claws flickered at his fingertips.

With a loud "clang," his claws collided heavily with the Golden Dragon Spear, sending sparks flying in every direction. Both of Chi Qiu's soul rings flared simultaneously, making it impossible for Dai Huabin to shake her even slightly.

A low tiger roar rumbled in his throat as his second soul ring lit up, and a beam of white light erupted toward Chi Qiu's face. However, a flash of blue-gold light intervened as Wang Dong's hardened wings blocked the space between them, shielding Chi Qiu from the blow.

Dai Huabin glanced toward the back; Cui Yajie had actually been eliminated.

Wang Dong didn't have an easy time taking that hit; she stumbled back a few steps, barely reaching a safe position outside the fray. She didn't mind, though. Her role was just to provide cover, and by clearing Cui Yajie from the field, the majority of her tactical mission was already complete.

To know yourself and your enemy is the key to victory. Huo Yuhao had carefully analyzed the combat habits of Dai Huabin's team before making his tactical adjustments. Therefore, even Dai Huabin's plan to use the White Tiger Intense Light Wave against the frontally impenetrable Chi Qiu was something he had anticipated.

Wang Dong's support and retreat routes had also been arranged by Huo Yuhao.

Now, with Wang Dong and Chi Qiu positioned in front and behind, they were actually shielding Huo Yuhao in the center. Zhu Lu, who had been constantly pestering Huo Yuhao and looking for an opening, found her path disrupted by this formation.

She was indeed fast, but the three months of non-spirit-detection melee training that Huo Yuhao's team had endured hadn't been for nothing. Coupled with the assistance of his Spirit Eye and the occasional mental interference, plus the fact that Huo Yuhao had thoroughly grasped her attack patterns, he was now capable of barely holding his own against her.

Huo Yuhao gave Wang Dong a subtle signal.

Save soul power for Miss Qiu!

Wang Dong leaped into the air, her hardened wings swinging toward Dai Huabin once more. Dai Huabin activated his first soul skill, White Tiger Barrier, and when Wang Dong's wing blades struck him, they only stirred up a ripple of white energy.

The gap in soul power between a Soul Elder and a Soul Grand Master remained significant.

But the next second, Dai Huabin lunged backward to dodge. He had seen what was hidden beneath Wang Dong's wings. A moment later, the Light of the Butterfly Goddess erupted from beneath her wings.

However, she didn't aim entirely at Dai Huabin; instead, she unleashed a continuous barrage along the path where Zhu Lu was attempting to exploit an opening to attack Huo Yuhao.

At the same time, Chi Qiu, having broken free from Dai Huabin, swung her liberated Golden Dragon Spear and charged at the forcibly halted Zhu Lu.

With an angry roar, Dai Huabin's third purple soul skill suddenly flared. He lunged forward with both palms, taking the brunt of Chi Qiu's spear strike right in front of Zhu Lu.

White Tiger Vajra Transformation.

Chi Qiu let out a cold shout and thrust her second strike, the golden light on the spear tip even more intense than the first. Although Dai Huabin's White Tiger martial soul was a top-tier beast martial soul, it still paled in comparison to the direct, overwhelming power of the Golden Dragon.

While blocking Chi Qiu's onslaught, Dai Huabin calmly assessed the current situation. He looked at Zhu Lu behind him. Her stamina and soul power were heavily depleted, and while the opponent's Wang Dong was injured, she still possessed considerable offensive capability.

"Come," Dai Huabin said to Zhu Lu.

Though it was only one word, Zhu Lu understood his meaning perfectly. The two immediately turned and lunged toward each other, embracing tightly as their bodies gradually became as transparent as crystal.

As their figures vanished, a massive white tiger appeared in the arena. It was entirely translucent with purple double pupils, its cold gaze fixed upon the three people before it, and a powerful pressure surged forward with the shockwave.

Wang Dong shouted with exaggerated flair, "Oh my, you actually used it! We've been fighting for so long and hadn't seen it; I thought the intel was wrong!"

This was the Martial Soul Fusion Skill passed down through generations of the Dai and Zhu families: the Hell White Tiger.

Huo Yuhao looked up at this seemingly supreme, inviolable white tiger, a smile appearing on his face—a smile that looked like he was about to exact revenge.

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

Chi Qiu didn't say a word; she simply turned back, the Golden Dragon Spear spinning in her hand before melting into a stream of golden light. Huo Yuhao walked to her side, placed his hand into the golden light, and clasped her hand that held the spear.

In the stands, the students who had just erupted into cheers at the appearance of the Hell White Tiger were now wearing expressions of shock.

Could it be that they also possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?

At that moment, the green and gold Eye of Destiny opened simultaneously on the foreheads of Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu. Two patterns flew out, gradually merging together to outline a massive gold-green eye in the air. Their clasped hands lifted in unison, and the light transformed from the Golden Dragon Spear was sent into the pupil.

A layer of jade-like luster coated their joined arms. The giant eye stared at the Hell White Tiger before them, as if it had locked onto its target.

This was not the "Dragon's Chant of Destiny" from the original timeline, because that fusion skill had been interfered with by God King Tang, and it required the participation of the Ice Empress Scorpion.

The skill at this moment was the result of Chi Qiu merging her power of destiny and mental energy with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye martial soul.

A purely mental-type Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The referee teacher was already on high alert. He was prepared to intervene at any moment to prevent the collision of the two fusion skills.

Just as the Hell White Tiger was about to pounce, the giant pupil in front of Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu flickered imperceptibly. A gold-green beam, as thin as a hair, flew toward the Hell White Tiger at an astonishing speed and shot into one of the tiger's eyes.

The soul power fluctuation from this flicker was so low that even the referee didn't notice that Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu had already made their move.

But three seconds after the green light vanished into the Hell White Tiger, the massive, powerful tiger suddenly collapsed with a roar.

A look of horror instantly appeared on the referee's face. He certainly recognized that this was the Hell White Tiger collapsing on its own, which meant the users had both lost consciousness. But with the soul power Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had remaining, it shouldn't have been possible for it to last for such a short time!

He immediately used a soul guidance ray to disperse the smoke in the arena and rushed in to check the situation.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu were lying on the ground, unconscious. Their bodies were covered in a jade-like luster, as if they were two statues carved from green jade. Tiny specks of golden light drifted around them, and centered on them, the ground in a circle seemed to have been splashed with pale cyan blood.

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

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

"What is its effect?"

"It temporarily sealed their Sea of Consciousness. Don't worry, Teacher; send them to rest for a while and they will recover."

Huo Yuhao lied. This Martial Soul Fusion Skill was not as simple as just sealing the Sea of Consciousness. It was a sword of spiritual power that plunged directly into the opponent's spiritual origin.

The name was coined by the chuunibyou Wang Dong, calling it the Golden Dragon Green Spirit Sword.

The jade-colored liquid splashed on the ground was precisely the effect of leaking spiritual power being materialized by this skill.

The power of this skill was limited by the level of one's spiritual cultivation, and currently, it could only attack one person's spiritual origin. Huo Yuhao naturally chose Dai Huabin.

Zhu Lu was only implicated because she was caught within the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but her origin remained undamaged; only her Sea of Consciousness had experienced significant fluctuations.

But Dai Huabin...

That's right, he would wake up in a while and appear no different from a normal person. However, as he grew, he would increasingly lose his normal intelligence, eventually becoming a fool.

This was still just the result of Huo Yuhao's currently insufficient spiritual power. If he had a bit more, he would be confident in making Dai Huabin's brains splatter and dying on the spot, but that would have invited huge trouble. The current effect was just the right level to keep him free of trouble for a short time while allowing him to feel a sense of satisfaction.

"Now, shouldn't our victory be announced?" Huo Yuhao stepped forward and asked the referee solemnly.

After witnessing the pair of Dai and Zhu being taken away by Elder Zhuang, who was responsible for medical treatment, the referee raised his arm and announced loudly:

"Freshman assessment finals, Huo Yuhao's team, champions!"

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