Dangerous Soul Fragment

� Chapter: Dangerous Soul Fragment

"My name is Wang Dong." The pink-and-blue-haired youth sat down on a tree stump. "Let's get to know each other. Show me what you can do."

This was the outskirts of Shrek City. Wang Dong had chosen the place specifically so the three of them could use their Soul Skills freely.

"Hello, Wang Dong. I'm Huo Yuhao." Huo Yuhao nodded to her.

"Chi Qiu," Chi Qiu replied briefly.

"Great! Brother Huo, Miss Qiu, you two spar with me."

As she spoke, Wang Dong released her Martial Soul. A pair of blue-and-gold Butterfly Wings suddenly appeared behind her, stirring up a gust of wind. Two Soul Rings rose from beneath her feet—one yellow and one purple, a combination that surpassed the ideal ratio.

She pushed off the ground with her toes and shot into the air, heading straight for Huo Yuhao and Chi Qiu.

Huo Yuhao wasn't in a hurry to dodge. He stood his ground, his jade-green eyes lighting up as the white Soul Ring beneath his feet flickered inconspicuously.

First Soul Skill: Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing!

With the help of the attribute connection, the range of his Spiritual Detection Sharing had increased significantly. At present, he could sense every movement within an eighty-meter radius.

When Chi Qiu connected to his sharing, she was secretly startled.

After all, he was only at level thirteen!

"One Soul Ring, Brother Huo." In the blink of an eye, Wang Dong had reached them. "And it's white, too. Let's see what you can do!"

The next second, she used her momentum to swing a punch at Huo Yuhao.

Her punch was fast. Though Wang Dong considered herself a Power Attack System Soul Master, she wasn't any slower than many agility-type Soul Masters. In the end, she felt that classifying Soul Masters so neatly into particular types was far too one-sided.

But Wang Dong hadn't expected her punch to miss at such close range. Huo Yuhao seemed to have predicted her attack in advance. He calmly stepped back and tilted his head, letting the wind of her fist barely graze his bangs.

However, that posture also made it impossible for him to counterattack right away. He still lacked experience! Wang Dong immediately adjusted her stance, preparing to attack again. Her second punch shot straight toward Huo Yuhao's chest.

That was when Chi Qiu, who had been watching from the sidelines, moved.

She seemed to know in advance where Wang Dong's attack would land, too. She moved beside Huo Yuhao, who retreated in perfect sync to make room for her. She spread her fingers and met Wang Dong's punch head-on with her palm.

In a contest of strength, Wang Dong had no advantage over Chi Qiu.

Wang Dong realized this quickly. She understood that she couldn't budge Chi Qiu's palm at all. She immediately pulled back, beat her wings, and retreated, intending to put some distance between them before attacking again.

But in the next instant, a deep dragon's roar rang out. Golden light blazed around Chi Qiu as a pinpoint of golden radiance shot straight toward Wang Dong at astonishing speed.

What was more, the golden streak had predicted where Wang Dong would land!

By the time Wang Dong realized her movement had been anticipated, it was already too late. Her First Soul Ring lit up in a hurry, but her Butterfly Wings hadn't had time to harden completely. The golden streak was about to pierce her.

She quickly raised both hands. "I surrender!"

Before the words had even left her mouth, the light abruptly vanished. Chi Qiu stood not far away, holding the Golden Dragon Spear. Its tip was only three inches from Wang Dong's brow.

"Miss Qiu, you're incredible!" Wang Dong took a small step back and exclaimed, "I've never once been outmatched in strength by someone my age before!"

"Then what do you think of Huo Yuhao?" Chi Qiu withdrew the Golden Dragon Spear and asked calmly.

"Brother Huo and Miss Qiu work together really well." Wang Dong stroked her chin. "But I really couldn't tell what First Soul Skill Brother Huo was using the whole time..."

Huo Yuhao smiled. "You'll know once you try it."

He cautiously sent his spiritual power toward Wang Dong. Her spiritual power cultivation was low, so when Huo Yuhao connected her to Spiritual Detection Sharing, she didn't even notice.

The next moment, Wang Dong's expression changed. She turned to look at Huo Yuhao in shock, opening her mouth but unable to get a single word out.

She could see almost everything around her with perfect clarity. The world within the detection range was like a creator's sandbox. At that moment, it was as if she had suddenly entered a new dimension, seeing all things from a completely different perspective.

This was practically a god's perspective...

One Soul Ring—a single white ring—could do this? And the range wasn't small, either...

"This is my First Soul Skill, Spiritual Detection Sharing." Huo Yuhao sent his voice to the two of them through the shared skill.

When Chi Qiu turned to look at Wang Dong, Wang Dong found she could even make out the movement of every strand of Chi Qiu's golden hair.

"No wonder Brother Huo and Miss Qiu worked so well together just now... I'd been completely anticipated."

Still immersed in shock, she took some time to recover before saying stiffly, "It's Shrek's loss that they didn't accept you. Wait here. I'll go get your special admission certificate."

With that, Wang Dong hurried away.

Only after turning off Spiritual Detection Sharing did Huo Yuhao wipe away his cold sweat and say to Chi Qiu, "You scared me just now. I thought you were going to kill Wang Dong."

Chi Qiu shook her head gently. "I wouldn't," she said. "Even if Wang Dong hadn't surrendered, I would've stopped. I knew what I was doing. I just wanted to test her strength."

She had indeed been testing Wang Dong, trying to find out what her true strength was when her life was threatened by the Golden Dragon Spear.

She had gotten her answer: Wang Dong really was only a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster for now.

"Is there something wrong with Wang Dong's strength?" Huo Yuhao asked.

"...No," she said. "At first, I suspected she'd done something to me, but I soon realized she wasn't capable of that."

"Done something to you? What happened just now?"

"Huo Yuhao, where do you think Wang Dong's spiritual power cultivation ranks?" Chi Qiu asked.

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment. "She didn't react to the Spiritual Detection Sharing connection, so it should be lower than mine."

"That's right," Chi Qiu said. "But just now, right after she arrived, I suddenly noticed a Soul Fragment easily breaking through my spiritual defenses and about to contaminate my Sea of Consciousness."

The words startled both Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Sea of Consciousness. Contamination of the Sea of Consciousness was no trivial matter.

The Sea of Consciousness stored one's memories, will, and even personality, even for those who didn't cultivate spiritual power. If it were contaminated, that meant one's personality could change!

Given the strength Wang Dong had just displayed, she really shouldn't have been capable of something like that.

"What happened to that Soul Fragment?" Huo Yuhao grew anxious. "Is your Sea of Consciousness all right?"

Chi Qiu nodded. "Mm. I've temporarily isolated it from my Sea of Consciousness, so it hasn't contaminated me yet. Luckily, I was connected to Spiritual Detection Sharing at the time, which kept my mind focused and let me notice that dangerous fragment."

"That's good. We have to figure out what happened somehow. It's too dangerous."

At that moment, another, elderly voice suddenly rang out from within Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness:

"Souls are a subject I'm quite familiar with, I must say."