"Retract."
Enduring the tearing agony of his soul being stripped away, Tang San barely forced out a single word and guided the Clear Sky Hammer back before him.
The dark golden radiance surging from the hammer immediately receded, then swiftly withdrew into Tang San's body.
The Clear Sky Hammer itself silently reverted to its original small black hammer form in an instant before disappearing into Tang San's left palm.
At this moment, the other six of the Shrek Seven Devils also climbed to their feet, the lingering seven-colored glow around them slowly fading.
Though the match seemed to have ended simply enough, all of them were already drenched in sweat.
The clash between Tang San's Clear Sky Avatar and Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword Intent had caused every one of them to suffer varying degrees of backlash and injury.
Yet none of them paid much attention to it. Instead, their faces were filled with indescribable shock and excitement, with none of the gloom left behind by their crushing defeat to the Martial Soul Hall Second Team.
They had even gained an inexplicable confidence, just like the expression currently appearing on Tang San's face.
That was confidence—sudden, overflowing confidence.
The Seven-in-One Fusion Skill taught by Grandmaster had actually allowed them to use a Soul Saint-level Spirit Skill like a Martial Soul Avatar. This was something none of the Shrek Seven Devils, including Tang San, had ever anticipated.
With such a powerful skill, one capable of contending with Soul Saint-level experts, they absolutely had a chance to defeat Blazing Academy, Skywater Academy, and the Martial Soul Hall Second Team, all opponents they had once lost to.
Perhaps they could even dream of the final championship of the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
At this moment, not only Dai Mubai and the