Really Forcing It Together

On the stage, after Yan Shaozhe had delivered a whole lot of meaningless nonsense, the Freshman Assessment finals began.

Dai Huabin looked at the three opponents across from him with utter disdain. People whose cultivation was lower than his did not deserve a place in his eyes.

Even if one of them had cultivation close to his, he did not believe anyone could stop the Hell White Tiger.

Unless the other side also had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

But how was that possible? Martial Soul Fusion Skills were incredibly rare. How could three opponents encountered in the Freshman Assessment finals happen to possess one?

And one stronger than the Hell White Tiger formed by him and Zhu Lu? The odds were outrageously low.

If the Hell White Tiger could be surpassed so easily, then the ten-thousand-year marriage alliance between the Dai Clan and the Zhu Clan would be a joke.

Dai Huabin: I've got the advantage this round!

The moment the match began, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, enhanced by Spiritual Detection Sharing, charged forward.

As the only one among the three with a Millennium Soul Ring, Wang Dong'er naturally had to face Dai Huabin.

As she ran toward Dai Huabin, the wings of the Light Goddess Butterfly had already spread wide behind her.

"Wing Blade!"

Her speed increased in midair, rapidly closing the distance between herself and Dai Huabin. Her butterfly wings, strengthened by the First Soul Skill, Wing Blade, collided with Dai Huabin's tiger palms, producing a crisp clang of metal against metal.

Seeing that Wang Dong'er had used a Soul Skill, Dai Huabin's First Soul Ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill, White Tiger Protective Barrier!"

Aura surged around Dai Huabin's body. His bulging muscles burst through the sleeves of his school uniform, and he began fighting Wang Dong'er hand-to-hand with his arms bare.

Xiao Xiao used the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to harass Zhu Lu from a distance.

Among the four combat-oriented systems, the Agility Attack System could be said to be the weakest. Its development on Douluo Continent was rather strange; it was more suited for assassination than arena matches like this.

Zhu Lu was extremely fast, leaving countless afterimages behind her. Relying on her speed advantage, she evaded several of Xiao Xiao's attacks.

Just when Zhu Lu thought Xiao Xiao was nothing special, a massive cauldron abruptly blocked her path.

"First Soul Skill, Cauldron Tremor!"

Violent Soul Power fluctuations erupted from the cauldron, causing Zhu Lu to stiffen briefly.

Meanwhile, Cui Yajie charged straight at Huo Yuhao, who stood in the rear.

Golden light flowed through Huo Yuhao's eyes. A white Ten-Year Soul Ring beside him slowly pulsed, making it obvious at a glance that he was using some sort of Soul Skill.

After releasing her Martial Soul, Cui Yajie radiated youthful vitality. Her ears had grown pointed, and her pair of pink eyes were clear and lustrous.

Most notably, two fluffy tails about a meter long had appeared behind her. This was a characteristic of the Nine-Tailed Fox Martial Soul—one additional tail grew with every Soul Ring she obtained.

Cui Yajie met Huo Yuhao's gaze. Her eyes shimmered like autumn waters as she looked at him with tender affection, her pink eyes captivating the soul.

Charm activated, but a glint flashed through Huo Yuhao's eyes. He was completely unaffected by Cui Yajie.

Seeing this, Cui Yajie thrust her tails forward like steel needles.

"Second Soul Skill, Fox Tail Needle!"

The pink fox tails shot toward Huo Yuhao. At that moment, with the aid of Spiritual Detection, Huo Yuhao stepped through Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and perfectly dodged Cui Yajie's attack.

At the same time, he took the opportunity to lock onto Dai Huabin. Through Spiritual Detection Sharing, Wang Dong'er saw Huo Yuhao's movements, and her offensive became even fiercer.

Just as Dai Huabin was about to meet her attack, he felt as if someone had smashed his head with a hammer. Even the circulation of his Soul Power became incredibly chaotic.

Seizing that fleeting moment of distraction, Wang Dong'er's golden butterfly wings directly broke through Dai Huabin's protective barrier.

On the other side, Xiao Xiao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to divide her focus. Two cauldrons restrained Zhu Lu, while another smashed fiercely toward Cui Yajie.

Seeing the huge cauldron hurtling toward her, Cui Yajie tried to meet it head-on.

"Second Soul Skill, Thousand-Jun Suppression!"

Cui Yajie and Zhu Lu attacked Xiao Xiao's cauldrons almost simultaneously, only to have their arms go numb from the Soul Suppressing Cauldrons, whose weight had abruptly doubled.

The flow of Soul Power within their bodies suddenly slowed. In their panic, they even found it difficult to maintain their Martial Soul possession states.

The fight in the arena was blazing hot, and the other freshmen outside the stage watched the three onstage with rapt attention.

They simply could not understand how Huo Yuhao's luck had been so good that he had somehow made it into the finals.

The others could not sense it, but Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo, both Title Douluo, clearly perceived the spiritual fluctuations in the arena.

Spiritual Power roughly at the level of a Soul Elder.

Yan Shaozhe was not too surprised. He had already known that Huo Yuhao was a spiritual-attribute Soul Master. Though he did not know what his Soul Skill was, what good Soul Skill could a Ten-Year Soul Ring possibly have?

Qian Duoduo, however, was different. He looked at Huo Yuhao as though he had found a treasure.

A spiritual-attribute Soul Master was a born Soul Engineer.

Even if Huo Yuhao's talent was poor, his talent with Soul Tools would certainly be stronger than that of most people.

Besides, if Huo Yuhao's talent were truly outstanding, Yan Shaozhe would never have been willing to let him go.

Since someone with exceptional talent was impossible to obtain and could not be sent to the Soul Tool Department, then he would choose someone suitable.

At any rate, he could not return empty-handed.

Qian Duoduo felt that Huo Yuhao was destined for their Soul Tool Department and absolutely had to enter it to study.

"Old Yan, how about giving that Huo Yuhao to our Soul Tool Department? A spiritual-attribute Soul Master is simply perfect for us."

Spiritual-attribute Soul Masters were far too rare. Since he could not select any true geniuses anyway, Huo Yuhao was undoubtedly Qian Duoduo's first choice.

Yan Shaozhe lowered his head in thought, weighing Huo Yuhao's value.

With a Ten-Year Soul Ring right there for all to see, Huo Yuhao's potential normally could not be very high unless every Soul Ring he absorbed afterward was of high quality.

But spiritual-attribute Soul Beasts were simply too rare. Huo Yuhao's value was far from enough to warrant the Martial Soul Department going to such great lengths for him.

"Fine. As long as Huo Yuhao is willing, he'll be a student of your Soul Tool Department."

In the arena, after fighting each other for some time, everyone was covered in grime. The clothes of those engaged in close combat had also suffered some damage.

Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin nodded at each other. Their eyes met, and it was time to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Who knew whether the three of them had simply studied history poorly? They had actually failed to stop the pair immediately.

As the two embraced, the coldness in Dai Huabin's eyes did not change in the slightest, while Zhu Lu's gaze became gentle as water.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's bodies vanished in an instant. Within the Assessment Zone, only a huge white tiger remained, its entire body translucent, with white fur and black stripes.

Upon seeing the Hell White Tiger appear, Cui Yajie retreated to a corner of the arena and calmly waited for the result.

"National Heavy Weapon, Cauldron Shockwave!"

Xiao Xiao combined her three cauldrons into one and activated both her First and Second Soul Rings, smashing it toward the Hell White Tiger's head.

The Hell White Tiger struck out with one paw, colliding with the Soul Suppressing Cauldron.

Feeling the Soul Suppressing Cauldron shake, Xiao Xiao drove all her Soul Power into it, hoping to hold on a little longer.

Using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill at this level meant that even if it succeeded, it could not be sustained for long.

So long as they could drag things out until Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu exhausted their Soul Power, they would win.

The Hell White Tiger swung both paws, sending Xiao Xiao's Soul Suppressing Cauldron flying.

Her face turned pale. Clearly, resisting for even that short while had nearly drained all the Soul Power in her body.

While Xiao Xiao had been holding it back, Wang Dong'er had already finished charging her Second Soul Skill, Butterfly Goddess Light. A massive golden beam slashed into the Hell White Tiger, making its body several degrees more illusory.

"Roar!"

The Hell White Tiger noticed Wang Dong'er in midair and let out an enraged roar. Perhaps the piercing tiger's roar had affected her.

Her Soul Power stalled for a moment. A Trident mark abruptly appeared on her forehead, and she fell straight toward the ground.

Seeing Wang Dong'er fall, Huo Yuhao instinctively rushed forward to save her. Fortunately, he was only a few meters away from her, and with his current cultivation, he could make it in time.

The instant Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao made physical contact, the Trident mark on Wang Dong'er's forehead stopped even pretending.

In full view of everyone, their Soul Power and Martial Souls abruptly formed a connection and began rapidly fusing.