The Unfading Soul

Four soul skills: Spirit Detection, Spirit Sharing, Spirit Interference, and Soul Shock.

The two teammates were core disciples of the Martial Soul Department from the fourth and fifth grades: one was a level 40 Assault System Battle Soul Elder, and the other was a level 41 Defense System Battle Soul Ancestor.

Lose?

Huo Yuhao had never imagined that he, Senior Brother Thunderbolt Bei Bei, and Senior Xu Sanshi could possibly lose to a team composed of first-year students.

Even if Wang Dong and Bai Cai's second soul rings were both thousand-year soul rings, and Bai Cai's third soul ring was even a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Huo Yuhao remained firmly convinced that with a bit more effort, his side would still emerge victorious.

Five months ago, Bai Cai had not yet added a second soul ring or promoted to a Soul Elder; it had definitely been less than five months, and she was merely a fresh Soul Elder.

Could a newly promoted three-ring Soul Elder, having drained her soul power, even unleash a ten-thousand-year soul skill?

Furthermore, even if she successfully unleashed a ten-thousand-year soul skill, if it were a single-target burst skill, it would at most defeat Senior Brother Thunderbolt Bei Bei.

As a Defense System Soul Ancestor who had awakened a top-tier martial soul, Senior Xu Sanshi could not possibly be defeated instantly by a single ten-thousand-year soul skill.

If it were an area-of-effect or group-type soul skill, it would at most defeat himself and Senior Brother Thunderbolt Bei Bei, while Senior Xu Sanshi would definitely retain his full combat strength.

Huo Yuhao knew better than anyone that his first soul ring was a million-year soul ring.

Even with a hundred-thousand-year soul ring or a million-year soul ring added, it was impossible for a fresh three-ring Soul Elder to defeat an Assault System Battle Soul Elder with a top-tier martial soul and a Defense System Battle Soul Ancestor with a top-tier martial soul.

How could a one-ring Soul Master, a two-ring Soul Grand Master, or a three-ring Soul Elder possibly exert the full power of a million-year, hundred-thousand-year, or ten-thousand-year soul ring?

A soul master's combat power was like a wooden bucket made of staves.

Martial soul, soul power, soul rings, physical body, spirit, and combat experience—these six staves were all indispensable, and the shortest stave determined the bucket's capacity.

Senior Brother Thunderbolt Bei Bei and Senior Xu Sanshi both possessed top-tier beast martial souls, were three or four years older than their opponents, had physical strength far exceeding their peers, and had an average soul power nearly ten levels higher.

With Thunderbolt Bei Bei and Eternal Defense, the superstars of the Soul Fighting arena, their combat experience was self-evident.

Even if their soul ring ages lagged slightly behind, under the triple suppression of soul power level, physical strength, and combat experience, the opponents should still have been unable to resist.

Moreover, the opposing team lacked an Auxiliary System soul master and a Food System soul master; a newly promoted Soul Elder who had just used two thousand-year soul skills in succession would absolutely not have enough remaining soul power to unleash a ten-thousand-year soul skill!

More than seven months ago, when Senior Brother Thunderbolt Bei Bei fought Senior Xu Sanshi, he had secretly assisted; his first soul ring's fourth skill, Soul Shock, combined with the Purple Demon Eye technique, had only delayed Senior Xu Sanshi for a split second, and the mental backlash had nearly caused him to faint.

Bai Cai's Ralts and his own Spirit Eye both belonged to the spirit-type martial soul category.

A soul skill produced by a ten-thousand-year soul ring could not possibly compare to one produced by a million-year soul ring; the fact that Bai Cai's ten-thousand-year soul skill effect was so bizarre, and that she had suffered no mental backlash, was clearly contrary to reason.

"Referee, they are cheating!"

Huo Yuhao looked like a cornered, battle-scarred tiger. "A newly promoted Soul Elder who has used two thousand-year soul skills in succession absolutely does not have enough remaining soul power to unleash a ten-thousand-year soul skill!"

"The soul skill effect is so bizarre, and for a low-level Soul Elder to control a Defense System Soul Ancestor without suffering any backlash is illogical!"

Looking at the crazed Xu Sanshi, the middle-aged referee was speechless. Before presiding over this soul fight, the academy had already provided him with some key information.

For instance, student Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye martial soul was a spirit-type martial soul, and the effects of his first soul ring were abnormal; the academy-verified effects included Spirit Detection, Spirit Sharing, Spirit Interference, and mental attacks.

Student Wang Dong's constitution was abnormal, and his second soul ring had already reached the thousand-year level. According to current soul ring theory, the limit for a second soul ring was nine hundred years.

Student Bai Cai's martial soul was of a special type, a spirit-type martial soul with high intelligence; the effects of her first soul ring were abnormal, and the academy-verified effects included sealing, healing, and an unknown effect that could interrupt an opponent's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

For spirit-type martial souls, soul skill types were generally sensory, illusionary, or charm-based. Sensory and charm-based skills did not strictly belong to the unique skills of spirit-type martial souls and had lower requirements for mental strength.

Illusionary skills were unique to spirit-type martial souls and required high mental strength; unless the user's mental strength could suppress the opponent, the mental illusion would easily be disrupted by reality and lose its effect.

Of course, whether Bai Cai's ten-thousand-year soul skill was of the illusionary type remained unknown.

However, even when he called out Xu Sanshi's name and tried to seize his Black Tortoise shield, Xu Sanshi not only failed to wake up but became even more frantic, which was simply inconceivable.

Generally speaking, mental strength was positively correlated with soul power and age.

Student Xu Sanshi was a fifth-grade core disciple of the Martial Soul Department, a Defense System Soul Ancestor; registration information in the soul fighting area showed he was already fifteen years old.

Student Bai Cai was a first-grade core disciple of the Martial Soul Department, a Control System Soul Elder; registration information showed she was not even eleven.

Judging by the soul power fluctuations, Xu Sanshi was around level 41, and Bai Cai was roughly level 33.

With a four-year age gap and an eight-level soul power gap, theoretically, Bai Cai's mental strength could not possibly suppress Xu Sanshi's.

Either Bai Cai's mental strength was extraordinary, or her third soul ring had a special skill effect.

Moreover, a newly promoted three-ring Soul Elder who had used two thousand-year soul skills in succession truly lacked the soul power to unleash a ten-thousand-year soul skill.

As a Soul Saint with the optimal soul ring configuration, the middle-aged teacher certainly understood the massive soul power consumption of a ten-thousand-year soul skill.

A Soul Elder around level 33 could barely unleash one ten-thousand-year soul skill if they drained all their soul power. Having already used two thousand-year soul skills, Bai Cai's soul power consumption was already significant; it was absolutely impossible for her to unleash a ten-thousand-year soul skill in such a short time.

Shrek Academy cultivated powerhouses and required upright victories, not victories achieved by any means necessary.

Since Huo Yuhao had raised an objection that was logically sound, if the Bai Cai team could not prove that their victory was won fairly, it would be difficult to convince the crowd.

Shrek Academy had to consider public opinion and could not violate its own principles. The middle-aged referee was caught in a dilemma, so he looked up toward the viewing platform.

Soul Fighting arena, viewing platform.

Yan Shaozhe stood by the railing. "A ten-thousand-year soul ring, Weilun, what do you think?"

"It is reasonable."

Du Weilun looked slightly conflicted. "The third soul ring of her first martial soul is, in reality, her fifth soul ring."

"The abnormal first soul ring can be treated as a yellow ring for now; yellow, purple, purple, purple, black—although it exceeds the optimal soul ring configuration, it is not impossible."

Du Weilun hesitated for a moment. "After all, student Bai Cai's second martial soul..."

Heavenly Snow Woman, as a martial soul awakening, was definitely a super martial soul, and one with extreme attributes at that.