The Bold Eat the Timid, the Starving Fear; Target: Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

The sound of shattering bone echoed through the forest, and the youth whose shoulder had been crushed by Xiao Wu's relay kick let out a wail as he tumbled from the tree trunk to the ground, stripped of any further fighting capability.

"Waist Bow!"

"Triple Gravity!"

Xiao Wu hooked the waist of another student while mid-air, then utilized her own soft-body techniques to hurl him violently toward the ground.

Simultaneously, she unleashed the ability granted by her thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit: Gravity Control.

The inertial impact provided by Xiao Wu, combined with the triple gravity she applied, ensured that this elite disciple of Martial Soul Academy would be bedridden for at least a few months after today's battle.

The other two elite disciples saw this and were just about to move.

But at that exact moment, the Spirit Shock and Spirit Interference from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm landed squarely upon them.

Following this, Xiao Wu and Xie Yue charged toward the remaining two elite disciples respectively.

What was meant to be a fair five-on-five battle had instantly turned into a one-sided slaughter.

Falling Devil Douluo, the Seventh Worship sent to secretly protect Ye Xuan and gauge his practical combat ability, couldn't help but click his tongue in secret as he watched this scene.

He had known from the start that the main controller was Ye Xuan.

Yet, he had not expected their coordination to be so seamless.

The five of them moved without a single wasted motion; one could say every one of their attacks had been meticulously planned in advance.

But in the next second, an uninvited guest began rushing toward Ye Xuan's position at an eerie speed.

Xiao Wu, Xie Yue, and the others didn't exchange a word, yet they sensed something was wrong in an instant.

"Tian Meng, take over control."

As Ye Xuan's voice fell, he withdrew from the state brought on by his second soul skill, and two snow-white rabbit ears sprouted atop his head.

The God's Vision before Xiao Wu and the others vanished for a mere tenth of a second before being seamlessly replaced by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"BOOM--!!"

Just as the grotesque creature—which had a human face protruding from beneath its backside—was about to land on Ye Xuan, Tian Meng, and Hu Liena, Ye Xuan teleported them all behind Yan using the ability of his thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit.

By now, Xiao Wu and Xie Yue had already stepped forward to block the path once more.

The elders watching from the periphery were all completely dumbfounded.

Good grief.

How could a two-ring soul master possess so many soul skills?

Are they cheating?!

"Xiao Wu, let's combine our efforts and push Gravity Control to the maximum. This is a Man Faced Demon Spider that has just broken through to the thousand-year level!"

Hearing "thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider," cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of Xie Yue and Yan.

After all, once a Man Faced Demon Spider reached the thousand-year level, its combat power was equivalent to that of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.

"Triple Gravity!"

"Triple Gravity!"

Under the overlapping gravity from Ye Xuan and Xiao Wu, the mobility of the Man Faced Demon Spider was instantly restricted.

"Yan, Xie Yue, what are you two standing there for? Smash it!"

Hearing his reminder, Yan and Xie Yue finally snapped out of it, realizing they had to seize this opportunity to kill the creature.

"Heh heh heh, finally, I get to show what I can do! Third soul skill, Hell Flame!!"

Yan, in his Flame Lord possession state, stomped his foot onto the earth, and chunks of crimson, fiery soil slammed violently into the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Accompanied by the secondary explosions of the flames, the Man Faced Demon Spider was flipped completely upside down.

Seeing this, Xie Yue gripped his martial soul, the Full Moon Blade, and charged toward the Man Faced Demon Spider like a phantom.

"First soul skill, Moon Condensing Blade."

"Third soul skill, Full Moon Shock!"

"Second soul skill, Sky Moon Flash!"

As a top student of Martial Soul Hall, Xie Yue knew clearly that the Man Faced Demon Spider had extremely high defense; even its weak points were tougher than the vast majority of thousand-year soul beasts.

Seeing such a perfect opportunity present itself, he naturally aimed for a one-hit kill.

Otherwise, if the strike failed, it could easily land the team in a dangerous situation.

"SPLAT!!!"

As the moonlight slashed down, Xie Yue used his martial soul to carve a massive hole directly into the abdomen of the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but give a mental thumbs-up to his approach.

The watching elders were, once again, left completely stunned.

A thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider is equivalent to a Soul King-level soul master.

Yet, it was slaughtered effortlessly by Ye Xuan and his group.

Almost everyone's performance in this battle was commendable.

Of course.

With the exception of Hu Liena, the group's darling who hadn't participated in the fighting...

"Junior Brother, why do I feel like I'm a burden to you all?"

Watching what was happening before her, Hu Liena couldn't help but feel like she was just idling about.

Following by Ye Xuan's side, she felt she couldn't contribute anything at all.

"Senior Sister, how could you think that? You are the trump card of our team. When we deal with that ten-thousand-year soul beast in the deepest part of the mountain range this afternoon, we will need you to put in a lot of effort."

Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Hu Liena finally felt a little more at ease.

"Rest here. Once we recover our soul power, we will head straight to the center of the mountain range."

Having gone through various battles all morning and throughout noon, Ye Xuan's arrangement left Xie Yue and Yan with absolutely nothing to say.

What's more, since Xiao Wu and Tian Meng were both summoned by Ye Xuan, their contributions naturally counted toward Ye Xuan as well.

According to the past conventions for determining the Golden Generation of Martial Soul Hall, more than seventy percent of the elite disciples were usually eliminated on the first day.

The remaining disciples would then engage in fierce battles within the mountains and forests for two or three, or even five or six days.

However.

Now that a human-shaped walking detector like Ye Xuan had appeared, those disciples who wanted to hide in the "safe zone" to farm points were the first to be eliminated by him.

Ye Xuan and his group were like a "poison circle"; wherever they went, eliminations followed.

This made those students who intended to hide miserable.

Among them, a student whose martial soul was a Rock Mouse had intended to hide underground and wait for the numbers to dwindle before making a move, but he met his end before he could even begin, kicked right out of the ground by Yan.

In the Traceless Mountain Range, within a canyon near the central area.

Ye Xuan's group had just taken out another three-man squad; until the moment they were eliminated, they still couldn't figure out how they had been exposed.

"Junior Brother, are we really going to challenge the ten-thousand-year soul beast imprisoned in this valley?"

Hu Liena felt a bit of trepidation in her heart.

After all, they were only one Soul Grand Master and three Soul Elders. Even with the addition of Xiao Wu and Tian Meng, facing a ten-thousand-year soul beast was essentially no different from courting death.

"Senior Sister, the bold starve the timid, and the daring gorge themselves. Since I dare to lead you all to challenge a ten-thousand-year soul beast, I have the confidence to bring you all out of there alive."

Hearing Ye Xuan's proposal, Xie Yue and Yan both felt a stir in their hearts.

Unlike Hu Liena, they were not disciples of the Pope.

If they wanted to elevate their status within Martial Soul Hall, it was impossible to do so without taking risks.

And this was undoubtedly a golden opportunity.