Power of the Core Flame! Instant Kill in the Opening Match! The Star Luo Soul Master's Humiliation!
"What?! Number one on the Genius Ranking?!"
"It's uncertain whether he lives or dies!"
"Let's do it, Sima Xian!"
He kept muttering these words to himself with his head down.
Life is but a short span of years!
Are you afraid of everything?
Just do it!
At this moment, the referee raised his right hand.
Beams of white light shot into the sky.
The class blossomed in the stadium!
"The match begins!"
Sima Xian roared, and his five Soul Ring rose up fiercely.
"Purple, purple, purple, purple, purple"
His legs became thick and strong, and his slender figure grew taller rapidly.
A long tail trailed behind it, and two giant spiral horns grew from its head.
Martial Soul Possession: Horned Ox Dragon, Power Attack System Martial Soul!
The Horned Ox Dragon is said to be born from the union of a true dragon and a rare Soul Beast, the takin.
It possesses the power of a dragon and the speed of a takin, and has some dragon blood.
Bai Yuan's gaze lingered for a moment on Sima Xian's expanding silhouette before he made a judgment in his mind.
It's actually the Horned Ox Dragon Martial Soul.
No wonder he was suppressed so badly by Long Yue; there was a reason for it.
Beast Martial Soul, especially Beast Martial Soul with dragon blood, are naturally inferior to the pure-blooded Mountain Dragon King.
He intends to give it his all!
Just stop playing!
The Battle Armor pieces emerged one by one from Sima Xian's body, the heavy armor plates gleaming with a dark luster in the morning light.
The armor quickly took shape on his body, covering his shoulders, chest, waist, and abdomen, with the Soul Guidance Array circuits at his joints shimmering with a pale golden light.
A monster with the body of a sheep, eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, human claws, and a pair of huge bull horns appeared out of nowhere.
The animal head relief in the center of his breastplate is so lifelike, it looks like a Ferocious Beast awakening from its slumber.
Someone nearby recognized the silhouette:
"Taotie?"
Sima Xian had never publicly used this Battle Armor, so when he put it on...
The audience, who had initially been just curious, now had some unusual gazes.
Someone recognized the source of the pattern.
The Godly Taotie Bull is a close relative of the Horned Ox Dragon.
Although both possess true dragon blood, his reason for choosing this path is also very clear:
He idolizes Xuan Zi, the legendary powerhouse who awakened the Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul, ten thousand years ago and the master of the Shrek Sea God Pavilion.
No wonder they've been clamoring to teach Long Yue lesson lately; they've found a new path.
The students from the Monster Academy shook their heads upon seeing this; this guy had been hiding his true intentions so well.
A purple Soul Ring unfolded beneath his feet, its light spreading out in an instant.
Gravity control!
It sounded as if thunder was rolling across the sky.
The terrifying roar seemed to crush and shatter the entire sky.
The air in the center of the arena seemed to be compressed by something, emitting a short, muffled boom.
Rings of yellow light expanded from beneath the Horned Ox Dragon's feet, enveloping Bai Yuan's body.
Bai Yuan felt his shoulders sag slightly, as if an invisible force was pressing down from above.
Sima Xian noticed Bai Yuan's shoulder slump slightly, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
He knew that his gravity control was working.
Let's go for it!
Sima Xian's figure suddenly accelerated under the influence of that gravity.
His figure appeared even more imposing under the Battle Armor.
Dark golden light spread across his body, drawing two straight lines of dust in the center of the arena.
His fifth Soul Ring ignited at that moment, and the Taotie's eyes shone with a scorching blood-red light on his chest armor.
A Destruction will extended forward along his charging trajectory.
Bai Yuan remained standing in the same spot. There was no glow from his Soul Ring, nor the imposing aura of his Battle Armor.
He just stood there quietly.
He watched the dark golden light steadily approaching him.
Yue Zhengyu's eyes widened:
"No, brother."
"Can it really be this extravagant?"
"They're almost here, aren't you worried?"
The Shrek members beside him also didn't fully understand the meaning behind Bai Yuan's action just now.
Someone whispered:
Is he... serious?
Another person chimed in:
"The number one Genius Ranking, Sima Xian, attacked without even his Soul Ring activating. Was he AFK?"
"You look down on people so much?"
The Core Flame within Bai Yuan's chest ignited suddenly at that moment.
The will to Destruction and Strife extends outwards along his meridians.
He turned to the side, twisted his waist, and lowered his shoulders—three movements in one go.
It was so smooth, as if he had rehearsed it countless times in his mind.
Golden-red energy condensed on his claws; the will had already taken shape before reaching the claws.
He took a step forward, twisting his waist and hips to accumulate power along his spine.
The ever-increasing power of the Domination Domain surged into the right claw, roaring as it lunged forward.
Sima Xian's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints before the claw-like wind even arrived.
He sensed the approaching force, and at the edge of that aura, he caught a glimpse of a premonition he didn't want to acknowledge.
"Get out of the way!"
"I'm going to lose!!!"
He instinctively activated his fourth Soul Ring, raising solid, dark earthen walls in front of him, trying to create a buffer for himself before that force arrived.
The earthen walls crumbled layer by layer the moment they came into contact with the claw-like wind.
None of them made it past the second floor.
The tear was clean and sharp, like paper cut with a knife.
A speed so fast it's almost imperceptible.
Bai Yuan's figure had already passed through those obstacles.
It appears directly on the straight line where the two intersect.
"What????"
"When did it get on my face?!"
Long Yue stared intently at the figure who was finishing his attack, his gaze filled with a seriousness that was settling in.
He saw the entire movement clearly.
That claw strike not only used force, but also completed the posture adjustment and force exertion in the same instant.
That claw strike... was a combination of power, skill, and willpower.
"There aren't many people who can hold them off here."
The Monster Academy members beside him remained silent.
Their gazes were fixed on Sima Xian, passing through the slowly receding aftershocks in the center of the arena.
On Sima Xian's breastplate, the Taotie pattern was making a Honkai sound.
The sound of their protective Soul Power being torn apart echoed throughout the entire arena at that moment.
This was followed by a dull thud from the bones as they were subjected to forces exceeding their limits.
Sima Xian's feet left the ground, and he slid backward continuously.
It collided with the Soul Guide Shield that was being activated at the edge of the arena.
An irregular ripple spread across the surface of the shield, and then a crack began to spread from the point of impact.
A clear claw mark was deeply etched into the metal at the center of his One-Word Battle Armor breastplate.
The edges are covered with fine cracks, like a mirror about to shatter.
The entire room fell silent.
The boos and jeers subsided, as if the world had been muted.
"They lost so easily???"
"Our genius boy???"
With One-Word Battle Armor Master and a half- True Dragon Martial Soul, Sima Xian is a contestant comparable to the eight Heavenly Kings of the Monster Academy.
Facing Bai Yuan, he was utterly defeated with a single claw strike.
Sima Xian remained embedded at the junction of the protective barrier and the ground, without moving.
Bai Yuan withdrew his hand and stood in the center of the field.
The referee looked at the motionless Sima Xian. After a brief pause, he announced the result:
"The winner is Bai Yuan."
The Shrek Academy students in the stands erupted in a fierce cheer.
"Big Brother Bai! Awesome!!!"
"I'll swat their genius boy away with one claw, let's see if they still boo!"
Dai Yun'er stood at the edge of the platform, her lips parted into a round "O" shape.
The astonishment that had not yet settled was still slowly taking shape in her mind.
Wow, that's amazing...
I knew I made the right choice in selecting him.
Things are getting interesting.