Using Vines to Attack Fire? Are You an Idiot?

"You..."

Hearing Wang Sheng's words, Zhou Da was left speechless with fury.

However, Ye Zhiqiu's face below the stage had darkened to the extreme. He understood that Zhou Da had been completely countered! There was not the slightest hope of victory.

"Blood-Sucking..."

Just as Zhou Da angrily launched his second soul skill.

Wang Sheng moved as well. The Flame Blade martial soul appeared in his hand. However, he did not use a soul skill. He merely used Nine Suns to drive his Soul Power and unleash the Burning Blade Technique!

"Rumble..."

In an instant, the vines wrapped around Wang Sheng's body were burned to ashes by the flames on his blade.

At the same time, Wang Sheng pushed off with both legs and shot forward like an arrow toward Zhou Da.

Zhou Da's expression changed drastically. After all, he was a control-type Soul Master, not an agility attack-type Soul Master.

His speed was utterly ordinary!

Watching Wang Sheng draw closer and closer, Zhou Da could only choose to continue his second soul skill, at least buying himself some time to evade.

"Blood-Sucking Vine Whip!"

The Blood-Sucking Vine in Zhou Da's hand surged, and a great number of vines formed three enormous vine whips that lashed at Wang Sheng from above, the middle, and below.

"Heh..."

It had to be said that Zhou Da's soul skill was quite good among control-type Soul Masters. Not only could it attack and block enemies, but it could also absorb their blood!

However, he was still too naive. When their strengths were not too far apart, the wisest thing for a plant martial soul Soul Master to do when facing a fire-type Soul Master was to surrender or flee.

Because all attacks and resistance were futile.

What happened next proved everything.

As Zhou Da's three vine whips neared Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng directly swung his blade three times. The three vine whips were instantly severed, and the flames reduced them to ashes.

They could not affect Wang Sheng in the slightest.

"Ah!"

Zhou Da was truly frightened. Looking at the flaming blade in Wang Sheng's hand, his body could not help trembling slightly.

"Whoosh!"

Wang Sheng had already appeared before Zhou Da, his Flame Blade slashing straight at him.

When Wang Sheng's Flame Blade was less than half a meter away from him, the heat radiating from the flames terrified him to the extreme—but it also snapped him awake.

He decisively said, "I surrender!"

After all, this was merely a spar between students of the same academy. Wang Sheng naturally could not possibly strike ruthlessly.

Thus, he immediately stopped the Flame Blade in his hand. However, at that moment, the Flame Blade was less than ten centimeters from Zhou Da.

The heat from the flames had already curled the hair on Zhou Da's body. His skin burned fiercely as well!

"Gulp..."

Zhou Da could not help swallowing.

At the same time, he felt immensely fortunate. If the Flame Blade had struck him, even if Wang Sheng had pulled back his strength at the last moment, it would probably still have caused extensive burns.

That would have been terrible!

"Huff!"

Zhou Da took a deep breath. "Thank you for showing mercy!"

Wang Sheng also withdrew his Flame Blade and said kindly, "It's nothing. We're all students of the same academy. It's just a spar, so injuries should be avoided whenever possible."

Zhou Da nodded with a smile, then stepped down quite readily.

"Not bad! As a Soul Master, when you are completely countered, unless necessary, surrendering is also a good choice! After all, once you are injured, it will only affect the progress of your cultivation... Remember, you are still young. What matters is not who is stronger now, but who will be stronger in the future! Defeat is not frightening! What is frightening is being unable to rise again after defeat."

Although Ye Zhiqiu's expression below the stage was unsightly, he still praised Zhou Da. At the same time, he offered him encouragement!

After speaking, he also glanced at Tao Ping, who had been defeated earlier. Clearly, those words were meant for him as well.

"Hm?"

Wang Sheng, standing on the stage, could not help being stunned when he heard that.

He could not help taking a deep look at Ye Zhiqiu. At that moment, Wang Sheng's opinion of Ye Zhiqiu changed. Although this guy was not particularly strong, his character was not particularly good, and his appearance was nothing special.

Still, he truly counted as a competent teacher.

"Wang Sheng wins. Both sides, please send out your third student."

Wang Sheng did not step down. Instead, he stared at the last person on Ye Zhiqiu's side. "Come up!"

The last person was a heavily muscled fellow. One look made it clear that he was a strength-type Soul Master.

He could not help looking at Wang Sheng in the arena, and a trace of fear flashed through his eyes. After all, this was a monster who had slain two three-ringed Soul Elders. How could he possibly be a match for him?

In the end, he looked at Ye Zhiqiu again.

"Cheng Hu, go up! A Soul Master must never fear battle!"

"Huff!"

Cheng Hu took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

"I'll go, then. It's just a spar anyway. At most, I'll get hurt a little. What the hell am I afraid of?"

Cheng Hu slowly walked onto the stage and stood opposite Wang Sheng.

"Cheng Hu, Nether Tiger martial soul, level twenty-three assault-type Soul Grandmaster."

As he spoke, he released his martial soul. Instantly, a black tiger merged with his body. At the same time, two yellow hundred-year soul rings appeared around him.

Wang Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, because he could sense that Cheng Hu's martial soul was extraordinary!

It was likely an extremely powerful existence among martial souls.

He did not dare be careless. The Flame Blade appeared in his hand, while one yellow and one purple soul ring appeared around him as well.

Although everyone already knew that Wang Sheng possessed a Millennium Soul Ring, this was their first time truly seeing it.

One after another, they widened their eyes as they stared at the purple ring that should have belonged to the third ring.

"It really is a Millennium Soul Ring. I heard about it before, but I still had some doubts. Now... I've been thoroughly proven wrong!"

"Damn, his second ring is already a Millennium Soul Ring. This must be the first time in history, right?"

"I don't know whether it's the first time, but I'm wondering—if his second ring is already a Millennium Soul Ring, will his fourth ring be a black ten-thousand-year soul ring?"

"Yeah! The usual configuration is two yellow and two purple, with black only afterward. But now, it's really hard to say."

After everyone below the stage discussed it, an eerie silence fell.

Even the Spirit Hall deacon unconsciously rose to his feet. "It's real, it's actually real. Being under seven years old and already possessing the strength of a level twenty-five Soul Grandmaster was shocking enough. I never expected the rumors about the Millennium Soul Ring to be true as well. His talent truly is... Even the Golden Generation might pale in comparison! It seems I should make contact with him afterward. Rules are dead, but people are alive. This person's talent is worth bending the rules for."

"Gulp..."

The two City Lords, Li and Huang, also widened their eyes. With their strength and status, they understood better than those students what Wang Sheng's Millennium Soul Ring represented.

He was absolutely a monstrous genius whom every force would fight over!

Therefore, although Wang Sheng was currently only a mere two-ringed Soul Grandmaster, a little fellow they could destroy with a wave of their hands.

They themselves were already six-ringed Soul Emperors, yet they truly could not afford to offend such a monstrous genius!