Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

After swallowing that strand of eerie hair, the Evil Soul Master's already tall frame swelled once more. At the same time, the wounds that had been blasted into his body healed in the blink of an eye.

The flowing green blood transformed into dark purple streaks, resembling tattoos. On his head, something resembling a massive spider completely covered his scalp, with his eyes appearing on the spider's abdomen.

"Hahaha, you are all going to die!"

The Evil Soul Master's entire body was saturated with terrifying power.

Even more bizarrely, his original four soul rings mutated. The two yellow and two purple rings all turned into bewitchingly dark purple halos that radiated an ominous aura. Simultaneously, his possessed Multi-Eye martial soul was replaced by the phantom of a massive, raised spider.

The next moment.

The Evil Soul Master braced the enormous phantom spider legs and, erupting with a formidable aura, stomped directly onto Iron Armor Linked Shield's Equal Force Shield martial soul.

Iron Armor Linked Shield felt his entire body being trampled by a terrifying, tearing force—a power that transcended all known soul power.

In the next instant, his martial soul was crushed, and he fell into a dead faint.

This scene unfolded so quickly that almost everyone present failed to react in time.

Watching this Evil Soul Master suddenly transform into a spider and unleash such immense power, Li Changsheng's pupils constricted.

It was that hair from earlier.

After consuming that hair, the Evil Soul Master had suddenly erupted with terrifying strength.

What was that?

Before he could even ponder it, the Evil Soul Master braced his massive spider legs and charged straight toward Li Changsheng and Seven Absolute Zither Master.

"Die, die, go serve the great god!"

He let out a roar. As the massive spider legs sprinted, they acted like sharp, cleaving swords, their power terrifyingly great.

Li Changsheng could no longer afford to hesitate. He yanked Seven Absolute Zither Master toward him, opened his Genesis Book martial soul, and released a soul skill without a second thought: "Fly."

The next moment, buoyed by soul power, Li Changsheng and Seven Absolute Zither Master soared above the cave, narrowly dodging the attack.

The strike missed, and the giant spider leg slammed into the ground. With a flow of bewitching purple, the granite floor was directly corroded into a hole.

The Evil Soul Master raised his head, glanced at Li Changsheng and his companion, then turned and charged toward Centrifugal Killing Mirror and the others.

Centrifugal Killing Mirror scooped up the unconscious Iron Armor Linked Shield and simultaneously created several image clones, hurling them toward the enemy.

Explosions rang out.

But the next moment, the Evil Soul Master burst through the shattered mirror fragments.

Seeing him about to stomp his spider leg onto the fleeing Star Universe Flying Sword, Li Changsheng, hovering in mid-air, froze. He said to Seven Absolute Zither Master, "Hold onto me."

Without waiting, he flipped the Genesis Book and manifested a bow.

His face was somewhat pale.

Flying in the air was still quite a drain on Li Changsheng.

Everything he created using the Genesis Book required his own soul power; the more intricate the object, the more soul power it took to maintain.

Seven Absolute Zither Master obediently held onto Li Changsheng.

With the bow in hand, Li Changsheng pulled the phantom string. Resonating soul power ignited like a flame, and with a piercing whistle, he fired at the Evil Soul Master.

Crack.

The supposedly powerful arrow merely slammed into the Evil Soul Master, sparking a few embers! It failed to inflict any substantial damage.

Li Changsheng was stunned. He immediately summoned the Night-Startling Spear from between his brows and dove downward.

Over there, the fleeing Star Universe Flying Sword sensed the terrifying power in pursuit. She turned around just as the massive spider leg lunged; she reflexively raised her own martial soul to block.

Crack.

The next moment.

The martial soul sword she held in front of her shattered instantly.

Just as the spider leg was about to pierce her body.

Li Changsheng, still mid-dive, poured the remainder of his soul power—less than a third of his total—into the brilliant light of the Night-Startling Spear.

A mirror appeared out of thin air, blocking the path in front of Star Universe Flying Sword.

The next moment.

Centrifugal Killing Mirror, still carrying Iron Armor Linked Shield, emerged directly from the mirror. He reached out and dragged Star Universe Flying Sword, who was about to be impaled, into the mirror.

In the next instant.

The three of them appeared ten meters away.

Li Changsheng's Night-Startling Spear descended at the same time.

The overwhelming force was aimed directly at the Evil Soul Master's head—at that twisted, filthy spider.

Thud.

The Night-Startling Spear suddenly lost its momentum, as if it had slammed into a solid rock.

For the first time, Li Changsheng wore an expression of pure shock. What had he just seen?

The spider growing on the Evil Soul Master's face was actually alive; it opened its sharp maw and bit down on the Night-Startling Spear, stopping it in its tracks.

A massive suction force erupted from the other end of the spear.

Li Changsheng realized his soul power was draining away rapidly, flowing directly through the Night-Startling Spear and into the spider on the Evil Soul Master's head.

Li Changsheng had never imagined that the Night-Startling Spear would fail to pierce his opponent.

This was completely unexpected; his usually infallible Night-Startling Spear had proven useless.

He had no choice but to grab the Seven Absolute Zither Master again and, while controlling his Genesis Book martial soul, flash to the other side.

At the same time, the exhaustion period from using the Night-Startling Spear hit him.

His own soul power consumption was quite severe.

Once the Night-Startling Spear left Li Changsheng's hand, it regained its crushing weight, yet it still failed to suppress this monstrous Evil Soul Master.

"What exactly is that hair?"

Li Changsheng asked the God of Wisdom, though his shock caused him to blurt it out loud.

<Report. Unknown element. However, calculations suggest it possesses terrifying mutated power.>

"Why couldn't the Night-Startling Spear kill him?" Li Changsheng stumbled beside a crevice.

<Report. Insufficient soul power extraction. Therefore, it could not exert enough force. Your affinity is low. After the opponent mutated, they gained a trace of divinity.>

"Divinity?" Li Changsheng's expression turned strange. He didn't understand what that meant, but he had no time to ask, as the crazed Evil Soul Master was coming for them again.

"Run! Don't fight him head-on! As long as we get out of this cave and signal, we can be saved!"

The Centrifugal Killing Mirror roared at Li Changsheng, then tucked two people under his arms and bolted toward the cave exit.

He ran with incredible speed, feeling almost as if he were flying.

Li Changsheng was speechless. Where had that momentum from when the three of them were ganging up on the enemy gone?

"God of Wisdom, if you use Parallel Calculation, can you kill him?"

Run?

Are you kidding? Can your speed compare to a spider's legs?

<Report. Yes. According to calculations, it would require three days and three nights of unconsciousness, ten days of recovery, and a drop of one soul power rank.>

He could kill him?

As expected, Parallel Calculation was powerful, and the God of Wisdom was truly impressive.

"Three days and three nights of unconsciousness?"

"Ten days of recovery?"

"A drop of one soul power rank?"

Li Changsheng decided to forget it; let's just run.

Suddenly, the Seven Absolute Zither Master, whom he was still holding, tugged at his clothes.

Li Changsheng snapped out of his thoughts, and just as he was about to run, he heard the Seven Absolute Zither Master say, "We can kill him if we join forces."

"What do you mean?"

Ever since the beginning, the Seven Absolute Zither Master had just been watching from the sidelines.

Forget it, she was just a child; it was better not to involve her in the killing.

But at this moment, Li Changsheng still asked in surprise, "Really?"

The Seven Absolute Zither Master broke free, stood on the ground, and looked at the Evil Soul Master, who was less than three meters away.

The massive spider phantom radiated a terrifying aura, much like the True Body of a Martial Soul that only a Soul Saint could manifest; it was overbearing and suffocating.

The Seven Absolute Zither Master watched for a moment, then turned her head. Her mask hid her expression, but her eyes were exceptionally serious.

As Li Changsheng watched the Evil Soul Master charging toward them, he instinctively prepared to tell the God of Wisdom to activate Parallel Calculation.

But the next moment, the Seven Absolute Zither Master opened her arms and threw herself into Li Changsheng's embrace. Her long, silvery-white hair drifted about as she raised her hands to wrap them around his neck.

"Hey, what time do you think it is?" Li Changsheng felt the small body pressed against his chest and found it somewhat amusing. He knew he was charming, but was this really the time for this?

A gentle, warm scent drifted over. Before Li Changsheng could react, the Seven Absolute Zither Master, buried against his chest, spoke: "Circulate your soul power."

Li Changsheng instinctively began to circulate his soul power, and at the same time, his hidden Genesis Book martial soul appeared once more, though this time it seemed somewhat different.

Their bodies were pressed closely together, and in the next moment, Li Changsheng sensed a foreign, soft, and warm soul power that was distinct from his own.

Li Changsheng felt that this sensation was extremely strange.

The Seven Absolute Zither Master felt the same.

In an instant, Li Changsheng became dazed. He felt his soul power slip out of his control, and at the same time, his Genesis Book martial soul began to merge bit by bit with the phantom of a zither, forming a scene of light and shadow.

A zither.

A person.

A book.

Inside the mountain cave, a zither was being played by a phantom. The phantom was a blurred woman whose features remained indistinct.

She plucked the ancient zither with one hand while reaching out with the other to flip through a book that resembled a musical score, her fingers gently turning the pages of the spectral volume.

Countless strands of colorful soul power, resembling resonating rays of dawn, surged forward to surround Li Changsheng and the Seven Absolute Zither Master.

The phantom's hand stopped turning the pages, and her other hand gently strummed the ancient zither.

Li Changsheng was completely unaware of the scene unfolding before his eyes.

Invisible sound waves were plucked from the zither, each note weaving a tapestry of mental annihilation. For the Evil Soul Master bearing the brunt of the attack, every second marked the beginning of its destruction.

The blurred, faceless woman continued to flip through the score while playing the zither.

However...

The zither was silent, and the intent was mute.

Yet, the way the Evil Soul Master's body continuously shattered made it clear that the power was truly terrifying.

Eight of the Evil Soul Master's spider legs had shattered, and the spider growing from its head had also disintegrated, oozing a large amount of foul-smelling liquid.

Its entire body was drenched in blood that emitted waves of stench.

But the only thing that was certain was...

It was still not dead; in fact, the two spider legs it extended separately radiated an even more soul-snatching power.

Li Changsheng finally regained his senses, feeling soreness throughout his body and finding his internal soul power completely drained.

The Seven Absolute Zither Master beside him was in the same state.

"It didn't die..." the Seven Absolute Zither Master said in disbelief.

Li Changsheng felt speechless; he had no idea what had just happened.

When he came to, the Evil Soul Master had already been reduced to this state, and at the same time, his own soul power had been exhausted.

The Evil Soul Master let out a roar, but it could no longer produce sound, only corresponding movements.

It actually began to hammer at the cave walls. If the corrosive liquid touched the ceiling, the mountain would likely collapse, and in that case, Li Changsheng and the Seven Absolute Zither Master would surely die.

Li Changsheng felt quite helpless. "So, this is all you could do—just leave it heavily injured?"

The Evil Soul Master did not attack the two of them but instead struck the ceiling of the cave like a madman.

The Seven Absolute Zither Master's body trembled inadvertently. "I..."

Li Changsheng looked at the pitch-black tunnel outside, reached out to stroke the Seven Absolute Zither Master's soft hair, and said, "Don't forget to carry me out in a moment. Also, you're a student of the Pre-Education Academy's Dean, right? You must have some privileges. If I fall unconscious, you'll definitely be able to get me into the Pre-Education Academy, won't you?"

Just as the Seven Absolute Zither Master was about to speak, Li Changsheng shook his head, turned around, and looked at the cave being hammered and nearing collapse. "Sigh."

The next moment, the God of Wisdom's Parallel Calculation was activated.

Li Changsheng retreated to a secondary position, watching the "scenery" before him from the sidelines.

Controlled by the God of Wisdom, Li Changsheng instantly transformed into a Blood-Colored Asura.

He reached out through the air and directly summoned the Night-Startling Spear back to his hand.

Gripping the Night-Startling Spear without any wasted movement, he raised it high, leaped into the air, and slashed down fiercely from the top of the Evil Soul Master's head. In an instant, the entire cave shook violently.

Before the Evil Soul Master died, it actually let out a hideous grin: "You... will be buried with me..."

The Evil Soul Master's body began to swell, and the flowing green blood began to boil.

Was it going to self-destruct?

The God of Wisdom did not speak. In the split second available, he leaped up, grabbed the Seven Absolute Zither Master, and then raised the Night-Startling Spear toward the top of the cave.

A brilliant light pierced directly through the entire mountain peak. Suddenly, a tunnel over three meters in diameter was blasted from the bottom of the cave, revealing the rising sun and the pitch-black Pointing-to-Heaven Fortress of the Sun Moon Empire in the distance.

The God of Wisdom did not linger; he stomped his foot, scattering soul power, and shot into the sky, disappearing from the spot.

The moment he broke into the firmament, the entire mountain roared, instantly collapsing and turning into dust. On the other side, the Centrifugal Killing Mirror and a middle-aged man with bulging muscles also rushed over.

After emerging, Li Changsheng immediately fell into a coma, while the Seven Absolute Zither Master carried him on her back, returning together to the Pre-Education Academy.

Li Changsheng did not wake up until three days later, and upon doing so, he heard some terrible news.