Facing Gu Yue, Absorbed Attacks [Seeking Follow-ups]

A week passed in the blink of an eye. The strong typhoon that had raged for days finally moved far away, the dark clouds dispersed, the sky turned a clear, crystalline blue, and the air became crisp and clean.

The campus, which had been stifled for days, was finally unsealed. The highly anticipated Class Promotion Tournament for the first years finally reached its final showdown.

The competition arena was already packed with teachers and students, the air thick with the hum of voices.

Xiao Mu and Na'er, along with the other three members of Class One, stood at one side of the arena early on, waiting quietly.

The five of them possessed steady auras and calm expressions, showing not a hint of nervousness.

Opposite them stood the lineup from Class Five. Xie Xie and Gu Yue were clearly among them, but Tang Wulin was nowhere to be seen.

The two sides stood facing each other from a distance, their invisible auras colliding silently. A tense atmosphere spread throughout the arena before the match had even begun.

Xie Xie looked at Gu Yue beside him and asked, "Will we win?"

"We will win," Gu Yue replied in a flat tone.

Time ticked by second by second, yet Tang Wulin remained absent from the edge of the arena.

The waiting gradually turned into anxiety. Wu Zhangkong, standing on the sidelines as the homeroom teacher for Class Five, frowned slightly. His gaze swept across the area, but Tang Wulin was still late.

There was no point in delaying any further. He raised his voice to signal his intent, planning to have Gu Yue and Xie Xie enter the arena to fight alone.

"It will have to be just the two of you... None of you have been able to contact Tang Wulin today."

The moment his words fell, A figure came sprinting from the far end of the crowd.

It was Tang Wulin. He had finally made it back.

Wu Zhangkong spoke directly, his voice as cold as ever: "Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, the three of you, get on the stage."

"Three of them?"

On the Class One side, Ye Yingluo pondered for a moment. Her gaze swept over her five students before she made her arrangements: "Xiao Mu, Na'er, and Wei Xiaofeng, you three will compete."

She knew that Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi could only unleash their greatest power when together.

I might as well choose Wei Xiaofeng to fill the numbers. He is a two-ring Great Soul Master, so he shouldn't hold us back.

The six of them stepped onto the competition stage one after another. The three from Class Five had focused eyes, a sense of determination radiating from them.

Xiao Mu's expression was indifferent, showing no fluctuations, while his eyes held a hint of arrogance.

Na'er's brow carried a look of confidence.

The corners of Wei Xiaofeng's mouth curled up with a touch of self-satisfaction. Isn't this a free win?

With Xiao Mu and me working together, we'll crush them. We're invincible.

Wu Zhangkong's gaze fell upon Xiao Mu as he issued a reminder: "Xiao Mu, this is a competition stage. You are not allowed to use soul tools."

"I know that, of course," Xiao Mu replied. "I don't need those external objects to win."

The groups stood on opposite sides, fifty meters apart, facing each other in silence.

Seeing that both sides were in position, Long Hengxu immediately announced in a loud voice, "The match officially begins."

The moment the whistle blew, Wei Xiaofeng and Xie Xie surged forward almost simultaneously.

Two yellow soul rings rose from beneath Wei Xiaofeng's feet, and a green light instantly covered his entire body. A small, emerald-green snake appeared on his shoulder; its body was translucent, and it bore a pair of light, thin green wings. Though small, its aura was exceptionally fierce.

At the same time, his body became increasingly supple, and his skin was coated in a faint cyan glow.

Xie Xie's twin yellow soul rings lit up in sync. A massive surge of soul power exploded, his momentum instantly skyrocketing as his speed and explosive power reached their peak.

On the other side, Tang Wulin, with his one-ring cultivation, faced the two-ring Na'er. The gap in their cultivation was fully apparent; he was firmly suppressed throughout the exchange, restricted at every step.

The most eye-catching duel of the match was between Xiao Mu and Gu Yue. Gu Yue raised her hands, drawing upon the power of two elements. Wind and fire intertwined, shooting forward along a peculiar trajectory, heading straight for Xiao Mu's face.

However, the rushing torrent of elements came to a sudden halt the moment it neared Xiao Mu, as if it had struck an invisible barrier or been gripped by an unknown hand. It was completely restrained, unable to advance even an inch.

Looking closely, one could see that Xiao Mu's first soul ring was already glowing, his force field having been spread out.

His first soul skill was, while seemingly plain, a simple manipulation of the direction and magnitude of force—yet these people could never guess how many variations it held.

In an instant, the churning flames were frozen dead in mid-air. The heat surged with the wind, yet it could not break through even half an inch of the space in front of Xiao Mu.

His ability was activated silently and effortlessly, locking down Gu Yue's elemental assault. His posture was languid, and his eyes held a trace of arrogance, like a god looking down upon ignorant mortals.

In his eyes, Gu Yue was full of openings.

He casually adjusted the gravity around him, his feet firmly nailed to the stage. No matter how the gale raged or the elements vibrated, his figure remained completely motionless from start to finish.

He flicked his fingertips, manipulating the surrounding force field. The nearby airflow instantly became chaotic and inverted, layer upon layer of wind pressure precisely dismantling the power of wind and fire. Every elemental attack launched at him was forcibly deflected or knocked away, unable to even graze him with a stray ripple.

Gu Yue's eyes darkened, and she quickly changed tactics, abandoning the ineffective wind and fire elements.

Heavy earth-type energy spread out with a roar. Dense, sharp rock spikes broke through the ground, hurtling toward Xiao Mu with fierce piercing force. Immediately after, a biting water element wrapped around the rock spikes, turning them into frozen earth, stacking layer upon layer as their power surged.

Facing the dense, combined assault, Xiao Mu's expression remained leisurely and composed, as if he held everything in the palm of his hand.

The moment the attacks touched his invisible force field, they all defied the laws of physics, suddenly veering off course and missing him by a hair's breadth, rendering them futile.

"With only this much power, you can't hit me."

"Just simple deflection? Then you have no way to deal with me either!"

Gu Yue spoke softly, a blinding white light condensing at her fingertips. A refined blade of light element tore through the air, its speed far surpassing all her previous attacks.

"This move is somewhat interesting." A faint smile touched Xiao Mu's lips. The instant the light blade arrived, he raised his hand, absorbing all the kinetic and thermal energy of the attack and storing it within his body.

"The attack... was absorbed?"

Seeing this, a clear flash of surprise crossed Gu Yue's eyes. What was happening?

Her own attack had been absorbed?

Xiao Mu raised his eyes to look directly at her. "Is this the extent of your strength, Gu Yue?"

"Then, I shall finish you using the very attack you excel at!"

As his voice fell, the surrounding air suddenly surged and coiled violently.

Under the manipulation of his force field, the once-peaceful airflow transformed into countless sharp, minute wind blades, precisely locking onto Gu Yue's position.

He slightly adjusted the gravity vectors around his body, his center of gravity as steady as a rock; despite the howling gale, he did not move an inch.

The others fighting nearby, however, were significantly affected.

A flicker of surprise crossed Gu Yue's eyes. She tried to manipulate the wind elements, but she could not stop the incoming gale.

Before she could ponder it, her figure suddenly blurred. Driven by spatial power, she completed a short-range teleportation in an instant, narrowly avoiding Xiao Mu's attack.

As her figure reappeared, she watched the wind dissipate behind her, shock filling her heart.

Was this not elemental manipulation?

What exactly was his ability?

Why was she unable to control the wind created by Xiao Mu?

Xiao Mu raised his eyes, not a hint of surprise in his gaze; he was not lacking in intelligence at all. "You dodged it. Then, how will you handle this move?"

As his words faded, he pressed his palm gently downward.

The invisible force field was mobilized once more. The air in the center of the arena was instantly and forcibly extracted and compressed, causing the surrounding air pressure to plummet like a cliff.

The air in the entire area became extremely thin, and a low-pressure environment formed in an instant.