Electrolux Possesses Him, a Vast Gap in Strength!

He had never felt such a direct threat of death, such intense pressure, from a Soul Master his own age.

Even when facing Ma Xiaotao's out-of-control Evil Fire Phoenix, he had never felt so powerless.

Long Wushang paid no attention to everyone's shock.

His gaze passed over Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and the teachers as it slowly swept through the crowd.

Before long, he locked onto Huo Yuhao—or rather, Wang Dong beside Huo Yuhao.

That pink-blue short hair was simply too conspicuous.

Tang San had sent his daughter to Huo Yuhao's side and even tampered with her soul and memories. His calculations had been meticulous.

The person standing beside her could naturally only be Huo Yuhao, especially since Long Wushang could also sense powerful spiritual energy fluctuations from him.

Long Wushang extended his hand and pointed directly at Huo Yuhao.

"I'm only here for him today."

"The rest of you can leave now."

In front of the teaching building, the students who had been trembling in fear were stunned.

Some looked hesitantly at Huo Yuhao, then at the blood-red soul ring beneath Long Wushang's feet.

"Is he telling the truth?"

"We can leave?"

"We'll only be a burden if we stay. Let's get out of here first!"

At first, only two students cautiously backed away to the side.

When everyone realized Long Wushang truly was not attacking, more immediately followed.

The students who had been surrounding Huo Yuhao and the others just moments ago, overflowing with gratitude, now scrambled toward the plaza exit.

Some even shoved aside injured companions beside them to run faster.

"Move!"

"Get out of the way!"

Dozens of students scattered in the blink of an eye. No one dared look back, and no one asked what Huo Yuhao should do.

Watching the fleeing crowd, Wang Dong was so angry that his chest tightened.

"Do you people have any conscience at all?!"

"Who protected you while you retreated into the teaching building just now?"

"Now that the enemy only called for Yuhao, you don't even dare stay and fight alongside him?"

A student who had already run far away turned back and shouted in shame and irritation, "He's after Huo Yuhao, not us!"

"Do all of us have to die with him for it to count as loyalty?"

"You—!"

Wang Dong wanted to continue cursing, but screams suddenly rang out from beyond the plaza.

The students who had rushed out earlier had barely crossed the wall when great clouds of gray-black mist surged out from behind the ruins.

The evil Soul Masters who had been lying in wait for so long revealed themselves one after another.

Bone claws, blood blades, and vengeful spirits descended upon the fleeing crowd in succession.

"Those damn little Shrek brats finally showed themselves!"

"Don't let a single one escape!"

The students who had just been celebrating their escape instantly fell into chaos.

Some turned and ran back, while others desperately unleashed their martial souls, trying to break through the evil Soul Masters' encirclement.

But their average cultivation was far too low, and without Beibei and the teachers' protection, how could they withstand these Holy Spirit Cult followers specifically tasked with hunting down stragglers?

Screams continued to echo back into the plaza.

The anger on Wang Dong's face gradually froze. His heart was a tangled mess of sympathy and grim satisfaction.

If those fleeing students charged outward, they would be hunted by evil Soul Masters. If they retreated into the plaza, they would have to face Long Wushang and Tang Ya.

For a time, they were trapped between advancing and retreating.

Huo Yuhao had no mind to spare for those people.

From the moment Long Wushang locked onto him, he had pushed his Spiritual Detection to its limit.

Why was Long Wushang specifically looking for him?

Was it because he had exposed his twin martial souls during the tournament?

Or because of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion?

Before Huo Yuhao could continue analyzing, the fourth black soul ring beneath Long Wushang suddenly lit up.

There were no unnecessary movements and no warning.

The ultimate darkness covering the plaza rapidly contracted, all of it gathering in his right hand.

His slender fingers transformed into a pitch-black dragon claw.

Long Wushang shattered the tiles beneath his feet, and his figure vanished from where he stood.

"Not good! Yuhao, dodge!"

Skydream Iceworm's warning rang urgently through the Sea of Spirit.

At the same time, Electrolux's spiritual origin shook, and gray power began gathering deep within Huo Yuhao's consciousness.

An immense life-and-death crisis engulfed his entire body!

Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes martial soul operated at full force, but even though his Spiritual Detection had captured Long Wushang's trajectory, his body could not keep up with the other's speed at all.

Too fast!

That dragon claw wreathed in ultimate darkness reached him in the blink of an eye.

Wang Dong abruptly spread the wings of the Bright Goddess Butterfly and, without a second thought, lunged toward Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao!"

But he had barely taken half a step when the Sinful Blue Silver Grass beneath his feet shot upward.

Dozens of dark-gold vines wrapped around his ankles, waist, abdomen, and wings, firmly pinning him in place.

Wang Dong struggled desperately. The edges of his butterfly wings continuously sliced through the grass blades, but the severed Blue Silver Grass regenerated rapidly, winding around him ever tighter.

Tang Ya stood not far away, slowly curling the fingers of her right hand and binding every student and teacher who tried to move.

"It's useless. Just stay here obediently. Master won't hurt you."

Dragged to the ground by the Blue Silver Grass, Wang Dong could only watch helplessly as that dark dragon claw closed in on Huo Yuhao's chest.

The pitch-black dragon claw instantly reached Huo Yuhao's chest.

If that claw landed, it would not matter that Huo Yuhao only had four soul rings. Even a Soul Sage standing here would have their chest torn apart by that ultimate darkness.

"Elder Yi!"

Huo Yuhao screamed frantically in the Sea of Spirit.

At that critical moment, a stream of gray air suddenly surged from between his brows and covered his eyes.

His originally pale golden Spirit Eyes swiftly turned gray-white, and an ancient, imposing aura awakened with them.

Huo Yuhao's body instinctively raised both hands.

His left hand gathered immense spiritual power, while his right released ultimate ice. The two utterly different powers were forcibly twisted together, gray-white and jade-green intertwining.

He met Long Wushang's incoming dragon claw head-on. The dragon claw collided directly with Huo Yuhao's palms.

Ultimate darkness and terrifying force instantly tore apart Huo Yuhao's sleeves. Three bloody gashes spread up along his arms.

Huo Yuhao was sent flying backward, smashing through the outer wall of the teaching building and breaking several corridor pillars in succession before crashing into a classroom littered with shattered bricks.

That strike broke several of his ribs on the spot. The flesh on both arms was torn open, and even the Sea of Spirit was thrown into violent turmoil.

Skydream Iceworm frantically darted back and forth through the Sea of Spirit.

"Yuhao, wake up!"

"Don't pass out!"

"Damn it, that bastard really struck viciously. He was coming for your life!"

Huo Yuhao suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, but his gray-white eyes did not return to normal.

Electrolux had temporarily taken control of his body.

Long Wushang stood before the hole smashed through the wall and slowly withdrew his right hand.

He glanced at the jade-green frost condensed over his dragon claw, then looked at Huo Yuhao, who had climbed back to his feet. His brow lifted slightly.

"You didn't die from that?"

He had not held back at all with that strike. Ultimate darkness combined with the physical strength of the Dark Sacred Dragon was enough to easily shatter a Soul Sage's defenses head-on.

At the last moment, Huo Yuhao had mobilized two powers and forcibly preserved his own life.

More interestingly, one of those powers did not belong to Huo Yuhao at all.

"That old thing hiding in the Sea of Spirit finally decided to come out?"

Long Wushang looked at Huo Yuhao's gray-white eyes, and the corner of his mouth lifted.

Electrolux had no interest in answering him. He was rapidly examining Huo Yuhao's body.

The situation was indeed terrible.

His meridians were damaged in many places, both arms had nearly lost all feeling, his ribs were broken, and his internal organs had been corroded by dark power.

If the Ice Empress had not proactively protected his heart meridian, that claw would already have ended Huo Yuhao's life.

What Electrolux had left now was nothing more than fragmented divine consciousness.