Great River Sword Art: Crushing Xu Sanshi!

"So fast!"

Xu Sanshi had barely condensed his Black Tortoise Shield when he felt a fierce gust from a fist. A fist wreathed in green-gold blood energy rapidly enlarged before his eyes and slammed toward him so fast that he could not react in time.

"First soul skill: Dark Nether Shock!"

With no time to think, Xu Sanshi decisively unleashed his first soul skill. A black halo erupted from the Black Tortoise Shield, instantly covering an area dozens of meters wide. Like an expanding air barrier, it pushed outward with rolling thunderous roars!

Dark Nether Shock was an area-of-effect knockback soul skill that also had a certain stunning effect. Ordinary Soul Masters whose cultivation was lower than Xu Sanshi's would be forced back or even stunned by this skill.

But Gu Shengge was no ordinary Soul Master. Though his cultivation was lower than Xu Sanshi's, his physical strength far surpassed Xu Sanshi's. Dark Nether Shock could not stun him, much less force him back.

Just as Xu Sanshi assumed that the brat who did not know his own limits would be stunned by his soul skill, a strand of sword qi appeared like a surging river, ceaselessly rushing onward. It directly tore through his Dark Nether Shock and stabbed toward him!

"What!"

Xu Sanshi felt a stabbing pain across his skin and turned pale with shock. He stomped his foot and retreated repeatedly, raising his Black Tortoise Shield to meet that streak of sword qi.

Yet the next second, Xu Sanshi felt intense pain shoot through the arm holding the Black Tortoise Shield. It was as though countless hair-thin golden needles were piercing him. The pain twisted his features slightly, and his arm drooped limply, unable to exert any strength.

This sight left all the students in the viewing stands dumbfounded.

Anyone with eyes could tell that something had gone wrong with Xu Sanshi, but what puzzled them was the move Gu Shengge had just used. How had it pierced through Dark Nether Shock and driven Xu Sanshi back?

Bei Bei frowned as he looked at Xu Sanshi's powerless dangling arm. Even he needed to use his second and third soul skills together to break through Dark Nether Shock, yet this new student had rendered one of Xu Sanshi's arms useless with a single strike. It did not seem to be a Martial Soul skill either. Could it be a Self-Created Soul Skill?

To have mastered a Self-Created Soul Skill at such a young age was terrifying!

Seeing Gu Shengge effortlessly subdue Xu Sanshi with one strike, Jiang Nannan's exquisite face blossomed into a delighted smile.

"The class monitor is so amazing!"

Nanmen Yuner looked at the white-clad youth standing tall on the platform, her beautiful eyes shining with obvious infatuation. Even the outlines in her eyes seemed to turn into hearts.

Seeing how lovestruck she was, Wu Feng could not help shaking her head with a sigh. It was over—this girl had fallen hard.

Ning Tian was still thinking about that strand of sword qi. It resembled the sword qi recorded by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Could it also be a Self-Created Soul Skill?

On the Soul Duel Platform, Gu Shengge's white robes fluttered without wind. Strands of sword qi curled around his fingertips, surging like a great river and stretching fine like a trickling stream, sharp enough to cut through anything.

This was the Great River Sword Art, taught to him by Green Banyan. It originated from the Sword God, a Second-Level God of the God Realm.

When the Sword God had still been mortal, he watched river water for ten years. One day, he attained enlightenment, comprehending the myriad streams returning to the sea, small amounts gathering into abundance, ceaseless torrents, and the force of dripping water piercing stone. From this, he created the Great River Sword Art.

As the Goddess of Life, Green Banyan had existed as long as the God Realm itself. Having lived for so long, she naturally grew bored, and reading was one of her greatest hobbies. She knew the cultivation manuals and secret arts mastered by countless gods in the God Realm, and over the past six years, she had taught Gu Shengge quite a few of them.

The Great River Sword Art was one of them.

Gu Shengge dispersed the Great River Sword Qi. Looking at Xu Sanshi, whose arm had lost all ability to resist, he suddenly kicked off the ground. Swift as lightning, he instantly rushed toward Xu Sanshi and punched him in the face again!

Boom!

Xu Sanshi could not react at all and took the punch squarely with his face. Blood immediately appeared. Agonizing pain flooded his mind, making his head buzz as his thoughts went blank for a moment. His body flew away like a sandbag, rolling more than ten times across the ground before barely coming to a stop. He did not get back up immediately.

The entire venue erupted. Looking at the fallen Xu Sanshi, everyone began to doubt their own eyes. Xu Sanshi, known as the "number one defense in the Outer Court," had been knocked out with one punch!

And by a new student who had not even used his Martial Soul!

Looking at her fiancé, Jiang Nannan had known he was strong, but she had never expected him to be this strong!

Even Bei Bei was stunned, while Tang Ya beside him wore an equally astonished expression.

No way! How did Xu Sanshi become so useless? He couldn't even block one punch! Where's his defense? Did a dog eat it?

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were also deeply shocked. Knocking down a defense-type Soul Elder with one punch—just how powerful did one's body have to be?

Huo Yuhao could not help feeling a heaviness in his heart. If he encountered Gu Shengge during the new student assessment three months later, it would be serious trouble.

Just as Gu Shengge was about to press his advantage, the referee teacher leaped down from the high platform and stood in front of him. Only then did Xu Sanshi get a chance to catch his breath and struggle to his feet.

However, a fist print was stamped on his handsome face. Blood streamed from his nose, and two of his teeth had been knocked out. He looked utterly miserable.

Feeling the intense pain in his face, Xu Sanshi's eyes were filled with shock and unwillingness.

In only three moves, he had actually been utterly crushed and instantly defeated by a new student!

The referee teacher did not even need to say anything. The spectators below could all tell that Xu Sanshi had already lost.

"The soul duel is over, Gu Shengge wins."

The referee teacher announced the result on the spot. He looked at Gu Shengge in astonishment, silently admitting that he had misjudged him. This boy's physical strength was absurdly powerful. If he had not intervened in time, Xu Sanshi would likely have been in terrible shape.

Hearing the referee directly declare Gu Shengge the victor, Xu Sanshi looked unwillingly at the white-clad youth. He knew that he had lost completely!

His opponent had not even used his Martial Soul and had defeated him in just three moves. He had been utterly humiliated!

Compared to Xu Sanshi's unwillingness, Gu Shengge's gaze remained indifferent. He had not taken Xu Sanshi seriously at all.

That punch had used only half a tenth of his strength. His right arm had been strengthened by the hundred-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon King Soul Bone and possessed tremendous power. If he had used a little more force, blowing Xu Sanshi's head apart would have been effortless.

Against a mere Soul Elder, was he supposed to fight three hundred rounds and then barely win?

What a joke.

Instantly crushing his opponent was the proper way to do things.

Gu Shengge looked at the bedraggled Xu Sanshi and spoke calmly. "Your arm will return to normal before long. Now it's time to fulfill the wager."

At his words, Xu Sanshi showed a pained expression. A bet was a bet, and he took out two jade bottles from his storage Soul Tool, containing the Blackwater Pill and the Soul Ascension Pill respectively, then tossed them to Gu Shengge. Yet he did not forget to show his defiance as he shouted loudly.

"Don't get cocky; I lost to you this time, but I'll win it back next time. No matter what, I will never give up on Jiang Nannan!"

Hearing this, Jiang Nannan was so furious that she wanted nothing more than to rush onto the platform and kick Xu Sanshi away. That bastard deserved to die!

Gu Shengge did not even spare Xu Sanshi a glance. He put away the Blackwater Pill and Soul Ascension Pill, then turned and left the Soul Duel Platform.

It made Xu Sanshi feel as though his punch had landed on cotton.

He stared fiercely at Gu Shengge's retreating back, so enraged that his nosebleed would not stop and instead gushed out even harder. If he did not stop the bleeding soon, he might die from excessive blood loss.