Su Yu vs. Gu Yue!

"Thirty meters apart. Prepare to begin," Wu Zhangkong said calmly.

The two took their positions.

At that moment, the Class Five students surrounded the thirty-meter area.

They were also extremely curious about this battle.

"Gu Yue, Martial Soul: Elemental Master. Level fifteen, one-ring Combat Soul Master."

Her Martial Soul manifested, seven elemental lights appearing between her fingers as a yellow Soul Ring emerged beneath her feet.

Seeing this, Su Yu introduced himself as well. "Su Yu, Martial Soul: Arceus. Level ten, zero-ring Combat Soul Scholar!"

A phantom resembling an alpaca appeared behind him.

Wu Zhangkong's brows instantly furrowed. He looked at the phantom behind Su Yu, but no Soul Ring descended.

However, Wu Zhangkong did not stop the battle and merely watched in silence.

The others cried out in shock at the sight.

Xie Xie's voice was the loudest. "Wulin, he doesn't have a Soul Ring! How is he supposed to fight Gu Yue?"

"I don't know." Tang Wulin shook his head.

"Begin!"

As Wu Zhangkong's words fell, Gu Yue raised her hand. She had no intention of holding back as her first Soul Ring instantly lit up.

A fireball condensed in the air and surged toward Su Yu.

At the same time, the ground trembled. Soil abruptly rose up and locked Su Yu's feet in place, leaving him completely unable to move.

"It's over! It's already over!" Xie Xie covered his eyes with his hands, unable to bear watching what came next.

However, Su Yu's lips curled up at that moment.

"That's it?"

A red-and-white Poké Ball in his hand gleamed beneath the sunlight.

The next second, the Poké Ball erupted with red light, and a massive figure appeared before Su Yu.

The fireball struck that figure with almost no effect.

Gu Yue frowned as she looked at the suddenly appearing figure.

It stood three meters tall, covered in blue fur with a creamy white belly.

Two sharp fangs protruded from its mouth, giving it a rather goofy appearance.

"Is that a Soul Beast?" Xie Xie's eyes widened.

"Snorlax! Snorlax!" Snorlax cried out several times.

This Snorlax was a Pokémon Arceus had created before. Arceus's creation ability was the only thing useful about it now.

It could not fight at all!

Arceus's current strength was probably only at the level of an entry-level Titled Douluo.

It did not possess the power to crush everything in its path.

Moreover, the current Arceus might not even be able to defeat an ordinary Titled Douluo, much less a Soul Douluo.

That was because this world had Battle Armor.

With the enhancement of Battle Armor, even an ordinary Titled Douluo could battle on par with a Super Douluo.

Of course, that was the effect of Three-Word Battle Armor, but it was easy enough for a Titled Douluo to acquire a set.

The battle continued.

Su Yu commanded, "Snorlax, Body Slam!"

"Snorlax! Snorlax!"

Snorlax leaped high into the air and crashed down toward Gu Yue like a mountain.

"One-ring strength," Wu Zhangkong concluded.

Gu Yue's expression returned to normal as she raised her hand, and an earthen yellow light appeared.

The ground instantly rose, and two enormous pillars shot up to collide head-on with Snorlax.

Bang!

A cloud of smoke erupted, concealing Snorlax and Gu Yue.

"Snorlax, Defense Curl!"

Within the smoke, Gu Yue responded calmly. With a wave of her hand, several more huge pillars rose from the ground.

The next second, a massive spinning figure was sent flying backward.

Snorlax rolled across the ground several times before getting back to its feet.

There was not a single sign of injury on its body.

Gu Yue's brows knit slightly. Her elemental attacks had almost no effect on that big fellow.

Su Yu's lips rose.

This Snorlax's Ability was Thick Fat, which reduced damage from fire- and ice-element moves.

But this was not a game. Simply put, Thick Fat increased Snorlax's defense.

It was not limited to fire and ice elements. In theory, as long as it was not a mental attack, it could reduce the damage.

Gu Yue raised her hand again. This time, two elements reflected off each other at her fingertips.

Fire and wind elements flickered.

The next second, the fire and wind elements at her fingertips began to merge.

Within a few breaths, fire and wind had completely fused. A Small Whirlwind flashing with two-colored light appeared at once.

Wu Zhangkong nodded in satisfaction from the side.

"Snorlax, keep using Defense Curl!"

Snorlax had no time to dodge. The elemental sphere slammed fiercely into its body, followed by a violent explosion.

The elemental sphere formed from fused fire and wind elements possessed extraordinary destructive power.

A crimson gale swept out, kicking up another cloud of dust from the ground.

The smoke concealed Snorlax's figure.

Wu Zhangkong waved his hand, releasing a surge of Soul Power to shield the surrounding students from the aftershock.

The smoke dispersed, revealing Snorlax.

Snorlax's body was covered in wounds from explosions of various sizes, a horrifying sight.

"You've lost," Gu Yue said coldly. In her eyes, Snorlax had already been seriously injured by her previous attack.

She was confident that any two-ring Grand Soul Master without a defense-type Martial Soul would be defeated if struck head-on by that Small Whirlwind.

The fact that this Soul Beast-like creature could still stand only proved that its defense was formidable.

"Are you sure?" Su Yu's lips curled up as he gave the command, "Rest."

Snorlax received the command and closed its eyes.

It then lay down on the ground, and the sound of snoring rang out.

The next second, the wounds Snorlax had just sustained began healing at an astonishing rate.

In the blink of an eye, Snorlax had completely recovered.

"What Soul Skill is that?"

Gu Yue said, "It's already asleep. How are you going to defeat me?"

"Snore!" Su Yu said decisively.

Then, before Gu Yue's shocked eyes, Snorlax stood up and slammed toward her with a Body Slam.

Gu Yue dodged Snorlax's Body Slam in a flash. Immediately afterward, an ice spike shot toward Su Yu from the air.

She had no intention of attacking that high-defense, high-health meat shield that could even restore itself.

So, attacking Su Yu, who had no Soul Skills at all, was the correct choice.

The ice spike howled through the air as a fierce wind propelled it, increasing its speed by several degrees.

Su Yu did not panic. Who said he had no Soul Skills? His Martial Soul was Arceus, so it was perfectly normal for him to know a few Pokémon moves.

The next second, Su Yu's figure flashed, and three figures appeared where he had been standing.

The three figures rushed off in different directions.

This was the Pokémon move Su Yu had learned: Double Team.

Over the past three years, aside from cultivating, he had diligently practiced Pokémon moves. He had now learned two of them.

"Can he use Soul Skills without Soul Rings?" Tang Wulin asked curiously.

After a moment of silence, Xie Xie said, "Yes. That's called a Self-Created Soul Skill!"

"To learn a Self-Created Soul Skill at such a young age... that counts as extraordinary talent," Wu Zhangkong murmured.

"You underestimate me too much!" Three ice spikes appeared around Gu Yue. Her powerful Inner Focus allowed her to control all three with ease.

A fierce wind howled.

Wind elements wrapped around the ice spikes as they shot toward Su Yu at lightning speed.

Su Yu remained calm. White light covered the bodies of the three clones, and their speed instantly increased.

This was the second move Su Yu had trained so diligently in: Quick Attack.

Su Yu could now be considered an Agility Attack-Type Combat Soul Master. With Double Team and Quick Attack, his mobility was no worse than that of an Agility Attack-Type Soul Master.

He could even learn Extreme Speed later on.

Two clones easily dodged the attacks, while the struck clone turned into specks of white light and vanished.

By then, Snorlax had awakened. Su Yu commanded, "Body Slam!"

The rest of the battle was much simpler.

With Double Team and Quick Attack, plus Snorlax's interference, Gu Yue's attacks could not touch Su Yu at all.

The combination of Rest and Snore also made it impossible for Gu Yue to render Snorlax unable to fight.

Furthermore, Gu Yue had used elemental fusion once and elemental control several times. With only level-fifteen Soul Power, she had very little left.

"I concede," Gu Yue said coldly, feeling deeply unwilling to accept it.

But she knew that if this dragged on, defeat would be inevitable.

"Good. You are now a member of Class Five," Wu Zhangkong said.