Borrowing Divine Powers!

"What did you say?!" Zhou Yi's face darkened as the pressure of a Soul Emperor descended.

"Please enlighten me." Huo Yuhao did not want to waste words. Zhou Yi had heard him clearly, and repeating himself would not change his mind.

"Fine! Then I'll grant your wish! Get ready to get out!" Zhou Yi was furious. She had no idea where Huo Yuhao got the nerve. Did he think he was some once-in-a-generation genius like Tang San?

Confident in her cultivation, Zhou Yi did not even release her martial soul before reaching out to grab Huo Yuhao.

A faint golden light flowed across Huo Yuhao's body as he unleashed the soul skill he had copied from Wang Qiu'er. His strength surged, and he clashed fiercely with Zhou Yi before pulling away.

"Everyone! My soul skill is Imprint. It can temporarily replicate soul skills. Who'll lend me their divine powers?"

Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er immediately released their soul skills. Huo Yuhao's Soul Rings flashed repeatedly as illusory golden dragon scales appeared over his body. Several balls of light flew out and exploded toward Zhou Yi. He was actually multitasking—maintaining his previous soul skill while imprinting new ones.

Power of the Dragon!

Golden Dragon Body!

Butterfly Goddess's Light!

"Good! Excellent! Hahaha!" Qian Chaoguang laughed loudly, grabbed the iron garment, and had the skylark on his shoulder cry out. The garment was refined in an instant.

"Borrow my weapon! My soul skill can forge weapons instantly. Even ordinary iron can become a divine weapon." With that, Qian Chaoguang forged two long blades and tossed them to Huo Yuhao.

"Thanks!" Huo Yuhao caught the blades and carefully exchanged blows with Zhou Yi. Even with Wang Qiu'er's two soul skills strengthening him, plus Butterfly Goddess's Light, he had only barely gained the ability to contend with Zhou Yi while she had not released her martial soul.

As they fought, Huo Yuhao quickly fell into a disadvantage. Zhou Yi grew fiercer with every exchange, forcing Huo Yuhao back again and again. Then, with one careless step, he stepped on a stone and fell backward.

Oh no!

Naturally, Zhou Yi would not let this chance slip away. She reached out to grab him, only for a gust of wind to explode beneath his feet and blast him into the air.

"Holy crap! My Wind Burst Bomb can be used like that?" A young man was startled enough to blurt out exactly what he was thinking.

Wind Burst Bombs exploded repeatedly in midair. Huo Yuhao steadied himself and used the force of the wind element to kick at Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi changed her fist into a grab, intending to seize Huo Yuhao with this strike, but Huo Yuhao nimbly stepped off, leaped backward, and used another burst of wind to charge straight at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi snorted and stepped sideways, certain Huo Yuhao would have trouble changing direction in midair. She threw a punch, only for Huo Yuhao to spin in the air, guarding himself with his twin blades as he slashed at her repeatedly! Forced back by the barrage of strikes, Zhou Yi had no choice but to use Martial Soul Possession and defend herself.

She released her martial soul!

Zhou Yi's martial soul was the Red Dragon. Her eyes became dragon-like vertical pupils, and scales grew over parts of her body, making her look incomparably fierce.

Once the momentum eased, Huo Yuhao planted both hands on the ground and viciously kicked Zhou Yi with an inverted hook kick. Borrowing the recoil, he flipped several times and retreated.

Slippery little brat!

"Everyone, thank you."

Huo Yuhao had used Burrow to spin himself around, then used Waist Bow to widen the distance.

"He's fighting for us. We should help him." A cool blue-haired girl spoke. Her roommate was surprised. This was the first time she had heard the blue-haired girl say so many words. "Xu Lan, Frostmark."

"Frostmark? What a beautiful name."

Huo Yuhao launched Sword Threads, weaving them into a net that descended over Zhou Yi.

Xu Lan stared in amazement. Frostmark could actually be used like that!

"You're right! Wind Burst Bomb, Wind Wings. My name is Li Xian."

"Blade Aura, Shadow Clone. I am Ling Wuya."

"Cloud-Wrapped Mountain Mist, Cloudstep. My name is Mu Yun!"

"Jade Bamboo Spear, Firecracker. This humble girl is Mo Yao."

"Lover's Bridge. I-I'm Mu Ying. Just call me Xiaoying."

With each shout and introduction, Huo Yuhao gained more usable soul skills. Clouds and mist burst around him, enveloping both himself and Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi let out a long roar toward the sky, sensing the changes within the mist.

Here!

Zhou Yi threw a fierce punch, but struck nothing. Huo Yuhao thrust out with a bamboo spear, only for Zhou Yi to seize the spearhead. Huo Yuhao smiled calmly. The mist covered him, concealing his body, and the bamboo spear suddenly exploded. Huo Yuhao stabbed again from another direction, but once more achieved nothing.

"Qiu'er! Teach me spear techniques!"

"How am I supposed to teach that?!"

"Just make the moves, and I'll follow along!"

Wang Qiu'er muttered to herself as she wielded an imaginary great spear, her movements broad and powerful, unstoppable in momentum.

Huo Yuhao copied her movements. His spear thrusts were tricky and vicious, impossible to guard against. Zhou Yi punched the ground, dispersing the clouds and mist and exposing Huo Yuhao. Unruffled, Huo Yuhao planted the bamboo spear into the ground and used it to spin away from Zhou Yi's claw strike. Then he formed another Jade Bamboo Spear, planted it against the ground, and launched himself into a flying kick. Zhou Yi twisted her body, dodging Huo Yuhao's kick and circling behind him as he landed.

Was it over?

The students' hearts tightened, but Huo Yuhao neither turned his head nor twisted his body. He swung the bamboo spear over his shoulder and thrust it backward, aiming straight for Zhou Yi's face!

Bang!

The bamboo spear exploded against Zhou Yi's face. Huo Yuhao also slipped away beneath the cover of mist. Even after taking a hit to such a vulnerable spot, Zhou Yi suffered no real injury in her Martial Soul Possession state.

Huo Yuhao sighed softly and launched another attack.

Frostmark!

Cloud-Wrapped Mountain Mist!

"Frostcloud Fall!" Huo Yuhao shouted. Countless Sword Threads slashed at Zhou Yi from within the clouds and mist. Enhanced by the water element in the mist, their power became even greater!

"Roar!"

Flames erupted around Zhou Yi, directly dispersing every cloud, mist, and Sword Thread. After fighting to this point, Zhou Yi was both annoyed and deeply shocked. Huo Yuhao's Soul Power had not yet run dry. All she could see were his Soul Rings flashing continuously, with other enhancement-type soul skills still active on his body.

"You're very good!" Zhou Yi stopped attacking. "But having spirit without strength is meaningless."

"That means it isn't over yet," Huo Yuhao said calmly.

Wind Wings!

Sand Toss!

"Yellow wind... rise!" Wind Wings spread from Huo Yuhao's back, whipping sand and dust into a sandstorm.

The original owners of those soul skills were already dumbfounded. Were those really their soul skills?

"Samadhi Divine Wind?" Wang Qiu'er immediately called out the name of the technique. That was right—Huo Yuhao was imitating the magic of the Yellow Wind Great Sage from Journey to the West.

"Great name!" Huo Yuhao continued whipping up the sandstorm. "Does anyone have fire element?"

"Burning Flame!"

"Fire Guard!"

"Golden Flame!"

Huo Yuhao's Wind Wings turned fiery red, and the temperature around Zhou Yi kept rising. Yet Zhou Yi merely sneered. Her martial soul was the Red Dragon, and she had high resistance to fire. Go ahead and attack! Let's see how you attack me!

What Zhou Yi failed to notice was that the yellow sand was gradually melting into liquid, blending into the raging wind before slowly solidifying into shards of glass.

"Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles!" Huo Yuhao controlled the glass shards and launched a frenzied assault on Zhou Yi.

Dragon Scale Protection!

Clink clink clink clink clink clink clink clink clink...

Zhou Yi had finally used a soul skill. That meant Huo Yuhao's attack had worked, and everyone cheered. A one-ring Soul Master had forced a six-ring Soul Emperor to use a soul skill? They had never even heard of such a thing!

The attack finally ended. Zhou Yi looked up and saw red lightning crackling around Huo Yuhao. Lightning and electric plasma formed into dragon horns as he floated in midair.

"Qiu'er, lend me your spear." Huo Yuhao accepted the Golden Dragon Spear. Dragon-shaped lightning lit up along its shaft. For a moment, Huo Yuhao seemed like the descent of a thunder god, lightning flashing as the sound of a thousand birds crying filled the air!

Bang!

Huo Yuhao dove down and viciously smashed into Zhou Yi, then flew back up and smashed down again!

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

"Lightning Chidori..."

"Three Thousand Thunderbolts?"

"Three Thousand Springs!"

The three transmigrators offered different assessments, but their shock was the same. Could a one-ring Soul Master really do something like this?

At that moment, a towering tree grew from Shrek Plaza, countless branches wrapping around Huo Yuhao.

"Young people are truly formidable..."

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao knew he did not need to keep fighting. He withdrew all his soul skills.

"Not bad, not bad. Such control, such multitasking, at your age... remarkable indeed." The newcomer was a white-robed man who looked young on the surface. The seven Soul Rings beneath his feet proclaimed his strength.

"Thank you for the praise, Senior. This junior's little tricks are not worth mentioning. If I hadn't relied on soul skills to take shortcuts, my Soul Power would have run out long ago." Huo Yuhao was not lying. He had lasted this long entirely because Lover's Bridge linked their Soul Power.

"Zhou Yi, you'd better restrain your habit of suppressing geniuses. Some geniuses cannot be suppressed. You recognized the soul skill that boy used at the end, didn't you?" the white-robed man transmitted. "Don't assume Fan Yu can protect you every time. You went too far this time. Not all the elders are cultivating on Sea God Island. You must understand one thing."

"Sea God Pavilion is always watching us."

"Hehehe, good boy. I underestimated you. You mastered those soul skills so quickly." Lightning glowed in the old man's palm before gradually fading. He lowered his eyelids and continued enjoying the afternoon sunlight.

"From now on, Huo Yutong is the class monitor of Freshman Class One." Zhou Yi had already withdrawn her martial soul. "You succeeded. No one will be eliminated today."

Succeeded... That was good...

Huh?

Why was the world spinning?

"Yu Tong! Yu Tong! Yu Tong..."