Speak to My Eight-Part Light Wheel

As Huang Chutian was eliminated, the Lan sisters' chances of advancing smoothly had become vanishingly slim. Hearing Huang Chutian's words, the two sisters hesitated no longer and boldly unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, hoping to display some of their brilliance before the academy higher-ups watching the match.

The sisters exchanged a glance, determination shining in both their eyes. The next moment, the Soul Rings on their bodies vanished simultaneously. Their clasped hands separated, yet in the midst of battle, they spread their arms and embraced each other.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill had arrived!

An immense Soul Power fluctuation far surpassing anything before erupted in an instant. The moment Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo embraced, a deep-blue halo radiated from both of them, concealing their bodies from view. At the same time, the long hair behind their heads rose into the air, all of it turning a crystalline blue. The strands remained just as delicate, but when they once again swept toward Lu Yuan, they gave him an entirely different feeling.

Lu Yuan tentatively released several light blades and found cutting through them extremely difficult, as though he had fallen into a swamp. Before the light blades could completely sever the strands, more hair had already grown and spread forward in a flood.

However, Lu Yuan knew that a Martial Soul Fusion Skill could not last long. At this point, if he simply wanted to win, he only needed to abandon Wu Feng and use Ning Tian and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tower's thirty-percent speed boost to kite the Lan sisters from the air.

But that would have been a little too boring.

He retracted his light wings and landed on the ground. Lu Yuan signaled for Wu Feng to protect Ning Tian, then turned to face the Lan sisters.

Perfect. He could use this opportunity to test another semi-self-created Soul Skill he had been attempting recently.

Holding his breath and focusing his mind, Lu Yuan began to shut out the outside world and concentrate on controlling his Soul Power.

As his second and third Soul Rings flashed together, light blades thinner and sharper than those of the Light Blade Storm appeared in Lu Yuan's hand.

Then, the light blades in Lu Yuan's hand began rotating counterclockwise.

Compress, rotate, compress, rotate...

Under Lu Yuan's spiritual control, the sharp light blades emitted a piercing hum from his hand, which gradually deepened into a low drone as they were continuously compressed.

Moments later, a light wheel that made even Wang Yan below the stage feel a tremor of dread appeared in Lu Yuan's hand—

The ring-shaped wheel of light was utterly silent now, yet the constantly spinning blades seemed to be letting out a soundless roar.

Semi-self-created Soul Skill—Eight-Part Light Wheel!

Its inspiration came from Lu Yuan's childhood memories from his previous life, as well as some methods of spiritual control Elder Yi had taught him in ordinary lessons.

"Can they win?" Outside the arena, Wang Dong stared at the incomparably sharp light wheel in Lu Yuan's hand and swallowed hard. It was unclear whether she was asking if the Lan sisters could win, or whether her own team could win if they later encountered Lu Yuan's team.

As someone with the same light attribute and the Light Goddess Butterfly as her Martial Soul, she could feel its terror even more clearly.

"They'll die," Xiao Xiao blurted out instinctively.

Originally, she had only heard Captain Yuhao say that his good friend Lu Yuan possessed the cultivation of a Soul Elder. But even among Soul Elders, there were differences!

Xiao Xiao felt that even if she were also a Soul Elder, she would become grass after facing that silently spinning light wheel.

Huo Yuhao, whose Spirit Eyes gave him acute sensitivity to spiritual power, discovered with the aid of Spiritual Detection that this was not a simple Soul Skill. Spiritual power had participated in its construction.

"What terrifying Soul Power control and spiritual power! This isn't a simple Soul Skill. It should be a semi-self-created Soul Skill Lu Yuan researched himself. Lu Yuan, you truly keep opening my eyes!"

As both a scholar and someone with higher cultivation, Wang Yan could see even more: the Ultimate Attribute of Ultimate Light, one yellow and two purple Soul Rings, as well as incomparable Soul Power control and spiritual power.

Monster! For someone like Lu Yuan, only the word monster could describe him!

This battle had undergone several reversals and had been thrilling from start to finish. From Huang Chutian misleading his opponents, to Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo devising a feint to strike elsewhere, to their tactical success, and finally Lu Yuan taking action and sweeping the field, Wang Yan had found it immensely satisfying.

It seemed this year's freshmen had quite a few promising talents! Wang Yan was pleasantly surprised. Already chosen as the homeroom teacher for this year's Control System and Assault System Core Disciple Class One, he was looking forward to the coming matches more and more.

On the stage, the Lan sisters could sense the terror of this Soul Skill through perception alone. After Lu Yuan effortlessly used the light wheel in his hand to cut through some of the hair produced by their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the sisters chose to end the fusion and decisively conceded.

Was this a joke? If that thing struck them even once, they would really die!

"First match of the elimination round, sixty-four to thirty-two: Freshman Class Nine wins!"

As the referee announced the result, Lu Yuan somewhat regretfully dispersed the light wheel in his hand. After all, he had wanted to test its ranged attack as well. Unfortunately, the Lan sisters had not held on that long.

"Brother Yuan, you're fucking amazing!!!"

When the match ended, Huo Yuhao was the first to congratulate Lu Yuan. When Wu Feng had been trapped by the Lan sisters and was about to take Huang Chutian's second Soul Skill head-on, he had thought Lu Yuan's team was in danger. He had even hesitated below the stage over whether to secretly give Lu Yuan Spiritual Detection Sharing afterward, risking expulsion. He had not expected Lu Yuan to be so overwhelmingly strong that he directly swept aside the Lan sisters despite their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Although Lu Yuan would very likely become the greatest obstacle on Huo Yuhao's team's path to the championship, Huo Yuhao did not think that much about it at this moment. He was simply happy for Lu Yuan's advancement.

"Um, Lu Yuan, congratulations on advancing!"

Wang Dong, who had eaten breakfast with Lu Yuan before, naturally knew him as well. She simply was not as close to him as Huo Yuhao was. Compared with Huo Yuhao's enthusiastic congratulations, Wang Dong's sounded somewhat dry.

After all, Huo Yuhao only needed to offer his congratulations. Wang Dong had much more to consider.

Now that she and Huo Yuhao had developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Wang Dong was also determined to win the championship. She herself was a genius Soul Master whose second Soul Ring was a Thousand-Year Soul Ring. With Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing, Xiao Xiao's hidden Twin Martial Souls, and the Martial Soul Fusion Skill between Huo Yuhao and herself, they were undoubtedly strong contenders for the championship as well.

But after witnessing Lu Yuan's performance today, she was no longer so certain. Against such a monster, did they truly have any hope of winning? After all, aside from Lu Yuan, Ning Tian and Wu Feng were also support they could not ignore. Even if they revealed all their trump cards and truly managed to take down Lu Yuan, what would they do against the remaining two?

Could they win?

After Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao also congratulated Lu Yuan. With Huo Yuhao's introduction, the group could be considered formally acquainted.