Kafka spread her hands, her tone light and casual.
"You people have no idea what you're doing!"
Yan Shaozhe roared angrily.
"Just five people daring to storm Shrek-you truly have no regard for your own lives.
And to think you can only resort to such cheap tricks!"
"If you lack the strength, you can only pull this kind of stunt, attempting to drag down our tempo."
"But Shrek's foundation isn't something you can casually provoke. You're dead!"
"Enough talk, Shaozhe. Hurry up and take her down, finish her off, and the spiritual domain will be lifted!"
"Then the academy's powerhouses can free up their hands to deal with them."
Cai Yue'er said in a deep voice.
With that, Cai Yue'er immediately activated her Martial Soul Possession and charged at Kafka.
Yan Shaozhe did the same.
A battle erupted right then and there.
"Hum--"
Cai Yue'er made the first move.
The Moonlight Scepter appeared in her hand, and silver-white moonlight poured from the tip of the staff, enveloping her entire body in a layer of chilling moonlight.
Nine soul rings rose from beneath her feet: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red, arranged in orderly fashion as terrifying Soul Power fluctuations swept the entire area.
"First Soul Skill, Moon Blade!"
Cai Yue'er let out a low cry, pointing the Moonlight Scepter forward.
Dozens of crescent-shaped light blades condensed out of thin air, their silver-white edges exuding a piercing chill and carrying a sharp screech that tore through the air as they slashed toward Kafka from all directions.
Where the moonlight blades passed, the ground was gouged into deep trenches and gravel flew.
Kafka stood in place, her purple eyes narrowing slightly.
She didn't even move her feet, merely giving a gentle flick of her fingertips.
"Mental Threads."
Invisible mental threads extended from her fingertips, intertwining in mid-air to form a dense net.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang--"
The moon blades struck the mental spider web, producing a rapid series of crisp metallic clashes before all being bounced away.
The residual moonlight blades struck the distant teaching building, slicing entire walls into pieces as bricks and stones tumbled down with a crashing clatter.
"Is that all?"
Kafka shook her head, a hint of disappointment in her tone.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Feather Heaven-Burning!"
Right at that moment, Yan Shaozhe struck from the flank.
With his Bright Phoenix martial soul possessed, his entire body was covered in a layer of golden flame feathers, his wings spread wide as the scorching heat wave baked the surrounding air until it warped.
Nine soul rings rose: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and a dazzling red hundred thousand year soul ring that looked exceptionally harsh to the eyes.
Waving both arms, countless golden phoenix feathers detached from his body, transforming into a sky full of flames that poured down toward Kafka like a meteor shower.
Every single feather carried extreme light attributes, causing the air to crackle with explosive noise wherever they passed while scorching charred craters into the ground.
"Interesting. Whispering Bewitchment."
Web-like patterns flashed across Kafka's purple eyes as an invisible mental fluctuation stabbed into Yan Shaozhe's mind.
Yan Shaozhe's movements came to an abrupt halt, a trace of confusion flashing in his eyes.
The next moment, his Phoenix Feather Heaven-Burning actually reversed direction, the sky full of flames blasting toward Cai Yue'er!
"What?!"
Cai Yue'er's expression shifted drastically as she hastily horizontalized the Moonlight Scepter in front of her.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Moon Wheel Barrier!"
A circular moonlight shield unfolded before her, silver-white radiance swirling to protect her entire body within it.
"Boom--!"
The Phoenix Flame crashed into the Moon Wheel Barrier, erupting with a heaven-shaking roar.
Golden flames and silver-white moonlight collided violently in mid-air, energy shockwaves spreading outward and flipping over a layer of the surrounding ground.
Cai Yue'er was shaken back three steps in succession, dense cracks appearing on the Moon Wheel Barrier.
"Shaozhe, have you gone mad?!"
Cai Yue'er was both startled and furious.
"I..."
Yan Shaozhe snapped back to his senses, his complexion turning ashen.
He knew he had been mentally controlled; in that split second, he had been completely unable to resist.
"Second Soul Skill, Moonlight Binding!"
Cai Yue'er roared angrily, swinging the Moonlight Scepter once again.
Countless threads of moonlight shot from the tip of the scepter, writhing like spirit snakes as they coiled toward Kafka, attempting to bind her completely.
"Playing at entangling with me? Fear Web."
Kafka moved her feet, and a massive purple-black mental spider web instantly materialized on the ground.
Cai Yue'er stepped right into the range of the spider web as she pursued, her whole body coming to a sudden halt.
A bone-deep terror surged from the depths of her heart, slowing her movements by half a beat and causing her moonlight threads to scatter haphazardly.
"Mental Threads."
Kafka lashed out with a backhand wave, invisible mental threads counter-coiling to ensnare all of Cai Yue'er's moonlight threads before giving a fierce yank.
Cai Yue'er was jerked into a stagger, her Moonlight Scepter almost slipping from her grip.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Phoenix True Body!"
Seeing that the situation was turning bad, Yan Shaozhe directly unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar.
His body swelled drastically, transforming into a gigantic Bright Phoenix with a wingspan of several dozen meters. Golden holy flames incinerated everything around him, burning even the air itself.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Ember Entanglement!"
The Bright Phoenix set itself ablaze, instantly expanding a golden flame domain that enveloped a radius of a hundred meters within scorching holy flames.
Within the domain, evil presences were scorched and Soul Power was suppressed, compressing even the purple-black aura on Kafka's body until it shrank by several fractions.
"Nightmare Domain."
Instead of retreating, Kafka pressed forward, the web patterns in her purple eyes blazing brightly.
A purple-black mental domain erupted from her body, violently colliding with Yan Shaozhe's bright domain.
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle--"
The two domains clashed in mid-air, golden flames and purple-black mental power mutually eroding each other and producing a teeth-grating corrosive sound.
Inside the domain, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Yue'er simultaneously felt a wave of splitting headache, as though countless needles were piercing their mental seas of consciousness.
Their attack power began to drop, and a faint look of terror surfaced within their pupils.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Moonlit Celestial Radiance!"
Enduring the headache, Cai Yue'er raised the Moonlight Scepter high above her head.
High in the sky, a colossal bright moon materialized out of thin air, and cold moonlight poured down like a torrent, violently bombarding the location where Kafka stood.
Where the moonlight passed, the ground was melted into a deep ravine, and gravel was reduced to dust within the radiance.
"Puppet Thread Formation."
Kafka formed hand seals with both hands, three mental threads shooting out simultaneously to wrap around Cai Yue'er's Moonlight Scepter, Yan Shaozhe's phoenix wings, and the bright moon in the sky respectively.
She gave a fierce tug.
"What?!"
Cai Yue'er watched in horror as she discovered that her Moonlit Celestial Radiance had been forcibly reversed in direction!
The torrent of moonlight crashed down from the skies, not toward Kafka, but straight at Yan Shaozhe!
"Boom--!!"
The massive Bright Phoenix was struck head-on by the moonlight torrent, its golden holy flames dimmed a fraction by the silver-white moonlight as the phoenix let out a shrill cry.
Yan Shaozhe was blasted out of his Phoenix True Body, coughing up blood with a pale complexion.
"Heartmare Chaos."
Kafka flashed, instantly appearing before Yan Shaozhe.
Her fingertip tapped lightly against Yan Shaozhe's forehead, the web patterns in her purple eyes spinning frantically.
Yan Shaozhe's entire body stiffened as countless chaotic images flashed through his eyes.
"Ah--!"
Clutching his head, Yan Shaozhe shrieked in agony as his mental sea of consciousness suffered a violent shock.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Eternal Night Moon Eclipse!"
Seeing Yan Shaozhe suffer injuries, Cai Yue'er hurriedly moved to rescue him.
With a heavy stomp of the Moonlight Scepter, the sky abruptly darkened, and a pitch-black eclipse moon surfaced, swallowing up every last trace of light.
Within the domain, Soul Power continuously drained away and vision was entirely stripped, leaving it pitch black so one couldn't even see their own hand.
"Trying to trap me with darkness?"
Kafka's voice echoed in the darkness, carrying a trace of mockery.
"Soul Extraction."
A giant hand composed of pure mental power reached out from the darkness, probing directly into Cai Yue'er's mental sea of consciousness.
Cai Yue'er's soul was forcibly pulled out of her body for three seconds, leaving her frozen in place and unable to move.
Three seconds later, her soul returned to its vessel. Cai Yue'er slumped limply to the ground, panting heavily with a complexion whiter than paper.
"How tedious. No more playing. Martial Soul Avatar, Heartmare Spider Emperor!"