"Burst!"
The four-colored orb exploded between them!
"BOOOOM!!!"
The deafening explosion rang throughout Eastsea Academy's junior division.
Eastsea Academy, first-year division, director of education's office.
A blue-haired man stood straight-backed and proud. No one would have guessed that he was being reprimanded.
The thunderous explosion caught his attention. He extended his Spirit Sea Realm spiritual power, taking in everything on the training ground.
Wu Changkong's eyes lit up, and he flew straight over.
Long Hengxu, who had been thoroughly enjoying his lecture, called out, "Hey, hey, hey-"
The raging elemental turbulence became a terrifying shock wave, tearing a gaping hole through the surrounding Nine Li War Fog.
Stone slabs on the training ground flew into the air, and sandbags instantly turned to ash.
The watching students around the perimeter staggered under the blast, their screams joining into a chorus.
"Holy shit! Are those two demolishing the school?"
"Run! Run!"
Dust billowed.
Two figures flew backward out of the center of the explosion at the same time.
Gu Yue somersaulted several times in midair before her toes touched the ground. She slid back more than ten meters before barely steadying herself.
Her face was pale, her chest heaving.
A fused multi-element explosion had tremendous destructive power, but its backlash was equally staggering.
She raised her head and stared fixedly across at him.
He... should be beaten now, right?
The dust gradually cleared.
Lu Guan's massive body came into view again.
He stood where he was and rolled his neck.
Blackened patches scorched by the explosion covered his chest and several arms, beads of blood seeping out.
Gu Yue's pupils contracted sharply.
He had taken a fused multi-element explosion head-on, yet suffered only superficial wounds!
Lu Guan raised his head. The Demon Eye on his forehead cast an eerie red light, and the weapons in his hands gleamed.
Ge, Shu, Ji, Spear, Yi.
His remaining hand formed a fist seal.
"War Lord Heart Method!"
Lu Guan beat his bone wings, turning into a streak of dark red lightning as he lunged at Gu Yue again.
This time, he was faster than before, his momentum even more overwhelming!
"First form, Hook Spear Sinks the Soil!"
His upper-left arm swung out fiercely.
The Long Spear trailed dark yellow light, as though the strike would tear apart the very earth.
Gu Yue gritted her teeth and forcibly mobilized the Soul Power remaining in her body.
A thick wall of ice rose from the ground.
"Crack!"
The Long Spear cleaved into the ice wall, sending ice chips flying.
Cracks instantly covered the wall.
Before Gu Yue could catch her breath-
"Second form, Bronze Staff Shakes the Thousand Jun!"
His upper-right arm swung the heavy bronze Shu, bringing it crashing down on the crumbling ice wall with the crushing force of Mount Tai.
"Bang!"
The ice wall collapsed completely.
Gu Yue staggered backward under the impact, her blood churning.
But Lu Guan's attacks came like a raging gale and torrential rain, giving her no chance to breathe.
"Third form, Halberd Splits the Layered Clouds!"
His two middle arms exerted their strength together.
The long halberd became a streak of silver light, thrusting straight at Gu Yue's face.
This combination was too fast, too fierce!
Wielded by Lu Guan's six arms, the Five Weapons' forms bloomed in a dazzling flurry, without a single opening.
Gu Yue waved both hands repeatedly, hurling wind blades and fireballs at Lu Guan as though they cost nothing, trying to halt his assault.
But those elemental attacks struck Lu Guan's war lord demon body without even slowing him down.
"Fourth form, Qiu Forms the Net!"
The Qiu spear in Lu Guan's hand danced into a blur of light.
Spear shadows filled the sky, completely enveloping Gu Yue.
He had swung the Qiu spear countless times, yet had also swung it only once!
"Fifth form, Yi Charges Through and Shatters!"
The final Yi spear pierced toward Gu Yue's lower body with an air-rending shriek.
High, middle, low-all three levels were covered, without a single blind spot!
Gu Yue had been driven into a desperate corner.
There was nowhere left to retreat!
Just as Gu Yue prepared to force another spatial shift-
An utterly cold, sinister aura suddenly rose behind her.
What was that?
Gu Yue whipped her head around.
At some point, a bizarre figure had crawled out of the shadow behind her.
The figure was as tall as she was, merely a hazy mass of black mist, yet spatial fluctuations radiated from its body!
Gu Yue's spatial shift was interrupted!
A Nightmare Wraith!
The third Soul Skill, [Nightmare Lure]!
Under Lu Guan's relentless attacks, a trace of fear had welled up in Gu Yue's heart, and that trace of fear had manifested as this Nightmare Wraith lurking in the dark!
Even with only a sliver of Gu Yue's power, that hint of spatial fluctuation was enough.
A death trap!
Gu Yue's mind went blank.
Within her, an endless power gathered, ready to erupt.
"Tap."
A soft sound rang out.
The raging attacks around her stopped instantly.
The sky full of spear shadows dispersed.
The Nightmare Wraith behind her became a wisp of black smoke and slipped back into Lu Guan's shadow.
Gu Yue stood frozen.
A cold Qiu spear rested firmly against her abdomen.
Lu Guan stood before her, his six arms still held in their attacking poses.
The Demon Eye on his forehead slowly closed.
"You lost."
Lu Guan's voice was calm, without the slightest hint of a victor's boasting.
He withdrew the Qiu spear and took two steps back.
Four arms retracted beneath his ribs, and his bone wings vanished.
His raging baleful aura swiftly subsided as he released the war lord demon body.
Lu Guan returned to his original appearance.
Aside from his tattered shirt and a few bleeding cuts, he looked as though nothing had happened.
A deathly silence hung over the training ground.
Everyone stared, dumbfounded.
This was a fucking junior-division student?
With that kind of fighting power, he could swagger through the senior division unchallenged!
Gu Yue looked down at her abdomen. Where the Qiu spear had pressed against her, the baleful aura had already sliced a slit in her clothes.
She had lost.
Lost utterly and completely.
From beginning to end, her opponent had kept her pinned under his assault.
Strangely, though, Gu Yue felt little frustration.
Instead... she felt an excitement she could neither explain nor describe.
No wonder. No wonder Na'er had resisted the pull of the golden dragon king bloodline and sought this man instead.
"Hey, what are you spacing out for?"
Seeing Gu Yue standing motionless, Lu Guan couldn't help waving a hand before her eyes.
"Can't take a loss?"
Gu Yue came back to herself and looked up at Lu Guan.
He was actually rather handsome.
Although he had looked like a monster during their fight, now that he was back to normal, his features held a composure beyond his years.
Gu Yue's gaze settled on the wounds on Lu Guan's chest and arms.
Those were the wounds her fused multi-element explosion had inflicted.
She, the loser, was actually less battered than he was.
She suddenly stepped forward, closing the distance between them.
Lu Guan instinctively wanted to step back, only to find that Gu Yue had already reached out and gently pressed her hand against the wound on his chest.
Lu Guan instinctively went on guard.
"Don't move." Gu Yue's voice was no longer as cold as before.
A soft blue glow lit up in her palm.
Water element.
Gentle streams of water flowed from her fingertips, slowly seeping into Lu Guan's wounds.
A cooling sensation instantly replaced the stinging pain.
The wounds began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lu Guan looked at Gu Yue in surprise.
She had quite a strange temperament.
They had just been fighting tooth and nail, and now she was actually taking the initiative to heal him.
The two stood very close.
Gu Yue was half a head shorter than Lu Guan, her face tilted slightly upward.
A little dust still clung to her fair cheeks, and fine beads of sweat dotted the tip of her nose.
Her clear eyes stared unblinkingly at Lu Guan.
"You're very strong."
Gu Yue spoke softly.
Gu Yue withdrew her hand. The wounds on Lu Guan's body had healed completely, without even leaving a scar.
She suddenly took another small step forward.
The distance between them instantly shrank to an intensely intimate degree.
They could even feel each other's breath.
Lu Guan froze.
What was she trying to do?
Gu Yue tilted her head up and looked into Lu Guan's eyes, the corners of her lips suddenly curving upward.
"Lu Guan..."
Her voice was very soft, yet held an indescribable undertone.
"From now on, I look forward to learning from you."
A thousand meters up in the sky.
Na'er stared fixedly at Gu Yue on the training ground below, who was practically pressing herself against Lu Guan.
Her purple eyes were on the verge of spitting fire.
"That vixen!"
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