On the arena platform.
Another Soul Grandmaster was defeated by Xiao Xiao.
"Ah, what small fry~. Out of all these people, isn't there even one who can give me a good fight?"
Xiao Xiao looked down at the crowd with a mocking expression.
It had to be said that her confidence really was through the roof now. She had never imagined that just a few days of Lu Yu's guidance on combat strategy would let her defeat Soul Grandmasters.
And now, the more she used the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, the more naturally it came to her. Even the flow of her Soul Power had sped up considerably.
So I really am a prodigy.
From the platform, she had naturally also noticed the conflict involving Lu Yu and the others below.
Seeing Lu Yu chatting happily with that yellow-haired woman,
Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief too.
That was close. Good thing Grandmaster Lu helped hold them back. That Red Dragon Martial Soul looks powerful at a glance. If she came up now, I probably couldn't beat her with just my one Soul Ring's skill.
But once her father caught the Soul Beast Lu Yu had recommended, surely even that Red Dragon Martial Soul would be no match for her.
Fear had now appeared in the eyes of those novices below the platform. It seemed no one intended to come up and challenge her anymore.
Just as Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief,
a red figure stepped onto the platform.
"The circus act ends here."
"Level twenty-four Power Attack System Battle Soul Master, Wu Feng."
"Red Dragon, possess me!"
Two yellow Soul Rings lit up behind Wu Feng. Her entire body grew longer and more slender, and red scales appeared on her left cheek and left arm.
The top-tier Martial Soul, Red Dragon! Grandmaster Lu, what are you doing? Weren't you just persuading her not to come up?
Xiao Xiao instantly felt everything collapse around her. She had already used all her strength fighting those few Soul Grandmasters. If she now fought this top-tier Red Dragon Martial Soul, wouldn't she crash and burn?
Grandmaster Lu, save me!
Ah, with that temperament of yours, there's still a long, hard road ahead in training you.
Lu Yu sighed. Still, he had never expected Xiao Xiao to defeat Wu Feng in the first place. Since he had let Wu Feng take the stage, he naturally intended to take the controls himself.
"Teacher, sorry for the trouble, but please help me."
Lu Yu spoke to the presence in his mind.
After several days of recovery, the old man had also remembered his name: Electrolux. According to Elder Yi, he had once set foot in the realm of gods, but in his world, becoming a god meant death, so he had remained stuck at the demigod stage.
"Hehe, you're taking a risk this time. If you lose, the Martial Soul Oath will destroy all the confidence you've built for that girl."
"That's simple. I just have to win."
"All right, then this old man will lend you a hand."
Elder Yi pointed at Lu Yu, and the next instant, Lu Yu appeared in a cramped space.
A green-haired girl also appeared beside him. It was Xiao Xiao.
"Ah, Lu Yu, where are we?"
Faced with an unfamiliar environment, Xiao Xiao panicked for a moment, but she calmed down when she saw Lu Yu beside her.
"This is your Sea of Consciousness. It's where your spiritual power is stored."
"As for why I can come in, I actually have twin Martial Souls. This is my Soul Skill."
"Oh, so that's it."
"Did you come in because our opponent is too strong?"
Xiao Xiao lowered her head.
"What are you feeling down about? She has more resources than you, works harder than you, and has a Martial Soul that suits her better than yours suits you. Why should you be able to beat her?"
"If you can't win, keep working harder. Follow the route I've planned for you, and you'll soon be able to beat her yourself."
"Now watch closely and learn. See how the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron is played."
"Mm."
Xiao Xiao nodded and relinquished control of her body.
As Lu Yu took over Xiao Xiao's body, color gradually rose in her face. Xiao Xiao nodded with a blush. Being inside her Sea of Consciousness made her feel as though all her privacy had been laid bare before Lu Yu's eyes, leaving her feeling completely hollow.
Now the two of them were controlling the same body, their souls pressed tightly together.
Lu Yu paid no attention whatsoever to that aspect of things.
Controlling Xiao Xiao's body, he looked at Wu Feng opposite him.
One ring against two, without a wheelchair-tier Soul Ring Configuration, challenging someone above his level.
Three words: combat was bliss!
Wu Feng looked at Xiao Xiao with disdain and charged straight toward Lu Yu. Against an opponent of this caliber, she disdained using a Soul Skill first.
"What!"
Wu Feng looked astonished. Rather than choosing to control her Martial Soul from a distance, Xiao Xiao had actually charged straight at her with it.
Three cauldrons orbited Xiao Xiao like satellites.
"You want to fight me up close? Are you kidding me?"
Feeling she had been looked down on, Wu Feng immediately swung her scale-covered left hand.
With a clang!, a golden cauldron slammed into it and blocked her attack.
Before she could finish adjusting,
clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The three little cauldrons spun around Lu Yu like tops, constantly battering Wu Feng.
"How are these cauldrons so fast?"
Xiao Xiao, remember this. For Soul Masters who control their Martial Souls remotely, the closer they are to the Martial Soul they're controlling, the faster it moves.
"Damn it!" In front of Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng was being struck over and over by the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, unable to bring even a little strength to bear.
First Soul Skill: Dragon's Fire.
Red flames blasted the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron away, giving Wu Feng a chance to catch her breath.
"You still won't use your Soul Skill? You're looking down on me."
She stepped forward, every attack carrying Dragon Flame.
This time, the three little cauldrons could only serve as shields, and Xiao Xiao kept retreating.
As Wu Feng continued attacking, she finally seized an opening and successfully closed in on Xiao Xiao.
Just as she was about to hit Xiao Xiao, a tremor came from behind her, stunning her for a moment. When she regained her senses, Xiao Xiao had already moved far away, while she was trapped between the three cauldrons.
She realized she had fallen into a trap.
This is so unfair. How is this Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron so unfair?
Lu Yu was having a blast riding this wheelchair. What did you mean, you had three top-tier tool Martial Souls, and each one could be controlled remotely?
What did you mean, each tool Martial Soul could independently unleash Soul Skills from a distance, taking a melee skill template and casting it at range?
What did you mean, those three top-tier tool Martial Souls could even combine into one ultimate, thunderous tool Martial Soul, and boost the power of its Soul Skills too? Was that right?
"Goodbye, Little Sister Wu. I'll probably forget you in the next second."
Xiao Xiao snapped her fingers, and all three Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons activated their first Soul Skill at once. Like a barrier, the three Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons compressed every bit of the tremors they produced into the triangular area between them.
This was an improved Soul Skill Lu Yu had developed on his very first day with the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
Cauldron's Tremor: Triangle Kill.
It activated the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's original suppression property, concentrating its suppressive effect within the triangular area. At the same time, it could concentrate the full effect of its Soul Skill within that suppressed area.
For an expert gamer like him, developing an improved Soul Skill or two based on the traits of a Martial Soul with such clearly defined characteristics was child's play.
"Damn it! Dragon's Hand!"
Wu Feng still tried to make a desperate last stand. Unfortunately, as the power of the tremors continued stacking, her eyes rolled back the next second, and she collapsed to the ground, sinking into a peaceful sleep.
A Red Dragon Martial Soul Fragment slowly floated up from her body.
To think Martial Soul Fragments could drop even when I'm controlling someone else's body.
Below the platform, Lu Yu held out a hand, and Wu Feng's Red Dragon fragment floated over to him. He glanced at it. Mm, trash configuration. Into storage for now.
Having collected this unexpected gain, Lu Yu began lecturing over the mental channel.
See that, Yutong, Xiao Xiao? That's what happens when you like pretending to be an expert. Ultimately, low-level Soul Masters' output depends entirely on their Soul Rings' ages. In other words, the maximum output of a one-ring and a two-ring Soul Master actually isn't that different. If she had stacked the power of her first and second rings right from the start, even the three-in-one Soul-Suppressing Cauldron couldn't have faced her head-on.
I understand, Master. I understand, Grandmaster Lu.
"Does anyone else want to challenge me?"
On the platform, Xiao Xiao was brimming with confidence. Now she was certain the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron was a true top-tier Martial Soul. If she studied diligently under Grandmaster Lu, her future would surely be limitless.
Seeing even someone like Wu Feng, who possessed the top-tier Red Dragon Martial Soul, swiftly defeated by Xiao Xiao, the remaining new students naturally did not dare challenge her.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Lu Yu had the bratty little girl Xiao Xiao deliver a few more harsh lines before they began tidying up the venue and headed to Shrek Academy to register.
The registration process went exceptionally smoothly. Thanks to the strength Xiao Xiao herself had displayed, along with Ning Tian-the young sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, which enjoyed friendly relations with Shrek Academy-accompanying Lu Yu, they only had to demonstrate that their Soul Power met the standard before the subsequent tests were waived.
As for Huo Yutong, that level-eleven child, they naturally still had Tang Ya resolve the matter by using the Tang Sect's Special Admissions Student quota.
Of course, this also made Ning Tian even more eager to recruit Lu Yu and Huo Yutong.
A level-eleven Soul Master capable of hard-controlling Wu Feng-that was not a standard just anyone could reach.
At the same time, she also realized whom Lu Yu's Mystic Water Pill was intended for.
"I'll need a day to prepare the Mystic Water Pill. I'll deliver it to your dormitory myself tomorrow."
With that, Ning Tian took Wu Feng to the infirmary for treatment. Having taken one of Lu Yu's ultimate moves head-on, Wu Feng was still dizzy.
Although Wu Feng had left, Lu Yu's group was still stuck at the admissions office.
According to the admissions office, there was a problem with the dormitory assignments, so the three of them were asked to wait a while.
They were even specifically asked to display their Martial Souls.
Considering that the Martial Soul he had consistently displayed during his activities in the Star Luo Empire had been Blue Silver Grass, Lu Yu could only report his Martial Soul as Blue Silver Grass.
In the dean's office at Spirit Hall.
"Dean Yan, there are three new students whose class assignments still need your guidance. Sorry for the trouble."
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