Boom!
The ten-meter-tall Dark Gold Titan Giant Ape towered between heaven and earth, its terrifying bestial might spreading across the entire field.
"A... a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!"
Xu Yucheng's pupils shook violently, that dazzling red light reflected in his eyes.
And it was a fucking hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast!
"It's fake. It has to be fake!"
He lowered his head to look at his chest and suddenly froze, the scythe in his hand slipping to the ground.
Luo Guixing grabbed his wrist from behind.
"Xu Yucheng!"
"I really misjudged you. This is all it takes to scare you!"
"This is Shrek! If a Soul Beast of that level really got in, the dean and the others would have acted already. This has to be the environment!"
"No!" With lifeless eyes, Xu Yucheng pointed at the pendant on his chest.
"This is a protective jade pendant my family had custom-made for me. It can withstand a full-force spiritual assault from a high-level Spirit Sea Realm expert."
Luo Guixing followed his finger with his gaze. The pendant had already broken into several pieces.
What that meant went without saying.
The spiritual power of that "Soul Beast" rampaging through the center of the forest had to have reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, or even higher.
At that moment, Yang Nianxia had misery he could not voice.
Yan Qing had been speaking to him before transforming, and he was also the first person the now-tangible Titan Giant Ape locked onto.
Its enormous body strode toward Yang Niannian at the edge.
Several deep craters were blasted into the grass, and the trees along its path burst apart into fine dust.
He was on the verge of tears.
If you'd told me earlier you were a tiger pretending to be a pig, I would definitely have put you on a pedestal and waited on you like my own father.
Yang Nianxia's last shred of hope was that this was an illusion.
Dark gold Soul Power erupted, and all three of his rings lit up together. Anyone who could enter Shrek possessed extraordinary mental fortitude; he would not lack even the courage to strike.
Yang Nianxia gathered all his Soul Power, preparing for a desperate fight to the death.
As the distance between them shrank, he finally saw the giant ape in full.
His Martial Soul was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. For an inherited Martial Soul like this, his family's research into this type of Soul Beast was naturally extremely thorough.
The giant ape before him looked and carried itself exactly like Xiong Jun, one of the ten great kings of Soul Beasts!
It really was the ancestor of his lineage.
Before Yang Nianxia could even approach his ancestor, he discovered to his horror that his Martial Soul was actually dissolving.
Facing the terrifying hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear head-on, boundless fear erupted in his heart.
Yang Nianxia's eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot.
The instant his torso hit the ground, he was teleported away in a streak of light.
When announcing the rules, Shen Yi had emphasized a measure to prevent anyone from playing dead and scraping through to the end.
Any participant whose four limbs or entire torso touched the ground would be considered eliminated.
Seeing this, the other students on the field also remembered that rule.
Quite a few followed suit, lying down on the ground and disappearing in one streak of light after another.
Luo Guixing clearly did not want to be eliminated yet. The longer he held out, the higher his ranking would be.
He unleashed all his Soul Power, constantly shuttling through space.
Besides, with this terrifying Soul Beast around, everyone in the testing grounds would be swept away sooner or later.
As the others fell and his advantage grew, his spatial Martial Soul actually gave him the greatest advantage. Even that Hell Spirit Cat could not match him.
But Luo Guixing failed to notice that a team not far away had not lost a single member from beginning to end.
Xu Yucheng, on the other hand, gave up running. After dealing with Yang Nianxia, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear turned and charged at him.
Perhaps moved by Luo Guixing's words, he tightened his grip on his scythe.
He, Xu Yucheng, was also Mingdu's number one young genius!
Watching the enormous beast grow larger before him, he lined up his four rings, fierce fighting spirit blazing in his eyes.
His four Soul Skills lit up in succession, and his presence grew increasingly powerful.
The Dark Demon Scythe's black light grew deep and lustrous, and its size swelled several times over until it nearly stood level with the surrounding giant trees.
Everyone's gaze converged on him.
Even the fleeing Luo Guixing could not help glancing over.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear merely extended a single bear claw.
The scythe and the enormous claw collided violently!
Bang!
Xu Yucheng was smashed into a bloody mist in a single blow.
Piercing screams erupted across the entire battlefield.
The students who had still been watching were so frightened that they all collapsed in a heap and were eliminated.
The view returned to the former members of Class Zero.
All of them were dumbfounded.
They had seen Yang Nianxia, who had been about to flee, drop to his knees with a thud after Yan Qing revealed his Martial Soul.
After a few token struggles, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted outright.
The others acted as though they had seen something utterly terrifying, scrambling to lie down. All of them were eliminated and teleported out.
Had this whole bunch lost their minds at the same time?
Their gazes involuntarily turned toward their captain. Yan Qing must have unleashed some terrifying Soul Skill.
At that moment, Yan Qing's real body stood in place, light flickering in his eyes as the Passionate Ruthless Sword's four Soul Rings slowly revolved behind him.
The third ring shone brilliantly.
When he enrolled, Yan Qing had discovered that his spiritual power had already reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.
Why bother putting in the effort to fight them fairly?
His Passionate Sword's third Soul Skill was Simulation. When his spiritual power had been in the Spirit Sea Realm, its effects had mostly been useful for changing a Soul Ring's appearance to frighten people.
Now that his spiritual power had undergone a qualitative leap, Yan Qing tried pouring all his spiritual power and Soul Power into it.
He constructed an incredibly realistic illusion.
Although his limited Soul Power meant its coverage was small.
The shrinking battle zone and the gathering of several teams had given him tremendous room to work.
Unfortunately, it could not cover the members of Class Zero, leaving them to watch a silent show.
For Xu Yucheng, he had used his Purple Demon Eye at twenty percent strength.
Xu Yucheng himself was incredibly squishy. Unable to withstand that hit at all, he was eliminated.
Yan Qing had also thoughtfully used Simulation to create a bloody-mist exit effect.
He had to admit, the effect was excellent.
Except for Luo Guixing, who tirelessly teleported until he managed to escape the range of Yan Qing's illusion.
All sixteen members of the two teams other than him had been eliminated, without exception.
"Boss, what Soul Skill was that?"
Seeing that there were no outsiders left on the field, Yan Qing's eyes returned to their normal color.
Xie Xie excitedly voiced his question.
"Heaven's secrets must not be divulged."
Yan Qing made a shushing gesture, then sat down cross-legged to recover his Soul Power. He had expended quite a bit just now, too.
"Hurry up and recover. We still have the most important hard battle ahead."
At Shrek's martial arts arena, a full circle of large screens displayed the environment inside the simulated Spirit Ascension Platform.
Watching from outside the field, Shen Yi drew in a sharp breath at the sight.
She could not help asking Wu Changkong beside her.
"Senior brother, who do you think will be the last one standing in this selection?"
"Yan Qing."
Wu Changkong answered without hesitation.
"Yan Qing? It's rare for you to have so much faith in your own disciple. His performance just now really was stunning."
"But maintaining such a large illusion should have left him with little spiritual power or Soul Power."
"As far as I know, Class One also has Wu Siduo at full Soul Power this time. With her Soul Ancestor cultivation and self-fused Martial Soul, an illusion alone won't fool her."
Wu Changkong nodded.
"From what I know of him, the tactics this brat uses really are..."
"Underhanded beyond all bounds."