Xu Wei naturally had no expression in his lightning form, but his heart had just given a violent jolt.
The Soul Power within him had instantly dropped by a tenth. That was the price of his immunity to attacks.
But as shocked as he was by Kong Xuan's words, he did not really believe them.
What shocked him was naturally that the spear thrust had indeed struck him after he turned into lightning. His disbelief came from the fact that even he did not need to know where he would land next, so how could Kong Xuan possibly know?
Of course Kong Xuan did not know, but his words were neither empty talk nor an attempt to unsettle Xu Wei.
In his eyes, he had already become familiar with Xu Wei's movement patterns and could predict where he would land next.
This was the result of his brain's calculations, much like big data analysis.
Though not necessarily accurate, it was certainly not shooting without a target.
As long as he could predict correctly a few times, that would be enough to help him defeat Xu Wei.
This was Kong Xuan's first way of countering Xu Wei's Lightning Flash!
That was right. Kong Xuan had other methods as well. After all, he had yet to use any of his Soul Skills.
Unwilling to waste any more time dragging things out with Xu Wei, Kong Xuan chose to activate a Soul Skill directly.
Weren't Xu Wei and Xu Tianyi very curious about what his Soul Skill was? Then he would satisfy their curiosity!
Kong Xuan chuckled, and the first Soul Ring beneath his feet finally lit up. Its purple light made Xu Wei's heart skip a beat.
He stood in place, holding his spear in one hand, and thrust it straight ahead.
Xu Tianyi, watching from the side, frowned slightly. Xu Wei was not in front of Kong Xuan.
But then Kong Ling's earlier words surfaced in his mind. He remembered that Kong Xuan's first Soul Skill was a single-target attack Soul Skill, and a spatial one at that.
Spatial?!
Xu Tianyi instantly realized something and fixed his gaze on the situation in the arena.
At first, Xu Wei also found Kong Xuan's actions strange, secretly wondering, So this is what he calls figuring out my patterns?
But the very next moment, his heart tightened, as though a deadly threat had surged within it.
He saw an extremely long, crystal-like spear tip appear out of thin air before him, thrusting straight toward him.
Given his Lightning Flash Soul Skill's immunity to physical attacks, he normally should not have feared such an attack.
But he saw a layer of silver light swirling around the tip of the Atlas Spear. That was the source of the deadly threat he felt.
In an instant, he too remembered Kong Ling's earlier words: Kong Xuan's first Soul Skill had a spatial attribute.
Clearly, this thrust carried an attribute, and he could not nullify it!
Knowing he could not dodge, Xu Wei instantly deactivated Lightning Flash and stood rooted to the spot, not daring to move.
Like a meteor piercing the sun, the tip of the Atlas Spear had already torn through the lightning.
Under Kong Xuan's powerful control, the spear tip stopped steadily just as it touched Xu Wei's chest, the surging gusts making his clothes snap and flutter.
Xu Wei's chest heaved continuously, and the terror in his eyes lingered for a long time.
Watching this, Xu Tianyi inexplicably felt a little better and even felt somewhat closer to Xu Wei.
After all, the two of them could now be considered to have shared the same experience: both had had Kong Xuan's spear pressed against them.
Twenty meters away, Kong Xuan withdrew his spear and stood still.
The spear tip pressed against Xu Wei's chest also vanished soundlessly, as though it had never appeared.
With that, Kong Xuan's one-against-three battle was over.
Kong Ling and the other two had posed no substantial threat to Kong Xuan at all. Even surrounded by all three, Kong Xuan had still won in crushing fashion!
Kong Ling jogged over and said excitedly, "Brother, you did use a Soul Skill!"
In her view, forcing her brother to use a Soul Skill already counted as a kind of victory.
Kong Xuan smiled. "For your first time working together, that level of coordination was pretty good. But there's still plenty of room for improvement."
Xu Wei also walked over, looking dejected. "Brother Xuan, can that first Soul Skill of yours travel through space? And it carries a spatial attribute too?"
As the one who had faced that strike head-on, Xu Wei naturally felt it most keenly.
Kong Xuan nodded. "That's right. My first Soul Skill is called Void Stab. It can pierce into gaps in space and emerge from any angle around the target, and its attacks carry a spatial cutting attribute."
As he spoke, he turned his wrist slightly, and the Atlas Spear carved several transparent spatial rifts in the air.
Both Xu Tianyi and Xu Wei widened their eyes at his words. Xu Wei gave a wry laugh. "Brother Xuan, you called my Soul Skill a godly skill, but isn't yours even more outrageous?"
Kong Xuan merely smiled without saying anything.
Kong Ling, however, lifted her little face beside him and said proudly, "My brother's Atlas Spear carries a spatial attribute. Other Soul Masters only have a chance of mastering spatial abilities after breaking through to Titled Douluo."
Soul Masters with spatial attributes were indeed rare.
But there was another in their class. Wang Xiao's Rift-Splitting Blade Mantis was a spatial-attribute Beast Martial Soul.
Yet Xu Wei and Xu Tianyi had both seen his Soul Skills, and they were nowhere near as absurd as Kong Xuan's!
Kong Xuan glanced at the time displayed on the timekeeping Soul Tool nearby. There was still more than an hour and a half left.
His gaze swept over Xu Wei's and Xu Tianyi's faces. After a moment's thought, he said directly, "If you don't mind, I'll point out the problems you two have."
Both immediately turned their gazes toward Kong Xuan. Xu Wei hurriedly said, "Not at all, not at all."
Then he looked at Xu Tianyi and called, "Brother Xu, you don't mind either, right?"
Xu Tianyi glanced at Xu Wei and thought, Are we that close?
Still, since Xu Wei had called him "Brother," he shook his head at Kong Xuan, indicating that he did not mind either.
Though Kong Xuan was their age, his strength spoke for itself. He was absolutely qualified to assess or even instruct them.
Kong Xuan first turned his gaze to his roommate, Xu Wei. "Your first Soul Skill, Lightning Flash, is a godly skill, but you're relying on it far too heavily right now."
Xu Wei said nothing, but thought, I only have this one Soul Skill right now. What else can I do but rely on it?
As though seeing through Xu Wei's thoughts, Kong Xuan continued, "By relying on it, I mean you depend too much on the Soul Skill's immunity to physical attacks!"
"When you face Soul Masters of the same level right now, this ability does help you a great deal because they have few Soul Skills."
"But later, as the enemies you face have more and more Soul Skills, they can't all be purely physical attacks."
Only after hearing this did Xu Wei understand what Kong Xuan meant, and his expression grew serious.
Seeing this, Kong Xuan continued, "I think you should focus more on Lightning Flash's speed. As for your lack of attack power, you can use melee Soul Tools for now. Later, when you obtain more Soul Rings, choose Soul Skills with powerful attacks, and that problem will unravel as readily as bamboo before a blade."
"Agility attack, agility attack-the real emphasis is on that last word, attack!"
Xu Wei had originally been rather lost about his future cultivation path.
After all, he came from an ordinary commoner family and had little in the way of resources or knowledge.
But now, after hearing Kong Xuan's words, he felt as though the view had suddenly opened up before him, giving him a direction to work toward.
Then Kong Xuan turned his gaze to Xu Tianyi, looking at his utterly expressionless face.