"A domain? Or a domain-type Soul Skill?"
Not long after Su Qingxue and Zhang Lexuan began fighting, Zhang Lexuan felt a certain sense of suppression.
It was Su Qingxue's Fifth Soul Skill, Dark Cloud Netherworld Domain!
Everyone within that domain would be suppressed by Su Qingxue, though the strength of that suppression varied with the difference in strength between the two sides.
When Su Qingxue had used this domain against the other students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, their combat strength had been severely suppressed because their Soul Power was generally inferior to hers.
Even the sole Six-Ring Soul Emperor had suffered tremendous suppression because his cultivation had relied too heavily on drugs, leaving his Soul Power somewhat unstable.
But when Zhang Lexuan faced Su Qingxue's domain, her situation was clearly far better than that of those students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
The domain restricted her Soul Power, her spiritual power, and even her physical body, making Zhang Lexuan feel as though she had sunk into a mire. Yet despite that suppression, she showed no panic at all, instead probing for Su Qingxue's location.
That was right-she was searching for Su Qingxue's location. Although Swirling Clouds and Mist was only a first Soul Skill, it qualified as half a divine skill when it came to concealing oneself.
Although Spiritual Detection Soul Skills heavily countered it, unfortunately, Huo Yuhao was still serving as a slave at the Duke's Mansion.
Since Huo Yuhao was still serving as a slave at the Duke's Mansion, he naturally could not come over at this time to help Shrek Academy cheat. Without Huo Yuhao helping them cheat, Su Qingxue's first Soul Skill was rather unsolvable.
Although Swirling Clouds and Mist could be forcibly dispersed with Soul Power, Zhang Lexuan was not a wind-attribute Soul Master. She could force it away with moon attacks for a short time, but she could not sustain that for long.
Even though he was the one with higher Soul Power, after trying twice, Zhang Lexuan no longer wanted to trade several Soul Skills for Su Qingxue's first Soul Skill.
Now, Zhang Lexuan could only protect herself with moonlight, clearing the space within a five-meter radius to guard against Soul Tools that might appear at any moment and the Purple Lightning Netherworld Python that might launch a sneak attack.
"Dean Yan, can Lexuan win?"
Watching a mass of clouds envelop almost the entire arena, then thinking of the Purple Lightning Netherworld Python, Du Weilun could not help breaking into a cold sweat for Zhang Lexuan.
Had Du Weilun asked him earlier whether Zhang Lexuan could win, Yan Shaozhe would have thumped his chest and guaranteed her victory.
But as Su Qingxue summoned the Purple Lightning Netherworld Python and unleashed a domain-type Soul Skill, Yan Shaozhe gradually began to lose confidence.
Zhang Lexuan was at rank sixty-nine, the pinnacle of Soul Emperor, and a core Shrek student painstakingly nurtured by Shrek Academy. Not only did she have Soul Rings, but she also possessed excellent-quality Soul Bones. His strength could be said to completely trounce an ordinary Soul Saint.
Even a Soul Saint from Shrek Academy would need either a top-tier Martial Soul or middle-to-high-level Soul Saint cultivation to defeat her.
Yet at this moment, Yan Shaozhe still felt uncertain.
A Purple Lightning Netherworld Python over twenty thousand years old was itself equivalent to a middle-to-high-level Soul Saint from Shrek Academy, and judging by Su Qingxue, she had taken the Control System path with the Su Clan's Cloud Martial Soul.
A Power Attack System Soul Saint paired with a Control System Soul King possessing a domain-type Soul Skill, fighting the pinnacle of Shrek's geniuses in this era-the outcome was genuinely hard to predict.
"She still has a chance of winning. Summoning the Purple Lightning Netherworld Python and using a domain-type Soul Skill-even though Lexuan has been weakened, her expenditure won't be much lower than Lexuan's. Ultimately, Lexuan's Soul Power is at least ten ranks higher than hers. A gap of ten ranks, or even more, means she has to be the one to attack."
As Yan Shaozhe spoke, regret involuntarily appeared on his face. "What a pity that a genius of this caliber isn't one of ours at Shrek!"
"I truly don't understand. What's so bad about our Shrek?"
"We're the number one Soul Master Academy on the entire continent! The sacred land of Soul Masters! Yet someone actually doesn't want to come, even after we promised so many benefits!"
"Does she look down on our Shrek and think we're just painting pies in the sky?"
As Yan Shaozhe spoke, he crushed the teacup in his hand, giving Du Weilun a fright.
"Dean, please calm down. She hasn't spent a single day at our Shrek Academy, so naturally she doesn't know how good it is. If we get a chance to bring him into Shrek Academy, I'm sure she'll never want to leave."
Seeing Yan Shaozhe grow angry, Du Weilun hurriedly comforted him.
Only upon hearing this did Yan Shaozhe's expression ease somewhat.
While the two were discussing things, Zhang Lexuan and Su Qingxue's battle gradually approached its conclusion.
Su Qingxue's Soul Power was limited, making a prolonged battle impossible. Thus, once Zhang Lexuan had been weakened to a certain extent by Su Qingxue's clouds, the clouds around Zhang Lexuan turned from white to black.
Without any warning, the clouds changed from white to black in a single instant. Along with that instantaneous change in color, purple lightning flashed fleetingly through the black clouds and blasted straight into the moonlight shield around Zhang Lexuan.
The moonlight barrier was destroyed in an instant beneath the lightning's might, as though it offered no defense at all.
"I won!"
The moment Su Qingxue finished speaking, she suddenly felt a chill down her back. There was no time to summon the Purple Lightning Netherworld Python and rely on her armor for protection, so she could only use her third Soul Skill, Cloud Robe, to cushion the blow.
The next second, a dark gleam carrying a powerful corrosive force struck Su Qingxue-Zhang Lexuan's sixth Soul Skill, Lunar Eclipse!
Its effect was to annihilate everything illuminated by the light of Lunar Eclipse.
A third Soul Skill defending against a sixth Soul Skill-Su Qingxue's Cloud Robe barely counted as a defense before the light of Lunar Eclipse easily pierced it.
Fortunately, the instant the light of Lunar Eclipse pierced Cloud Robe, an almost imperceptible snowflake appeared behind Su Qingxue and directly blocked the attack.
Su Yun's soul perception had been monitoring the situation on the stage all along. When Zhang Lexuan appeared behind Su Qingxue, he was not actually all that surprised.
Shrek Academy's future eldest senior sister, a genius who could withstand a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at rank eighty-it would have been strange if she did not possess some powerful Soul Bones.
Thus, when Zhang Lexuan appeared behind Su Qingxue, Su Yun was only slightly surprised.
But when Zhang Lexuan's sixth Soul Skill struck Su Qingxue, despite having prepared beforehand, Su Yun's heart still lurched.
Shrek was accustomed to killing people at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. It had happened more than once or twice. That was why Su Yun had worried about Su Qingxue's safety and handed her the Storage Soul Tool containing the Snow Empress.
Su Yun did not want the Snow Empress to be called upon, because her intervention meant Su Qingxue's life was in danger.
Thinking that Su Qingxue would now be either dead or crippled if he had not thought ahead, Su Yun swept his gaze across the faces of the Shrek group.
"Fine, fine, fine. You like killing people, do you? You'd better not surrender to me later!"
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