The Soul Fighting Match Begins, a Hidden Heavenly Eye

On the competition stage, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, and Dugu Yanran stood at their assigned positions, waiting for the referee's announcement.

Once the teacher serving as referee saw that all four were ready for the Soul Fighting match, the teacher announced its start.

All four quickly released their Martial Souls.

A jade-green snake shadow appeared behind Dugu Yanran, and as it appeared, waves of jade-green lightning began to flicker over her body.

As the lightning appeared, Dugu Yanran unleashed her second Soul Skill, Jade Lightning Snake Shadows. Soon, numerous small snakes formed from lightning appeared and swarmed toward Bei Bei.

Faced with their assault, Bei Bei released his own Martial Soul: the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, once the number one Power Attack System Beast Martial Soul.

Speaking of which, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Dugu Yanran's Jade Phosphorus Thunder Python were related to some extent. Ten thousand years ago, Dugu Yan had a husband named Yu Tianheng.

Yu Tianheng was one of the few members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to survive its extermination, and he was also the nephew of Yu Xiaogang, the ancestor of Bei Bei's family.

After the two married, although their descendants all had Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Souls, those Jade Phosphorus Snakes all carried a portion of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon bloodline.

If they could awaken that portion of their bloodline, their Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Souls would awaken the lightning attribute and gain the possibility of transforming into dragons.

Dugu Yanran was one of the few clan members to awaken the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. After she awakened its bloodline, her Martial Soul mutated into the Jade Phosphorus Thunder Python, and she gained the possibility of her Martial Soul undergoing Dragon Transformation in the future.

The Soul Spirit she had fused with was a Black Thunder Sky Snake, a black-and-green snake Soul Beast with both poison and lightning attributes. It also possessed an incredible molting talent.

Through this talent, whenever the Black Thunder Sky Snake was killed, he could use it to revive himself. The only loss was that its cultivation and age would drop sharply.

Thus, only when the Black Thunder Sky Snake had no cultivation or age left to expend would it meet its true death.

Dugu Yanran had named this Soul Spirit Shesha. Overall, it was a Soul Spirit extremely well suited to her.

Back at the match, Bei Bei watched the swarm of lightning snakes coming at him and began releasing his own Martial Soul to meet Dugu Yanran's attack.

Blue dragon scales gradually grew over his right hand. Blue lightning gathered in his hand and shot out, destroying the lightning snakes one by one.

After destroying Dugu Yanran's lightning snakes, Bei Bei charged toward her and unleashed his first Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw, at her.

But just as Thunder Dragon Claw was about to strike Dugu Yanran, a pitch-black shield appeared in front of Bei Bei and blocked it.

A closer look would reveal that the black shield closely resembled the shell on a turtle's back, while a tiny snake head poked out from its tail end.

The person who blocked Bei Bei's attack was Xu Sanshi, and the shield in his hand was his Black Tortoise Martial Soul. He was using a special method to release it, making what should have appeared behind the turtle shell into a shield in his hand.

This was the so-called Black Tortoise Shield, a fighting method Xu Sanshi often used.

Xu Sanshi teased, "Sorry, Bei Bei, but I can't let you hurt my wife. Let the women settle their own business. You can have fun playing with a big man like me."

With that, Xu Sanshi raised his shield and slammed it toward Bei Bei, leaving Bei Bei no choice but to start trading blows with him as they had not done in a long time.

Seeing that Xu Sanshi had tied Bei Bei down, Dugu Yanran began searching for Tang Ya and sent her lightning snakes to surround her.

Tang Ya used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, one of the Tang Sect Secret Arts, to evade them. As for the snakes she could not dodge, she used her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul like a whip to drive them back.

Tang Ya dared not be careless in the slightest against Dugu Yanran's lightning snakes. Though the snakes themselves were not very powerful, and taking four or five hits would not cause much damage, she could not let her guard down.

The lightning snakes carried a special lightning poison. Even if one merely grazed a person's skin, that person would suffer its effects.

The lightning poison's main effect was to disrupt an opponent's nerves. Simply put, after being struck by a lightning snake, a person might want to raise their right hand but blink instead, or try to raise their right hand and lift their left leg instead.

The effect sounded simple, but once afflicted by the lightning poison, a person would be unable to move their body freely for at least five to ten minutes.

To avoid being affected by this lightning poison, a person had to possess an Ultimate Attribute themselves to have a chance of being immune.

The only other solution was to learn to adapt to their disrupted nerves and make their body respond correctly.

It was simple to say, but extremely difficult to put into practice.

What was more, getting used to that state took time, and whether one could avoid being taken out by Dugu Yanran during that time was a major question.

As time passed, Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran gradually drove Bei Bei and Tang Ya into a corner. Though Bei Bei could still hold his own against Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya was already beginning to pant.

Just as Dugu Yanran's lightning snakes were about to strike Tang Ya, Tang Ya suddenly found the best escape route as if she had activated a cheat and swiftly dodged every one of their attacks.

Before Dugu Yanran could recover from her shock, trouble also began on Xu Sanshi's side. For some reason, Bei Bei began attacking Xu Sanshi at an extremely high speed.

Xu Sanshi raised his shield to block Bei Bei's attacks, but Bei Bei seemed to have opened a heavenly eye, anticipating Xu Sanshi's intentions and making the best possible response.

Bei Bei's First Soul Ring and Third Soul Ring began to shine, and their corresponding Soul Skills, Thunder Dragon Claw and Thunder's Fury, were unleashed with their light.

As mentioned before, the first Soul Skill was a powerful close-combat Soul Skill. The second could enhance all of Bei Bei's personal attributes, the effectiveness of his Soul Power attacks, and his lightning attribute.

Seeing Bei Bei's stance, Xu Sanshi could tell that he was going all out! This was just a match-was there any need to take it that far?

And why was Bei Bei attacking differently from before? He and Tang Ya seemed to have had their heavenly eyes opened by someone, allowing them to break through his and Little Yanyan's attacks in the most effective way possible.

Meanwhile, in a relatively remote part of the stands, a blue-haired boy was unlike the other students watching the match. For some reason, his eyes were tightly shut, and sweat was streaming down his forehead.

Anyone who looked closely would notice a faintly visible Soul Ring beneath the boy's seat, giving off a dim glow.

This person was the Tang Sect's third disciple, the male protagonist of the original story, the boy named Huo Yuhao!