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Feeling the numbness in her hands, Wu Siduo's expression grew heavy.
Though she cultivated two martial souls simultaneously, her primary focus was on the Hell Spirit Cat. This martial soul suited her gender better and wouldn't cause her physique to become overly exaggerated due to cultivation.
Thus, her plan was to wait until her body fully matured before focusing on cultivating her White Tiger martial soul.
However, the Hell Spirit Cat leaned more toward being an assassin-type soul. If an agility-based attacker couldn't secure a one-hit kill, they were prone to falling into dangerous situations.
After learning from multiple experiences in the Spirit Ascension Platform, she decided to attach a spirit to her White Tiger martial soul, cultivating it to a level slightly weaker than her Hell Spirit Cat.
The cultivation of her White Tiger martial soul greatly enhanced her physical strength and resilience, making her as an assassin more powerful, with stronger defenses and better overall ability to handle situations where a one-hit kill wasn't possible and enemies retaliated.
But just now, Xu Yuan hadn't even given her a chance to counterattack, as Zheng Yiran's interference had blocked her advance.
Merely with the blood essence forming spear-like auras around his body, he had caused her hands to vibrate painfully upon contact.
"If I don't switch to my White Tiger martial soul, even if I manage to attack him, I'll still suffer the backlash!"
Built-in armor?
Wu Siduo felt somewhat helpless and reluctantly abandoned her primary Hell Spirit Cat martial soul.
Her figure began to change. Her muscles bulged slightly—not enough to make her look overly muscular—but the muscle definition became more pronounced, giving her a stronger, more robust appearance.
Her previously slender frame now exuded a sense of strength.
A roar erupted from her throat, the majestic aura of the Beast King manifesting.
The four purple soul rings vanished, replaced by a new set of purple soul rings rising beneath her feet.
"Dual martial souls!" Tang Wulin exclaimed in shock.
Unconsciously, he glanced at Xie Xie beside him.
Xie Xie was equally stunned but also let out a bitter smile.
This was a true dual martial soul.
His own dual martial soul was merely a single martial soul with two aspects—whether it was attaching spirits or soul rings, everything had to be done simultaneously, resulting in different soul skills.
Ignoring the astonishment of the other students, Wu Siduo advanced again.
The purple venomous mist didn't affect her much, thanks to Zheng Yiran having administered antidotes to them beforehand.
After being forced to retreat once by the purple mist, Xu Yuan frowned and swung his spear. Fire elemental energy transformed into flames, and the spearhead swept across, creating a massive sea of fire that incinerated the purple mist ahead.
High-temperature sterilization.
Xu Yuan's flames were extremely hot. With his soul power infused into the surrounding space through the spear momentum, he effectively isolated Zheng Yiran's soul power reinforcement of the toxins, effortlessly annihilating them completely.
Seeing this, Wu Siduo halted her charge, waiting for the peak intensity of the flames to subside before advancing again. A purple soul ring flickered, and a white protective light enveloped her body as she charged into the remnants of the fire.
Xu Yuan retracted his spear and thrust it forward once more.
Yang Nianxia, who had been momentarily overwhelmed earlier when Xu Yuan's Tianyuan Five Elements Spear integrated the Dark Golden Terror Claw, had just recovered and charged forward again.
He roared, pushing his state to its peak, and unleashed another palm strike.
Xu Yuan's spear clashed once more with Yang Nianxia's bear paw.
Boom!
The massive figure was sent flying backward. His right palm had been completely obliterated, and Yang Nianxia dissolved into a beam of light, eliminated.
At this moment, Xu Yuan had eliminated Yang Nianxia. His previous momentum had dissipated, and his next move hadn't yet formed. Even with his kick-spear technique altering the trajectory of the Tianyuan Five Elements Spear, he could only execute one swift maneuver in the short time available.
Because Wu Siduo emerged from the flames, charging forward.
Xu Yucheng also swung his Reaper Scythe and rushed forward.
Without using his kick-spear technique, Xu Yuan simply released his grip, allowing the spear to leave his control and fly through the air.
Flashing with five colors, the spear moved with incredible agility, tracing an arc in the air as it flew toward Xu Yucheng.
In Xu Yuan's hand appeared the Tianyuan Brush.
His soul rings shifted; the previous four disappeared, leaving behind only a single thousand-year purple soul ring.
With a wave of his hand, Xu Yuan summoned ambient energy, transforming it into five elemental forces that gathered in front of him.
The Five Elements Spear Spirit attacked autonomously, but Xu Yucheng remained unfazed, seemingly ready to exchange lives with Xu Yuan in a desperate assault.
Luo Guixing, seeing this, activated his second soul ring, and silver light prepared to envelop Xu Yucheng, transferring him to Xu Yuan's other side to evade the spear while continuing his assault.
Xu Yuan glanced in Luo Guixing's direction.
"Seal!"
Did they really think he couldn't deal with them?
Xu Yuan infused his spiritual power into the environment, instantly sealing off Luo Guixing's spiritual power. Without spiritual power as a foundation, there was no way to manipulate space, causing the Spatial Lock to collapse.
Although his martial soul had switched to the Tianyuan Brush, Xu Yuan still had Yao Yao on his side.
Even without activating his brain-type martial soul, Yao Yao used his spiritual power to activate the Dream Realm on his behalf.
Luo Guixing fell into a daze.
Zheng Yiran's expression changed, and she twisted her waist to flee, but the next moment, she too was pulled into the Dream Realm.
The spatial transfer didn't occur as expected. Xu Yucheng's heart sank. He didn't have time to turn and check on Luo Guixing's condition, gritting his teeth and pressing forward with a life-for-life strategy.
Wu Siduo couldn't see Luo Guixing's state behind her, but she understood clearly: at this moment, even a competent control-type soul master, let alone an exceptional one, wielding a soul skill like Spatial Transfer, would have already relocated Xu Yucheng to the other side. This would allow him to evade Xu Yuan's spear while continuing his charge.
Yet, no silver light enveloped Xu Yucheng, indicating that something had happened to Luo Guixing.
Just one person, facing their three attackers head-on, and he still managed to spare the mental capacity to do something to Luo Guixing?
Spiritual attribute?
Numerous guesses flashed through Wu Siduo's mind.
If that were the case, did he have the opportunity earlier to use this spiritual soul skill directly against her and Xu Yucheng?
In an instant, she had countless thoughts.
Xu Yuan—he was waiting for her to use her trump card!
He had the ability to instantly eliminate her, but he hadn't used it.
As Wu Siduo's expression shifted, her tiger claw collided with the five elemental forces summoned by Xu Yuan.
Boom!
The five elements nurtured each other, cycling endlessly, resisting her attack. In the next instant, they transformed into a countering phase, triggering a massive explosion.
Wu Siduo's figure was sent flying backward. She flipped in mid-air, landing and dissipating the force multiple times before finally stabilizing herself.
An ambush, a direct frontal assault—all countered by Xu Yuan without moving an inch. She had to dissipate the force just to stabilize her stance.
At this moment, Wu Siduo understood the gap between them.
Both Soul Ancestors, but the explosive power they unleashed wasn't on the same level.
Xu Yuan was merely improvising!
Xu Yucheng's Reaper Scythe descended, but his body was simultaneously pierced by the Five Elements Spear Spirit hurtling through the air, dissolving into light.
And under his scythe, Xu Yuan's figure slowly faded.
The real Xu Yuan materialized just one meter away.
An utterly crushing battle!
Was there any chance left for a reversal?
One by one, the students watched the battlefield, gazing at Xu Yuan, who remained unfazed, and felt a sense of despair wash over them.
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