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Tang Wulin forced Yuanen Yehui back, and Wu Siduo didn't waste the opportunity. With a swift follow-up strike, her claw slammed down on Yuanen Yehui, who hadn't yet stabilized her footing, sending her stumbling backward once more.
At this point, Tang Wulin's blood essence rapidly declined, finally reaching its breaking point.
Moreover, compared to the earlier period when his blood essence seemed perpetually at its peak, the current drop was alarmingly fast. In the blink of an eye, the concentration of blood essence around his body had already diminished by nearly half.
Feeling the exhaustion of his blood essence, Tang Wulin gritted his teeth, mustering the last remnants of his strength to unleash one final Golden Dragon Ascension.
With the determination of this final strike, his blood essence visibly waned, but the explosive power he unleashed remained undiminished.
Yuanen Yehui's face darkened as she was forced to retreat again under the impact.
The Netherworld Spirit Cat pounced fiercely, knocking her down.
Tang Wulin collapsed to the ground, his blood essence dissipating. The dragon scales on his arm receded, his Golden Dragon Claw reverted to his right hand, and his face turned pale.
He reached out to catch a large meat bun tossed by Xu Lizhi, stuffing it into his mouth. One after another, he devoured ten large meat buns in quick succession, and only then did his pallor begin to ease.
In truth, Yuanen Yehui's strength wasn't particularly overwhelming.
At the very least, Wu Siduo's Netherworld Spirit Cat form was capable of suppressing her.
However, maintaining the Netherworld Spirit Cat state was incredibly taxing. If this were a real battle, it wouldn't last long enough to eliminate Yuanen Yehui. At this moment, aside from Tang Wulin, Wu Siduo also exited her Netherworld Spirit Cat form. Her face was slightly pale as she quickly consumed a large meat bun tossed by Xu Lizhi to recover her expended energy.
The Titan Ape martial soul was simply too advantaged in terms of raw power.
With Yuanen Yehui eliminated, Grade Two lost their last chance.
Though they hadn't truly stood a chance before either—with Xu Yuan as Grade One's trump card, Class One was guaranteed not to lose—but now, even without Xu Yuan unleashing his full potential, the other six members of Class One were increasingly likely to secure victory.
"Xinglan!"
Xu Lizhi tossed out three buns: two large recovery meat buns and one light-footed dumpling.
At this moment, Ye Xinglan was in a sorry state. Her soul power was ultimately ten ranks lower than Le Zhengyu's—a gap that couldn't be bridged by sword intent or sheer willpower alone. Her school uniform had been severely burned by sacred flames, exposing her snow-white skin, which was scorched purple. The wounds inflicted by her sword qi were blackened by the flames.
Nevertheless, she had managed to hold Le Zhengyu at bay.
With Yuanen Yehui eliminated, Grade Two grew desperate. Le Zhengyu's eyes hardened as he slashed repeatedly with his Angel's Holy Sword, unleashing wave after wave of flame-infused sword qi toward Ye Xinglan.
A water tornado swiftly descended, clearing a safe path through the torrent of flame sword qi. By chance, Ye Xinglan was positioned directly along this path.
Le Zhengyu glared angrily in Gu Yue's direction.
This battle hinged on him.
But it wasn't that he hadn't reacted quickly enough—it was that even when he responded immediately, he was still intercepted by the opposing side.
Every step seemed to have been calculated.
He glanced at Xu Yuan, sensing his influence.
Wu Siduo rose to her feet, having recovered some of her soul power. Thanks to the lingering effects of the recovery meat bun, she was able to rejoin the fight.
However, she could no longer use her martial soul fusion technique.
Even so, her return provided much-needed relief for Ye Xinglan.
A few minutes later, Tang Wulin regained his composure.
His blood essence hadn't fully replenished, but he had regained enough stamina to continue fighting.
Although his blood essence had been heavily depleted, his soul power reserves were still abundant.
The golden bloodline soul ring had long since dissipated, replaced now by three violet thousand-year soul rings.
His third soul ring flashed.
"Third soul skill: Blue Silver Golden Light Array!"
The Blue Silver Grass had spread across the entire arena since the start of the battle, though its seeds were nearly imperceptible and went unnoticed.
Even amidst elemental explosions and scorching flames, sufficient Blue Silver Grass seeds remained scattered throughout the arena.
Now, the seeds sprouted, instantly enveloping the rear positions of Grade Two's team.
Golden lights rose in succession.
Blue Silver Grass was weak against fire.
However, under the amplification of the Blue Silver Golden Light Array, the Blue Silver Grass wasn't instantly incinerated.
And as long as the Blue Silver Grass survived, the Blue Silver Golden Light Array took effect, stripping away the fire element.
Elemental stripping!
This was the most potent control-type soul skill among Tang Wulin's three Blue Silver Grass techniques.
For ordinary soul masters, the effect wasn't particularly exaggerated. But for soul masters who relied on elemental forces to activate their soul skills, this brief moment of control effectively interrupted all their abilities.
"Not good!"
Duan Hunxiao's face changed drastically as he turned to see the fiery sphere above Gao Yang extinguish, and the radiant glow on Le Zhengyu's body began to fade.
Ye Xinglan and Wu Siduo erupted simultaneously.
Three minutes later…
"The final team battle of the exchange match is won by Grade One," Shen Yi announced the result, her tone tinged with excitement.
After all, she was the homeroom teacher of Class One, Grade One. Seeing her team defeat a higher-grade team filled her with pride.
Moreover, Class One's victory in the exchange match wasn't limited to just the final team battle—they achieved a clean sweep.
Across the entire exchange competition—four secondary profession matches and one team battle—they emerged victorious in all five contests.
An overwhelming victory!
"Congratulations."
Yuanen Yehui stepped forward, her gaze complex as she looked at Xu Yuan and the other six members of his team, speaking with a wry smile.
"Just luck," Xu Yuan humbly replied.
Yuanen Yehui stared at this 'humble' Class One monitor, her lips twitching.
"I've heard you're the strongest in your class. I didn't get to witness it today, but I'd like to challenge you to a fight sometime," she said.
"If there's an opportunity, we can fight. During the next exchange match—it shouldn't be long."
The next exchange match should be announced within a few days.
If Xu Yuan's judgment was correct, Cai Yue'er would likely begin considering how to foster early camaraderie among the future generation of Shrek's Seven Monsters.
Thus, the inter-grade challenge against Grade Three might involve a joint effort between Grades One and Two versus Grade Three.
"Class Monitor, this mental link of yours is really useful. All I had to do was unleash my full power and follow orders," Tang Wulin remarked, discovering that this kind of brainless fighting was unexpectedly exhilarating.
Without any hesitation, unleashing everything felt incredible.
His greatest strength undoubtedly lay in his blood essence, with the Golden Dragon King's bloodline serving as his primary combat method. He was undoubtedly a power-type soul master.
In a competent team, a power-type soul master didn't need to think.
Charging forward fearlessly, unleashing their full strength, and pushing themselves to break through under pressure—that was the path of a power-type soul master.
Today, Tang Wulin gained a great deal. His mastery of Golden Dragon Ascension, driven by his bloodline power, had progressed remarkably. The leap in understanding from this single battle surpassed months of training.
The other five nodded in agreement.
Indeed.
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