Chapter 56: Chapter 59: Thunder Five-Whip Combo
"Both sides, enter the field!"
As both sides walked into the arena, the supervising teacher's words had just fallen when the surrounding area erupted in the heart-wrenching cheers of young girls—
"Ah—Cai Xudi! Ahhh! Cai Xudi, I love you—"
Huo Yuhao, standing in the middle of Team Shi-Hi-Kai, couldn't help but have his face covered in black lines. At this moment, he felt as if he had transmigrated back to his original world.
Those cheering for the opposing team's captain were all young girls of the same age. As the core of Team All-Star, the student named Cai Xudi had put considerable effort into his appearance. He had a grayish-brown center-parted hairstyle and wore tight overalls. Despite being a boy, he wore heavy makeup.
Xie Huanyue tilted his head to look at Cui Yejie at the very back, his expression strange. "Do you girls like this type?"
Seeing the black-lined Huo Yuhao also look at her, Cui Yejie was instantly displeased and flared up in anger. "You're the one who likes this type! Your whole family likes this type!"
"Alright, let's settle this after the fight," Huo Yuhao said, patting her head, finding it very amusing. If Cui Yejie really did have this special preference, then he would have to give up this team member.
The student named Cai Xudi gracefully waved to his fangirls who were cheering for him. Then, as if remembering something, he reached into his clothes, took out an unknown object, and smeared it on his full lips.
"I won't miss you all!" he responded to the waves of cheers in his own way, and then, under the dumbfounded gazes of Xie Huanyue's group, he threw the object towards the audience section.
Xie Huanyue suddenly didn't want to fight anymore. He was afraid that if his fist landed, a thick layer of powder would rub off.
Another student named Ma Baoguo looked like an old man in his fifties or sixties. He stood with his hands behind his back, with the air of a secluded master.
The last student, named Gou Luanshi, looked relatively normal and was the one Huo Yuhao paid the most attention to. On the surface, he looked calm and nonchalant, but a trace of sinister cruelty was hidden deep in his eyes.
"To your positions—assessment, begin!"
With the command, the three on the opposite side all completed their martial soul possession at the same time. Except for Cai Xudi and Ma Baoguo, who had the normal optimal soul ring ratios, the student named Gou Luanshi actually only had two white soul rings.
"Ten-year soul rings?" Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment. How did this Gou-fellow get into Shrek?
Both sides released their martial souls simultaneously. The martial soul of the leader, Cai Xudi, was surprisingly a chicken. However, it was not an ordinary domestic fowl. As its wings flapped, a sphere could be seen bouncing back and forth under the chicken's body.
Ma Baoguo's martial soul was a slender long whip, on which faint electric arcs could be seen dancing.
And Gou Luanshi's martial soul was actually a dog, but the fur on its body was of various colors, extremely mixed. Even the well-versed teachers of Shrek couldn't figure out what type of mixed breed it was.
In contrast, on Huo Yuhao's side, when the three of them completed their martial soul possession, the entire Area Sixty-Six instantly fell silent.
Four pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul rings rose from under Xie Huanyue's feet. A humanoid ape covered in white smoke and clouds appeared faintly behind him. An invisible oppressive force followed, and the domineering air of the number one new student was undoubtedly revealed.
Seeing Xie Huanyue, who had shocked everyone the moment he appeared, a look of smugness appeared on Mu Jin's face on the high platform. Just as she had told Huo Yuhao's group, Xie Huanyue alone was enough to sweep through the vast majority of teams.
"Four rings! It really is four rings!" Many of the observing students exclaimed in surprise. To be able to reach this soul power level at the age of twelve was enough to show Xie Huanyue's talent.
However, when everyone noticed the other two people behind Xie Huanyue, they couldn't help but stare blankly.
It wasn't because the two of them, Huo Yuhao and the other, were showing astonishing talent like Xie Huanyue, but because this guy was actually sitting on the ground with his legs crossed. At his side, Cui Yejie was crouching behind him, gently giving him a massage.
Contempt! This is absolutely naked contempt!
This also caused the supervising teacher's impression of Huo Yuhao to plummet instantly. Does he really think one four-ring is invincible?
In fact, with the help of his simulation soul skill, Huo Yuhao had successfully concealed his and Cui Yejie's abilities. His first soul ring had already lit up long ago, and the Spiritual Detection Sharing had truly and properly landed on Xie Huanyue.
As the saying goes, all is fair in war. Exposing one's abilities too early was undoubtedly the most foolish act. While everyone was studying the only four-ring new student, it was the best choice for him and Cui Yejie to hide behind the scenes.
Cai Xudi and Ma Baoguo moved, flanking Xie Huanyue from the left and right. Cai Xudi's first soul ring lit up. First Soul Skill, Iron Mountain Crash!
"Nice one!" Xie Huanyue also used his first soul skill, Elasticity Boost. Under the effect of this soul skill, his entire body was as elastic as rubber. His arms suddenly stretched out and swung forcefully backward.
"Rubber—Rebound Cannon!" The arms that Xie Huanyue had swung far away rebounded when they reached a certain critical point. His palms opened, aimed at the eagerly approaching Cai Xudi, and shot forward with huge reactive force.
Cai Xudi did not have Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing. Knowing that he could not dodge the attack of a Soul Ancestor like Xie Huanyue, he actually relied on the swaying of his upper body from the Iron Mountain Crash to narrowly avoid this attack from Xie Huanyue.
However, this was also within the prediction of Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection. The momentum of Xie Huanyue's outstretched arms did not decrease, and they went straight for Gou Luanshi at the very back of the three.
"Awoo—" Seeing Xie Huanyue's attack pass over Cai Xudi and come towards him, Gou Luanshi threw his head back and howled. The clear bark actually carried a certain degree of spiritual interference, intending to disrupt Xie Huanyue's attack.
But how could his spiritual power possibly compare to Huo Yuhao's? With Spiritual Detection Sharing, Xie Huanyue could accurately hit the target even with his eyes closed. So Gou Luanshi solidly took this hit from Xie Huanyue. His entire person was sent flying backward, landing flat on his face in the dirt.
Just then, Ma Baoguo's attack also arrived. His martial soul was the Mixed Yuan Whip, an extremely special tool martial soul. And he himself was the descendant of a grandmaster. Even without using soul skills, his pugilistic skills could compare to the Tang Sect's ultimate skills.
First Soul Skill, Lightning Whip! Taken from a soul beast called the Ganada Electric Eel, it possessed the lightning attribute.
Unexpectedly, Xie Huanyue didn't even have the intention of dodging. He let Ma Baoguo's attack whip his body. Even the supervising teacher at the side couldn't help but frown, suspecting Xie Huanyue was being arrogant.
"I advise this brother to know what's good for him!"
Seeing Xie Huanyue looking down on him so much, Ma Baoguo also became angry and immediately used his self-created soul skill, the Thunder Five-Whip Combo.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Electric light flashed. Xie Huanyue's entire person was as if bathed in a patch of lightning. One must know, the power of lightning was the most violent energy between heaven and earth. Even a three-ring defense-type soul master would not dare to rashly take this set of his combo.
"Hmm?" After taking a full combo from Ma Baoguo, Xie Huanyue only felt as if he were being tickled. The power of lightning, known for its attack power, for some reason could not harm him in the slightest.
"How is this possible?" Gou Luanshi, lying on the ground, looked at this scene in shock. Ma Baoguo's first soul skill, combined with his five-whip combo, ranked among the top new students in terms of comprehensive attack power.
Ma Baoguo clearly didn't believe it. His second soul ring lit up at the same time.
Second Soul Skill, Voltage Boost!
It could be clearly seen that the Mixed Yuan Whip in Ma Baoguo's hand burst forth with a dazzling lightning glow. One whip on Xie Huanyue's body even produced a thunderous roar.
"Discharge!" Ma Baoguo shouted loudly. At this point, he no longer planned to abide by the rules of the competition. His move was a killing blow.
Accompanied by a thunderous roar that echoed throughout the entire assessment area, everyone in Area Sixty-Six only saw an astonishing light erupt in the field, and the next moment, they collectively lost their vision.
By the time everyone slowly recovered their vision, the Mixed Yuan Whip in Ma Baoguo's hand was still firmly pressed against Xie Huanyue's body. The electric arcs on the whip gradually dissipated. It was clear that his soul power had been exhausted by the previous attack.
"Are you done playing?" Xie Huanyue put on a look as if he were looking at an idiot and threw him aside.
Ma Baoguo stared dumbfounded at Xie Huanyue's unharmed body, his eyes about to pop out. Not only was his nose running, but his mouth was also dislocated from being opened too wide.
Letting Xie Huanyue tank Ma Baoguo's attack was precisely Huo Yuhao's idea. What a joke. After Xie Huanyue uses his first soul skill, he's almost completely immune to all physical attacks within the same level. As for lightning... can it work on his rubber-like body?
If the power of thunder was the power of the gods, then Xie Huanyue was undoubtedly the natural enemy of god!
"He has no martial virtue..." Ma Baoguo was carried out by the supervising teacher, looking lost. Without soul power, he clearly could not fight anymore. He hadn't even been able to use his family's ultimate skill of "receiving, neutralizing, and releasing" in the assessment.
If one didn't consider the slacking Huo Yuhao and the other, then the situation in the field now was two against one. Gou Luanshi and Cai Xudi exchanged a glance. They clearly didn't want to give up just like that. Two against one, they still had a chance of winning!
Cai Xudi's second soul ring lit up. He rarely used his second soul skill, so even his supervising teacher didn't know what it was.
"Second Soul Skill, Green Corpse Chill!" With a loud shout from Cai Xudi, a paper-like object appeared in his palm. A careful observer could see that as the paper passed through the void, a faint cold qi began to spread.
"The chill of corpse poison?" The supervising teacher's brow furrowed, and his gaze towards Cai Xudi suddenly turned cold. This was clearly a technique belonging to an evil soul master!