The True Agility-Attack Type
There was nothing much to say about the subsequent battles in Area Thirty-Three. With both Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao barely consuming any energy, the remaining teams posed no threat at all when the two joined forces.
Because the other teams' martial souls and soul skills lacked any distinguishing features, and because Huo Yuhao wanted to return early to continue researching new soul power circuits, he did not hold back this time. He resolved every opponent as quickly and cleanly as possible.
After ten rounds and ten victories in the round-robin matches, the three returned to their dormitory. Wang Yan did not question Huo Yuhao about the details of his martial soul or soul skills.
Although Huo Yuhao performed quite well, he was still not as dazzling as in the original novel, where he acted as team leader with a ten-year soul ring and showed off constantly.
In Wang Yan's view, since he had already recognized Huo Yuhao's most important aspect,his Body Martial Soul,there was no need to investigate further. Reporting it to Elder Xuan was enough.
At Sea God Lake, on Sea God Island, Wang Yan respectfully reported to the Taotie Douluo Elder Xuan, who was happily eating with a wine gourd in one hand and a drumstick in the other.
He carefully listed the students worth noting and cultivating from the freshman assessment, especially those possessing Body Martial Souls,Huo Yuhao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo. To Wang Yan, these rare Body Martial Souls were worth deeper study.
"Body Martial Souls? People from the Body Sect? No… If they were from the Body Sect, they would never let such top-tier martial souls wander outside." Elder Xuan muttered.
"Yes. And among them, this Huo Yuhao has a mutated spiritual-type martial soul according to his submitted information. Based on what the student conducting his entry exam reported, his perception is astonishing.
It should be an ability granted by his first soul skill. We don't know which soul beast it came from, but it fits his outstanding martial soul extremely well."
"A spiritual-type martial soul? Interesting. So this kid actually has a top-tier Body Martial Soul. Haha, never thought our Shrek Academy would obtain someone like this."
"Oh? A top-tier Body Martial Soul?" Wang Yan asked doubtfully. "Elder Xuan, do you mean that the twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's hair martial souls are different in quality?"
"Of course." Elder Xuan seemed to be in a good mood. He even put down his drumstick, stretched lazily, and continued.
"The strength of a Body Martial Soul can be judged by how important that body part is to a human.
Aside from the inherited martial soul 'Body' possessed by every Body Sect sect master, the highest-tier martial souls are the brain and the heart, which represent human thought and life force.
Below that is physical volume. The larger the portion of the body the martial soul represents, the higher its grade. For example, a martial soul of the arm or hand is clearly superior to smaller body-part martial souls.
Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes seem to be just eyes, but since it possesses spiritual attributes, it must be partially connected to the brain.
The combination of eyes and brain gives it far greater value than a pure brain martial soul.
A pure brain martial soul is extremely important, but since it is hidden inside the body, it is hard to activate early in a soul master's cultivation and harder still to use flexibly.
But paired with eyes, it's different. The brain strengthens spiritual power, while the eyes provide a medium to project that power outward.
This is why you couldn't understand how Huo Yuhao's team defeated the Wu Sisters' martial soul fusion technique. With your talent and cultivation, you might never reach the deeper levels of spiritual power."
"As for hair, it counts as a Body Martial Soul, but it's not a particularly outstanding type. However, since the sisters are twins and can perform a martial soul fusion technique, their potential is greatly increased."
"Interesting. This batch of students is quite good. Save me a seat for the ranking matches during the freshman assessment. I'll watch personally."
"Yes." Wang Yan answered respectfully, not showing any dissatisfaction about Elder Xuan's comment on his mediocre talent. If his talent were better, he would not have switched to theoretical studies.
Because Huo Yuhao had exposed Wang Dong's identity earlier, Wang Dong no longer approached him to talk about trying martial soul fusion again. This relieved Huo Yuhao somewhat.
It seemed Tang San was not yet desperate enough to forcefully influence Wang Dong's thinking.
Inside his spiritual sea, Huo Yuhao continued experimenting with stacking identical soul power circuits, attempting to simulate the effect of soul skill fusion.
As for martial soul fusion techniques or self-fusion techniques, he was not ready. With his current cultivation,only a rank-ten soul master,attempting such things would be reckless.
Although the version of himself inside the spiritual sea was almost omnipotent, it could only do what he understood or could deduce.
He had no intention of attempting any deep modifications to his own martial soul yet.
Although he did not achieve any groundbreaking results, by now he could stack two identical soul power circuits without creating internal conflict.
With the first phase of the freshman assessment completed, the students were given a day of rest.
Soon after that short break, the elimination rounds arrived.
When all sixty-four groups gathered, lots were drawn to determine matchups.
Compared to the multiple rounds per day in the freshman assessment, the elimination rounds had only two matches per day and lasted three days.
However, the matches were far more difficult and intense because all remaining participants were the top performers of their year.
The morning match was simple. Their opponents were weak, and Huo Yuhao's team won easily. But the afternoon match was different.
Before entering, Huo Yuhao glanced at the three girls across the arena and quietly told Wang Dong, "Deal with the green-haired girl first.
Xiao Xiao, the red-haired girl is yours,just keep her busy. I'll handle the last one.
If either of you can't manage, I'll support you."
Outside the arena, Mu Jin and Zhou Yi, who already disliked each other, began arguing and even made a bet. But naturally, Huo Yuhao would not throw the match just to spite Zhou Yi.
Once both sides entered, the examiner announced, "State your names."
Huo Yuhao's team kept their usual formation,balanced and steady.
The red-haired girl and the light green-haired girl stood protectively in front of the blonde girl, forming the most common triangular formation.
"Freshman Class Nine, Wu Feng, twenty-five-rank assault-type battle soul master."
"Freshman Class Nine, Nanmen Yuner, twenty-four-rank agility-attack battle soul master."
"Freshman Class Nine, Ning Tian, thirty-one-rank support-type tool soul master."
After the three introduced themselves, it was clear that giving soul power levels was optional, yet they volunteered the information.
Huo Yuhao's team did not follow suit.
Huo Yuhao said calmly, "Freshman Class One, Huo Yuhao, agility-attack battle soul master."
Since he did not report his cultivation, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao also refrained.
"Freshman Class One, Xiao Xiao, control-type battle soul master."
"Freshman Class One, Wang Dong, assault-type battle soul master."
For some reason, arrogance filled Wu Feng's eyes as she looked down on them.
Wang Dong narrowed her eyes, irritated. She could act silly around friends, but her pride ran deep.
As soon as the introductions ended, the examiner declared the match begin.
Wang Dong dashed forward instantly, her blue-gold wings spreading behind her. Xiao Xiao followed closely, her Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron floating beside her.
Seeing the assault-type soul master rushing in, Wu Feng did not hesitate. With martial soul possession activated, the early-stage advantage of her dragon-type martial soul became obvious. Her previously ordinary figure suddenly became tall and voluptuous, covered in fine dragon scales. She flickered forward to intercept Wang Dong.
At that moment, as Wang Dong flapped her wings, eight hidden weapons shot out from beneath them, tracing tricky arcs and striking Wu Feng's body with sharp metallic impacts.
Using the brief stiffness caused by the hits, Xiao Xiao's cauldrons surrounded Wu Feng and unleashed violent tremors, stunning her momentarily.
Wang Dong then clashed with Nanmen Yuner.
Only then did the spectators notice that the eight hidden weapons that struck Wu Feng had rebounded toward Nanmen Yuner's position.
Because of this, Nanmen Yuner, who intended to slip past Wang Dong and ambush Xiao Xiao while Wu Feng intercepted, was delayed just long enough for Wang Dong to entangle her.
"Seven Treasures turn into Glazed Pagoda. First treasure, speed. Third treasure, strength." Seeing both teammates engaged, Ning Tian immediately activated her support skills.
Then another skill: "Second treasure, dispel." Light fell on Wu Feng, removing the dizziness caused by Xiao Xiao's cauldron tremors.
But on the other side, Nanmen Yuner was already struggling.
Even with the speed boost from the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, she could not fully display her agility advantage.
No matter how she dodged, a hidden weapon would always appear from a blind spot and strike one of her acupoints.
The hits were not lethal, but each caused her to stumble, lose balance, or have her limbs go numb. Combined with Wang Dong's continued offense, she quickly fell behind, and Ning Tian grew anxious.
She could not understand how Huo Yuhao managed this. How was a rank-ten soul master predicting and countering the movements of an agility-attack soul master who had been boosted by the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda?
And it wasn't just Nanmen Yuner,Wu Feng too. While suppressing Nanmen Yuner, Huo Yuhao also had enough spare capacity to help Xiao Xiao keep Wu Feng contained.
Wu Feng activated her first skill Dragon Flame and second skill Dragon's Fury, struggling fiercely inside the cauldron formation.
Xiao Xiao felt her control slipping. Although both were rank-twenty soul masters, Wu Feng had her own amplification plus Ning Tian's support.
"Huo Yuhao, use soul-skill fusion." Huo Yuhao called to Xiao Xiao as he switched to heavier hidden weapons,iron shots.
Because Wu Feng was now wreathed in flames, lighter weapons like needles or knives were useless, so heavier projectiles were necessary.
He also activated an emergency soul power circuit in his body.
Acceleration circuit combined with compression circuit,activate!
Huo Yuhao's already frightening hand speed exploded further, leaving afterimages as hidden weapons filled the air, tracing precise arcs toward Wu Feng and Nanmen Yuner.
Every action they could take was already accounted for. Every path of movement was blocked.
On the sidelines, the examiner's mouth twitched. Tang Sect disciples were rare, and low-level soul masters rarely used hidden weapons anymore.
After all, hidden weapons required years of practice, and by the time one mastered them, soul tools already surpassed them.
This was the first time most teachers had seen such terrifying dominance from hidden weapons at the one-ring and two-ring levels.
"Damn… so this is a true agility-attack type?" a teacher murmured.
"Looks like we'll need to consider restricting hidden weapons…"
"What nonsense. Tang Sect hidden weapons have existed for ten thousand years without restriction. Why start now?"
"Using hidden weapons is part of Tang Sect cultivation. Every sect has its own unique techniques.
If we ban hidden weapons today, will we ban soul skill fusion tomorrow? And martial soul fusion the day after?"
Inside the arena, Wu Feng endured due to her dragon martial soul's physical strength and multiple amplification skills. She was battered but not seriously injured,just immobilized.
Nanmen Yuner, however, could not hold on. After taking too much damage, she was removed by the examiner.
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