Just like looking at a tiny insect flying beside him, Huo Yuhao only gave a faint glance at Wang Dong's thousand-year third soul skill.
"Pfft!"
Wang Dong bled from his nose and mouth. The Butterfly Goddess Slash light spheres that had yet to be launched dissipated in his hands, and his entire body fell from mid-air to the ground, unable to rise again.
Spiritual Shock—one of the few offensive soul skills of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye martial soul. Its effect was simple, crude, and effective.
The Divine Consciousness brand left by Tang San within Wang Dong's Sea of Consciousness had already been jointly removed by Elder Yi and Gu Yuena. While this temporarily freed Wang Dong from Tang San's control and surveillance, it also had one downside.
That was that Wang Dong could now truly be killed... both in a physical and spiritual sense.
It was just that the influence caused by Tang San's previous manipulation of his thoughts still lingered; for a short time, he might still be indecisive about his own feelings.
So, naturally, the Spiritual Shock launched by Huo Yuhao suffered no backlash.
As an agility-attack system soul master, Jiang Nannan grasped the battle situation perfectly. Taking advantage of the moment Huo Yuhao turned his head to launch the Spiritual Shock, her other foot hooked around Huo Yuhao's neck, preparing to fling him away.
The gravity control of her second soul skill, combined with Gravity Waist Bow, was perfectly suited for close-quarters combat.
Not far away, Lan Xuanyu was naturally not as reckless as Wang Dong. Instead, he was secretly preparing his elemental attack, ready to give Huo Yuhao a close-range explosion.
As for Jiang Nannan... with Xuan Zi present, she wouldn't be truly harmed.
Then, Lan Xuanyu used all his strength to condense that blue-red-yellow tricolor vortex and hurled it fiercely toward Huo Yuhao.
Under the guidance of the yellow, the blue and red remained distinct, like a mountain peak separating a sea of fire and a lake. What was most shocking was that under this fusion and collision, the ice and fire elements showed no signs of instability; there was only light gathering inward.
Elemental Explosion—the move Lan Xuanyu loved most during his three-ring period in his previous life. If he were a Soul Ancestor now, he could unleash a Four-Element Storm. If that move could be nurtured to a sufficient size, it could even destroy the Spirit Ascension Platform that the Spirit Transmission Pagoda regarded as a supreme treasure.
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. His mental power could naturally sense the violent elemental energy within this vortex.
He had still underestimated the enemy. How did his elemental affinity increase again? Especially the earth element—to be able to fuse elements to this degree in such a short time, the power of this move was at least three times stronger than the first time he encountered that blue-red light orb.
A pity; if he had deployed [Epitaph] in advance, dealing with it would have been much simpler.
Releasing his grip on Elucidator, letting the sword fall downward, he thrust out both hands and grabbed Jiang Nannan's slender ankles. His soul power surged, pushing his blood essence to its absolute limit.
Jiang Nannan only felt an indescribable, massive force coming from her ankles and was instantly struck with dismay.
When the numerical value input by the feet is large enough, no amount of technique matters...
Struggling against the pressure of Jiang Nannan's two soul skills, Huo Yuhao used pure blood essence strength to fling Jiang Nannan away.
They were all classmates; there was no need to be heavy-handed.
This happened in a very brief moment, before he caught the falling Elucidator with his foot...
He flicked his foot upward. In the process of rising, the scabbard and sword had already separated. Huo Yuhao grabbed the hilt, and the longsword drew a black arc, precisely striking the elemental vortex thrown by Lan Xuanyu.
Looking only at frontal combat power, Lan Xuanyu didn't actually have anything particularly outstanding, but this hand of elemental control was, it must be said, truly exquisite, and his affinity for elements was not low.
He truly lived up to being someone who had lived through a previous life...
But with this single strike, Huo Yuhao extremely accurately sliced open the elemental vortex Lan Xuanyu had thrown, and even used his own soul power to annihilate the severed water and fire elements...
Now Lan Xuanyu couldn't run even if he wanted to. Huo Yuhao, stepping with Snow-Treading Plum Blossom, rushed in front of him, directly grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up.
Appreciating the struggling expression on Lan Xuanyu's face, Huo Yuhao spoke slowly.
"Do you also want to dance?"
Just as Huo Yuhao was holding Lan Xuanyu, a powerful gale suddenly blasted from the side. The immense force directly sent Huo Yuhao flying.
"A hit!"
After being sent flying and rolling twice on the ground, Huo Yuhao climbed up. After standing straight, he patted the dust off his clothes like someone who was perfectly fine.
"...How can that be!"
The current state of the field was Huo Yuhao alone against all the students except for Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and He Caitou.
Lan Xuanyu struggled to stand up, coughed twice, and shouted: "Everyone, attack together! If he doesn't leave the field, none of us have a chance!"
"Speaking of which, it was said that soul tools could be used in this match, right..."
Huo Yuhao turned a deaf ear to Lan Xuanyu's shouting and leisurely pulled out a fiery red cannon barrel. A pure red light lit up at the muzzle.
A red pillar of light erupted from the muzzle, turning into a vast sea of fire that swept toward the remaining students. The terrifying heat made it extremely difficult for everyone to breathe.
"Hah!"
Lan Xuanyu and two other soul masters capable of controlling the water element stepped forward. The water element they used with all their might turned into a shield in front of everyone, clashing with the incoming raging flames. Immediately, a large amount of heat and water vapor filled the arena.
Huo Yuhao tapped the ground with his toe and rushed directly into the mist. Inside the mist, Huo Yuhao easily understood the situation on the field through the exploration of his mental power.
Most of the people on the field had already fallen; only a few high-level Soul Elders who could withstand this level of heat remained.
Dodging the counterattacks of several people, he easily knocked them to the ground with his fists and feet, finally arriving before Lan Xuanyu.
Lan Xuanyu's reaction was also fast; he threw a backhand punch infused with earth-element soul power, but it was easily caught by Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao immediately followed with a punch to his abdomen.
"Waaagh!"
Clutching his stomach, Lan Xuanyu slowly knelt to the ground and fainted.
Outside the field, Xuan Zi finally took action. He waved the hand holding the wine gourd gently toward the Soul Dueling Stage, and a surge of powerful soul power forcibly blew away the water vapor on the field.
In the entire arena, only Huo Yuhao and the three people who teamed up with him at the beginning—He Caitou and the others—remained.
Ning Tian and He Caitou looked at each other with bitter smiles. At this moment, they were both incredibly grateful they had teamed up with Huo Yuhao in advance; otherwise, they would be among those lying down now.
"Kid, don't you know this is a selection match?" Xuan Zi flashed onto the field, saying to Huo Yuhao with a somewhat sour expression.
In this situation, the top seven for the selection match couldn't be picked. How were they supposed to choose? These four could be selected, but there were still three more spots. How were they supposed to choose those?
"Senior, you were the one who said it was a brawl, that there were no rules and we could fight however we wanted."
Huo Yuhao spread his palms and said to Xuan Zi with an innocent face.
"...You really don't know how to be united with your classmates!"