togophonebook Chapter 67 A Complete Victory in the Selection Tournament
Chapter 67 A Complete Victory in the Selection Tournament
Chapter 67 A Complete Victory in the Selection Tournament
A blinding light suddenly shone, and a purple spherical soul tool flashed with a dazzling white light. The soul tool on Xuan Ziwen's back emitted a powerful thrust, which quickly propelled him away from the field.
"Ji Juechen, it's not too late for you to admit defeat now."
With the activation of the soul tool, Xuan Ziwen's figure had already appeared at the edge of the arena.
"I won't admit defeat, because you've already lost..."
Ji Juechen sheathed his longsword, and the spherical soul tool instantly split in two, the cut as smooth as a mirror, as if it had always been two halves joined together.
The moment Xuan Ziwen stepped out of the arena, his soul tools exploded, turning all his level-seven soul tools into scrap metal.
"By the way, you broke my soul tool, remember to compensate me for the materials."
Looking into Ji Juechen's lifeless eyes, Xuan Ziwen felt as if he couldn't withstand the will in them.
The overwhelming sword intent filled Xuan Ziwen with fear. He could feel that the sword intent possessed a will that even he could not face directly.
After saying that, Ji Juechen disappeared from Xuan Ziwen's sight.
Looking at the ruins-like ground, Xuan Ziwen couldn't help but sigh. Although he wasn't a fully combat-type Soul Master, he was still an eighth-level Soul Master. Losing to a six-ring Soul Emperor couldn't be considered an exaggeration for an eighth-level Soul Master; it just showed how terrifying Ji Juechen's strength was.
Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded from the door of the third laboratory, and then the sturdy door was instantly sliced in two as if it were tofu.
"Who is Orange?"
The four people in the laboratory stared at Ji Juechen in disbelief, not daring to move an inch.
"I am..." Orange was so frightened that she dropped the carving knife in her hand and raised her hand tremblingly.
Looking at the girl with her hand raised, Ji Juechen handed the badly damaged soul tool to Ju Zi, "Just tell me what materials you need, and you fix it for me."
"I understand, could you please put the sword away...?"
Looking at Ji Juechen's emotionless and cold face, even in the somewhat hot laboratory, the four of them felt a chill.
After saying that, Ji Juechen didn't linger and turned to leave, but his cold voice still echoed in the laboratory: "Make a list of what materials you need, and I'll come to pick them up tomorrow and give them to you."
After Ji Juechen left, everyone leaned back in their chairs, panting heavily.
"Sister Orange, when did you meet Ji Juechen?" Keke asked in surprise, looking at the bewildered Orange.
Wang Shaojie and Zimu also stared at Ju Zi in surprise. In their memory, the only person who had any interaction with Ji Juechen was Luo Yu. When did Ju Zi come into contact with Ji Juechen?
"I...I don't know either..."
Ju Zi had no idea what was going on, but when he looked at the soul tool that Ji Juechen had placed in front of him, he understood everything.
"Luo Yu..."
As she murmured the name to herself, Ju Zi couldn't help but recall the soul tool that Luo Yu had entrusted her to make before he took leave.
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After class, Ju Zi placed the soul tool on the lab table and began to disassemble it. As she disassembled it, she discovered that this soul tool seemed to be somewhat different from the one she had made.
"The retracting hook claws, activated by the soul-guiding array—it seems these hook claws can't be disassembled; if they are, they'll break?"
"No, this technique...it seems to be Luo Yu's work. I remember he made something similar before..."
After carefully disassembling the Flying Claw, Orange discovered that for some unknown reason, the flying soul tool was completely overloaded and was ultimately destroyed after being hit by the soul guide ray.
"Who exactly destroyed this soul tool from Ji Juechen's hands? I remember giving this soul tool to Luo Yu. How did it end up in Ji Juechen's hands? I must find out."
It took Ju Zi an entire afternoon to compile a list of the materials needed for the soul tool, and just in case, she added 20% more to the original list.
The next day, when Ji Juechen received the list, Ju Zi mustered up her courage and asked, "How did the soul tool I made for Luo Yu end up in your hands?"
Looking down at the somewhat naive girl in front of him, Ji Juechen said calmly, "This was prepared for me by Luo Yu, which is why I came to find you."
After saying that, Ji Juechen took the list and turned to leave.
boom!
Little did they know, Ji Juechen had none of these materials, but Xuan Ziwen did...
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Shrek Academy, Department of Soul Guidance.
He Caitou put away his carving knife and asked, "Su Yu, this year the academy's selection competition requires all core disciples to participate. What are your plans?"
"Brother He, you know that I don't really want to participate in this selection competition, but I have no choice. I can only try my best not to be eliminated." Looking at the honest He Caitou beside him, Su Yu knew that there were some things he couldn't avoid.
"However, it seems that Teacher Fanyu requires you to participate in this assessment, and you can't avoid it." He Caitou smiled innocently.
Su Yu knew that this selection competition was specially arranged. According to the usual practice, the first-year students like Xu Sanshi were to be tested. Suddenly, the second-year students were required to participate. Didn't it seem too coincidental?
Some things, when coincidences happen too often, start to seem suspicious...
I'll join if I want, but I don't want to go with you guys to be part of the Shrek Inspection Team.
However, Su, who originally planned to slack off and find an opportunity to slip away and not come back, was caught red-handed that very night by Xian Lin'er, the head of the Soul Guidance Department, and dragged straight back from Shrek City.
"Greetings, Dean Xian." Su, who had been thrown to the ground, greeted Xian Lin'er politely, looking like a well-behaved child.
"I'm here today for no other reason than to make sure you get into the top seven in tomorrow's selection competition, or else..."
boom!
The Poseidon Lake was instantly engulfed in towering waves. The violent explosion startled Su, who thought, "Damn it, you're so obsessed with saving face that you'll suffer the consequences!"
"no problem!"
Su Yu immediately made a solemn promise: "If I don't make a promise, I'll probably be lucky to escape with my life. Look at what you've done, is this even human?"
The forced marriage by the Immortal Dean is never sweet...
Wait a minute, forced love may not be sweet, but it's still fragrant.
Holy crap, what the hell am I thinking?
Su Yu stared at Xian Lin'er, who was standing on the towering waves, feeling utterly bewildered. She was resorting to any means necessary to force this fine young man, Xian Lin'er, to lie down.
Although it's unclear whether Yan Shaozhe would act in the same way, the general idea is probably similar.
As expected, Su Yu was only released by Xian Lin'er after he had said all the right things and promised a good ranking. However, the matter did not end there. When Su Yu returned to the Soul Guidance Department, Fan Yu brought him a message: "Dean Yan has already told you that you will get a good ranking, so I believe the other Deans have already explained it to you. Therefore, Dean Yan will not repeat it."
Damn it, why don't you guys go and urge Huo Yuhao? You're always staring at me like that, get lost!
If I weren't weaker than others and had to rely on Shrek Academy, do you think I would have obediently listened to them?
That being said, it seems there's another competition to come, a competition where I admit I'm a pig...
The participants from the Soul Guidance Department were also strictly controlled, leaving only He Caitou and Su Yu.
The number of people with martial spirit abilities is estimated to be those twenty-six, but the question remains: who should be kicked out of the original Shrek Seven Devils?
It's impossible for me, Su, to be one of the Shrek Seven Devils. I'm not going to be one of those weird Shrek Seven Devils. If you want to play, go do it yourselves.
Either eight of you advance, or I forfeit. Let's see what you choose.
The next day after class, Wang Yan tidied up his lesson plan and said, "Core disciples, please stay behind. We'll go to the Soul Battle Zone together later."
All the core disciples perked up, knowing that the selection competition was about to begin. However, unlike what they had imagined, the assessment did not take up their class time, but was conducted after school in the afternoon.
Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao were quite excited. Huo Yuhao's class had a significantly larger number of core disciples than any previous class. Their class alone had eight, including Huo Yuhao himself. Adding Dai Huabin, Xie Huanyue, Zhu Lu, and Wu Feng from Class Two, and Ning Tian from Class Three, that made a total of twelve. This was extremely rare in Shrek Academy's outer courtyard.
So many people marched into the Soul Arena, but what made Wang Dong grit his teeth was that Su Yu, for some reason, refused to attend classes in the Martial Soul Department.
Even when Wang Dong tried to capture Su Yu, Su Yu managed to escape using his flying soul tool.
Soon Wang Dong and his group arrived at the Soul Arena, along with other core disciples from different grades.
From a distance, you could even see Senior Brother Bei Bei greeting Huo Yuhao.
Senior Brother Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan appeared in sight one after another; they were all core disciples of the fifth grade. The most eye-catching were still the twin stars, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.
They're less like twin stars and more like a pair of unscrupulous best buddies...
Of course, there were more than just these three core disciples in the fifth grade. But they were the only three who hadn't yet turned fifteen. Undoubtedly, they were also the strongest in cultivation among all the core disciples of the outer academy.
The three of them had already reached the fourth ring in cultivation. Although Su, who was also a core disciple, was only at level twenty-eight in soul power, he was already invincible below the fourth ring.
If Su were to reach the Third Ring Road, he could be invincible below the Fifth Ring Road, and even contend with ordinary Fifth Ring Road residents. Although he hasn't tried it, Su is confident in this.
"Su Yu, over here..." Wang Dong waved to Su Yu.
As he spoke, all the second-year core disciples looked in the direction where Su Yu was.
As everyone knows, there are two people in the second year who are not to be trifled with. The first is Su, who is known as the ceiling of combat power, and the second is Su's roommate, Wang Dong.
It's not that Wang Dong's strength is as monstrous as Su Yu's, but once Wang Dong accepts someone's challenge, Su Yu will definitely invite him to the Soul Arena a day in advance.
For this reason, no one dares to touch Wang Dong's position as squad leader, because the previous one had been lying in the infirmary with bandages on for several days...
Just then, a swaying figure slowly walked over from a distance. Judging from his unsteady steps, he seemed as if he might fall at any moment.
Everyone else looked blank when they saw him, but Su Yu was no stranger to him. This old man was none other than Xuan Laoyao.
Although his face was mostly obscured by his disheveled hair, his signature gesture of holding a wine gourd in his left hand and a chicken leg in his right immediately revealed his identity.
In Shrek Academy, no one else was like that except for him.
Elder Xuan staggered up to the group of students, his eyes glazed with drunkenness, and said, "Little Wang."
"Elder Xuan." Wang Yan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Is everyone here?" Elder Xuan asked.
Wang Yan said, "Everyone has arrived. There are 26 core disciples from the second to fifth year of the Martial Soul Department, while only two people from the Soul Guidance Department have come."
"Hmm. Let's go in then." With that, Elder Xuan turned and staggered into the Soul Fighting Zone.
Everything in the Soul Fighting Zone remains the same, but today there seem to be no teachers here, nor any students coming to fight.
Elder Xuan walked all the way to the center of the Soul Battle Zone before stopping, and the core disciples also stood still under the guidance of their teachers.
Elder Xuan said in a deep voice, "Listen up, you little ones. The core disciple assessment you're about to undergo is very simple. I call it a free-for-all. Within this Soul Battle Zone, you can attack freely, however you want. There are no rules. Anyone who surrenders or is rescued is eliminated. The last seven remaining are the winners. Alright, teachers, you can all leave now. I'll say 'start,' and you can begin."
The scene that followed was all too familiar, and Elder Xuan spoke in an instant.
The crowd instantly descended into chaos, a free-for-all. How could they possibly fight?
"Wang Dong, Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, come here!"
Su Yu waved to the three little strongmen and nodded to He Caitou beside him. In an instant, countless soul-guided cannons were rapidly assembled on He Caitou's body.
"Senior Brother, come over here!" While everyone was still choosing their respective sides, Su Yu had already gathered everyone together.
Looking at the group that Su Yu was about to meet, someone said, "Don't let the seniors gather together," instantly making Su Yu and his group the target of everyone's criticism.
"Damn it, you ruined my plans! You just wait, or I'll find out who you are!"
Su glared fiercely at the person who spoke, a fourth-year senior who was a three-ringed, offensive-type Battle Soul Master.
As soon as he spoke, everyone had a choice: they had to eliminate the most threatening one, otherwise they would have no chance.
"Big Brother, aim at the one who just spoke and beat him to a pulp!" Su Yu immediately unleashed his second soul skill, Illusory Shadow.
Two Su Yus, each carrying a soul-guided cannon with an astonishing caliber, launched a volley of soul-guided shells at the person who had just spoken, along with He Caitou.
"Scatter!"
"Run! Don't get hit, or you'll be eliminated!"
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The already loose alliance collapsed instantly. The unfortunate kid who had just spoken was immediately carried away by He Caitou and Su Yu. If it weren't for Elder Xuan's intervention, he would have been blasted to dust long ago.
What was originally an eight-on-twenty situation was reduced to five eliminations in a single encounter.
It's now eight against fifteen, with all three fourth-ring players on Su Yu's side.
As the first round of suppressive fire dissipated, no one dared to rush forward. If they did, they would inevitably be met with He Caitou's dense barrage of soul-guided rays and Su Yu's four energy-gathering soul-guided cannons.
A faint golden light shone in Huo Yuhao's eyes, and the shared mental detection instantly enveloped everyone on Su Yu's side.
However, Xu Sanshi's expression also turned strange.
"Beibei, when you beat me with the Xuan Shui Dan, was it because of the Yu Hao skill? I'm saying, how come you suddenly became so strong? You cheated."
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Xu Sanshi was indeed unlucky. Not only was he tricked by Beibei once, but he was also thoroughly disgusted by Qiankun Wenqing Valley later.
The group wasn't stupid. Although they didn't dare to rush forward rashly, they knew to unite and deal with the strong opponents. Only by eliminating Su Yu and his group could they have the right to compete for the final victory.
"What are you waiting for? Make your move!"
Holding a long sword, Su Yu followed Wang Dong and charged into the enemy ranks with Bei Bei.
He expected to face Dai Huabin, but Dai Huabin didn't appear in the middle. Instead, a pair of dazzling wings unfolded, and red light flashed on Wang Dong's left arm. The Golden Light Left Arm Bone Skill was activated, although it was only a support-type amplification soul skill.
However, with the help of Huo Yuhao's shared mental detection, the attack struck precisely and directly at a Great Soul Master whose cultivation level was only two rings.
The first one is out, leaving fourteen!
"Come on, Dai Huabin, I'll give you a chance today!"
Holding a heavy sword, Su Yu was surrounded by a storm of fragments as he charged towards Dai Huabin's location.
It wasn't that Su Yu was reckless, but among these people, the only ones who could pose a threat to Su Yu were Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Netherworld White Tiger.
With Huo Yuhao's assistance, Su Yu fought with incredible ease, moving through enemy territory as if it were empty. Under Su Yu's terrifying fragment storm, Soul Masters below the third ring had no ability to resist.
Whenever someone tries to ambush Su Yu, Xu Sanshi, the tool, will accurately and proactively defend Su Yu.
He Caitou's goal was clear: Zhu Lu.
Before Su Yu launched his attack, he specifically instructed that those two people should be given special attention, so the two soul-guided cannons on Cai Tou's shoulders were keeping a close eye on the young couple.
Jiang Nannan wasn't idle either; she silently leaped into the air, her speed so fast that even she herself couldn't see her clearly.
With the help of Huo Yuhao's shared mental detection, the timing she chose was practically perfect. Just as the lion soul master's body flew out, Jiang Nannan's legs clamped around his neck, and she activated her waist arch, throwing him away.
Xu Sanshi was responsible for blocking the opponent's attack, while Bei Bei was responsible for launching a full-scale attack. In just one exchange, Su Yu sent her flying with a single sword strike. As for Zhu Lu, under the special attention of Su Yu's clone and He Caitou, she was also sent down.
Wang Dong's Butterfly God's Light, Huo Yuhao's Eternal Freeze Domain, and Su Yu's Fragment Storm are all powerful weapons for team battles.
Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron was constantly harassing these people's movements. Despite having an absolute numerical advantage, they were still being completely overwhelmed by Su Yu and his group, who were relentlessly reaping the remaining people.
Ning Tian, who was using the amplification, was hit by a Soul Guidance Cannon fired by Su Yu's clone. The second cannonball hit Xie Huan Yue, who was blocking for Ning Tian.
Ning Tian was eliminated, and Xie Huan Yue was injured, but the show was not over yet. Su Yu's clone and main body were connected in their thoughts, and the clone told He Cai Tou that he did not need to worry about the consumption of soul power and should go all out.
Before everyone could organize a new formation and an effective defense, Cai Tou's second outburst disrupted everyone's actions once again.
That defensive Soul Master was also targeted in this outburst, giving him absolutely no chance to defend others.
"Vice squad leader, could you go a little easier on me...?"
Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen stared in anguish at Su Yu, who was now wielding two swords and had fought his way to them.
"Can……"
Two more screams followed, and in the brief moment that Huo Yuhao's mental interference had affected them, Su Yu kicked them down one after the other.
What was initially thought to be a tough battle turned into a complete rout for the opposing team after Su Yu, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou joined the fray. Under Su Yu's command, the opposing team was completely overwhelmed.
In just ten minutes, only Su Yu and his eight teammates remained on the field!
But the match wasn't over yet, because Master Xuan said that only seven people could remain. However, all eight of them performed exceptionally well. Xu Sanshi's absolute defense allowed Su Yu and the others to launch a frenzied attack without any restraint.
Every attack from Jiang Nannan's agility-based Soul Clan is a threat; her opponents cannot even touch her.
Huo Yuhao's assistance, along with his Eternal Freeze Domain, affected a large number of the enemy's people.
Xiao Xiao's support and control, He Caitou's firepower suppression, and the powerful attacks from Bei Bei, Su Yu, and Wang Dong all left the referee dumbfounded.
Especially Su Yu from the Second Ring, who single-handedly suppressed a group of people on the other side, while his clone was still bombarding them from a distance with a soul-guided cannon...
"The match is over. The eight of you stay. The rest of you go back."
Elder Xuan looked at the eight people on the field who were looking at each other and spoke.
"Didn't you say there could only be seven people left? There are eight here?" Su Yu asked tentatively, but Wang Dong, who was standing next to him, pinched his waist hard, signaling him to stop talking.
The loser hesitated for a moment, but still looked at Elder Xuan without leaving.
"I said seven people to select a suitable team. Now there are eight people left. No matter who is missing, we are destined not to be able to complete such a perfect team battle. As for the people who lost the game, you have no right to complain."
Elder Xuan took a sip of wine and, unlike in the original story, didn't say much nonsense. He simply tossed them a crystal ball and told them to observe the details of the battle for themselves.
Sometimes, lecturing doesn't work very well; the only effective approach is to let them reflect on their own and discover their own shortcomings.
Master Xuan is a respectable person, both in the original work and in the present.
Back then, when Elder Xuan led the team, twelve inner court disciples encountered a 100,000-year-old soul beast. In the end, eight of the twelve died in battle, which was the most tragic event in the history of Shrek Academy.
He was largely to blame, and it was after that incident that he began to drink heavily and give up on himself. The former top genius of Shrek Academy ultimately fell from grace; after that incident, he should have succeeded as the dean of the Martial Soul Department and the master of the Sea God Pavilion.
But it was because of that incident that he fell into depravity, and the Sea God Pavilion still needed Elder Mu as its commander.
Although many years have passed, that pain remains deeply buried in his heart.
No one blamed him, but the guilt in his heart never disappeared.
If that incident hadn't happened, Elder Xuan would certainly not be in such a disheveled state now. In the past...
The most talented genius in Shrek Academy, Elder Xuan, would be countless times stronger than he is now, a disheveled drunkard!
This is why Master Xuan never married or had children, because he couldn't let go of the guilt in his heart...
After they finished watching the footage recorded in the crystal ball that Elder Xuan had given them, Elder Xuan gave them an incredibly profound lesson.
Gazing at that disheveled figure, Su Yu knew that Elder Xuan's heart was twisted with pain; he would never be able to let go of the eight students who had died in battle...
Unfortunately, such a vivid character as Elder Xuan was ultimately ruined by someone else.
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