The Peerless Tang Sect: Possessing Huo Yuhao at the Start

Chapter 16 Sixteen to Eight

The freshman elimination round eliminated most of the freshmen in one day. The remaining participants on the second day were the top sixteen teams from this year's freshman assessment, a total of forty-eight freshmen.

There were many more people on the viewing platform today than yesterday; the platform was already packed with people even before the match started.

In the center of the high platform, an old man with disheveled hair and tattered clothes sat with his bare feet dangling over the edge of the platform, drinking wine from a large purplish-red gourd.

There were several roasted chicken legs on oil paper next to him, and he was holding a chicken leg in his hand, taking a sip of wine and a bite of meat, eating with great relish.

Those who were able to climb onto the high platform to watch the battle were all teachers from Shrek Academy, but no one approached the old man, and no one questioned him.

"Elder Xuan, you've arrived." Wang Yan respectfully walked to the disheveled old man's side and greeted him in a low voice.

"Hmm." The old man just grunted and continued eating and drinking.

Wang Yan pointed to the audience below and said, "The three young men I mentioned are over there. Yesterday..."

He had barely finished speaking when Elder Xuan impatiently waved his chicken leg and said, "I can see for myself."

"Yes." Wang Yan dared not say anything more and stepped aside.

After the draw, the elimination round of the freshmen assessment, from sixteen to eight, officially began. Facing Huo Zhanji and his two companions was the Xie Huanyue team, a group of three boys who lined up horizontally as soon as they entered the arena.

Standing in the very center was a boy who looked like a small mountain of flesh, while the two students beside him were much slimmer in comparison.

"Both sides announce their names and prepare for the match," a Soul Master acting as the proctor said in a deep voice.

The fat guy in the middle suddenly slapped his chest, causing his fat to jiggle. "Class Two, Freshmen, Xie Huanyue."

The two students standing next to Xie Huanyue were named Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba.

After Huo Zhanji and the other two announced their names, the competition to enter the top 16 began.

When Xie Huanyue released his soul ring, his body swelled up again, growing from 1.7 meters to over 1.9 meters. His skin instantly turned dark. He pounded his chest with both fists, making muffled "bang" sounds, and strode towards Huo Zhanji and the other two.

Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba did not release their martial souls immediately. Instead, they flashed behind Xie Huanyue and hid behind his massive body.

Where there's a policy, there's a countermeasure. Can they still hide from Huo Zhanji's mental detection?

As a purplish-red light flashed in Huo Zhanji's eyes, the figures of the three opponents immediately appeared in Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's minds.

Wang Dong did not rush to make a move. Instead, he spread the wings of the Goddess of Light Butterfly and hid Huo Zhanji and Xiao Xiao behind him.

As Xie Huanyue charged forward, he stomped his left foot heavily, and his first spirit ring immediately lit up. Xie Huanyue's extremely obese body shot into the sky like a cannonball, and the height he jumped was even higher than Wang Dong's normal flying height.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Huanyue's body quickly curled up, like a giant ball of flesh, and crashed towards Wang Dong.

After Xie Huanyue left, Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba immediately released their martial souls, and their bodies changed. Each of them had two yellow hundred-year soul rings, and their arms turned silver-white and transformed into a giant mantis blade.

After their martial souls were attached to them, their speed increased significantly, clearly indicating that their opponents were two agility-type soul masters.

Wang Dong touched the ground with his toes, not going into the air to stop Xie Huanyue, but instead directly facing the two brothers Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba. He faced two opponents at once without any pressure, while Xie Huanyue was left to Huo Zhanji.

Just as Wang Dong left the spot, Xie Huanyue had just jumped into the air and was about to fall, but Xie Huanyue did not notice the two of them.

This is Xiaoxiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron splitting into three, suddenly flying out and pointing directly at the Evil Illusion Moon in the sky, while simultaneously activating the Soul Skill Cauldron Sway.

Xie Huanyue had no ability to dodge in the air. At this moment, his first soul ring lit up again, and his already huge body expanded even more. The Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron crashed into Xie Huanyue's body, only causing his body to shrink like a balloon before quickly bouncing back. In this way, the power of the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron was neutralized. Just then, Xie Huanyue's expression froze, and his body fell straight down as if out of control.

On the other side, the Luo brothers, relying on their speed, did not engage in direct combat with Wang Dong. Instead, they dodged and weaved through the enemy lines, and for a time, the three were unable to quickly determine a winner.

Xie Huanyue crashed heavily to the ground, but didn't seem to be seriously injured, clearly having suffered a mental shock from Huo Zhanji's enhanced version.

"A great opportunity!"

Wang Dong's wings flashed instantly, forcing the Luo brothers back. Immediately afterward, his second spirit ring lit up.

The Light of the Butterfly Goddess reappeared on the battlefield. Thanks to Huo Zhanji's accurate prediction through mental detection, Wang Dong's soul skill would not miss.

The Luo brothers naturally wouldn't just sit idly by and wait to die. By the time they began to unleash their second soul skill, Wang Dong's soul skill was already complete.

Amidst the flashing golden light, the power of the Thousand-Year Soul Ring Technique, Butterfly God's Light, was unleashed, forcefully blasting the Luo brothers away. However, at the same moment their soul skills were broken, the proctor entered the arena like a ghost, forcefully pulling the two out from within the golden light, and then swiftly exiting the competition venue.

Clearly, based on his judgment, the Luo brothers were going to suffer a heavy blow under Wang Dong's attack, which is why he intervened. However, his intervention also meant that the Luo brothers could no longer continue to compete.

Wang Dong's accurate judgment, powerful attack, and decisive action immediately won the unanimous approval of the teachers watching from the high platform.

On the other side, Xie Huanyue, in a state of dizziness, simultaneously absorbed another portion of the power of Wang Dong's Butterfly God Light.

His martial soul is called Pipi Elephant, which is born with extremely strong defensive power. There is only one way to deal with a martial soul like Xie Huanyue, and that is to use the ultimate power.

At this moment, Xie Huanyue's third soul ring was shining with purple light, and an extremely strong purple halo burst out from Xie Huanyue's body. Although Xie Huanyue's third soul skill was powerful, it also had a range limitation.

Long before Huo Zhanji released his mental attack, he had taken Xiao Xiao away from the area covered by the Evil Illusion Moon Soul Skill.

"Xiao Xiao, make your move!" Huo Zhanji immediately gave the signal.

Xiao Xiao released his three large cauldrons almost simultaneously, and at the same time, his two spirit rings also lit up.

"A national treasure, a tripod trembles."

The three cauldrons merged into one, emitting a loud roar. A three-legged, two-eared cauldron, even larger than the previous ones, appeared before everyone's eyes. Strange runes faintly appeared on this cauldron, exuding an indescribable majesty.

Rings of black light rippled outwards, binding Xie Huan Yue and rendering him unable to move. Xie Huan Yue was still in the state of activating his first soul skill when he was stuck by the black light. He was surprised to find that his soul power was being consumed rapidly.

On the other side, Huo Zhanji was radiating golden light, and his aura was constantly rising. A dragon appeared in his body and circulated through his meridians. As the dragon circulated through his body, his flesh made cracking sounds, and a phantom of a giant elephant appeared behind him.

"The elephant symbolizes the body, the dragon symbolizes the spirit; the dragon and elephant together form the sea!"

A golden dragon, accompanied by bursts of dragon roars, rushed towards Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. The originally pitch-black cauldron shone with golden light, and Xie Huanyue, who was stuck to the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, was suddenly blasted out of the arena by this unexpected force.

Old Master Xuan took a bite of his chicken leg and muttered, "Huo Zhanji, huh? Not bad, little guy." As he spoke, he stood up and slowly walked down from the platform.

"Huo Zhanji's team wins!"

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"Elder Xuan, how are you feeling?" Wang Yan asked in a low voice, standing beside Elder Xuan.

"The three little guys each have their own characteristics. Huo Zhanji should have a skill similar to mental probing, but we don't know about his second soul skill yet," Elder Xuan said, taking a swig of wine.

"If I'm not mistaken, his first spirit ring has mutated. Otherwise, his second spirit ring wouldn't be able to absorb a thousand-year-level spirit ring at all. Alright, those three little guys can be considered as backups."

As he spoke, he stood up, grabbed his chicken wing with one hand, and walked away unsteadily with a huge gourd in his other arm. Judging from his faltering steps, he seemed like he might fall at any moment.

Watching Elder Xuan's departing figure, and considering Elder Xuan's opinion of Huo Zhanji's team, Wang Yan couldn't help but feel overjoyed. "Great, great! This way I can better train them."

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(End of this chapter)