185 Year Soul Ring

Xu Xiaoyan had thought one month was plenty of time to prove herself but afterseeing these numbers, she finally understood how large the gap between her andthe other three.

Xu Xiaoyan raised her hand. “Teacher Wu, I’d like to test my spiritual poweragain at night.”

“Hm?” Wu Zhangkong turned to look at her. “Does the night affect yourspiritual power?”

“Mn.” Xu Xiaoyan nodded.

This had been her greatest secret, but her competitive nature dragged it outof her.

“Alright.”

“The combat test will begin in a moment. You’ll battle in pairs; Tang Wulinwith Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie with Gu Yue.” Wu Zhangkong instructed.

Xie Xie went silent. Gu Yue frowned and said, “Teacher Wu, that’s not fair. Wehave two rings, while they only have one ring. We should pair a one ring with atwo ring. How about I go with Wulin, and the agile Xie Xie pairs with XuXiaoyan’s Starwheel Ice Staff? Xie Xie’s soul power is the highest after all.”  

Her words nearly caused Xie Xie to be in tears. Just how much do you loatheme! Notwithstanding the fact that my soul power is the highest, if you pair upwith Tang Wulin, how am is my group supposed to fight?In his eyes, Xu Xiaoyanwas like a child brought from a previous marriage, void of any hope.

“Do as I said. Who said that a battle must be fair?” Wu Zhangkong saidindifferently.

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Xu Xiaoyan stood next to Tang Wulin while Xie Xie and Gu Yue stood opposite ofthem. A mysterious calming aura exuded from Tang Wulin, giving her with a senseof security.  

“Do you have the same aptitude as your brother?” Tang Wulin asked Xu Xiaoyan.

Xu Xiaoyan nodded. “I’m a long-ranged elemental attacker like him. My firstsoul skill is the same as my brother, Ice Wheel, although my control is a bitbetter than his. Actually, I’m a lot more powerful at night.”

Tang Wulin smiled. “It’s a pity that it’s still daytime. Well, whatever. Tryto stay behind me; I’ll protect you. Let’s do our best together.” Hisimpression of Xu Xiaoyu wasn’t anything good especially after the incident withOuyang Zixin, but he harbored no malice toward Xu Xiaoyan. In fact, hesympathized with her when Wu Zhangkong had said that she only had one month toprove herself. Her situation reminded him of the pressure he was under beforehis Bluesilver Grass had mutated.

“Mn, mn.” Xu Xiaoyan repeatedly nodded.

“Let’s start then. Do your best.” Wu Zhangkong said from a distance.

“Then Wulin, I won’t be polite. Wahaha!” A strange laugh left Xie Xie’s mouthand a moment later, he sped towards Tang Wulin like the wind. It was obviousthat he had spent his one month vacation improving, not playing around as hehad said.

Gu Yue raised her hand and shot fireballs at Tang Wulin while enveloping XieXie in the wind element. She slowly advanced upon her opponents.

She’s firing from so far away? Would it reach us?

They were still separated by fifty meters. From Tang Wulin’s knowledge, therewas no way the fireball could fly that far.

However, Gu Yue soon displayed the might of having 278 points of spiritualpower.

After flying ten meters, the fireball suddenly split into five small collinearfireballs. Each consecutive one sped up and rammed into the one in front frombehind until they compressed together into a far more powerful and swiftfireball.

It was smaller compared to the original fireball, and an orange hue surroundedit now. It shot towards Tang Wulin’s stomach like like an artillery shell.

An ear-piercing blast tore through the air as heat mirages tailed thetangerine ball of flame.

Xie Xie nearly jumped in fright when the little flame whizzed past him.

The fireball finally arrived in front of Tang Wulin. He had never looked downupon Gu Yue’s strength. Though he had never dueled her, he knew that she couldeasily restrain him, so he didn’t use his Heavy Silver Hammers.

After his trip to Heaven Dou City, he understood now that strength stemmedfrom one’s self. Even battle armor merely enhanced one’s own abilities.

His eyes flashed violet as he abruptly stepped forward with his left foot andhis right fist exploded out in a magnificent straight. Golden scales appearedin a wave on his arm while Bluesilver Grass blossomed behind him like a peacockspreading its tail. Several strands wrapped around Xu Xiaoyan’s waist,connecting her to him, while the remaining strands weaved together to form aprotective screen.

Boom!

His fist smashed into the fireball. A blazing explosion erupted, illuminatinghis sparkling golden scales. Under the tyrannical might of his fist, not asingle spark landed on his body and the remaining vestiges were promptlyobstructed by his Bluesilver Grass.

Xie Xie sucked in a deep breath while he charged at Tang Wulin.

When a brilliant purple soul ring arose from beneath Tang Wulin’s feet, hisexpression froze in shock.

Purple? That’s a thousand-year soul ring!

Goldlight slithered onto Tang Wulin’s left arm. Now a full foot in length, itcould coil three times around Tang Wulin’s arm.

Goldlight emitted a golden brilliance that turned all of Tang Wulin’sBluesilver Grass gold. The grass’s veins became distinct and the strandsemitted a sapphire radiance.

Thousand-year? When did he evolve his spirit soul again? And it’sthousand-year?

Not only were the combatants flabbergasted, Long Hengxu, who had dropped by toobserve, was beyond stupefied.

Wu Zhangkong had told Long Hengxu to come watch this morning’s battle inresponse to his doubts over Tang Wulin.

The moment Long Hengxu arrived, he was greeted with a magnificent violet.

It was in this split second that Long Hengxu realized that the academy’sinvestment into class zero was worth it! Despite Tang Wulin only having onering right now, it was a purple ring! This was an even better surprise than himpossessing three rings! It was guaranteed that Tang Wulin would have soul ringsat the thousand-year level and above. He couldn’t be considered a geniusanymore; he was a monster!No wonder Wu Zhangkong said class zero only acceptsmonsters and not ordinary people. That motto came from Shrek Academy and istheir source of confidence and strength!

The peacock tail-like of Bluesilver Grass went into a frenzy as Tang Wulinnarrowed his eyes. Right this moment, he was filled with a new and weirdsensation. He could sense the vitality of each strand of Bluesilver Grass hehad released; they were all connected to his mind and he could exercisecomplete control over them.

His Bluesilver Grass’s thickness hadn’t changed, but its very essence hadundergone a qualitative change during his spirit soul’s evolution. If they weresaid to be merely vines before, then now they were living snakes. Each strandwas quick-witted, tenacious, strong, and in his control.

This was his thousand-year Bluesilver Grass!

Xie Xie was already within ten meters of Tang Wulin but he immediatelybackflipped and slashed out a Light Dragon Blade at the sight of Tang Wulin’stransformed Bluesilver Grass. He also summoned his Shadow Dragon Dagger.

The Bluesilver Grass knitted together in front of Tang Wulin to form a shieldagainst the Light Dragon Blade.

Light burst out in the clash between the Bluesilver Grass and the Light DragonBlade. A moment later, the result proved unexpected. Not a single scratch wasapparent on the shield of Bluesilver Grass.

Sharing! Upon reaching the thousand-year level, his Bluesilver Grass gainedthe ability to mitigate damage by spreading it equally between every strand.

This sharing wasn’t a soul skill, but an ability derived from Tang Wulin’sspiritual power control. The number of strands he could spread the damage overwas wholly dependent on the number of strands he could control in thatsplit-second.

You want to run?

The defensive formation of Bluesilver Grass instantly transformed into anarray of spears chasing after Xie Xie. Tang Wulin activated his first soulskill, Bind!

This was the thousand-year soul skill, Bind!

Strand after strand of of Bluesilver Grass weaved together to form a giant netin the air. Tang Wulin recalled the difficulty they had with battling theMan-Faced Demon Spider and its dangerous spider webs. With his Bind now at thethousand-year level, he could easily imitate that spider.

Control subdued agility, this was a known fact in the Soul Master world.

Before, Tang Wulin’s ability to control was weak and was completely unable torestrain Xie Xie’s agility. Now that his first soul skill had ascended to thethousand-year level, however, everything changed.