MTLNOVEL Chapter 74: Chapter 81: My Holy Sword
The facts proved that the healing ability of the Nineheart Begonia was indeed number one on the continent. Dai Huabin's severe injuries were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, with no one stopping it.
"Why are those three little rascals—Huo Yuhao and his team—being so overconfident? Why didn't they take the chance to finish them off?" On the spectator stands, Mu Jin bit her lip in frustration, her delicate features twisted with dissatisfaction.
Ning Tian and the other two girls sitting beside her looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. This beautiful teacher was being too greedy. They had already won first place on behalf of Class Nine. Even if Huo Yuhao's trio won this match, at most they would just get third place.
For one class to sweep two of the top three spots in the Shrek new student assessment would not only improve the teacher's reputation but also be of great help to their promotion.
Huo Yuhao did not continue to play with Zhu Lu but let her guard Dai Huabin. His own group of three simply sat on the ground with their legs crossed, waiting for Dai Huabin to recover.
The situation had evolved to this point, far beyond anyone's expectations. Huo Yuhao's team, confident in their own strength, gave their opponents time to recover without taking action.
But in the eyes of many girls, this was clearly the style of a true genius soul master! Only a soul master who was confident enough in themselves would give their opponent respect, for both sides to fight fairly at their strongest!
What Huo Yuhao himself never expected was that this move of his had washed away his reputation as a saint of love, turning him into a dazzling star in the eyes of countless talented young girls.
Many people also compared Huo Yuhao with Cao Jinxuan. One relied purely on strength to crush his opponents and gave them respect; the other was calculating to the extreme, not even daring to let his opponent use their martial soul fusion skill.
The difference in class was instantly clear!
Immediately, the gazes that fell on Huo Yuhao gradually changed.
Ma Xiaotao was also sitting in the audience watching her man's match. She couldn't help but feel a little proud in her heart. Even she was amazed by Huo Yuhao's endless stream of trump cards. This guy was the most prodigious existence among the new students!
Before long, the wounds on Dai Huabin's body had all recovered. Ye Linlin, who was responsible for healing him, collapsed due to soul power exhaustion and was judged to be out of the match.
Dai Huabin looked at the three bored people opposite him with a complicated gaze. For the first time, he had completely lost confidence in himself. Since the other side dared to do this, it meant they had absolute certainty in dealing with him, even including his and Zhu Lu's martial soul fusion skill.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Dai Huabin stood up and said in a deep voice. He also had his own pride. The other side had given him a chance to recover, so he naturally wouldn't launch a sneak attack the moment he recovered.
"I waited 'til the flowers wilted," Xie Huanyue yawned without any regard for his image, looking drowsy.
Hearing Xie Huanyue's complaint, Dai Huabin's face stiffened, then returned to normal. Although his injuries had recovered, his soul power was almost depleted. Even if he were to clash head-on with Xie Huanyue again, he would not be his opponent.
In that case, he might as well just use his trump card directly!
"Lulu, let's do it," Dai Huabin extended a hand to Zhu Lu beside him, his expression somewhat unnatural.
Knowing that Dai Huabin was still bothered by her encounter, Zhu Lu nodded sorrowfully. Perhaps this would be their last martial soul fusion.
At this moment, even someone as proud as her did not have complete confidence in defeating Huo Yuhao's trio with their martial soul fusion skill.
A tiger's roar erupted from Dai Huabin's mouth. Along with the roar, his entire body swelled again, and white fur mixed with black tiger stripes crazily surged out from his body.
Beside him, Zhu Lu's face was sorrowful. She lightly bit her teeth, her entire body covered in a faint black light. Her body became ethereal, looking as if it had turned transparent, and she rushed towards Dai Huabin's open arms.
At this moment, in their eyes, there was finally only each other. Dai Huabin's dual pupils merged into one, but the indifference in his eyes did not change. Zhu Lu's gaze, for the last time, became as gentle as water, as if it wanted to melt him.
The auras of the White Tiger and the Nether Civet completely merged at this moment. The white tiger seemed to want to swallow the black cat. An intense soul power fluctuation erupted from their fused body like a geyser. The black and white lights gradually merged into one amidst the diffusion of a golden halo, giving a feeling of having sublimated.
Using a martial soul fusion skill was by no means a simple one-plus-one-equals-two. Even two identical martial souls might not necessarily possess a martial soul fusion skill. It required the complementarity of the martial souls' characteristics and a perfect matching of their attributes. When a martial soul fusion skill was produced, the power it embodied was not just the sum of the two soul masters' total soul power cultivation, but an existence that surpassed it.
The bodies of the two disappeared at the moment of fusion. What remained in the assessment area was only a giant Nether White Tiger. The Nether White Tiger was transparent all over, over eight meters long and over two meters high. It had white fur and black stripes, and its purple dual pupils were vertical, coldly staring at Huo Yuhao's trio.
Wow—
The entire audience cheered at the appearance of this martial soul fusion skill. They had finally seen with their own eyes the martial soul fusion skill used by that pair from the original Seven Devils ten thousand years ago. Even someone as strong as the Sea God Tang San, before he achieved godhood, his comprehensive strength would not have been much higher than this martial soul fusion skill.
The martial soul fusion skill of a four-ring Soul Ancestor and a three-ring Soul Elder—even a general Soul Emperor would not want to face its sharp edge.
Can Huo Yuhao's trio win? A question mark appeared in everyone's hearts.
"Let me do it," Huo Yuhao waved his hand to his two companions, took the Soul-Slaying Blade from his back, and directly faced the huge Nether White Tiger.
A circle of a white soul ring slowly rose from under his feet. His Death God martial soul could not have soul rings attached, just like the Holy Necromancer God of the original Huo Gua. However, the strength of this martial soul was not determined by the number of soul rings.
Many people let out cries of surprise. This Huo Yuhao clearly intended to fight the Nether White Tiger head-on with the strength of a one-ring!
"Is he crazy?" Mu Jin hurriedly grabbed the railing and stood up. "That Nether White Tiger is comparable to a Soul Emperor!"
Even Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but stand up, instantly possessing her martial soul. Seven soul rings appeared one by one. She didn't care about any competition rules. The moment the situation went wrong, she would immediately move to the rescue.
"Come, my holy sword!"
Huo Yuhao shouted cheekily, raising the Soul-Slaying Blade high above his head. For the first time, he recklessly released his abnormal spiritual power that did not match his soul power level, forming a raging spiritual storm in the arena.
On the high platform, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and the other high-ranking members of the academy finally couldn't sit still. They all had looks of horror on their faces. This level of spiritual power was comparable to that of a Soul Douluo-level expert.
No wonder, no wonder this kid was so confident when facing Dai Huabin's group! If he wanted to, he could instantly pop the heads of Dai Huabin's group with his spiritual power!
Is Huo Yuhao planning to attack with his spiritual power? Of course not. He released such powerful spiritual power to communicate with the undead plane to the greatest extent and guide out as much of the Holy Necromancer God's light power as possible.
The Soul-Slaying Blade in Huo Yuhao's hand erupted with a golden light, instantly drawing in the purest life energy between heaven and earth. Using this Soul-Slaying Blade, reforged from the Rakshasa Scythe, as a carrier, he combined life energy with the power of light, condensing the strongest blow.
A humanized look of shock appeared in the Nether White Tiger's pair of tiger eyes. It dared not be negligent. Its huge body slightly crouched, and the next instant, it had already brought a transparent ripple with it, pouncing towards Huo Yuhao's direction at a terrifying speed.
As the huge Nether White Tiger flashed out and pounced, it held its head high with pride. The arrogance of looking down upon the world fully displayed its style as the hegemon of the world, the king of beasts.
No one dared to blink, for fear of missing this collision that was about to decide the winner and loser. Including Yan Shaozhe and the other academy elders, all were prepared to make a move.
Countless life energies transformed into golden points of light, winding around the blade's body, forming a shining brilliance, then transforming into a golden sword light that pierced the sky, connecting the firmament and the earth.
"Gathering the breath of the stars in heaven, the brilliant torrent of life, receive this!" Huo Yuhao muttered. In his spiritual sea, Bibi Dong couldn't help but facepalm. Good heavens...
"Roar—" The Nether White Tiger roared at the sky, its huge body like an arrow released from a bow. Its tiger paws, carrying an incomparable offensive power, slapped towards Huo Yuhao.
"Electrolux... Sword of Promised Victory!"
The Soul-Slaying Blade in Huo Yuhao's hand swung down with the sound. A surging, majestic golden pillar of light fell straight down, almost instantly drowning the Nether White Tiger formed by the fusion of Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. Immediately after, a beautiful and noble phoenix swooped down from the high platform at an extremely fast speed, forcibly blocking that terrifying golden pillar of light, standing in front of the Nether White Tiger.
"It's Dean Yan!" Many people instantly recognized the visitor and cried out in surprise.
About half a minute passed. The dazzling brilliance gradually dissipated, revealing the battered and broken assessment stage.
Huo Yuhao knelt on the ground, holding his blade with one hand, panting heavily. Cui Yejie and Xie Huanyue had already jumped off the stage beforehand at Huo Yuhao's signal, both looking at Huo Yuhao's thin figure with utter shock.
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had not been eliminated but were slumped on the competition stage. Their faces were as pale as paper, and their eyes were full of lingering fear. Their clothes were in tatters. If not for using their residual soul power to perform martial soul possession, Zhu Lu would have been exposed.
However, the most shocking was still Dean Yan Shaozhe. The old man was truly the one whose clothes were in tatters. Black smoke was rising from his entire body, and he looked as wretched as could be.
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Author's Note: Didn't expect that, did you? I didn't plan to use their three-person martial soul fusion skill here, but chose to let Huo Gua use this move to decide the winner. Just as it says in the work's synopsis, the protagonist will eventually become a demon king. So can't I just be a bit chuunibyou and say, 'Where my king's sword points, is where your hearts shall follow?' The inspiration actually came from Old Yi's name, haha, Electrolux, Excalibur! (I-la-ke-si -> I-ke-si -> I-ke-si-calibur)