Feeling Yan's burning gaze, Qian Yuelong slightly raised her head. Their eyes collided in the air, filling the air with silent tension.

Yan strode forward, not flinching despite being ten soul power levels lower than Qian Yuelong, his tone as unrestrained as ever:

"Qian Yuelong, unleash your full power! I want to have a good fight with you!"

Half a month after enrolling, his soul power, which was already stuck at level 27, broke through to level 28 before Xie Yue.

Qian Yuelong nodded and moved to stand opposite Yan: "Of course."

"Both sides prepare to unleash their Martial Souls!"

Wei Ming urged the two of them on.

Yan gave a low shout, stomping his right foot heavily on the ground. Two yellow spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, and crimson flame patterns, like magma, climbed from his neck to his cheek, turning his healthy wheat-colored skin as if coated with coal ash, turning it black and dull. Like an active volcano beginning to stir, scorching dark red flames suddenly erupted from his body, covering his entire form, even distorting the air with their intense heat.

Amidst the raging flames, a massive, dark phantom appeared behind him, its ferocious beastly face and mountain-like, towering body encased in dark brown granite. Crimson, leaf-vein-like patterns of light, like flowing lava, swirled and flowed around it.

This is Yan's martial soul, the Flame Lord with both fire and earth attributes!

"Yan, a level 28 offensive-type Soul Master, please give me your guidance!"

Across from Yan, Qian Yuelong's lips curled slightly, understanding the source of Yan's excitement.

"So you're a flame too." She sighed softly, raising her right hand. A dense golden light burst forth from the void, with layers of golden or hazy lotus petals swirling and blooming. Three purple halos rose up, encircling her body, and her aura suddenly deepened.

"Qian Yuelong, a level 38 control-type weapon spirit master, please enlighten me."

[Beep - Faith Points +3]

[Beep - Faith Points +5]

[Beep - Faith Points +3]

The moment the three purple millennium soul rings appeared, not only the students inside Elite Class 3, but also the students from other classes on Field 3 who were watching the commotion were shocked.

886 He flipped himself off the show and started watching the faith points that were pouring in.

"start!"

As Wei Ming finished speaking, Yan took the first step, creating a shallow, sizzling pit in the hard ground. He sprang from his spot, instantly closing the distance between himself and Qian Yuelong to less than five meters. His fist, enveloped in fiery soul power, slammed fiercely down towards Qian Yuelong.

Qian Yuelong leaned back to dodge Yan's fierce double punches, and activated her first soul skill, Azure Flame. Azure flames mixed with wisps of gold surged out and fiercely tore into another flame of a different color.

Burning, engulfing, exploding.

Two flames from different people clashed fiercely, like fire and water.

You advance, I retreat; you attack, I dodge.

The owners of the two flames exchanged blows and kicked each other in the wide open space, chasing and attacking one another.

To the surprise of many, Qian Yuelong, despite being a control-type Soul Master, handled Yan Qiang's close-range attacks with ease, moving as gracefully as a butterfly flitting among flowers, almost as if she were toying with her opponent.

After dozens of exchanges, it was Yan who was on the losing end of the offensive.

Looking at Qian Yuelong again, she didn't even break a sweat.

A pillar of fire, several meters high, shot up from the scorching ground. Qian Yuelong stepped on a blue-gold lotus petal formed from azure flames, using the force to maneuver around Yan. She constantly changed her position in the air using stepping stones, dodging the first soul skill, Hell Lava Rush, which required aiming and locking on to be unleashed. She never even touched the ground once.

Having exhausted his soul power and repeatedly failing to hit Qian Yuelong, Yan gradually became irritable.

Whether it was soul skill attacks or close combat, all his attacks were like punches hitting the surface of the sea in front of Qian Yuelong—weak and powerless, unable to cause any damage to Qian Yuelong at all.

"If you're so capable, don't stay in the air! Come down and fight me! You're not afraid of being roasted alive, are you?"

Yan stared at Qian Yuelong, who was constantly changing positions in mid-air, with a dark expression.

Qian Yuelong replied slowly, "What are you talking about? I'm a control-type Soul Master, not a power-attack type. How could I be so stupid as to fight you in the way that's most disadvantageous to me?"

Although I could hit it, the granite was so hard, it hurt my hands when I patted it.

Thanks to the Heavenly Evolution Technique, Qingyan's soul power consumption has been less than 30% since the start of the war.

But Yan, who always wanted to use her soul skill to attack her, might be different.

Yan, whose soul power was indeed almost depleted, said, "..."

Yan, whose cultivation was already a realm weaker than Qian Yuelong's, glared fiercely at the man, like a vicious dog whose food had been stolen, his face full of malice, "Don't think you can't do anything to me just because you're in the air! You wait!"

With a ferocious expression, he stomped his left foot heavily on the ground, and his second hundred-year soul ring hummed. Hu Liena and Xie Yue, who were familiar with Yan's second soul skill, which was clearly a defensive soul skill, were stunned. They watched as the scattered, blackish-brown granite stones of varying sizes solidified in the air, like a barrage of arrows. The extremely hard granite stones were scattered in different places, but the gaps between them were so small that only a hand could be stretched out. They all rushed towards Qian Yuelong.

"The idea is good, but unfortunately your soul power cultivation is weaker than mine."

Qian Yuelong raised her hand, and in front of her fair and slender right hand, a blue flame suddenly expanded, forming a circular flame barrier that enveloped her.

The hard, sharp granite rocks all crashed into the flame barrier, but were completely blocked by Yan's frozen expression, without even cracking the barrier.

"What?!"

"Liansheng."

One after another, miniature golden lotuses bloomed from the azure flames that had somehow crawled to Yan's feet. Yan's pupils constricted sharply, and as the azure-gold flames exploded, he crossed his arms to block and protect himself.

"Boom! Boom—!!"

The series of explosions were like thunder, deafening.

The dark red flames, forced away by the menacing blue flames, slunk away.

Qian Yuelong landed gracefully, taking her time to look at the field where thick black smoke was billowing.

“焱”

Hu Liena murmured worriedly.

Standing beside her, Xie Yue frowned, staring intently at the billowing smoke.

Other trainees stood watching, while others subconsciously held their breath, waiting for the final result.

A flash of inspiration crossed Qian Yuelong's pale purple eyes, and the corners of her lips curved into a smile.

Qingyan fluttered around Qian Yuelong like tamed lambs.

As the black smoke dissipated, Yan, panting heavily, was revealed to everyone, his entire body encased in dark brown granite armor.

His school uniform was torn to shreds in the explosion, and his skin was burned.

His charred cheeks, contrasted with the darkening of his face after activating his martial soul, made him look like a human-shaped charcoal.

Thank goodness, the person is alright!

Hu Liena felt a slight sense of relief. Instead of regret that Yan was at a disadvantage, she was happy that Yan had developed a new use for his second soul skill.

Previously, Yan's second soul skill, Granite Rock, could only be used for defense. Unexpectedly, it can now be condensed into an attack, blocking the opponent's retreat while also serving as a group attack skill.

Even if we lose, it won't be a bad loss!

—A side note—

Yesterday was Father's Day, and Mo Li spent a lot of money to take the whole family to the movies, but there weren't many good ones. We just watched Disney's Little Mermaid, which was really amazing.