Just then, Gu Yue spoke:
"She's not a dragon."
"Huh?" Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie all turned to her in surprise.
Meeting their puzzled gazes, Gu Yue calmly continued:
"Her Martial Soul absolutely has nothing to do with dragons—that much I'm certain of. What's more, she doesn't only control the five elements. She can also control space, and her affinity with space is extremely high."
"Space element! Gu Yue-jie, does that mean she's like you—controlling six elements?!" Xu Xiaoyan exclaimed. Element-type Martial Souls weren't uncommon, but someone like Gu Yue, who could command six different elements, was unheard of.
And now, not only did Gu Yue exist—there was also Forth Woll. How could Xu Xiaoyan not be shocked?
"That should be right," Gu Yue said flatly. "Luo Guixing's team was devoured by spatial turbulence earlier—that was definitely her doing."
"No way! Fourth's like some fusion-upgraded version of you and Wulin—element control and monstrous physical strength. How are we supposed to fight that?" Xie Xie waved his arms in exaggerated despair.
"Shut it with your 'fusion upgrade' nonsense." Tang Wulin shot him a glare, then turned to Gu Yue with a worried expression.
"I know I can't talk you out of this. But Gu Yue… I want you to promise me one thing."
"What?"
Tang Wulin said seriously, "I know you're not willing to back down, but right now, Forth is stronger than we are. Defeating her will be extremely difficult. So please—let's face her together."
Gu Yue smiled faintly.
"Our opponent isn't only her, Wulin. When the time comes, leave the others to you. Don't worry—even though her element control is stronger than mine…
…between the two of us, it's not certain who will win."
By the end, her tone brimmed with confidence.
Xu Xiaoyan asked anxiously: "Gu Yue-jie… can you really win?"
"I will win."
Gu Yue raised her small chest proudly. *Lose? What a joke. Who am I? I am the true Silver Dragon King, half of the Dragon God, the origin of elemental mastery itself.
So what if that human girl's cultivation is higher, or that she controls many elements? Today, I'll show her who the true ruler of elements is!*
The forest grew quiet again. Surprisingly, no other students appeared.
"Remaining participants: twelve. Terrain shrinking. Final melee."
As promised, Shen Yi's voice descended from the skies, and the world warped once more.
When the scenery cleared, Nan Fusheng and Forth were still seated together. Nearby, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan—six in total—were gathered as well.
They were still within a forest, but the terrain was strange.
The surrounding area was dense woodland, but the place they stood was completely bare of trees. Instead, a vast circular field of Blue Silver Grass covered the ground, a hundred meters across—like a massive arena.
Within this circle stood twelve participants.
On one side were Tang Wulin's six. To their front-left, three others appeared—the leader, wielding a dark scythe, was none other than Xu Yucheng, ranked nineteenth on the Genius Youth Rankings, alongside his two companions.
On the other side stood another team of three, all bloodied and barely standing, their soul power faint. They glared warily at Xu Yucheng's group, clearly having just fought them.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
While the others reeled from the dizziness of teleportation, crisp applause rang out, drawing everyone's eyes.
The sound came from a beautiful black-haired, black-eyed girl—Forth Woll, the same girl who had once declared she would take on the entire class alone.
With a slight smile, she spoke:
"It's a pity I couldn't fight the whole class. Still, the ones left standing now must all be among the top of this year."
"Why waste time? All of you—come at me together. Today, I'll fight ten at once."
Her voice was sweet, but her words were dripping with arrogance.
"Arrogant!" Two of Xu Yucheng's companions immediately snapped.
Forth's gaze shifted to Xu Yucheng's team.
"Arrogance requires strength. Luckily, I have it. I fought Wu Siduo earlier. She was a bit weak, but still had some skill. Now, let's see if you—someone ranked alongside her—are just as much of a fraud."
Xu Yucheng's pupils contracted. The implication was clear: Wu Siduo had already fallen to this girl. Given that she was absent from the final field, the claim was probably true.
Though confident he wasn't weaker than Wu Siduo (he didn't know about her Martial Soul Fusion Technique), he still knew that anyone who could defeat her was no ordinary foe.
Expression cold, Xu Yucheng raised his Dark Demon Scythe. Four soul rings rose at his feet—yet all of them were yellow, hundred-year rings.
Because his Martial Soul was too destructive to his own body, he couldn't handle the backlash of higher-level rings. Even at the fourth ring, he had never dared attempt a thousand-year fusion.
At the same time, he signaled his two teammates. They immediately released their Martial Souls—three rings rising beneath each.
Their figures blurred, turning gray and ghostly, darting from Xu Yucheng's sides toward Forth. Both were agility-attackers!
But—
"Trash. Stop embarrassing yourselves and get off the stage."
Forth's four soul rings lit up—each one glowing black.
"What?!"
The gray figures froze in disbelief.
Invisible spiritual force exploded outward from Forth—an ability inherited from the Evil-Eyed Tyrant lineage, pure spirit-type: Soul Detonation.
With her spirit power at the Lingyuan Realm, how could these two withstand it?
Before they even reached her, their heads burst apart like fireworks. Their bodies dissolved into light and vanished.
Everyone was stunned.
Their eyes locked on the four black rings shimmering beneath Forth's feet.
Four… four ten-thousand-year soul rings?!Xie Xie's disbelieving cry shattered the silence.