Chapter 79 The Number One on the Young Genius Ranking
But things didn't go as planned. A seven-colored light shattered their expectations.
On the field, the seven-colored light engulfed the Ice Goddess, swallowed everything, and concealed everything.
Shen Yi said with some surprise, "This is Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin's Martial Soul Fusion Skill. It looks like the fusion degree is very high."
Even the people on the sidelines could clearly feel that aura.
But unlike them, Lin Xiuran didn't care about any of that. At this moment, he only felt his blood boiling.
The power deep within his bloodline completely isolated everything, even the aura of this Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
For some reason, it seemed that he was stimulated, and Lin Xiuran only felt that his whole body was full of power.
The match ended, and the originally noisy field became extremely quiet, as if the pause button had been pressed.
No one expected that the six students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, who possessed two Martial Soul Fusion Skills, would be defeated by the six first-year students from Shrek Academy who weren't even on the Young Genius Ranking.
Lin Xiuran felt somewhat lucky; the match with Teacher Wu ended as soon as they arrived, so he didn't have to participate.
He guessed that Wu Changkong had originally planned for him to participate in the match, a seven-on-seven contest, but perhaps the timing wasn't right.
Just as Lin Xiuran was thinking this, Wu Changkong, seemingly out of nowhere, produced a large megaphone, with a soul-guided amplifier beside him.
At that moment, Lin Xiuran felt a chill run down his spine; he instantly sensed something was wrong.
"Students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, I know it's inevitable that you lost to Shrek Academy, but are you convinced?"
Wu Changkong's voice, amplified by the soul-guided amplifier, was heard clearly by almost everyone in the arena.
The once quiet arena suddenly erupted into chaos again. In their eyes, Wu Changkong's words were a blatant provocation, mocking the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for its lack of talent!
Therefore, everyone became indignant, especially the more extreme ones, who even started swearing.
Seeing the scene before them, Xie Xie hurriedly asked, "What is Teacher Wu going to do now? He's not going to make us fight again, is he? We're probably going to be drowned in the spittle of these spectators."
The people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy already had little goodwill towards Shrek Academy, let alone the fact that the six of them had just defeated them; now, with this further mockery, it was like adding fuel to the fire.
Just then, Lin Xiuran realized something was about to happen.
Sure enough, Wu Changkong continued, "Now, our Shrek Academy, with righteous indignation, is willing to give you another chance. Send your strongest student under the age of eighteen to fight one of our students!"
After he finished speaking, he gently pushed Lin Xiuran out, sending him into the spotlight.
"Damn it, crush that arrogant Shrek Academy!"
"Yes, we must let them taste the power of our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy!"
The effect was even more intense than Wu Changkong had anticipated; the shouts of condemnation from the entire audience almost pierced Lin Xiuran's eardrums.
Lin Xiuran's lips twitched slightly as he looked at Wu Changkong, who seemed completely unaffected, speechless.
So this was what Teacher Wu meant by temporarily suspending the exam while still holding it; he had been setting a trap for him all along.
Shen Yi looked at Wu Changkong and asked, "Senior brother, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Wu Changkong shook his head: "Don't worry, as an inner court disciple, if I can't even solve this, then I won't be able to stay in the inner court."
Shen Yi had seen Lin Xiuran's matches before; he did fight fiercely, but as the second-best academy on the continent, the strongest under eighteen at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy wasn't necessarily much weaker than Lin Xiuran.
After all, they had also heard that this generation of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had a soul master from that region who was there for study and exchange.
The referee, a three-word Battle Armor Master, approached Lin Xiuran expressionlessly and said coldly, "So you still want to represent Shrek Academy to challenge our number one under eighteen?"
Lin Xiuran replied, "That's me."
"Fine." The referee snorted. "Since that's the case, our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is willing to give you this opportunity."
"Challenging our number one under eighteen, you have quite the courage."
Lin Xiuran nodded lightly. "Not really, anyway, there's nothing to be afraid of."
"Wait a moment. Our number one under eighteen isn't someone anyone can challenge. We need to consult her privately."
Lin Xiuran raised an eyebrow. Normally, a student from an academy would be subject to the academy's arrangements. Especially for just a match; usually, notifying the other party is enough.
But this referee only told him to consult the other party first. This clearly showed that the number one under eighteen held a very high position.
"Whatever, but be quick."
The referee snorted. "Wait."
Then, he disappeared.
At this moment, Lin Xiuran finally had a chance to look at Wu Changkong, his calm expression tinged with helplessness: "Teacher Wu, you can't be so unfair."
Wu Changkong coldly replied, "This isn't unfair. This person, the number one under eighteen, isn't that simple. You'll understand once you truly face her."
Even Wu Changkong said this, and Lin Xiuran's interest was piqued. It wasn't arrogance on his part. Logically speaking, someone under eighteen certainly had reason to be proud.
Although he was currently only at the fourth ring, his strength was undeniable. He had been stuck at the fourth ring for a long time, and after the previous surge of soul power and the past few months of training, he had reached level forty-eight, just one step away from level forty-nine.
His powerful soul power, coupled with his strong elemental control, especially the absolute deterrent power of his lightning, gave him the confidence to compete.
But a student from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, so highly regarded by teachers like Wu Changkong, was definitely not simple.
At this moment, Xie Xie and his group of six had also arrived.
Xie Xie was the first to run to the front, saying, "Damn, Ran-ge, I just heard the audience over there shouting that the opposing team's number one under eighteen has a universally acknowledged talent."
Ye Xinglan added, "Yeah, and it seems to be that... young..."
Xu Lizhi continued, "It's the Young Genius Ranking, I think he's ranked number one."
What does being ranked number one mean? Even Wu Siduo, with her twin martial souls and self-fused martial soul technique, barely made it into the top ten.
So, this number one on the Young Genius Ranking is undoubtedly, absolutely, universally acknowledged as incredibly powerful.
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