Chapter 33: Spatial Attribute?

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Facing the ten opponents before him, Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

His greatest advantage was his spiritual power, which had already reached 260 points at the age of seven.

However, those standing before him were all students from Shrek Academy's previous year, now promoted to second-year students. They were all over fifteen years old, and their spiritual power far surpassed Xu Yuan's.

This was the disparity created by age and cultivation.

Even with such an advantage, it lost its luster in front of these individuals.

Thus, despite his strong spiritual power, it was difficult for Xu Yuan to accurately gauge the strengths of the ten opponents before him.

"Which of you three wants to go first?" Wang Hao looked at the trio.

Xu Yuan glanced at Ye Xinglan.

Seeing that she had no intention of going first, he stepped forward.

"I'll go first."

"Who do you choose?" Wang Hao asked.

He was quite curious at this point.

Xu Yuan had achieved perfect scores in all the previous trials. Could he maintain that level in this one?

Thinking back to the second trial, where Xu Yuan had resorted to desperate measures, trading injuries to kill the three-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhino, Wang Hao didn't think Xu Yuan lacked a chance.

At the very least, his attack and maneuvering abilities were at that level. As long as his combat techniques caught up...

Unfortunately.

If he were thirteen taking the exam, it would be different. But Xu Yuan was only seven.

Even his uncle hadn't taught him advanced combat techniques.

Up to this point, Xu Yuan had relied entirely on his innate talent to figure things out through multiple battles.

"I'll take this senior," Xu Yuan pointed to a tall, thin man.

Wang Hao gave Xu Yuan a strange look.

"Junior brother, are you sure?" The tall, thin man grinned. "I'm the strongest. Can't you feel it?"

Just standing there, the fluctuations of his soul power marked him as the strongest—one of them, at level 38!

Even if Xu Yuan couldn't precisely determine levels based on soul power fluctuations, he should have been able to sense the relative strength differences among the ten.

"The strongest is the one I want to challenge." Xu Yuan said 'modestly.'

The tall, thin man didn't say more and stepped forward.

The other nine opponents retreated, leaving the battlefield to Xu Yuan and the tall, thin man.

"Junior brother, good luck," the tall man said as he summoned his martial soul.

His martial soul was spatial tentacles—tentacles that could appear anywhere, instantly binding opponents and immobilizing them.

Xu Yuan observed the man's martial soul but couldn't immediately discern its capabilities.

Holding the Tianyuan Brush, he cautiously faced his opponent.

Swish!

A sharp slicing sound echoed as a tentacle shot toward Xu Yuan at incredible speed.

Even though it was just a tentacle, its speed made it akin to a piercing spear, brimming with destructive force. Xu Yuan didn't doubt its lethality.

The Tianyuan Brush sketched in the air, and a wall of earth instantly rose, intercepting the tentacle.

Bam!

The earthen wall shattered, and the tentacle broke apart.

However, most of the debris from the shattered wall splashed back toward Xu Yuan.

"Fragile," Xu Yuan thought.

The tentacle itself wasn't particularly strong.

But even so, weak as it was, its high-speed impact still produced terrifying destructive power.

Observing the tall man's reaction, Xu Yuan judged that this degree of fragmentation had no effect on his martial soul.

"Strong regenerative ability."

While pondering, several more slicing sounds came.

The tall man was testing.

Five tentacles instantly crossed a ten-meter distance, rushing toward Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan once again swung the Tianyuan Brush, and another earthen wall formed rapidly from earth elements.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Continuous collisions and shattering.

Suddenly, Xu Yuan sensed danger.

From his side, a tentacle emerged out of thin air.

It was one of the charging tentacles that, just before hitting the earthen wall, had suddenly teleported to the side.

Was this a spatial attribute?

Caught off guard, Xu Yuan reacted swiftly nonetheless.

A burst of five-colored light shot out from Xu Yuan's body, heading straight for the tentacle.

It was the Five-Element Spear Spirit.

With a single strike, the Five-Element Spear Spirit shattered the tentacle, circled in the air, and then merged back into Xu Yuan.

The tall man narrowed his eyes.

"What was that just now? A spear? Twin martial souls? No… could it be a spirit soul? A spear-shaped spirit soul?"

He was shocked. The moment had passed too quickly for him to confirm what he'd seen.

The battle reached a stalemate.

The tall man's tentacles grew rapidly, launching swift charges. This was the soul skill granted by his first spirit soul—the only skill it provided.

His second and third soul skills came from his second spirit soul.

Around his body floated three soul rings—one yellow, two purple.

Linghai Realm.

Of course, he hadn't achieved this at level 20. Back then, his second spirit soul had only been yellow, but he later upgraded it to purple through the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Spatial-attribute spirit souls were rare. When he encountered this one, the tall man immediately chose to fuse it into his second soul ring as his second spirit soul.

Fortunately, the soul skills this spirit soul granted were incredibly powerful and fit perfectly into his system.

His first soul skill launched tentacle thrusts, while his second soul skill teleported the tentacles. These two combined were often unstoppable.

Currently, using his second soul skill to teleport charging tentacles was extremely difficult. He could only teleport one tentacle at a time, and it was easily disrupted. Even when teleporting, he could only move the tentacle to within five meters of Xu Yuan.

These limitations would gradually diminish as his soul power level and spirit soul's cultivation years increased, but for now, they remained.

Xu Yuan guessed that the opponent's soul skills had constraints but couldn't be certain that the tentacles couldn't teleport directly to him.

"Hmm?" Xu Yuan's expression shifted as tentacles began appearing around him.

They weren't from the first soul skill's thrust but were instead teleported directly to his vicinity using the second soul skill.

Five tentacles surrounded Xu Yuan, rapidly converging inward to crush him.

This was the second combination technique—the second stage of the first soul skill activated after the second soul skill, using the tentacles to crush.

The tall man stared intently at Xu Yuan's position while summoning more tentacles, ready to strike at any moment.

The Tianyuan Brush transformed into the Tianyuan Spear, sweeping in a wide arc to shatter the tentacles one by one.

He couldn't afford to be entangled; otherwise, his movements would be restricted—even for a split second—and the situation would collapse.

His sweeping strike combined the metal element's force from the Five-Element Spear Technique with defensive forms of water and earth elements.

The tall man's eyes lit up.

Had the brush martial soul turned into a spear martial soul?

He commanded the tentacles to continue thrusting toward Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan turned his head toward the tall man, wielding the spear to dismantle the tentacles one by one.

The tentacles were fragile.

"So, it's time to test whether this senior's defense is equally fragile."

Xu Yuan's movements seemed random—advancing forward, backward, left, and right, dodging the tentacles sweeping around him while choosing appropriate countermeasures.

Overall, however, he was gradually closing the distance to the tall man.

Once within striking range, Xu Yuan's demeanor changed instantly.

From a defensive stance under the Five-Element Spear Technique, he transitioned into an offensive posture. The unstoppable momentum of his spear directly intimidated the tall man facing the attack.

But bolstered by his strong spiritual power and preparedness, the tall man quickly steadied himself.

"Five Elements Unite!"

Xu Yuan thrust forward.

The spear intent condensed to an unprecedented level.

Ye Xinglan felt Xu Yuan's spear intent and watched intently, her gaze fixed on his spear.

One by one, the defensive tentacles before the tall man shattered, while the tentacles trying to crush Xu Yuan were blocked by the five elements swirling around his body. Yet, the tall man's expression remained calm.

His body gradually faded, becoming a mere shadow without substance, as if he had left the physical realm altogether.

"Third soul skill—Ethereal Form!"

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