Chapter 366: Shocking the Entire Audience

Generally speaking, compared to long-range soul tools, close-combat soul tools are much more powerful; this is the result of sacrificing long-range attack ability.

And the close-combat soul tool crafted by Lan Ruoruo takes this to the extreme; although it has no long-range attack means at all, it concentrates all its energy within, possessing an extremely strong soul-breaking effect, specifically countering various soul tool shields and metals, and even having strong penetrating power against invincible shields.

If stabbed by this short blade, even a Soul Sage would suffer severe injury.

With a "puff" sound, Lan Ruoruo's short blade stabbed into Huo Yutong's skull, pressing her to the ground.

The arena fell silent instantly.

Even Lan Ruoruo herself did not expect this result; she had thought Huo Yutong would at least try to counterattack or block, and had prepared for an assault, but she never imagined it would go so smoothly.

However, in the next instant, everyone's gazes on the field changed.

A gust of yin wind blew up, and Huo Yutong's "corpse" turned into ash and slowly dissipated, while gray smoke and dust continually rose on the field, beginning to condense.

First came white bones, then flesh and blood, then writhing organs… Everyone personally witnessed the formation of a person.

When the condensation was complete, a brand-new Huo Yutong stood in place.

Moreover, what's even more terrifying is that such existences are not just one.

One, two, three… In less than ten seconds, dozens of "Huo Yutong" appeared on the competition stage.

"This, this is… what…"

Lan Ruoruo instinctively stepped back two steps, mouth agape.

This time she truly felt afraid; the eeriness of Huo Yutong's ability far exceeded her imagination.

The audience at this moment also couldn't speak; fear was like an invisible hand gripping their throats.

Seeing their expressions, Huo Yutong, who used simulation to conceal her figure, gave a faint smile.

Netherworld Soldiers—this is the name of this undead magic.

Actually, this undead magic is not strong at all; it's even quite weak.

Its effect is merely the ordinary summoning of undead; with Huo Yutong's current strength, she can at most simultaneously summon a hundred undead of Soul Ancestor level—let alone top-tier experts, even a Soul Sage going all out could easily dispose of these fodder, after all these undead don't even possess soul skills, and in the undead magic Huo Yutong can currently use, they truly don't count for much.

However, this undead magic has a special feature: it can freely choose the appearance of the summoned undead, and the more familiar the caster is with that appearance, the higher the similarity.

And Huo Yutong is undoubtedly most familiar with her own body, so the undead she now creates are virtually identical to her in appearance, with no discernible difference outwardly.

Perhaps the threat of this soul skill isn't very high, but the visual impact is strong enough; originally Lan Ruoruo's thinking ability had already been reduced by the previous sound wave assault, and now her brain is dominated by fear.

For Huo Yutong, she is thus full of flaws.

"Pfft!"

With the same sound as the short blade piercing the skull, Lan Ruoruo suddenly felt a chill in her chest.

Lowering her head to look, she saw a staff appear and pierce through her chest.

"Ah, ah…"

After two painful groans, she instinctively raised her hand, wanting to grab the staff.

But Huo Yutong didn't give her a chance; with a exertion of force, she pulled the staff out, and Lan Ruoruo also turned into a corpse and collapsed.

Seeing Lan Ruoruo collapsed on the stage, the audience felt a chill in their hearts; even Ye Yulin felt the same. Evil Soul Master—this outwardly adorable soul tool genius is actually an Evil Soul Master!

Huo Yutong's victory in this match was truly bizarre; no one knows what kind of technique she used.

And Huo Yutong silently picked up the black short blade that had fallen to the ground and walked toward the lower stage.

Greeting her was Zhongli Wu, who satisfiedly patted her shoulder.

"You did well; this soul tool is yours. Moreover, including this match, for each match you win, we will give you an eighth-rank soul tool as a reward after the competition ends."

After just deciding not to brainwash Huo Yutong, Zhongli Wu decided to change the plan, using benefits to win her over.

Huo Yutong's eyes flickered slightly, she nodded, and her expression eased a bit.

Zhongli Wu, however, did not let her go, curiously asking: "Can you tell us how you just managed that scene? I believe everyone present wants to know."

Huo Yutong helplessly stopped her steps, saying: "I just used a total of three undead magics……"

Next, she explained to everyone what she had just done.

The three undead magics she used were Ancient Sound Noise, Netherworld Soldiers, and Fear Aura.

The effect of Ancient Sound Noise is to attack the opponent's spirit, causing them pain while silently lowering their mental defense.

The effect of Fear Aura is to force the opponent to feel fear; the greater the gap in mental strength, the more effective it is.

These three are not particularly powerful undead magics, but when combined, they successfully caused Lan Ruoruo to fall into panic, providing the condition for Huo Yutong's one-hit kill.

She naturally had the means to kill Lan Ruoruo with undead magic, but she did not want to reveal too much in front of the Holy Spirit Sect members.

And the reason she could successfully use three undead magics in succession is due to the Multiple Chanting technique taught by Ilex.

With her current strength, she can at most chant four undead magics simultaneously, and the level cannot be too high; compared to Ilex's ability to simultaneously chant nine high-level undead magics, she is indeed quite immature.

Fortunately, even if immature, it is still enough to deal with these opponents.

As for the staff in her hand, its effect is merely to accelerate casting speed and amplify soul power and mental strength, with no frills; if one had to say where it's strong, it's that the amplification magnitude is outrageously large, providing her great convenience.

After hearing her explanation, the eyes of all the Evil Soul Masters present blazed even hotter.

You know, each of those three undead magics she just mentioned, taken individually, are perfectly usable as soul skills; the fact that she can actually manifest hundreds of such magics makes her talent impossible to describe as merely monstrous.

She is absolutely the Evil Soul Master with the greatest talent in the Holy Spirit Sect over thousands of years, a level without precedent or successor.

Huo Yutong, under everyone's gaze, felt slightly uneasy and asked: "By the way, during the match just now, I seemed to see a flicker of light from the palace direction and heard an explosion; what happened?"

Zhongli Wu's eyes flickered, and he smiled: "Don't worry, it's just some bugs causing trouble; to the empire it's nothing."

"Understood."

Huo Yutong nodded and asked no further.

She sat down in her seat and, without changing expression, exchanged a glance with Tang Wulin.

It seems the academy team has failed; next we must hurry to find time to retreat.

(End of chapter)