Peerless Tang Sect: Hurricane Infinite Wind

Chapter 63 Huo Yuhao's Twin Martial Souls
Ignoring the cheers from the audience, Wu Xuan slowly walked to the back of the viewing platform.

Most of the students sitting here were of lower strength and had little confidence in the upcoming exam. "Everyone, look up! Soul beasts aren't that scary. As you've seen before, they feel pain and fear. With the invigilator here, feel free to charge forward and fight them. Whoever is more ruthless will win."

"Yes!" the students roared in unison. Recalling Wu Xuan's earlier battle, their blood boiled. Just a mere soul beast, what was there to be afraid of? They were human, beings superior to soul beasts, and soul beasts should be afraid of them.

Seeing the students regain their confidence, Wu Xuan smiled slightly: "Of course, what I said before only applies to this assessment. If you encounter a soul beast that is difficult to defeat in the Soul Beast Forest, it is best to run away first. After all, it is better to save the green mountains and never worry about the firewood."

"Hahahaha!" Suddenly there was laughter and the tense atmosphere disappeared.

Wu Xuan slowly walked to Huo Yuhao's side and said calmly, "Don't you have anything to say?"

Huo Yuhao's face turned pale as he said, "Brother Wu Xuan, Dai Huabin has repeatedly provoked you, and I'm doing this to help you vent your anger!"

Wu Xuan said calmly, "The promotion assessment is fair and impartial, testing the students' perseverance and combat proficiency. It's not your place as a third party to break the rules. Huo Yuhao, poor talent doesn't matter, low spirit power doesn't matter either; those things don't really determine a person. But knowing your mistakes and refusing to correct them, and having no dignity, is truly hopeless. As long as you're a human being, you should at least retain one of your abilities and dignity."

"I have the ability!" Huo Yuhao said stubbornly with red eyes.

"Oh! So you have no shame?" Wu Xuan stood up and looked down at Huo Yuhao.

"No! I have the ability, but I also have to save my face. Just wait and see what happens next!" Huo Yuhao almost roared.

Looking at the students who were all looking at him, Wu Xuan left without saying anything.

The assessments for Grade 2 Class 1 and Class 2 continued. Due to the high enthusiasm of the students and their greatly reduced fear of soul beasts, the pass rate of this assessment was the highest in the past ten years.

Du Weilun and several of the assessment teachers all had big smiles on their faces.

"The last candidate, Huo Yuhao from Class 1, Grade 2, please come to the stage." The examiner twisted his neck. It was almost dusk, and he was a little tired after supervising the exam for so long.

Huo Yuhao slowly walked onto the stage. The invigilator asked calmly, "How many hundreds of years old is this student choosing a soul beast?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "I choose the Millennium Soul Beast."

"A thousand years?" The referee was surprised and looked at Huo Yuhao with a strange expression.

The students outside the venue stared at the confident Huo Yuhao in astonishment.

Du Weilun frowned slightly and said, "Are you sure? Huo Yuhao, you need to think this through carefully. You are only a two-ringed Great Soul Master. A thousand-year soul beast is very stressful for a Soul Master."

The invigilator echoed, "Yes! Huo Yuhao, you just saw it. In a close-quarters fight, even if we wanted to rescue you, it would take time."

Huo Yuhao said without hesitation, "Teacher, I am sure I will challenge a thousand-year-old soul beast."

His voice was so loud that the students waiting for the assessment could be heard clearly on the high platform and in the distance.

Wu Xuan looked at Huo Yuhao in the Colosseum in surprise, deep in thought. He couldn't understand why Huo Yuhao was so confident.

Dai Huabin, standing by, was also staring intently at Huo Yuhao. Choosing a thousand-year-old soul beast? Why would a two-ringed great soul master like him have the right to do so?
"Since you insist, then you can choose." Du Weilun's voice floated down from the podium.

"Yes." The referee agreed. At this time, the venue had been cleared.

"Huo Yuhao, are you ready?" the referee teacher asked.

Huo Yuhao nodded. As he slowly extended his left hand, a small icy blue grass blossomed from the center of his palm. Then, an extremely cold air began to spread throughout Huo Yuhao's body.

Wu Xuan's eyes narrowed as he looked at Huo Yuhao in astonishment. This was not because of anything else, but simply because he recognized the grass in Huo Yuhao's hand. This was a magical grass from the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire, the Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass! ?

In an instant, the students outside the venue, including the invigilator, all looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.

"Twin martial souls? This Huo Yuhao also has twin martial souls?" Du Weilun clenched his fists in disbelief.

Just then, Huo Yuhao's opponent appeared.

A lion with a king's majesty and extremely thick claws rushed out of the animal enclosure.

"Terrifying Claw Lion!" The students who recognized the origin of this soul beast all gasped.

Because this Devil Claw Lion, like the Blue Sea Spirit Ape, is a second-tier, sub-top soul beast.

After the Deinonychus came out of the enclosure, it roared towards the sky, and its fine mane spread out. Its lavender hair looked even more majestic and powerful under the illumination of the purple light around its body.

The Devil's Claw Lion was much more robust than the earlier Wind Tiger, standing over three meters tall and 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder. Its muscles were sharply defined, and its brown eyes radiated a cold aura.

After that roar, the Devil Claw Lion's four claws flew, charging straight towards Huo Yuhao. As it ran, its sharp claws actually cut cracks in the ground of the Colosseum.

Facing the Deinonychus's frantic charge, Huo Yuhao stood still. In the blink of an eye, the Deinonychus had already entered the range of fifty meters in front of Huo Yuhao.

At this moment, most people's attention was focused on the Devil Claw Lion, and no one noticed Huo Yuhao.

"First Soul Skill, Mysterious Ice Prison!"

A circle of purple soul rings lit up, and Huo Yuhao suddenly slapped the ground with one hand. A terrifying cold current spread instantly, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a cage made of condensed ice, trapping the Terrorclaw Lion in place.

"Yuhao! Well done!" Wang Dong cheered and applauded.

Before Huo Yuhao could smile, the Terrorclaw Lion roared, and the purple light between its front paws surged. As its hind legs suddenly kicked the ground, its front paws fiercely cut into the icicles of the cage.

"Bang, bang, bang!" In just a few breaths, the black ice cage shattered and turned into ice chips all over the ground.

The Devil Claw Lion rushed towards Huo Yuhao again.

"What?" Huo Yuhao's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly activated the trunk bone skill of the Eight-Angled Mysterious Ice Grass.

Extremely cold energy began to condense in front of him, transforming into dozens of sharp arrows.

Torso Bone Soul Skill - Octagonal Mysterious Ice Arrow
Huo Yuhao suddenly swung his hands forward, and dozens of sharp arrows suddenly shot out towards the terrifying claw lion.

As danger approached, the Devil's Claw Lion's forward momentum suddenly paused. The purple light rising from its body instantly condensed, transforming into an illusory figure identical to its own, charging straight towards Huo Yuhao.

The innate skill of the Devil Claw Lion, purple light transformation.

After this attack, the purple light on the Devil's Claw Lion itself was completely extinguished, but its running speed did not slow down at all. It pounced directly at Huo Yuhao from the side.

The referee had been paying close attention to Huo Yuhao's situation. Seeing that he had released two offensive soul skills in succession with one soul ring, he showed a look of surprise.

Just when dozens of sharp arrows were about to pierce the body of the Devil Claw Lion, the purple light suddenly changed, and the Devil Claw Lion and the purple light shadow actually switched places.

At such a short distance, Huo Yuhao had no time to react before the purple shadow collided with his ice arrow.

"Bah~!"

The purple shadow of the Devil's Claw Lion was instantly pierced by the ice arrow, and then the purple shadow was frozen in place, turning into a huge ice sculpture.

The frozen energy phantom, this bizarre sight they had never seen before, left both referees momentarily stunned. This moment of daze naturally delayed their ability to control the situation. By the time they realized Huo Yuhao might not be able to withstand the Devil's Claw Lion's attack, the Devil's Claw Lion had already approached.

Looking at the incoming attack, Huo Yuhao's face turned pale. It was obvious that his level 26 soul power at this moment was not enough to support him in releasing the next soul skill.

At this moment, Du Weilun's figure instantly appeared in the venue, and his powerful soul power burst out instantly, directly pressing the Devil Claw Lion to the ground.

"Okay! The test is over! Take the Devil Claw Lion away!" Du Weilun said calmly as he looked at the two invigilators.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The two examining teachers bowed awkwardly, then worked together to drag the Devil's Claw Lion away.

Du Weilun returned to the judges' table and spoke with a slightly excited voice, "Huo Yuhao, facing the highest level of the Millennium Soul Beast Assessment, received a basic score of 100. His control ability was outstanding, and he successfully restrained the Devil Claw Lion twice. He received a basic score of 80. His performance in battle was lacking, and he failed to allocate his soul power well, which led to him falling into a desperate situation. Therefore, he received 20 points for combat skills."

"Huo Yuhao's final test! He scored 100 points and passed the upgrade test." Du Weilun announced loudly.

Huo Yuhao's face was pale. After bowing, he returned to the team of Class 1.

On the way back, the students looked at Huo Yuhao with surprise, confusion, envy, and even jealousy, but no one was happy and congratulated him for passing the test.

"Huo Yuhao! Good performance." Mu Jin looked at the returning Huo Yuhao in surprise.

"Thank you, Teacher Mu!" Huo Yuhao's expression was calm, but his eyes unconsciously looked in the direction of Wu Xuan.

Wu Xuan had a calm expression and ignored Huo Yuhao.

"Classmates! Give Huo Yuhao a round of applause!" Wang Yan applauded with a smile.

But surprisingly, the sporadic applause seemed extremely harsh.

　I wrote this just to shape the protagonist's character, not to maliciously oppose Huo Yuhao.

　　The opposition was after the mid-term
　　
　
(End of this chapter)