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Xu Yuan's strongest ability was undoubtedly the Forbidden Seven Techniques, an ultimate skill inherited from Yun Ming, the continent's strongest individual.
The first three techniques of the Forbidden Seven Techniques weakened enemies by sealing their essence, energy, and spirit. The last three techniques amplified his own power.
Whether it was the first three or the last three techniques, Xu Yuan had mastered them to a high degree. When he unleashed them with full force, the restrictions placed on Soul Emperors were extremely severe.
Under the influence of the first three techniques, even a Soul Emperor could only mobilize soul power at the level of a Soul King. While they might still be slightly stronger in terms of explosive power, they absolutely couldn't reach the true explosive potential of a Soul Emperor.
Similarly, if they relied purely on defensive soul skills, the effects naturally wouldn't reach the level of a Soul Emperor either.
As for the last three techniques, they could instantly elevate Xu Yuan's strength to another level.
Combined with his innate explosive power, defeating a Soul Emperor far above his rank was well within his capabilities.
However, this Flame Master Soul Emperor possessed the ability to semi-elementalize. By quickly transforming into a semi-elemental body, he forced Xu Yuan to burn his blood energy and vitality, using the flames of blood and vitality to ultimately finish him off.
It was troublesome, but Xu Yuan had managed to accomplish it nonetheless.
Xu Yuan killed the Flame Master Soul Emperor.
The large cluster of spirit energy that had been hovering above the Flame Master Soul Emperor's head now gathered over Xu Yuan's head.
At this moment, the cluster of spirit energy above Xu Yuan's head became even more enticing.
However, the remaining two Soul Emperors no longer harbored any greedy thoughts.
They quickly retreated.
"Think you can come and go as you please?" Xu Yuan sneered, thrusting his spear forward.
A streak of spear light pierced through space, crossing vast distances. With Yuanen Yehui's cooperation, it shattered the Earth Spirit Hound Soul Emperor's defenses. Yuanen Yehui's air cannon smashed through the earthen wall protecting the Earth Spirit Hound, and Xu Yuan's spear light broke through the protective barrier around his body.
Boom!
Yuanen Yehui rushed forward and delivered a powerful punch to the Earth Spirit Hound Soul Emperor's body.
With his protective barrier shattered by Xu Yuan's spear light and Yuanen Yehui's punch landing squarely on his torso, even though he tried to resist with his soul power, he was still injured by the overwhelming force.
"What terrifying power!"
Only when personally struck by such force could he truly comprehend its strength.
And this was just a Soul Elder—how could they possess such terrifying power?
Not to mention that youth wielding the spear, with four soul rings—it was simply unbelievable.
Even four black soul rings were too outrageous, surpassing two entire ranks.
Ordinary soul masters typically judged a soul master's power based on the number of soul rings, especially when their perception wasn't advantageous.
Xu Yuan's spiritual power was extraordinarily strong—reaching the peak of the initial Lingyuan Realm, just shy of ten thousand points, which would allow him to advance to the intermediate Lingyuan Realm.
On the other hand, these three Soul Emperors had spiritual power only at the Linghai Realm, with their strongest soul rings being purple.
With Linghai-level spiritual power, it was difficult for them to discern Xu Yuan's approximate soul power level.
The wind-attribute Soul Emperor excelled at escaping. Being far from Xu Yuan and aided by wind elemental energy, he made himself lighter and swiftly fled.
Ye Xinglan and Wu Siduo didn't pursue him.
Under Xu Yuan's mental link guidance, the two regrouped and surrounded the Earth Spirit Hound Soul Emperor.
Another massive cluster of spirit energy gathered above Xu Yuan's head.
"There are still many good people in this world," Xu Yuan said with a radiant smile.
Yuanen Yehui and the others were somewhat speechless.
Were those really good people?
Yes.
But their original intention was definitely not to give away spirit energy.
To receive such immense fortune, one first needed the corresponding strength.
Yuanen Yehui admitted that if she had faced such an ambush alone, there would have been no chance of survival, let alone counterattacking.
Although she had briefly intercepted the Earth Spirit Hound Soul Emperor earlier, it was only for a few moves.
From her initial burst taking the initiative to Xu Yuan's awe-inspiring performance affecting the Earth Spirit Hound Soul Emperor's state, she had gained an advantage but still only managed to hold him back.
Later, when Xu Yuan was dealing with the Flame Master Soul Emperor, she had already been suppressed by the Earth Spirit Hound Soul Emperor.
Initially evenly matched, she was soon overpowered.
Fortunately, it only lasted about half a minute.
"Let's find a place to rest," Xu Yuan said, leading the group to quickly leave the scene.
The wind-attribute Soul Emperor had escaped earlier, and if he attracted more soul masters or soul beasts, they truly wouldn't have the strength to handle it.
After defeating the Flame Lizard group and the recent battle, they were utterly exhausted. Even Xu Yuan had expended over half of his stamina, and his combat effectiveness was beginning to decline.
"It's Class President!"
While searching for a place to rest, Xu Yuan's group encountered Luo Guixing's team.
"Luo Guixing?" Wu Siduo exclaimed in surprise.
The seven members of the opposing group were equally delighted.
"What happened to you guys?" Their faces showed concern as they observed the weary state of Xu Yuan's group.
"Just a bit of exhaustion. We dealt with a group of Flame Lizards and two Soul Emperors earlier," Xu Yuan waved dismissively, speaking in a calm tone.
Xu Yuan glanced at the chubby boy behind Luo Guixing and said, "Hurry up and bring some big meat buns."
Xu Lizhi quickly realized what was needed and hurriedly prepared the recovery-enhancing meat buns.
More than ten large meat buns were instantly made, leaving Xu Lizhi's face pale from the effort.
The buns were distributed among Xu Yuan's group.
Among them, Yuanen Yehui ate two, Ye Xinglan ate two, Wu Siduo ate three, and Xu Yuan alone devoured ten.
Wu Siduo stared in disbelief as Xu Yuan stuffed one bun after another into his mouth.
Ten large meat buns, and you finished them in two seconds?
No wonder you're so strong.
"You four keep watch. We'll recover our strength."
"Alright."
"By the way, have you all absorbed enough spirit energy?"
Luo Guixing, as the leader of the group, was very clear about his teammates' situation.
"Both Guizhi and I have absorbed a thousand years of spirit energy. As for the other five, Xiaotian has also absorbed a thousand years of spirit energy, but he should still be able to absorb about five hundred more years. The remaining four have reached their absorption limit, but they're still short by two hundred years. They've also killed soul beasts totaling less than ten thousand years, so I was planning to take them hunting for two-thousand-year soul beasts and then have them exit the platform immediately."
After killing soul beasts, spirit energy absorption would begin, but the process took one hundred seconds—just over a minute and a half. During this time, the energy could be stolen.
The method of stealing was simple: eliminate the opponent.
At this moment, the four students had absorbed spirit energy to their limits, but the total age of the soul beasts they had personally killed was still insufficient. Therefore, they needed to hunt a two-thousand-year soul beast, kill it instantly to increase their total to ten thousand years, and then exit the Spirit Ascension Platform before absorbing the spirit energy. This way, they could complete the task.
However, since the assessment criteria included both the total age of hunted soul beasts and survival time, Luo Guixing hadn't rushed them to leave.
Additionally, in their group, Luo Guixing, Xu Lizhi, and a student named Xiaotian only had a few hundred years of spirit energy absorption capacity left. If they didn't send the four teammates away soon, they wouldn't be able to help shoulder the excess spirit energy for their teammates.
And if they couldn't shoulder it, the excess energy would be wasted.
Fortunately, they had encountered Xu Yuan's group at this moment.
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