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"Tan Sa, eliminated by Jiang Nannan."
The broadcast announcement sounded again. Bei Bei, who was originally being besieged by two people, received timely support from Jiang Nannan at a critical moment.
Two four-ring Soul Ancestors fighting two three-ring Soul Elders was, of course, easy and comfortable.
Tan Sa was the Soul Elder with the Manticore martial soul; she was directly kicked unconscious by Jiang Nannan.
Soon, Bei Bei also seized an opportunity and, with a combination attack of Thunder's Fury and Thunder Dragon Claw, defeated She Yunfei of the Snake Lance martial soul.
"She Yunfei, eliminated by Bei Bei!"
As time went on, more and more broadcast announcements sounded.
Wang Dong encountered an old rival of her family, the Man-Faced Demon Spider. Butterfly versus spider was originally disadvantageous, but Wang Dong's family happened to be the nemesis of the Man-Faced Demon Spider.
As a result, the opponent fell for Wang Dong's feint to lure the enemy deeper and was countered by her Butterfly God's Slash at a critical moment.
"Liang Mo, eliminated by Wang Dong."
"Ji Hongran, eliminated by Dai Huabin."
"Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, eliminated by He Caitou."
The number of people was dwindling. Yuwen Tuo was the first to arrive at the central plaza. However, he seemed to have heard some bad news.
Cao Jinxuan was actually eliminated by Xu He.
Xu He was He Caitou. He was a soul engineer. Before a soul master reached Soul Sage, when fighting a soul engineer, the soul engineer usually had the advantage.
Cao Jinxuan had only been training with Yuwen Tuo for a short time and had only learned one set of finger techniques, barely at an introductory level. Against He Caitou's fixed-mounted soul tool cannons, he couldn't get close at all, let alone use acupoint attacks. His loss was within reason.
"Eliminated, huh? That's fine too. This Soul Master Tournament isn't that friendly. It's safer for you to stay here and cultivate properly," Yuwen Tuo thought. "Then, let's speed things up a bit. I can't wait to leave this damn place sooner!"
Yuwen Tuo stood in the very center of the maze plaza, slowly raising the Flame Annihilation Blade in his hand. Endless firelight converged onto his blade.
At this moment, even teachers like Mu Jin and Zhou Yi, who had reached six rings, felt somewhat apprehensive.
Mu Jin said, "Hey, Zhou Yi, what is your class's Yuwen Tuo planning to do?"
"Ghost knows!" Zhou Yi replied. Ever since she started teaching the class, she had never paid any attention to this Yuwen Tuo. How would she know what tricks he had up his sleeve?
"Blazing Saber Art, Second Stance, Sea of Fire and Mountain of Blades Stance!" Yuwen Tuo's eyes flickered with firelight as he slashed down.
Flames surged in all directions like a prairie fire.
There were currently eight entrances to the central plaza. The eight streams of fire unleashed by Yuwen Tuo's single slash burst through those eight entrances, madly rushing towards every corner of the entire maze.
"How could this be? He wants to launch a large-scale attack in the central area? To cover the entire maze with flames? But this maze is constantly changing," Mu Jin finally figured out Yuwen Tuo's intention. She was both shocked by his method and found it impractical.
"No!" Xuan Zi took a sip of wine. "Fire, like water, has the characteristic of being able to penetrate anywhere."
That's right, those raised walls couldn't block Yuwen Tuo's fire at all. As long as there was a gap, his fire would surge through.
By now, the field had already shrunk considerably, perfectly matching the coverage area of Yuwen Tuo's Sea of Fire and Mountain of Blades Stance.
A soul master wielding a nine-toothed rake was fighting but was caught off guard and covered by endless firelight.
"Tian Peng, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
His opponent seemed to have not escaped either.
"Zhao Xueya, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
Then,
"Ning Tian, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
"Wu Feng, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
"Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
Under the indiscriminate attack, Yuwen Tuo went on a complete killing spree.
Gui Jiankui and Mu Shengsheng, who were originally fighting Xiao Xiao, both stopped their attacks. They never expected this Yuwen Tuo to be so formidable.
Was this a soul battle? It was clearly a Musou-style mowing down of enemies!
It was said that this person doted on Xiao Xiao very much. If they targeted her again, the consequences...
However, it was too late for them to regret it now. The sea of fire created by Yuwen Tuo was surging towards them.
Gui Jiankui said, as if she had truly seen a ghost, "Is this Yuwen Tuo crazy? Xiao Xiao is also here. Does he intend to eliminate Xiao Xiao as well?"
"Hmph, Tuo Tuo wouldn't treat me like that!" Xiao Xiao, however, was very confident, showing no fear in the face of this vast sea of fire.
The sea of fire engulfed Gui Jiankui and Mu Shengsheng, but just as it was about to hit Xiao Xiao, it suddenly veered around her and surged behind her.
"This Yuwen Tuo, he can't see Xiao Xiao, yet he can still identify her so accurately. How did he do it?"
This time, it wasn't just those six-ring Soul Emperor teachers; even the Titled Douluo-level deans, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo, showed looks of horror.
The coins in Qian Duoduo's hand had already fallen to the ground, yet he forgot to pick them up. This was something that would absolutely never happen to him, who normally cherished money as much as life.
If he had known this Yuwen Tuo was so ridiculously strong, he should have tried to snatch him during the Sea God Pavilion meeting that day.
Xuan Zi sighed, "This Yuwen Tuo's control over his martial soul has already reached a state of perfection."
Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi gathered together. Xu Sanshi set up a shield formation to protect all three of them. "My heavens, there's actually such a formidable fellow in the Outer Courtyard! Bei Bei, now I believe that when you lost to Yuwen Tuo back then, you truly didn't lose unjustly at all."
"Look at my defensive soul tool!" He Caitou also had a defensive soul tool and barely managed to withstand the attack of this sea of fire.
But while these four-ring Soul Ancestors had ways, those at three rings were completely miserable.
"Netherworld White Tiger!" Dai Huabin met up with Zhu Lu in time. Relying on their martial soul fusion skill, they managed to withstand Yuwen Tuo's attack.
The rest...
"Mu Shengsheng, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
"Gui Jiankui, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
"Chen Chengzuan, eliminated by Yuwen Tuo."
"Ten people remaining!"
The broadcast announcements resounded repeatedly, shocking the entire academy.
"Gulp!" Someone subconsciously swallowed.
Yuwen Tuo's one Sea of Fire and Mountain of Blades Stance had actually eliminated over twenty people in one go, reducing the number to nearly single digits.
Xuan Zi took a sip of wine and said silently, "This Yuwen Tuo is already invincible at the same rank. Soul Elders would absolutely be insta-killed by his single slash. Soul Ancestors, I'm afraid, could only withstand one more slash if they were lucky. Only Soul Kings could barely contend with him for a bit!"
Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and the others who had originally been sent flying by Yuwen Tuo's slash were still somewhat indignant, but hearing Elder Xuan's evaluation of him, they couldn't help but be completely convinced. What could they blame? They couldn't blame him for being too strong.
Yan Shaozhe grumbled inwardly, "It's really strange. His pure fire martial soul absorbed so much evil fire, why wasn't it crippled? Instead, it became stronger and stronger. Could it be that he has mastered the true cultivation method for a pure fire martial soul?"
Yuwen Tuo had always harbored dissatisfaction towards the academy; he could see that. The stronger Yuwen Tuo became now, the more uneasy Yan Shaozhe felt.