As soon as the match began, Sheng Feilong, Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan and Xie Xie charged at the second grade's students; All of them had already set their eyes on one target respectively. On the other side, the students of the second grade had also charged out and were on the right course to collide with the students from grade one.
Gu Yue and Xu Xiayan were attacking the backlines of the second grade with fireballs and icicles, respectively, holding their support and long ranged attackers at bay. Meanwhile, on the frontlines, Xie Xie and his opponent were the first to clash; Xie Xie's light golden dagger and his opponents transformed arm were clashing, neither backing down, when Xie Xie's opponent suddenly clasped his talon-like hand around the dagger and pulled Xie Xie to the side before striking at him with his free hand!
Xie Xie let himself be pulled forward, using the momentum to make another step forward and pull his opponent, Wong Wushuang, who still had his Light Dragon Dagger clasped in his talon, along with him, causing the latter to lightly lose his balance and miss his attack. Xie Xie pulled his dagger away from Wong Wushuang's talon and they began engaging in a high speed melee duel!
On the left side of the arena, Ye Xinglan and Yue Zhengyu met and both instantly activated their Spirit Souls; Three purple Soul Rings appeared behind Ye Xinglan while a shining, star shaped symbol appeared on her forehead and as she held a beautifully adorned longsword in her right hand. Behind Yue Zhengyu, three purple Soul Rings similarly appearing behind his back as a pair of pure white wings unfolded from his back and the aura he radiated spiked as a holy feeling lingered around him.
Yue Zhengyu's second Soul Ring lit up and a treasured holy sword formed from the light and consolidated in his hand; That was his second Soul Skill, the Holy Sword! Starlight gathered around Ye Xinglan's sword as she collided with Yue Zhengyu's holy sword and the holy light and starlight fiercely clashed for dominance, while the harsh sound of metal colliding shrieked through the arena. Taking a step back each, they began fiercely trading blows as they engaged in a swordfight with their aura's surging outwards, none of them giving in!
He Xiaopeng charged at Sheng Feilong with a flower like silver hammer manifesting in his hand. He struck out, both his hands holding onto the hammer, but he was intercepted by a terrifying golden coloured claw; Tang Wulin had stopped He Xiaopeng mid-charge with a single hand and stopped him from attacking Sheng Feilong! Both of their aura's surged as two yellow and one purple Soul Rings appeared behind He Xiaopeng , while a single golden Soul Ring floated behind Tang Wulin!
Sheng Feilong ignored Tang Wulin and He Xiaopeng as he continued to charge at Yuanen Yehui with his two shortswords in his hands. Suddenly, his pale golden eyes turned a deeper shade of gold while a the red, diamond shaped winged symbol appeared on his forehead. With his Radiant Emperor's Phantasmagoric Eyes activated, three purple Soul Rings appeared behind him and the second one abruptly lit up. While nothing obvious happened, Sheng Feilong's movements became more precise as he watched Yuanen Yehui transform from her slender figure into a burly, four metres tall Titan Giant Ape with thick brown fur covering her arms and upper body.
Just before the two of them met, four Soul Rings appeared behind Yuanen Yehui; Two yellow and two purple! The third Soul Ring lit up and her body suddenly inflated once more, reaching a height of 5 metres while her muscular arms became even thicker and stronger. Just as the second transformation finished, she suddenly struck out towards Sheng Feilong's head with her fist!
Sheng Feilong still had a cold and eerily calm expression on his face as Yuanen Yehui's fist neared his face. Under the effects of his second Soul Skill, Mental Detection, his 5 senses, perception and state of mind were exceptionally sharp. Tweaking his whole body ever so slightly, Yuanen Yehui's fist missed him, grazing and tearing part of his uniform in the process, but neither injuring nor slowing his charge in the slightest!
Tightening his grip on his shortswords, Sheng Feilong jumped into the air, striking out with both swords simultaneously as he aimed for Yuanen Yehui's throat, his cold eyes filled to the brim with killing intent! Yuanen Yehui was shocked and barely managed to protect her throat with her hand in an instinctive motion. Sheng Feilong's shortswords sliced at her hand, leaving deep, crimson marks on the back of her left hand and wrist, with blood oozing out of the wounds, before he kicked off her right arm, propelling himself back down to the ground again and piercing one of the swords forward to her waist!
The pain from the wounds of her hand made Yuanen Yehui instantly spike her concentration. She had underestimated Sheng Feilong greatly! Not only were his illusions problematic, his skill with the sword and mental fortitude were immense as well. Not to mention his decisiveness to instantly go for her throat with the clear intention to kill! She quickly jumped back, dodging the strike to her waist, but that only put her into a more disadvantageous position as Sheng Feilong was able to completely take the offensive now!
The audience from the second grade all sucked in a cold breath while the first grade cheered. Their class president, their strongest fighter, was suppressed in melee battle by a single member of the first grade! Moreover, they still didn't know what his Spirit Soul was while Yuanen Yehui had already activated her Spirit Soul and used one of her strongest Soul Skills!
The Holy Spirit Douluo was surprised at the show of Sheng Feilong's decisiveness. Although this was an actual combat between Soul Master, most of the students around their age would still not dare to go for vital points of their opponents because of the risk of injuries, but this boy didn't even flinch when a fist as big as his upper body aimed for his head and emotionlessly dodged it by a hair's breadth and then aimed for his opponents throat.
On another spot in the arena, Wong Wushuang and Xie Xie were vigorously fighting each other. Both of them had already just up quite a bit of Soul Power and had used multiple Soul Skills, but they were still evenly matched. Although Wong Wushuang's Soul Power and the level of his artificial Spirit Souls were superior to Xie Xie, the latter's strange dagger put a lot of pressure on his Spirit Soul. Moreover, he had a second, nearly invisible dagger in his left hand, further increasing the pressure Wong Wushuang had to bear.
Suddenly, a Soul Ring behind Xie Xie's back lit up again, and his body split into three, all of them armed with their own pair of daggers. Wong Wushuang wasn't as shocked as one would imagine, as he had already seen Xie Xie use this skill in the Entrance Exam. He quickly activated his third Soul Skill as a bunch of feathers on both of his arms turned into sharp, scaled versions of themselves! He swung both arms around, the scaled feather shooting out and aiming for the two Xie Xie's on his left and right, catching them off guard and piercing deep into their body, instantly killing them and forcing Xie Xie's Soul Skill to break!
Xie Xie groaned as the backslash of his Soul Skill breaking hit him unexpectedly. He staggered in his charge, giving Wong Wushuang the opportunity to close the distance between them as the latter struck out with his talons, aiming for Xie Xie's chest. Wong Wushuang was confident in this strike, but this confidence quickly dissipated when he saw Xie Xie smile lightly.
In the corner of his eye, Wong Wushuang saw another Xie Xie charge at him with the nearly invisible Shadow Dragon Dagger in his hand, that aimed for his heart! He stopped his charge in an instant, jumping away from the clone, only to have the real Xie Xie jump him with his Light Dragon Dagger, aiming for his heart again. Wong Wushuang clenched his teeth, but couldn't escape this time. Just as Xie Xie was about to pierce him, the Holy Spirit Douluo intervened, pulling Wong Wushuang down from the arena with her Soul Power, leaving Xie Xie alone on the arena. She smiled lightly, transmitting her voice over the whole audience.
"Wong Wushuang is herby eliminated. The fight will continue as normal."
Trying to find a new target, Xie Xie looked around on the arena and finally fixed his gaze onto Bai Henying, who was still desperately dodging the assault of Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan. But before that, he returned to their side of the arena, grabbing a Recovery Pork Bun from Xu Lizhi and ate it in three bites before grabbing another one and charging over to Bai Henying. Just as a bigger fireball, shot by Gu Yue, exploded on the ground near Bai Henying dissipated, Xie Xie jumped through the dust and smoke and attacked her!
He was about to hit her, but was quickly intercepted by one of the formerly unknown team members of the second grade. A sharp longsword attacked Xie Xie from the side and he barely managed to dodge it, the blade grazing and cutting his cheek. The owner of the sword was a tall and handsome young man with short black hair. More importantly was his sword, though; It looked oddly similar to Ye Xinglan's but the starlight surrounding it and the aura it radiated itself weren't as dense as strong. He was a member of the Ye Clan as well and his Spirit Soul is the Starsaint Sword!
The two of them were about to engage in battle, when He Xiaopeng suddenly flew over to them, crashing into the ground, bruised and beaten all over, while his flower like silver hammer wasn't in his hands anymore. Following closely behind him was Tang Wulin, who still looked as fine as at the beginning of the match; He had defeated He Xiaoping without much trouble, changing the match-up from a 7 versus 6 to a 7 versus 5 in the first grade's favour!