Let's rewind the clock slightly.
Shortly after Wang Dong and Nanmen Yun'er began their confrontation, Huo Yuhao also started his clash with Wu Feng.
As soon as the distance between them closed to within five meters, Wu Feng's two soul rings lit up simultaneously. Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Fury were unleashed together, the scorching flames carrying Wu Feng's anger towards Huo Yuhao.
She had long found Huo Yuhao annoying, whether it was his casual attitude when talking to Ning Tian or the equal partnership he had formed with Ning Tian, both of which made her extremely displeased.
This time, she finally had a legitimate opportunity to beat up Huo Yuhao. Ever since she heard the news yesterday, she had been itching for a fight, eager to give it a go.
She didn't believe Huo Yuhao had the ability to resist her. After all, he was just a soul engineer. No matter how strong he was in the field of soul tools, without them, he was just a weakling.
Thus, her scorching dragon claws collided with Huo Yuhao's tiger claws.
"!"
Both bodies stiffened simultaneously.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but take two steps back. Although he blocked the invasion of flames with the White Tiger Protection Barrier, Wu Feng, with her strength amplified by the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, was still slightly superior to him in terms of pure power.
However, at this prime opportunity to press the advantage, Wu Feng stood rooted to the spot, not taking any further action immediately. Her gaze was clearly somewhat vacant, as if her soul had been lost.
Seeing this scene, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up.
It worked. The path of integrating soul power and spiritual power was indeed feasible.
The punch he just threw had been infused with the results of his cultivation over the past two months.
If he had only relied on the small amount of spiritual power attached to the White Tiger Protection Barrier, it would have been impossible for Wu Feng, who had unleashed her second soul skill, to be affected to this extent.
In that case, the upcoming freshman assessment was practically a sure thing.
Huo Yuhao suppressed the excitement in his heart, took two steps forward, and swung his fist again.
It was then that Wu Feng finally snapped back to reality. Seeing the fist that had somehow arrived in front of her, she was clearly a bit stunned. Subconsciously, she raised her hand to protect her face.
"Thud!"
A muffled sound rang out, and Wu Feng was directly sent flying this time. Because her spiritual power was impacted again, she couldn't even successfully execute a breakfall. She rolled several times on the ground before finally breaking free from the dizziness effect.
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Before she could get up, Huo Yuhao was in front of her again, sweeping out his leg like a sharp whip, striking Wu Feng's body.
Wu Feng was completely disoriented, utterly confused about what was happening. Her usually fiery temper was subdued; she was already using all her strength just to defend, let alone launch an offensive.
Just then, she felt a familiar gaze.
Turning her head, she saw Ning Tian looking at her in surprise, as if asking why she was being beaten like this.
Wu Feng immediately felt a surge of shame and anger. Being seen in such a state by the young master she respected the most was incredibly difficult for her to accept.
But at the same time, a sudden thought flashed in her mind, and she shouted towards Ning Tian:
"Young Master! He used some unknown method to make my consciousness unable to focus, help me!"
"!"
Hearing this, Ning Tian nodded sharply, her second soul ring lit up, and another beam of light shot towards Wu Feng.
Her second soul skill was called "Release," and its effect was to remove special statuses caused by enemy skills.
Since Wu Feng said that Huo Yuhao had used some unknown method to cause an abnormal status on her, using this soul skill was surely the right move.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao had also rushed back in front of Wu Feng, raising his hand, ready to strike down.
Wu Feng's lips curled into a sinister grin. She protected her chest with both hands, preparing to withstand this blow before finishing off Huo Yuhao.
In her opinion, Huo Yuhao was only able to fight her by relying on his ability to stun her. With Ning Tian's assistance, her combat power was almost on par with Soul Venerables like Dai Huabin, let alone a Great Soul Master like Huo Yuhao.
As long as she could stay conscious, a mere Huo Yuhao posed no threat to her at all.
But the moment Huo Yuhao's fist touched her hands, her smile vanished, her expression became vacant again, and she once again lost the ability to think under the impact of spiritual power.
For some reason, Ning Tian's second soul skill had completely failed to work.
Subsequently, Huo Yuhao gave her no chance to resist, directly grabbing her neck and pinning her to the ground, his tiger claws half-extended and pressed against her tender skin.
In this state, the slightest movement could result in her neck being pierced by the tiger claws.
She had lost.
In reality, Huo Yuhao had had the opportunity to subdue her earlier; he had only prolonged the fight because he wanted to test the power of his new move.
Now that he had received a satisfactory answer, there was no need to waste any more time with Wu Feng.
Wu Feng, who had come back to her senses, fell into a daze for a completely different reason after realizing her predicament.
She couldn't believe that she had actually lost to this man.
But the sharp sensation of the tiger claws against her neck kept reminding her of the cruel reality.
Huo Yuhao paid no attention to the dispirited Wu Feng. Seeing that she had regained consciousness, he let go and went to help Zhu Yun and Wang Dong.
In a three-on-one situation, even with Ning Tian's assistance, Nanmen Yun'er was no match for Huo Yuhao and the others. Thus, in less than ten seconds, she was defeated.
The battle ended with Huo Yuhao's group achieving an overwhelming victory.
Ning Tian pulled the seemingly soul-lost Wu Feng up from the ground, walked over to Huo Yuhao, looked him directly in the eyes, and asked:
"Consider it a favor I owe you, tell me why my second soul skill didn't work? How did you do it?"
The turning point of this match was undoubtedly with Huo Yuhao and Wu Feng. As the strongest frontline combatants of the two teams, whichever side won would significantly tip the scales of victory.
And in Ning Tian's view, her second soul skill failing to have the expected effect was one of the direct reasons for Wu Feng's defeat.
Huo Yuhao smiled slightly.
"If I'm not mistaken, your soul skill can only remove the effects of stunning soul skills, but it can't wake up someone who's been knocked out, right? It's the same principle."
"...I see."
Ning Tian nodded thoughtfully.
Just as Huo Yuhao said, the effect of her second soul skill was to remove negative effects, not to restore injuries.
Hitting someone with a brick and hitting someone with a stunning soul skill might both cause unconsciousness, but she could remove the latter, while she was powerless against the former.
The reason Wu Feng was stunned for two seconds after taking a punch wasn't because the punch had a stunning effect, but because the punch caused an impact on her spirit, which indirectly led to the scene that just occurred.
In other words, Wu Feng fell into that state because she was attacked, not because she was controlled.
It was just a pity that even knowing the reason, Ning Tian didn't know how to deal with Huo Yuhao's strange fighting style.