Hearing Oscar's reminder, Zhao Wuji chuckled as two yellow, two purple, and three black soul rings—seven in total—slowly rose from his body: "Zhao Wuji, Martial Soul: Vajra Bear, seventy-eighth level Assault-type Battle Soul Saint."
"Xiao Ao, thanks for the reminder. I've decided to remind you too—today's sparring match isn't like before. This time I won't deliberately suppress my strength. I'll fight however I want."
Hearing this, Oscar and Ma Hongjun felt no fear—instead, their fighting spirit ignited.
To be honest, both of them wanted to know where their limits lay.
Oscar and Ma Hongjun wasted no more words. Oscar slowly raised his left hand, and a sky-blue jade sword appeared in his grip. Two yellow and one purple soul rings rose from his body.
"Oscar, Martial Soul: Sky Blue Spirit Jade Sword, thirty-seventh level Assault-type Battle Soul Grandmaster."
Intense flames erupted from Ma Hongjun's body. Amidst a resonant phoenix cry, a pair of fire wings appeared on his back. The fire wings beat, and Ma Hongjun's figure suddenly ascended, immediately reaching a height of thirty meters above the ground.
Two yellow and one purple soul rings also rose from Ma Hongjun's body, and his voice came from high above: "Ma Hongjun, Martial Soul: Evil Fire Phoenix, thirty-fifth level Assault-type Battle Soul Grandmaster."
Behind them, Dugu Yan's green hair danced freely, and a green rhombus crystal quietly appeared on her brow.
Accompanied by a green glow, Dugu Yan's straight legs beneath her dress transformed into a swaying snake tail. Her green pupils became vertical slits, staring coldly at Zhao Wuji.
"Dugu Yan, Martial Soul: Jade Scale Snake, thirty-fifth level Control-type Battle Soul Grandmaster."
Two yellow and one purple soul rings slowly rose from Dugu Yan's body as she swayed her snake tail behind Oscar, giving off a sense of oppression as if waiting for the right moment to strike.
After releasing their martial souls, Oscar took out a green pill from his soul tool and consumed it.
This was a pill secretly made by Dugu Yan. Only by consuming this could one avoid being affected by her first two soul skills while still enjoying their supportive effects.
As for the second sausage Ma Hongjun had consumed earlier, Oscar had already secretly hidden the pill inside it.
Zhao Wuji looked at Oscar, who appeared serious and alert, and his smile grew even wider.
He knew the three children before him were all geniuses—young but already at the Soul Grandmaster level. But Old Zhao loved nothing more than training geniuses.
"Come on! Let me see your strength. If you can't satisfy me, then..." Zhao Wuji chuckled, but before he could finish, Oscar had already launched an attack.
Oscar's jade sword danced through the air, turning ice-blue in the process. He suddenly slashed an ice-moon strike toward Zhao Wuji.
"Sword Stance—Frost Moon Sword Art Fourth Form—Cold Star Flying Moon!"
The ice-moon carried endless cold and a sharp sword intent that seemed capable of freezing one's heart as it attacked Zhao Wuji's face. Old Zhao wasn't surprised by Oscar's sudden attack—this kid had never followed conventional rules since he was little.
A bright yellow light shield suddenly condensed on Zhao Wuji's body—his first soul skill, the Immovable King Body.
At the same time, Zhao Wuji raised his bear paw and directly slapped out. Terrifying soul power condensed above it, and the immense force directly shattered Oscar's sword stance. The cold sword qi only left a bit of ice residue on his bear paw.
Zhao Wuji chuckled and charged directly toward Oscar, raising his bear paw to strike down at him.
At this moment, Ma Hongjun dove down from above, directly unleashing his Phoenix Fire Line at Zhao Wuji. The fire line carried terrifying momentum and high temperature, shooting straight toward Zhao Wuji's face.
Zhao Wuji's expression suddenly changed as soul power rapidly condensed on his body to defend against Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line.
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan opened her small mouth and spat out two streams of red and blue mist. Under the full release of her thirty-fifth level soul power, the mist instantly filled the entire fighting platform.
Oscar didn't resist this mist. The moment it appeared, he directly inhaled it. After inhaling the mist, Oscar felt his entire body tremble. His external soul bone had already boosted his attack and strength by fifty percent.
Now, with the enhancement from Dugu Yan's two soul skills, he received another significant boost.
Dugu Yan's first soul skill was called Jade Scale Red Poison. Its effect could increase allies' attack and speed by thirty percent, while making enemies irritable and slow-thinking.
Her second soul skill, Jade Scale Blue Poison, could provide allies with a fifty percent defense increase while eliminating pain. For enemies, it paralyzed their nerves and made their movements sluggish.
Both of these soul skills were extremely powerful in terms of both support and restriction capabilities. However, Oscar didn't understand why the original work hadn't described these two soul skills in detail.
Just the first skill alone could instantly boost attack and speed by thirty percent—already impressive enough. And the second skill's fifty percent defense boost was something even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda required reaching above level forty to achieve.
Yet the original work didn't mention the power and utility of Dugu Yan's soul skill at all, only briefly introducing its effects.
Under the dual enhancement of his soul bone and Dugu Yan's support, Oscar's aura instantly surged. The jade sword in his hand was held horizontally, transforming from ice-blue to crimson red in the process.
Oscar slashed out, and a terrifying flame sword qi suddenly flew forth, locking onto Zhao Wuji together with Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line.
"Sword Stance—Fire Element Heaven Slash!"
The flames derived from the fusion of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Fire Apricot Fruit, approaching extreme attributes, were unleashed simultaneously with Ma Hongjun's phoenix flames. The terrifying energy locked onto Zhao Wuji from two directions.
Facing these two majestic flame attacks, the corner of Zhao Wuji's mouth lifted. Soul power surged as his aura intensified once more. He raised his massive bear paw, brown-yellow light swirling above it, and slapped out at both attacks.
Oscar's flame sword qi was directly dispersed by one palm strike, and Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line was also broken.
This was his second soul skill: Vajra Palm!
Facing Zhao Wuji's simple yet flawless defense, Oscar wasn't surprised. After all, the current Zhao Wuji hadn't suppressed his soul power level. His terrifying strength at seventy-eighth level was completely beyond what Oscar and Ma Hongjun could match.
If Zhao Wuji wanted to, Oscar and Ma Hongjun wouldn't even have a chance to harm him before being directly caught.
However, Zhao Wuji wouldn't directly use his full strength. Instead, he gradually increased his power according to Oscar and Ma Hongjun's attack methods. This way, he could best understand their true current strength.
After blocking Oscar and Ma Hongjun's attacks, before Zhao Wuji could counterattack, Oscar had already appeared before him. The jade sword in his hand had turned from crimson to sky-blue, and he slashed toward Zhao Wuji's face.
Rich soul power light flowed on Zhao Wuji's bear paw as he directly engaged in close combat with Oscar.
Ma Hongjun in the air didn't continue releasing his Phoenix Fire Line. Instead, he dove toward Zhao Wuji, dense fire elements gathering on his right foot, suddenly forming a massive phoenix claw.
"Flame Phoenix—Phoenix Seal!"
A terrifying massive claw imprint came toward Zhao Wuji from behind. The jade sword in Oscar's hand instantly turned ice-blue, suddenly erupting with endless cold sword qi.
"Frost Moon Sword Art Third Form: Frost Splendor Fills the Sky!"
Countless sword qi like frost flowers and moons crisscrossed the sky, directly facing Zhao Wuji.
Zhao Wuji sneered at this: "You brats, trying to pull this on Old Zhao? You're still too green!"
Then soul power violently surged from Zhao Wuji's body. Light flowed on both bear paws as he slapped toward the frost-filled sky, while simultaneously kicking behind him.
Facing the fully unleashed Zhao Wuji, Oscar and Ma Hongjun's attacks were once again blocked. And in the next moment, Zhao Wuji didn't give them another chance.
Zhao Wuji's gaze suddenly locked onto Oscar, and the soul rings on his body suddenly flickered.
A sharp gaze directly locked onto Oscar, while a terrifying energy simultaneously locked onto Ma Hongjun. A horrifying pressure descended!
What locked onto Oscar was Zhao Wuji's fourth soul skill, called Position Tracking. It could not only lock onto enemies but also allow for short-distance rapid movement, achieving precise strikes on targets.
What brought Ma Hongjun enormous pressure was his third soul skill, called Gravity Control. Through the manipulation of gravity, he could control and apply pressure from a distance—it was one of the natural counters to flying soul masters.
The moment he was locked onto, Oscar knew something was wrong. If Zhao Wuji made a precise strike, even he might not be able to withstand the attack.
So in an instant, Oscar directly took out a Swift as Wind Swallow Intestine from his soul tool and consumed it. White wings instantly condensed on his back. As the wings beat, he suddenly flew toward the high sky at a speed that even exceeded Ma Hongjun's flame jet acceleration!
This was something Zhao Wuji hadn't expected. When he had asked Gai Yue about Oscar's third soul skill before, Gai Yue had always kept it secret, only telling them that Oscar's third soul skill was very powerful and had a very special effect.
Now seeing this scene, Zhao Wuji instantly understood what Oscar's third soul skill was, and it indeed surprised him.
Flight ability was something most soul masters didn't possess. Apart from flying soul masters, ordinary soul masters who wanted flight ability needed to at least reach the Soul Saint realm before they could use their powerful soul power foundation to achieve short-distance flight.
For soul masters with non-flying martial souls to truly possess flight ability, they needed to cultivate to the Title Douluo realm.
Now Oscar's third soul skill was flight ability, and the speed he had just burst out with far exceeded that of agility-type soul masters at the same level. This was undoubtedly something Zhao Wuji hadn't anticipated.
The Vajra Palm that had been ready to strike at Oscar suddenly lost its target. Zhao Wuji instantly locked onto Ma Hongjun behind him, who was being suppressed by his gravity.
At this moment, Ma Hongjun had just tried to take off but was suppressed by an enormous gravity. However, his reaction wasn't slow. After discovering he was being suppressed, even more intense flames erupted from his body. The instant burst increased Ma Hongjun's speed and flight power, allowing him to break free from Zhao Wuji's gravity suppression.
But before he could fly out of Zhao Wuji's gravity control range, a terrifying squeezing force suddenly made Ma Hongjun stumble, his flight becoming unstable.
This was Zhao Wuji's fifth soul skill: Gravity Squeeze. It was also gravity control, but unlike the third soul skill's Gravity Control which was a suppression skill, this was an actual attack skill.
By controlling gravity to create enormous squeezing force, if Zhao Wuji used his full strength, he could instantly crush Ma Hongjun.
But even though Zhao Wuji had held back much of his power, Ma Hongjun instantly lost his ability to resist and fell from the sky.
Zhao Wuji's thinking was simple—if he couldn't take out Oscar first, taking out Ma Hongjun was just as good.
The Vajra Palm, having charged for so long, was finally aimed at the falling Ma Hongjun.
Seeing no escape, Ma Hongjun desperately shouted to Oscar in the sky: "Boss, save me!"
Just as Ma Hongjun's words fell, a terrifying sword qi filled with ice and fire descended from the sky—Oscar's attack.
"Sword Stance—Ice and Fire Dual Extremes!"
The terrifying sword qi wrapped in near-extreme ice and flames—if this hit landed on Zhao Wuji, it could make him suffer.
Sensing the attack from above, Zhao Wuji helplessly sighed. The Vajra Palm originally aimed at Ma Hongjun changed direction again, slapping toward Oscar's sword qi attack.
The bear paw and ice-fire sword qi collided, and the ice-fire sword qi suddenly exploded. Terrifying ice and fire elements spread, causing frostbite and burn injuries on Zhao Wuji's bear paw.
However, Zhao Wuji was a Soul Saint after all. Although his bear paw was hit by Oscar's attack, relying on his profound soul power defense, his palm itself wasn't injured.
Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun heavily fell to the ground. Without Zhao Wuji's gravity squeeze, his entire body instantly erupted with endless flames. The fire wings on his back beat as he shot into the clouds, not daring to enter Zhao Wuji's attack range again.
Seeing both brats escape his attack range, Zhao Wuji's gaze instantly locked onto Dugu Yan not far away.
Seeing Zhao Wuji look at her, Dugu Yan didn't panic at all. A smile appeared on her beautiful face as she opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of green poisonous mist. The mist instantly spread throughout the area—terrifying Jade Scale Snake Emperor poison came surging forth.
This was Dugu Yan's third soul skill—Jade Scale Snake Emperor Poison!
Dugu Yan's third soul ring came from a three-thousand-year Jade Scale Snake. This Jade Scale Snake was absorbed by Dugu Yan across levels, completely unleashing her Jade Scale Snake poison. Her third soul skill could be called an absolutely powerful poison-attribute soul skill.
Within the range of the Jade Scale Snake Emperor Poison, unless one had consumed her secret pills or had a body immune to all poisons like Oscar, one would dissolve into a puddle of pus within a short time due to the deadly poison entering the body.
Even without being inhaled, the deadly poison on the skin surface would cause it to ulcerate, then enter the body through the blood.
If facing a soul master at the same level, it would be basically impossible to resist Dugu Yan's third soul skill's deadly poison. Soul masters at the same level couldn't match the soul power foundation of Dugu Yan who had absorbed her soul ring across levels, so soul power body protection was also basically impossible.
Unless the soul power level exceeded Dugu Yan by at least five levels, or one's martial soul itself possessed extremely strong poison resistance.
Of course, all of this meant nothing to Zhao Wuji. With his terrifying seventy-eighth level soul power, as long as he didn't actively inhale Dugu Yan's deadly poison, he basically wouldn't be affected.
Because the gap in soul power between Dugu Yan and him was too large, the deadly poison couldn't even break through his soul power protection, let alone enter his body.
However, Dugu Yan still released her third soul skill. Although she had expected it wouldn't be effective against Zhao Wuji, her purpose was only to restrict him somewhat.
After releasing her third soul skill, she took out a sausage and consumed it. Then white wings condensed on her back, just like Oscar's, and she shot into the sky, escaping Zhao Wuji's soul skill lock range.
Seeing this, Zhao Wuji, who had been moving toward Dugu Yan, stopped in his tracks, looking helplessly at the three people in the sky.
"You brat, what do you mean by this?" Zhao Wuji said speechlessly.
Oscar smiled: "There's no choice, Teacher Zhao. None of us three are your opponents, so we had to resort to this."