"What the hell is this vine? It won't even cut!"
"My flames don't work either—it won't burn at all!"
"Why are there so many?!"
The sudden eruption of the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine from underground enveloped the entire area like a forest, forming an impenetrable wall.
Each vine shimmered like starlight, translucent and radiant like blue crystal. There were so many that they couldn't even be counted, and they continued to grow rapidly, whipping and twisting toward the students.
A crowd of male and female students cried out in alarm and fury, unleashing soul skills one after another—
Some tried to beat or slice the vines with sticks, blades, or axes. Others launched attacks using fire, wind blades, or energy blasts.
All in an attempt to destroy or sever the approaching Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vines.
But the vines—coated in icy blue and crimson-red patterns, with lightning sigils streaked across their surface—were far tougher than anyone could have imagined. They were resilient beyond reason, seemingly immune to both blade and flame.
Every attack—whether physical or elemental—was rendered completely ineffective.
This left the students utterly hopeless and furious, their shouts of frustration rising into the air.
Off to the side—
The spectators watched in stunned silence as Ye Yu summoned his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine, then effortlessly filled the area with a forest of vines.
What?!
Even if you're a Spirit Elder, how can you summon so many vines without draining your soul power?
This defied common sense.
Had Ye Yu used up all his soul power in one go?
What they didn't know was—
Ye Yu's first soul skill, Undying Root, and second soul skill, Starlight Absorption, drastically reduced the soul power consumption of his martial soul when summoning vines.
Undying Root enhanced the growth and regeneration of the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine.
Starlight Absorption allowed the vines to absorb ambient energy and convert it into soul power, feeding it back into Ye Yu's body.
This made Ye Yu's soul power far more efficient than that of a normal spirit master.
If the average spirit master used soul power by the gram—
Then Ye Yu used it by the kilogram.
That was the difference.
Within the forest of vines—
The students who had tried to flatter and cozy up to Yu Tianheng now found themselves overwhelmed. They couldn't cut or destroy even a single vine—
They hadn't even triggered the second-stage regenerative ability of the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine.
In despair, they were struck repeatedly by the crystalline vines—
Faces bruised and bloodied, noses bleeding, and some even losing teeth.
In the end, they were bound up like dumplings, helpless and humiliated.
The countless vines began twisting and coiling together—
Forming a massive tree-like column, over five meters wide, that soared upward from the earth.
It grew more than ten meters tall in an instant.
A dozen students—bruised, battered, and bound—now hung upside-down from the canopy, like strange fruits dangling from a tree.
Some screamed in terror.
Some fainted.
Some even wet themselves.
"Holy sh*t!"
Outside the crowd—
Seeing that towering crystalline tree formed from countless vines, with beaten students dangling from its branches—
Yu Feng, from the Wind Chime Bird Clan, widened his eyes in shock and cursed outright.
"What kind of monster is this guy?!"
"He's really just a Spirit Elder? How does he have that much soul power?"
"And his martial soul really must have evolved. Those guys tried to cut, burn, and destroy it, but nothing worked—it must be at the level of a high-grade martial soul now."
"A plant-type martial soul like that should consume massive amounts of soul power to maintain so many summoned vines!"
"How is he summoning so many of these blue crystal-like vines?! Does he have unlimited soul power?"
"And he even manipulated them to form a massive tree and hang people from it?"
"That kind of control is insane."
"No wonder he was able to win over Dugu Yan—and even has such a close relationship with Ye Lingling."
"This guy... he's definitely a hidden monster."
Beside him, Oslo, and the Shi Mo brothers were equally stunned—
Shocked by the forest of vines and the colossal tree Ye Yu had just created.
"Damn it... this guy!!"
Yu Tianheng had thought that Ye Yu's arrogance would come back to bite him.
He believed that challenging so many people alone would surely leave Ye Yu battered and humiliated—
And that Dugu Yan would have to step in and save him.
Then he could swoop in, expose Ye Yu's weakness, and show Dugu Yan who truly matched her in status.
But instead—
Ye Yu had crushed those people like brittle twigs.
Yu Tianheng's face turned cold. His heart was filled with shock and rage.
Unbelievable.
Wasn't Ye Yu just a commoner with a waste martial soul—Blue Silver Grass—and only Rank 1 innate soul power?
Even if that martial soul evolved twice—
How powerful could it be?
But these crystal-blue vines...
How could they be so durable that even swords and fire couldn't cut or burn them?
Was this a joke?!
Regardless of his disbelief, the facts were in front of him.
But Yu Tianheng wasn't willing to give up.
No—
He had to make sure Dugu Yan saw the truth:
He was the one who was truly compatible with her. The one she should be with.
Gritting his teeth, Yu Tianheng's eyes flared with anger.
He made up his mind:
He would challenge Ye Yu.
He would prove with his strength that he was superior.
Yes, Ye Yu had demonstrated his power just now—
A massive number of vine summons, as resilient as a Blue Silver Forest, virtually indestructible by blade or flame.
But in Yu Tianheng's eyes—
Those students were them. He was him.
Those students who tried to suck up to him?
At best, their martial souls were mid-tier. Their soul power levels topped out around Spirit Grandmaster.
But Yu Tianheng's martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—a top-tier beast-type martial soul.
His soul power had already reached Spirit Elder (Rank 31–40).
And once Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Masters reached Spirit Elder, they gained dragonification—
An inherent enhancement skill, essentially a built-in amplification soul skill.
With that kind of advantage—how could he possibly lose?!
This round—
The advantage is mine!
"Ye Yu! I challenge you!"
On the far end of the training field—
Looking at Ye Yu standing beside the towering Blue Silver Spirit Jade Vine Tree, Yu Tianheng took a deep breath, stepped forward, and issued his challenge.
Ye Yu blinked in surprise.
He hadn't expected Yu Tianheng to approach so directly.
"Ah Yu, you don't need to accept him!"
Beside him, Dugu Yan frowned, her delicate brows tightening. She gave a light huff and wrapped her jade-like hand around Ye Yu's arm—
Ready to lead him away.
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