165: You can't beat him, run!

In his detached villa, a burst of inspiration left Lu Yuan struggling to contain his excitement.

The power of fusing two elemental Spirit Skills was already this terrifying.

Wouldn't fusing three, four, or even six elemental Spirit Skills make him take off?!

"Let's go to the testing grounds." Lu Yuan made an immediate decision.

He definitely couldn't conduct the experiments here; if he accidentally blew up the villa, he would have to pay for it.

"In the thousand years since the spiritual energy resurgence, Practitioners have awakened at most five attributes. You've broken history!"

On the way to the testing grounds, Tang Jinghui was filled with emotion.

According to his speculation, Lu Yuan was far from just integrating five calamities at once.

Once he broke through to the Transcendent Realm, he would be able to integrate more calamities to gain even more attributes!

By then, Lu Yuan would be a nine-attribute Practitioner in the true sense!

The testing grounds, as the name suggests, were a place specifically for testing Spirit Skills.

It was a vast open space, with several giant stone pillars standing all around.

Each pillar emitted a dark, obsidian glow.

"Hello, Principal."

"Good afternoon, Principal."

"Mhm, practicing Spirit Skills is important, but don't neglect close combat either." Lu Yuan responded to the students greeting him with his hands behind his back.

"You really look the part." Tang Jinghui teased with a smile.

And it had to be said, Lu Yuan really had the air of a leader when facing the students.

It was just a pity that he was too young; many students at the testing grounds were generally older than Lu Yuan.

Yet, the students looked at Lu Yuan with respect.

"A Law Realm Six-Star! Even Ren Mingjie, the number one person at our Pengcheng University, has only just broken through to the Law Realm!"

"How else could Lu Yuan have become the principal? Trading 10 million credits for one month as principal—I'd be thanking the heavens if I could scrape together 1 million credits by the time I graduate."

"Why is the principal at the testing grounds? Testing a Spirit Skill?"

The students discussed it amongst themselves.

Their respect for Lu Yuan mainly stemmed from two reasons.

Lu Yuan was strong—a Law Realm Six-Star Practitioner who had replaced Ren Mingjie as the number one person at Pengcheng University.

Secondly, Lu Yuan had resolved the urgent crisis at Pengcheng University, and the martial arts masters from the Zhenbang Martial Arts Hall were now teaching the students even more diligently.

After all, even though it was agreed that the first two months would be free, he had now paid them half a year's salary in one go!

"The testing grounds are divided into a student area and an instructor area. Let's go to the instructor area," Tang Jinghui said.

He was just as excited as Lu Yuan!

The student area was only for testing the power of Spirit Skills below the Transcendent Realm.

No matter how a Law Realm Professional blasts their Spirit Skill, they wouldn't damage the stone pillars.

Although Lu Yuan was also in the Law Realm, Tang Jinghui felt it was safer to go to the instructor area.

Bang! Bang! Bang—

The sounds of explosions were incessant, and there were clearly fewer people in the instructor area.

However, many students had followed them, all standing outside the safety line.

"Just blast the Spirit Skill at the stone pillar." Tang Jinghui held a notebook, recording seriously.

Lu Yuan looked at the giant stone pillar in front of him.

"Begin the test. First, the three-attribute Fusion Spirit Skill," Tang Jinghui said.

Spirit Skill fusion was not dangerous, so he let Lu Yuan try it with confidence.

Except, of course, if the attributes were conflicting.

Under the watchful eyes of the students, three symbols—Poison, Blood, and Demon—flickered between Lu Yuan's brows.

Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Plague Cloud

Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Blood Array Imprisonment

Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skill: Demonic Qi Surging

He instantly unleashed the three Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skills, and after fusing them, they rushed toward the stone pillar at the speed of light!

"Seriously, man, can you stop saying Lu Yuan replaced me as the number one person at Pengcheng University every other sentence? It makes me seem like I'm really weak."

A young man of about twenty-one or twenty-two, dressed in a white tracksuit, looked speechless.

Ren Mingjie had been feeling very uncomfortable lately.

He had finally broken through to the Law Realm, only to have all the limelight stolen by Lu Yuan, who had become the principal.

Furthermore, whether it was the seniors or the juniors, they were all comparing him to Lu Yuan!

The point was, he wasn't weak; he was at least in the top three among the number one students of the Five Great Top Academies.

"Geez." Ren Mingjie complained repeatedly; one would think he was some insignificant nobody.

Watching the Fusion Spirit Skill Lu Yuan unleashed, Ren Mingjie's scalp tingled.

"Cough, cough!"

Feeling difficulty breathing, Ren Mingjie coughed repeatedly, his face flushed red.

"What kind of Spirit Skill is this?" Ren Mingjie's eyes widened.

Poisonous gas, blood rain, and demonic clouds intertwined and crossed, finally fusing into a rain of transparent arrows that descended!

The reason he felt difficulty breathing was due to the poison cloud, even though Lu Yuan's target was not him, but the stone pillar in front.

However, the power of the Spirit Skill was too strong, and even though it wasn't intentional, it still affected them.

"Cough, cough!"

"Cough, cough!"

Ren Mingjie and the students standing outside the safety line coughed incessantly. Then, they felt their blood boiling, as if it were being ripped from their bodies!

Shrouded under the demonic clouds, their evil sides were stirred up.

Bang—

The rain of transparent arrows landed entirely on the giant stone pillar, causing it to shake violently for a long time before finally stopping.

"It's not as powerful as a Forbidden Curse, but it's infinitely close!" Tang Jinghui said in an excited tone, quickly recording the power of the three-attribute Fusion Spirit Skill.

"It's mediocre."

Lu Yuan was not very satisfied.

"This is already good enough," Tang Jinghui said.

"Although the three-attribute Fusion Spirit Skill doesn't have the power or range of a Forbidden Curse, it can be cast instantly without the need for charging. This is something a Forbidden Curse cannot compare to!"

Tang Jinghui corrected Lu Yuan's mindset.

Every Forbidden Curse requires charging to be cast, while Fusion Spirit Skills can be instantaneous.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses. In Tang Jinghui's view, Fusion Spirit Skills had more advantages in combat.

Hearing Tang Jinghui's words, Lu Yuan gained a new perspective.

"Holy crap, what's wrong with you guys?" Lu Yuan only then noticed that every student outside the red line was having trouble breathing, and some even had blackened foreheads.

This was a sign of poisoning!

"Principal, what do you think?" Ren Mingjie said with a mournful face, regretting that he had come to watch the spectacle.

Lu Yuan: "..."

The poisonous gas dissipated, and the students' poisoning symptoms disappeared.

"I'll activate my domain in a moment," Tang Jinghui said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

These students were too fond of watching the excitement; even if they were poisoned, they still wanted to keep watching.

"Next is the four-attribute Fusion Spirit Skill. Is your spiritual energy still sufficient?" Tang Jinghui asked.

Lu Yuan nodded.

The thing he lacked the least was spiritual energy.

This was only the beginning; he aimed to finish all the experiments today.

Bang—

Unleashing four Earth Tier High-Grade Spirit Skills again, amidst the students' gasps, dense cracks appeared on the giant stone pillar.

It took a full several dozen minutes for the cracks to disappear.

"This time the power reached that of a Forbidden Curse, but the range is smaller than a Forbidden Curse," Tang Jinghui said in a deep voice.

If they continued the experiment, it would be the first five-attribute Fusion Spirit Skill on Blue Star.

"Do you think the principal can smash the stone pillar?"

"Probably not. The stone pillars in the instructor area can withstand a full-force blow from a Domain Realm powerhouse. The principal is only a Law Realm Six-Star."

"The principal isn't an ordinary Practitioner; he's a six-attribute Practitioner!"

The testing grounds were bustling with activity as a young man wearing a black and gold school uniform walked over.

Watching Lu Yuan experimenting with Spirit Skill fusion, Chu Wushe crossed his arms, his pupils flickering with blue and red light.

"He is the fated rival you spoke of?"

An eerie laugh echoed in Chu Wushe's ear.

"His talent is decent; he broke through to the Law Realm Six-Star at such a young age. It's just that I don't know how his actual combat experience is," another slightly disdainful voice sounded.

The moment the five-attribute Fusion Spirit Skill appeared, both voices fell silent.

"You can't beat him, run!"

The artifact spirits said in unison!