Yu Xiaogang: So I Was Just an Angry Ordinary Man

At that moment.

Atop the mountain in the Sky Screen.

"Ah!!!"

Chen Xin threw back his head and howled, feeling a rush of exhilaration. His presence shifted again and again, and his Soul Power actually broke through from level ninety-six to level ninety-seven!

Between life and death lay great terror, but also great opportunity.

He left the Sky Screen and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Faced with questions from the many Soul Masters in the Sky Screen and Ning Fengzhi's worried gaze,

Chen Xin smiled calmly, baring his bloodied gums. "I'm fine."

"And you still say you're fine? You're bleeding internally, Uncle Jian." Ning Fengzhi's worry was practically written across his face. He hurriedly arranged for the sect's best healing Soul Master to treat him.

"No need to worry, Fengzhi. I broke through. My Soul Power rose by one level!"

The corners of Chen Xin's mouth rose involuntarily. He had been stuck at level ninety-six for a long time, unable to break through, and had never expected to do so now.

"What!?" Bone Douluo cried out. "You broke through by one level?"

Envy so palpable it might have taken form filled Bone Douluo's face. Beyond the rank of Super Douluo, the gap between each level was like an impassable chasm. Level ninety-six and level ninety-seven were entirely different realms.

Ning Fengzhi froze on the spot. His cane fell from his hand, and wild delight spread across his face.

"You broke through! Hahaha, good, wonderful!"

"I don't think that's all."

Chen Xin shook his head, then summoned his Martial Soul.

A faint silvery-blue halo now coated the surface of the once-ancient-looking Seven Kill Sword. When drawn, it trailed tiny flecks of stardust. It was extraordinarily strange!

Chen Xin casually unleashed a streak of Sword Qi, and the ground let out a sizzling sound as it corroded.

"My Sword Qi attacks now have a corrosive property. They can erode matter and Soul Power, and I can feel that they have a natural suppressive effect on certain negative energies."

This information was relayed to the Sky Screen.

The various factions that learned of it went wild.

Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan: "Martial Soul Mutation! A suppressive effect on negative energy—this is the power of the sun!"

Ma Hongjun: "There's hope for my Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul! There's hope!"

Tang San: "A chance to defy the heavens and change my fate has come. I wonder how far Blue Silver Grass can mutate?"

Shrek Academy.

"Don't stop me! None of you stop me!"

Yu Xiaogang's excited voice rang out across half the academy. After witnessing Sword Douluo's great increase in strength, he could no longer hold himself back. He wanted to experience the miraculous power of radiation himself.

"Xiaogang, calm down! Don't lose your head." Flender held Yu Xiaogang in a tight grip.

"Sword Douluo is a Super Douluo and a sword cultivator. His willpower and endurance are both exceptional. That's how he was able to withstand the radiation and undergo a Martial Soul Mutation. You're just an ordinary Soul Master. Let's stop dreaming, all right?"

"Impossible! As a master of Martial Soul Theory, I've spent countless days and nights studying Martial Souls without sleep or rest. My willpower is far beyond that of ordinary people. Besides, even the clan patriarch said this is the power of the sun.

"My Sanpao has already mutated once. This time, he'll definitely turn into a Radiant Sacred Dragon. None of you stop me!"

Yu Xiaogang looked utterly crazed as he quickly sent a barrage message.

"I want to try the radiation!"

A white light flashed, and Yu Xiaogang vanished. Following Chen Xin, he underwent Radiation Baptism, appearing on the mountain where radiation lingered.

[Notice: The closer you get, the stronger the radiation. Those who come after should act within their means.]

"Hmph, so you look down on me, a master of theory? I'm a Soul Grandmaster, but I'm certainly no ordinary Soul Master!"

Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong looked at Yu Xiaogang in the Sky Screen, her face full of contempt.

Not an ordinary Soul Master?

He was nothing but a useless Soul Master who would never break through level thirty in his lifetime.

And his willpower was beyond that of ordinary people?

Hehe... there was nothing wrong with saying that. His willpower was worse than a three-year-old's. Supposedly, he even complained that a peach was too cold to eat. Could someone like that withstand Radiation Baptism?

Forget it.

The more Bibi Dong watched, the more she felt she must have been blind. She simply chose to put him out of sight and out of mind.

Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian watched Yu Xiaogang in the Sky Screen as though he were watching a joke, the corners of his mouth inadvertently curling up.

"A fellow who can only talk strategy on paper and spout nonsense wants his Martial Soul to mutate too? What a fool's dream."

[Di Tian]: "Don't waste your effort. A piece of trash like you dares to try the power of radiation?"

[Di Tian]: "I've lived for seven hundred thousand years and seen countless Soul Masters, but this is truly the first time I've seen one as useless as you. In your human words, there's been no one like you before, and there'll be no one like you after, right?"

[Xiong Jun]: "That's right. Even my physique couldn't endure it, yet a mere Soul Grandmaster like you wants his Martial Soul to mutate? Go home and drink milk!"

[...]

As countless mocking barrage messages swept across the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang glanced at them, and anger immediately rose in his heart.

"Di Tian! Xiong Jun!"

"You two Soul Beasts dare mock my authority as a master of Martial Souls?"

"Once my Martial Soul has successfully mutated, I'll destroy the Star Dou Great Forest at any cost. And when that happens, Di Tian, you'll become my Soul Ring!"

"Today, I, Yu Xiaogang, will make you see me in a new light!"

Stung into action, Yu Xiaogang took a step, then accelerated as if on nitrous, arriving at a spot just one step away from the radiation's core zone.

"Sizzle!"

Highly concentrated radiation battered Yu Xiaogang's body. There was even the sound of flesh melting.

Before long, an uncontrollable scream of agony rang out across the entire continent through the Sky Screen.

"Aah!"

"Kh... kh..."

Yu Xiaogang managed just one scream before his vocal cords corroded. Like a writhing worm, he twisted back and forth on the ground.

At that moment, he had only one thought:

How did that old fellow Chen Xin make it through something so painful? Aren't we all human?

Without even thinking,

Yu Xiaogang struggled with all his might to crawl away from the core zone, moving at an agonizingly slow pace.

He wanted to call for help, but all he could make were hoarse, gasping sounds. He couldn't say a single complete sentence.

"Urgh..." After a bout of violent convulsions, Yu Xiaogang's body gradually stopped twisting. He lay sprawled on the ground, motionless.

A Sky Screen notice sounded immediately afterward.

[Yu Xiaogang has lost consciousness. Radiation Baptism has automatically ended.]

Unlike Chen Xin, Yu Xiaogang had no visible external injuries. His Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, lay sprawled on the ground not far away, but his appearance was truly too horrible to look at.

His once-white fur had turned an ugly dark purple, and in some places, even his bones were exposed.

Besides that,

A second head had appeared beside his original one, and two extra legs had grown from his belly, making him look like some milu.

The many Soul Masters who had watched the whole thing were left speechless.

They had thought he would be impressive.

In the end, he was just an ordinary Soul Grandmaster.

How long had he lasted?

Had it even been two and a half seconds?

Sure enough, he was a one-second man.

Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian, who had long anticipated the outcome, shook his head to himself:

"Trash, just as I thought. And to think I gave someone like him a lesson in basic Soul Beast knowledge before. How beneath me."