Is That It?

Zhang Hua's eyes were filled with utter shock. How... how was this possible?!

Whoosh!

Chen Feng pressed his advantage. His body flashed, and he appeared beside Zhang Hua, throwing another punch.

"Watch out, Master!"

A white tiger suddenly roared and charged over, slamming directly into Chen Feng. Yet Chen Feng was unharmed.

Sure enough, this white tiger was a paper tiger. It had no physical offensive power.

At that moment, Chen Feng's fist smashed forward. With a boom, Zhang Hua's chest was struck by a tremendous force. His entire chest jolted, and he nearly spat blood. His feet left the ground as his whole body was sent flying.

Boom!

He crashed heavily onto the ground.

A cultivator's body was not so fragile. That blow would not leave him seriously injured.

But he was already lying on the ground.

Zhang Hua forced himself to his feet, his face pale and bloodless. Unwilling to accept this, he charged again.

Bang!

Chen Feng moved with blinding speed and came over with another punch.

Zhang Hua was knocked to the ground again.

He climbed back up once more.

"Hm? You weren't using your full strength? Come again!" Chen Feng thought Zhang Hua had not gone all out and closed in again.

Zhang Hua had barely gotten up when a figure flashed before his eyes. Another fist struck his chest. This time, he fell to the ground with blood at the corner of his mouth, unable to get back up.

Zhang Hua's face was pale. He did not attack again, because he knew that with Chen Feng's speed, punching power, and combat ability, charging in again would only bring him further humiliation.

"I... lost!"

Zhang Hua stared at Chen Feng, his mind a chaotic mess. At that moment, Chen Feng was the only person in his eyes. No one else existed in his thoughts.

He had never expected Chen Feng, a student he had believed had merely awakened nine plant martial souls, to be stronger than him.

This time, he had suffered a huge loss!

When he had first arrived, he had been so high-spirited. He had even sent so many students stumbling back just moments ago, acting so arrogantly. Yet now, Chen Feng had suppressed and defeated him.

When experts of the same level fought, it was difficult to determine victory without dozens of exchanges. Chen Feng defeating him so easily was practically a complete crushing victory.

"Zhang Hua, don't lose heart. We haven't matured yet, so we don't possess physical offensive power. Once you absorb yuan energy later, our might will reveal itself."

Zhang Hua's white tigers were also furious, but unfortunately, there was nothing they could do to Chen Feng.

"Haha, wonderful! Brother Feng is awesome!"

"So strong! Brother Feng has been keeping such a low profile."

The watching students erupted in excitement.

"He actually reached this level?"

Jiang Shiran looked at Chen Feng as though she were seeing him for the first time. Chen Feng, who had chatted with her just a few days ago, was not only completely above her, but even above Zhang Hua?

Teacher Wei Zheng was stunned. My student is this formidable?

He had not been bragging last time? He was even stronger than Blood Qi Stage Nine?

Xu Bing's face was filled with shock as well. "It seems Chen Feng is the true genius, our school's genius!"

Principal Zhou was dumbfounded.

Principal Li's fingers trembled nonstop. He stared foolishly at Chen Feng as though he had dementia, even his lips quivering without pause.

His face was flushed red with excitement.

The students' cheers all around him seemed to come from another world. In his eyes, only Chen Feng remained—Chen Feng, who seemed to stand before him enveloped in boundless golden light.

As a principal, what did he most wish to see?

A genius.

Yet there had once been a genius standing right before him, and he had actually... failed to recognize him.

Have I gone senile?

The entire scene was abuzz with discussion. Every gaze that swept toward Chen Feng was filled with respect, amazement, yearning, and worship.

After finishing the fight and seeing Zhang Hua admit defeat, Chen Feng could not help but sigh.

"Zhang Hua, you didn't use all your strength? Get up and fight again..."

Chen Feng looked at Zhang Hua, seemingly still unsatisfied.

Pfft!

Having just been defeated, Zhang Hua nearly spat out blood when he heard Chen Feng's words.

He wanted to fight again too and defeat Chen Feng, but he truly did not have the strength for it.

"Chen Feng, you won, but you don't have to humiliate me like this."

Zhang Hua's chest felt terribly uncomfortable.

Chen Feng was embarrassed. However, he said:

"Since you lost, hand over the fifty thousand according to our wager!"

Chen Feng felt a little excited inside.

Zhang Hua had no choice but to grit his teeth. Fifty thousand was no small sum to him either. Although his family had money, he could not possibly have too much cash on hand. Fifty thousand was a substantial amount.

But a bet was a bet, and he had been the one to seek Chen Feng out. He could not blame anyone else.

He transferred the money to Chen Feng on the spot.

Transfer received: 50000

After receiving the transfer and seeing all those zeros, Chen Feng was damn excited. He had suddenly gained fifty thousand—what kind of concept was that?

Am I rich now?

However, Chen Feng quickly steadied his emotions. With his strength in the future, what would this little money amount to?

"This is the first time I've earned money with my own strength. The more challenges like this, the better..."

Chen Feng had gained a clearer understanding of his current strength.

At that moment, everyone around him looked at him as though he were a ghost. Chen Feng knew he faced a problem: how was he supposed to explain his strength?

But Chen Feng had already thought it through.

Amid the shocked and puzzled gazes of the crowd, a figure flew over from the distance and landed directly before Chen Feng. It was Principal Li.

At that moment, every pore on Principal Li's body seemed to tremble with excitement. He looked at Chen Feng as though he had found a treasure.

"Chen Feng, why are you stronger than Zhang Hua? You clearly awakened nine auxiliary martial souls. How did you do it? What level has your strength reached now?"

Facing the principal's questions and everyone's gazes, Chen Feng put on a confused expression before saying, "Principal, I don't know either. It seems..."

"It seems what?"

The principal stared fixedly at Chen Feng.

"It seems my first martial soul is a special Spirit Green Tree that allows me to sense the world's yuan energy early. That's why my strength has improved by leaps and bounds recently, reaching Blood Qi Stage Nine and allowing me to defeat Zhang Hua."

Chen Feng came up with an explanation: his martial soul was a Spirit Green Tree. He had looked up some information on it earlier, and now it came in handy.

He would not foolishly tell others that his martial souls were terrifying. He explained, "The Spirit Green Tree is an innate spirit tree with abundant world yuan energy. Since my martial soul is such a spirit tree, I was able to sense yuan energy early and improve my strength. That is why I defeated Zhang Hua!"

Principal Li muttered, "Spirit... Spirit Green Tree? What is that?"

Xu Bing was speechless. Doesn't the principal read books? She explained, "Principal, I've read about it. There does seem to be such a tree.

"The Spirit Green Tree is indeed different from ordinary trees. It possesses vigorous yuan energy by nature and can grow extremely tall. If Chen Feng truly possesses this kind of tree martial soul, then it is not strange for him to have such strength. Sensing yuan energy early is itself a kind of talent bonus.

"Although it is an auxiliary martial soul, it can also make up for shortcomings in one's cultivation progress. Such a martial soul does not inherently possess powerful offensive ability, but once one's cultivation improves and strength increases, it indirectly raises one's combat power as well!"

Xu Bing looked at Chen Feng in surprise. Who could have imagined that Chen Feng had awakened such a spirit tree?

"Then by that logic, he is also a genius—and even greater than Zhang Hua?"

After hearing Xu Bing's explanation, the principal examined Chen Feng's physical condition. He could even sense faint world yuan energy within him. If he was not mistaken, Chen Feng was about to absorb yuan energy.

"Chen Feng, your first martial soul tree is a spirit tree. What about your other martial souls?"

the principal asked.

Chen Feng smiled. "Principal, my other martial souls haven't awakened yet, so I don't know either!"

Chen Feng was telling the truth.

Principal Li nodded and said with a smile:

"I never expected you to have such a martial soul! Among humanity, it seems rare for tree martial souls to be powerful varieties. No wonder your strength is so formidable.

"In that case, you, Jiang Shiran, and Zhang Hua—no, you should be a genius beyond them. Hahaha! Who would have thought our school had a genius like you? Excellent!"

Principal Li admired Chen Feng for reaching such a level at his age.

Although he did not fully understand Chen Feng's exact situation, he greatly appreciated such a genius.

"Our school has produced a genius. Today is truly a wonderful day!"

Principal Li was flushed red with excitement, his voice hearty and filled with joy.

Suddenly, he looked toward Principal Zhou. Principal Zhou had a bad feeling!