Knocked Down in Three Punches

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lin Yun leaped high into the air, and his ten-thousand-year Soul Ring released a deep black glow.

Vast currents of air swirled around him before finally compressing around his dragon claws. The forcibly drawn air even formed a tornado, bringing Xu Sanshi, hidden within the Black Tortoise Domain directly below Lin Yun, an oppressive force like the trampling of a giant elephant.

"Come on! Let me see just how strong you really are!" Xu Sanshi roared.

"Fine, I'll satisfy you!" Lin Yun's light, airy words reached Xu Sanshi's ears.

Then, having built up his momentum to its peak, Lin Yun transformed into a golden meteor and plummeted down in an instant with intense air pressure.

Sky-Breaking Dragon Fist!

Golden lightning crashed fiercely into the Black Tortoise Domain, which lay as still as stagnant water. The Black Tortoise Domain that covered half the arena exploded instantly, and countless heavy splashes of black water scattered in every direction!

BOOM!!!

Not only was the Black Tortoise Domain smashed apart in an instant, even the arena—built from granite reinforced with molten iron—was blasted in half by Lin Yun's punch. An abyss-like fissure spread outward from Lin Yun to both sides of the arena, splitting it into two.

The smoke and dust gradually dispersed.

Lin Yun's figure slowly became clear. Bent over and maintaining the posture of driving his fist into the ground, he stood at the edge of the arena's crack. Beneath his fist lay a dark, bottomless fissure.

On the other side of the fissure, Xu Sanshi knelt on one knee, gasping heavily. Blood continuously dripped from his nose and mouth, while the Black Tortoise Shield had shattered into pieces of all sizes around him.

Lin Yun slowly straightened up and rubbed his somewhat numb arm, looking teasingly at Xu Sanshi across from him.

This was the first time he had fully unleashed the Sky-Breaking Dragon Fist. Moreover, he had not released it in the form of an air cannon, but purely through physical strength. If he had not absorbed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Palm Bone into his right hand, even he probably would not have felt too good after that strike.

Borrowing the momentum of his descent from high in the air, coupled with the recoil thrust of the air cannon, his full-force blow had punched apart the Black Tortoise Domain, something Soul Masters of the same rank could do almost nothing against.

This was Ultimate Power!

"Not bad. I acknowledge you." Lin Yun nodded with great seriousness. "Teacher Zhou Yi, who called me trash, could only withstand two of my punches. Yet you took two punches from me and still haven't gone down. I'm willing to call you the strongest defense in the Outer Academy!"

"???" Xu Sanshi's already pale face from his injuries and excessive Soul Power consumption instantly flushed the color of pig liver.

What did that mean?! What the fuck did that mean?!

The Outer Academy students in the viewing stands looked at one another, the snarky remarks they had wanted to make stuck in their throats.

Only the students who had originally belonged to New Student Class One nodded in deep agreement, their gazes toward Xu Sanshi carrying a hint of admiration.

As expected of one of the Outer Court Twin Stars. He had actually endured two punches against the Strongest Freshman King's iron fists!

"Xu Three-Punch!"

Some smartass suddenly shouted it out. After everyone present briefly wore strange expressions, they all began holding back their laughter as they shouted Xu Three-Punch, this new nickname.

Beibei even clutched his stomach and laughed until tears came out.

From that day onward, Xu Sanshi's nickname, "Xu Three-Punch," became an embarrassing stain he could never wash away. Yet in the future, Xu Sanshi would instead take pride in that nickname.

"Back then, I withstood three punches from Lin Yun without losing, which was why I earned the nickname Xu Three-Punch. You lot can't even withstand one of his punches!"

No matter what the future Xu Sanshi thought, the current Xu Sanshi was sent flying by Lin Yun's remote punch, and his vision went dark as he passed out midair.

Too humiliating!

Yan Shaozhe, who had been watching in secret, found it both amusing and absurd as he watched Lin Yun standing on the arena with his hands on his hips, half appreciative and half amused.

"Youth really is wonderful—young and reckless, full of spirit!" Yan Shaozhe chuckled, speaking with interest.

Xu Sanshi was one of Shrek's key talents of this generation. Among Shrek's current students, his importance ranked among the top five—Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Beibei, and Xu Sanshi—and he was likewise one of Shrek's future pillars.

Yan Shaozhe knew perfectly well just how great Xu Sanshi's potential was. If he had been at the same rank, he probably could only have used Light of Fire to grind Xu Sanshi down and see whose Soul Power ran out first.

Leaving everything else aside, just the Black Tortoise Shield Array empowered by Black Tortoise Power would have left him as helpless as Beibei. He simply could not break it.

Lin Yun had already proven his potential to him. He had also proven that he was invincible among those of the same rank, with the strength to fight above his level as easily as eating and drinking.

So, someone with strength being a little arrogant was called confidence. Yan Shaozhe simply took Lin Yun's self-reference as "this king" as his acceptance of the title Strongest Freshman King.

How could he have imagined that the "this king" Lin Yun referred to was the king of the Golden Dragon King!

"He does have a bit of my youthful flair."

He had to place a bet—a heavy bet! For a genius like this, only Shrek could be his best destination!

If he wanted resources, give him resources. If he wanted beauties, give him beauties. There was no fear of him asking—only fear that he would not ask!

Yan Shaozhe left with satisfaction, calculating all sorts of little schemes. Mu En had indeed ordered him not to make any excessive moves toward Lin Yun, but that did not stop him from currying favor with Lin Yun.

After confirming that Xu Sanshi had not suffered any severe injuries, the referee also announced the result of the match.

Since Lin Yun's battle counted as a lower-year student challenging an upper-year student, Xu Sanshi also had to pay Lin Yun one hundred Gold Soul Coins. Though one hundred Gold Soul Coins were no more than a mosquito's leg to him, Lin Yun still accepted them.

No reason to turn down free money!

The Golden Dragon King liked shiny things.

And so, Lin Yun left the Soul Fighting Arena surrounded by a large number of adoring boys and girls, while Xu Sanshi was carried to the infirmary by Beibei for treatment.

Although Lin Yun had not inflicted much tangible damage on Xu Sanshi, under Black Tortoise Awakening, he had first nearly had his defenses broken by Lin Yun's punch, then had his Black Tortoise Domain crushed by Lin Yun with overwhelming force. Having consumed too much Soul Power, he would inevitably suffer bloodline backlash.

It would not affect him too severely, but for the next ten days to half a month, he could forget about getting out of bed or cultivating.

On the other hand, the ones who benefited tonight were Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao quickly became famous because of Lin Yun's battle with Xu Sanshi, as well as the twenty grilled fish Lin Yun had bought from his stall in one go. Everyone who had come to watch tonight was quite eager to try Huo Yuhao's grilled fish.

When he set up his stall the next day, he would surely have a large number of customers.

As for Jiang Nannan, after eating the seasoned grilled fish Lin Yun had sold her, her cultivation speed increased by thirty percent for an entire week. Only then did she realize that buying Lin Yun's grilled fish for five Copper Soul Coins had been an absolute steal.

Lin Yun did not care about any of that. There was only one thing he cared about.

Zhou Yi had recovered from her injuries...

Recommending a good brother's book! Spirit Hall route, luck maxed out!