Of the eight children, the only one whose expression remained fairly normal was Li Kaihao, who possessed the Sabertooth Tiger martial soul. As a freshman who had just enrolled, he knew nothing about the school's honor roll. Seeing the fear on everyone's faces, he asked in confusion.
"Do you know this person?"
Lin Xin turned her head stiffly and looked straight at him.
"He is one of our upperclassmen, one of the founders of the Eight Soul Suppressors, and a member of its first generation. Among the current Eight Soul Suppressors, Senior Song Yang has the strongest combat capabilities at sea and possesses the top-tier Howling Sea Emperor Crocodile martial soul."
Gu Yan picked up where she left off.
"In the real world, Senior Song's Soul Power Level has already reached level 84. He is a powerful Assault-type Soul Douluo!"
"Senior Song's soul ring configuration is even more absurd: three thousand-year rings, two ten-thousand-year rings, and three hundred-thousand-year rings—a total of eight soul rings!"
The news exploded beside their ears like a thunderclap. They had already been terrified after recognizing Song Yang as the examiner, but learning of his true strength in the outside world was enough to make them consider giving up on the assessment altogether.
"Th-then how are we supposed to fight him? We probably can't even withstand a single soul skill from him, can we?"
It was perfectly normal for Li Kaihao to think that way. Even though the Song Yang before them had lowered his strength to level 25, his combat experience far surpassed theirs. With only two soul skills, he would still be more than capable of pinning them to the ground and beating them senseless.
Before the eight of them could react, Senior Song suddenly vanished.
Before they had time to form their previous