Ants Have No Right to Raise Their Heads

Dead silence.

The entire entrance to Soul Hunting Forest fell into dead silence.

The wind, birdsong, and the snorting of horses all seemed to be cut off by an invisible giant hand at that moment.

Everyone's gazes froze on that unbelievable scene.

The son of the Lord of Nuoding City, fifteen-year-old Three-Ring Soul Master Xiao Chen!

The top-tier wastrel who tyrannized Nuoding City, someone no one dared provoke.

At that moment, he was sprawled on the ground like a dead dog, kneeling before a six-year-old girl with all four limbs pressed to the earth!

His body trembled like a sieve.

His face was filled with the terror and despair that came from the depths of one's soul when a mortal beheld a god.

He did not even dare raise his head.

"Wh-what... what just... happened?"

Xiao Chen's companions were all dumbfounded with fear.

They had not even seen what the girl had done.

No soul rings, no soul skills.

Just one look.

One glance had instantly shattered a Soul Elder's martial soul and made him kneel in submission on the spot!

What kind of terrifying power was that?

This was not power a human could possess!

This was... the work of a devil!

"M-monster!"

A timid young noblewoman let out a piercing scream, rolled her eyes back, and fell straight off her horse in fright, passing out.

The stationed Spirit Hall knight was equally horrified. The hand gripping his spear clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

The way he looked at Lin Xi had changed completely.

He was no longer looking at an ordinary child, but with awe and fear.

"T-teacher..."

Yu Xiaogang swallowed with difficulty, his voice trembling.

He had been the closest, and he had felt it most clearly.

In that instant just now, he had sensed an indescribably terrifying pressure flash from Lin Xi's body.

It was not the pressure of Soul Power.

It was a kind of... higher-level, absolute spiritual suppression that transcended Soul Power!

He recalled the second point in Lin Xi's theory.

The strength of Spiritual Power!

So Teacher's Spiritual Power had already reached such an unbelievable level!

She could ignore Soul Power Level entirely and suppress an opponent directly at the level of the soul!

This was another living example that overturned everything he knew!

Yu Xiaogang trembled with excitement. He hurriedly pulled a small notebook and pen from his robes and began recording frantically.

"Spiritual divine power can manifest as pressure, ignoring Soul Power defenses and striking directly at the origin of the martial soul... its intensity is related to a Soul Master's will and the essence of their soul... Heavens, this is another entirely new field! A sacred realm I have never touched!"

He muttered as he wrote, looking utterly entranced.

Tang San's pupils shrank to the size of dangerous pinpoints.

Purple Demon Eye!

Just now, his Purple Demon Eye had caught a glimpse of something.

The instant Lin Xi raised her eyes, he had seen what seemed like two boundless seas of blood-colored stars turning within the depths of her gaze!

Before that sea of stars, Xiao Chen's pitiful Spiritual Power was like a stone thrown into the ocean. It could not even stir a ripple before it was completely devoured and annihilated!

What terrifying spiritual attack!

Tang San believed that if he cultivated his Purple Demon Eye to its highest realm, he might perhaps achieve a similar effect.

But how much Spiritual Power would that require?

And Lin Xi was only six years old!

What kind of terrifying soul was hidden within that tiny body?

"Now, take your trash and disappear from my sight."

Lin Xi looked at Xiao Chen, who was kneeling on the ground and so terrified he was nearly wetting himself. There was not the slightest emotional fluctuation in her voice.

"Otherwise, I do not mind letting you stay here forever."

Her calm tone was more chilling than any vicious curse.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

As if granted a pardon, Xiao Chen scrambled up from the ground.

He did not even dare look back at Lin Xi. He climbed onto his horse on all fours, whipped its rear like mad, and galloped toward Nuoding City without looking back.

His companions also snapped awake as if from a dream. Terrified out of their wits, they did not even care about the unconscious girl, turning their horses around and fleeing in panic.

In the blink of an eye, the group vanished at the end of the road, leaving behind only a complete mess.

A conflict that could have caused an enormous uproar in Nuoding City was resolved by Lin Xi with the most domineering and unbelievable method, as casually as if it were nothing.

Lin Xi withdrew her gaze, as though she had merely crushed an irritating bug.

She turned around and started walking, preparing to continue deeper into the forest.

"W-wait!"

The Spirit Hall knight gathered his courage, stepped forward, and called out to her.

His face was covered in cold sweat, but his tone was full of reverence.

"Respected... Lord Soul Master."

He no longer dared address her as "little girl."

"Did you... did you just cripple Xiao Chen's martial soul?"

He asked the question everyone cared about.

Xiao Chen's martial soul projection had clearly been forcibly shattered just now. Such an intense spiritual impact could very likely inflict permanent damage on the origin of his martial soul.

If that was truly the case, then this was a serious matter.

Lord of Nuoding City Xiao Zhan was a rank sixty-eight Soul Emperor who ruled Nuoding City with an iron fist.

If his only son had been crippled, he would surely go mad.

Lin Xi paused slightly but did not turn around.

"I am not that bored."

Her voice came from ahead.

"Killing him would be easier than crippling him."

"It was only a lesson."

"Ants have no right to raise their heads before me."

With that, her figure disappeared into the dense forest path.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang hurriedly followed after her.

The Spirit Hall knight was left standing there, his back already soaked in cold sweat.

Killing him would be easier than crippling him...

Ants have no right to raise their heads before me...

He chewed over those two sentences again and again, feeling a chill shoot from the soles of his feet straight to his scalp.

What dominance! What indifference toward life!

Those were not words a six-year-old child could say!

He stared in the direction Lin Xi had vanished, and amid his fear, another strange emotion appeared in his eyes.

He suddenly turned and shouted in a low voice to his companion, "Quick! Use the highest-level carrier pigeon at once and report everything that happened here to Spirit City exactly as it occurred! Do not leave out a single word!"

"Say that... an unknown entity with suspected God-Tier Spiritual Power has appeared in Nuoding City!"

"Her threat level is provisionally... Titled Douluo level!"

Once they entered the depths of the forest, the light immediately dimmed.

Towering ancient trees blocked out the sky and sun, while the air was filled with the damp scent of decaying vegetation.

From time to time, the roars of unknown soul beasts sounded around them, putting everyone on guard.

"Lin Xi, you were so cool just now!"

Xiao Wu finally recovered from her shock. Hugging Lin Xi's arm, she spoke excitedly.

"That bad guy deserved that lesson! Making him kneel was perfect! Hahaha, that felt so good!"

Tang San also walked over. He looked at Lin Xi with an unprecedentedly solemn expression.

"What you used just now... was Spiritual Power?"

"Mm." Lin Xi nodded.

"Your Spiritual Power... why is it so powerful?" Tang San asked the question that troubled him most.

"Do you want to learn?"

Lin Xi suddenly turned back to look at him. A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared in her cool eyes.

"I can teach you."