One Punch!

Xu Sanshi was easy to find, especially with Jiang Nannan accompanying her. After asking around casually, someone personally led them to Xu Sanshi.

"Nannan!" Xu Sanshi was overjoyed when he saw Jiang Nannan coming to find him, directly ignoring Jiang Qingtong at her side.

Just as Xu Sanshi was about to step forward, Jiang Qingtong blocked his path. "Hold it. Stay away from our senior."

"Who are you?" Only then did Xu Sanshi notice Jiang Qingtong beside her. He frowned and said unpleasantly, "Get lost! This is between Nannan and me. You have no right to interfere!"

Jiang Nannan clenched her fists and stepped forward. "She lives with me. She's my junior. Xu Sanshi, I came to find you today to make things clear."

"Make things clear?" Xu Sanshi frowned.

Jiang Nannan took a deep breath. "From now on, don't bother me again! Otherwise, even if it means losing everything, I'll make sure you lose your reputation and die a miserable death!"

Her words were exceedingly harsh. Xu Sanshi's face turned pale after hearing them. Shaking his head, he said, "No! Nannan, you can't do this. Was it her? Was she the one who deceived you into saying these things to me? You know how I feel about you..."

"Everything about you disgusts me!" Jiang Nannan interrupted Xu Sanshi, saying it without hesitation.

Xu Sanshi's expression turned vicious as he looked at Jiang Qingtong and shouted, "It was you! Wasn't it? You've been filling Nannan's head with nonsense! Otherwise, Nannan would never say such things to me!"

Jiang Qingtong frowned slightly at Xu Sanshi's appearance. "If you're a man, admit your mistakes and get lost! Stop making a fool of yourself here."

"You've got some nerve!" Xu Sanshi shouted as he released his martial soul. Three soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple—blossomed around him, and the heavy, profound aura of the Xuanming Tortoise Martial Soul bore down on them.

"Looks like I need to teach you how to respect your seniors!"

By now, Xu Sanshi had somewhat lost his mind. To him, Jiang Nannan was his only pursuit, and Jiang Qingtong was undoubtedly the villain standing in his way.

A large number of Outer Court students had gathered nearby, whispering among themselves as they watched. Wang Dong, who was in Jiang Qingtong's class, was among them.

"Class Monitor, look! Isn't that Jiang Qingtong? Why did she get involved in a matter between seniors?" One of their classmates patted Wang Dong on the shoulder and pointed in that direction.

Wang Dong's brows were tightly furrowed as she shook her head. "I don't know what's going on either. But if they really fight, Senior Sanshi is a Three-Ring Soul Elder. Can Jiang Qingtong beat him?"

Because of Jiang Qingtong's special circumstances, she had always cultivated under Cai Meier's guidance and had never displayed her martial soul or soul rings before her classmates. As such, none of them knew her cultivation level.

However, among the Outer Court freshmen, most were roughly one-ring soul masters. Only a very small number of exceptionally talented students had reached the Two-Ring or Three-Ring level.

In her view, no matter how capable Jiang Qingtong was, she should have been around the one-ring level at this point.

One ring against three rings—there was no fight to be had!

Xiao Xiao, standing nearby, was even more astonished. "I didn't expect Qingtong to be so bold! That's a Three-Ring senior!"

When Jiang Nannan saw Xu Sanshi summon his martial soul, she quickly stepped forward to shield Jiang Qingtong behind her. At the same time, she revealed her own martial soul, and three soul rings of the same optimal configuration—yellow, yellow, purple—appeared.

The Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul emerged behind her as Jiang Nannan said in a low voice, "Xu Sanshi, don't go too far! You're actually going to attack a junior?"

"Nannan, I was only warning her..." Xu Sanshi frowned.

Jiang Qingtong stepped out from behind Jiang Nannan and said, "Since Senior wants to fight, I'll oblige. But when you lose later, don't go crying."

"Hmph! What a joke. We'll see who ends up crying!" Xu Sanshi snorted coldly.

"Junior, let me handle this." Jiang Nannan tugged at Jiang Qingtong's sleeve and spoke softly, telling her not to force herself.

But Jiang Qingtong gave Jiang Nannan a reassuring look. Looking at Xu Sanshi, she slowly raised her right hand. The Mirror Flower Martial Soul bloomed behind her, and two purple soul rings emerged.

"Purple! Thousand-Year Soul Rings! And two of them!"

"My god! Class Monitor, did you see that? Qingtong is a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster! Both of her soul rings are at the thousand-year level!"

"Damn—this junior is fierce!"

Once Jiang Qingtong revealed her martial soul and soul rings, cries of astonishment rang out endlessly nearby. Even Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi stared at the two purple soul rings before them in disbelief.

She was only twelve!

How was that possible?!

How could she withstand soul rings like those?

"Jiang Qingtong, level twenty-nine Power-Attack Type Battle Soul Master. Pleased to meet you." After displaying her martial soul and soul rings, Jiang Qingtong calmly introduced her cultivation to Xu Sanshi.

Xu Sanshi suppressed the shock in his heart and said to Jiang Qingtong, "Xu Sanshi, level thirty-seven Defense Type Battle Soul Elder."

After introducing themselves, the Spiritual Eye pattern on the first petal of the Mirror Flower began to glow. Jiang Qingtong's eyes swiftly turned sky-blue, and a massive surge of Spiritual Power shot toward Xu Sanshi.

Although Xu Sanshi had eight more levels of Soul Power than Jiang Qingtong, Jiang Qingtong's Spiritual Power, honed through years of training, far surpassed his. The Xuanming Tortoise Martial Soul was incapable of defending against a spiritual assault.

When that immense Spiritual Impact crashed into Xu Sanshi's mind, a stabbing pain tore through his head, and he staggered back several steps involuntarily. Immediately afterward, Jiang Qingtong unleashed spiritual interference. Before Xu Sanshi could react, she closed in and raised her fist.

No one noticed the phoenix pattern on the second petal glimmering with a faint crimson light. A tiny spark of fire gathered at the tip of Jiang Qingtong's fist.

Her punch struck Xu Sanshi. The Xuanming Tortoise's defense was shattered by that blow, and Xu Sanshi was sent flying like a rag doll, crashing onto the ground in the distance.

One punch!

Two rings against three rings!

That was it? It was over already?

Many of the students watching had yet to understand what had happened. Was the battle really over just like that?

"What just happened? Why didn't Senior Xu fight back?"

"No idea. I only saw Senior standing there and letting her hit him! She actually sent him flying with one punch!"

"Did Senior go easy on her?"

"Doesn't look like it!"

Xu Sanshi climbed to his feet. Bolstered by the Xuanming Tortoise Martial Soul, he had not suffered much injury, but he was still dazed. Rubbing his head, he stared at Jiang Qingtong with astonishment filling his eyes.

"You... you have a Mental-type martial soul?"