Battle Tang San (Please Vote and Follow!)

Nuoding Academy.

Gu Yi and Xiao Wu chatted and laughed as they carried their newly bought bedding toward the dormitory building.

Along the way, Gu Yi told Xiao Wu many wonderful stories from his previous life, making her beam with delight.

Even humans of Douluo Continent would find these stories from another world fascinating and novel.

Much less Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had only recently taken human form.

—Gu Yi had discovered that after activating the enlightenment function several times over the past three months, his memory had improved dramatically, nearly reaching the point of photographic recall.

The contents of all sorts of novels, classics, fairy tales, magazines, and other books he had read in his previous life were now deeply imprinted in his mind.

As long as Gu Yi wished, he could write down the contents of those books at any time!

Even his comprehension and intelligence seemed to have improved somewhat. —His thoughts had become more active in daily life, and it had become easier for him to comprehend the cultivation techniques and martial skills he practiced.

Because of this, Gu Yi had carefully studied the Myriad Worlds Gate's enlightenment function and concluded that it likely affected his soul.

Through enlightenment, the Myriad Worlds Gate transformed Source Power into a special substance that temporarily enhanced comprehension and intelligence, similar to the rumored "Enlightenment Tea," allowing Gu Yi to enter a state akin to sudden enlightenment.

Although this special substance dissipated quickly, as shown by the consumption of Source Power, some of it still seeped into Gu Yi's soul during the process, gradually merging with it and improving his usual memory, comprehension, and other attributes.

When Gu Yi had first deduced this, he had been immensely excited. He had nearly wanted to keep enlightenment activated at all times and let his soul undergo even more transformation.

Unfortunately, the amount of Source Power displayed on the panel shattered that fantasy.

Gu Yi's strength was only a little over level ten as a Soul Scholar, or the first level of the Qi Martial Realm. Activating enlightenment for one minute consumed five points of Source Power.

The Source Power he possessed was only enough to let him "seek enlightenment" for two or three hours.

And once Gu Yi grew stronger, activating enlightenment would probably make his Source Power drain away like water.

This enlightenment function was a bottomless money pit!

If he wanted to increase his comprehension and intelligence severalfold or even more, he needed to keep obtaining Source Power.

Back to the matter at hand.

Nuoding Academy was not large, and Gu Yi and Xiao Wu soon entered the dormitory building.

The dormitory building was small. There were only seven student dormitories in total, corresponding to students from the six grades and the Work-Study Students.

Seven Dormitory was specifically for Work-Study Students, the only dormitory with students of mixed ages.

Gu Yi and Xiao Wu easily found Seven Dormitory.

Carrying their bedding inside, they immediately saw eight or nine children between the ages of six and twelve. One of them was Tang San.

After taking Yu Xiaogang as his master and receiving a set of bedding from him, Tang San had rushed straight to Seven Dormitory. He had arrived far earlier than Gu Yi and Xiao Wu, and had even cultivated for a while already.

The moment Gu Yi and Xiao Wu stepped into Seven Dormitory, all the Work-Study Students turned to look at them.

An older boy grinned and shouted, "Boss, two more Work-Study Students are here! Go on, give them a proper welcome!"

Tang San narrowed his eyes, staring at Gu Yi as he slowly rose from his bed.

"Gu Yi, Xiao Wu, you're here," Tang San said with a smile.

"You may not know this yet, but Seven Dormitory has a rule. Every new Work-Study Student has to show the strength of their Martial Soul."

"The winner becomes the dorm leader of Seven Dormitory."

"So I'd like to spar with you."

Before Gu Yi could speak, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

Xiao Wu looked excited and eager to try. "The winner gets to be the boss? I like that!"

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Xiao Wu had been accustomed to being the big sister back in the Star Dou Great Forest.

After all, the two current overlord Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, were both Xiao Wu's little brothers.

So in human society, Xiao Wu still wanted to be the big sister!

However, Tang San's target was not Xiao Wu. His gaze remained fixed on Gu Yi.

This man was disrespectful to Teacher during the day. As Teacher's disciple, I should teach him a lesson or two and let him know what it means to respect one's teacher, Tang San thought to himself.

Besides, Teacher had said that Gu Yi was also a genius with Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, and had even expressed a desire to take Gu Yi as his disciple.

Thus, Tang San wanted to see how strong Gu Yi was and what qualifications he had to enter the same sect as him and become his junior brother.

It would be even better if he could force out Gu Yi's second Martial Soul.

He wanted to see exactly what Gu Yi's second Martial Soul was, and whether it could compare to his Clear Sky Hammer!

A trace of amusement flashed through Gu Yi's eyes as he nodded. "Since sparring is a tradition in Seven Dormitory, of course I won't refuse."

—Gu Yi also happened to want to see how much Source Power he could obtain after defeating Tang San, the protagonist of Douluo Continent, once.

"Xiao Wu, let Tang San and me spar first. Then the winner between us can spar with you. How about it?"

Xiao Wu tilted her head. After thinking it over, she found no problem with it and nodded in agreement with Gu Yi's suggestion.

"Then hurry up and fight."

After placing his bedding and school uniform on an empty bed, Gu Yi walked to an open space specially cleared out in Seven Dormitory.

Gu Yi beckoned at Tang San. "You should know my Martial Soul already, so there's no need to talk about it. Come on."

Tang San smiled slightly. The next instant, his feet moved in an eerie pattern as he charged at Gu Yi with incredible speed.

The Tang Sect's lightness technique, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and the others only saw a blur before Tang San appeared to Gu Yi's left and executed a standard Iron Mountain Lean against him.

If it had been an ordinary level-ten Soul Scholar, they would have been unable to react to Tang San's move at all and would have been sent flying in one hit.

But Gu Yi had trained in martial arts for three months on the Nine Heavens Continent. He had practiced many martial skills and received guidance and sparring from Old Master Mu Hu on a daily basis. Neither his reaction speed nor his combat experience was inferior to Tang San's.

The moment Tang San's Iron Mountain Lean came crashing toward him, Gu Yi moved.

He stomped the ground, and his body drifted away like the wind, lightly evading Tang San's attack.

Tang San did not panic in the slightest after his attack missed. His hands swiftly changed forms, and palms glowing with a faint jade hue slammed toward Gu Yi.

Hand-training technique, Mysterious Jade Hand!

Good!

Gu Yi's gaze sharpened. He circulated the Iron Blood Malice Art and, with his Blood Martial Soul, mobilized the blood and qi within his body. Soul Power surged into his hands as he clenched them into fists and met Tang San head-on with overwhelming force.

This punch carried three hundred pounds of force! Could Tang San withstand it?

The facts proved that Tang San could not.

Bang!

Their fist and palm collided violently. Tang San felt as though he had been struck by lightning. He let out a muffled groan as agonizing pain shot through his arm, his bones seeming to groan in misery.

His entire body flew backward out of control, crashing directly into a bed and knocking it over.

Defeated level-ten Soul Scholar "Tang San." Obtained 2.5 points of Source Power.

Thanks to Beiming Youyu X for the 600 Qidian Coin reward.