One Kick Kill! Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan Stunned

If Hu Liena and the other two had put them up to it, this group would probably keep pestering him every day.

"Fine. Then I'll suppress them."

Lin Yu said calmly, "I have no interest in fighting you one by one. Send out the strongest among you to fight me directly."

"The strongest among us has 19th Level Soul Power. Are you sure you want the strongest one? You don't want to pick someone else?"

"..." Lin Yu was a little speechless. "I thought the strongest among you would at least be a two-ring Soul Master. What's there to reconsider about Level 19? Send out your strongest to fight me."

Lin Yu's words were full of confidence, but to them, they sounded utterly arrogant and conceited.

"Outrageous! This kid is way too arrogant!"

"Does he think that just because he's being trained by the Great Worship Elder, he can casually crush us Core Disciples who have cultivated for three or four years?"

"Brother Qi! Show him the strength of us Core Disciples!"

The crowd retreated one after another, leaving behind a youth they called Brother Qi.

"Lin Yu, let's make this clear first. Injuries are unavoidable in a spar, and sometimes it's hard to control one's strength. If I hit too hard and accidentally hurt you later, don't hold it against me," the youth said with a smile.

But he was clearly a smiling tiger; his thoughts were written all over his face.

"Heh, finding a high-sounding excuse for maliciously hurting someone? This bunch clearly didn't come just to spar with me. They want to beat me up," Lin Yu sneered inwardly before replying, "You're right. Injuries are unavoidable in a spar. If I hit a little too hard, you won't get angry either, right?"

"Hahaha, yes, yes, of course I won't be angry. It's just a spar—this is all perfectly normal," the youth could not help laughing out loud, utterly disdainful inside. "Ridiculous. You've only cultivated for one year and you think you can hurt me? If you managed to injure me, then my four years of cultivation would have been for nothing!"

"Then let's begin!"

As he spoke, the youth began with a simple introduction.

This was a rule among Soul Masters facing each other in battle for the first time: both sides had to briefly introduce themselves before the duel.

"My name is Ye Xiuqi. I'm ten years old. My Martial Soul is the Demonic Vine. I am a Level 19 one-ring Control System Spirit Master. Please advise me!"

Xie Yue shook his head with a smile. "Although Ye Xiuqi is only a Level 19 Soul Master, when he goes all out, his strength is no weaker than that of a Level 21 Soul Grandmaster. This kid dared to challenge the strongest among them right from the start. He's simply asking for trouble."

Yan grew a little excited. "I love seeing arrogant, self-important brats like this! That look on their faces after they get crushed and suffer such a blow! Nana, Xie Yue, I'm getting more and more excited!"

Hu Liena gave an alluring smile. "How many moves do you think he can last?"

"He definitely won't last ten moves. If things go badly, Ye Xiuqi might knock him down in three moves! Hahaha!" Yan mocked loudly.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena also wore smiles.

But at that moment, Lin Yu's voice made the three of them unable to smile any longer. Their expressions instantly darkened.

"Lin Yu. Martial Soul: Elemental Angel. Level 18 Assault System Battle Spirit Master. Please advise me."

"What? E-Eighteen?!"

"How is that possible?!"

The moment those words left his mouth, Hu Liena, the other two, and the surrounding Core Disciples were all stunned.

Yan roared in disbelief, "Lin Yu raised his Soul Power by eight levels in one year?! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

Hu Liena and Yan also found it hard to believe, their expressions ugly. "Even if he's Level 18, he has only cultivated for one year and lacks combat experience. He still can't be a match for Ye Xiuqi, who has four years of battle experience."

Upon hearing that Lin Yu had 18th Level Soul Power, Ye Xiuqi was stunned for a moment. He no longer dared to underestimate his opponent and immediately summoned his Ghost Vine Martial Soul.

He directly unleashed his spirit ability as well. "First Spirit Ability, Ghost Vine Entanglement!!"

"Ghost Vine Entanglement? How is that any different from Blue Silver Entanglement?" Looking at the black vines rapidly spreading toward him, Lin Yu suddenly recalled the form of Tang San's First Spirit Ability.

He did not even bother dodging, simply standing where he was and allowing the vines to wrap around his body.

"The binding force is decent. It should be much stronger than Blue Silver Entanglement, right?"

"Hahaha! Lin Yu! I wasn't completely confident I could defeat you before, but you actually didn't dodge. You're finished! My Ghost Vine Entanglement is nearly impossible for a one-ring Soul Master to break free from, and it also comes with a paralysis effect."

"You have no chance of winning now!!"

Ye Xiuqi was overjoyed. As he spoke, he rushed toward Lin Yu with a punch.

"Huh? It has a paralysis effect too? This is practically identical to Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement... Wait!? Paralysis? Why don't I feel anything at all?"

"Oh! I almost forgot. My Light Dominance makes me immune to any negative status effects."

"Lin Yu, it's over. Watch me knock you down with one punch!"

Just as Ye Xiuqi's fist came within less than a meter of Lin Yu—

A terrifying, ultimate flame suddenly surged from Lin Yu's body. The vines were reduced to ash in an instant, while a smirk curled across his face. "What are you dreaming about?"

"You don't really think this can restrain me, do you?"

Ye Xiuqi's eyes widened in terror. "What?!"

"Impossible—"

"Get lost."

Bang!

"Uwaaaah!! Ah!"

Before he could even react, Lin Yu had already savagely kicked Ye Xiuqi in the face.

A miserable scream rang out as he was kicked more than ten meters away. His body skipped across the ground like a stone over water, slamming down several times before he finally lay there foaming at the mouth, his body twitching.

Instant kill!

One kick had taken him down!

The battle had ended the moment it began.

The scene fell silent in an instant, deathly still.

"W-what just happened??"

"H-he lost!?"

Everyone wore the same expression—eyes wide, mouths agape, so stunned it seemed their jaws were about to hit the floor.

Then one Core Disciple blurted, "Holy shit!"

The entire place erupted!

"H-holy shit!!!"

"Ye Xiuqi—Brother Qi got instantly one-shotted by Lin Yu with a single kick!!!"

"How is that possible?"

"How could Lin Yu... how could he be this strong!!"

Lin Yu withdrew his power and looked down arrogantly at the Core Disciples. "Hey, does anyone else want to challenge me?"

Seeing Ye Xiuqi kicked into such a miserable state, how could they dare go up and ask for more suffering?

All they felt toward Lin Yu was fear and dread.

"If not, then I won't keep you company any longer. See you!" Lin Yu waved his hand and casually walked away beneath the stunned gazes of the Core Disciples.

"This brat is actually that strong. Damn it, we underestimated him."

Watching Lin Yu's departing figure, Hu Liena and the other two flushed bright red.

Thinking back to the smug things they had said earlier, their faces immediately burned as though they had been slapped repeatedly.

For the first time, their pride as geniuses had been shaken, and they developed a deep wariness of Lin Yu!

They feared that Lin Yu's talent might far surpass their own.

Geniuses like them could accept someone else having greater talent—but only by a little. If the gap was too great, they simply could not accept it in their hearts.