Command

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena returned to their respective dorms and broke through the Soul Power Level they had suppressed for half a year, reaching level forty. However, neither of them made a fuss about it.

They were heading to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, but for Gu Chen, Gu Yuena, and Xiao Wu, it was practically like going home. Everyone in the Star Dou Great Forest was a beast talent, and they spoke so pleasantly.

Therefore, they had nothing to prepare for their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

At this moment, Gu Yuena seemed to have become addicted to shopping and once again pulled Gu Chen into Suotuo City.

"It's them! Kill them for me!" The moment they entered Suotuo City, Gu Chen and Gu Yuena heard a familiar voice.

Turning around, wasn't that the old woman who had tried to scam them last time?

"Brat, you dared to hurt my mother! Today, you will die!" Beside the old woman stood a middle-aged man with gray hair and a hooked nose.

Looking for trouble?

Gu Chen immediately sneered, "An old bastard who refuses to die is nothing but a thief. You can't even keep your own bitch under control, and you won't let anyone else do it?"

"You, you, you!" The old woman was so furious that she coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.

"Mother!" The middle-aged man hurriedly helped the old woman up and supported her to the side to sit down. Then he turned toward Gu Chen, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

A dark purple spear appeared in his hand. At the same time, six spirit rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, purple, and black—appeared behind him.

Although this middle-aged man was a Soul Emperor, his Spirit Ring Configuration was simply too mediocre.

"Die! First Spirit Ability—Gutting Spear!"

The purplish-black spear transformed into three spear shadows, lunging at Gu Chen's head, chest, and lower abdomen respectively.

A spear user?

Gu Chen's eyes lit up, and the Golden Dragon Spear instantly appeared in his hand. He imitated the middle-aged man's spirit ability, sending three golden spear shadows to meet the man's First Spirit Ability.

The golden spear shadows collided with the middle-aged man's First Spirit Ability and canceled each other out. Although the Golden Dragon Spear was far superior in quality to the middle-aged man's martial soul, those three spear shadows were still his First Spirit Ability.

"Brat, how do you know my spirit ability?" The middle-aged man was shocked.

"What? You call that a spirit ability? Anyone with hands can do that!" Gu Chen mocked.

"Brat, you've enraged me! Today, you will die here! Fifth Spirit Ability— Urgh..."

Just as the middle-aged man was about to unleash his Fifth Spirit Ability, Gu Chen vanished from where he stood and appeared behind him in an instant, already having undergone Martial Soul Possession.

The next second, the Golden Dragon Claw shot out and pierced through the middle-aged man's chest. A beating heart was gripped in the dragon claw, and with a light squeeze from the Golden Dragon Claw, it burst into a mist of blood.

With the piercing property of his Golden Dragon Claw, he could now effortlessly pierce through a Soul Emperor's chest!

Gu Chen did not particularly want to kill people, but when facing an enemy who harbored murderous intent, he would never show mercy.

"My son!" The old woman slowly regained consciousness at that moment. When she saw the middle-aged man dead, she immediately lost her mind and charged at Gu Chen as though she no longer cared about her life.

Gu Chen kicked her, and the old woman instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

Hah, I spared your life, yet you still dared to come looking for trouble. Don't blame me for sending you to the coffin early!

Despite killing two people in succession, Gu Chen felt no guilt. Instead, he felt as though he had rid the people of a scourge.

Whenever he thought of the countless families in his previous life that had been torn apart and ruined by scam artists, Gu Chen felt an extreme disgust toward such scams.

After killing someone, neither Gu Chen nor Gu Yuena beside him had any interest in continuing their shopping. They could only return to the academy.

After returning to his dorm, Gu Chen washed the blood off his body. Of course, it was the middle-aged man's blood that had splattered onto him.

"Ding!"

System Character Panel:

Character: Gu Chen

Age: 12 years old (actual age: 209,000,006 years old)

Strength: 501000 (a normal level 39 Soul Elder has 1000)

Spiritual Power: 5030 (a normal level 39 Soul Elder has 900)

Bloodline: Golden Dragon King bloodline 99%, Dragon God bloodline 1%

Level: Level 40 Soul Elder (3 layers of the seal have been released)

Spirit Rings: Purple, Black, Black

Overall Evaluation: A big shot pretending to be weak, already beginning to reveal his edge.

System Backpack: 99980 Gold Soul Coins, Soul Power Boost Card ×2.

After breaking through to level forty, Gu Chen's strength and spiritual power had both increased accordingly.

The next day, after breakfast, Zhao Wuji was already waiting when everyone gathered on the training ground.

When they saw Zhao Wuji, the students were all somewhat stunned. They wanted to laugh, but did not dare to actually do so.

Zhao Wuji did look rather miserable. At least three bruises on his face had yet to fade, especially the black eye around his left eye socket, which was truly hard not to laugh at.

"What are you looking at, you little brats? Are your hides itching?"

Upon hearing the words "little brats," Xiao Wu was clearly unhappy and muttered, "Why not call them little blind bears?"

Zhao Wuji glared. "Xiao Wu, what did you say?"

Tang San instinctively stepped sideways. He waved a hand behind his back at Xiao Wu while shielding her with his body, his protectiveness plain to see.

Not far away, Gu Chen gave him a cold glance.

Zhao Wuji had not witnessed Tang San's abilities. Although Tang Hao was his father, Zhao Wuji still looked down on him somewhat. Yet when he saw Gu Chen's glance, Zhao Wuji's face clearly showed a trace of awkwardness. He did not pursue Xiao Wu's jab any further and merely snorted. "All right, get moving. Mubai, lead the team."

After all, Gu Chen had sparred with Tang Hao, who had beaten Zhao Wuji senseless. Though Gu Chen had lost, his strength was obvious.

Dai Mubai nodded, his expression immediately turning serious. He said to the others, "The Star Dou Great Forest is no place for fooling around. There are countless soul beasts inside, and they are all extremely aggressive. They have no fondness for humans, either. Everyone must be careful. Tang San, take the front. Oscar and Ning Rongrong, you two follow behind Tang San. Fatty and Xiao Wu, take the left and right sides. Zhu Zhuqing and I will bring up the rear. Gu Chen and Gu Yuena, stand on either side of Tang San. Once we enter the forest, maintain this formation and stay alert at all times. Let's go."

Gu Chen immediately mocked him, "A control system at the front and damage dealers on the sides? Are you playing around? Do you even know how to command? And one assault system and one agility system, two completely different types, in the same position? Are you sure this isn't just to give you and Zhu Zhuqing an opportunity?"

At that, Zhu Zhuqing gave Dai Mubai a cold look, her eyes filled with disgust.

"Gu Chen, your strength is the greatest among us, and judging from what you just said, you should understand command. Why don't we let you lead us?" Ignoring Dai Mubai's embarrassment, Zhu Zhuqing said to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen nodded and unceremoniously took over command. "We'll divide into four rows. I'll be alone in the first row at the front. The second row will be the control systems, Na'er and Tang San. The third row will be the support systems, Oscar and Ning Rongrong. The fourth row will be Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu, the assault systems, bringing up the rear. Ma Hongjun, an assault system whose defense is weak despite his offensive strength, will stand on the left side of the third row. Zhu Zhuqing, as an agility system, will stand on the right side of the third row. Zhu Zhuqing, you may change positions at any time. You will also be responsible for scouting."

Going to the Star Dou Great Forest was not playing a game. There had to be two assault systems guarding the rear. As for why the most important front line had only Gu Chen alone—hah, it seemed that even ten Dai Mubais could not beat one Gu Chen.

Some readers previously asked whether the old woman scammer was foreshadowing. Originally, I simply wanted to mock that disgusting scammer behavior. Since you brought it up, I'll fill in this possible foreshadowing pit in this chapter. ()????

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