Level Nine Imprint! Let Me Pat Your Head!

"Since no one is speaking up, I'll do the talking."

Bing Tianxiao's voice was not loud, but it carried a lazy, carefree air and clearly spread throughout the entire area.

A playful curve tugged at the corners of his lips as his gaze swept over all the top-tier students present.

"Someone, be proactive and hand over your imprint. That'll save me the trouble of acting. It would be such a shame to hurt our harmony."

His words caused an uproar throughout the area.

Arrogant!

He was simply too arrogant!

Which person standing here was not a proud child of heaven?

Which one of them had not been treated like the center of attention on their respective Spirit Road or within their family?

Yet now, someone was ordering them to hand over the imprints they had painstakingly accumulated, as though they were servants?

Mu Chen, meanwhile, wore an expression that suggested he had expected this.

This fellow had displayed an extremely aggressive nature on the Spirit Road. It was only because of his personality that he had always acted alone...

"Bing Tianxiao! Don't get too arrogant! This isn't the Spirit Road!"

At last, someone could not hold back.

The speaker was a burly youth clad in scarlet battle armor. He held a heavy hammer wreathed in roaring flames, and the spiritual energy around him fluctuated with extraordinary violence. Clearly, he was also an expert who had stepped into the Heaven Integration Realm.

He glared at Bing Tianxiao, his eyes filled with defiance.

"Everyone came here for the Northern Cang Spirit Academy. Why should we give our imprints to you? Do you really think that being a Spirit Crown Holder gives you the right to do whatever you want?"

"Exactly! Let's attack together. I refuse to believe that he can fight so many of us alone!"

With someone taking the lead, the others began echoing him one after another.

Their original fear of Bing Tianxiao gradually transformed into anger and fighting spirit under the pressure of interest and dignity.

Even the Shi Family Twins, who had been hiding at the back all this time, revealed a sinister glint in their eyes, as though they were planning to fish in troubled waters.

Faced with the crowd's rising fury, the smile on Bing Tianxiao's face did not diminish in the slightest. Instead, it grew even brighter.

He did not even glance at the shouting red-armored youth. He merely turned his head and winked at Luo Li beside him.

"Looks like it's hard to be a good person these days."

Luo Li's expression was helpless.

However, the long sword in her hand still slid out of its sheath by an inch. An icy chill swept out instantly, causing the originally sweltering air around them to drop several degrees.

"How many do you want?"

She asked only this one question.

Bing Tianxiao chuckled and raised two fingers, gently shaking them.

"No need for you to act. I'll handle this kind of rough work. Just watch from the side."

With that, he turned around.

He finally looked straight at the red-armored youth and the group of "prey" behind him, who were itching to make a move.

"Who was it that said I could do whatever I wanted just now...?"

Before his voice had even faded, Bing Tianxiao's figure suddenly vanished into thin air!

"Be careful!"

Someone cried out in alarm.

However, it was already too late.

In the next instant, a dark-blue afterimage appeared like a ghost in front of the red-armored youth.

The red-armored youth's pupils shrank. He had no time to react before an overwhelming force of extreme cold, carried by a fist, slammed into his chest!

Bang!

A dull sound rang out.

The seemingly mighty red-armored youth was sent flying together with his hammer, smashing into the distant rock wall as frost covered his entire body.

The Level Eight imprint on his forehead, which had originally shone brilliantly, transformed into a streak of light in an instant and entered the space between Bing Tianxiao's brows.

"Hmm... still a little short."

Bing Tianxiao stood where he was and clapped his hands, as though he had merely swatted a fly.

His gaze swept over the completely stunned crowd once more, and he said with a smile, "Who's next?"

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Everyone was like a duck with its throat clutched, unable to make the slightest sound.

One move!

It had taken only one move!

The red-armored youth, who could be considered a strong fighter among them, had been instantly defeated?

He had not even had a chance to resist?

Was this the strength of a Spirit Crown Holder?

At this moment, the crowd that had been clamoring to surround and attack him was instantly doused with a basin of ice water, chilled from head to toe.

The Shi Family Twins trembled violently with fright. They wished they could bury themselves in a crack in the ground, frantically praying that this menace would not notice them.

Looking at the crowd's terrified expressions, Bing Tianxiao sighed helplessly.

"Why has everyone stopped talking? Weren't you all quite lively just now?"

He shook his head, his gaze finally landing on the Shi brothers, who were trying to lower their presence as much as possible. He grinned, revealing two rows of pearly white teeth.

"Since no one is volunteering, I'll call on someone...

"Shi brothers, we're so familiar with each other. Why don't you two set an example and go first?"

The instant Shi Jingtian and Shi Hao heard the words "call on someone," their faces turned as pale as paper.

Although they considered themselves geniuses, they were also figures who could throw their weight around in the Northern Cang Realm.

When the two brothers joined forces, they could even contend with an early-stage Heaven Integration Realm expert for a while.

But... that was all they could do: contend for a while!

That red-armored youth had been a genuine Heaven Integration Realm expert. And what had happened?

He had been instantly defeated by Bing Tianxiao!

What the hell were they supposed to fight?

"Run!"

Shi Jingtian and Shi Potian made this decision almost simultaneously.

The two exchanged a glance, their tacit understanding perfect. Their spiritual energy erupted instantly, and they did not dare to linger for even a moment. Transforming into two streaks of light, they fled frantically in opposite directions.

As long as one of them escaped, even if half their imprints were taken, they could at least preserve the other half!

"Run?"

Looking at the two retreating figures, a playful curve appeared at the corners of Bing Tianxiao's lips.

He raised his right hand lazily and gently clenched his long fingers in the air.

"Why are you running? I'm not some flood or ferocious beast. I only wanted to make friends with you."

Before his voice had even faded, an extreme chill erupted from him and spread outward!

Crack!

It was as though the sound of something freezing had come from the air.

The Shi brothers, who were fleeing for their lives, suddenly felt as though the surrounding space had solidified. The smooth circulation of their spiritual energy abruptly ground to a halt.

Immediately afterward, an irresistible force of extreme cold shot up from the soles of their feet straight to the crowns of their heads!

"No—!"

The two only had time to let out a desperate scream before their bodies froze in midair.

In the next instant, thick layers of ice rapidly covered their entire bodies, preserving them in their running poses.

They were forcibly frozen into two crystal-clear ice sculptures!

Bang! Bang!

The two ice sculptures crashed heavily onto the ground without shattering, producing only dull impacts.

Yet those impacts sounded especially piercing in the deathly silent area.

The entire scene fell utterly silent.

Everyone's eyes widened as a chill rose from the soles of their feet and shot straight to their heads.

It had taken only a thought...

He had not even moved his hands. He had merely changed his mind?

Was this still a human?!

With a casual wave of his hand, Bing Tianxiao summoned two dazzling streaks of light from the ice sculptures' foreheads. They obediently flew into his palm.

"Here. You can advance to Level Nine."

"..."

Before Luo Li could object, Bing Tianxiao reached out with a grin and touched her forehead.

He also took the opportunity to stroke her incomparably smooth silver hair...

Luo Li's pretty face flushed slightly, and she was just about to lose her temper.

The golden imprint on her forehead suddenly shone brilliantly. Its already deep golden color rapidly transformed into an incomparably noble purple-gold color!

A Level Nine Imprint!