Revenge of the Fallen One

"Master, this..."

On the other side of the viewing area, Tang San watched the battle that had ended almost instantly and subconsciously looked toward Yu Xiaogang.

This was different from what Yu Xiaogang had just said. Hadn't he said that the Soul Master's body was the weakness of a detached beast martial soul? How had Shui Wuchen defeated Lightning Academy in an instant without even using Articuno, relying solely on himself?

"Cough, cough."

Yu Xiaogang coughed. He had just said that Shui Wuchen's body was weak, yet Shui Wuchen had easily defeated Lightning Academy by himself. It left him feeling rather awkward.

Still, although Shui Wuchen's actions had embarrassed him, he explained, "Perhaps Shui Wuchen's Articuno is different from my Three-Eyed Raccoon Dog. Detached beast martial souls are simply too rare, so it's normal for there to be some differences."

"That's true."

Tang San nodded. Indeed, from birth until now, he had only heard of Master and Shui Wuchen having detached beast martial souls.

"Watch out!"

At Lightning Academy's lodging, Yu Tianxin suddenly jolted awake and shouted.

Upon seeing Yu Tianxin awaken, Lightning Academy's headmaster immediately came before him and asked, "Tianxin, you're awake?"

Yu Tianxin looked at the headmaster before him, then at Thunder and the others lying on the beds nearby. Recalling the scene on the Arena, he gave a bitter smile.

"We... lost?"

Hearing this, Lightning Academy's headmaster fell silent. Then he sighed. "This isn't your fault, Tianxin. No matter who faced Shui Wuchen, the outcome would not have changed. Even Feng Xiaotian from Godwind Academy probably wouldn't last more than a few moves against him.

"I just checked your injuries. Though they look severe, they are actually quite minor. After treatment from a Healing Soul Master, you're already seventy or eighty percent recovered. It won't even affect tomorrow's battle.

"Do you know what that means?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Tianxin hurriedly examined his body. Aside from some pain at the injured areas, he found no other adverse symptoms.

Yu Tianxin was instantly shocked. He knew that even if he fought a Soul Elder, he could not strike the opponent's vital areas and still leave them with such light injuries.

To achieve such a thing, the difference in strength between both sides had to be enormous. Only then could one accomplish it with such effortless ease.

"His strength has already surpassed the scope of the younger generation!"

As he spoke, Lightning Academy's headmaster sighed inwardly as well. He had no idea where Shui Yueruo had found such a monster.

Generally speaking, breaking through to level forty and becoming a Soul Ancestor before the age of twenty already qualified one as a top-tier genius.

The Heaven Dou division had gathered nearly three hundred of the most elite students from twenty-eight advanced Soul Master Academies, yet only thirty or forty of them were Soul Ancestors.

And that was without taking into account those who only broke through after the age of twenty, as well as the fact that this year's cohort was particularly outstanding. If those factors were considered, the odds would be even lower.

But what about Shui Wuchen?

At an age when breaking through to Soul Ancestor before twenty was already considered exceptionally outstanding, he had not only become a Soul King at the age of sixteen, but his combat power was even more astonishing.

His control over Soul Skills had even reached perfection. Forget the younger generation—even many geniuses of the older generation would not be Shui Wuchen's match!

Hearing the headmaster's words, Yu Tianxin fell silent. Shui Wuchen's appearance had clearly left an extremely deep impression on one of the Twin Stars of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

At Skywater Academy's lodging, Shui Wuchen had gone through great effort to escape the encirclement of the Skywater Academy Girls before heading out of Heaven Dou City.

Yet as he walked, Shui Wuchen grew wary. He could always sense a peculiar gaze watching him from the shadows.

It had been fine within the city, but after leaving Heaven Dou City, that malicious intent became increasingly obvious and completely undisguised.

Finally, Shui Wuchen halted. With a flick of his hand, an Ice Blue beam carrying bone-piercing cold shot toward a certain direction.

Clang~

The next moment, a pale-faced young man staggered into view where the Ice Blue beam had struck. Frost covered nearly half his body, making him look exceptionally bedraggled.

After the Pale Youth appeared, Shui Wuchen waved the Ice Blue longsword condensed in his hand and coldly looked at him. "You have followed me for so long. What do you want?"

Articuno fluttered her wings as she appeared above Shui Wuchen's head. Strands of cold air spread from her body as she too fixed the Pale Youth with an icy gaze.

"Cough, cough."

The Pale Youth coughed, his gaze toward Shui Wuchen filled with surprise. "I didn't expect you to discover my location. You truly are a genius."

Shui Wuchen stared at the Pale Youth without changing expression. He wanted to see what else this man could say.

"However, you made one mistake, genius."

The Pale Youth's Soul Power erupted. The frost covering half his body slowly melted under the effects of his Soul Power. Seven soul rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, and black—appeared around him, circling up and down as they radiated dazzling light.

At this sight, Shui Wuchen's gaze narrowed slightly. This man was actually a Soul Saint, and he was precisely the Fallen One who had fought Shui Yueruo and Huo Yangyan that day.

Headmaster Yueruo and Headmaster Huo actually failed to kill him?

Shui Wuchen sighed inwardly. He knew why the Pale Youth had followed him. Those two headmasters had really set him up.

After summoning his martial soul, the Pale Youth's body was once more wrapped in black mist. Skull after skull emerged from the black mist, letting out shrill wails.

"You, a genius, should never have come outside Heaven Dou City. In this situation, no one can save you!"

The Pale Youth, his body enveloped in black mist, let out a sinister cackle, as though he were thrilled at the prospect of strangling an unparalleled genius in the cradle.

Then, the skulls around the Pale Youth abruptly turned toward Shui Wuchen. In hoarse voices, they said, "That bitch dared to meddle in things that were none of her business and even injured me. Today, I'll kill a genius from her academy first and collect some interest!"

With that, a soul ring around the Pale Youth lit up. Dozens of skulls formed from black mist immediately charged toward Shui Wuchen, as though they intended to devour him completely.

"Woo~~~"

But at that moment, Articuno spat out an Ice Blue ray of extreme cold. In an instant, the black mist skulls charging at Shui Wuchen froze into blocks of ice and fell from the sky.

"What?"

At this sight, the pupils of the Pale Youth within the black mist shrank sharply. His attack had been neutralized so easily?

At this moment, Shui Wuchen slowly walked toward the Pale Youth. Along with a bird's cry, flecks of white snow suddenly began drifting down from the sky.