Huo Wu: I Want to Prove Myself!

"Bang!"

A wave of heat washed over him, and the fire whip instantly snapped in the middle.

Bai Mu's expression remained unchanged as he continued to close the distance between them!

"What!"

Huo Wu's face changed drastically. She never expected her attack to be shattered by bare hands.

But her reaction was not slow. With a flick of her wrist, the fire whip whipped up another wave and attacked Bai Mu for the second time.

This time, the whip's momentum was not fierce. Instead, it was like a soft fire snake attempting to bind and control Bai Mu directly. "Interesting."

Bai Mu played along, directly reaching out to grab the fire whip and pulling hard, enduring the burning flames!

"Ah~"

Huo Wu stumbled immediately, and the fire whip in her hand instantly slipped, shattering into sparks.

Bai Mu, however, did not slow down. He took the opportunity to charge to within 10 meters of Huo Wu.

He could engage in close combat with her in the next second!

"Blazing Impact!"

Huo Wu had no time to think. She raised her hands, and her Spirit Ring lit up.

A fierce flame erupted from her palms, turning into a fan-shaped shockwave that rushed out.

This Spirit Skill was not powerful, but it could forcibly repel approaching enemies!

The flames burned, and the heat wave hit his face.

Bai Mu's speed did not decrease in the slightest.

He dodged to the side and directly shattered the shockwave with an Iron Mountain Lean.

As he closed in, he threw a heavy punch towards Huo Wu's beautiful face!

The punch was like the wind, and the ferocity was like thunder!

"Sett's Haymaker!"

Huo Wu hastily raised her arms to block.

Bang!

The moment the fist met her arms, Huo Wu was sent flying directly into the air. She landed on the ground and retreated three steps before barely stabilizing herself.

Her hands seemed to have lost all feeling, trembling uncontrollably.

A look of horror flashed in her eyes—this person's strength was even greater than many attack-type Soul Grand Masters!

"Stop spacing out!"

Bai Mu's assault didn't stop, his fists and kicks raining down on Huo Wu like a storm.

Huo Wu tried to create distance, but the arena's limited space offered no room to dodge.

"It's over."

Before Huo Wu's hands could regain feeling to counter, Bai Mu tripped her with a sweeping leg and casually kicked her off the Soul Fighting Arena.

"The winner is—[Dragon of Order]!"

The referee announced loudly.

"Wow!"

The audience erupted. He defeated the Blazing Academy genius across levels, without summoning his martial soul, not even using a Spirit Skill!

"Who exactly is this guy..."

Below the Soul Fighting Arena, Huo Wu bit her lip, looking at Bai Mu with unwillingness.

The intense pain all over her body told her this wasn't a dream!

She had actually been defeated by a Soul Master who hadn't used any Spirit Skills.

The only comfort she felt was that her Spirit Skill had, at least, caused Bai Mu quite a bit of injury—

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Huo Wu's eyes widened.

She saw Bai Mu's body emit a peculiar fluctuation, and the burns she had inflicted instantly healed.

As the fluctuation enveloped her, the pain on her body vanished without a trace.

"A boring match. Your Spirit Skill combination is a complete mess. You didn't show any of the Ghost Shadow's true potential at all."

Bai Mu stood on the stage, looking down at Huo Wu: "No control, no offense, no speed. Truly disappointing."

This battle alone finally made him understand why Huo Wu didn't use her first and second Spirit Rings in the original story.

Because those two Spirit Skills were simply too trash, even more so than Tang San's combination!

What he couldn't understand was why the Fire Shadow martial soul would play the control role. Why not learn from Ghost Douluo and play as a speed-attack type?

"What did you say!"

Huo Wu's beautiful eyes seemed to spew fire.

-"

Bai Mu glanced at the other party indifferently and directly turned to leave the stage.

He found a staff member and asked for help to match him with a new Soul Grand Master opponent.

Next----

Battle against a Level 23 Blazing Pig spirit martial soul Soul Grand Master, victory.

Level 25 Flame Wolf spirit martial soul Soul Grand Master, victory.

Level 29 Lava Turtle spirit martial soul defense-type Soul Grand Master, still victory.

Three battles, each one more difficult than the last.

Especially the last match, Bai Mu and his opponent fought for more than 10 minutes before he finally wore down and defeated his opponent.

"Impossible----"

"He doesn't even have a Second Spirit Ring, relying purely on physique and that Healing Spirit Skill----how is this possible!"

Huo Wu sat in the audience, watching the figure on the stage whose face was never revealed, her heart in turmoil.

What the proud Huo Wu couldn't accept the most wasn't Bai Mu's strength.

It was that among all the people Bai Mu fought, only she had lost the most miserably!

"No! I just didn't perform well this time! I underestimated him!"

"Let's do it again, and I definitely won't lose so badly!"

Huo Wu told herself, and then deliberately "bumped into" Bai Mu, attempting to prove herself.

What she never expected was that she did prove herself, just in the opposite way.

"You again!"

Not long after, Bai Mu looked at Huo Wu appearing opposite him again with some speechlessness.

"This time, I won't lose!"

Huo Wu confidently puffed out her chest, which was quite substantial.

"Alright, let's see your moves----"

Bai Mu smiled faintly. The moment the match began, he accelerated and charged forward with all his might.

Seeing Huo Wu swing her fire whip, he dodged lightly with a step.

"So fast?!"

Huo Wu was greatly alarmed. She quickly raised her hands, attempting to unleash Blazing Impact without regard for Soul Power consumption!

She wanted to blast Bai Mu out of the ring in one go.

However----

The Blazing Impact wave had just erupted from her hands when Bai Mu's punch landed simultaneously.

"Bang!"

The punch shattered the wave, gravity coursing through his waist and back.

Huo Wu's vision went black, and she fell to the ground on the spot.

"I thought you had some new ideas, but it turns out it was just this----"

Bai Mu looked at Huo Wu speechlessly.

Young people are great, they fall asleep as soon as they hit the ground.

"Where is that Dragon of Order?"

After Huo Wu woke up, she angrily grabbed a staff member's shoulder.

"He----he has already left."

"When will he come again?"

"I don't know----"

"It's time to deal with the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber."

Returning to the small courtyard, Bai Mu took out the finely textured Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber.

He used a charcoal furnace with the highest temperature to bake it. The softening efficiency of the whale rubber was very impressive.

"The temperature is a bit borderline----"

Bai Mu said helplessly, "Xiao Ruan, do you really not know any Fire Attribute moves?"

"Woof~"

Zygarde tilted its head, conveying innocent emotions. It had been working very hard for the past six months, advancing "Dragon Breath" to the more powerful "Dragon Pulse," and had even learned "Double Team" due to its high-speed movement.

But the Fire Attribute—this was a bit difficult for Long.

"Sigh~"

Bai Mu could only accept reality and wait patiently.

After all, in the Pokemon games, the only Fire-type move Zygarde could learn was Sunny Day.

Even if it could learn Fire Attribute moves, it wouldn't happen overnight.

Sizzle-

After waiting for a full ten minutes, the whale rubber finally softened.

"It's finally ready----"

Bai Mu grabbed it and refined it instantly.

The energy of the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber erupted like a mountain torrent, surging through his entire body once more.

He sat down cross-legged, guided his Soul Power, and refined it with all his might.

In the blink of an eye, several months passed in an instant.

"I've done it!"

As the last piece of whale rubber merged into his body, Bai Mu opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning.

He stood up and threw a punch.

The fist wind broke through the air, actually knocking down green leaves from the trees.

"My physique—it's probably not weaker than a Soul Ancestor's?"

He felt the transformation as if he had been reborn.

"Now, even absorbing a Five Thousand Year Spirit Ring would definitely be fine!"

Next, it was time to consider the Second Spirit Ring!