Xiao Wu and Tang San stared in surprise at the child walking toward them.
It was Wang Feng!
But he had grown much taller!
By Tang San's reckoning, Brother Feng was almost a head taller than him! He was already about as tall as a ten-year-old upper-grade student! And Tang San himself had grown four or five centimeters after absorbing the power of a Spirit Ring! He hadn't expected Brother Feng to have grown taller, too!
His skin had also gotten even better, fairer even than Xiao Wu's?
As Wang Feng approached, Tang San couldn't help feeling astonished. Because he realized there was only one possible explanation for Brother Feng's transformation!
He had absorbed the power of a Spirit Ring!
Could Brother Feng really have hunted a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring all by himself? Tang San was utterly shocked.
Other than that, Tang San couldn't find any reason to explain Brother Feng's transformation overnight! Judging by appearances, his Spirit Ring might not be much worse than Tang San's?
Three hundred years? Or a four-hundred-year Spirit Ring like his own?
Maybe it was even higher?
The older the Spirit Ring, the greater the improvement a Spirit Master gained after absorbing it! Brother Feng had changed even more than Tang San! That meant the Spirit Ring he absorbed must have been higher in age?
Five hundred years? Six hundred years?
How was that possible! Tang San was stunned by his own speculation!
Could Brother Feng have hunted a five- or six-hundred-year-old Spirit Beast by himself?
Tang San had exhausted every ounce of his strength before he'd finally managed to kill that four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake, and even then, he'd only succeeded by sheer luck!
And he'd never expected Brother Feng to be the boss of Xiao Chenyu and the other noble kids! How had he managed that?
He'd always been in Holy Soul Village. He'd never even gone out!
Tang San was clever; at almost the very first glance at Wang Feng, he'd thought of many things.
By comparison, Xiao Wu only thought that Tang San's Brother Feng had changed quite a lot overnight. He was much taller than her, and he'd gotten much better-looking, too.
After all, Tang San had grown up with Wang Feng. It was just that Tang San didn't know Wang Feng's transformation hadn't been caused by a Spirit Ring, but by the reshaping of his body! It was a change brought about by the Meteor Tear!
"Boss Wang..."
Xiao Chenyu looked at Wang Feng with tears streaming down his face.
Though he'd only known Boss Wang for a day, Xiao Chenyu admired him from the bottom of his heart.
But from the looks of it, he and this Tang San knew each other, too... That made sense, I suppose. Boss Wang was a Work-Study Student, after all!
Xiao Chenyu's heart sank, and he thought, This is bad...
"Ahem!"
Wang Feng walked up to Tang San and the others and rapped Xiao Chenyu on the forehead. He scolded him, "You rascal, these two are my friends! How dare you give them trouble?"
"I didn't know..." Xiao Chenyu said aggrievedly.
If he'd known these two were such close friends of Boss Wang, he never would've picked a fight with Xiao Wu and Tang San.
"Um... Little San, Xiao Wu, it was all a misunderstanding... Let's just forget about it."
Wang Feng glared at Xiao Chenyu again, then continued, "Xiao Chenyu, from now on, you'll recognize Xiao Wu as your boss. Got it?"
"Al... All right..." Xiao Chenyu nodded.
Although Sister Xiao Wu was also a Work-Study Student, she was even stronger than Tang San. She was a Level 12 Spirit Master!
Just then, Xiao Wu said in a sweet, spirited voice,
"No! Brother Feng, since you're their Boss Wang, I'll have to beat you before I can be their boss! Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair, and they wouldn't accept me!"
As she spoke, Xiao Wu shot Tang San a glance.
Tang San pondered for a moment and thought, Brother Feng might have a Spirit Ring, too, but it may not be the most suitable one for him. My Spirit Ring is the most suitable for me, and it's raised my strength tremendously. I should be able to fight Brother Feng, especially with Xiao Wu helping...
Maybe we can beat Brother Feng!
"Brother Feng, Xiao Wu is right. Why don't we have a spar, too?" Tang San chimed in.
"..." Wang Feng looked at the two of them.
There was a fierce competitive spirit in Xiao Wu's eyes. She seemed eager to fight him.
Little San seemed more confident, too, now that he'd obtained a Spirit Ring.
"All right, then. Which of you wants to go first?"
Wang Feng didn't mind. It was the perfect chance to test his current strength!
"I'll go first!"
Tang San spoke up at once, his eyes fixed on Brother Feng, utterly calm.
It had already been more than three months since his last fight with Brother Feng!
He wasn't the same Tang San who hadn't yet awakened his Soul Power back then!
The students and Work-Study Students around them scattered, then crouched down on the ground nearby, one after another, like a pack of eager huskies, excitedly watching to see what kind of fight would break out!
Wang Feng walked to the other side and clasped his hands behind his back.
Tang San took a deep breath. Brother Feng still put him under tremendous pressure.
Without thinking too much about it, Tang San steadied his mind and breath, circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and charged straight at Wang Feng without using a Soul Skill!
His palms sank slightly into a bluish-jade hue as he silently activated the Mysterious Jade Hand!
"Careful, Brother Feng."
With a low shout, Tang San's charging figure swayed like a drifting leaf, its movements unpredictable and hard to follow. It seemed to be some kind of peculiar footwork!
No one could make out Tang San's figure, yet before they realized it, he was already attacking Wang Feng from right in front of him!
His hands formed claws. One claw shot toward Wang Feng's neck, as if seizing a lion or capturing a tiger.
"This is one of Little San's special techniques... When I fought him, I could easily be restrained if I didn't use Soft Technique."
As Xiao Wu watched, she thought about how she'd fought Little San many times. Most of the time, they'd ended in a draw. She could only beat him by using Soft Technique. But if Little San used that strange footwork to fight a war of attrition and run away, it was very hard for her to win.
Xiao Wu couldn't name the technique.
But Wang Feng knew what Tang San was using.
As expected, it was probably the grappling technique from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon. The footwork was Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Both were peerless arts.
They were truly extraordinary!
Compared with three months ago, Little San was clearly stronger after obtaining a Spirit Ring.
Wang Feng remembered that in the original story, Little San had relied on the peerless arts from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record to fight Dai Mubai, who was over Level 30, head-on for the first time when Little San was around Level 27, forcing Dai Mubai to use Soul Power!
Although Tang San hadn't yet mastered the techniques, they were already impressive!
The crowd couldn't see Tang San's figure clearly, but Wang Feng could.
His physical strength had already far surpassed what Tang San could imagine!
It was more than enough to overcome the peerless arts of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record!
As his thoughts flashed like sparks, Wang Feng shifted slightly to the side and struck like lightning, catching Tang San's incoming wrist!
Tang San froze. He pulled his hand back, slightly bent it, and gathered his force, intending to use the technique to slip free of Brother Feng's grip and turn the tables on him.
But then he found that Brother Feng's hand was like steel. He couldn't use his technique at all!
What incredible strength!
Tang San's gaze sharpened. He suddenly leaped into the air, using his claw as a pivot and Wang Feng's hand as leverage to vault high over him. He landed behind Wang Feng, then sprang down, seeming to want to use his momentum to throw Brother Feng straight to the ground!
Wang Feng seemed to have anticipated it. A faint, unreadable smile flashed in his eyes. His body twisted swiftly, and just as Tang San came down, he swung his hand and flung Tang San away before he could land!
Tang San was thrown straight up more than ten meters into the air!