Do Senior and Junior Disciples Really Count as Being Smitten?

It really was a beast.

The Soul Swallowing Beast passed away peacefully.

Watching the glowing yellow Spirit Ring slowly rise from its corpse, Xu Yuan immediately sat cross-legged and used his Soul Power to draw it toward himself.

Hu Liena sat beside him, propping her chin on her hands as she quietly watched him.

Ghost Douluo stood motionless behind Xu Yuan, his senses spread across a thousand-meter radius to prevent any Spirit Beast from launching a shameless sneak attack.

This Spirit Ring absorption took somewhat longer than the last one.

After all, its age had increased by two or three times.

As the new Spirit Ring gradually settled around Xu Yuan's body and began pulsing at the same frequency as his First Spirit Ring, his absorption was complete.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes.

At the same time, information about his Second Spirit Ring's skill surfaced in his mind.

[Soul Devouring Frenzy]

Description: Centered on the user's body, rapidly devours all spiritual energy within an eight-hundred-meter radius and absorbs it into the body, replenishing expended Soul Power. Duration: two and a half minutes.

Holy shit!

Xu Yuan's eyes widened sharply. What had he just seen?

Centered on his body, it rapidly devoured all spiritual energy within an eight-hundred-meter radius to replenish consumed Soul Power!

Once he activated this skill, wouldn't that mean unlimited firepower?

It might be a little weak in the early stages, since his attack power was relatively low, but later on, this would be utterly invincible!

No need to worry about Soul Power consumption—he could just use eight-ring and nine-ring skills to carpet-bomb the battlefield.

Whoever came would die.

What did it mean to say that the poor relied on tactical maneuvers, while the rich relied on firepower coverage?

"How was it?"

Seeing him open his eyes, Hu Liena, who had been watching him closely all this time, lowered the hand supporting her chin. Her eyes were bright and captivating.

Xu Yuan waved a hand.

"Just average. It isn't an offensive Spirit skill, nor is it a buffing Spirit skill."

Hu Liena was immediately stunned.

"Huh?"

"Nana, don't believe this brat's nonsense."

Ghost Douluo nearly laughed from anger. He pointed at Xu Yuan. "If it were really average, would this brat still be so calm?"

That made sense.

Hu Liena shot Xu Yuan an annoyed glare. This guy was far too wicked.

Xu Yuan spread his hands helplessly.

"Why does no one believe the truth these days?"

If it had been any other Martial Soul, this skill would have been nothing more than a useless burden, because after fighting a long, drawn-out battle, they might not even manage to expend all their Soul Power.

But the Elemental Canon gave Xu Yuan far too many possibilities.

When he went all out, his Soul Power was drained as fast as if someone were pumping water with a machine. Under such circumstances, calling it a god-tier skill would not have been an exaggeration.

Once every two and a half minutes meant he could keep it active throughout the entire fight.

There were many situations where the Railgun could not be used. Its power was simply too great; if it did not kill, it crippled.

When he fought Yan that time, it had merely grazed the edge of his body, yet half of Yan's shoulder had been pierced straight through.

Had the healing teacher on site not reacted quickly, Yan would have spent the rest of his life as a one-armed hero.

Xu Yuan had already decided that he would avoid using it whenever possible in the future and keep it as a trump card.

Of course.

That only applied to competitions and sparring. Against enemies, he still had to use it when necessary.

There was no other reason. He simply liked using cannons to kill mosquitoes!

With the Spirit Ring absorption complete, Xu Yuan officially entered the realm of a two-ring Soul Grandmaster. The three of them did not linger long in Star Dou Forest.

Leaving behind the Soul Swallowing Beast's corpse—with its huge head, huge body, and huge everything—the three headed toward the border of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Notting City.

Come to think of it, this was Xu Yuan's first time visiting Notting City.

The city walls were low, the defenses weak, and the soldiers on duty at the gate were yawning sleepily.

It was not that they were neglecting their duties. Notting City was simply too remote, and few people ever came here.

He had previously seen Spirit City, and later Tianxing City.

Now that he had arrived in Notting City, Xu Yuan's first impression was that it was small—far too small.

Which of the cities he had seen before had not stretched for dozens or even hundreds of li?

But what about Notting City?

It seemed to span only a few li at a glance, and there were not many pedestrians on the streets either.

It was a remote little town, so Xu Yuan could understand.

When they entered the city, the soldiers guarding the gate did not stop them to ask questions, much less inspect them.

Those procedures were basically meant for commoners.

After all, this was a remote region with scarce resources and extreme poverty. Most commoners wore patched clothes, and letting too many of them into the city would easily affect its appearance.

If their superiors blamed them, they would not be able to bear the responsibility.

Xu Yuan's group, however, wore luxurious clothing and walked with their heads held high, exuding an imposing air. One look was enough to tell they were not from ordinary families, so naturally the soldiers did not stop them.

They found someone on the street and asked where the Spirit Hall was located.

After obtaining the exact address, Xu Yuan led Hu Liena and Ghost Douluo straight toward the Notting City Spirit Hall.

The reason they had come here instead of returning directly to Holy Soul Village was mainly because Xu Yuan did not remember the way back.

When Yue Guan had brought him there last time, they had flown the whole way.

They had flown like the wind and raced like lightning.

Forget remembering the route—at the beginning, Xu Yuan had been so scared that he had not even dared open his eyes.

By the time he got used to it and stopped being afraid,

he had long since lost all idea of where they had flown. Naturally, if he wanted to return, he needed someone to lead the way.

Notting City's Spirit Hall was a massive domed structure, a hundred meters wide and twenty meters tall, divided into three floors.

It was in the standard Heaven Dou Empire style.

Two guards stood at the entrance. Both were young men in their twenties, and faint Soul Power fluctuations could be sensed from them, though not much.

When they saw Xu Yuan's group approach, the guards' eyes went straight.

It was not because they recognized the identities of the three. Hu Liena's beautiful face and exquisitely curvaceous figure had simply drawn their gazes.

After living here for so many years, when had they ever seen such a beautiful girl?

However.

After taking a few looks, they seemed to realize that staring at her like that was inappropriate, and they immediately withdrew their gazes.

Hu Liena did not mind. She had experienced such looks many times and had long since grown accustomed to them.

As the saying went, one who wore the crown must bear its weight.

Being beautiful was simply unavoidable. They were only looking; it was not as if she would lose a piece of flesh.

The three entered the administrative hall directly.

There were usually not many visitors here, so the hall was very empty at the moment. Several staff members and deacons were chatting.

Though it was called chatting, only one person could be heard speaking.

She was a tall, voluptuous woman with above-average looks. Judging by her attire, she seemed to be a deacon.

She was speaking animatedly.

"You don't know this, but ever since the Pope accepted Xu Yuan as a disciple, Xu Yuan has risen straight to the clouds. He gets whatever he wants, and even Title Douluos have to obey his orders.

"He has countless beauties around him. Even Hu Liena, the number one beauty of Spirit Hall's younger generation, is quite smitten with him.

"A child of a Heaven Dou Empire prince offended him. Guess what happened?

"The Pope flew into a rage. The Heaven Dou Empire paid more than a billion Gold Soul Coins in compensation, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe personally escorted it to Spirit City to apologize at his door!

"That was more than a billion Gold Soul Coins! Piled up, it would stand taller than our Notting City Spirit Hall.

"Speaking of Xu Yuan, we have to mention our hall master, Su Yuntao. Xu Yuan's Martial Soul was awakened by his own hands.

"Back then..."

Standing there awkwardly, Hu Liena looked at the female deacon in the distance, who was completely absorbed in her tale. She secretly glanced at Xu Yuan beside her, her pretty face flushed crimson.

What did she mean, Hu Liena, the number one beauty of the younger generation, was also quite smitten with him?!

Had she made it that obvious...

No, this was just between senior and junior disciples. How could that be called being smitten?