"Chen'er..."
Snow Empress's pleasant voice rang out in Xue Bingchen's mind, her tone filled with disbelief and disgust:
"Are there really human Soul Masters in this world who awaken Martial Souls that look like this? This... this is far too ugly."
The most sincere and plainspoken assessment from the Lord of the Far North, the peerless Snow Empress!
"Hahaha, Mom, you're right. It really is ugly in a distinctive way." Xue Bingchen laughed wildly in agreement within his heart.
Tang San, meanwhile, had completely turned to stone.
His clear eyes widened as he stared fixedly at the purple pig rubbing against Yu Xiaogang's trouser leg, his mind briefly crashing.
"What... what kind of Martial Soul is that?!"
"This is the Martial Soul that this buzz-cut uncle said needed him to mediate, the one that could become famous across the continent?"
"This is the so-called... Luo Sanpao?!"
Tang San felt as though his entire worldview had been dealt a severe blow.
He looked left and right, up and down. No matter how he looked at that fat pig, he could not connect it in the slightest to the four words "Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting"!
This was simply an insult to the words "Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting"!
Yet Yu Xiaogang did not feel the slightest embarrassment over his Martial Soul.
On the contrary, after revealing his Martial Soul and two hundred-year Spirit Rings, Yu Xiaogang immediately became full of confidence.
He held his head high, looked at Xue Bingchen with a disdainful gaze, and snorted coldly.
"Kid, now you know fear, don't you? Too bad, it's too late! Today, I'll show you the consequences of insulting a Grandmaster!"
As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang's gaze sharpened. He prepared to directly unleash his first Soul Skill and properly demonstrate the majesty of a "Grandmaster" to this ignorant brat before him, as well as Tang San, who had dared to doubt him!
Faced with Yu Xiaogang's provocation, Xue Bingchen could not even be bothered to summon his Martial Soul.
He merely stood there with his hands behind his back, as leisurely as though strolling through a courtyard. Then he tilted his head slightly and said to Tang San beside him in an exceptionally calm voice:
"Watch carefully. Open your eyes and see whether this thing, worse than even a clown, is worthy of being your teacher."
Hearing Xue Bingchen's words, Tang San instinctively swallowed, his gaze tightly fixed on Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao.
The next moment!
Yu Xiaogang suddenly waved his hand, and the first yellow Spirit Ring beneath his feet burst into brilliant light!
Immediately afterward, Luo Sanpao, which had been rubbing against his thigh, suddenly seemed to have been injected with stimulants. Its two front paws slammed against the ground, and its round body actually leaped straight into the air!
In midair, Luo Sanpao abruptly turned around, pointing its fat, round backside directly at Xue Bingchen and Tang San!
At the same time, Yu Xiaogang planted his hands on his waist, sank his breath into his abdomen, and shouted an absurd line so piercing that Tang San would never forget it for the rest of his life:
"Thunderous Fart—Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting Luo Sanpao!!!"
"Holy shit?!"
Tang San was so shocked by that line that he nearly blurted out a curse from his previous life.
His eyes flew wide open as he stared at Luo Sanpao in midair in disbelief.
Luo Sanpao's already round belly began to swell frantically at a visible rate the instant Yu Xiaogang recited the Soul Skill incantation, like an inflated balloon, becoming taut and bloated!
That strained expression, that backside pointed this way...
"Th-this couldn't be about to..."
An incredibly disgusting and absurd thought flashed through Tang San's mind.
Before he could react—
"Bang—!!!"
A deafening boom, like muffled thunder, suddenly exploded outside the gates of Notting Academy!
The next instant, a dense yellow gas, visible to the naked eye, erupted violently from behind Luo Sanpao's backside like floodwaters bursting through a dam!
That yellow poison gas, carrying tremendous force, swept toward Xue Bingchen and Tang San like a tidal wave!
"It's a fart! It really is a fart!!!"
Tang San completely broke down this time!
In his previous life, he had been an assassin of the Tang Sect and had played with poison his entire life. He feared neither Cranetop Red nor Peacock Plume.
But he had never dreamed that after arriving in this world, the first Soul Master's attack he faced would be a goddamn fart!
This was the ultimate insult to him, a Grandmaster of Hidden Weapons and an expert poison user!
"Urgh..."
Out of instinctive fear of the unknown poison gas and sheer disgust, Tang San raised both hands almost reflexively and tightly covered his mouth and nose. At the same time, he pushed off forcefully with his feet, preparing to use Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to flee this disgusting area.
However.
One second passed.
Then two seconds passed.
The yellow gas had clearly enveloped them, yet Tang San discovered in surprise...
It seemed to have no smell?
Tang San cautiously loosened his fingers a little and carefully sniffed.
There really was nothing!
There was not the slightest stench, nor were there any signs of poisoning!
"What is going on?"
Tang San lowered his hands in confusion and looked carefully around him.
The moment he did, his entire body froze, his eyes filled with profound shock.
At some point, a deep blue ice crystal barrier, sparkling and radiating an aura of extreme cold, had appeared around him and Xue Bingchen!
The ice crystal barrier resembled an inverted glass bowl, perfectly enclosing the two of them within.
The seemingly ferocious yellow gas did not even cause a ripple when it touched that seemingly paper-thin ice crystal barrier. It was instantly frozen into yellow ice shards by the extreme cold, falling to the ground with soft pattering sounds!
Forget poison gas—even the faintest trace of odor could not get through!
What Tang San found most unbelievable was that, from beginning to end, he had not seen the white-haired young man beside him summon his Martial Soul. Not even a single Spirit Ring had lit up!
With merely a thought, or perhaps a trace of leaked Soul Power, he had effortlessly neutralized a Soul Grandmaster's all-out attack!
Just how terrifying was that strength?!
Outside the barrier.
Yu Xiaogang, who had just unleashed his first Soul Skill and was preparing to enjoy the show, was now completely dumbfounded.
He stared slack-jawed at the ice crystal barrier that had appeared out of thin air, watching his prized "Heaven-Shattering Earth-Splitting" poison gas instantly freeze into ice shards. His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"How... how is this possible?!"
Yu Xiaogang's body trembled violently as unprecedented fear and chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!
His first Soul Skill had actually been so casually neutralized by his opponent without even using a Martial Soul, as though it were a child's play?!
What kind of monster was this white-haired young man?!
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