Decisive Battle with Xiao Chenyu

Two and a half days passed in the blink of an eye, and during this time, Li Luo received a formal challenge from Xiao Chenyu.

On that morning, Li Luo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu led the other work-study students in a grand procession toward the playground.

Seeing Li Luo arrive, the group of senior students suddenly parted to both sides, and a menacing student stepped forward.

It was the leader of this group, the bully among the Notting Academy student body, and the son of the Nuoding City lord—Xiao Chenyu.

"So you're the new work-study student. Kid, I hear you're pretty arrogant! You dare to strike and injure Liu Long? Don't you know whose lackey he is?"

Xiao Chenyu walked up to Li Luo and extended a finger to poke at Li Luo's shoulder.

"Hiss!"

But how could Li Luo let Xiao Chenyu poke him? He slapped Xiao Chenyu's finger away directly. Li Luo didn't use much force, but Xiao Chenyu still felt a sharp pain. He yelped, hurriedly pulled his finger back, and subconsciously put it in his mouth to suck on it for a moment, trying to soothe the ache.

However, seemingly realizing that this damaged his dignity as the little tyrant of Notting Academy, Xiao Chenyu quickly withdrew his finger, put on a fierce expression once again, and stared daggers at Li Luo.

Yet, Xiao Chenyu still retreated two steps, keeping a distance of about two and a half meters. After retreating, he even used his foot to gauge the distance, terrified that Li Luo might slap him again without a word.

Damn it, this kid is really strong. No wonder Liu Long was beaten so badly he couldn't get out of bed.

Xiao Chenyu felt a bit of fear in his heart and regretted issuing the challenge to Li Luo.

But the situation was stronger than the man; his lackeys were all waiting for him to teach Li Luo a lesson. If he ran away now, where would his dignity as the little tyrant of Notting Academy be?

"Ahem."

Xiao Chenyu coughed twice.

"I admit you have some brute strength, kid, but in the world of Spirit Masters, brute strength isn't enough. Your Martial Soul is the foundation."

As he spoke, the phantom of a wolf appeared behind Xiao Chenyu, and a white Spirit Ring rose from beneath his feet.

"Martial Soul Possession!"

"Xiao Chenyu, Martial Soul Wolf, Level 11 Battle Spirit Master, please advise!"

On the Douluo Continent, there was a customary rule: before a friendly spar, one must announce their Martial Soul and level.

This was the basic etiquette of a duel between Spirit Masters.

"Kid, you think you're a good fighter? Being able to fight is useless. In the Spirit Master world, what matters is your Martial Soul and your Spirit Rings!"

"As a work-study student, your Martial Soul is probably just that Blue Silver Grass found everywhere on the roadside, right? Ha! Hahahaha! I advise you to admit your mistake early, kneel down, kowtow to me three times, and call me 'Grandpa' three times. Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll let you off."

At this moment, Xiao Chenyu caught a glimpse of Xiao Wu behind Li Luo, licked his lips, and a malicious thought sprouted in his heart.

"Right, you also have to offer up the little girl behind you to me. Such a cute little girl—I must keep her as a pet and raise her well!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

Though young, Xiao Chenyu's mind was truly venomous.

He wanted to imitate the disgusting nobles and keep people as pets.

Although Xiao Wu was not human, she was considered a person now that she had taken human form.

"Pah! Disgusting!"

Upon hearing such a vile insult, Xiao Wu jumped out from behind Li Luo.

"Brother Luo, let me teach this so-called Xiao Chenyu a lesson!"

Li Luo reached out to stop Xiao Wu and stepped forward himself. A yellow Spirit Ring with a hint of purple rose from beneath him, and a thick stalk of Prismatic Blue Silver Grass appeared in his right hand.

"Yo, my Martial Soul really is Blue Silver Grass!"

"Li Luo, Level 15 Battle Spirit Master, Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass, please advise!"

Seeing the yellow-tinged-purple Spirit Ring on Li Luo, everyone present, including Xiao Wu, gasped in shock.

"Hiss!"

"Am I seeing things? This new work-study student has actually already become a Spirit Master?"

"You heard right, he said he's a Level 15 Spirit Master!"

"Level 15, how is he so strong? And that Spirit Ring on him is a Century Soul Ring—the legendary Century Soul Ring that only top geniuses can absorb as their first ring!"

"No wonder his spirit power is so high. A Century Soul Ring, how terrifying."

"Is Boss Xiao in trouble? A Century Soul Ring, Level 15—he doesn't look like a new work-study student at all. Could he be the scion of a great noble family coming to our Nuoding City to find some fun?"

For a moment, all the students present were in an uproar, whispering and speculating about Li Luo's identity.

However, their knowledge was limited; they did not recognize this yellow-tinged-purple ring as one nearing the thousand-year mark.

Therefore, Li Luo was not worried about the fact that his first Spirit Ring was nearly a thousand years old leaking out so quickly.

These noble students still cared about their faces and wouldn't go around bragging about how powerful their opponent was.

What no one noticed was that Xiao Chenyu's face had turned almost green. The moment he saw the Century Soul Ring on Li Luo, he deeply regretted provoking him.

As the son of the city lord, he naturally understood what it meant for a Spirit Master so young to have a Century Soul Ring as their first.

Li Luo must have a background far more powerful than the lord of this small Nuoding City.

In fact, that was true, excluding the Notting Dean who intended to invest in Li Luo; the Dean was a Spirit Ancestor, on par with the Nuoding City lord.

Directly above Li Luo and the others, a middle-aged man draped in a tattered black robe watched everything unfolding beneath his feet in silence.

This man was none other than Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao; with a title like Douluo, one had to ask: could his background be any more formidable?

After Tang San arrived at Nuoding City to attend school, Tang Hao had followed him in secret, guarding him until the Notting Dean took Li Luo and Tang San to obtain their first soul rings, at which point he had intended to depart.

However, before leaving, he decided to stay by Tang San's side for two more days to guard against any sudden, unforeseen developments.

Tang Hao naturally discovered that Xiao Wu was a wild Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and upon seeing the trio of Li Luo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, he could not help but be moved by the sight.

Big Brother, Ah Yin.

Tang Hao could see that Xiao Wu was closer to Li Luo, whom she called Big Brother, and that Tang San also regarded Li Luo as his own elder brother—at least, that was how it appeared in Tang Hao's eyes.

Having witnessed firsthand the various ways Li Luo looked after Tang San, he felt no resentment toward Xiao Wu for her closeness to Li Luo.

After all, he, Tang Xiao, and Ah Yin had gone through a similar dynamic back in the day, yet Ah Yin had ultimately chosen the younger brother, Tang Hao himself.

Thus, Tang Hao naively assumed that Xiao Wu would eventually choose Tang San.

This child, Li Luo, harbors no ill intentions toward Little San; on the contrary, he looks after him at every turn.

When Little San seeks revenge against Martial Soul Hall in the future, he will be a great asset.

As long as he does not join Martial Soul Hall, I can treat him like my own son. Once Little San returns to the Clear Sky Sect, Li Luo might even become Little San's 'most loyal servant,' a 'Titan' of his very own.

Tang Hao intended to watch this squabble between the children conclude before leaving to attend to his own affairs.

Yet, what Tang Hao did not know was that while he viewed Li Luo as Tang San's future "servant," Tang San had long since become Li Luo's exclusive contracted beast, his very being molded into the image of Li Luo.