Li Luo had no idea that he had somehow become the "son" of Clear Sky Douluo, much less that Tang Hao was looking down at them from directly above.
The scene returned to the standoff between Li Luo and Xiao Chenyu.
"Y-you freak! You just started school, and you're already a Soul Master at level fifteen. Why? Your Martial Soul is the well-known Trash Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass. Why are you cultivating so quickly?"
Xiao Chenyu stared fixedly at the Century Soul Ring around Li Luo and the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in his hand.
His teeth chattered as he spoke, and his legs trembled so badly he could barely stand.
He regretted picking a fight with Li Luo. Who could have guessed that this year, among the work-study students they'd bullied year after year, there would be such a tough nut to crack?
"Boss Xiao, his Martial Soul is nothing but the Trash Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass. So what if he has a Century Soul Ring? It'll still snap with one tug. Boss Xiao, teach this ignorant brat a lesson!"
One of Xiao Chenyu's lackeys, failing to read the room, egged him on.
"Right! It's just Blue Silver Grass, a Trash Martial Soul. Hmph, what's so impressive about that? My Martial Soul is the Beast Martial Soul Wolf. Blue Silver Grass snaps with one tug!"
Encouraged by his lackey, confidence welled up in Xiao Chenyu.
"So what if his Blue Silver Grass is level fifteen? No matter how strong it gets, it's still a Trash Martial Soul."
He kept disparaging the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in his mind, trying to work up his courage.
"First Soul Skill, Wolf Soul!"
Xiao Chenyu channeled his Soul Power and used his First Soul Skill.
The only white Soul Ring around him flashed, and then he lunged at Li Luo.
"Take this claw!"
After Martial Soul Possession, sharp wolf claws sprouted from the backs of Xiao Chenyu's hands. He swung them straight at Li Luo's face.
As Xiao Chenyu charged toward him, Li Luo casually sidestepped and easily dodged the attack.
Then he kicked Xiao Chenyu in the backside. Carried forward by his own momentum, Xiao Chenyu couldn't dodge in time and took the kick squarely.
To give credit where it was due, Xiao Chenyu was a Soul Master, and his Beast Martial Soul, Wolf, could enhance his physique. He was much tougher than Liu Long.
Li Luo's casual kick sent him staggering more than a dozen steps forward, but he didn't fall; he managed to steady himself.
Still, he couldn't escape the pain. Wincing, Xiao Chenyu rubbed his kicked backside and muttered through gritted teeth.
"Damn, how is this kid so strong? And so fast? He actually dodged my attack."
Xiao Chenyu turned around and glared viciously at Li Luo.
"Brat, if you've got guts, stop dodging like a rat! Dare to use your Martial Soul and fight me head-on?"
Xiao Chenyu wasn't strong, and he wasn't smart either. Li Luo could beat him with his physical strength alone, yet he still thought his wolf claws could easily tear apart Li Luo's Blue Silver Grass.
Li Luo had come to stand up for the work-study students. Since he was here, he would settle things once and for all and make these noble students submit completely.
The Douluo Continent had always revered duels between Martial Souls and Soul Power. Even if Li Luo beat every one of them using nothing but his terrifying physical strength, they still wouldn't accept defeat. They'd keep causing trouble. Only by showing them that there was a powerful Soul Master among the work-study students could he make them truly submit.
With that in mind, Li Luo decided to use the Blue Silver King Martial Soul he had inscribed from Tang San to give these noble students a lesson they'd never forget.
"Blue Silver Entanglement!"
Li Luo's Blue Silver King came from Tang San's Blue Silver King Martial Soul, so its Soul Skills were naturally inherited from Tang San as well. The Blue Silver King's First Soul Ring granted a healing Soul Skill, which had no offensive power.
So Li Luo merely used his Soul Power to spur the Blue Silver King into action, putting the Martial Soul to a simple, flexible use.
He called it "Blue Silver Entanglement" to avoid drawing suspicion.
Making the Blue Silver King coil around someone wasn't difficult. It didn't require wasting a Soul Ring on a Soul Skill.
Li Luo raised his right hand. A thick tendril of Blue Silver King burst from his palm and wrapped around Xiao Chenyu, binding him up like a rice dumpling.
Xiao Chenyu tried to tear apart the Blue Silver King with his wolf claws, but they couldn't even leave a scratch on its body.
"What kind of joke is this? Is this Blue Silver Grass? Why is it so tough?"
Xiao Chenyu activated his First Soul Ring again and clawed frantically at the Blue Silver King wrapped around him, but still couldn't leave a mark.
By the time he was bound up like a rice dumpling and could no longer struggle, he hadn't managed to snap even one strand of Blue Silver King.
When Xiao Chenyu's lackeys saw how easily he'd been defeated, they scattered like frightened birds. But Li Luo had no intention of letting them get away so easily. He was going to teach them a lesson they'd remember for the rest of their lives.
The Blue Silver King in Li Luo's hand began to branch out, sending tendrils after Xiao Chenyu's fleeing lackeys. In a matter of minutes, rows of "rice dumplings" appeared on the Notting Academy training field.
"Stay here and reflect on what you've done. You'll be free again tonight. Don't let me catch you bullying the work-study students again."
"Or next time, I won't just tie you up until nightfall. If I find out anyone's bullying the work-study students, I'll tie you up for two and a half days. Then we'll call it even!"
Li Luo gave the noble students one last warning, then left with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the other work-study students.
"Boss!"
Wang Sheng called out to Li Luo. Li Luo turned around and looked at him in confusion.
Wang Sheng swallowed, then glanced at the other work-study students behind him.
He raised both hands high, and the other work-study students followed suit.
"Loyalty!"
All the work-study students shouted, their voices booming like thunder and rattling the air.
In the eyes of the work-study students at Notting Academy, Li Luo had become their sun, illuminating the darkness around them and giving them light.
The work-study student disturbance had passed, but Li Luo's campus life was about to become even more complicated.
The entire time Li Luo had been teaching Xiao Chenyu a lesson, a sloppy flat-top had watched from a dark corner.
"Blue Silver Grass, level fifteen. This Li Luo also has the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and his very first Soul Ring is nearly a thousand years old!"
Yu Xiaogang knew far more than the students at Notting Academy, so he naturally recognized that Li Luo's First Soul Ring wasn't an ordinary Century Soul Ring.
"But wasn't Li Luo's Martial Soul a multicolored ball? Why did he summon Blue Silver Grass? And how did his very first Soul Ring reach nearly a thousand years? My theory clearly states that the limit for a First Soul Ring is 423 years!"
"I understand now. Li Luo has Twin Martial Souls! That's the only way his Blue Silver Grass could have a Soul Ring that's nearly a thousand years old. His other Martial Soul must already have a Soul Ring. He actually added Soul Rings to both Martial Souls at the same time. What a waste!"
"If I were teaching him, I'd add Soul Rings to his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul first. Then, once he reached Titled Douluo, I'd add Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings to every slot on his other Martial Soul!"