Three Thousand Burning Flame

The hospital room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Everyone stared at Xiao Yi with curious expressions. They had no idea how he had done what even a Level 96 healing Titled Douluo couldn't.

Xiao Yi took a deep breath. He hadn't planned to use this unless his life was in danger.

He slowly raised his right hand, leaving the others confused. Wasn't his Martial Soul his eyes?

"Could it be!?" Several people spoke in disbelief. A Soul Ring appeared beneath Xiao Yi's feet. It wasn't any color known to Soul Masters, but a black-purple ring that seemed to be formed by a circle of deep purple flames.

"Twin Martial Souls? A Thousand-Year Soul Ring? No, this energy fluctuation is making my heart tremble."

Deep purple flames flickered over Xiao Yi's right hand. The temperature in the room surged the instant they appeared.

The flames resembled a giant dragon, their color like the depths of the starry sky. They were breathtakingly beautiful, yet terrifying heat swept through the entire room, as if they could burn the heavens and boil the seas.

Three Thousand Burning Flame!

"Twin Martial Souls—and how can a Soul Ring like that even exist?"

Xiao Yi placed his hand over the wound. As Three Thousand Burning Flame flowed into Huo Yutong, her whole body blazed with fire, yet not a single flame harmed her.

Under everyone's astonished, curious gazes, Huo Yutong let out a muffled groan. Flesh and bone began to grow from the severed limb at a speed visible to the naked eye, followed by skin. Before long, it looked just as it had before the injury. The newly grown skin was even fairer.

Jiang Nannan watched, first in disbelief, then with delight. Still, she wasn't sure what to say.

Huo Yutong stared at her arm, restored as good as new, and her mind went blank. Tian Meng's mind in her Sea of Consciousness went blank, too. She had just said they could use a Soul Bone to replace the limb. She'd never imagined Xiao Yi could make a severed limb grow back out of thin air.

"Junior Xiao Yi, do you have Twin Martial Souls?" Bei Bei asked in disbelief. Even with Xiao Yi deliberately controlling it, the temperature of the flames was horrifying. It was clear they had already reached the level of Ultimate Fire.

"Good lad! The healing ability that comes with your flame Martial Soul is truly terrifying!" Elder Zhuang stroked his beard and laughed, his eyes full of admiration.

"I was just lucky." Xiao Yi cupped his hands. But before anyone could say more, a figure suddenly rushed straight at him.

"Big Brother Xiao Yi!" Huo Yutong clung to him like a koala, drawing a burst of laughter from those around them.

Xiao Yi gently stroked the top of Huo Yutong's head. Her smooth blue hair was a little disheveled; he couldn't tell whether it was from sleeping or from being tousled.

"All right, Yu Tong. Get some rest. Leave the rest to us." Huo Yutong paused at his words and looked up at Xiao Yi, understanding what he meant.

She climbed down from Xiao Yi, her gaze utterly resolute.

"No, Big Brother Xiao Yi. This isn't over. I'll get justice for myself someday." Huo Yutong clenched her fists. Once she reached level twenty, she could obtain the Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul Tian Meng had told her about. By then, Dai Huabin wouldn't be a match for her.

Xiao Yi pinched Huo Yutong's cheek.

"That's fine. But first, I'll collect some interest on your behalf. He needs to understand that anyone who lays a hand on my people will pay the price."

Huo Yutong's face flushed. Big Brother Xiao Yi had called her one of his people.

"That's right. Anyone who lays a hand on someone from the Tang Sect will pay the price!" Tang Ya immediately perked up. Huo Yutong belonged to the Tang Sect; Huo Yutong belonged to Xiao Yi; therefore, didn't that mean Xiao Yi belonged to the Tang Sect?

Everyone said Tang Ya was stupid, but she was actually as sharp as a whip.

Xiao Yi's mouth twitched. Tang Ya... He gave her a strange look, then thought, Forget it, let her have her way. The Divine Realm is gone anyway, and I've already decided to court Tang Wutong. The Tang Sect is practically the family business.

He glanced at Tang Wutong in men's clothes again and thought, I need to take off her disguise. Tang Wutong glared fiercely at him when she saw him looking. Even she didn't know why seeing Xiao Yi hold another girl made her angry.

Beside Sea God Lake.

"Huabin, you crippled someone from Class One yesterday. What if that person from the Tang Sect comes looking for trouble?"

Dai Huabin scoffed. He had already looked into it. The boy was a lowly commoner born to a servant, and the Tang Sect was a fallen sect with only three members left. A perfect match.

"It's just the Tang Sect. Besides that fifth-year Thunderbolt Bei Bei, who else there is worth worrying about? And even if they come after me, it's not like I'd necessarily lose." Dai Huabin's face was full of arrogance. In truth, he really couldn't beat Bei Bei, but upperclassmen weren't allowed to attack underclassmen.

"Is that so? Then why don't you dare accept my challenge?" Dai Huabin's expression froze at those words, and he looked uneasy. When he turned around, he saw Xiao Yi and the others.

When he saw Huo Yutong, he couldn't help but stare. Hadn't this little wretch been crippled by me? How had she recovered?

"What? Does senior want to fight me? I'm a new student. What can you do about it?" Dai Huabin spread his hands, his face full of mockery.

"Why waste your breath on him? I'm a new student, too. Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Tang Wutong had been holding herself back for ages and could barely contain herself any longer. A pair of splendid butterfly wings spread behind her, and a yellow and a purple Soul Ring glimmered as she charged straight at him.

Golden light enveloped her wings, forming blades that slashed toward Dai Huabin.

Dai Huabin stayed where he was. Zhu Lu behind him turned into a streak of black and attacked Tang Wutong from the side. Caught off guard, Tang Wutong could only raise her butterfly wings to block in a hurry and was sent flying by Zhu Lu.

The atmosphere between the two sides grew tense.

"Students over there! No fighting inside the academy. If you want to fight, go to the Soul Fighting Arena!" A shout rang out from the distance before either side could make a move.

"Let's go to the Soul Fighting Arena. I'll fight you," Xiao Yi said coldly, thinking that he would make Dai Huabin taste despair for himself.

"We're both new students. What's there to be afraid of?" Dai Huabin sneered with contempt at Xiao Yi's new student uniform. He didn't believe anyone among the new students could surpass his talent.

The mood on Xiao Yi's side was a little odd. Jiang Nannan, who didn't know how strong Xiao Yi was, looked bewildered, while Tang Ya beside her seemed ready to burst out laughing.

Before long, the news spread among the students who knew what had happened. After all, what Dai Huabin had done was so utterly inhumane that it had caused a huge uproar at the Soul Fighting Arena that day. The rumors spread not only of his vicious reputation but also of his formidable strength, which won him plenty of admirers.

That was how the world worked. The weak got sympathy at most; the strong had the right to speak. No one would blame a genius for crippling a useless nobody. They would only marvel at the genius's strength.

Just then, a golden-haired girl passed by with a red-haired girl.

"Young mistress, that Dai Huabin has been challenged again," the red-haired girl said to the golden-haired girl beside her.

The golden-haired girl looked intrigued. "Interesting. Feng Mei, let's go take a look."