Instinctive Wind Control Plus Passive Stacking, Flattening All Disobedience!

Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Heaven Dou-grade core dormitory area.

Those who can live here are without exception true scions of the Heaven Dou Empire's nobility, and their soul power must have reached the realm of a Soul Grand Master at level twenty or above.

At this moment, in front of Villa No. 1, twenty or thirty Heaven Dou-grade elite students wearing gold-threaded uniforms had already gathered.

They looked at the six-year-old boy, their eyes filled with undisguised scrutiny, jealousy, and resentment.

Which one of them hadn't endured brutal assessments to finally squeeze into this Heaven Dou-grade, which symbolized the highest honor? Yet this six-year-old brat, who hadn't even grown his hair out, not only parachuted into the Heaven Dou-grade, but was also assigned to Villa No. 1—the place with the densest spiritual energy in the entire academy, which had always been reserved for the top student!

"Stop."

Just as Xue Yao was ten paces away from the villa gate, a high-grade student with an extremely burly build, resembling half a steel tower, blocked the center of the path with a cold face.

"Balo, do not be rude! This is Viscount Xue Yao of the Farack Kingdom!" Meng Shenji frowned and scolded in a deep voice.

"Lord Commissioner."

Although Balo felt awe toward a Commissioner at the Soul Douluo level, the innate arrogance in his bones prevented him from backing down. "Our Heaven Dou Royal Academy has always only respected the strong! Villa No. 1 can only be occupied by the strongest of each generation. What right does a six-year-old brat have to live here? Could it be that our Heaven Dou-grade is turning into a kindergarten for the royal family?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding noble students began to jeer and echo his sentiments.

"That's right! This is unfair!"

"Can one ignore the academy's rules just because they have a background?"

Listening to the noisy voices around him, there was not a trace of anger or stage fright on Xue Yao's face.

He merely yawned lazily and reached out to stroke the Little Griffin circling above his shoulder.

"Lord Commissioner." Xue Yao's crisp, childish voice rang out, yet it carried a sense of indifference. "Do the academy's rules allow for private duels?"

Meng Shenji was slightly stunned, then replied: "To encourage competition, the Heaven Dou-grade allows students to initiate sparring challenges. As long as... no one is killed or maimed, the instructors generally will not interfere."

"Understood."

Xue Yao nodded, and then he performed an action that caught everyone present off guard.

He stood there casually, without adopting any combat stance, and didn't even intend to use Martial Soul Possession.

"Since you feel I am unworthy, then make your move. As long as you can make me take half a step back, this villa is yours." Xue Yao's tone was as indifferent as if he were giving alms.

Arrogant!

Arrogant to the extreme!

A six-year-old kid, facing a Soul Grand Master of over level twenty, not only refused to use Martial Soul Possession but even declared that if he retreated half a step, he would lose?!

"Kid, you are too arrogant! Today, this senior will teach you what it means to have someone even better than yourself!"

Balo was thoroughly enraged by Xue Yao's contemptuous attitude.

"Martial Soul Possession! Iron-Armored Black Rhino!"

Accompanied by a roar, Balo's already burly body expanded by another circle. A layer of horny tissue as hard as black steel emerged on the surface of his skin, and a sharp black horn grew from the bridge of his nose.

Two yellow century-old soul rings rose from beneath his feet, and the tyrannical soul power fluctuations of a level twenty-six Soul Grand Master swept out like a gale!

"Little one, play with him."

"Screech!"

Receiving its master's command, the Little Griffin circling in mid-air spread its wings and instantly climbed several meters higher.

There was no flickering of soul power halos, no unnecessary charging.

The Little Griffin waved its right wing with extreme elegance in mid-air.

"Swish!"

First strike.

A pale cyan wind blade about half a meter long formed instantly and drifted lightly toward Balo's chest.

"Is that it? It can't even scratch my skin!"

Balo sneered, not even bothering to use a soul skill, and directly raised his armored arm to take the wind blade head-on.

With a muffled "bang," the wind blade shattered, leaving only a shallow white mark on Balo's arm.

Seeing this, the surrounding students burst into jeers.

"I thought he was some peerless genius; it turns out he only has this much power?"

"An attack of this level isn't even enough to scratch an itch for Senior Balo!"

Commissioner Meng Shenji, standing to the side, felt his pupils constrict slightly.

Because he keenly sensed that after that wind blade was unleashed, the wind elements on the Little Griffin's body suddenly became violent!

God-level passive, [Wind-Riding Combo], first layer, triggered!

A hint of anthropomorphic playfulness flashed in the eyes of the Little Griffin in mid-air. Immediately after, it violently flapped its left wing.

Second strike!

"Shhh—!"

Two consecutive wind blades, the speed of their condensation was simply unimaginably fast!

So fast!

The smug smile on the face of Balo froze. This sudden doubling of speed left him no time to adopt a defensive stance, forcing him to hastily cross his arms in front of his chest.

"Clang!"

Two ear-piercing sounds of metal grinding against metal erupted in unison!

Balo felt a massive cutting force slam into him. A gash an inch deep was carved directly into his pride and joy, the Black Rhino Iron Armor, and the sheer force of the blow sent him stumbling back a step.

"What?!"

The laughter from the surrounding crowd ceased abruptly.

Without using a single soul skill, relying solely on the instinctual attack of his martial soul, the power of the second strike had increased by this much?!

But this was only the beginning.

God-tier passive, [Wind-Riding Combo], second layer, triggered!

"Skree!"

The Little Griffin let out a high-pitched cry toward the sky, its wings crossing in front of its chest before slashing out violently!

Third strike!!

The air seemed to be drained away in that instant.

Three deep cyan, tangible cross-shaped wind blades tore through the sky! The edges of those blades radiated a destructive aura that made one's scalp tingle!

This time, Balo finally felt the threat of death.

"First Soul Skill! Iron Armor Shield!"

Balo roared, the hundred-year soul ring on his body shining brilliantly as a thick, black soul power shield instantly condensed before him.

However...

"Crack—!"

The deep cyan cross-shaped wind blades instantly shredded the Iron Armor Shield and slammed ruthlessly into Balo's chest!

"Ah—!"

The hard layer of Black Rhino Iron Armor on Balo's chest shattered instantly, and his entire body was lifted off the ground!

God-tier passive, [Wind-Riding Combo], third layer, triggered!

"Last one, let's end this." Xue Yao yawned.

In mid-air, the Little Griffin's wings pulled in tight, then exploded outward like a volcanic eruption!

Fourth strike!!!

"Boom—!!!"

Four terrifying wind-blade tornadoes, each two zhang long and faintly shimmering with a dark golden hue, instantly swallowed Balo while he was still in the air!

Where the wind blades passed, the hard bluestone floor was plowed into a deep trench, the surrounding century-old trees shook violently, and their leaves were shredded to pieces!

"Bang!"

Balo's burly frame was blasted away by the violent wind pressure, slamming heavily into the courtyard wall thirty meters away!

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his Martial Soul Possession state instantly dissipated, and he fell unconscious.

Dead silence.

The area in front of Villa No. 1 fell into a half-minute of dead silence.

Only the rustling of leaves in the breeze could be heard.

The senior geniuses who had just been mocking Xue Yao were now all petrified, their faces pale as they stared at the unconscious Balo in the corner!

Four moves!

Only four moves, ten ordinary wind blades!

He hadn't used a single soul skill! He hadn't even activated Martial Soul Possession!

A six-year-old one-ring soul master had just, in such a casual manner, utterly annihilated a twenty-six-level assault-type Soul Grand Master?!

That increasingly terrifying attack speed! That exponentially surging destructive power! What kind of unreasonable, monstrous mechanism was this?!

"He... he didn't even move his feet once..." a genius student swallowed hard, his voice trembling and cracking.

Meng Shenji took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart. The look he gave Xue Yao was no longer just one of importance, but one tinged with awe.

This child was a true monster. A monster capable of overturning the entire understanding of the soul master world in the future!

"Too weak."

Xue Yao ignored the monster-like stares of the crowd. He beckoned, and the Little Griffin obediently flew back onto his shoulder.

He turned around and pushed open the luxurious door of Villa No. 1, leaving behind only a nonchalant remark:

"You didn't even qualify to be my warm-up. Heaven Dou-level... is this it?"

Bang.

The door closed.

This battle not only nailed the unfortunate Balo to the pillar of shame but also firmly placed the crown of "Heaven Dou Empire's Number One Genius" upon the head of this six-year-old boy!

Flattening all dissent!

This is the Royal Griffin, this is an absolute dimension-crushing strike!