The middle-aged teacher in gray took a long look at the yellow and purple Soul Rings circling Feng Tianyu.
Then it was no surprise!
His second Soul Ring was actually a thousand-year Soul Ring. Perhaps that was where he got the confidence to challenge a thousand-year soul beast.
The teacher said nothing more. He signaled to the staff at the beast enclosure and had them select a thousand-year soul beast.
A moment later, the iron gate opened, and a massive creature nearly three meters long emerged from the passage behind it.
It was a giant bear covered in brown fur. Its paws were as large as cushions, its eyes glowed scarlet with savage ferocity, and foul-smelling saliva dripped from its opening and closing jaws.
A Bloodthirsty Demon Bear!
It was an exceptionally formidable soul beast, considered among the best of the thousand-year soul beasts. Its body was powerful, its strength boundless, and it possessed the innate skill Berserk. Even ordinary two-thousand-year and three-thousand-year soul beasts were unwilling to provoke a Bloodthirsty Demon Bear after it went Berserk.
The students in the stands had not even faced the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear directly. Merely sensing its savage aura from afar was enough to make many of them pale and tremble with fear.
Beibei, Feng Tianyu's roommate, also showed concern in his eyes. As a level 27 Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master, even he was not confident he could deal with a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear.
It made him break out in a cold sweat for Feng Tianyu!
As for Feng Tianyu himself, he felt no fear at all. He was only eager to fight.
"Grey Wolf, let's go!"
"First Soul Skill..."
Green light erupted around Grey Wolf's body. In an instant, violent winds swept through the arena as he shouted:
"Big gray bear, taste this king's Wind Blade Array!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Around twelve sharp wind blades swept out of the gale, tearing through the air with shrill cries as they surrounded the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear.
The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear roared, a chill running down its spine. It sensed lethal danger from those wind blades.
It suddenly leaped aside.
However, Grey Wolf let out a sly chuckle, displaying an unimaginable degree of control over his soul skill. He guided the twelve wind blades around a bend and sent them slashing after the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear.
"Roar, roar, roar..."
All twelve wind blades struck the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear, tearing long, narrow wounds across its head, chest, waist, abdomen, arms...
Grey Wolf even maliciously controlled two wind blades to slash toward the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's crotch. If it had not reacted in time and covered itself with its cushion-like paws,
the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear would have gone from a male bear to a female bear by now.
The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's eyes blazed with shock and fury. Even its thick hide had failed to block the wind blades' cuts. Their sharpness made even the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear shudder in fear.
On the viewing platform, Yan Shaozhe's eyes widened as he stared unblinkingly at Grey Wolf, muttering over and over:
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"
Back when he had tested Feng Tianyu's martial soul quality at the City Defense Office, Grey Wolf's quality had been ordinary, and his command over the wind element had been nothing impressive.
A single surge of Yan Shaozhe's Phoenix Flame had scattered that gale.
But what was he seeing now?
Grey Wolf's command over the wind element had actually reached a level infinitely close to Ultimate Wind. With nothing more than a hundred-year wind blade skill, he could tear bone-deep wounds across a Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's body.
There could be no mistake. The strength of those wind blades proved that they had already come infinitely close to Ultimate Wind.
Yan Shaozhe could not understand why a martial soul's quality could improve so tremendously after absorbing merely two Soul Rings.
The mutated martial soul was still mutating...
That was the only possibility Yan Shaozhe could think of.
Back in the arena, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear was both shocked and enraged. It had nearly gone from a male bear to a female bear.
"Roar!"
The blood-drenched Bloodthirsty Demon Bear activated Berserk. Crimson currents of air swirled around it as its already powerful body grew even more muscular. Its bones cracked explosively, and its muscles bulged high.
It charged Grey Wolf without regard for anything else, its eyes blood-red as savage killing intent spread from its body. It looked as though it wanted nothing more than to tear Grey Wolf into pieces.
Grey Wolf bared his claws and fangs. When the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear was almost upon him, he shouted:
"Wolf Soul Possession!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The gale howled as a three-meter wolf soul phantom condensed from the green radiance!
Like Mount Tai crashing down, the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear slammed into the wolf soul phantom. Accompanied by the sound of breaking bones, it let out a whimper and was flung back at even greater speed.
That wolf soul phantom was comparable to absolute defense. A thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear could not possibly break through it.
The next instant, the wolf soul phantom entered Grey Wolf's body. Powerful energy surged through him, and Grey Wolf threw back his head with a wolf howl. His attack increased by 100 percent and his speed by 100 percent, sending him rushing forward like a gale.
Like a streak of green light, he moved after his target yet arrived first. In an instant, he caught up to the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear that had been blasted away. Grey Wolf shouted:
"This king is invincible!"
Then he swung a claw. Amid flashing green light, he tore open the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's entire chest. Blood gushed out like a fountain, and a violently beating heart could be seen through the enormous wound.
Bang!
The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear crashed heavily to the ground. It tried to struggle back to its feet, but the heavy blood loss left its entire body weak.
It let out an outwardly fierce but inwardly frightened whimper, trying to scare Grey Wolf away. But Grey Wolf was immersed in his newfound power and was so excited that he only wanted to press his advantage.
Seeing that the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear was about to be killed, the middle-aged referee in gray hurriedly stepped forward to stop them.
"Stop! You've already won. The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear is Academy property. You are not allowed to deliberately damage Academy property!"
He then quickly called for people to carry away the severely injured Bloodthirsty Demon Bear. If it was not treated immediately, it would die from excessive blood loss.
The entire audience fell deathly silent!
It was too shocking!
Feng Tianyu's martial soul, Grey Wolf, had so cleanly and decisively gravely injured a thousand-year soul beast—and not just any thousand-year soul beast, but a Bloodthirsty Demon Bear far stronger than ordinary thousand-year soul beasts.
Beibei drew a deep breath, then slowly let it out, his heart filled with shock.
"Although Tianyu's Soul Power is still lower than mine, his strength has already surpassed mine. Even I can't defeat a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear!"
Wang Yan's face was full of astonishment, and a brilliant light flashed in his eyes.
He had thought Feng Tianyu went to the Soul Guidance Department because he believed he had no future in the Martial Soul Department and wanted to use Soul Tools to enhance his strength.
But reality was completely different from what he had expected. Grey Wolf's formidable combat ability put him far ahead of everyone else in the Martial Soul Department.
A Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster had defeated a thousand-year soul beast so cleanly. Going to the Soul Guidance Department was simply a waste of time.
Wang Yan felt heartbroken.
On the viewing platform, Du Weilun was filled with deep regret. If that incident had never happened, if Zhou Yi had not angered Feng Tianyu, Feng Tianyu would still be a student of their Martial Soul Department. How wonderful would that have been?
With such talent, only their Martial Soul Department could give him the best training!
He could not help turning to look at Yan Shaozhe.
Yan Shaozhe's expression was dark. This was a slap in his face. The more outstanding Feng Tianyu was, the more it proved that Yan Shaozhe had failed to recognize his talent. His voice was icy.
"Feng Tianyu challenged a thousand-year soul beast. Base score: 100 points. He defeated the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear head-on and receives the full 100 points."
"His martial soul performed outstandingly in battle, so he receives an additional 50 points. However, his combat awareness is deeply concerning. Once the battle began, he did not even know to retreat farther away. If the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear had attacked the main body instead of the martial soul, the main body would have been in danger. Therefore, deduct 50 points."
"Feng Tianyu's final score: 100 points."
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