He approached the hotel front desk.
The young receptionist stepped forward with a warm smile. "Hello! Just one person?"
"Mm, just me."
As he spoke,
he took out ten gold coins.
"Right this way."
Guided by the attendant,
Ji Feng checked into a single suite.
Ten gold coins a night.
Fortunately, before running away from home, Ji Feng had brought 3,000 gold coins with him.
It wasn't a lot.
But compared to someone like Tang San, whose family relied on Tang Hao's blacksmithing to make a living, he was still much better off.
"This is your suite. Make yourself at home."
Having shown him the way,
the attendant greeted him and then headed back downstairs.
Ji Feng swiped his room key,
ready to go inside.
But a fragrant breeze came toward him.
A catlike girl in a black leather outfit.
Her long, slender legs were accentuated by the snug fit.
Her lovely curves were full in all the right places.
Especially her chest: her fitted top squeezed her breasts so tightly they looked ready to spill out.
Incredibly alluring.
The girl had delicate features and a cool, aloof air.
Her expression was icy, her pride unmistakable.
She lifted her chest as she brushed past Ji Feng.
They came face-to-face.
Their eyes met.
Could that be Zhu Zhuqing?
Ji Feng took another look.
The thought flashed through his mind.
The other girl, too, met his gaze for just an instant.
Then they both moved out of each other's line of sight.
"Sure enough, she's Shrek Academy's beauty with the figure to match."
"She's still young, but her figure is already taking shape. Give her a few more years to grow, and who knows what she'll be like?"
Ji Feng went into his room.
The image of his face-to-face encounter with Zhu Zhuqing replayed in his mind.
His thoughts began to wander.
But then he thought better of it.
That woman had a terrible personality.
She was ice-cold.
Besides, getting involved with her
would be harder than climbing to heaven, wouldn't it?
Ji Feng shook his head.
He lay down on the bed and rested for a while.
"Crash!"
Downstairs in the hotel,
a sudden noise reached Ji Feng.
It startled him.
"Sir, may I ask who you're looking for?"
"We really don't know the person you mentioned."
"We truly have no intention of making an enemy of you."
Downstairs,
the hotel receptionist's apologetic voice came in broken snatches.
It sounded painfully humble.
There was no need to guess.
Whoever had arrived was incredibly powerful.
The Rose Hotel was clearly in a difficult position.
"Could it be Dai Mubai?"
Ji Feng wondered to himself.
At this point, the strongest person at Shrek Academy
was Dai Mubai.
His strength had reached level 37, a Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder!
The Rose Hotel staff would indeed be at his mercy.
They'd be terrified of getting in his way.
At that thought,
Ji Feng frowned.
He got ready to go downstairs and see what was happening.
Downstairs,
a group of people had gathered, led by a blond man in splendid clothes.
Beside him stood a woman with short purple hair and a blue miniskirt.
"Lingling, the person you mentioned isn't here."
The man was slender and handsome.
He raised his hand and looked at the lightning in his palm.
The corner of his mouth lifted.
"The training our teacher mentioned is far too easy for us here in Suotuo City."
He shook his head.
Seeing that not a single person at the hotel had the courage to step forward
left him deeply disappointed.
"What happened?"
Just then,
a figure appeared.
His voice as he asked the question
caught the attention of the man about to turn away and the people with him.
Whoosh!
The girl who had remained out of sight until then
suddenly lifted her head.
She stepped out from behind the man.
"Lingling?"
The purple-haired woman beside her also noticed Ye Lingling's strange reaction.
Whoosh!
Their eyes met.
Clearly,
Ji Feng recognized Ye Lingling at once.
"Ye Lingling?"
With Ye Lingling here,
he could make a fairly good guess about the others,
based on their appearances.
"Oh? Is this the person you told us about?"
The slender man at the head of the group looked surprised.
"Now that we've found him, let's take him with us."
The woman beside him spoke,
then turned around to leave.
From beginning to end, no one had asked Ji Feng what he thought.
It seemed his opinion wasn't particularly important.
"Brother, Lingling told me she met someone while she was away, someone with pretty good talent. To see if what she said is true, I think we should find somewhere to talk."
With that,
the four of them left.
Ji Feng frowned.
He hesitated for a second.
In the end, he chose to follow them.
They left the hotel.
South City Square.
There
were several more people gathered.
There was no need to guess: they were all members of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
"Allow me to introduce myself."
The man at the head of the group turned around.
He swept his hand through the air. "I'm the captain of the Imperial Fighting Team, a level 39 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder, Yu Tianheng!"
Boom!
As soon as he spoke,
a coiling thunder dragon appeared in his palm.
"Just as I thought!"
This man was Yu Tianheng, the direct grandson of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects.
"What do you want with me?"
Ji Feng frowned.
He knew Ye Lingling.
But he didn't know these others.
Their attitude annoyed him.
"I'm going to show you what a genius from one of the Upper Three Sects looks like!"
With that,
he was about to attack.
Dugu Yan reminded him, "Tianheng, our teacher told us to make friends with him."
But she spoke too late.
Yu Tianheng thrust out one hand.
"First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"
He used a Soul Skill as his opening move.
He summoned his Martial Soul at once.
Ji Feng looked up.
His opponent was fast.
His attack was even more fierce.
Ji Feng didn't dare to take him lightly.
He summoned his Martial Soul!
"Arrow of the Scorching Sun!"
"I am The Last Sun!"
Ji Feng launched his attack in zero frames.
One of his three skills.
It streaked straight across.
"Smack!"
From an extremely long distance.
It stunned him for three and a half seconds.
"Multiple Arrows!"
"Sunset Glow!"
Ji Feng seized his chance.
In an instant, he hurled out every skill he could use.
Then he unleashed a frenzied barrage.
"Rapid Fire!"
"Rapid Fire!"
"Rapid Fire!"
Ji Feng didn't move at all.
He simply stood there and fired away.
And so.
A comical scene unfolded.
Yu Tianheng unleashed his first Soul Skill.
Not only was it interrupted—
his entire body froze in place in an extremely bizarre pose.
He stood motionless, like a wooden training dummy, as Ji Feng mercilessly peppered him with arrows.
Three seconds passed in the blink of an eye.
Yu Tianheng spat blood.
His chest was riddled with arrows.
In just three seconds,
he had turned into a hedgehog.
From Ji Feng's perspective,
Yu Tianheng's health bar had already dropped to a quarter.
But from Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's perspective,
Yu Tianheng looked like he was about to die.
"Stop!"
Dugu Yan panicked.
Even the usually aloof Ye Lingling showed a flicker of emotion for the first time.
Whoosh!
At the 3.5-second mark,
Yu Tianheng finally broke free of the stun.
The instant he regained control,
his whole body went flying backward.
He looked utterly disheveled.
"Fuck your mother!"
As soon as he scrambled to his feet,
he blurted out a string of curses.
Then he was about to attack without hesitation.
But the next second,
a figure swooped over
and shielded Yu Tianheng behind him. "Didn't I tell you to invite Lingling's friend over? What's going on with you!?"
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