"I didn't ask you to bring Lingling's friend here? What's going on with you!?"
A stern voice.
Only after Yu Tianheng had been shot until he was half-dead
did it finally ring out.
In Ji Feng's line of sight,
a man in an Imperial Fighting Team uniform appeared.
He looked to be in his twenties.
He held one hand behind his back.
"Teacher!"
"This man hurt Tianheng. I want him to pay!"
The one who spoke was Dugu Yan.
She sprang to her feet.
Meanwhile, Yu Tianheng, whose chest was riddled with wounds from Ji Feng's arrows,
lay on the ground, supported by the Shi brothers.
At that moment,
as the person directly involved,
he was gasping and coughing.
His eyes fixed on Ji Feng with a deeply venomous glare.
"He was the one who attacked first, not me."
"Now that you've realized you can't beat me, you're getting desperate?"
"Don't tell me you think you only lost because you were caught off guard, and that I'd be the one to lose if we fought again?"
Ji Feng seized the initiative.
He glanced at his bow and arrows,
the corners of his mouth lifting.
"You!"
"Ji Feng, don't get cocky. You restricted my movements—what skill is there in that?"
Yu Tianheng was thoroughly unconvinced.
He even wanted to get up and kill Ji Feng.
His eyes were bloodshot.
Just then,
Instructor Qin Ming spoke. "All right, Ji Feng. I've already seen your talent, and your strength is there for everyone to see. I'd like to invite you to join Imperial Academy and compete with us at the Soto Great Soul Arena!"
He spread his arms,
looking very affable.
"What!?"
"No way!"
"How is a Level 20 Soul Master qualified to join our Imperial Fighting Team!?"
"Teacher, I refuse!"
Yu Tianheng wasn't the only one reacting so fiercely.
Dugu Yan was, too.
She was on the same side as Yu Tianheng.
This brat had hurt Tianheng.
He was asking for death!
"Invite me to join Imperial Academy?"
At that,
Ji Feng's expression turned strange.
According to the original story,
Imperial Academy
would face Shrek Academy
in a decisive battle at the Soto Great Soul Arena.
"Yes. I was wondering if you'd be interested."
"I see you're already Level 20. Would you like us to help you obtain your Second Soul Ring?"
Qin Ming had never seen anyone who could use three Soul Skills at Level 20.
It was simply astonishing!
"Sure."
Ji Feng agreed.
He was about to go mining anyway.
Joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy
would give him some backing.
Perhaps that would make things easier.
It could help him.
"Good. Then come with me to the academy's residence."
"Also, since you and Lingling know each other, that makes us all friends."
Along the way,
Qin Ming was very approachable.
He chatted with Jiang Xun.
Behind them,
Yu Tianheng's face was twisted with venom.
He gritted his teeth,
clearly unwilling to accept it.
Dugu Yan said, "Instructor Qin Ming actually took Ji Feng in and let him join our team?"
"I heard that after we help him obtain his Second Soul Ring, he'll officially take the team's support position."
"High-altitude support, an agility-type Soul Master's position—Instructor Qin Ming is letting a Level 20 Soul Master take it over? What a joke!"
Everyone on the team, except Ye Lingling,
was talking about him.
They had strong objections to Ji Feng.
The Star Dou Great Forest,
the largest Soul Beast forest,
lay on the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Yu Tianheng, attack!"
Qin Ming released his Martial Soul
and stood by to assist.
Yu Tianheng was displeased,
but he still attacked. "Second Soul Skill: Thunderbolt!"
"I just can't understand why the whole team has to help a Level 20 good-for-nothing get a Soul Ring!"
Yu Tianheng was arrogant and unruly.
The next second,
"Wait!"
"That's a two-thousand-year-old Earth King!"
Qin Ming cried out.
Dugu Yan's eyes gleamed, too. "A two-thousand-year Second Soul Ring?"
The moment she thought of it,
she shook her head.
How could a Soul Master absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring?
At that moment, the same thought crossed everyone's minds.
"Fall back! This Soul Beast is too old!"
"Ji Feng, this beast isn't suitable for you."
Qin Ming was the first to speak.
However,
Ji Feng himself saw things differently.
"No need, Instructor Qin Ming."
With Qin Ming guarding him,
Ji Feng repeatedly shot arrows into the wounded Earth King.
He kept up the barrage.
Finally,
with a mournful cry,
the enormous Soul Beast crashed to the ground.
In the blink of an eye,
Ji Feng had killed the Earth King.
He flew straight over,
ready to absorb its Soul Ring.
"What's that fool doing?"
Seeing this,
Yu Tianheng narrowed his eyes.
Dugu Yan said, "Could he be trying to absorb its Soul Ring?"
Instructor Qin Ming's expression changed. "What are you thinking? Ji Feng, stop! A two-thousand-year Soul Ring is more than your body can handle at your current level!"
He was practically shouting.
He didn't want a genius like this to lose his life over a Soul Ring's age!
"This guy's crazy. The maximum age for a Second Soul Ring is 764 years, and he's trying to absorb a two-thousand-year-old Earth King's Soul Ring!?"
Yu Tianheng's expression changed.
Then, he sneered.
Behind them, Ye Lingling stepped forward.
She hadn't said a word.
But now, her movements
revealed her shock.
Even she couldn't understand
what Ji Feng was trying to do.
"Instructor Qin Ming."
Dugu Yan's eyes flickered uncertainly.
She watched Ji Feng sit cross-legged and enter meditation.
Qin Ming moved in front of everyone to shield them. "Don't go near him!"
Qin Ming's expression was grim.
But after a short while,
a look of confusion appeared on his face.
All around Ji Feng, purple energy was billowing out.
At last,
Ji Feng opened his eyes.
A purple Soul Ring
settled over him from above,
its light shimmering around him.
He had successfully absorbed the purple Soul Ring!
"Ji Feng, how are you?"
Qin Ming was the first to ask.
Yu Tianheng, who had been ready to watch him make a fool of himself,
was utterly dumbfounded.
Dugu Yan rubbed her eyes.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing, either.
Ji Feng's lips curled upward as he stood. "I've done what I set out to do."
Saying that,
he reached out with one hand.
Two Soul Rings.
One yellow.
One purple.
And his Soul Power
had also undergone a qualitative leap.
Name: Ji Feng Martial Soul: Hou Yi Soul Power: Level 25 Soul Grandmaster (0/32000)
Killing a two-thousand-year-old Soul Beast
was worlds apart from killing a Hundred-Year Soul Beast.
The experience points had directly pushed his level 20 experience past its limit,
letting him rise five levels in a single leap.
Now, his Soul Power had reached level 25!
"Level 25 Soul Grandmaster!"
Ji Feng blurted out.
The other members of the Imperial Fighting Team
all changed expression.
"Ji Feng didn't just successfully absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring—he reached level 25, too!?"
Someone exclaimed.
Everyone turned to look at Ji Feng.
Then Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan
turned their gazes toward Ye Lingling.
They had learned from Ye Lingling
that the first time they'd met him
had been just ten days ago.
Back then, he'd been only level 15!
In just ten days, his Soul Power had reached level 25?
It was simply absurd!
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