The smile on the First Elder's face stiffened slightly.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his displeasure, then forced his smile back into place. "Young lady, don't be so quick to refuse. The Clear Sky Sect is one of the Upper Three Sects, with a deep foundation and countless resources. Though you've broken through to Titled Douluo, your foundations are still shallow. With the Clear Sky Sect's support, your future prospects will be limitless. What's more..."
He paused, looking meaningfully at Bai Chenxiang. "The Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique you cultivate is indeed profound, but its origins are unknown. With the Clear Sky Sect's protection, you could avoid a great deal of trouble."
Bai Chenxiang's gaze suddenly turned cold.
Unknown origins? Trouble?
She understood. This was a threat.
"I said," her voice chilled, "there's no need. Please leave."
The smile finally vanished from the First Elder's face.
His expression darkened. His kindly old eyes were now filled with malice and fury.
"Bai Chenxiang, I've offered you good advice. Don't be ungrateful!" His voice turned cold too, and Soul Power began surging around him. "Today, you'll agree whether you want to or not!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he abruptly raised his hand and swung a hammer at Bai Chenxiang!
The full-force attack of a Level 94 Titled Douluo became a gigantic black hammer, blotting out the sky as it crashed down!
But Bai Chenxiang's lips curled into a cold smile.
The Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique wasn't merely a dual-cultivation technique. After all those years of being whipped over and over in her dreams, her combat experience was extraordinarily rich.
"You're asking for death."
Her figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
The First Elder's pupils contracted sharply.
So fast!
Before he could even react, he felt a fierce gust of wind already brushing against the back of his neck!
"Bang!!!"
The First Elder's towering figure was sent flying by a kick like a kite with its strings cut!
He tumbled through the air more than a dozen times before slamming into the mountainside a hundred meters away, smashing a huge, man-shaped crater into it!
"Pfft!"
The First Elder spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with disbelief!
He was Level 94! He was the First Elder of the Clear Sky Sect! He'd lived for nearly a century and had countless battles under his belt!
Yet just now, he hadn't even seen his opponent's figure!
"You... you..." He pointed a trembling finger at Bai Chenxiang.
Bai Chenxiang slowly lowered her long, shapely leg and stood where he had been moments earlier.
"Level 94?"
"Nothing impressive."
The First Elder's face instantly flushed the color of pig liver!
The disciples accompanying him finally came to their senses. They hurried over to help the First Elder up, keeping wary eyes on Bai Chenxiang.
"First Elder! Are you all right?"
"Go! Quickly!"
The First Elder gritted his teeth and growled. He knew he'd made a complete fool of himself today.
If they didn't leave, they might not make it out alive!
The First Elder shot into the sky in a pitiful state and fled in a panic.
Bai Chenxiang remained where she was, a trace of mockery in her eyes.
"Master and servant, bound by affection?"
"Do you still deserve that?"
At the Clear Sky Sect's temporary base in the distance.
The First Elder sat in a chair, clutching his chest, his face ashen. He didn't say a word.
The two disciples who had accompanied him looked just as awkward and didn't dare speak.
After a long while, the First Elder finally gritted his teeth and said:
"That girl... something's not right."
"She's only Level 92, but her speed... her strength... her battle instincts... She's nothing like a Titled Douluo who's only just broken through!"
Remembering what had happened, he still felt a lingering fear.
"Just what kind of monstrous technique is the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique? How can it give a girl who's only just become a Titled Douluo such terrifying combat strength?"
Blue Tyrant Academy.
Everyone stared intently at the golden Sky Screen in the sky.
Jiang Zhu clasped her hands to her chest, her lively eyes full of stars as she gazed, lovestruck, at the white figure that had just disappeared from the screen.
"Wow! That young lady's already a Titled Douluo at such a young age! Level 92! She's amazing!" Jiang Zhu exclaimed, her eyes full of envy. "If only I knew Brother Cao too..."
Beside her, Ma Hongjun heard that and curled his lip, his tiny, bean-like eyes sizing Jiang Zhu up and down.
"Take a good look at yourself first." He spoke with a sleazy grin. "Brother Cao only likes pretty girls. Someone like you... tsk, I doubt you'd catch his eye."
Jiang Zhu's face immediately darkened.
Ma Hongjun didn't notice at all and kept grinning lasciviously. "Why don't you consider me instead? I may be a Phoenix Martial Soul, one of the continent's top Beast Martial Souls! That Brother Cao might not even be as handsome as me!"
Jiang Zhu rolled her eyes and shot back without mercy, "You call that a phoenix? It's obviously just a wild chicken!"
"You!" Ma Hongjun's face instantly flushed the color of pig liver. "You're talking nonsense! I'm the real Evil Fire Phoenix!"
"More like an Evil Fire wild chicken," Jiang Zhu scoffed. "I heard your Evil Fire has side effects, and you've been visiting brothels since you were little. Tsk..."
Ma Hongjun: "..."
Oscar hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over.
He patted Jiang Zhu on the shoulder, wearing the expression of a caring big brother, and said earnestly:
"Jiang Zhu, being pretty isn't necessarily a good thing. Look at Brother Cao. He's charmed so many girls. If you got together with him, you'd have a hard time ahead of you! All that jealousy and scheming—just thinking about it is scary!"
Jiang Zhu shot him a sidelong glance, looking at him as if he were an idiot.
"What would you know?" She planted her hands on her hips and said righteously, "Look at those girls. Does any one of them regret it? Doudou, Zhu Zhuyun, Meng Yiran, Xue Ke, Dugu Yan, Bai Chenxiang... Didn't every one of them choose to go to Brother Cao of her own accord?"
She paused and sighed, her eyes filled with regret. "If only I were as pretty as Rongrong. Then Brother Cao would definitely notice me!"
The instant she said that, the air around them froze.
Everyone turned as one toward the petite figure nearby.
Oscar's face instantly went deathly pale.
He watched Ning Rongrong nervously, his eyes full of worry and dread.
What if... what if that Brother Cao really did take a liking to Rongrong...
No, that couldn't happen. Rongrong was his! His, Oscar's!
They spent every day together, training and fighting side by side. Their bond was deep.
What was that Brother Cao to him? What right did he have to compete with him?
But...
He remembered the women on the ranking. Every one of them was a breathtaking beauty, and every one of them kept saying she wanted to go find Brother Cao.
Oscar's heart sank lower and lower.
But just as he feared, it happened.
"Boom!!!"
A massive golden pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping Ning Rongrong's petite figure!
Oscar's mind went blank.
He stared dazedly at the figure bathed in golden light, at the relief and tenderness spreading across her exquisite little face, and felt the whole world spin.
[ Genius Ranking, Rank 8: Ning Rongrong. ]
[ Identity: Daughter of Ning Fengzhi, sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; student of Shrek Academy. ]
[ Strength: Level 92 Titled Douluo. ]
[ Technique: Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique. ]
[ Reward: One Qiluo Tulip Immortal Herb, which can evolve a Martial Soul. ]