Heaven Dou Imperial City.
The Crown Prince's Residence.
Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) stretched lazily, revealing the graceful curves beneath her moon-white silk nightgown.
Her gaze fell upon an admission certificate on the table.
A faint smile curved her pink lips on her peerlessly beautiful face.
"Zhou Tong, I've been waiting for you for a long time. You've finally enrolled."
"Since you enrolled under my name, you're one of my people now. I want to see how far you, little genius, can go."
Zhou Tong was only seven years old, yet he was already a Soul Grandmaster.
Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) was delighted to have a genius like him pledge allegiance to her.
She believed she could make Zhou Tong fall at her feet.
Besides, her innate talent was unrivaled across the continent. With Innate Soul Power at level twenty, she had set a precedent in the Soul Master World. Even Zhou Tong couldn't compare to her.
If Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) hadn't been disguised as the crown prince and constantly occupied with state affairs, with her talent, she would have long since broken through to Soul King, or even Soul Emperor!
Even so, she was confident that she was still the continent's most monstrous genius Soul Master.
She was certain she could make Zhou Tong submit to her willingly.
"Has that Xue Beng caused trouble again?"
"What a wastrel."
"I'll wait and see how Zhou Tong handles it."
"This can serve as a little test."
Thinking about what was about to happen, Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) showed a rare trace of anticipation on her cold, flawless face.
Early morning.
Zhou Tong awoke from his meditation, feeling his Soul Power increase once again.
After putting on his school uniform, he went for a walk around the academy.
Before long, he arrived at the academy's mimicry environments.
There was a Lightning Mimicry Environment here.
Upgrading his lightning-attribute Soul Power three times would unlock the Thunder God Inheritance.
The Thunder God was one of the foremost First-Level Gods in the Divine Realm, a being who stood halfway to god-king.
If he could inherit the godhood, Zhou Tong would have struck it rich.
Only by becoming a god could he contend with the future Tang God King.
He planned to temper his body with lightning and improve his lightning attribute.
He had already upgraded it once. Two more upgrades would unlock the Thunder God Inheritance.
He made his way to the back mountain, which rose a thousand meters high. The area was vast, but few students were there.
It was rare to see people tempering their bodies with lightning.
Zhou Tong also noticed that most of them had low Soul Power.
In fact, most had less Soul Power than he did.
Zhou Tong was only seven, while these nobles were generally much older.
It was easy to see the overall level of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
It was probably a drag on most of the higher-level Soul Master Academies.
Zhou Tong shook his head, putting the thought aside.
The academy's quality had little to do with him. That was the Heaven Dou Empire's concern. He was here to cultivate, and couldn't be bothered with all that.
He soon arrived outside the Lightning Mimicry Environment.
To Zhou Tong's surprise, a large crowd of students had gathered there.
There were especially many female students.
Some of the girls even blushed.
Zhou Tong immediately became curious about the spectacle.
"What are you all looking at?"
"You must be new. That's Yu Tianheng, captain of the Imperial Fighting Team."
"He's about to enter the Thunder Mimicry Environment Chamber. So many girls are his fans."
A young man shrugged and explained.
"That's so exaggerated?"
Zhou Tong was stunned, hardly able to believe it.
Seeing that Zhou Tong didn't believe him, the young man shrugged helplessly and said, "What can you expect? He's a genius from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the future heir to the clan leadership."
"Plenty of people want to curry favor with him, but don't even get the chance."
Zhou Tong understood at once. A top-tier second-generation scion like this would naturally attract countless admirers.
"Thanks, senior. I'm going in to cultivate too."
Zhou Tong headed straight into the Lightning Mimicry Environment. He was there to temper his body; what other people did was none of his concern.
Just then, Yu Tianheng caught sight of Zhou Tong and immediately stepped in front of him.
"Hey, you look unfamiliar."
"Did you just join the academy?"
Zhou Tong replied coolly, "Not long ago. Who are you?"
Yu Tianheng answered, "I'm Yu Tianheng."
"Then you must be the new genius student, Zhou Tong?"
"That's right!" Zhou Tong was slightly surprised. They didn't know each other, so why was this man paying him so much attention?
He didn't believe the other man was simply being friendly to a new student.
Yu Tianheng looked Zhou Tong over carefully and said, "A pleasure to meet you."
"I hear, Junior Zhou, that you're very skilled with lightning."
"As it happens, I've studied lightning myself."
"How about we spar?"
His words set the crowd abuzz.
"Zhou Tong? The kid who offended Prince Xue Beng?"
"Such nerve."
"A commoner Soul Master dares to act so arrogantly at our academy?"
"He actually dares to compare his lightning skills with Brother Tianheng?"
Discontent with Zhou Tong kept bubbling up from the crowd.
At that, Zhou Tong knew Xue Beng had already spread plenty of rumors behind his back.
He said coldly, "Xue Beng was weaker than me and tried to bully me, so I taught him a lesson."
"You want to pick a fight?"
"Then Zhou Tong will take you on, whoever you are!"
"You can wag your tongues behind my back, but who's brave enough to face me one-on-one?"
On Douluo Continent, strength was everything.
If these people were going to target him, then he'd fight them!
He'd knock the lot of these useless fools to the ground and show them who was stronger!
If they dared provoke him, he'd crush them!
One punch to break the line, and a hundred more attacks would never come!
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire area fell silent.
Everyone's gaze turned toward Zhou Tong.
These people had been chattering away just moments before, but the second Zhou Tong challenged them to a one-on-one fight, they all backed down.
After all, they knew exactly how badly things had ended for anyone who provoked Zhou Tong yesterday.
That was the way of petty men: they feared force, not virtue.
Quite a few were so angry their faces turned livid, but they didn't dare act. They could only choke on their frustration.
Seeing this, Zhou Tong's face twisted into a scathing sneer.
Useless fools would always be useless fools, no matter how much face you gave them.
A heavy fist was still the best answer.
They had just been mocking him, but after Zhou Tong struck back hard, not one of them dared to say another word.
Strength determined status. It really was that simple!
Zhou Tong stood tall and looked down on the crowd of fools. Seeing how they dared to be angry but didn't dare speak, he wore a triumphant grin.
Just then, Yu Tianheng spoke.
"Junior Zhou, will you accept my challenge to test our lightning skills?"
Zhou Tong looked at Yu Tianheng. Unlike the others, this man wasn't shallow. He was quite calculating and didn't show his hostility openly.
And he had taken the initiative to propose a match.
Clearly, he was confident in his lightning skills.
It seemed this was the biggest challenge Zhou Tong would face.
After all, Yu Tianheng was the son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He was highly talented, and his Martial Soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, excelled at lightning.
But Zhou Tong wasn't afraid in the least. When faced with a provocation, he had always had one answer: fight!
Zhou Tong looked at Yu Tianheng with interest and asked, "What are we competing in?"
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