One Finger Defeated a Soul Saint

"How... how is this possible?"

Zhao Wuji couldn't believe it. He hadn't used a Soul Skill, but he was a Soul Saint!

Ye Xuan had dodged that punch with such ease.

He still couldn't sense any Soul Power fluctuations from Ye Xuan. What kind of monster was this?

Zhao Wuji immediately stopped testing him and unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Position Tracking.

After locking onto Ye Xuan, he used his second Soul Skill, Vajra Palm.

He swung his palm straight at Ye Xuan.

"I'd like to see how you dodge this time!" he shouted angrily.

"Dodging is easy enough."

Ye Xuan smiled and used Sword Qi Afterimage.

Zhao Wuji's locked-on target shifted to the afterimage formed from sword qi.

Seeing his palm about to strike Ye Xuan, Zhao Wuji laughed. "Boy, die!"

"Bang!"

A sharp crack rang out as the Ye Xuan before him shattered.

Zhao Wuji suddenly sensed something was wrong. He looked ahead and saw Ye Xuan standing across from him, smiling as he said, "Is that all the Immovable Wisdom King can do? You've only got one move left!"

"Damn it!"

Zhao Wuji roared and attacked Ye Xuan again.

His furious, impulsive assault was even easier for Ye Xuan to dodge.

After Zhao Wuji struck another Sword Qi Afterimage, Ye Xuan smiled. "Now it's my turn, isn't it?"

With that, Ye Xuan raised his hand and pointed into the air.

Sword qi gathered at his fingertip, as if he held a razor-sharp sword.

His figure flashed forward, and he charged straight at Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji swiftly retreated outside, Soul Power surging around him.

"Sixth Soul Skill, Immovable Wisdom King True Form!"

He transformed into a ten-meter-tall Vajra Giant Bear.

He brought both hands together in front of him to meet Ye Xuan's attack.

Ye Xuan hurtled toward him, the sword qi at his fingertip slicing through Zhao Wuji's defenses one layer after another.

As each layer of defense was broken through—

"Riiip!"

A bright red gash appeared across Zhao Wuji's hand. His Immovable Wisdom King True Form dissipated, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He stared at Ye Xuan in shock. "May I ask who you are, senior?"

"Didn't Dai Mubai tell you? I'm Ye Xuan. I hardly qualify as a senior," Ye Xuan replied.

"Zhao Wuji was ignorant of the heights of heaven and the depths of the earth. I came to disturb you, senior. I hope you'll forgive me." Ignoring his injuries, Zhao Wuji hurriedly apologized.

He was certain that if he truly offended this man, then not only would he be in trouble—the entire Shrek Academy would suffer.

He had brought this on himself, so being taught a lesson was no big deal. But if he brought disaster upon Shrek Academy, he would never be able to face his fellow elders again.

"I really wouldn't bother with someone as ignorant of the heights of heaven and the depths of the earth as you," Ye Xuan said unconcernedly. Then he glanced at Dai Mubai, whose face had turned extremely unpleasant, and teased, "If you're unhappy about this, you can come find me anytime. Next time, I can use my Martial Soul to fight you."

"This junior failed to recognize your greatness earlier. I won't dare offend you again," Dai Mubai said. How could he dare pick a fight with Ye Xuan now?

Ye Xuan's strength spoke for itself. Zhao Wuji had been defeated so thoroughly—how could Dai Mubai ever catch up to him?

"What's wrong? Seen how strong I am and lost your nerve? Let me give you some confidence: my Martial Soul isn't very strong. It's only at level 20 right now," Ye Xuan said with a smile.

"Level 20?" Dai Mubai said, unconvinced.

"That's right, level 20. Of course, if you don't dare face me when I have only level 20 Soul Power, I can understand. You've always been a coward, after all," Ye Xuan said scornfully.

Back in the Star Luo Empire, he hadn't dared compete with his elder brother.

After fleeing to the Heaven Dou Empire, if he'd had even a shred of fighting spirit, he should have worked hard to cultivate here, hoping to surpass his brother and fight his way back to the Star Luo Empire.

Instead, he had come here and let himself waste away.

Ye Xuan genuinely looked down on him for the way he had behaved all this time.

"You... Fine! I challenge you now. We'll fight with our Martial Souls."

Dai Mubai was provoked into a rage. He unleashed his Martial Soul, ready to fight Ye Xuan to the death.

"Not today. Hurry up and get Zhao Wuji out of here. Come find me when you're ready." Ye Xuan glanced into the distance and smiled.

Three people stood there.

They were none other than Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.

After Xiao Wu heard that Zhao Wuji had taken Tang San and the others out of the academy, she had called Zhu Zhuqing and the others and quietly followed them.

They had all seen Ye Xuan badly wound Zhao Wuji just now.

Ye Xuan had challenged Dai Mubai just to add a little amusement to his life.

But Zhu Zhuqing and the others were here too, so he decided to call off the fight for today.

Meanwhile, Tang San was pondering a question.

After seeing Ye Xuan make his move, he was sure that Ye Xuan's techniques were similar to the martial arts from his previous life.

However, the inner cultivation technique Ye Xuan practiced was an immensely powerful art that Tang San had never encountered in his previous life.

Tang San couldn't understand why his own inner cultivation had ultimately transformed into Soul Power, while Ye Xuan had remained unchanged.

If they hadn't been surrounded by so many people, Tang San would have wanted to ask Ye Xuan about it immediately.

In the end, he held back and decided to approach Ye Xuan alone after some time had passed.

Ma Hongjun, however, quickly went over to support Zhao Wuji after his brief shock. "Teacher Zhao, let's go."

Only then did Tang San and Dai Mubai hurry after them.

Meanwhile,

over by the three girls,

Xiao Wu asked Zhu Zhuqing curiously, "Zhuqing, who is your big brother Ye? How old is he, anyway?"

After entering the academy, Xiao Wu had asked Zhu Zhuqing about Ye Xuan, but she'd only learned a little.

She hadn't expected that by following them today, she'd get to see just how powerful Ye Xuan was with her own eyes.

Even Zhao Wuji was no match for him, which made her believe Tang San's earlier words a little more.

Maybe Ye Xuan really was some old monster who had returned to youth.

At Xiao Wu's question, Zhu Zhuqing only shook her head and said, "I don't know. Big Brother Ye rescued me when I was in danger. After that, I hired him to escort me here. We don't know much about him."

"Zhuqing, aren't you going to introduce us to him? He seemed to glance this way just now," Ning Rongrong said eagerly.

The way Ye Xuan had defeated Zhao Wuji with a single move had looked incredibly cool to her.

Especially since Zhao Wuji had beaten them up earlier—it made Ye Xuan seem even cooler.

"This..." Zhu Zhuqing hesitated.

"Come on!" Ning Rongrong grabbed her hand and headed toward Ye Xuan.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu followed them too.

When Ye Xuan saw the three of them approaching, he stopped where he was.

When they drew near, Zhu Zhuqing greeted him. "Big Brother Ye."

"Mm. What can I do for you?" Ye Xuan asked gently.

"W-what? He's not only powerful, but so gentle too?" Hearing Ye Xuan's voice, Ning Rongrong couldn't help getting a little lovestruck.