Guang Biao Comes Calling

The next morning.

Everything was calm and peaceful, just like any other day on campus.

But that afternoon, an incident caught Xu Yue completely off guard.

Outside Eastsea Academy.

The school gates were completely surrounded by a group of burly men. A rough count put their numbers at one or two hundred.

Every one of them was powerfully built and vicious-looking, armed with blades and clubs. Some even possessed restricted soul tools explicitly banned by the Federation.

At the very front of the crowd, several people held up large signs displaying Xu Yue's information.

When Xu Yue arrived and saw the scene before him, his expression immediately darkened.

Xu Xiaoyan, who stood beside him, changed color as well. It was her first time encountering such a scene, and she looked at Xu Yue in panic.

"Brother Yue, what should we do now?"

Director Long Hengxu, who had already spoken with Guang Biao, looked terrifyingly grim. Still, he gently tried to persuade Xu Yue.

"Student Xu Yue, leave this matter to the academy to negotiate."

Ye Yingluo was equally furious. "That's right. So what if they're from the mecha squad? I refuse to believe he'd actually dare drive a mecha here!"

Xu Yue suppressed the fury in his heart as he watched the burly man before him gradually approach. He spoke in a low voice.

"No need. I'll handle it myself."

Without paying any attention to Long Hengxu and Ye Yingluo's abruptly changed expressions, he strode forward to meet them.

Xu Xiaoyan watched Xu Yue's back, bit her lip, then activated her communicator and dialed several numbers.

As Guang Biao watched Xu Yue walk toward him, his eyes filled with brutality, like those of a violent dragon.

His younger brother had nearly been beaten to death. How could he not be furious?

Even after treatment from a healing-type soul master, Guang Long would need to stay in bed for at least half a year before recovering.

That was only because Guang Long was a soul master and far tougher than an ordinary person.

Even so, there would still be lasting side effects after he recovered.

"Kid, you're something else. I never expected Eastsea Academy's students to be so ruthless."

"Ruthless?" Xu Yue gave Guang Biao a cold smile. "Looking at this, I only think I went too easy on him yesterday."

"I thought you people had at least a little sense, but today you've truly opened my eyes. You really didn't bring any brains at all."

"I really wonder how you manage the mecha squad."

In Xu Yue's mind, if Guang Biao had investigated his and Xu Xiaoyan's identities even slightly, then Guang Long's injuries would have merely served as a lesson, and the matter would have ended there.

But what Xu Yue had never expected was that the man actually dared to bring people here and block the gates, just as he remembered.

Guang Biao's heart tightened. He sensed that something was wrong.

If a normal person encountered something like this, even if they did not apologize, they would still show some caution if they had powerful backing.

But he had no time to think further.

The next instant.

A blinding purple light suddenly flared before his eyes, accompanied by shocked cries rising one after another from the surrounding crowd.

"How is that possible? Thousand-year soul rings—and three of them?!"

"Doesn't that sign say he's in first grade? Was it labeled wrong? Is he a first-year student in the advanced division?"

"That doesn't make sense either! How could he withstand the pressure brought by three thousand-year soul rings?"

It was not only the people Guang Biao had brought who cried out in shock.

Even Long Hengxu, director of the intermediate division, and Ye Yingluo, who had taught Xu Yue for more than three months, were staring at the scene in utter disbelief.

Yet beneath their shock, both of them were also overjoyed.

Within the crowd behind Guang Biao, two men were staring at Xu Yue with pale faces. At some point, the clubs in their hands had slipped to the ground.

They were the two lackeys who had accompanied Guang Long yesterday.

Elsewhere, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Wu Zhangkong, and the others, who had arrived late after hearing the commotion, were all looking at Xu Yue in surprise.

Tang Wulin's mouth hung open in disbelief.

From his discussions with Xie Xie, they had believed it was likely true that Xu Yue's soul power had reached the Soul Elder rank. But they had imagined that two yellow rings and one purple ring would already be the limit.

Three thousand-year soul rings had completely surpassed the boundaries of their knowledge.

Beside him, curiosity flickered in Gu Yue's black eyes.

"Xu Yue? You're quite interesting. Let me see whether you really have anything to do with Heaven's Change."

As for Wu Zhangkong, his astonishment was no less than anyone else present. Even coming from Shrek, he had never seen a genius like Xu Yue.

At the very least, throughout his life, he had never encountered anyone who could compare to Xu Yue.

Even those seeds already chosen for the inner court still fell far short of Xu Yue as he was now.

He had thought Gu Yue was already unrivaled under heaven, but who would have expected someone even fiercer than her?

Whose subordinate was this, exactly?

Wu Zhangkong swept his gaze around and immediately spotted the signs held by the people Guang Biao had brought. His eyes instantly went blank.

Intermediate Division, First-Year Class One? Ye Yingluo!!

Oh no, my class promotion match!!!

In the arena.

Three deep-purple soul rings slowly pulsed, completely freezing the expression on Guang Biao's face.

He was furious over his younger brother's injuries, but he was not actually brainless. Otherwise, he would never have become the captain of the mecha unit.

His connections and strength were indeed among the best in Eastsea City.

But across the entire continent, they were nothing worth mentioning.

There was no way he would believe that a genius like Xu Yue had no backing or teacher supporting him.

Guang Biao watched Xu Yue approach step by step. His stiff expression instantly changed, and he hurriedly raised a hand to ask, "Could there have been some misunderstanding?"

"A misunderstanding?" Xu Yue's face was cold and hard as he stared at Guang Biao. "At this point, you're talking to me about a misunderstanding?"

"Didn't you say everything should be settled by strength?"

Watching the changes in Guang Biao's expression, he continued, "I think you were right. People like you are like nails sticking out by the roadside."

"Only when they're violently hammered into the ground will they stop poking up and tripping others."

After saying that, Xu Yue could not be bothered to waste any more words on Guang Biao.

His first and second soul rings instantly flared with purple light.

A bright yellow glow of soul power burst forth. The Jade Shield protected his body, while Vortex Vanquisher appeared in his hand.

In an instant, Xu Yue's aura connected with the earth as though they were one.

It was the linked effect of his soul skills: Stone Steadfast Body.

Stone Steadfast, Immovable Mountain!

"Wait! I think we can still talk this over!"

"Talk? Talk my ass!"

As Xu Yue spoke, he stomped heavily, instantly cracking the ground in several places as he shot toward Guang Biao like a cannonball.

"You've been here so long without eating, right? In that case, have a taste of my spear first!"

The next moment.

Vortex Vanquisher, raised high in Xu Yue's hand, was instantly covered in a layer of black-red light.

At the same time, a tyrannical will merged into the spear.

"Gravity Domain, eightfold amplification!"

"Rock Spear Intent! Mind Ape: Menogias!!"