My Mechanism Is All About the Numbers!

"Are you a senior of the Speed Clan? If I'm not mistaken, you should be the current clan chief of the Speed Clan, White Crane."

"We're from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. My name is Qin Ming."

Qin Ming looked at White Crane standing atop the leaves and released his Soul Rings as well: six rings, a Soul Emperor.

"I am the Four-Eyed Owl, Flender, headmaster of Shrek Academy. Greetings, Senior."

As Flender spoke, he released his own Soul Rings as well: seven rings, a Soul Sage.

"Mm. I have my eye on this Soul Beast. Give me some face, you two, and yield it to me."

White Crane looked at Qin Ming and Flender. He frowned, somewhat wary, before speaking.

"This..."

Flender turned to Qin Ming, asking for his opinion with his eyes.

Qin Ming looked back at Qin Qi, who shook his head.

"My apologies, Senior. We also had a hard time finding this Soul Beast, and it suits us very well."

"So we won't yield it."

Qin Ming spoke.

"Why not yield it? He's an eight-ring Soul Douluo. There's no need to clash with him over a Soul Beast, is there?"

Oscar hid in the back. Seeing Qin Qi shake his head, he spoke in confusion.

"This Soul Beast is extremely suitable for me, both in terms of age and type. If I give it up now, it'll be troublesome to find a replacement later."

"Besides, the path of a Soul Master has always been one where the weak are prey to the strong. If you don't become a hunter fighting for what you want, then you can only become prey fought over by others."

Qin Qi looked at White Crane, his expression grave, yet he was still prepared to give it a try.

The Speed Clan was made up entirely of agility-attack Soul Masters, and agility-attack Soul Masters were naturally weak in offensive power.

The Speed Clan, in particular, followed the extreme-speed path, making their attacks even weaker.

White Crane's speed was unmatched under heaven; even Titled Douluo could not catch him. However, his offensive power was rather ordinary.

It was even inferior to that of a Soul Sage, and his defense was also extremely weak. They had a chance of winning this battle.

"Senior, you heard it too. This Soul Beast is truly important to us. Could you perhaps look for another one?"

"Of course, we won't let your efforts go to waste. We're willing to help you find another suitable Soul Beast."

Flender stated his position as well. He did not choose to retreat, instead remaining resolutely to support Qin Qi and Qin Ming.

He might have been somewhat greedy for money, somewhat unreliable, and somewhat derelict in his duties as headmaster.

But he was not a coward. He would not abandon Qin Ming and the others.

"Yan'er..."

White Crane turned to look at his daughter.

"This Soul Beast is very suitable for me too. I don't want to give it up."

Bai Yan shook her head. She did not want to give it up either.

"My apologies, you two. It seems we'll have to fight today."

White Crane sighed and looked at Flender and Qin Ming. Though he did not want to fight, he had no choice.

"Wait!"

Qin Qi suddenly spoke.

"Senior, neither side is willing to give up this Soul Beast, but if you fight the teachers from our academy, it won't be good for either side."

"How about this? I'll fight her one-on-one. Whoever wins gets the Soul Beast."

Qin Qi looked at White Crane. He could tell that White Crane did not truly want to fight, so he made the suggestion.

"This... Yan'er, what do you think?"

White Crane strongly approved of the idea, but he still kept up appearances and turned to ask her.

"Fighting a little kid like him would be rather embarrassing, wouldn't it?"

Bai Yan glanced at Qin Qi and frowned. Then, four Soul Rings emerged behind her.

She was a level-fifty Soul Ancestor, only one step away from breaking through to Soul King. Then she looked at Qin Qi.

She thought that, at Qin Qi's age, he could be no more than level twenty. Fighting him would be nothing but bullying a child.

"My Yan'er is a level-fifty Soul Ancestor. Kid, what level are you?"

White Crane looked at Qin Qi and asked.

"A level-thirty Soul Grandmaster."

Qin Qi answered.

"No, that won't do. The gap in your levels is too great. You're bound to lose. I, White Crane, won't take advantage of others."

White Crane waved his hand, putting on a remarkably forthright appearance. This guy really knew how to put on an act.

"Then how about this? Three moves. As long as I can withstand three moves, Senior, you'll yield the Soul Beast to me. How does that sound?"

Qin Qi looked at White Crane and Bai Yan with a smile.

He understood these people who cared so much about saving face far too well.

Faced with such a request from a level-thirty Soul Grandmaster like him, they would definitely agree.

Because refusing would mean they believed they could lose, and that would mean losing face. White Crane could not accept that.

"Three moves... that's too many. One move. As long as you can withstand one move, I'll give you the Soul Beast."

Bai Yan raised one finger as she spoke.

"Alright."

Qin Qi nodded.

"..."

White Crane and Bai Yan stared at Qin Qi, stunned that he had agreed so decisively. Did this guy have no pride?

Why had he agreed just like that? She had only said it casually.

"Qin Ming, is this really alright?"

Flender frowned, worried about Qin Qi. Though it was only one move, the gap between level thirty and level fifty was simply too large.

Even if she was from the agility-attack type, whose offensive power was weak, such an enormous gap in Soul Power could not be underestimated.

"It's fine."

Qin Ming nodded, pushing up his glasses. He had great faith in Qin Qi.

"Fine. I'll defeat you in one move."

Bai Yan gritted her teeth and spoke.

"Sister Bai, make your move."

Qin Qi's entire body was wrapped in Soul Power, which formed a protective layer around him and increased his defense.

"First Soul Skill—Phantom!"

"Second Soul Skill—Swallow Step!"

The instant Bai Yan moved, she split into five figures. At the same time, her second Soul Skill boosted her speed, making her even faster.

"Mm, useless."

Qin Qi watched Bai Yan fly back and forth through the sky, feeling that she was wasting time.

With his current methods, he could not hit Bai Yan at all, nor could he catch up to her.

He had never intended to attack from the start. He only intended to defend.

"An opening!"

Bai Yan watched Qin Qi standing there in a daze and thought her confusion tactic had worked. She immediately launched an attack!

In an instant, she arrived before Qin Qi and unleashed a full twenty-seven attacks at incredible speed!

Bang bang bang bang!

Under the combined force of twenty-seven attacks, the outer layer of Qin Qi's Soul Power defense shattered. Yet the golden light defense of the second layer, Indestructible Diamond, remained completely undamaged.

"Sis, are you scratching an itch?"

"Your scratching isn't strong enough. How about I give you another chance?"

Qin Qi looked at Bai Yan. The muscles he had tensed relaxed at that moment, and he could not help laughing.

He knew that the extreme-speed Speed Clan lacked offensive power, but he had not expected them to be this weak.

He had already prepared himself to be injured, but who would have thought that she could not even break through his defense?