"Was Qin Qi being a little too arrogant?"
Flender watched the scene in surprise, but at the same time, he felt that Qin Qi was being a bit too overbearing.
His opponent was a level-fifty Soul Ancestor. Wasn't it a little inappropriate to provoke her like this?
"He's always been this arrogant."
Oscar complained from the side.
Headmaster, you only just realized this brat wasn't a good person? Did you know I'd been bullied by him the whole way here?!
"You... a warrior may be killed, but never humiliated!"
Bai Yan's fair little face instantly turned bright red. Furious, she launched an attack at Qin Qi.
"Bang, bang, bang."
In an instant, Bai Yan attacked Qin Qi thirty-six times, every strike reaching an extreme speed.
"Hahaha, no, I didn't want to laugh, but I really can't hold it in."
"Are you scratching an itch for me? Your moves look fierce, but your results are a big fat zero point five. You didn't deal any damage at all."
Qin Qi looked at the golden light around himself, completely unscathed, and could not help praising the Invincible Diamond Body. So good!
"Again! Again! Again!"
Hearing Qin Qi's mockery, Bai Yan's face turned as red as an apple. Steam was practically rising from her head in anger.
She looked exactly like a boiling kettle.
Chain Wind Blades!
Bai Yan floated in the air, gathering all of her Soul Power and unleashing a large number of wind blades.
"My turn now, right?"
Fire Path Killer Move—Morning Peacock!
Facing the wind blades raining down from the sky, Qin Qi threw countless punches, unleashing a torrent of fireballs.
In an instant, they covered the surrounding area, and the powerful fist force shattered the wind blades.
Then, without losing any momentum, they rushed toward Bai Yan.
"What terrifying power!"
Bai Yan was startled. Sweeping her gaze around, she found a path free of fist force and charged through it at top speed.
"Thud!"
Bai Yan slammed into something. She looked up and discovered that she had crashed into Qin Qi's arms.
"Hello there."
Qin Qi tightly embraced Bai Yan, then exerted a little force. There was immediately a crack.
"It hurts!"
Bai Yan let out a scream. Agility-attack Soul Masters had ridiculously fragile defenses. With only a slight squeeze from Qin Qi, Bai Yan felt as though her bones were about to break.
"Stop!"
White Crane hurriedly shouted.
"Senior White Crane, don't panic. I'm not even using any strength."
"Miss Bai Yan, do you admit defeat? Did I win this time?"
Qin Qi looked at Bai Yan, who was restrained by his killer move—Princess Carry Kill—and asked.
"I... don't admit it!"
Bai Yan looked at Qin Qi, who was obviously much younger than her, and answered with a face full of reluctance.
"Is that so? Then let's do it again."
Qin Qi applied a little more force. Bai Yan's already slender waist became even thinner.
"Do you admit defeat now?"
Qin Qi asked again.
"I... I don't... admit it!"
Bai Yan felt as if her waist had broken. The intense pain made her grit her teeth, while the pressure on her abdomen left her unable to breathe.
But for the sake of her pride, she still stubbornly refused to yield.
"Seriously? You're just being stubborn. You're already like this, and you still won't admit defeat?"
Qin Qi looked at Bai Yan speechlessly.
You're about to be strangled to death by me, and you're still talking tough. Can't you just give in and say you admit it?
"Senior White Crane, you saw it. She said herself that she wouldn't admit defeat. I'm going to apply more force now, so don't blame me if something happens."
Qin Qi looked at White Crane and spoke.
"Don't, don't use more strength. Yan'er can't take it."
White Crane said worriedly.
"Then, Senior White Crane, do you admit defeat?"
Qin Qi looked at White Crane. Since Bai Yan would not admit it, he stopped asking her and asked White Crane directly.
"Cough, cough. Well... little friend, you are indeed powerful. Your defense is truly impressive."
"Your strength is also quite commendable, but you are still lacking somewhat in speed."
"Yan'er was careless this time. If she had been more cautious and had not fallen for your scheme, she would not have been captured."
"Overall, although you won, we did not lose. We were merely careless."
White Crane coughed twice before speaking with a solemn expression.
"Is everyone in your clan this shameless?"
Qin Qi could not hold it in anymore. Bai Yan being like this was one thing, but how could even the clan chief be this shameless?
It's over. The Speed Clan is finished. There's no saving them.
"Although I'd long heard that the Speed Clan cared greatly about saving face, they're still making excuses even now. Even I feel embarrassed for them."
Flender felt that his own skin was already thick enough, but he had not expected to encounter someone even thicker-skinned.
"Anyway, I don't admit it!"
Bai Yan gritted her teeth and spoke.
"What exactly don't you accept? Don't say something like you were careless."
"Schemes are part of battle to begin with. Besides, I'm only level thirty while you're level fifty. You had the inherent advantage."
"Yet you still lost to me. What do you have to refuse to accept?"
"I'll give you one more chance. I'll stand here without moving and let you hit me. Can you even hurt me?"
Qin Qi released Bai Yan, spread his arms, and assumed a posture that invited her to attack however she wished.
"I..."
Bai Yan looked at Qin Qi. She raised her hand, then lowered it again. She admitted that she could not hurt him.
"Besides, this Soul Beast is eleven thousand years old, nearly twelve thousand years old."
"With your current physical condition, absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring would already be extremely difficult. Twelve thousand years would be enough to burst you to death."
Qin Qi looked at Bai Yan. If she were not from the Speed Clan, he could not be bothered to waste his breath.
He would have simply killed the Soul Beast and begun absorbing the Soul Ring. But because they were from the Speed Clan, he had to be cautious.
What if White Crane returned and interfered while he was absorbing the Soul Ring? If that made him lose control, it would be over.
And White Crane was fast. It would be impossible to guard against him.
"Twelve thousand years... wasn't this a nine-thousand-year Soul Beast?"
White Crane frowned from the side. He carefully examined the Crimson Flame Qilin Horse and asked doubtfully.
"Nine thousand years? Don't joke around. The Crimson Flame Qilin Horse's scales and the flames beneath its hooves differ according to its age."
"At a thousand years, they are orange-red. At ten thousand years, they are dark blue. The flames under this one's hooves are light blue. It is definitely around ten thousand years old."
Qin Qi spoke directly. He was extremely confident in his eyesight, and the Crimson Flame Qilin Horse's characteristics were easy to distinguish. He could not possibly be mistaken.
"Crimson Flame Qilin Horses have always appeared in male-female pairs. Clan Chief White Crane, could the one you were looking for have been the other Crimson Flame Qilin Horse?"
Qin Ming pushed up his glasses and spoke.
"This!"
White Crane's expression turned extremely ugly. After carefully comparing them, he felt that this one indeed had subtle differences from the one he had targeted.
But how could he admit it now? Say that he had made a mistake, that this entire contest had just been a farce?
Or stubbornly insist that this was the one, only that he had misjudged its age? Either way would be humiliating.
"Ah, there's a Soul Beast over there!"
White Crane immediately ran off. He was so fast that everyone's vision blurred, and then White Crane had vanished without a trace.
"Your clan chief ran away."
Qin Qi looked at Bai Yan. "Aren't you leaving?"
"You... just wait. I'll get revenge sooner or later, and I still don't admit defeat."
Bai Yan's face remained bright red as she spoke. She felt terribly embarrassed and awkward inside.
"Still talking tough? If you have the guts, come down here. I'll strip off your clothes, tie you to a tree, and see whether you can still keep talking tough."
Qin Qi pointed at Bai Yan in the sky. He hated this kind of stubbornness the most.
"N-No!"
Bai Yan fled as she spoke, moving so quickly that she even left an afterimage behind.
"It's only because she had a Soul Douluo beside her. Otherwise, no matter what, I would've made her understand how formidable I am."
"Pah."
Qin Qi spat on the ground and spoke unhappily.
"Alright, enough of that. Start preparing to absorb the Soul Ring."
Qin Ming spoke.
Over the following period, with Qin Ming's assistance, Qin Qi successfully hunted the Crimson Flame Qilin Horse and absorbed this Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
After absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu suddenly merged into his body and began feasting wildly within Qin Qi's body.
Yet Qin Qi felt no pain at all. Instead, he felt filled with strength. Before long, the Strength-Eating Immortal Gu was full.
A wild, tyrannical, savage aura radiated from Qin Qi's body, and a blood-red cloak appeared over him.
Behind him appeared the phantom of a bare-chested man with bulging muscles and totem markings covering his entire body!
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