After his martial soul underwent its second awakening, Jiang Yu did not linger in the forest for long and returned directly to Heaven Dou City.
The moment he stepped into Heaven Dou City, people on the streets could not help turning to look at Jiang Yu.
It could not be helped—Jiang Yu was simply far too eye-catching at the moment.
His deep sapphire-blue hair drifted in the wind, while his incomparably handsome face carried an aura that was both noble and approachable, making people unable to resist taking a few extra looks.
Just then, several students from Blue Tyrant Academy walked over from nearby.
The instant several of the girls saw Jiang Yu, their eyes widened.
"Quick, look! That boy is so handsome!"
"Oh my god! He's absolutely mesmerizing!"
"Yeah, yeah! He's so handsome—I think I'm falling in love!"
The girls could not help swooning over him, chattering away without bothering to lower their voices.
Meanwhile, the expressions of the boys traveling with them were far less pleasant.
"Hmph, what's the use of being handsome? He's just a pretty boy with no real ability!"
One of them, an exceptionally burly man with knotted muscles, wore an expression full of jealousy and displeasure as he listened to the girls around him.
"I'm going to expose that pretty boy for what he really is!"
This burly man was none other than Tai Long of the Strength Clan. He was at the age when he was most competitive and prone to jealousy.
Without thinking any further, he strode toward Jiang Yu.
"Hey, pretty boy! Stop right there!"
Tai Long stepped directly in front of Jiang Yu and shouted roughly.
Looking at the muscular man who had suddenly appeared and blocked his way, Jiang Yu frowned.
"Do you need something?"
"I'm Tai Long! I don't like the look of you. Get on your knees and kowtow to me right now, or I'll break your legs today!"
Tai Long looked at Jiang Yu and spoke arrogantly.
He was the direct grandson of the Strength Clan. Though only in his teens, he was already a two-ring Great Soul Master.
More importantly, he was certain that this pretty boy in front of him was no prince or noble.
In that case, what did he have to fear from a commoner?
Today, he would humiliate this pretty boy properly in front of those female classmates!
"Tai Long? The Strength Clan?"
Relevant information instantly flashed through Jiang Yu's mind.
The Strength Clan—the family that would later bow their heads and submit to Tang San, practically begging to kneel and become his slaves?
Jiang Yu had no interest in sparing even another glance at a family with servility carved into their bones.
"You're sick."
Jiang Yu spat out those two words coldly. Too lazy to bother with him any further, he turned to leave.
But how could Tai Long possibly let him go so easily?
"Trying to leave? Stop right there!"
Tai Long roared and reached out to grab Jiang Yu by the shoulder.
He put his full strength into that grab, intending to crush Jiang Yu and force him to his knees.
However, Jiang Yu's reaction was equally swift.
The instant Tai Long launched his attack, Jiang Yu casually shifted aside and easily dodged it.
Tai Long's grab missed, and his tremendous force could not be withdrawn. Staggering several steps forward from the momentum, he instead fell with a thud, landing flat on his face.
"Hahaha!"
"I'm dying! He tried to grab him, but ended up falling down himself!"
"That's so embarrassing!"
Seeing Tai Long's comical appearance, the surrounding onlookers immediately burst into laughter.
Especially the female students from Blue Tyrant Academy in the distance, who laughed so hard their bodies shook, their clear laughter sharp and piercing.
Those mocking laughs instantly made Tai Long's face flush the color of pig liver.
"Bastard... you've completely enraged me!"
"Martial Soul Possession, Powerful Orangutan!"
Enraged, Tai Long stopped caring about anything else and directly released his martial soul.
A massive orangutan appeared behind Tai Long, and two yellow soul rings emerged at the same time.
"Second Soul Skill, Explosive Giant Strength!"
Immediately afterward, Tai Long hesitated no further and directly unleashed his second soul skill, throwing a ferocious punch at Jiang Yu.
Facing Tai Long's savage attack, Jiang Yu reacted with equal speed.
"Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!"
Jiang Yu's figure instantly blurred, splitting into a series of afterimages.
Tai Long's powerful, heavy punch passed straight through Jiang Yu's afterimage and slammed heavily into empty space.
Jiang Yu himself had already appeared at Tai Long's side.
Then Jiang Yu raised his leg and viciously kicked Tai Long in the waist.
"Ah..."
A shrill scream rang out as Tai Long's burly body was sent flying, rolling several times across the ground before coming to a stop.
With Jiang Yu's current physical strength after the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline's second awakening, even without using his martial soul, Tai Long was no match for him.
"Damn it!"
Tai Long struggled to get back up, but before he could rise, Jiang Yu had already darted before him like a phantom.
Then Jiang Yu lifted his foot and stomped viciously on Tai Long's left arm.
Crack!
A bone-breaking sound that made one's teeth ache rang out clearly.
"AH—!"
Tai Long immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream like a pig being slaughtered.
Tai Long's entire left arm twisted at a grotesque angle. Jiang Yu's stomp had directly crushed the arm bone and joint to pieces!
Pale bone fragments had even pierced through the skin and flesh, exposed to the air amid dripping blood.
With an injury like this, even a top-tier healing-type soul master would never be able to completely heal it.
Tai Long's arm was thoroughly ruined for the rest of his life.
Since Tai Long had come looking for trouble himself, Jiang Yu naturally showed him no mercy.
Just as Jiang Yu's gaze turned icy and he prepared to cripple Tai Long's other arm as well, an earthshaking roar exploded from beyond the crowd.
"Who is it?! How dare you hurt my son!"
Before the words had even faded, a massive black shadow descended from the sky, smashing toward Jiang Yu like a meteor!
Jiang Yu's eyes narrowed. With a light tap of his foot, he instantly drifted backward.
Boom!
With a deafening crash, the bluestone ground where Jiang Yu had been standing was blasted into a huge crater, spiderweb-like cracks spreading in every direction.
As the dust settled, a middle-aged man twice as burly as Tai Long stood within the crater.
The middle-aged man bore a seventy-percent resemblance to Tai Long, his entire body radiating a terrifying surge of soul power.
The newcomer was none other than Tai Long's father, the Strength Clan's chief, Tai Nuo!
Tai Nuo had originally been wandering around when he heard his son's screams.
When he arrived, he happened to see Jiang Yu brutally beating his son, Tai Long.
Thus, Tai Nuo acted without hesitation.
"Dad, save me! He ruined my arm! My arm!" Tai Long cried out miserably from the ground upon seeing his father, as if he had found a lifeline.
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