Instant Kill! Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

The examiner thought he had misheard. After a moment of stunned silence, he asked again:

"No, what did you say?"

"I want to try a ten-thousand-year soul beast. Is that allowed?"

Jiang Ziming repeated himself, his tone as calm as ever.

The stands instantly erupted.

"Ten thousand years?! Has he lost his mind?!"

"A first-year student choosing a ten-thousand-year soul beast? Isn't that courting death?!"

"Even Jiang Ziming can't possibly defeat a ten-thousand-year soul beast! Not even Soul Kings can necessarily handle one!"

The examiner frowned and shook his head.

"No. The assessment rules state that you may only choose soul beasts between one hundred and one thousand years old. Ten-thousand-year soul beasts are not among the available options."

Just as Jiang Ziming was about to say something, a voice suddenly came from the stands.

"Let him choose."

Everyone followed the voice and saw a white-haired old man sitting upright on the main platform, his sharp gaze fixed on the boy in the arena.

It was Yan Shaozhe, dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department.

A trace of interest appeared on Yan Shaozhe's face as he repeated himself.

"Let him choose. I'd also like to see how much this brat has improved these past few days."

Since Yan Shaozhe had spoken, the examiner did not stop him any further and signaled the staff to open the iron gate holding the ten-thousand-year soul beast.

The iron gate slowly rose. Heavy footsteps came from the darkness, accompanied by a deep roar.

A massive white tiger slowly emerged from behind the gate.

It was a ten-thousand-year White Crystal Tiger.

It was a full size larger than the thousand-year Crimson Flame Lion, its entire body covered in silvery-white fur that gleamed like metal beneath the sunlight.

Its eyes were icy blue, its pupils vertical, radiating a cold and cruel light.

The immense pressure unique to a ten-thousand-year soul beast spread through the air as though tangible, making many students in the stands unconsciously hold their breath.

"So this is the presence of a ten-thousand-year soul beast..."

"Just looking at it makes my legs go weak. Is Jiang Ziming really going to fight something like that?"

"I feel like it could turn someone into minced meat with one swipe..."

In the center of the arena, Jiang Ziming showed no change in expression as he faced the colossal beast.

The White Crystal Tiger lowered its body, a deep growl rumbling from its throat as its icy-blue eyes locked onto the tiny human before it.

It sensed a trace of danger from this person. That made the tiger uneasy, but it had no intention of retreating.

It suddenly pounced!

It moved with astonishing speed. Its silvery-white body left an afterimage in the air as its sharp claws tore through the air with a piercing shriek, striking viciously toward Jiang Ziming's head!

Then, everyone witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

Jiang Ziming did not dodge. He did not even move his feet. He merely raised his right hand, and an ancient golden sword appeared out of thin air in his grasp.

Immediately afterward, three soul rings lit up beneath the sword one after another.

Black!

Black!!

Black!!!

Three pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul rings revolved around the youth, radiating a suffocating pressure!

The entire beast-fighting arena fell into dead silence.

Every student in the stands stared wide-eyed, mouths agape, yet not a single sound came out.

It was as though their minds had stopped functioning in that instant, unable to process what they were seeing.

Three ten-thousand-year soul rings?

How was that possible?

All three of his soul rings were ten thousand years?!

Hadn't that sword martial soul of his previously only had two purple soul rings?

[Ding!]

[Wang Donger abruptly rose from her seat, her pink eyes filled with shock. She clearly remembered that Jiang Ziming's soul rings had been two thousand years before. How had they all become ten thousand years after just one year apart?!—Emotion Points +999!]

[Tang Ya covered her mouth, her eyes round with disbelief. Heavens, had little Ziming activated cheats? How was he even more monstrous than the Tang Sect's ancestors?—Emotion Points +999!]

[A rare look of astonishment appeared on Ning Tian's elegant face. Starting with three ten-thousand-year soul rings had completely surpassed her understanding of the soul master system!—Emotion Points +999!]

[Wu Feng's mouth twitched before she gave a bitter laugh. She had originally been thinking about when to seek Jiang Ziming out again to avenge the pants-wetting incident. Now, it seemed she should just forget it.—Emotion Points +999!]

[Zhou Yi stood at the edge of the stands, expressionless, but her slightly trembling fingers revealed the turmoil in her heart. This brat was too audacious! He had turned thousand-year rings into ten-thousand-year rings, yet he had no intention of concealing such a secret at all?!—Emotion Points +999!]

[Yan Shaozhe stroked his beard, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes. He had only wanted to see how much Jiang Ziming had improved recently, but this brat had directly given him such an enormous surprise!—Emotion Points +999!]

[Dai Huabin's face instantly turned deathly pale, and his body uncontrollably took a step back. Three ten-thousand-year soul rings? How was that possible?! Was he even human?! How could he possess three ten-thousand-year soul rings?!—Emotion Points +999!]

Meanwhile, the ten-thousand-year White Crystal Tiger in the arena also felt that terrifying pressure.

Its charging body abruptly halted, and a flicker of fear flashed through its icy-blue pupils.

Its soul beast instincts were telling it that this seemingly tiny human before it was extremely dangerous!

But it was already too late.

Jiang Ziming flipped his left hand, and his first martial soul appeared as well.

A translucent carrot materialized in his palm.

His third soul ring lit up. "Heavenly Ice Snow Carrot Spike" activated!

Boom!!!

A massive frozen carrot cage descended from the sky, completely trapping the White Crystal Tiger, which had just retreated half a step, within it!

The enormous ten-thousand-year soul beast struggled desperately inside the ice prison. Its sharp tiger claws frantically scraped at the icy walls, producing harsh grinding sounds, yet not even a single crack appeared on them.

Next, Jiang Ziming withdrew his carrot martial soul and gripped the Xuanyuan Sword once more.

He raised the sword. Six dazzling, frigid ice blades condensed upon its blade, each radiating a chill capable of freezing one's soul.

"Cold Shadow Iceburst Kill"!

The six ice blades shot out simultaneously, piercing through the ice prison and striking the trapped White Crystal Tiger with perfect accuracy!

A shrill scream came from within the ice prison, followed by the dull thud of a heavy body hitting the ground.

The ice prison shattered, turning into a sky full of ice crystals.

After a long while, the icy mist dispersed.

The once-mighty ten-thousand-year White Crystal Tiger now lay in a pool of blood, six bone-deep wounds running across its body as blood dyed the ground red.

It had stopped breathing.

Above its corpse, a black soul ring slowly rose.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring... had directly dropped?

The entire arena fell silent as a graveyard.

After several seconds of dead silence, the beast-fighting arena instantly erupted!

"H-He-He-He-He... He instantly killed a ten-thousand-year soul beast?!"

"I'm not seeing things, am I?! A three-ring soul master instantly killed a ten-thousand-year soul beast?! Does that make any sense?!"

"That was a ten-thousand-year soul beast! Not even Soul Kings can necessarily defeat one! He only used two moves?!"

"And the soul ring even dropped! A ten-thousand-year soul ring just dropped like that?!"

"Monster... This guy is absolutely a monster..."