Xiao Wu Gets Humiliated Again!

Xiao Wu halted, her eyes widening in surprise. "How did you know?!"

"I could tell." Yun Tian smiled without explaining further.

Xiao Wu chuckled and proudly raised her chin. "I'm an eleventh-rank Soul Master now! With a hundred-year soul ring!"

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly added, "My family had someone help me get it, so don't go telling everyone."

Yun Tian nodded. He knew it was just an excuse Xiao Wu had made up, but he had no intention of exposing her.

Only then did Xiao Wu notice the scattered mess throughout the Seventh Dorm. There were still a few drops of uncleaned blood on the floor, and a faint medicinal smell lingered in the air.

Frowning, she leaned closer and stared at Yun Tian. "What happened while I was gone for half the day? Why is the room such a mess? Where are Wang Sheng and the others?"

Yun Tian briefly told her what had happened that morning.

Xiao Wu froze for two seconds after hearing it, then sprang to her feet.

"What?! You beat up that whole bunch of nobles led by Xiao Chenyu all by yourself?! And made them pay compensation?! Why didn't you call me for something this fun?!"

She clenched her fists and pounded the table, stomping her feet in frustration. "I finally absorbed my soul ring and was just looking for someone to test myself on! But you took care of them all by yourself!"

"You weren't here at the time." Yun Tian spread his hands.

"I don't care! If something like this happens again, you have to call me!" Xiao Wu sat down beside him in a huff, then could not help asking, "Hey, what was that armor of yours? Did you use it when you beat people up? Is it strong?"

The corners of Yun Tian's mouth lifted slightly. "Want to know?"

Xiao Wu cracked her knuckles, her ambition to seize power written all over her face. "I do! How about we fight? I only lost to you yesterday because I hadn't obtained my first soul ring. Now that I have one, I want to challenge you one-on-one and take your position as boss! Then I'll be the supreme boss of all the students at Nuoding Academy!"

"Oh? So you've got your eye on my position as supreme boss?"

"Looks like I need to teach you a proper lesson and make you understand that even after obtaining your first soul ring, you're still no match for me. Even if it's a hundred-year one!"

Yun Tian grinned teasingly at her words.

"Come on, we'll fight right here. Let's make it quick!"

"Martial Soul Possession!"

"Hurry up and use your armor! Let me see how strong it is!"

Xiao Wu summoned her Soft-Boned Rabbit martial soul. A yellow hundred-year soul ring rose from beneath her feet.

Wang Sheng and the others all backed away to watch the show.

"As you wish."

"Earth Tiger Armor, combine!"

Yun Tian summoned the Earth Shadow Stone, and a yellow soul ring rose beneath his feet as well.

At the same time, the power of earth emerged and instantly covered his entire body. A phantom of a tiger appeared. When the earthen layer faded away, the metallic Earth Tiger Armor stood revealed.

It was Xiao Wu's first time seeing the Earth Tiger Armor's true form. She was struck by how cool it looked—and thoroughly shocked.

From the armor, she could feel the suppression of a beast's bloodline.

She knew this Earth Tiger was no ordinary tiger. It had to be an incredibly powerful being!

Standing in place, Yun Tian beckoned to Xiao Wu with a teasing, mocking expression. "Come on. If you can make me leave the ground, I'll count it as my loss. I'll give you the position of supreme boss."

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up at once.

"You said it yourself! Don't take it back!"

Before her words had even faded, she was already moving.

With her Soft-Boned Rabbit martial soul possessed, Xiao Wu was nearly twice as fast as she had been yesterday.

Her figure swept across the floor of the Seventh Dorm like a pink-and-white afterimage. In the blink of an eye, she had closed to within half a foot of Yun Tian.

"First Soul Skill—Waist Bow!"

Xiao Wu shouted softly, and the hundred-year soul ring around her waist suddenly lit up.

Her hands shot out like lightning and clamped onto Yun Tian's waist. At the same time, she threw her body backward and pushed off the ground with both legs.

The core of this move was to use an explosive burst from the waist, abdomen, and legs to hurl the opponent high into the air before smashing them heavily into the ground.

Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had used this move to throw countless soul beasts several times larger than herself into a daze.

But this time, she felt as if she had wrapped her arms around a mountain.

Yun Tian's feet were firmly nailed to the ground. The feet of the Earth Tiger Armor seemed to have fused with the stone slabs beneath him. No matter how hard Xiao Wu leaned back or kicked against the floor, he did not move in the slightest.

The endless power surging up from the depths of the earth had multiplied his weight by far more than tenfold.

Xiao Wu's face flushed crimson. She pushed the soul power of Waist Bow to its limit, but Yun Tian was like an ancient tree rooted for a thousand years. No matter how much strength she used, she could not even lift his toes half an inch from the ground.

"Haah! Ahh!!"

Gritting her teeth, Xiao Wu gathered her strength and gave another fierce heave.

He still did not budge.

The veins on her forehead were nearly popping, sweat streaming down from her temples. The soul power sustaining Waist Bow rapidly ran dry.

Meanwhile, Yun Tian simply stood there with his arms folded across his chest. Beneath the tiger-head mask, his eyes watched her through the gaps in the visor with a mocking smile.

"Put some strength into it. Didn't you want to take my position as boss?"

"You! Just you wait!!"

Xiao Wu flew into a rage out of embarrassment. With one final grit of her teeth, she poured all the remaining soul power of Waist Bow into her arms and violently strained backward.

She used too much force. Yun Tian remained as immovable as a mountain, but Xiao Wu's own center of gravity completely collapsed from overexertion.

Her hands slipped from Yun Tian's waist, and her body toppled backward from the recoil. She stumbled back several steps, only for her heel to catch on the edge of a low stool.

"Ah!"

Xiao Wu fell flat onto her back, the back of her head smacking solidly against the floor.

A dull thud rang out, crisp and loud.

The Seventh Dorm fell silent for a moment. Then Wang Sheng and the others could not hold back their laughter, though they quickly covered their mouths, not daring to laugh too loudly.

Tang San was not there, but even if he had been, he would probably only have been able to rub his forehead and sigh helplessly.

Xiao Wu lay sprawled on the floor, her eyes unfocused as a dull ache pulsed through the back of her head.

She reached up and touched the sore spot, finding a bump that was visibly swelling at an alarming speed.

"Ugh..."

She let out a wronged little whimper, and her eyes reddened.

Yun Tian's armored visor automatically retracted, revealing his smiling face.

He crouched down and looked at Xiao Wu lying on the floor, his tone carrying a hint of teasing. "Well? Do you still want to steal my position as boss?"

Xiao Wu clutched the bump on her head and glared at him indignantly. She was full of unwillingness, but the throbbing pain at the back of her head kept reminding her just how humiliating that fall had been.

She was the mighty hundred-thousand-year Soft-Boned Rabbit, a being who could swagger through the Star Dou Great Forest, yet she had been tripped up and sent tumbling headfirst by a human child...

Where would Sister Xiao Wu's pride go if word got out?

"Hmph!"

She turned her head away, refusing to admit defeat as she stubbornly said, "I just wasn't standing steadily! If you've got the guts, take off that armor and fight me again!"

Yun Tian raised an eyebrow. "Even without the armor, you can't break through my defense. Didn't you try yesterday?"