Facing the Hongchen Siblings—I'm Feeling Great Right Now!

Jing Hongchen looked toward the stage through the Eye of the Sun and Moon. The instant he did, the fluctuations of his soul power became chaotic!

Something was wrong!!

Could I have seen it wrong...

Jing Hongchen looked at his granddaughter again. The Eye of the Sun and Moon clearly showed the life fluctuations of a human soul master.

Then he looked at Ye Ming... Something was wrong!

There was a problem!

He put away the Eye of the Sun and Moon and took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Seeing Jing Hongchen lose control so badly that he could not even contain his own soul power, Yan Shaozhe immediately smiled.

"Haha, Hall Master Hongchen, there's no need to get so excited."

"Such a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius is the only one of his kind even at Shrek Academy."

Jing Hongchen glanced at Yan Shaozhe, secretly thinking that the man seemingly had not realized Ye Ming was a soul beast in human form...

But that made sense. Without using the Eye of the Sun and Moon, even he had failed to see through the boy's identity.

Still, that was perfect. It gave him an opening instead.

"As expected of Shrek Academy..." Jing Hongchen composed himself and forced a smile. "Your students truly are extraordinarily gifted!"

On the battle stage, the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were likewise stunned by the three ten-thousand-year soul rings Ye Ming had revealed.

But they were opponents now. Even if the other side had nothing but hundred-thousand-year soul rings, they still had to keep fighting!

Ten-thousand-year soul rings might be powerful, but Ye Ming was merely a three-ringed Soul Elder!

Could two Soul Kings really lose to one Soul Elder?

At Yan Shaozhe's command, Xiao Hongchen made the first move.

His slightly hunched back bulged beneath his clothes as golden protrusions emerged one after another, radiating soft golden halos.

His first and third soul rings lit up simultaneously. With a sweep of his hands, he scattered at least a hundred metal spheres.

The metal spheres hovered in midair, enveloping his entire body.

Then, in the next instant, a bizarre scene unfolded. Using those metal spheres as cores, thick metal cannon barrels actually grew out of them!

Those metal cannon barrels had appeared from nothing; they had not been released by Xiao Hongchen.

"What a freak!" Gongyang Mo could not help exclaiming when he saw it. "This kid's control over soul tools has already reached perfection!"

"No! It's because his martial soul is highly compatible with soul tools!" A trace of gravity appeared in Dai Yueheng's eyes. "This kid's soul skills should be metal-control types. They're practically a perfect match for soul tools!"

Though Xiao Hongchen's display was impressive, it was Meng Hongchen at his side who attacked first!

A pale cyan glow flickered in her palms. She raised both hands, swept them outward in semicircles, then pushed them toward Ye Ming.

At that moment, a snow-white jade-like toad appeared behind her, its eyes as blood-red as hers were now.

Meng Hongchen's first soul ring lit up. From her outstretched palms, a stream of white air a foot in diameter drifted straight toward Ye Ming.

Facing the incoming white current, Ye Ming merely activated his first soul skill, Golden Dragon's Strength, and his third soul skill, Golden Dragon Phantom, layering their power. He did not bother with the current at all and simply allowed it to invade his body.

Meng Hongchen froze. This was the first time she had ever hit a target so easily.

But immediately afterward, her expression changed.

Within the current's shroud, Ye Ming's expression remained unchanged, without the slightest reaction.

It was as if Meng Hongchen's soul skill had done absolutely nothing!

Meng Hongchen blurted out, "How is this possible?! How can you withstand my Ice Toad Poison?!"

Ice Toad Poison was a cold toxin formed through the alternating forces of ice and fire.

Moreover, the first soul ring of Ye Ming's Silver Dragon King martial soul belonged to the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, which possessed both ultimate ice and spiritual attributes.

This cold toxin was utterly ineffective against him.

Even the surging, sun-like vitality granted by his Golden Dragon King martial soul alone was enough to completely evaporate any cold toxin that entered his body.

Naturally, Ye Ming had no intention of telling her any of that.

His answer to Meng Hongchen was a Golden Dragon Phantom blazing with dazzling golden light.

The golden dragon shook the very space around it as it charged straight at Meng Hongchen with irresistible force.

Ye Ming had not held back at all with this punch. If Meng Hongchen had no countermeasure, she would have to use a blood escape technique on the spot.

The golden dragon roared, and Meng Hongchen's expression changed drastically. She immediately activated the Rank 6 full-body soul tool armor her grandfather had specially crafted for her.

Ice-blue light flared at thirteen points across her body—her forehead, shoulders, chest...

The thirteen clusters of ice-blue light swiftly transformed into an exquisite suit of ice-blue armor that protected Meng Hongchen from head to toe.

Although it was full-body armor, it did not look bulky at all. Instead, it made her appear even more heroic and valiant.

A pair of ice-blue longswords extended from her hands, while three pairs of ice-blue wings spread open behind her.

But even with the full-body armor protecting her, Meng Hongchen had no desire to take the earth-shattering strike of the Golden Dragon Phantom head-on.

Her third soul ring lit up. Beneath her feet, a patch of mirror-like solid ice roughly five meters in diameter appeared.

When the golden dragon came roaring toward her, her figure vanished in an eerie flash, then reformed at the edge of the icy mirror!

Her third soul skill, Ice Refraction, allowed her to shift freely to any position across the mirror-like ice disc she created by refracting light and shadows.

The moment Meng Hongchen reappeared, the Golden Dragon Phantom exploded with a thunderous boom!

The force of the punch shook the air. Its aftershock alone sent the full-armored Meng Hongchen stumbling backward again and again.

"Little sister!!"

Xiao Hongchen cried out. His second and fourth soul rings replaced the glow of his first and third soul rings.

Countless golden motes immediately appeared in the air and surged wildly toward Xiao Hongchen like rivers flowing into the sea.

Whenever a mote neared his body, rings of faint golden light spread outward, as though they had ignited. The dense aura of metal instantly boiled over.

As the golden motes fused into him, the one hundred and twenty-eight metal cannon barrels radiated brilliant light before automatically locking onto Ye Ming across from them.

The next instant, a terrifying storm of soul power erupted!

Bzzzzzz!!

As the piercing roar rang out, an overwhelming barrage of soul tool cannon fire instantly engulfed Ye Ming.

The moment the light locked onto Ye Ming, Xiao Hongchen revealed a smug smile.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry. I couldn't hold back my strength."

"Looks like this battle is over."

"This is bad!" Ling Luochan cried out. "Dean, save our junior! Even a Soul Emperor couldn't withstand an attack like that!"

One hundred and twenty-eight soul tool cannons unleashed through the power of four major soul skills—even Ling Luochan herself would meet a tragic end if she took such an attack head-on.

Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zifeng all wore pained expressions.

Before this, they had merely worried that their junior would embarrass the academy by going up there. They had not meant to target him.

Seeing the scene, Dai Yueheng felt both pity and a faint sense of satisfaction.

Still, he spoke up. "Dean, act quickly!"

Yan Shaozhe looked at the metal light waves filling the stage, then recalled the boy's terrifying defensive and power-stacking soul skills from before. A smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Don't worry. Those things alone can't kill Ye Ming!"

An attack of that level could not kill him?

Everyone looked toward the stage, half-believing and half-doubting.

As the golden light slowly faded, Ye Ming emerged before their eyes, his entire body covered in golden radiance yet utterly unscathed.

Feeling the power within him rise to a terrifying level, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"I'm feeling great right now!"