The True Riot

"I'd advise you to obediently hand over the spirit power you have, and press the emergency exit button while you're at it."

"Otherwise, I'll have to make you suffer a little!"

Mu Xi clenched a fireball in her hand and spoke with a slightly arrogant expression.

Three Soul Rings appeared around her at once, displaying the strength of a Soul Elder.

The lackeys behind her also released their Soul Rings and martial souls one after another. All of them had two rings.

"Judging by your uniforms, you seem to be younger students, right? Fine, since we're from the same school, I won't personally burn you."

"Choose now. Are you leaving on your own, or do you need my help?"

Veins bulged on Xie Xie's forehead. Looking at the haughty girl before him, he could not help but curse.

"You sure think you're something just because you were born a few years before us?"

"A Soul Elder at twelve? What a joke!"

"You only know how to bully kids younger than you. Against us brothers and sisters, you're just a—"

Before he could finish, Luo Qing covered his mouth.

"There should be teachers watching outside. If you don't want footage of you swearing to be replayed for everyone in the future, you'd better restrain yourself—"

After saying that, he looked at Mu Xi again.

He said nothing. He merely spread those enormous wings of light behind him once more.

"So there's no room for negotiation, huh?"

The flames in Mu Xi's hand flared brighter. Just as she was about to speak confidently and take down these four little brats in one go—

She discovered that every one of the four little brats before her had two Soul Rings.

Based on the intensity of the spirit power released by the one in the lead, he was already at the peak of rank 29. With just a tiny bit more outside help, he could immediately break through to rank 30.

You've got to be kidding me. The first time I try acting like a boss and robbing someone, I run into such tough opponents?

Mu Xi froze instinctively, but Luo Qing had no intention of going easy on her.

As an absolute believer in gender equality, Luo Qing's iron fist did not care whether someone was male or female.

With a flap of his wings, he shot forward like an arrow leaving the bow, appearing before the still-dazed Mu Xi.

Mu Xi had just raised her hand to resist when Luo Qing's unavoidable iron fist came crashing down.

Bang—

Mu Xi flew away like a sack struck by a truck, tracing an arc through the air before plunging headfirst into the grass.

"Boss—!"

The lackeys wailed miserably, sounding utterly heartbroken.

"You miss her that much? Want to join her?"

Xie Xie could finally stretch his limbs. Two daggers appeared in his hands, while his two bright Soul Rings shone over them. The chill they gave off made the others' legs tremble.

"No, we're not familiar with that woman from before..."

As they spoke, they tried to sneak away from the other side.

Tang Wulin, however, stood in front of them with a bright smile.

"Not familiar? Familiar or not, you still have to fly!"

In the end, three more figures were planted upside down into the bushes like green onions.

Luo Qing took their spirit power and distributed it among the group.

"It looks like as long as we make enough noise, there'll be an endless stream of Soul Masters coming up to deliver takeout to us."

Gu Yue absorbed the spirit power and said with a smile curling her lips.

"Yeah. Instead of painstakingly searching for and killing soul beasts, fishing like this seems much faster..."

Xie Xie suddenly came to this realization as well.

"That won't work. One or two groups might fall for it, but there are already two victim teams now. If they have a way to contact the staff outside, they probably already know what we've been doing. So we won't be able to lure in anyone else."

Luo Qing shook his head. "Besides, spots in the riot-period Ascension Platform are limited. There are only so many people. If we fish up too many, it'll actually become less efficient."

Tang Wulin naturally agreed with her big brother's view.

However, the roots beneath her feet suddenly transmitted information to her. Tang Wulin tilted her head and listened.

Information passed along section by section through the trees entered her ears.

"Location... Human-Faced Demon Spider... thousand years."

Tang Wulin's eyes widened immediately.

"A thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider? Really?"

She tried to confirm the situation several more times, only to discover that the brother and sister's location had disappeared.

Judging from the last information transmitted, they were likely doomed.

Meanwhile, at another pod, a brother and sister crawled out of the chamber in a miserable heap.

"Why was there a Human-Faced Demon Spider lying in ambush there?!"

Xu Xiaoyu clutched his head. The two of them had already been unlucky enough. First, they had tried to take advantage of others only to lose everything, forfeiting all the spirit power they had accumulated. Then they had accidentally entered the Human-Faced Demon Spider's nest and been chewed up in one bite.

One was a Soul Elder and the other a Grand Soul Master. There was simply no way they could face a thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider.

"It's okay, Brother—at least we weren't poisoned to death by its venom..."

Though being bitten hurt badly, it was still better than dying from the poison of the legendary Human-Faced Demon Spider, whose venom made anyone who encountered it wish they were dead.

"Forget it, let's go back first—"

"Counting the days, it'll soon be time to send you off to school. Let's not worry about these annoying matters for now..."

The two left the Spirit Pagoda, while the adventure within the Ascension Platform continued.

After learning that a thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider had appeared in the last area where the Xu Family siblings had gone missing—

Luo Qing updated the map once again.

There were now powerful thousand-year soul beasts guarding both the south and west.

They were currently by the river on the eastern side, and their recent hunt had scared away the nearby soul beasts.

What they needed most now was to find an area where soul beasts gathered.

And now, the true frenzy of the riot period began.

The sky suddenly turned blood-red, and the eyes of the birds and beasts around them were filled with ferocious light.

The riot period itself was an accident within the Ascension Platform. The soul beasts inside became far more aggressive, and the riot period was divided into an ordinary state and a full riot state.

Soul beasts in the full riot state no longer retained any instinct of their species.

They became more inclined to slaughter every living thing they saw, even members of their own kind.

In an instant, as the sky turned blood-red, the surrounding forest began to stir.

The sounds of beasts pouncing and roaring wildly rose and fell without end.

Gu Yue looked around with cold eyes before speaking.

"A beast tide seems to be forming near the river. Do we fight or leave?"

Luo Qing thought for a moment.

"What do you think? I think we should fight first."

"The riot-period Ascension Platform has a time limit, after all. Staying inside too long will also harm our physical condition."

"We might as well get what we need, fight what we need to fight, and go back early to report in. Isn't that better?"

"I think that works. Luo Qing's always reliable!"

Xie Xie naturally patted his chest and voiced his agreement.

"I think Big Brother is right! We should stay here and fight!"

Tang Wulin waved the hammer in her hand as though she wanted to smash something.

"Then defend our position and prepare to meet the first wave of attacks!"

Luo Qing stood at the very front, his broad wings of light shielding the teammates behind him from the soul beasts' long-range attacks.

Roar—

Along with a tiger's roar, a strange-looking striped tiger appeared before them.

The bizarre tiger had a snake-like tail behind it, and two mismatched pairs of wings, one large and one small, growing from its back.

But its savage aura was absolutely real.

"A three-thousand-year soul beast?"

The teacher outside instantly widened his eyes.

"A three-thousand-year soul beast!"

Luo Qing's eyes gleamed, and he became even more excited!