Di Tian Was Almost Furious Enough to Explode

Passionate Douluo looked at Yin Hongye and could not help saying, "You're a Titled Douluo. Could you at least have some shame...?"

Seeing Yin Hongye's maneuver, he could not help feeling embarrassed for him, but halfway through his words, he realized something was wrong.

This kid was only eighteen.

Damn it, among his peers, there was not a single one who could put up a fight in Yin Hongye's eyes.

He was the dividing line of an entire era.

People from the previous era were all over a hundred years old. As for this era...

He stood head and shoulders above the rest. The only one worth looking at was Mingdu, along with that grandson from the Qian Gu family, though he was merely passable.

"Tch, what? You think I'm bullying people? I'm eighteen and fighting thirty-year-olds. They've lived twelve years longer than me!" Yin Hongye said speechlessly. "I'm going to test Shrek Academy's geniuses!"

Outside the Heavenly Screen, everyone could tell that Yin Hongye's talent utterly crushed an entire era.

However, though Flender, Shrek Academy's dean, was somewhat unconvinced, he still maintained his rationality.

"My Shrek Academy's disciples are all monsters. Even if they aren't as good as Yin Hongye, they definitely won't be much weaker. He wants to challenge everyone under thirty? In the future, Shrek Academy will definitely produce Super Douluo before the age of thirty!"

His words rang with conviction, his back ramrod straight without the slightest hint of guilt. The several teachers beside him exchanged glances. No one replied, and no one dared contradict him.

After taking several slaps from Flender and being splashed with some mysterious roadside liquid, Yu Xiaogang finally woke up.

He shamelessly felt that the kid was arrogantly beyond measure. "How could my Shrek Academy's disciples have inferior talent to his? They simply can't be bothered to join that so-called Genius Youth Rankings. It's just a worthless ranking. In the future, under my Ten Core Principles of Martial Souls, every one of Shrek Academy's students will be a Titled Douluo at this age."

"In the future, I will teach a god!"

After saying that, he raised his chin slightly and swept his gaze around from the corners of his eyes, as though waiting for approval.

Liu Erlong sat beside him. Hearing that, she nodded heavily. "Xiaogang is right."

"Shrek Academy doesn't accept mediocrities. Soon, we'll beat these so-called geniuses until they're crawling all over the ground looking for their teeth."

Yu Xiaogang nodded, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly as his body unconsciously straightened further. Unfortunately, the talents of Shrek Academy's group were all inferior to the students from the era of The Unrivaled Tang Clan.

Clearly, this group could not understand the expressions on Sky-Crossing Douluo's and Passionate Douluo's faces.

Yin Hongye could fight part of the older generation above him, while below him... that could now be called kindergarten.

Whoever came would get beaten. Not a single one could fight him.

Within the Heavenly Screen, the fire on the ruins gradually weakened.

The Blacksmith Association building had burned down to its skeleton. The remaining steel beams glowed with dark red residual heat in the night, like a corpse that had not yet gone cold.

Yin Hongye patted the dust off himself and walked over to Guan Yue and Zang Xin. He glanced at them, then very naturally shifted one step to the side, clearing the path to where Zhen Hua was hiding.

"I'll leave the task of protecting the Divine Blacksmith to you two."

"Ghost Emperor has already appeared. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to keep acting as a bodyguard."

Guan Yue raised an eyebrow but did not deny it. Yin Hongye could now trade blows with a Limit Douluo. Against an expert above the Demigod level, he should be able to exchange a few moves as well.

But with the added task of protecting the Divine Blacksmith, the difficulty increased considerably.

"Fine, I understand." Guan Yue accepted the task helplessly, then glanced again at the Blacksmith Association. Another massive project...

Yin Hongye really tore things down wherever he went.

If he remembered correctly, Yin Hongye owned shares in the Federation's largest construction company...

It seemed to be a technical investment. He held an irreplaceable position in the company.

Zang Xin sighed and looked at Guan Yue. "Is he slacking off?"

"Obviously," Guan Yue said.

Yet neither of them thought there was anything wrong with it. Given Ghost Emperor's weight, they could probably even invite Sky-Cleaving Douluo over to serve as a bodyguard.

Yin Hongye nodded and looked at Qian Renxue beside him. "Let's go. Tomorrow, I'll take you to Shrek City to obtain a Soul Spirit from the Spirit Pagoda headquarters."

"What is a Soul Spirit?" Qian Renxue could not help asking.

Hearing that, Guan Yue and Zang Xin both frowned slightly, carefully considering what kind of Soul Spirit Qian Renxue was asking about.

It was just a malformed sentence.

How could anyone in this era possibly not know what a Soul Spirit was?

Seeing that the two did not suspect anything, Yin Hongye said no more. "You'll know when the time comes. How would I know which one suits you?"

Qian Renxue was smart. She roughly understood that it was something like a Soul Ring, something that existed in this era. If she had not met Yin Hongye, she suspected that after arriving in this era, she would not only become an unregistered citizen, but finding Soul Rings would be nearly impossible. As far as she knew, only the core area remained in the entire Star Dou Forest.

Yin Hongye seemed to have mentioned it before, but she had not asked.

As they talked, the two left together and returned to Gu Yue Manor, which was still as quiet and tranquil as ever.

Yin Hongye changed his shoes, leaned back against the sofa, and explained to Qian Renxue what a Soul Spirit actually was. "Soul Spirits were researched ten thousand years ago."

Qian Renxue sat across from him without interrupting, listening very seriously. There was simply too much knowledge from twenty thousand years later, and she had only learned a tiny fraction of it.

"A Soul Spirit is another form of existence for a Soul Beast—its soul is extracted from its body through a special method, then it forms a contract with a Soul Master, allowing it to become a Soul Ring without being hunted. Originally, one Soul Beast could only provide one Soul Ring and one soul skill. After becoming a Soul Spirit, it can provide two or three at once. When Soul Masters use soul skills, they consume far less Soul Power than with ordinary Soul Rings, and their strength is more than twice what it used to be. Soul Spirits are divided into two types: natural Soul Spirits and artificial Soul Spirits. Artificial Soul Spirits do not reach ten thousand years."

After listening, Qian Renxue fell silent for a moment before asking, "You mean fewer Soul Beasts are being hunted in this era?"

"What the hell are you dreaming about?" Yin Hongye leaned against the back of the sofa. "The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, believed that humans could coexist peacefully with Soul Beasts through Soul Spirits. That's why the Star Dou Forest became what it is today. The spread of Soul Spirits not only failed to resolve the conflict, it deepened the Soul Beasts' hatred toward humans."

Yin Hongye continued.

"The Spirit Pagoda is where Soul Spirits are sold." His tone was casual, as though he were introducing a chain supermarket. "Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits are already impossible to buy even with money. You can't get one even after lining up, though I still have the authority to obtain them. As for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits—those are somewhat troublesome."

"Hundred thousand years? What do you mean?" Qian Renxue frowned slightly. "Aren't Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts extremely rare?"

"Rare?" Yin Hongye lifted his eyelids and glanced at her, seemingly saying that Qian Renxue was shallow and provincial. "Take a trip around the sea and you'll definitely find two or three. A hundred thousand years is nothing special. There are quite a few over two hundred thousand years as well. They're all stock imported by the Spirit Pagoda from the Star Dou Forest."

He said it without the slightest attempt at restraint.

It was as though Soul Beasts were merely merchandise, and the Star Dou Forest was nothing more than a giant warehouse.

Of course, he had absolutely no idea that his words had nearly enraged a certain Beast King to the point of exploding.

It was like a dormant volcano, ready to erupt at any moment.