The Uncrowned King

Xuan Xiao won this battle.

He won cleanly and decisively, without a shred of dispute.

The spectators in the stands were still immersed in that spectacular battle just now. Discussions rose and fell, refusing to die down for a long while.

"Does this make him the uncrowned king of our freshmen?"

No one knew who shouted it first, but the voice rang especially loudly through the crowd.

"Uncrowned King! Uncrowned King! Uncrowned King!"

More people immediately joined in. Their voices grew louder and more synchronized, eventually converging into a torrent that echoed throughout the entire Soul Arena.

Xuan Xiao stood in the center of the arena. Hearing the deafening cheers, there was not the slightest hint of pride on his face.

He yawned, then lazily called toward the referees' platform.

"Director Du, are you there? I have some personal matters to handle. I'm taking leave tomorrow, so I won't be attending class."

The instant those words came out, the entire venue fell silent.

This was the first time anyone had asked for leave in such a manner—requesting it directly from the dean in front of several hundred people.

But everyone understood that what happened with Zhou Yi today had already spread throughout the academy.

Though it had not been Zhou Yi herself, it had ultimately involved her and used her appearance.

Outsiders did not know that person was not Zhou Yi, so Zhou Yi had been firmly saddled with the blame.

As a result, Class One had become the only class without a homeroom teacher since the start of term.

Du Weilen stood in the VIP section, his expression complicated. After several seconds of silence, he still nodded.

"Approved."

Xuan Xiao waved his hand. Two purple and one black Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet, slowly revolving.

Then his second purple Soul Ring flashed fiercely, and his entire body vanished without a trace, not even leaving behind an afterimage.

"Fuck! Where did he go?"

Someone in the stands cried out in alarm, looking around for Xuan Xiao, but there was no sign of him anywhere.

"Did none of you notice that his Soul Rings were two purple and one black?"

Someone finally noticed the important detail, their voice filled with incredulous shock.

Many of them had seen Xuan Xiao's Martial Soul before, but aside from Mu En and a few others, no one knew his Soul Ring configuration.

Two purple and one black!

Twelve years old, three rings, two purple and one black!

What kind of godly configuration was this?!

In the VIP section, Mu En's gaze remained fixed on the place where Xuan Xiao had disappeared. His brows furrowed slightly, as though he were pondering something.

"Little Song, did you sense it?"

The elderly woman beside him slowly nodded. Her eyes were closed, seemingly sensing the lingering aura in the air.

"Ultimate Wind. It was definitely Ultimate Wind. The purity of that wind was more than a whole level above my Azure Shadow Divine Eagle."

The old woman's voice carried a mixture of emotion and amazement.

Yan Shaozhe stood nearby. Hearing that, his frown deepened.

"But that doesn't seem right, does it? Even Ultimate Wind shouldn't be that fast, should it?"

Others might not have been able to tell, but this group of Titled Douluo had seen it clearly.

That had not been teleportation. It had simply been extreme speed.

It was merely so fast that even their eyes could not keep up.

Mu En fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking.

"Do you remember him saying that his second Soul Ring came from a Demon Emerald Bird?"

Yan Shaozhe paused, then nodded.

Mu En continued, "The Demon Emerald Bird's Soul Ring was placed on an Ultimate Wind Martial Soul, producing such a soul skill."

Yan Shaozhe suddenly understood. He finally realized why that brat had not taken them seriously.

With that soul skill, if Xuan Xiao used it, even if they wanted to chase him, they would not be able to catch up.

Ultimate Wind combined with the Demon Emerald Bird's speed was simply like adding wings to a tiger.

Huo Yuhao stood among the audience, listening to the discussions around him about Xuan Xiao. A strong sense of envy rose within his heart.

And mixed within that envy was a trace of jealousy.

They were both twelve years old and both freshmen, so why was the gap between them so enormous?

He was still worrying about how to earn living expenses, while Xuan Xiao was already considering what level Soul Beast he wanted for his fourth Soul Ring.

He was still racking his brains over how to raise his Soul Power, while Xuan Xiao could already defeat the two strongest students of the outer academy in a one-against-two battle.

That gap left a bitter feeling in his heart.

Wang Dong merely curled her lips at this and muttered, "If I went up there, I could do it too."

But when she said it, her voice was clearly weak. Even she herself did not believe it.

Wu Feng was completely dumbfounded at this moment. Sitting in the stands, she stared blankly at the arena, her mind utterly empty.

You said you were going to hunt your third Soul Ring, but you never said you were hunting a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!

Even now, she felt lingering fear when she thought about it. Back then, she had actually dared to point at that monster's nose and curse him. The fact that she had not been beaten to death was truly thanks to her ancestors' blessings.

Ning Tian shook her by the shoulder and softly called, "Little Feng, Sister Feng, snap out of it."

Only then did Wu Feng suddenly come back to her senses, though her gaze was still somewhat unfocused.

Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao sat in a corner with her hands on her knees, propping up her chin. She wore a lovestruck expression, and it looked like she was about to drool.

White hair, golden eyes, a tall yet well-proportioned figure, heaven-defying talent, and even more heaven-defying combat strength.

Wasn't he the perfect candidate?

Stars sparkled in her eyes as her mind began wandering into all sorts of fantasies.

At that very moment, Xuan Xiao had already appeared in Dragon City, a city on the edge of the Far North.

The frigid wind howled, snowflakes danced through the air, and an icy chill filled the atmosphere.

Standing at the city gate, Xuan Xiao exhaled a puff of white mist and could not help sighing.

"My second soul skill is really useful. It only took three seconds to get from Shrek to Dragon City."

His second soul skill was called Aurora Flash.

After activation, it could raise his speed to as much as the speed of light. It granted three seconds of absolute invincibility and consumed no Soul Power.

Without that invincibility effect, he would never have dared to use this soul skill so recklessly.

Otherwise, the pressure generated by that extreme speed alone would have crushed him into ashes.

He had not lied before, either. His third Soul Ring had indeed come from a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear.

It was precisely because of this soul skill's invincibility effect that he had dared to hunt that thing.

He had relied entirely on the invincibility effect, turning himself into a speeding truck and ramming that twenty-five-thousand-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear to death.

Naturally, Xuan Xiao had a purpose for coming here.

That purpose was the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow beneath the Earth Dragon Sect.

This was one of Huo Yuhao's greatest opportunities. Not only that, he could also use it to subdue the Ice and Snow Emperors.

As for the matter of mining it, he was not worried in the slightest.

The Deviation Value Store had everything. He refused to believe that such a trivial collection job could stump him.

As he walked into the city, he opened the system panel to see how many Deviation Values he had left.

The moment he looked, he was instantly dumbfounded.

He had spent two hundred thousand, so he should have had roughly three hundred and fifty thousand remaining.

Yet it had somehow risen to six hundred thousand!

He had only beaten up Beibei and Xu Sanshi, cursed Mu En and the others once, and then there was Zhou Yi...

Alright, that one had indeed gone a little too far.

But it should not have increased by this much, right?

Xuan Xiao scratched his head. Still, since it was a good thing, he could not be bothered to investigate it further.