Lin Tian vs. Godwind Academy! Terrifying Strength!!

After Shrek Academy was defeated, Spirit Hall Academy smoothly advanced to the next round.

That evening.

In the resting courtyard behind Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Lin Tian sat beside a stone table.

Several dishes of food and a pot of freshly delivered tea sat on the table.

Hu Liena sat beside him.

She had changed out of her platinum academy uniform and was wearing a short black dress.

Her light brown hair fell loose behind her shoulders, her fair calves showed beneath the hem of her skirt, and she wore soft light-gold boots.

Hu Liena picked up the teapot and poured tea into the cup before Lin Tian.

"You made Tang San kneel on the Soul Battle Platform today. Yu Xiaogang's expression was very ugly."

Lin Tian lifted his teacup.

"They lost the match. Naturally, they wouldn't look too pleased."

Hu Liena looked at him.

"Tang San used hidden weapons during the match, yet the referee did not pursue the matter."

"A few iron needles can't hurt me."

"That's because your body is strong enough."

Hu Liena extended a finger and lightly tapped Lin Tian's chest.

"If it had been another soul master, that poisoned needle would have pierced their heart."

Lin Tian caught her wrist.

"Are you worried about me?"

"Can't I worry about my own captain?"

Hu Liena did not pull her hand back.

Instead, she turned her wrist and placed her palm in Lin Tian's.

"Besides, you're not just my captain anymore."

Lin Tian looked at her.

"Then what else am I to you?"

Hu Liena leaned closer.

Her shoulder pressed against Lin Tian's arm, and the hem of her skirt touched his black robe.

"Think about it yourself."

"I don't want to guess."

"Then wait until I feel like telling you."

She picked up a piece of sliced fruit and held it to Lin Tian's lips.

"Open your mouth."

Lin Tian ate the fruit.

Hu Liena nodded in satisfaction.

"Now that's more like having a meal with me."

Footsteps sounded outside the courtyard.

Xie Yue and Yan approached from the other end of the corridor.

The moment Yan stepped into the courtyard, he saw Hu Liena still leaning against Lin Tian.

He paused, then turned to Xie Yue.

"Did we come too early?"

Xie Yue walked to the stone table.

"The arrangements for the next round have been released."

Hu Liena straightened up.

She withdrew her hand from Lin Tian's without the slightest trace of panic on her face.

"Who are the opponents?"

"Godwind Academy."

Xie Yue placed the roster on the table.

"The match is tomorrow afternoon."

Yan pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Feng Xiaotian is already Rank 44."

"His Gale Twin-Headed Wolf is a mutated martial soul. Both its speed and attack power are formidable."

Hu Liena looked toward Lin Tian.

"How will we arrange things tomorrow?"

"You all fight as usual."

Lin Tian set down his teacup.

"Leave Feng Xiaotian to me."

Yan immediately nodded.

"Then I'll handle the rest of them."

Xie Yue glanced at the roster.

"Everyone from Godwind Academy is a wind-attribute soul master."

"They are extremely fast and have strong aerial combat capabilities."

"Hu Liena and I will restrict their movements."

Lin Tian picked up the roster.

The information on all seven main members of Godwind Academy was written on it.

Feng Xiaotian was listed first.

A Rank 44 attack-type battle Soul Ancestor.

Self-Created Soul Skill: Thirty-Six Gale Demon Wolf Slashes.

Lin Tian read it once before placing the roster back on the table.

"We'll follow this arrangement tomorrow."

Xie Yue nodded.

He and Yan did not stay any longer and soon left the courtyard.

Hu Liena leaned close again.

"They've already left."

"I know."

"Then why aren't you holding my hand yet?"

Lin Tian held out his hand.

Hu Liena placed her hand in his, her fingers slipping eagerly between his.

Their palms pressed together.

She lowered her head and looked at them.

"We still need to use Whale Rubber tonight."

"Your body has already adapted to the Whale Rubber's energy."

"You don't need to keep watch over me all the time."

Lin Tian looked at her.

"You don't need my help?"

"I do."

Hu Liena immediately changed her answer.

"It isn't safe for me to cultivate alone."

"Then we'll wait until after dinner."

"Alright."

At the courtyard entrance, a red figure came to a stop.

Huo Wu wore Blazing Fire Academy's scarlet short-skirt uniform.

Her golden-red hair was tied into a high ponytail, revealing her slender, fair neck.

Black stockings wrapped around her legs, while scarlet boots rose to the middle of her calves.

Her gaze fell upon their clasped hands.

Hu Liena noticed the newcomer and looked up.

"What is someone from Blazing Fire Academy doing here?"

Huo Wu stepped into the courtyard.

"I came to find Lin Tian."

Hu Liena did not let go of his hand.

"You can say whatever it is here."

Huo Wu came to the other side of the stone table.

"I want to speak with him alone."

"I'm also a member of Spirit Hall Academy."

Hu Liena leaned against Lin Tian's shoulder.

"If you want to discuss the match, I can listen too."

Huo Wu looked at Lin Tian.

"Are you really going to let her follow you around all the time?"

"She wants to sit here. I have no reason to drive her away."

Huo Wu pressed her red lips together.

"I didn't come to ask about your match arrangements."

"I want another fight with you."

Lin Tian glanced at her.

"There's still a match tomorrow."

"I won't delay you for long."

Huo Wu raised her chin.

"When we fought last time, you blocked my Huo Wu's Blazing Sun head-on."

"Over the past month, I have readjusted the way I circulate my Soul Power."

"I want to know whether Huo Wu's Blazing Sun can hurt you now."

Hu Liena lightly squeezed Lin Tian's finger.

"She wants a beating. You can grant her wish."

Huo Wu immediately looked at Hu Liena.

"This is between him and me."

"He's my captain."

"You're only his teammate."

"At least I get to stay with him every day."

Huo Wu's chest rose and fell.

She looked back at Lin Tian.

"Do you dare accept?"

Lin Tian rose to his feet.

"To the training ground."

Huo Wu turned and left at once.

Hu Liena rose as well.

She hooked her arm through Lin Tian's and walked out of the courtyard with him.

When Huo Wu looked back and saw this, her pace immediately quickened.

The three arrived at the rear training ground.

Night was approaching.

There were no other students in the training ground.

Several Soul Power lamps illuminated the central stone platform.

Huo Wu walked to one end of the platform.

Four Soul Rings rose beneath her feet.

Two yellow and two purple.

Scorching flames swiftly covered her entire body.

Her Flame Shadow Martial Soul condensed behind her, its scarlet glow illuminating much of the area.

Lin Tian stepped onto the stone platform.

He did not release his martial soul.

Hu Liena stood below the platform.

She crossed her arms over her chest, her eyes fixed on Huo Wu.

"Lin Tian."

Huo Wu raised her right hand.

"This time, I won't lose so quickly."

"Make your move."

The third Soul Ring beneath Huo Wu's feet lit up.

"Third Soul Skill, Flame Repulsion Ring!"

A crimson ring of fire spread outward from beneath her feet.

The scorching impact reached Lin Tian in an instant.

Lin Tian did not retreat.

The fire ring struck his body and split apart down the middle.

Great waves of flame surged past both sides of him, unable to push him back even half a step.

Huo Wu had already expected this outcome.

Her fourth Soul Ring lit up next.

The surrounding fire-attributed Soul Power rapidly gathered.

A white-hot fireball condensed between her hands.

The fireball continued to grow.

The air around it visibly distorted.

The stone platform's surface gradually reddened under the intense heat.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Huo Wu's Blazing Sun!"

Huo Wu pushed both hands forward.

The white-hot fireball shot across the stone platform, hurtling toward Lin Tian's chest.

Lin Tian raised his right hand.

The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus bloomed in his palm.

Azure lotus petals unfurled.

A great expanse of Life Divine Light formed a barrier, stopping the white-hot fireball in midair.

Huo Wu continuously poured in Soul Power.

The fireball spun rapidly.

Scorching flames crashed against the Azure Divine Light layer after layer.

Lin Tian gently curled his fingers.

The Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus cast down even more azure light.

The white-hot fireball rapidly shrank.

After several breaths, Huo Wu's Blazing Sun completely dissipated.

Huo Wu's face turned slightly pale.

More than half of the Soul Power within her had already been depleted.

Lin Tian still stood where he was, without even a wrinkle in his clothes.

"Still not enough."

Huo Wu lowered her head to look at her palm.

"I've compressed Huo Wu's Blazing Sun's power to its limit."

"Your control isn't stable enough."

Lin Tian withdrew the Primordial Chaos Azure Lotus.

"After compression, the fire's power did indeed increase."

"But once your soul skill leaves your hands, the Soul Power within it starts to disperse."

Huo Wu looked up at him.

"You saw that?"

"The surface of your fireball was constantly fluctuating."

Lin Tian walked over to her.

"Huo Wu's Blazing Sun isn't a soul skill that erupts instantly."

"If you want to increase its power, you must first ensure that the Soul Power inside it doesn't get consumed ahead of time."

Huo Wu pondered seriously for a moment.

She raised her palm again.

A ball of crimson flame appeared in her palm.

The instant the flame was compressed, its edges began to tremble faintly.

Lin Tian took hold of her wrist.

"Your Soul Power is running too quickly."

Huo Wu's body stiffened for a moment.

She lowered her head to look at Lin Tian's hand.

Lin Tian's fingers rested against her fair wrist.

"Slow down the Soul Power in the third meridian."

"Let the fire-attributed Soul Power gather in your palm first."

Huo Wu circulated her Soul Power again according to his instructions.

The unsteady flame gradually stabilized.

Its crimson color also began to shift toward white-hot.

Her eyes brightened.

"It really works."

Lin Tian released her hand.

"You'll need to practice the rest yourself."

Huo Wu withdrew her Soul Power.

She looked at Lin Tian standing so close before her.

"I lost this match."

"You couldn't have won in the first place."

"Do you have to talk like that?"

"It's the truth."

Huo Wu stepped forward.

The distance between them quickly narrowed.

"I said before I came that if I still couldn't hurt you, I'd agree to one thing you wanted."

"You never said that."

"It's the same if I say it now."

The flames cast a layer of red across Huo Wu's cheeks.

"What do you want?"

Lin Tian looked at her.

"I don't have anything I need you to do."

"Then I'll decide."

Huo Wu raised her hands and pressed them onto Lin Tian's shoulders.

She rose onto her toes, and her red lips landed directly on the side of Lin Tian's face.

The warm touch lasted only an instant.

Huo Wu quickly pulled back.

Hu Liena stood below the platform, her fingers already gripping its edge.

Huo Wu glanced at her.

"This is the price I paid for losing the match."

Hu Liena walked onto the stone platform.

"Who allowed you to do it that way?"

"The one I kissed was Lin Tian."

Huo Wu looked back at Lin Tian.

"He didn't reject me, so what right do you have to stop me?"

Hu Liena came to Lin Tian's side.

She raised a hand and wiped the side of Lin Tian's face.

"Now it's gone."

Huo Wu gave a soft snort.

"Wiping it away doesn't change the fact that I kissed him."

She turned and walked down from the stone platform.

Her crimson dress swayed lightly with each step.

When Huo Wu reached the entrance of the training grounds, she looked back at Lin Tian again.

"I'll remember the control method you just told me."

"Next time, I'll make Huo Wu's Blazing Sun even stronger."

Lin Tian nodded.

"Talk about it once you can stabilize your Soul Power."

Huo Wu did not linger any longer.

She left the training grounds and soon disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Hu Liena turned to face Lin Tian.

"She kissed you."

"Mm."

"Why didn't you dodge?"

"She wasn't attacking me."

Hu Liena raised her hands and held Lin Tian's face.

"Do you only need to dodge attacks?"

"What are you trying to say?"

"I don't like her kissing you."

Hu Liena pressed closer.

Her black short dress pressed against Lin Tian's long robe, her slender legs stopping between his.

"If she gets close again in the future, you have to dodge."

"Can you control her?"

"I'll control you first."

Hu Liena rose onto her toes.

She kissed the same spot Huo Wu had kissed.

This time, she did not pull away immediately.

Only after a moment did Hu Liena lower her hands.

"Now, it only counts as me having kissed you here."

Lin Tian held her waist.

"What kind of logic is that?"

"My logic."

Hu Liena rested her face against Lin Tian's chest.

"You promised to cultivate with me tonight."

"Let's go."

The following afternoon.

Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.

Inside Godwind Academy's resting area.

Feng Xiaotian sat on a bench.

The Spirit Hall Academy's list of competitors lay before him.

Lin Tian's name was listed first.

A Godwind Academy team member walked in from outside.

He came to Feng Xiaotian's side and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Captain, I just heard something from the people at Blazing Fire Academy."

Feng Xiaotian looked up.

"What is it?"

"Huo Wu went to Spirit Hall Academy's rest courtyard last night."

Feng Xiaotian's hand froze over the list.

"What did she go there for?"

"Huo Wu went to spar with Lin Tian."

"And the result?"

"Huo Wu lost."

The team member glanced around.

"After she lost, she kissed Lin Tian."

Feng Xiaotian abruptly rose to his feet.

The bench behind him toppled backward.

The roster on the table was dragged to the floor as well.

"What did you say?"

"Quite a few people at Blazing Fire Academy knew about it."

"After Huo Wu went back, she kept studying the Soul Power control method Lin Tian had taught her."

Feng Xiaotian lowered his head and looked at the roster on the ground.

Lin Tian's name had landed by his feet.

He had pursued Huo Wu for many years.

Everyone at both Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy knew about it.

Huo Wu had never accepted anything he gave her.

Nor had she ever taken the initiative to have intimate contact with him.

Yet now, Huo Wu had kissed Lin Tian.

Feng Xiaotian's chest rose and fell heavily.

The Gale Twin-Headed Wolf martial soul flickered behind him.

The surrounding tables and chairs were pushed aside by the airflow.

"Lin Tian."

"Why did Huo Wu kiss him?"

The Godwind Academy team members did not answer.

At that moment, the door to the rest area opened.

A staff member stood outside.

"Godwind Academy, prepare to enter."

Feng Xiaotian bent down and picked up the roster.

His finger pressed down on Lin Tian's name.

"Perfect."

"This match, I'll defeat him personally."

On the Soul Battle Platform.

The seven members of Godwind Academy took the stage first.

Feng Xiaotian walked at the front.

His cyan academy uniform clung tightly to his body, the wind patterns on his back flowing with his Soul Power.

He raised his head, his gaze fixed on the entrance opposite him.

Spirit Hall Academy soon stepped onto the Soul Battle Platform.

Lin Tian stood at the front of the team.

Hu Liena walked beside him.

Xie Yue, Yan, and the other three team members followed behind them.

Huo Wu sat in Blazing Fire Academy's spectator area.

The moment she saw Lin Tian appear, she immediately sat up straight.

Feng Xiaotian followed her gaze.

From beginning to end, Huo Wu never looked at him.

Her attention was entirely on Lin Tian.

Feng Xiaotian's expression darkened further.