Zhu Zhuqing Despised Dai Mubai, Who Was Far Inferior to Tang Shuo!

Bai Baoshan stood frozen as if struck by lightning.

He stared fixedly at that Spirit Ring, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets, his mouth wide enough to fit an egg.

"A... a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring?!"

Even his voice trembled.

"Your first Spirit Ring... is Ten-Thousand-Year?!"

How was that possible?!

How could a nine-year-old child have hunted a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

No!

Hunting it was only secondary!

How had he withstood the impact of the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring's violent energy and successfully absorbed it?!

This completely overturned everything he had known about Soul Masters for nearly a century!

A monster!

No!

This was a Demon Prodigy!

Bai Baoshan's mind shook violently. Instinctively, he pushed his Soul Power pressure to its limit!

Level fifty! The pressure of a Soul King!

Tang Shuo only felt an immense force bearing down on him.

Yet there was not the slightest trace of fear in his eyes.

Buzz—!

A soft hum rang out.

The phantom of an ancient golden mirror silently appeared over his chest.

It was the Eastern Emperor Mirror!

In an instant, intensely yang Sun True Fire surged from the Eastern Emperor Mirror and flooded into every corner of Tang Shuo's body!

A faint layer of golden flames rose over Tang Shuo's body.

The mountain-like Soul Power pressure melted away rapidly the moment it touched those golden flames, like ice and snow beneath the blazing sun!

Tang Shuo felt his entire body lighten, his strength surging once more as he instantly dispersed the pressure completely.

He stood where he was, bathed in golden light like a youthful deity.

Meanwhile, Bai Baoshan before him had completely turned to stone, his mind blank.

Bai Baoshan felt that everything he believed about Soul Masters was being ruthlessly shattered, blow after blow, by this nine-year-old child before him.

But...

"I refuse to believe it!"

He would add more pressure!

He wanted to see where this Demon Prodigy's limit truly lay!

Just as Soul Power surged through Bai Baoshan's body again and he prepared to increase the pressure—

Buzz—!

A terrifying aura suddenly spread from Tang Shuo's body.

It was not Soul Power.

It was a power that was older and more fundamental!

The mere leakage of a trace of that aura caused the air around them to stagnate.

Every hair on Bai Baoshan's body stood on end at that moment!

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Struck by that chaotic aura, Bai Baoshan staggered back three steps in horror, his face as white as paper.

"Huff... huff..."

Tang Shuo's chest heaved violently as he forcibly suppressed the frenzied power within him that was on the verge of bursting from his body.

The supreme divine might of his complete martial soul, Eastern Sovereign Taiyi, had nearly manifested completely outside the gates of Heaven Dou City.

If that happened, it would no longer be a matter of merely shocking Bai Baoshan.

The entire Heaven Dou Empire would be shaken.

Seeing Tang Shuo withdraw that terrifying aura, Bai Baoshan finally let out a long breath, though his back was already drenched in cold sweat.

As he looked at Tang Shuo, his gaze had changed completely.

He was no longer looking at a genius.

He was looking at a deity... wearing the guise of a young boy.

He was utterly convinced.

"Child..."

Bai Baoshan's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

"Does that little golden mirror on your chest, besides neutralizing my Soul Power pressure, also... possess healing effects?"

He recalled those intensely yang golden flames. That aura was the nemesis of all cold and poisonous substances in the world.

Tang Shuo nodded.

"Yes."

One word, neither more nor less.

Upon receiving that affirmative answer, Bai Baoshan's face broke into an ecstatic expression!

Attack, defense, support... all combined in one!

He had never heard of such a martial soul!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Bai Baoshan said "good" three times in a row.

"From today onward, you are the most honored student of our Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"

Meanwhile.

In the Balak Kingdom's Suotuo City, countless miles from Heaven Dou City.

Within a somewhat run-down village.

Shrek Academy's admissions site looked equally shabby.

Zhu Zhuqing stood in the line, her expression cool as she waited silently.

Her raven-black hair fell to her waist, and her slender figure already possessed breathtaking charm despite her young age.

Her gaze casually swept over the crowd.

Most of the students who had come to register were twelve or thirteen years old, with Soul Power above level twenty. In the outside world, they could indeed be considered geniuses.

But...

For some reason, Zhu Zhuqing's mind inexplicably conjured the image of that towering figure in the Star Dou Great Forest, bathed in divine golden light and suppressing the Nether Shadow Serpent with a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Compared to that guy...

These people no longer seemed worthy of being called "monsters."

Just as Zhu Zhuqing was lost in thought.

A scorching gaze fell upon her.

At the back of the line, a handsome youth with strange golden hair and double pupils in his eyes stared at her without blinking.

The youth was Dai Mubai.

Beside him stood an ordinary-looking black-haired youth with a steady demeanor, as well as a lively and adorable girl in a pink dress with a scorpion braid.

They were Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"Boss Dai, what are you looking at?"

Xiao Wu lightly nudged Dai Mubai with her elbow and asked curiously.

"Your eyes are about to fall out."

Dai Mubai did not look away. Instead, he took a deep breath, a dazed expression appearing on his face.

"I seem to... smell a very familiar scent."

"Very... very pleasant."

Xiao Wu immediately curled her lips at that.

"Tch."

"Lust is lust. Why make it sound so nice?"

Tang San, standing beside them, said nothing.

With Xiao Wu exposing him so bluntly, Dai Mubai could not be bothered to pretend any longer.

A wicked smile curled across his lips.

"That's right."

"I've taken a liking to that girl up ahead."

"She will be mine."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly, disgust flashing through her eyes.

Just then, a crisp and pleasant voice rang out.

"Hello, my name is Ning Rongrong."

Zhu Zhuqing came back to her senses and saw a girl in a blue-green dress, her features as exquisite as a porcelain doll's, smiling at her.

"Zhu Zhuqing."

Zhu Zhuqing replied flatly.

Ning Rongrong did not mind. She could sense that although the black-clad girl before her appeared cold, the Soul Power contained within her body was astonishingly strong.

She was a companion worth befriending.

"Your talent is quite impressive," Ning Rongrong said sincerely.

"So is yours." Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

The two exchanged a few words, passed the first round of registration together, and prepared to head deeper into the village for the second round of testing.

At that moment—

A peculiar aroma of meat suddenly drifted over from nearby.

"Sausages, sausages! Oscar's Recovery Sausages!"

"Don't miss out as you pass by!"

Ning Rongrong wrinkled her cute little nose, and her eyes lit up.

Having grown up in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she had never seen such street food before.

"What is that? It smells so good!"

As the little princess of a sect, her interest was immediately piqued.

"I'll buy a few. Let's all try them together!"

With that, she eagerly ran toward it.