Dugu Yan

Bai Xiao waited in the middle-aged man's office for a while before hurried footsteps sounded outside.

Bang!

The office door was violently shoved open from outside, and a white-haired elderly man stormed in, furious.

"Who is Bai Xinghe? You're only seven, yet you want to attend the second grade? Do you know what level the students in the second-grade elite class are? They're four or five years older than you, and they're all Great Soul Masters! You simply can't keep up with their lessons. This will ruin your talent!"

"Thank you for your concern, but I'm no genius. I'm a monster!"

Bai Xiao first thanked the old man for his concern, then gave his firm reply.

"Meng Shenji, you old geezer, wait for me!" Another old man entered through the door. "You're way too impatient!"

Having read Douluo Continent, Bai Xiao knew that the three Soul Douluos on the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy board were all people who cherished talent. In the original story, they had taken especially good care of Shrek Academy.

Now, faced with Bai Xinghe's "arrogance," they feared that Bai Xiao's decision would destroy his talent, so they hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

Bai Xiao was not someone who failed to understand worldly affairs. To settle this misunderstanding, he said, "Then let's make a bet! Let me duel a Great Soul Master student from the academy. If I win, transfer me to the second grade. If I lose, I'll listen to you and study properly in the first grade. How about it?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Shenji thought, If you can defeat a Great Soul Master, then Bai Xinghe truly has the ability to enter the second-grade elite class.

So he said, "Fine, I agree to this!"

Thus, Meng Shenji brought Bai Xiao to the second grade, grabbed a student with soul power in the twenties from inside, and said fiercely, "If you fail to beat him, your assignments for this entire year will be doubled! If you beat him, this year's assignments will be cut in half!"

The student's expression immediately turned solemn. He clenched his fists, and the look in his eyes reminded Bai Xiao of the savage wolves and beasts of Konoha.

Bai Xiao's distracted expression looked, to outsiders, like Bai Xinghe's calm and unruffled aura. It perfectly embodied the truth: ugly people looked like they were scooping dung even while playing golf; handsome people looked like they were playing golf even while scooping dung.

Seeing how handsome Bai Xiao was, the student secretly thought, When I fight him later, I'll focus on his face!

The two arrived at the training ground. As the referee, Meng Shenji announced, "In this match, friendship comes first and competition comes second. Neither side may harm a fellow student."

After saying that, Meng Shenji deliberately glanced at the Great Soul Master student, as though hinting at something.

The student's mentality exploded on the spot. You won't let me hit hard, so what was the point of threatening me with my homework earlier?!

But since the match was still underway, the student could only curse Meng Shenji a few times in his heart before turning to stare at Bai Xiao.

"Li Jie, Level 24 Battle Soul Master. Martial Soul: Blazing Lion," Li Jie said, following the traditional etiquette of Soul Master battles.

"Martial Soul Possession!" Bai Xiao swept his right hand. A blue figure attached itself to his body, and his limbs began to swell as white claws and scales emerged. Two horns grew from his head, while a pair of enormous wings spread from his back.

Bai Xiao transformed into the Dragon Young Master. His looks shifted from an ordinary style into a fantasy style, drawing shrieks from the girls watching nearby. Even Meng Shenji kept nodding and saying, "This boy has the bearing I had in my youth!"

This made Li Jie, who was about to fight Bai Xiao, extremely annoyed. I gave you my information, yet not only did you ignore me, you're even showing off over there!

Li Jie immediately activated his Martial Soul Possession, unleashed his first Soul Skill, and charged at Bai Xiao. "Take this—Blazing Flame Wheel!"

Flames ignited around Li Jie's limbs and wrapped around his body, turning him into a blazing fireball as he flew toward Bai Xiao.

The roaring flames scraped against the air with a dull rumble, charging in with the force to tear through the sky.

Bai Xiao stood where he was, calm as drifting clouds and gentle winds. He clenched his right fist and threw a straight punch at him.

Boom!!!

Their collision erupted in an explosion.

Li Jie staggered back seven steps, while Bai Xiao retreated only three. Aside from one burned corner of his clothes, Bai Xiao appeared almost completely unharmed.

"Sure enough, my strength still isn't enough," Bai Xiao said lightly.

The entire crowd was stunned. "You used your Level 16 soul power to withstand a Level 24 Great Soul Master's first Soul Skill without even releasing a Soul Skill, and you even came out ahead—yet you're still dissatisfied?!"

Meng Shenji muttered to himself, With that alone, Bai Xinghe, you can enter the second-grade elite class!

Yes, Bai Xiao was still dissatisfied. Just now, he had activated his innate Martial Soul along with the Martial Soul Possession simulated by his Cell Martial Soul. Only under the amplification of both had he managed to withstand Li Jie's first Soul Skill—yet he had still been forced back. That disappointed Bai Xiao greatly.

After experimenting, Bai Xiao discovered that he could use the Martial Soul transformed by his Cell Martial Soul for Martial Soul Possession while simultaneously using his innate Martial Soul. The two enhancements produced a qualitative change, greatly raising Bai Xiao's physical capabilities.

The only pity was that Bai Xiao could not attach Soul Rings to his Martial Souls as though they were twin Martial Souls. To Bai Xiao, it was like a tree with two branches that could bear twice as many apples, yet only one root.

When Bai Xiao had previously molded a Martial Soul for his disguise, the first dragon Martial Soul he had created was an Eastern Dragon. After finishing it, Bai Xiao realized that he had overestimated the simulation capabilities of his Cell Martial Soul.

To put it another way, Bai Xiao's finished Martial Soul was more like an ordinary Animal-type Devil Fruit from One Piece, while the dragon Martial Souls of Douluo Continent were Mythical Zoan types—the kind that could ride clouds and command mist.

Bai Xiao could only use the Eastern Dragon's bodily enhancement and could not use its divine abilities. After developing it over and over, he had only created two skills: biting and Divine Dragon Tail Sweep.

So Bai Xiao settled for the next best thing and chose to mold a Western Dragon.

In the West of Blue Star, Western Dragons were regarded as symbols of demons. Their bodies were practically machines born for war, able to provide Bai Xiao with powerful close-combat abilities.

Back at the duel ground, Li Jie saw that his first Soul Skill could not injure Bai Xiao, so he decided to use his second Soul Skill.

"Brother, be careful. My second Soul Skill is extremely powerful!" Li Jie warned, afraid that Bai Xiao might get hurt.

"Hurry up. I'm in a rush!" Bai Xiao said impatiently.

Veins immediately bulged on Li Jie's forehead. "Then, brother, seek your own fortune!"

Watching Li Jie gather power, Bai Xiao impatiently urged, "Why do you talk so much? Are you using it or not?!"

"Second Soul Skill, Blazing Flame Cannon!" This attack was Li Jie's proudest skill. Once fully charged, it could even injure a three-ring Soul Elder.

Boom!!!

It was obvious that this attack contained far more energy than his first Soul Skill. Bai Xiao was engulfed by flames, becoming a human torch.

Meng Shenji shouted, "Quick, save him!"

"No need! I'm fine!" A voice came from within the fire.

Bai Xiao's wings beat behind him, whipping up a violent gust. A body overflowing with hormones emerged from the flames.

His sculpted pectorals, exquisite eight-pack abs, and scars came together like a flawless work of art. The girls watching forgot to scream and stared without blinking. Some blushed scarlet, while others even had nosebleeds. In that instant, the entire venue fell silent!

Li Jie slapped himself. "Why the hell was I worried about that guy?!"

Only then did shrieks erupt from the spectator stands, along with some inexplicable shouts. Pure and innocent Bai Xiao indicated that he could not understand them.

Although Bai Xiao's Cell Martial Soul had been molded into the form of a giant dragon, its essence was still cells. His genetic archive now contained the genes of more than a dozen fire-type soul beasts, which he could call upon at any moment. The idea of a fire-type soul beast being burned to death by fire was simply a joke!

Bai Xiao's current adaptability to the environment could be said to rival Beast Kaido from One Piece and the Ultimate Lifeform from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure—at least, that was what Bai Xiao believed.

"Now that you've finished using your Soul Skills, it's my time to perform," Bai Xiao declared in an embarrassingly dramatic tone. Yet in the eyes of the female students, he looked explosively handsome. Beside him, Meng Shenji praised, "He looks exactly like I did when I was young!!!"

Bai Xiao leaned forward, and then, with a bang, he shot through the air.

Bai Xiao was only seven years old and extremely light, yet his own strength was enormous. A white blur flashed by, and Bai Xiao was already in front of Li Jie.

"What?!" Li Jie cried in shock. He wanted to dodge, only to find that Bai Xiao had already seized him by the throat.

"First Soul Skill, Gathering and Scattering Nebula!—Actually, it's just absorption." Li Jie felt his soul power continuously surge out of his body, as though it had returned to its mother's home, impossible to stop.

Bai Xiao had made himself a pair of specially designed biochemical gloves. Their raw materials came from special parts taken from the corpses of parasitic-type soul beasts that Bai Xiao had modified.

They could normally be hidden within his sleeves, but in battle, they could greatly amplify the effect of Bai Xiao's first Soul Skill for a short time. They also carried an anesthetic toxin that could reduce the resistance of those being absorbed.

Thus, the spectators saw the following scene: Bai Xiao vanished in an instant and appeared before Li Jie. When everyone saw him again, Bai Xiao had one hand around Li Jie's neck, while Li Jie had already lost the ability to fight.

The area beneath the stage fell silent once more before bursting into thunderous applause and cheers. Some female students even whistled at Bai Xiao. Everyone had witnessed the birth of a monster.

In the spectator stands,

"Yan, are you all right?" one girl asked another, a jade-haired girl wiping blood from her nose.

"I'm fine." The jade-haired girl stared fixedly at Bai Xiao on the stage while constantly wiping her nosebleed with her right hand. Bai Xiao's cheat-like looks clearly dealt immense damage to girls with the traditional values of Douluo Continent.

Meanwhile, a black-haired youth beside her had blue lightning flickering in his hand. Amid the crackling of electric currents, he said, "Bai Xinghe, when you obtain your second Soul Ring, I look forward to battling you!"