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 old man stormed in, bristling with anger.

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

"Thank you for your concern, but I'm not some genius. I'm a monster!"

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

"Meng Shenji, you old bastard, wait for me!" Another old man came in through the door behind him. "You're far too impatient!"

Having read Douluo Continent, Bai Xiao knew that the three Soul Douluos on Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's council all cherished talent greatly. In the original work, they had taken especially good care of Shrek Academy.

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

Bai Xiao was not someone who failed to understand human relations. To resolve 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 into the second year. If I lose, I'll listen to you and study properly in the first year. How about it?"

Meng Shenji thought to himself upon hearing this, If you can defeat a Great Soul Master, that will prove Bai Xinghe has the ability to enter the second-year elite class.

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

Meng Shenji then brought Bai Xiao to the second year, grabbed a student with soul power in the twenties, and said fiercely, "If you fail to beat him, your homework for this entire year will be doubled! If you beat him, this year's homework will be halved!"

The student's expression immediately turned solemn. He clenched his fists, and the way he looked at Bai Xiao reminded Bai Xiao of the ferocious wolves and beasts of Konoha.

Bai Xiao's distracted appearance looked, to outsiders, like "Bai Xinghe's calm and unruffled aura." It perfectly embodied the truth: if you were ugly, even playing golf looked like scooping manure; if you were handsome, even scooping manure looked like playing golf.

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

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

After saying this, 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 go all out, 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 glare at Bai Xiao.

"Li Jie, level twenty-four Battle Soul Master, Martial Soul: Blazing Lion." Li Jie followed the traditional etiquette of Soul Master battles and introduced himself to Bai Xiao.

"Martial Soul Possession!" Bai Xiao swept out his right hand. A blue figure merged into his body, his limbs began to swell, white claws and scales appeared, a pair of horns grew from his head, and enormous wings unfolded from his back.

Bai Xiao became the "Dragon Young Master." His looks shifted from the ordinary category straight into the fantasy category. The girls watching nearby screamed, and even Meng Shenji kept nodding. "This boy truly has the bearing I had in my youth!"

This made Li Jie, who was fighting Bai Xiao, extremely unhappy. I gave you my information, and not only did you ignore me, you're even fucking showing off over there!

Li Jie directly 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, wrapping around his body as he transformed into a blazing fireball and flew toward Bai Xiao.

The roaring flames rubbed against the air with a muffled sound, charging in with the force to tear through the sky.

Bai Xiao stood where he was, looking utterly calm. He clenched his right fist and drove out a straight punch to meet it.

Boom!!!

Their collision caused an explosion.

Li Jie staggered back seven steps, while Bai Xiao retreated only three. From the outside, aside from one corner of his clothes being burned away, Bai Xiao seemed almost completely unharmed.

"Sure enough, the strength still isn't enough," Bai Xiao said mildly.

The entire crowd was stunned. "You resisted a level twenty-four Great Soul Master's first Soul Skill with nothing but your own level sixteen soul power, without even using a Soul Skill, and you even came out ahead—and you're still dissatisfied?!"

Meng Shenji muttered inwardly, With this alone, Bai Xinghe, you can enter the second-year elite class!

Yes, Bai Xiao was still dissatisfied. Just now, he had activated his own Body Martial Soul while using the Cell Martial Soul's simulated Martial Soul Possession. Only with the amplification of both could he withstand Li Jie's first Soul Skill, yet he had still been knocked back. This disappointed Bai Xiao greatly.

Through experimentation, Bai Xiao had discovered that while using his Body Martial Soul, he could also use the Martial Soul transformed by his Cell Martial Soul for Martial Soul Possession. The combination of these two amplifications created a qualitative transformation, vastly improving Bai Xiao's physical condition.

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 fashioned a Martial Soul for his alter ego, the first Dragon Clan Martial Soul he had tried to create was an Eastern Dragon. Once he finished, Bai Xiao realized that he had overestimated the Cell Martial Soul's ability to simulate.

To use an analogy, the Martial Soul Bai Xiao created was more like an ordinary Animal-Type Devil Fruit from One Piece, while the dragon Martial Souls of Douluo Continent were Mythical Beast 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 and developing it, he had only created two skills: biting and Divine Dragon Tail Sweep.

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

On the western side of Blue Star, Western Dragons were regarded as symbols of demons. Their bodies were practically machines born for war, capable of granting Bai Xiao powerful close-combat ability.

Returning to the dueling 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!" Afraid that Bai Xiao would be injured, Li Jie warned him.

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

The veins on Li Jie's forehead immediately bulged. "Then, brother, you can only pray for your own good 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, even a three-ring Soul Elder would be injured.

Boom!!!

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

Meng Shenji shouted, "Quick, save him!"

"No need to save me! I'm fine!" A voice came from within the flames.

Bai Xiao's wings beat behind him, whipping up a fierce wind. A body overflowing with hormones emerged from the fire.

His sculpted pectorals, exquisite eight-pack abs, and scars seemed to form a perfect work of art. The female students watching forgot to scream, all staring without blinking. Some blushed crimson, while others even got nosebleeds. In that instant, the entire arena fell silent!

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

Suddenly, screams erupted from the spectator stands outside, along with some incomprehensible cries. Pure and innocent Bai Xiao declared that he could not understand them.

One had to know that although Bai Xiao's Cell Martial Soul had been shaped into the appearance of a giant dragon, its essence remained cells. His current genetic repository already contained the genes of more than a dozen fire-type Soul Beasts, which he could draw upon at any time. Thinking a fire-type Soul Beast could be burned to death by fire was simply a joke!

Bai Xiao's current environmental adaptability 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.

"Since you've finished using your Soul Skills, it's time for my performance," Bai Xiao said in an embarrassingly dramatic tone. Yet in the eyes of the female students watching, he looked explosively handsome. Meng Shenji beside them praised him, "He looks exactly like I did in my youth!!!"

Bai Xiao lowered his body forward, and then, with a bang, he shot into the air.

Bai Xiao was only seven years old, so his body was extremely light, but his own strength was tremendous. A white blur flashed past, and Bai Xiao was already before Li Jie.

"What?! Nani?!" Li Jie was shocked. He tried to dodge, only to discover that Bai Xiao had already grabbed him by the neck.

"First Soul Skill, Gathering and Scattering Nebula!" Zhang Jie immediately felt his soul power surging out of him nonstop, as though it had returned to its mother's home, impossible to hold back.

Bai Xiao had made himself a pair of specially modified biochemical gloves. Their materials came from special parts taken from the corpses of parasitic 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 contained anesthetic toxins that could reduce the resistance of whoever was being drained.

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

The area beneath the stage fell silent once more, before erupting 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 girl with emerald-green hair, who was wiping away a nosebleed.

"I'm fine." The emerald-haired girl stared fixedly at Bai Xiao on the stage, her right hand constantly wiping her nosebleed. Bai Xiao's cheat-like looks clearly dealt a devastating blow to girls who held the traditional values of Douluo Continent.

Meanwhile, a black-haired youth beside her had blue lightning flickering in his hand. As electricity crackled around his fingers, he said, "Bai Xinghe, when you obtain your second Soul Ring, I look forward to fighting you!"