"First, my teacher isn't useless. Second, I hope this is the only time you say something like that."
"If there's a next time, I won't be so polite."
Tang San snorted. He had heard those same words in the teacher's office earlier.
But he did not care. He felt that his judgment could not be wrong; the Grandmaster had to be some reclusive master.
These people were merely shortsighted and unable to see the Grandmaster's true abilities.
"Tang San, we're all classmates. Wang Sheng was only saying what he knew."
"There was no need for you to threaten him, and you shouldn't have threatened him."
Qin Qi stepped forward to defend Wang Sheng. From the perspective of an onlooker—
Wang Sheng truly had not meant any harm. It was simply a well-intentioned warning because he was worried Tang San might be deceived.
Tang San, on the other hand, was somewhat overreacting. He immediately began hissing.
Just as the atmosphere between Qin Qi, Wang Sheng, and Tang San grew tense, the door to Dorm Seven was pushed open again.
"Is this Dorm Seven?"
A cute little girl with a pink, plump face and a scorpion braid appeared before everyone. She spoke in a crisp, adorable voice.
"That's right. This is Dorm Seven."
Qin Qi looked at the entering Xiao Wu. He stepped forward and extended his hand, intending to shake hands with her.
"Hehe, I heard that whoever is strongest here gets to be the boss. So if I defeat you, I'll be the boss!"
Xiao Wu took Qin Qi's hand, revealing a sweet and adorable smile as she spoke with narrowed eyes.
The moment she finished speaking, she used her soft skills to throw Qin Qi away!
"After spending all day hunting geese, I actually got pecked in the eye by one today!"
While flying through the air, Qin Qi grabbed the corner of a bed and brought himself to a stop.
Looking at the obedient and adorable Xiao Wu, he could not help shaking his head.
"I'm always the one smiling while setting people up. Who would've thought I'd get set up this time?"
"But I got what I wanted."
Qin Qi sensed an additional surge of energy within his body.
This was the energy remaining in Xiao Wu's body after the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed into a human.
Once refined, this energy could become a hundred-year Soul Ring.
"Your reaction was pretty quick, but it's not over yet!"
As she spoke, Xiao Wu charged toward Qin Qi at extreme speed.
Her Crushing Kill Scissor Kick clamped straight toward Qin Qi's neck!
"No martial virtue! I'm dodging!"
Qin Qi turned and ran without the slightest hesitation or concern for his dignity.
How long had it been since he obtained the Thieving Heaven Inheritance? He had only learned some of its techniques.
But compared with Xiao Wu and Tang San, his combat proficiency was far inferior!
"Don't run!"
"Come fight me!"
Xiao Wu chased Qin Qi from behind. She was extremely fast, yet she simply could not catch him.
Whenever she seemed about to grab Qin Qi, he always managed to evade her cleverly.
How should one put it? As expected of the Thieving Heaven Inheritance's successor—when it came to avoiding capture, he was a professional!
This footwork had a name in the Thieving Heaven Inheritance: Sand-Treading Without Trace.
It sounded impressive, but in truth, Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable had developed it while fleeing through the desert long ago.
"Still as a maiden, swift as a mad rabbit!"
The special footwork beneath Qin Qi's feet grew increasingly practiced. He ran faster and faster, faster and faster.
In the end, he even left Xiao Wu, a rabbit in human form, far behind.
"You... stop running."
Xiao Wu stopped, placing both hands on her hips as she began panting heavily.
Looking at Qin Qi, who was still fleeing, she could not help feeling astonished. Was this guy a rabbit too?
Why was he so fast? Even she, a hundred-thousand-year rabbit spirit, could not catch him!
"What a joke. If you weren't chasing me, would I be running?"
Qin Qi took the opportunity to run back, swiftly struck Xiao Wu once, then turned and widened the distance again.
"You, are you even a man? Does running back and forth like this make you worthy of being the boss?"
Xiao Wu spoke in exasperation.
"As long as I can win, why do you care whether I run? Strategic retreat is also a combat method!"
Qin Qi truly did not dare fight Xiao Wu at close range. Her soft skills were no joke.
Once she caught him, she would unleash a smooth little combo and instantly take him out in one go.
He could only kite her and play the spacing game.
"Although it's a little shameless, that does make sense."
"And Qin Qi really is talented at running and dodging."
Tang San watched Qin Qi's footwork. Qin Qi ran quickly and dodged in time.
Yet his steps were chaotic and patternless, completely different from Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
In Tang San's view, Qin Qi was relying entirely on instinct to dodge and move.
Qin Qi and Xiao Wu continued tangling for another five minutes before Xiao Wu finally compromised.
"Hmph, I'm not fighting a coward like you anymore."
Xiao Wu snorted and gave up chasing Qin Qi. She simply could not catch him.
"You admitted defeat, so that means I'm the boss now. Call me Boss Qin Qi."
Qin Qi said with a smile.
"Fine, but you'll be sleeping here tonight too, right?"
"If you aren't afraid of me getting revenge in the middle of the night, then I'll call you that."
"Qin Qi..."
Xiao Wu was initially angry at Qin Qi's words, but then she thought of something and revealed a mischievous smile.
"Forget it, forget it. We're all classmates. I was just joking earlier."
Qin Qi grinned as he walked over to Xiao Wu. This little rabbit was actually threatening him.
Just wait. Once I become stronger, I'll pin you to the ground and beat you up one day—the kind that makes you cry!
After that little episode, the situation in Dorm Seven settled down. Qin Qi was the boss.
Xiao Wu was Sister Xiao Wu, Tang San was an invisible nobody, Wang Sheng was a little follower, and the rest were random extras.
By the time they settled all that, it was noon. It was time to eat, and Wang Sheng voluntarily offered to treat everyone.
But Qin Qi did not go. He told Wang Sheng, Xiao Wu, and the others to go ahead while he rested for a while.
"After running for so long, you really should rest."
Xiao Wu said venomously.
"Go on, go eat your meal."
Qin Qi chased Xiao Wu and the others out, leaving Dorm Seven completely empty.
He began absorbing the energy he had stolen from Xiao Wu.
With one grab, he unleashed the thieving killer move, Heart Steal, and refined it directly!
A yellow Soul Ring emerged behind Qin Qi. It was a hundred-year Soul Ring, though its exact age was unknown.
His physical constitution also improved as he refined the energy.
"This energy seems to form a Soul Ring according to the limits of my body."
Qin Qi sensed the remaining energy in his body. After thinking for a moment, he directly reached out and stole his own Soul Ring.
"With one grab, refine it in an instant!"
After Qin Qi refined his own Soul Ring, it was still his, but it no longer occupied the position of his first Soul Ring.
He refined the remaining energy as well, ultimately forming a white Soul Ring.
"I have two Soul Rings already?!"
Qin Qi looked at the Soul Rings floating behind him—one yellow and one white.
He could use the power of both Soul Rings.
Moreover, the second White Soul Ring had also improved his physical constitution.
He examined the condition of his body.
The level ten limit had already been broken. He was now level eleven.
"If that's the case, can I steal Soul Rings without limit?!"
"In the future, others will have nine Soul Rings, while I'll be covered in Soul Rings!"
Qin Qi could not help laughing at the thought. Others would have nine, while he might have dozens or hundreds.
He did not know how many he would need anyway. Whenever he saw one, he would steal it!
With the Formless Great Hand hanging in the heavens, no Soul Rings would remain in the world!
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