Hey, You There with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, I Challenge You!

"The speed was enough, but the strength was a little lacking."

With a grin, Lin Yue showed no fear. His movements suddenly accelerated, and he swung out two slashes almost simultaneously.

The blood-tinged slash marks howled through the air, colliding with the two soul skills and forcefully dispersing them into nothing!

But in that instant, the claw above his head was nearly pressed against his forehead, its bone-piercing chill rushing straight down toward his skull!

Raising his brows, Lin Yue suddenly bent backward. As he tilted his head up to face Feng Xiaolin's slash, he twisted his body and kicked out with his right leg, snapping through the air like a whip with an explosive crack!

"Bang!"

Feng Xiaolin, suspended in midair, was kicked away by Lin Yue as though he were a ball being volleyed through the air!

Feeling his body struck by a terrifying force, Feng Xiaolin felt a sharp pain in his waist. He rolled violently across the ground for more than ten meters before barely stopping himself.

"Well? Still want to keep fighting?"

His tone was as casual as if he were taking a leisurely stroll. Lin Yue stood at ease, without even a drop of sweat on his head.

Whale Rubber body tempering, the advantage of his Martial Soul, and the amplification of his Spirit Ring.

The opponent's mere four-level Soul Power advantage was already on the verge of collapse under the compensation provided by the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Lin Yue now almost completely overwhelmed Feng Xiaolin in every aspect.

When even Feng Xiaolin, an agility-attack Soul Master going all out, could not gain a speed advantage over an assault-type Soul Master, he should have realized just how vast the gap between them was.

"Cough, cough..."

Barely supporting himself as he stood, Feng Xiaolin's face was filled with bitterness.

He had thought that through hard work, he could narrow the gap between himself and those geniuses. He had even once believed that he was worthy of that girl with Innate Full Soul Power and a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

But now, it seemed that he had been wrong—terribly wrong.

Feeling his body tremble under that immense pressure, Feng Xiaolin admitted with a bitter smile.

"You won."

The attack he had painstakingly constructed had been effortlessly dissolved by the other party's sword.

His first soul skill had been shattered by nothing more than a swift swing of the other party's sword.

And when offense and defense were reversed, the other party did not even use his Martial Soul. With just a single whip kick, Feng Xiaolin felt as though his entire body was about to be shattered. Even now, he was still trembling faintly from that attack.

If that blood-forged blade had landed on him, he would have either died or been severely injured. He would not have been able to take even one strike.

What left Feng Xiaolin most despairing was that he did not even know where such an overwhelming gap in combat power came from. Clearly, he was the one with the Soul Power advantage, wasn't he?

Could there be something wrong with that abnormally yellow Spirit Ring of his?

Yet this nearly one-sided battle had somehow made his Martial Soul tremble slightly. He could even feel the bottleneck at level 19 Soul Power faintly cracking.

Lin Yue had actually nearly beaten him into a breakthrough!

"Looks like my brother was right. I really should go out and see the world, meet more geniuses, instead of staying cooped up in Nuoding City and looking at the sky from the bottom of a well."

With a bitter smile, Feng Xiaolin rubbed his messy hair. The plans in his heart had been completely thrown into disarray.

Those two geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power had only been enrolled for a month, yet they had already surpassed him in strength. He no longer had any face to remain at the academy and pursue that girl.

"Still, I wonder if I could know how strong you are now, Xiao San?"

With a trace of curiosity, Feng Xiaolin had only just raised his head when he caught sight of the icy chill in the girl's eyes, like ten-thousand-year-old frost.

Seeing this, Lin Yue, who was familiar with Ah Yin's personality, immediately understood.

Clearly, Tang Yin did not like being called Xiao San.

"Brother Feng, I broke through! Why didn't you call me when you were fighting those work-study students?!"

A hurried voice came from afar, carrying over the academy's small hill and reaching everyone's ears.

When they turned their heads, they saw a sweat-covered youth emerging from the woods and hurrying over to stand beside Feng Xiaolin.

"I'm Xiao Chenyu, an eleventh-level Soul Master. You two, did you gang up to bully our boss?"

Both possessing wolf-type Martial Souls, Xiao Chenyu, the city lord's son, had always been Feng Xiaolin's most loyal underling at the Soul Master Academy.

He believed that Boss Feng, who had the highest Soul Power Level in the entire academy, could never possibly lose a one-on-one fight after going all out.

But since Feng Xiaolin was now in such a miserable state, it could only mean that these two newly arrived work-study students had used some despicable method to join forces against Boss Feng!

"Hmph, if you've got the guts, come at me. Don't gang up on someone and target Boss Feng."

Spreading his arms wide, Xiao Chenyu loyally blocked Feng Xiaolin's path, his burning gaze sweeping across the two of them.

Lin Yue gave a bitter laugh, withdrew his Martial Soul, and waved his hand.

"No, man, where did you get the idea that the two of us bullied him?"

"Enough, Xiao Yu. Step back. This time, I was simply inferior in skill. There's nothing more to say."

Patting his underling on the shoulder, Feng Xiaolin had also come to terms with it.

His Soul Power was now already close to level 19. If he worked a little harder, perhaps he could break through to the realm of Soul Grandmaster before turning twelve.

With such talent, he was fully qualified to enter Godwind Academy or another advanced Soul Master Academy. He might even be fought over. He had already proven his own exceptional qualities and could thoroughly slap the faces of those who had once looked down on him.

"What? Impossible... Big Brother, how could this happen!?"

Seeing his big brother admit defeat himself, Xiao Chenyu's face immediately filled with grief.

But in the next instant, as though he wanted to win back the dignity his boss had lost, he raised a hand and pointed at Tang Yin beside Lin Yue, shouting angrily.

"Fine. Since you work-study students have already won, then now I challenge you."

Having recently broken through to Soul Master, Xiao Chenyu was brimming with confidence. He had to take over Boss Feng's position and become the boss of all the students at the Soul Master Academy.

With Xiao Chenyu's arrival and his noisy shouting, more and more students began noticing the situation behind the mountain. Quite a few work-study students and fee-paying students gathered around, watching the people in the conflict with strange expressions.

"Wait, who's that girl? She's so pretty. Since when did our academy have such a beautiful student?"

"Isn't that student the one with Innate Full Soul Power and a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul? I remember her."

"Yeah, that's right. She should have already obtained a Spirit Ring by now, right?"

"I didn't expect Boss Feng to lose again. That Lin Yue really is impressive, but do you think that girl can win?"

"Xiao Yu, get a hold of yourself."

Seeing that his junior, who had accompanied him for years, actually dared challenge an opponent with Innate Full Soul Power, Feng Xiaolin's expression changed as he immediately tried to stop him.

Both had Innate Full Soul Power, so their strength was certainly not far apart. At the very least, she should have level 13 Soul Power. She was absolutely not someone Xiao Chenyu, who had only just become a Soul Master, could contend against.

"Don't stop me, Boss Feng. I won't embarrass you. Come on, I challenge you. I'll vent Boss Feng's anger for him."

Though he knew Lin Yue was powerful, Xiao Chenyu still believed he had a chance against a girl who looked gentle and easy to bully.

"Hey, is that guy not awake yet?"

Xiao Wu, who had followed the commotion over to watch, took out a carrot. While chewing it, she did not forget to ask the work-study dormmate beside her.

"How much did that guy drink? He actually dares challenge Xiao San?"

"Haha, well, maybe he's gotten a little carried away."

Looking at Xiao Chenyu, who always held his head high and loved showing off, Wang Sheng suddenly found him a little pitiful.

Others might not know Sister Xiao Wu and Sister Xiao San's strength, but how could the people of Dorm Seven not know?

The academy had only spread word that Boss Lin Yue had the strength to exchange blows with Senior Feng Xiaolin. But in reality, only the people of Dorm Seven knew that the combat power of these three geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power was evenly matched.

The fee-paying students now should count themselves lucky if they were not bullied by the work-study students, let alone bullying them.

With three geniuses possessing Innate Full Soul Power holding the fort, they poor work-study students could finally straighten their backs while going about the academy.

"Challenge me?"

Tang Yin raised her brows and smiled, pointing at herself as though confirming whether Xiao Chenyu was serious.