"The speed was enough. The strength was a little lacking."
With a grin, Lin Yue showed no fear. His hands suddenly sped up, and he swung out two slashes almost simultaneously.
The blood-tinged slashes howled forward and collided with the two soul skills, forcefully erasing them into nothingness!
But in that instant, the sharp claws overhead were nearly against his forehead, their bone-piercing chill rushing straight toward the crown of his head!
Raising his brows, Lin Yue suddenly bent backward at the waist. As he looked up to face Feng Xiaolin's slash, his body twisted, and his right leg shot up, cracking through the air like a whip!
"Bang!"
Feng Xiaolin, suspended in the air, was violently kicked away by Lin Yue like a soccer ball being volleyed!
Feeling his body struck by a terrifying force, Feng Xiaolin felt a sharp pain in his waist. He rolled more than ten meters across the ground before barely managing to stop himself.
"Well? Still want to keep fighting?"
His tone was as casual as if he were taking a leisurely stroll. Lin Yue stood there at ease, not a single drop of sweat on his forehead.
Whale Rubber body tempering, the advantage of his Martial Soul, and the enhancement from his Spirit Ring.
The opponent's mere four-level Soul Power advantage was already on the verge of collapse under the compensation of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Lin Yue now practically crushed Feng Xiaolin in every aspect.
When a full-force Agility Attack Type Soul Master could not even gain a speed advantage over a Strength Attack Type Soul Master, he should have realized just how vast the difference 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 these 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 he had been wrong. Terribly wrong.
Feeling his body tremble beneath that immense pressure, Feng Xiaolin admitted with a bitter smile.
"You won."
The offensive he had painstakingly constructed had been effortlessly neutralized by the other party's sword swings.
Even his first soul skill could be shattered just by the other party swinging a sword quickly.
And when offense and defense were reversed, the other party did not even use his Martial Soul. A single whipping kick nearly made Feng Xiaolin feel as though his entire body had been shattered. Even now, he still trembled slightly from that attack.
If those blood-forged blades had landed on him, he would have either died or been severely injured. He would not have been able to take even one move.
What drove Feng Xiaolin to despair most was that he did not even know where such an overwhelming gap in combat strength came from. Clearly, he was the one with the Soul Power advantage, wasn't he?
Could there have been 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 Soul Power Level 19 faintly beginning to crack.
Lin Yue had nearly beaten him into a breakthrough!
"Looks like Brother was right. I really should go out and see the world, meet more geniuses, rather than stay holed up in Nuoding City, like a frog at 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 disorder.
Those two Innate Full Soul Power geniuses 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, could I know how strong you are now, Xiao San?"
With a trace of curiosity, Feng Xiaolin had only just lifted his head when he caught 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 by him.
"Brother Feng, I broke through! Why didn't you call me when you were fighting the work-study students?!"
A hurried voice came from afar, crossing the academy's small hill and reaching everyone's ears.
When they turned around, they saw a sweat-covered youth rush through the woods and stop beside Feng Xiaolin.
"I'm Xiao Chenyu, an eleventh-level Soul Master. You two, were you ganging 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 possessed the highest Soul Power Level in the entire academy, could never lose in a one-on-one fight if he had gone all out.
But since he was now in such a miserable state, it could only mean that these two newly arrived work-study students had used some despicable method and joined forces against Boss Feng!
"Hmph, if you have the guts, come at me. Don't gang up on Boss Feng!"
Spreading his arms, Xiao Chenyu stood loyally in front of Feng Xiaolin. His blazing gaze swept over the two of them.
Lin Yue gave a bitter smile, 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. I was simply inferior in skill this time. There's nothing more to say."
Patting his underling on the shoulder, Feng Xiaolin finally let go of it.
His Soul Power was now nearing level 19. With a little more effort, he might be able to break through to the realm of Soul Grandmaster before turning twelve.
Such talent was more than enough to qualify him for Godwind Academy or another advanced Soul Master Academy. They might even compete to recruit him. He had already proven that he was exceptional and could thoroughly slap the faces of those who had once looked down on him.
"What? Impossible... Boss, how could this happen!?"
Seeing his boss admit defeat himself, Xiao Chenyu immediately looked grief-stricken.
But in the next instant, as if trying to reclaim the dignity his boss had lost, he raised a hand, pointed at Tang Yin beside Lin Yue, and shouted angrily.
"Fine. Since you work-study students have already won, I challenge you now."
Having recently broken through to become a Soul Master, Xiao Chenyu was brimming with confidence. He had to take over Boss Feng's position and become the leader of all the students at the Soul Master Academy.
With Xiao Chenyu's arrival and his loud shouting, more and more students began to notice the situation behind the mountain. Quite a few work-study students and self-funded students were drawn over, watching the group in 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 Blue Silver Grass one with Innate Full Soul Power? I remember her."
"Yeah, that's right. She should have already obtained her Spirit Ring by now, shouldn't she?"
"I didn't expect Boss Feng to lose again. That Lin Yue is really impressive. But do you think that girl can win?"
"Xiao Yu, wake up."
Seeing that the junior who had accompanied him for years actually dared to challenge an opponent with Innate Full Soul Power, Feng Xiaolin's expression changed, and he immediately tried to stop him.
Both had Innate Full Soul Power, so their strengths had to be nearly equal. Even at the very worst, she should be at Soul Power Level 13, far beyond what Xiao Chenyu, who had only just become a Soul Master, could contend with.
"Don't stop me, Boss Feng. I won't disgrace you. Come on, I challenge you. I'll vent this anger for Boss Feng."
Although he knew Lin Yue was powerful, faced with a girl who looked gentle and easy to bully, Xiao Chenyu still believed he had a chance.
"Hey, isn't that guy still half asleep?"
Xiao Wu, who had come over to watch the excitement, took out a carrot. As she chewed, she did not forget to ask the work-study student roommate beside her.
"How much did that guy drink? He actually dared to challenge Xiao San?"
"Haha, well, maybe he got a little carried away."
Looking at Xiao Chenyu, who was arrogant and had always loved showing off, Wang Sheng suddenly felt a little sorry for him.
Others might not know Sister Xiao Wu and Sister Xiao San's strength. How could the people of Dorm Seven not know?
The academy had only spread word that Boss Lin Yue was strong enough to exchange moves with Senior Feng Xiaolin. But in truth, only the people of Dorm Seven knew that these three Innate Full Soul Power geniuses were evenly matched in combat strength.
The self-funded students now should count themselves lucky if they were not bullied by the work-study students, let alone bully them.
With three Innate Full Soul Power geniuses backing them, these poor work-study students could finally hold their heads high while working at the academy.
"Challenge me?"
Tang Yin raised her brows and smiled, pointing at herself as though confirming whether Xiao Chenyu was serious.