Apologize to Me in Tears, and I'll Spare Your Life. Those Are the Rules! [Thanks for the Support]

Yan was so furious his face went red.

The Worship Hall faction burst out laughing without restraint.

"Ranmo, I like your style. Don't back down. If it comes to it, kick his ass!" Tianyue's tone had grown familiar. She was clearly delighted.

"Kid, what level are you? I'll lower my Soul Power to match yours. Dare to fight me in the training grounds?" Flames wrapped around Yan as he spoke through gritted teeth.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena made no move to stop him. They had received a signal from the Pope, and they already disliked the Worship Hall crowd. They settled in to watch the show.

They were confident in Yan's strength. Even at the same level, a kid who had only just awakened his Martial Soul would get thrashed.

"What's the fun in one-on-one?" Bai Ranmo raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Redhead, bring those silver-haired and blond friends behind you. Dare to take us on?"

"You want to fight three against one?" Yan was so angry that lava began flowing over his body. "Arrogant brat!"

"Hmph. Who said he'd fight three against one?" A man who had been sitting behind Tianyue without saying a word stood up. He looked twelve or thirteen.

Flames curled around him, and a lion's fur appeared on his body. "Count me in."

"Me too!" Tianyue rolled up her sleeves.

A crocodile's armored hide appeared on her body, its golden scales gleaming under the classroom lights. A huge golden tail grew behind her. One light swing smashed a classroom step to pieces.

"Then I..." Sun Chuantao summoned his Ring Great Blade.

"Go cheer from the sidelines!" Tianyue pulled her junior fellow disciple behind her.

"Stinking fox, you dare?" Tianyue glared at Hu Liena through gritted teeth. There was clearly bad blood between them.

The Worship Hall had issued the challenge. Hu Liena had no reason to refuse.

If she backed down, she would disgrace the Pope Hall and Bibi Dong.

"Then let's do it~" Hu Liena spoke for the first time, her voice carrying a seductive lilt. She looked at Bai Ranmo with her foxlike eyes and gave him a flirtatious wink.

Bai Ranmo looked as though he had fallen for her charms.

Tianyue's face darkened. She was about to rap him on the head when he suddenly said:

"What a beautiful lady! But even if you look at me like that, I'll still punch you in the face later."

Hu Liena had been feeling rather pleased with herself, convinced she had charmed Bai Ranmo. Her expression froze for a moment before her narrow foxlike eyes narrowed further.

"Little brother, hitting a woman isn't very gentlemanly."

"I never hit women or the elderly. Unfortunately, you aren't elderly, and those other two aren't women." Bai Ranmo nodded as if he wholeheartedly agreed with her, then smiled.

"You're dead." The moment Yan heard his goddess insulted, he moved to attack.

Xie Yue had to haul him back.

The morning was theory class anyway. People with their backgrounds had already studied the material through their own channels. Attending made no difference.

The entire group swaggered out right in front of the theory teacher.

The teacher looked used to it. He sat down at the lectern and began teaching the empty classroom.

They used theory class to meditate and cultivate Soul Power anyway. It made no difference whether anyone was in the room.

He was treated like a PE teacher: whenever another teacher wanted his class period, they would simply say the theory teacher was sick.

At the training grounds.

The Golden Class's forty-odd students had split into two factions. They stood on opposite sides of the training grounds, glaring at each other.

"This is Zhao Yunxiao, Fourth Grandfather's great-grandson. His Martial Soul is the Blazing Lion. He's twelve years old, a level 31 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder."

"This is Bai Ranmo, First Grandfather's disciple. His Martial Soul is the Six Eyes. He has a Head Soul Bone and is a level 18 Power Attack System Battle Soul Master."

Tianyue introduced the two of them.

"Mm, my elders have mentioned you, Ranmo. I heard your Martial Soul is powerful. Tell us exactly what it does." Zhao Yunxiao shook out his wrists.

Bai Ranmo briefly explained Limitless to them. They stared at him, then at each other.

The points he earned from them weren't many, but for extras who hadn't even been named in the original story, the amount was already considerable.

"Doesn't your Limitless use a lot of Soul Power?" Tianyue asked in shock. There was even a hint of hope in her voice. If it used hardly any Soul Power, how was anyone else supposed to compete?

Holding a can of soda Sun Chuantao had handed him, Bai Ranmo took a sip and said, "It does use a lot. But my Six Eyes reduce my Soul Power consumption, so I've never run out."

Satoru Gojo didn't even have as much total Cursed Energy as Okkotsu, yet he could fight Sukuna, who had the most, to a standstill. That was thanks to the Six Eyes reducing his consumption.

Tianyue and Zhao Yunxiao: "..."

Tianyue reached over and closed Zhao Yunxiao's mouth for him. Her voice trembled. "All right. Then the rule is that everyone except you, Ranmo, will limit their Soul Power to level 20."

"Fine by me." Bai Ranmo was full of confidence.

As the highest-level member of the trio, Tianyue called out to the Pope Faction across from them. "Let's set a rule. Everyone limits their Soul Power Level to 20. Dare to fight?"

"Why wouldn't we?" Yan stepped straight into the Dueling Arena. Three Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet: two yellow and one purple.

As he deliberately suppressed his power, his Soul Power dropped to level 20, and his Third Soul Ring dimmed.

"Little brother, you're only level 18, aren't you? You don't even have a Second Soul Ring. It won't be a pretty sight if you get beaten until you cry~" Hu Liena still wore that bewitching look.

Bai Ranmo nudged his little dark glasses down and smiled. "Let's add one more rule."

"What?" Hu Liena raised an eyebrow. "Are you scared, little brother? Do you want to beg for mercy?"

"I don't want to get scolded for taking things too far. Apologize to me in tears, and I'll spare your life. Those are the rules!"

"You little brat..." Yan had already decided Bai Ranmo would be his first target.

Hu Liena's expression remained seductive, though her eyes had turned colder.

A fair number of people had already gathered to watch.

Some classes had practical training that morning. When their students spotted a fight more interesting than watching amateurs flail at each other, they came over to see it.

Someone below had already started taking bets.

"Place your bets! Will Miss Hu Liena's team win, or Miss Tianyue's?"

"My goddess Hu Liena, obviously. She has the level advantage. Even if they drop to level 20, the other side can't match her combat experience."

"It's got to be Tianyue. Her Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul defeated that Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master who came to our Academy as an exchange student, even though he was a higher level than her. At the same level, nobody can beat her."

"Tch. Suck-up!"

"Hah. At least she might notice a suck-up. Who are you? Hu Liena probably doesn't even know you exist."

The fight onstage hadn't begun, but the crowd below was already close to tearing itself apart over their respective goddesses.