"Hey!"
"Look at these noodles, so long and wide."
"Just like this bowl, so big and round."
"..."
"Brother Fan, stop singing!"
"We'll eat!"
Huyan Li was at his wit's end.
Ever since his grandfather had issued a strict order that they had to eat whenever Wei Fan treated them, their days had grown increasingly stuffed.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
"Li's already taken the lead. Look how happily he's eating."
"A Shi, A Gai, get those chopsticks moving!"
"..."
At a noodle stall beside Elephant Armor City.
The stall owner wiped the sweat from his forehead. When had he ever seen anything like this? He simply couldn't pull noodles fast enough to feed these strapping young men.
"You're Wei Fan?"
Just then, a group of young men dressed in green uniforms walked over.
"Feng Xiaotian, what's your business?"
Huyan Li stood up and shot them an unfriendly look.
With the way they came storming over, they clearly weren't here for a chat.
"Huyan Li, this has nothing to do with you."
"I'm here for Wei Fan!"
Feng Xiaotian's piercing gaze remained fixed on Wei Fan.
"What do you want?"
Wei Fan was annoyed.
He had finally managed to catch these members of the Elephant Armor Team today, and before he could even enjoy a proper meal, someone had come to cause trouble.
"Huo Wu spent a night in Elephant Armor City that day. What did you do to her?"
Feng Xiaotian's gaze turned icy.
Two days earlier, he had heard that Huo Wu had stayed overnight in Elephant Armor City. After asking around, he had learned that she had been with Wei Fan.
"What else would we do overnight?"
"Sleep, of course!"
"Interrupt my treat again, and I'll beat you up."
Wei Fan warned him.
"What?"
Feng Xiaotian's fury blazed three feet high.
His dear Huo Wu had actually slept with Wei Fan?
He had pursued her for so long without winning her over, and now he was being told she belonged to someone else?
He couldn't stand it!
"Captain, teach him a lesson!"
"Captain, teach him a lesson!"
"Captain, teach him a lesson!"
"Captain, teach him a lesson!"
"Captain, teach him a dirty lesson!"
Forget Feng Xiaotian-even they couldn't stand it.
Feng Xiaotian had told them more than once that Huo Wu would be their sister-in-law someday.
Now their sister-in-law had been bedded. Didn't that make Feng Xiaotian a green-shelled cuckold?
How could they possibly swallow that anger?
"You're courting death!"
Feng Xiaotian let out a long, piercing howl. Pale blue-green light surged from his body, and amid its swirling glow, his body rapidly expanded to the crackle of his bones.
Almost simultaneously, he charged straight at Wei Fan, trailing a long streak of blue-green light behind him at astonishing speed.
The instant he lunged, his first soul ring suddenly lit up, and sharp wolf claws sprang from his palms.
Before he reached Wei Fan, his claws had already slashed out, sending ten crescent-shaped streaks of blue-green light shooting forward with shrill whistles through the air.
Wei Fan remained completely unruffled. Azure soul power flowed like water from his palm, then wrapped around his right fist.
He blasted out a punch!
With a dull thud, Feng Xiaotian left just as quickly as he had come.
By the time he reacted, he was already flying backward twenty or thirty meters. In midair, his second and third soul rings abruptly lit up.
A pair of enormous blue-green wings emerged from his back. He hurriedly flapped them several times to steady himself in the air, then shook his arm, which had gone numb from the impact.
Shocked, Feng Xiaotian stared at the three soul rings beneath Wei Fan's feet.
Was this guy really a Soul Elder?
He had reached rank thirty-nine a few days earlier. With his mutated martial soul, no one at the Soul Elder level had been able to make him suffer a loss.
But against Wei Fan... everything had gone wrong.
"Isn't that idiot Feng Xiaotian? Why's he fighting someone?"
"Looks like he got into a dispute with people from the Elephant Armor Academy."
"Isn't the guy fighting him Wei Fan?!"
"Quick, we've got a good show!"
Hearing the sounds of fighting, several Soul Masters gathered around.
"Gulp..."
Huyan Li and the others swallowed.
Was this Wei Fan's true strength?
Apparently, suspending him in midair before had really been nothing more than child's play.
At that thought, Huyan Li couldn't help shuddering.
"Boss, hurry up and pull those noodles!"
"We'll be eating in a minute."
With someone as powerful as Wei Fan treating them, they no longer even considered refusing.
"Hiss..."
"Captain, how about letting it go?"
"A man destined for great things doesn't sweat the small stuff!"
"No matter what Huo Wu's done, she'll always be our sister-in-law."
"..."
The members of the Godwind Academy were all stunned.
Wei Fan was far too monstrous!
They had heard he was strong, but they had never imagined he was this strong.
They were both rank thirty-nine Soul Elders, so why was the gap between their captain and Wei Fan so enormous?
Anyone with eyes could tell from that single clash that Feng Xiaotian was completely outmatched.
No wonder Huo Wu had chosen Wei Fan!
But they couldn't say that aloud.
"Bullshit!"
Hovering in midair, Feng Xiaotian burst into furious curses.
His Huo Wu had been bedded by someone else?
And now they wanted him to let it go?
He, Feng Xiaotian, couldn't stand it!
"Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes!"
Blue-green light surged behind Feng Xiaotian, and with a beat of his wings, he dived toward the ground.
That last clash had told him he couldn't match Wei Fan in strength, so he changed tactics, planning to fight Wei Fan using his flight ability.
"Second soul skill, Water Gathering Cannon!"
Wei Fan's second soul ring flashed brilliantly. In an instant, an azure hand cannon roughly five feet long rested on his shoulder.
An azure vortex of energy instantly formed at its muzzle, distorting the surrounding air.
Its terrifying aura immediately locked onto Feng Xiaotian in midair.
"Get back!"
"Can a Soul Elder really produce a fucking attack like that?"
"If that cannon fires, even a Soul Ancestor couldn't take it!"
"..."
The spectating Soul Masters panicked!
The cannon Wei Fan had conjured left them stunned on the spot.
That idiot Feng Xiaotian was probably in for a world of trouble!
This is bad!
Once that aura locked onto him, Feng Xiaotian distinctly felt his speed decrease. The energy gathering ceaselessly at the muzzle sent a chill through him.
Charge, fire!
An azure ball of light abruptly shot from the muzzle. In an instant, its terrifying energy heated the surrounding air to an outrageous degree.
Its lightning speed left Feng Xiaotian no chance to dodge. In a heartbeat, the azure light had engulfed him.
Boom!
An explosion thundered through the air, and terrifying blue shock waves spread in every direction.
Amid the collision, a green streak traced an arc through the sky and fell into the distance.
"Captain!"
The members of the Godwind Academy hurriedly ran after that green streak.
They were concerned for Feng Xiaotian, but they were also afraid Wei Fan would vent his anger on them.
Anyone who stayed here now would be a fucking idiot!
"Holy shit, that cannon! That's insane!"
"If that hit me, I'd shit myself on the spot!"
"So this is a champion's strength."
"That's fucking ridiculous. No wonder the Blazing Fire Academy wanted to recruit him despite the elemental incompatibility."
"Wei Fan really has something. They're both three-ring Soul Elders, but he nearly beat the shit out of Feng Xiaotian-literally."
"..."
"Burp..."
Huyan Li felt the pain just watching. Forget Feng Xiaotian-even a defense-type Soul Master like him couldn't withstand that cannon blast.
It was too fucking terrifying!
Better just eat!
"Boss, are the noodles ready yet?"
Huyan Li asked without needing any prompting.
"Freshly pulled."
"Coming right up, piping hot!"
The stall owner served up the steaming noodles.
"Captain, are you all right?"
The members of the Godwind Academy helped Feng Xiaotian up.
"Yeah."
Feng Xiaotian answered blankly.
By then, he was utterly dumbfounded!
He was rank thirty-nine, and he had even used his self-created soul skill.
Why had he been completely powerless to resist Wei Fan?
He had been planning to confess to Huo Wu after achieving a good result in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament three years from now.
How the fuck was he supposed to compete now?
"Captain, what do we do now?"
Feng Xiaotian said, "We'll pretend nothing happened. Huo Wu is still your sister-in-law."
Everyone said, "..."
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