"Chen Xuanqing, Level 25 Soul Grandmaster. Martial soul: Crocodile Ancestor."
Chen Xuanqing immediately released his hundred-meter-long Crocodile Ancestor martial soul. Its enormous body occupied almost half the training ground, and a terrifying aura instantly spread everywhere. Even the top-tier Flame Lord martial soul trembled in fear before him.
The pressure from the Crocodile Ancestor martial soul, which far surpassed top-tier martial souls, was simply overwhelming. Even Song Qi, a Soul Saint, felt a trace of pressure-though only a trace.
At the sight, Yan broke out in a cold sweat, his fear soaring to its limit. Was this guy in front of me really six years old? I was far too reckless this time.
Still, his own martial soul was no slouch. Perhaps he stood a fighting chance. Chen Xuanqing's claim that he was Level 25 had to be a lie. Even with innate full soul power, he could not possibly have reached Level 20 in just a few days.
After steadying himself, Yan instantly regained his confidence and said with a grin, "Hmph! I don't believe you're a Soul Grandmaster. If you've got the guts, show everyone your soul rings."
Chen Xuanqing had never seen anyone so eager to get beaten up.
In an instant, two black soul rings appeared around Chen Xuanqing, lending the six-year-old an air of imposing majesty.
Naturally, the sight shattered everything the people present thought they knew. All the students turned to Song Qi beside them, hoping their teacher could clear up their confusion.
"Impossible! A ten thousand year soul ring as his first soul ring? How is that possible?"
Song Qi stared at Chen Xuanqing in utter bewilderment as well. The boy before him was a monster, and the sight had overturned his entire understanding of the world.
"Aah! I, Yan, am no weaker than anyone!"
Unable to bear the oppressive atmosphere, Yan chose to strike without hesitation. The Flame Lord's enormous fist hurtled toward Chen Xuanqing without holding anything back.
Boom!
In an instant, Chen Xuanqing sent the Flame Lord flying with a swipe of his tail, while Yan collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Yan had dared to attack someone whose soul power was more than ten levels above his own. Whether that made him foolish or unyielding was hard to say, but Chen Xuanqing found himself admiring the guy a little.
"He's too scary! I don't want to fight him!"
"Waaah! I want to go home!"
The two powerful martial souls had already left everyone struggling to breathe. Now they had to fight the stronger of the two, and the little brats promptly burst into tears.
Only Hu Liena watched the figure on the training ground with a smile in her eyes, looking thoroughly delighted.
As for Xie Yue, he nearly ground his teeth to pieces at the sight. At this rate, someone would probably whisk his little sister away before long.
Helpless, Song Qi could only soothe the crying children first, then revive Yan.
Chen Xuanqing seized the opportunity to approach Hu Liena, then leaned close to whisper in her ear.
"Nana, how did I do just now? That guy probably won't dare bother you again."
"Thank you, Xuanqing."
Seeing Hu Liena's slightly flushed face, Chen Xuanqing could not resist taking a bite of her cheek. Then he immediately began silently reciting the Heart-Calming Mantra. Six years old! Life imprisonment at minimum, the death penalty at maximum.
That bite left Hu Liena's face bright red. She lowered her head and said nothing.
Fortunately, no one else noticed. If word got out, both Chen Xuanqing and Golden Crocodile Douluo would suffer social death.
Night fell.
After finishing a day of elementary school life, Chen Xuanqing returned home listlessly.
Golden Crocodile Douluo hurried over at once. "How was it, my dear disciple? How did your first day of school feel?"
"So boring, Master!"
Then Golden Crocodile Douluo pulled Chen Xuanqing over to the dining table, which was laden with delicacies from the mountains and seas.
As a Level 98 Titled Douluo, he already enjoyed the finest things on the Douluo Continent. Golden Crocodile Douluo had certainly not shortchanged Chen Xuanqing in the slightest, raising him as his one and only personal disciple.
Chen Xuanqing asked, "Can I stop going to school?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo immediately shook his head. On the Douluo Continent, was it normal for a child his age not to attend school?
Seeing that, Chen Xuanqing felt even more helpless. Hu Liena was the only thing about the Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy that appealed to him. Everything else was useless.
"No, this is too much of a waste of my life! Why don't you take me traveling around the continent, Master? Besides, the Great Enshrined's granddaughter didn't attend a Soul Master Academy either, did she? I don't want to go to school anymore."
Having been a miserable university student in his previous life, Chen Xuanqing had now lost even his basic ability to study and was thoroughly sick of all kinds of classes.
Especially those idiotic activities that left everyone drowning in complaints, yet still had to continue.
Golden Crocodile Douluo lowered his head in thought. The Great Enshrined's granddaughter, Qian Renxue, was the only one with innate Level 20 soul power, and he had no experience in this area. If he made Xuanqing study step by step like the other little brats, what if he ruined the boy's potential?
At that thought, Golden Crocodile Douluo immediately broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed he really had taken the wrong path.
"All right. But, my dear disciple, you must become a High-Rank Soul Ancestor in four years. I've made a bet with the other enshrined elders of the Worship Hall, so don't make me lose. Otherwise, your master will really feel the pinch."
After dinner, Chen Xuanqing began cultivating. As a protagonist with a cheat, he still had to put in the necessary cultivation. Otherwise, how would he trounce the child of the plane?
At last, deep into the night, Chen Xuanqing finished cultivating and lay on his bed, staring at the ceiling.
"System, use my two lottery draws."
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained one drop of crocodile ancestor blood essence.] [Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained one Soul Ring Critical Hit Card.]
"Great System, what's a Soul Ring Critical Hit Card?"
[Ding! Upon use, it will apply a critical hit to a soul ring's age. The critical hit multiplier is up to fate.]
Chen Xuanqing's face instantly blossomed with delight. He had been worried that his single martial soul would not be able to beat someone else's twin martial souls. Now it seemed he could be invincible with just one martial soul.
"Can I swallow the crocodile ancestor blood essence directly?"
As the first great demon to appear in Shrouding the Heavens, the Crocodile Ancestor had been pathetically weak by the very late stages, but even then, he was countless times stronger than the God Kings of the Douluo Continent.
With a body as large as Mount Tai and weighing tens of millions of tons, even a God King's all-out strike would probably feel like no more than a faint itch to the Crocodile Ancestor!
That was why Chen Xuanqing was so nervous about this drop of blood essence. He did not know whether he could swallow it directly.
[Ding! Host, please dilute the crocodile ancestor blood essence to avoid exploding and dying.]
Chen Xuanqing smiled disdainfully. Novel writers threatened to make people explode and die at the drop of a hat, but how many protagonists actually died that way?
Some particularly absurd ones even faced exploding and dying after taking an aphrodisiac. Chen Xuanqing had always felt that was rather dubious.
Helpless, Chen Xuanqing could only search everywhere for bottles to dilute it. In the end, he diluted that single drop of blood essence into ten portions.