"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Inside the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy's conference room, Elder Ma paced back and forth before everyone, muttering under his breath.
Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen had argued a little at first. As the captains of the main team and the Reserve Team, respectively, they rather disliked each other.
But now, Chen Ping had thoroughly reduced both of them to a backdrop for his outrageous show of prowess, and they finally knew to unite against a common enemy.
"Xiao Hongchen, that adamantine ball..."
Ma Rulong turned toward Xiao Hongchen with an ugly expression, a trace of hope in his eyes.
Clearly, he wanted to use the Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul's control over rare metals to establish that this piece of adamantine was actually a counterfeit someone had tampered with.
The arrogance that looked down on every other prodigy was gone from Xiao Hongchen's eyes now. His gaze had cleared, too, and he shook his head bitterly.
"Since that monster from Shrek dared to hand this piece of adamantine over to us, it means he isn't afraid of us using any means to test whether this adamantine ball is genuine."
"This piece of adamantine contains no impurities whatsoever, inside or out. It's simply an adamantine ingot-an adamantine ingot someone squeezed into a ball with one hand."
Naturally, Elder Ma could hear Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong's conversation, and he immediately shot him a displeased glare.
"Enough. I refuse to believe that a boy of twelve or thirteen could produce the destructive power of a Power Attack System Soul King using a soul skill with physical strength alone. How high would his cultivation have to be? A Seven-Ring Soul Sage?"
Elder Ma's words were entirely reasonable, giving the team members present a little more confidence.
"Actually, it's