Impossible!

Bei Bei stared at Su Yu behind Du Busi, a provocative look on his face.

Although Su Yu was only six, he had undergone three months of body tempering and absorbed a 2,600-year Golden Giant Ape Soul Ring. His height was already far beyond what a six-year-old should have been.

He looked eight or nine.

Bei Bei had indeed taken him for someone his own age.

Yet when Bei Bei made that declaration about a fair duel, Du Busi merely sneered.

A cold glint flashed through his eyes.

Just then, Su Yu stepped forward.

"Fine. I'll fight you."

He did want to test his current combat strength.

The benefits from the 2,600-year Soul Ring had greatly improved his physical capabilities. Combined with his bloodline and his Soul Skill's outrageous mechanics, he had nothing to fear from Bei Bei, who was at least two years older.

Du Busi glanced at Su Yu and did not refuse.

Seeing this, Yan Shaozhe sighed in relief, thinking to himself, Bei Bei may be rash, but at least the boy has some brains.

Su Yu stepped forward to face Bei Bei, with ten meters between them.

"Bei Bei, rank nineteen power attack system Battle Soul Master."

Bei Bei proudly announced his particulars.

At the same time, a bright Yellow Soul Ring slowly appeared beneath his feet.

His body straightened and grew taller. Threads of electricity wound around his right arm, and purple dragon scales covered it entirely.

However, the confident Bei Bei, who had just announced his particulars, froze when he saw the changes in Su Yu.

For at the very moment he released his Soul Ring, Su Yu released his own.

That dazzling purple light was strikingly conspicuous.

The brilliant purple Soul Ring seemed inherently nobler than his Yellow Soul Ring.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Bei Bei blurted out instinctively.

Yan Shaozhe also wore a look of incredulous shock.

"First Soul Skill, Golden Source!"

Without hesitation, Su Yu activated his first Soul Skill. His body grew taller, golden fur covered him, and his muscles bulged.

Golden Soul Power flowed throughout his body as explosive strength surged through his muscles.

Crack.

Even the paving tiles beneath his feet shattered.

Su Yu shot forward, covering half the ten-meter gap in the blink of an eye.

Bei Bei reacted in time. The Yellow Soul Ring beneath his feet swiftly spun upward and settled over his right arm.

"First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw!"

Blue-violet electricity coursed over his right hand, forming a Thunder Giant Claw somewhat thicker than his entire right arm.

As he swung his right arm, the Thunder Dragon Claw separated from his body and swatted toward Su Yu from a distance.

Facing the Thunder Dragon Claw, Su Yu neither dodged nor retreated.

His gaze was resolute, and he had driven the Golden Giant Ape bloodline within him to its limit.

Roar!

An involuntary roar burst from him, and brilliant golden light flashed in his eyes.

He raised his left hand and took the Thunder Giant Claw head-on.

Even after forcibly enduring that strike from the Thunder Dragon Claw, his advance only faltered for an instant before he continued charging forward in great strides.

Blue-violet electricity traveled along his left arm, seeking to surge into his body.

Normally, those currents would have numbed a person's body.

Yet for Su Yu, they caused nothing more than a slight tingling sensation.

This was Golden Source's resistance to negative effects at work.

There had never been much distance between them, and their exchange took place in a single instant. Su Yu forcibly endured Bei Bei's Soul Skill and swiftly closed in on him.

Using the momentum of his charge, Su Yu swung his right fist hard into Bei Bei's face.

That punch knocked Bei Bei clean off his feet, sending him flying diagonally backward.

Su Yu was not about to stop there. He kept charging, veered into Bei Bei's flight path, grabbed one of his arms, and threw him over his shoulder, slamming him hard into the ground.

Bam!

There was no technique to it, just raw stats.

Bei Bei had yet to reach two rings, so there was no fundamental difference between him and Su Yu.

Even taking a huge step back, if he had cultivated to two rings, he still would not have been able to suppress Su Yu when Su Yu went all out.

The benefits bestowed by a 2,600-year Soul Ring were no joke.

When a Soul Master absorbed a Soul Ring, even setting aside the Soul Skill it granted and its influence on the Martial Soul, the ring's passive improvements to physical capabilities and other attributes were an extremely important part of the process.

Naturally, the older the Soul Ring, the greater those benefits.

Su Yu's Golden Source had absurd mechanics, allowing him to amplify himself from a foundation resembling Golden Giant Ape Martial Soul Possession.

But that did not mean those were his only improvements.

The impact had left Bei Bei dizzy, but he still tried to get up and fight. Su Yu dropped onto his right knee, driving it into Bei Bei's abdomen.

Bei Bei retched, vomiting up the bitter contents of his stomach.

Yan Shaozhe's expression changed drastically at the sight.

Tang Ya also cried out in alarm.

"Stop hitting him!"

Su Yu sneered and left Bei Bei lying curled on the ground, clutching his stomach, before returning to Du Busi's side.

This fight had given him a rough understanding of his strength.

Absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his usual limit had not been for nothing.

Du Busi said, "Mu En's great-great-grandson. You certainly do that identity no favors."

The taunt made Bei Bei's face flush crimson, his eyes all but spitting fire.

The physical pain was bad enough, but now he had to endure humiliation as well.

He had already been curled on the ground like a boiled shrimp from the pain in his abdomen. Now that he was red with rage, the resemblance became even more vivid.

Yan Shaozhe spoke coldly. "A Golden Giant Ape? So the Body Sect has started accepting Soul Masters whose Martial Souls aren't body martial souls."

Du Busi had no interest in explaining the mechanics of Su Yu's Soul Skill to Yan Shaozhe.

"Get lost while this old man is still in a reasonably good mood."

Su Yu had given Mu En's descendant a vicious beating, and Du Busi was indeed pleased.

He was not particularly reckless by nature.

He did use his head.

Killing Yan Shaozhe and Bei Bei here in Heaven Dou City would not have been a rational choice.

Out in the wilderness, Du Busi would not have hesitated to kill them and silence all witnesses.

But this was Heaven Dou City, after all.

The commotion just now had also drawn quite a few people.

Still, being unable to act today did not mean Du Busi would let Yan Shaozhe and the other two leave with their dignity intact.

He simply told them to get lost.

The crucial point was that Yan Shaozhe could not argue back at this moment.

All Yan Shaozhe wanted now was to preserve the lives of the three of them.

Du Busi was unpredictable. If he truly turned ruthless, all three of them could lose their lives at any moment.

Seeing that Du Busi was letting them leave, Yan Shaozhe said nothing further. He hauled Bei Bei up from the ground, slung Tang Ya over his shoulder, and swiftly fled the scene.

Su Yu watched their retreating figures, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Let's go. Back to the manor first."

Du Busi led Su Yu away.

The curious townspeople who had gathered also dispersed.

After returning to the manor, Su Yu did not dwell on his encounter with Bei Bei and the other two.

Compared with outsiders, his own cultivation would always matter most.

He went straight back to his room and tried to enter the inner landscape to explore the Golden Giant Ape bloodline.

Su Yu was untroubled, but Du Busi wore a stern expression and said nothing as he went off somewhere unknown.