Yan immediately picked Feng Xiaotian out of the crowd.
He spoke with a show of keen interest.
The champions of the Heaven Dou Division.
As though only opponents like these could stir any interest in him.
Hu Liena covered her mouth and snickered.
Only Xie Yue looked serious. "Stop pretending. You've both noticed, haven't you?"
"Heaven Dou Royal Academy really is extraordinary this year."
"Grandmaster was right."
"This really is the year Spirit Hall is most likely to lose the championship."
The moment Xie Yue said that,
Yan and Hu Liena both turned their eyes toward Lu Ning, who wore a crow-blue robe. The handsome face beneath that robe startled them both. This fellow was the most dangerous of all the competing students!
"No, seriously." Yan stared at Lu Ning's back, his voice indignant. "How the hell are we supposed to compete with that?"
"His aura is obviously stronger than ours."
"That bastard hasn't already become a Soul Emperor, has he?"
Hu Liena's mental power naturally went without saying, and she sensed it even more keenly than Yan. "If he's a Soul Emperor, we still have a chance. What worries me is that he might be more than that. I can't see through his aura at all."
"He's far, far stronger than my brother."
"An ordinary Soul King facing him..."
"Might not even last twenty exchanges."
The two stopped pretending to be calm.
An opponent like this no longer interested them.
He frightened them!
"Heh."
"This fellow is far too strong."
"Standing here, I can't even muster the will to fight. You might not feel it, but I can! It's as though my Moon Blade martial soul is naturally countered by him. I can't understand how he does it."
"My Moon Blade martial soul is both a saber and a