Even after Yu Tianlong finished answering, Zhi Lin's eyes were still filled with doubt.
Without any warning, Yu Tianlong suddenly felt the air around his body distort slightly.
The others felt nothing, but Yu Tianlong clearly discovered that the air around him seemed to have solidified.
An immense surge of Soul Power came rushing toward him, leaving his body completely unable to move.
Although this Soul Power pressed against his body, Yu Tianlong could sense no killing intent within it.
He understood that the other man was testing his strength.
But this method made Yu Tianlong sentence him to death in his heart!
"Master, eat him!"
"Master, I want to eat him!"
"We will, we will. Don't rush!"
After soothing Cho'Gath, Yu Tianlong said nothing more, silently resisting the force that kept invading his body.
He was really pissed off!!!!
Being kneaded and molded however someone pleased-even if the other man held not the slightest intention of killing him-still pissed him off.
Utterly pissed off, and at the same time, his thirst for strength grew even fiercer!
"Huh?"
Zhi Lin's originally calm gaze gradually turned astonished. With his strength, he had immediately discovered that Yu Tianlong's Soul Power was around rank thirty-seven, a full three ranks higher than the previous information indicated!
Had he concealed it?
No, he must have broken through again!
At that thought, Zhi Lin's eyes lit up.
If his own Martial Soul had this same characteristic, could he break through to Titled Douluo?
At that thought, Zhi Lin's gaze grew increasingly fervent.
Research. He had to research it!
What Zhi Lin could not understand, however, was why Soul Power at a mere rank thirty-seven was so troublesome. It even gave him the illusion that his own Soul Power could not crush it.
Through his probing with Soul Power, Zhi Lin sensed that although Yu Tianlong's Soul Power was nowhere near as powerful as his, it possessed an extremely troublesome quality of nothingness. The greater the pressure he applied, the faster it absorbed it.
Moreover, Yu Tianlong's physical toughness was not something a Soul Elder should have displayed.
Faced with Soul Power he had deliberately restrained, Yu Tianlong showed not the slightest discomfort.
The pressure he applied should have been just bearable for a Soul Master at Yu Tianlong's rank, yet still somewhat difficult to endure.
And so his interest in Yu Tianlong grew increasingly intense.
Sensing that Zhi Lin still wanted to continue, Yu Tianlong grew increasingly irritated.
Had I been too nice to you?
Once or twice would have been one thing, but you're still piling on the pressure.
Once he truly reached his limit, he would not be able to withstand a Soul Douluo's oppressive force!
His mind raced. This could not go on!
The black robe that symbolized Soul Douluo Zhi Lin's status fluttered without wind, though he was simply sitting there.
Yet Yu Tianlong could clearly feel the pressure around his body increasing bit by bit.
"Pfft-"
Yu Tianlong immediately abandoned his resistance and spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the floor red.
You like playing, do you? Then I'll let you play to your heart's content!
Even someone slow-witted would have noticed something at that sight, and Ning Rongrong was no fool. Seeing Yu Tianlong like this, she immediately realized something.
She promptly supported Yu Tianlong by the arm and glared at the three members of the Education Committee.
"What are you trying to do?"
"How long has it even been since my Grandpa Sword left?"
"And you're already openly making a move, are you? I suspect you're spies planted by the Star Luo Empire. Just you wait! I'll go back right now and bring Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone here to level your academy!!!"
"I'd like to see how you explain this to Uncle Xue Ye!"
Ning Rongrong's words were filled with ruthlessness.
Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan also stared in bewilderment at Zhi Lin beside them, their eyes seeming to ask what he was doing.
Zhi Lin was feeling rather troubled himself. He had not found Yu Tianlong's limit, and he had only been gradually increasing the pressure of his Soul Power. He could clearly sense that Yu Tianlong did not seem to have reached his limit yet.
Why had he suddenly spat blood?
After thinking for a while, an idea suddenly appeared in his mind!
Could this boy be pretending?
But why pretend?
Why wouldn't he resist?
I only wanted to test the limits of his strength!
Zhi Lin could not understand it.
But he also understood that this was no time to dwell on it. If Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianlong really exposed what had just happened...
Then the three of them would truly be in trouble.
Though they probably would not die, they certainly would not get off lightly.
After all, Yu Tianlong was now the prized darling of both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
At that thought, the three exchanged glances and hurriedly blocked the doorway.
With an embarrassed smile, Zhi Lin said:
"That was my mistake. I only wanted to test student Yu Tianlong's limits. I never expected things to turn out like this!"
But Ning Rongrong did not buy that explanation.
Did they take her for a child?
"Even my Grandpa Sword didn't test him. What gives you the right? And get out of my way!"
With that, she made to step forward again.
Looking deeply pained, Meng Shenji took a box from his Storage Soul Tool.
He offered it to Yu Tianlong and said to Ning Rongrong:
"Rongrong, this is a top-grade healing medicine I obtained in the Star Dou Great Forest in my earlier years. Just a tiny amount will heal student Yu Tianlong's injuries."
"So let's not damage the friendship between our Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over this little matter."
Ning Rongrong wanted to toss it aside again, but Yu Tianlong sensed a stirring from Cho'Gath.
He thought to himself:
This seems to be something good!
Little Cho, do you need this stuff?
"Master, I'd rather eat him, but this thing is indeed useful to me!"
Hearing this, Yu Tianlong began weighing the gains and losses.
Although he had dropped his Soul Power defenses and deliberately allowed himself to be injured, given how highly Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi valued him, they would definitely punish Zhi Lin.
But he was a Soul Douluo, after all. The punishment could only go so far, and it would also make him hold a grudge against Yu Tianlong.
Besides, Cho'Gath's meaning was clear: it wanted to devour him.
So Yu Tianlong soon reached a conclusion.
Suppressing his anger, he tugged Ning Rongrong's sleeve, stopping her.
He tried hard to look as though he was fine, forced out a faint smile, and said to Ning Rongrong:
"Rongrong, I'm fine. Senior Zhi Lin didn't want any of this to happen either. My foundation was just a little weak, and I couldn't withstand the test."
Yu Tianlong's words made the three Education Committee members feel even guiltier, while making the fire in Ning Rongrong's heart blaze even higher.
Why should he have to put up with this? And who were they looking down on? With the resources of her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, would they really be afraid they couldn't heal Yu Tianlong's injuries?
Besides, could something like this really damage the relationship between her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire?
But although Ning Rongrong thought this, she did not act on it.
After all, the person involved was not her, but Yu Tianlong.
So, faced with Yu Tianlong's persuasion, she could only turn her head away, looking very dissatisfied.
She was getting a little sulky.
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