Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly, as if she had noticed something, but she still said:
"Theoretically speaking, that's true. That's probably why that two-year-old mutated wolf king could have two 50,000-year-old Soul Beast as bodyguards."
Chen Feng was completely absorbed in his own fantasy and continued:
" Lexuan, think about it. If your domain were combined with my Martial Soul, we would be the strongest Soul Master combination in the entire Douluo Continent!"
"Not only will we easily win the competition, but even if we cultivate together in the future and both reach the Titled Douluo or Super Douluo... even Limit Douluo in the future will not be our match!"
" Lexuan, would you... would you be my Daoist partner?" Chen Feng was so excited that he blurted out his true feelings, "I don't just want to cooperate with you in the competition, I also want to cooperate with you for the rest of my life, until we grow old together..."
Before Chen Feng could finish speaking, Zhang Lexuan interrupted him with an "I knew it" look on her face:
"I refuse, Captain. Please have some self-respect."
Zhang Lexuan's voice was like a bucket of ice water being poured over someone's head.
Chen Feng's smile froze on his face:
W-what?
"I said, I refuse." Zhang Lexuan took a step back, the moonlight swirling around her, making her figure appear exceptionally aloof. "First of all, I have no feelings for you in that way. Secondly, my path of Martial Soul doesn't need to rely on anyone to fulfill it, and I don't want to form any kind of Soul Master combination with you."
Her gaze fell on Chen Feng's face:
"Finally, Captain, your request is nothing more than greed for my newly acquired territory."
Chen Feng's face instantly turned bright red:
"No, that's not it, I really mean it! I truly love you..."
"Really?" Zhang Lexuan didn't seem to notice anything. She gently raised her hand, and a ray of moonlight Entanglement around her fingertips.
Knowing she was quite beautiful, she attracted most of the opposite sex while training at the Shrek Academy, and many people confessed their feelings to her; even the senior students from the inner academy were pursuing her.
But she refused them all; she's quite used to this situation now.
"I don't like you. Please have some self-respect. If you go any further, I don't want to participate in this competition anymore."
Chen Feng's face changed from red to white, then from white to green:
"It's because of that kid from the Body Sect, isn't it? I knew it! I knew it from the way you looked at him. What's so great about him? I reached level 64 at the age of twenty, and I'm destined to become Titled Douluo, while he's the same age as me and only has the cultivation of Four-Ring Soul Ancestor!"
"His strength is only temporary. He's probably only stronger than me because his Body Martial Soul's potential has been unleashed. When I reach the Soul Saint in the future, I'll definitely be stronger than him..."
"Shut up!" Zhang Lexuan's eyes flashed coldly as she loudly rebuked his behavior. Her Soul Power uncontrollably spread out, instantly covering the ground with a layer of blood-red moonlight.
"Please note, I am not refusing you because of any issues with your strength or cultivation level."
Zhang Lexuan raised her chin, looked at Chen Feng, and said decisively:
"Even if he were an ordinary person without Soul Power, and you were a high and mighty Soul Emperor, I still wouldn't choose you, understand?"
Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo immediately stood in front of Zhang Lexuan, facing Chen Feng, their brows slightly furrowed:
"Captain, don't go too far. Don't forget, our goal is to help the two teams gel, not to break them up."
"Love can never be forced, don't be so unreasonable." Han Ruoruo snorted coldly, looking at Chen Feng with an icy expression. "Confessing is the clarion call to victory, not the beginning. You and Lexuan have basically no relationship, and you've already gotten carried away just because she obtained Soul Skill that gives you an extra boost?"
Chen Feng clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, the sound escaping his throat hoarse like sandpaper scraping:
" Lexuan, what is it about me that I lack—"
Before the words were finished, a dark shadow flashed by like Gui Mei.
The maple leaves suddenly froze in mid-air, as if time had been paused. Chen Feng felt a chill on the back of his neck and was lifted up, his vision spinning.
Who goes there?!
The gasps of Han Ruoruo and the others were quickly left behind as the wind rushed into Chen Feng's open mouth, choking him and rendering him speechless.
He could feel the hand gripping his collar; it was cold and steady, like a steel-cast instrument of torture.
I don't know how far they were taken away by the other party.
Bang!
Chen Feng's back slammed heavily against the tree trunk, and rotting pine needles fell in a rustling sound.
Sunlight filtered through the branches, gilding Toji's silhouette with a layer of gold.
He let go, Chen Feng slid to the ground like a rag doll, his throat burning with pain.
"You... cough cough... it's you, you dare to come back?" Chen Feng struggled to get up, his Martial Soul Dragon Wolf Dragon Wolf him, its phantom roaring and appearing behind him, his arms transforming into sharp claws covered in blue scales.
He had long known of his opponent's strength, so he immediately used his strongest Sixth Soul Skill.
Click!
The moment the claws lashed out, Toji's hand gripped his wrist like an iron clamp.
Before Chen Feng could even see how the other person moved, a sharp pain exploded from his wrist bone. His right hand twisted at an odd angle, and the white bone fragments pierced the panel, splattering blood onto the moss.
"Ah--!!!"
A scream escaped his lips.
Toji looked down at Chen Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, his dark pupils revealing no emotion whatsoever.
"Wolf claws?"
He slowly applied pressure by grinding down on Chen Feng's broken wrist, the sound of shattered bones grinding together was enough to make one's teeth ache.
"Not even as good as a dog's paw."
Chen Feng's body convulsed, and his Dragon Wolf Martial Soul dissipated in excruciating pain. He fiercely bit his tongue, which instantly brought him back to his senses. His Fifth Soul Ring slowly lit up, and the illusory image of the Dragon Wolf behind him suddenly became much more realistic. A laser beam shot out from its mouth and blasted towards Toji in front of it.
The laser beam, imbued with the power of the Dragon Wolf, hovered three inches between Toji's eyebrows, completely blocked by the surging Bloodline Power. Crimson blood mist rose from Toji's body, clearly indicating that his Fifth Soul Ring, the Overlord, had unleashed its power.
"I was initially reluctant to deal with you because you performed so well, single-handedly holding off the three-headed wolf king until I came to help. However, you have repeatedly challenged my bottom line."
Toji raised his foot and crushed Chen Feng's left finger bones, the sole of his shoe stained with the decaying leaves of the mixed blood, and kicked him in the mouth again.
"My kindness has been wasted on a dog. Can you even speak?"
Chen Feng curled up on the ground, the intense pain causing him to temporarily lose his ability to speak, only able to let out gasps.
"Stop!"
Xuan Zi suddenly appeared in front of him. Seeing that Chen Feng had been tortured to this extent Toji Shen'er in just over ten seconds, Xuan Zi, who cherished talented disciples, immediately had tears in his eyes.
"Don't think that just because you're protected by Du Busi, you can act arrogantly in front of me!"
"How dare you bully a student of the Shrek Academy right in front of me?!"
Upon seeing Xuan Zi appear, Toji immediately pulled up the fallen Chen Feng and shielded him in front of him, while pointing a finger at Chen Feng's neck.
"Don't do anything reckless. You're Level 98 Super Douluo. If you use your Martial Soul, it'll scare me."
"If I'm scared by you, I might accidentally poke a hole in his neck."
"At that time, things will be difficult for everyone, and you wouldn't want to see that situation, would you?"