At the sight, Xiao Chenyu was on the verge of breaking down. They had finally broken the shield, only for another one to appear.
He clutched his head in despair!
"Heavens! This... this is way too broken!"
By now, everyone had exhausted their Soul Power and lacked even the strength to stand.
There were so many of them, yet they truly had not touched a single hair on Lin Gu's head.
Seeing everyone panting and bracing themselves weakly against the ground, Lin Gu slowly stood up and clapped his hands.
"Finished fighting? Then it's my turn!"
Wang Sheng stood dumbfounded nearby. Was this the power of Lin Gu's first soul skill? It was actually this formidable.
Watching Lin Gu draw closer and closer, Xiao Chenyu felt waves of fear. He had no strength to fight back now, so he slumped to the ground and slowly backed away, saying timidly:
"Y-you, what are you doing? I'm warning you, my dad is the city lord of Nuoding City. If you dare..."
Before he could finish, Lin Gu punched him, leaving his mouth bruised and bloody.
"My mouth! Y-you actually dared to hit me!"
Lin Gu ignored him and threw another punch. Since he had yet to obtain his second piece of equipment, his attack power was still low, but it was more than enough to deal with a few weakened people whose Soul Power was exhausted.
He silently rained down punch after punch, leaving everyone dumbstruck and filled with lingering fear.
Xiao Chenyu's wails rang out across the field. Now, just like Wang Sheng, his entire head had swollen into a pig's head.
He likewise begged desperately, "Stop hitting me! I was wrong! I give up."
His earlier arrogant, overbearing manner had vanished completely.
Lin Gu took a breath, a little tired from the beating. Thinking he had stopped, Xiao Chenyu hurriedly backed away, intending to escape, only for Lin Gu to plant a foot on his head and prevent him from leaving.
Then he beckoned to Wang Sheng and said:
"Wang Sheng, come here. I'm tired of hitting them. Beat them exactly the way they beat you!"
Wang Sheng timidly stepped forward, Lin Gu's shield still covering him, and said feebly:
"L-Lin Gu, I don't dare!"
"What are you afraid of? Look at what's covering you. My shield! Nobody can hurt you. Hurry up and give them a taste of their own medicine!"
Lin Gu continued.
Looking at the shield covering him, Wang Sheng nodded. Having witnessed its power, he had no more worries. He clenched his fists and angrily stepped forward, punching Xiao Chenyu in the stomach as he cursed:
"That's for bullying me! I'll beat you to death!"
Lin Gu clapped his hands, looked around at everyone, and barked:
"If you dare bully anyone from Dorm Seven again, you'll end up just like Xiao Chenyu!"
Intimidated by Lin Gu's powerful presence, none of them dared speak. They merely nodded repeatedly.
Off to the side, Xiao Chenyu could only keep wailing:
"Ah! It hurts! Help!"
Just then, fellow students from Dorm Seven finally brought their boss, Xiao Wu, over. Seeing the scene, she approached Lin Gu and asked:
"Did you do all this?"
Lin Gu nodded naturally.
"Not bad. Looks like I won't have to step in. But Xiao Gu, you beat all these people by yourself?"
Xiao Wu looked around. There were more than ten One-Ring Soul Masters here. Even she would have had to weigh her chances.
Lin Gu smiled faintly. "It was no more effort than lifting a hand. Not worth mentioning!"
He saw that the mission before him had been completed:
[Story mission complete. Reward: five hundred gold coins!]
Great! Five hundred gold coins in hand. At this rate, I'll soon be able to buy the weapon equipment slot.
Xiao Wu smiled knowingly. Just then, Tang San also arrived after hearing the commotion and asked:
"What happened?"
Xiao Wu explained it to him. He looked at the One-Ring Soul Masters lying all over the ground, then at the completely unscathed Lin Gu, and clenched his fists.
In a situation like this, even I couldn't knock down so many Soul Masters without taking a scratch, could I? Damn it, a Thousand-Year Soul Ring really is powerful.
As Tang San thought this, he grew less and less confident in his first soul ring.
He had wanted to call out to Lin Gu, but Lin Gu had already walked away. He could only watch him from afar.
Afterward, the academy teachers came to settle the matter, and everyone finally dispersed.
Another three days passed. During those three days, Lin Gu did not go stack "Steel"!
Instead, he saved it up. He had an idea: since attacking people with more health granted him more, why not wait until he reached Spirit Hall and find a way to "Steel" a few Limit Douluos or Titled Douluos?
How much health could one "Steel" hit on them add?
So Lin Gu saved it all up over those past few days without using a single hit.
A full seventy-two hits.
That day, Lin Gu thought, Someone from Spirit Hall should be coming to pick me up by now, so he decided to go out for a stroll.
He had only just stepped outside the academy gates when a dark figure suddenly covered him with a burlap sack and carried him away.
Lin Gu struggled inside, but the man suppressed him with his Soul Power. From this, the man's Soul Power was at least rank twenty.
Not knowing what was happening, Lin Gu calmed down and thought.
Could it be?
Had Xiao Chenyu's people come for revenge?
Just then, he heard someone speaking outside.
"City Lord, I've brought him!"
"Mm. Withdraw!"
Lin Gu was shocked. It really was Xiao Chenyu's father. What was he supposed to do now?
Then he heard the city lord speak to him inside the sack:
"Lin Gu! Hmph! You have decent talent. I investigated you. You have no backing, just an orphan adopted by Village Chief Jack of Holy Soul Village. Yet you still dared to bully my son!"
The city lord opened the sack, and Lin Gu looked out.
A middle-aged man dressed in gray, his face covered in stubble, was glaring furiously at him.
"Lin Gu, I am Xiao Chenyu's father. You bullied my son. Today, I'll let you know why you're dying!"
City Lord Xiao's eyes widened in a glare, and four Soul Rings lit up around him: one white, two yellow, and one purple.
The purple Soul Ring lit up. His Martial Soul was also Lone Wolf, and a gray wolf's head immediately formed above Lin Gu, opening its great jaws to swallow him.
"Fourth soul skill, Lone Wolf Devouring!"
With a sudden wolf's howl, the gray wolf's head lunged to bite Lin Gu!
At the sight, Lin Gu activated Martial Soul Possession, a breastplate protecting his body. His first soul ring, a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, appeared, and he immediately used his first soul skill:
"Solid as a Rock!"
An orange shield protected Lin Gu, but the gray wolf's head shattered it in a single strike.
"Just as Chenyu said, your first soul ring really is a thousand-year one. All the more reason I can't let you live."
City Lord Xiao attacked again, his other three Soul Rings lighting up one after another.
Under such attacks, Lin Gu's hundred-odd thousand health probably would not hold out. In desperation, he had a flash of inspiration:
"City Lord, do you have a death wish? Don't you know who backs me?"
City Lord Xiao gave a disdainful snort of laughter!
"Who backs you? You're nothing but an orphan from an impoverished village. What backing could you possibly have?"
Bracing himself against the ground, Lin Gu struggled to resist City Lord Xiao's Soul Power pressure and said:
"Have you really investigated thoroughly?"