Chapter 46 "Private Tutoring" in the Woods: A Head-on Clash with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Royal hunting grounds, noon.
Sunlight filtered through the dense foliage, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Although it was midday, this secluded forest, far from the campsite, was exceptionally quiet, even carrying a touch of alluring heat.
"Where...where are you taking me?"
Huo Wu followed behind Ye Feng, her hands nervously clutching the hem of her skirt. Her usually spirited and pretty face was now as red as a ripe tomato. She had specially changed into a pair of comfortable ankle boots today, but her long, straight, white legs swaying under her red skirt were still the most eye-catching sight.
"Let's do it here."
Ye Feng stopped under an ancient tree that was so thick it would take several people to encircle it, turned around, and looked at Huo Wu with a playful gaze. "There's no one here, and no one will bother us. It's a good place for 'teaching'."
"Teach... I'll teach you, but don't look at me like that!" Huo Wu took a deep breath, trying to look fierce, but her trembling eyelashes betrayed her inner panic.
The image of Ye Feng instantly wiping out everyone with his scythe yesterday was still lingering in her mind. Powerful, mysterious, dangerous. This man held a fatal attraction for her.
"Alright, close your eyes." Ye Feng walked up to her, his voice lowering. "Did you practice the compression technique I taught you yesterday?"
"I've practiced... but I always feel like something's missing." Huo Wu obediently closed her eyes.
"Almost there." Ye Feng reached out and grabbed Huo Wu's wrist, then moved his hand up her arm and gently pressed it onto her shoulder.
"Your fire is too intense; you don't know how to balance strength and gentleness. A true master of fire control must wield fire like water."
"Like water?" Huo Wu frowned. "Water and fire don't mix, how is that possible?"
"Nothing is impossible. Just like you and me." Ye Feng suddenly stepped forward, pressing his body against Huo Wu, forcing her against the rough tree trunk. "We were rivals before, but now we're training together… right?"
Sensing the overwhelming scent of male hormones, Huo Wu's mind went blank. "Don't...don't speak..."
"Concentrate." Ye Feng placed one of his hands on her lower abdomen, where the source of her soul power was located. "Feel my soul power guiding you."
A gentle yet domineering surge of soul power flowed from Ye Feng's palm, instantly taking over the flow of soul power within Huo Wu's body. This was an extremely dangerous act. If Ye Feng had malicious intent, he could cripple her in an instant. But Huo Wu offered no resistance; instead, she instinctively opened all her defenses. Trust. Unbeknownst to her, she had entrusted her life to the man before her.
Soul power flowed through her meridians, compressed and condensed through a special route. As time passed, a strange dark red aura gradually appeared on Huo Wu's body. The originally violent and scorching fire-attribute soul power became restrained and profound, like flowing magma.
"Hot..." Huo Wu couldn't help but groan softly, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead, wetting the stray hairs at her temples. This burning sensation rising from the depths of her body made her weak all over, almost unable to stand, and she could only tightly grasp Ye Feng's clothes.
"Hold on. This is the process of transformation."
Ye Feng did not take advantage of her vulnerability. Although having a beauty in his arms certainly tested his willpower, he knew even more clearly that this was the crucial moment to tame this wild horse. He increased his soul power output, helping Huo Wu break through several key acupoints.
Boom! A powerful aura erupted from Huo Wu's body. She abruptly opened her eyes, her pupils seemingly burning with two dark red flames. Level 44! With Ye Feng's help, the bottleneck that had been holding her back for so long was finally broken. Although her soul power didn't directly level up, its quality improved by a whole level!
"It's a success..." Huo Wu looked at her hands with surprise. In her palms, a dark red flame burned quietly, no longer pulsating wildly, but radiating a heart-palpitating high temperature.
"Congratulations." Ye Feng smiled, released his hand, and took a half step back.
Losing her support, Huo Wu's legs buckled, and she fell forward.
Ye Feng naturally wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her tightly into his embrace. Their eyes met, their breaths mingling.
"Th...thank you." Huo Wu's voice was as soft as water.
"Just thank you?" Ye Feng lowered his head, his nose almost touching hers. "I expended a lot of my primordial soul power to help you clear your meridians. Aren't you going to give me something tangible in return?"
Huo Wu stared at the face so close to hers, her heart pounding. It was the face she had longed for day and night, the face she had even dreamed of. "You... what do you want?"
"What do you think?" Ye Feng didn't speak, but just quietly looked at her lips.
Huo Wu seemed to understand his gaze. In that instant, all her reserve, pride, and shyness were cast aside. She closed her eyes, clumsily but bravely tiptoed, and took the initiative to kiss Ye Feng's lips.
This kiss was like a raging fire. It was no longer the fleeting pecks of before, but a real, passionate kiss. Ye Feng didn't hold back, taking the initiative and forcefully seizing all her sweetness.
After a long while, their lips parted. Huo Wu collapsed into Ye Feng's arms, panting heavily, her eyes glazed over, her cheeks flushed red.
She knew she was finished. She had completely fallen for him.
"Once it's stamped, it's mine now."
Ye Feng whispered in her ear, "Remember, no one is allowed to touch you except me. Not even that simp Feng Xiaotian."
"Mmm..." Huo Wu nodded obediently. At this moment, she was no longer the "fiery goddess" she once was; she was simply a docile kitten.
In the afternoon, at the qualifying match training ground.
As the full-time teams entered the arena, the previously noisy competition instantly quieted down. Ye Feng's terrifying "Death God's One-Man Kill of Seven" from yesterday was still fresh in everyone's mind, and all the teams looked at them with awe.
There was one exception: Thunder Academy.
As a direct academy of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family, one of the three upper sects, they possess an innate arrogance. Captain Yu Tianxin, a level 43 Power Attack type Battle Soul Master, was currently staring coldly at Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng." Yu Tianxin strode to the center of the arena, his body crackling with lightning—the domineering thunder unique to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan. "Yesterday you defeated that bunch of trash like Barak, but don't think you're invincible. Before my Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, all weapon-type Martial Souls are nothing but scrap metal!"
"Oh? Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex?" Ye Feng toyed with the Thousand Chance Umbrella in his hand and said casually, "Claimed to be the number one beast spirit in the world? Unfortunately, in my opinion, it's just an electric lizard."
"You're courting death!" Yu Tianxin roared. "You'll pay the price for your arrogance!"
"The match begins!" the referee announced.
"First Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon Claw!" "Third Soul Skill: Thunder God's Wrath!" Yu Tianxin went all out from the start. Although he was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. Facing Ye Feng, who could defeat seven opponents at once, he directly used his strongest state. His arms transformed into thick dragon claws, bathed in raging lightning, and he charged towards Ye Feng like a blue lightning bolt.
"Playing melee?" Ye Feng laughed. He didn't deploy his shield, nor did he conjure a scythe. The Thousand Manifestations Umbrella suddenly contracted in his hand, the handle shortened, the canopy folded and wrapped around his fist, and several sharp alloy spikes popped out from the front.
"Thousand Manifestations Umbrella - Fighting Form - Mechanical Gauntlets!"
"Come on, let me show you what real 'fist to fist' means!" Ye Feng didn't dodge, but instead met Yu Tianxin's dragon claw with a punch!
"Crushing Fist!" There were no fancy soul skill effects, only the sound of air exploding from the pure power compressed to the extreme.
Boom—!!! The fist and the dragon claw collided violently in mid-air. Blue lightning and dark golden energy raged wildly.
"What?!" Yu Tianxin's expression changed drastically. He felt an indescribable force emanating from his opponent's fist, and his own Thunder Dragon Claws even emitted the sound of bones shattering! "How could your strength be stronger than the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex?!"
"Because you're too weak." Ye Feng sneered, his fists raining down like raindrops. "Yura yura yura yura—!" (Though he didn't shout it out, the sheer force of his punches was undeniable.)
Since he had adopted a fighting style form, he was determined to carry out the aesthetics of violence to the fullest extent. Every punch landed precisely on Yu Tianxin's weak joints. Even with lightning protecting him, Yu Tianxin was forced to retreat step by step, completely powerless to fight back.
"Break!" Ye Feng unleashed a powerful uppercut, shattering Yu Tianxin's protective lightning and sending him flying into the air. Immediately afterward, the Thousand-Mechanism Umbrella transformed again, its ribs springing out and becoming grappling hooks. "Eagle Stomp!" Ye Feng leaped into the air, his feet stomping repeatedly on Yu Tianxin's chest.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The final kick sent Yu Tianxin crashing down from the air, like a meteorite, onto the arena, sinking half a meter deep.
As the dust settled, Yu Tianxin, hailed as the successor of the world's number one beast martial spirit, lay unconscious, his arms twisted, foaming at the mouth, and all the lightning around him gone.
The entire arena fell silent once more. Yesterday it was a skill-based annihilation; today it's a power-based crushing victory. Ye Feng declared his dominance in two completely different ways.
"All-Star Team, Victory!"
Ye Feng flicked his wrist, not even glancing at Yu Tianxin in the pit, and turned to walk off the stage. As he passed the spectator stands, he saw Yu Tianheng's (captain of the second team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianxin's cousin) face, so gloomy it was almost dripping with water. Ye Feng raised an eyebrow at him and made a throat-slitting gesture. "Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex? Nothing special."
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Night falls at the campsite.
Two consecutive stunning victories made Ye Feng the absolute protagonist of the entire camp. But at this moment, this protagonist was not enjoying the spotlight, but was mysteriously pulled by Shui Bing'er to the Tianshui Academy's residence.
"Bing'er, why did you bring me here so late? To inspect the enemy's situation?" Ye Feng looked at the rows of pink tents in front of him, smelling the various perfumes in the air, and his heart couldn't help but race. Tianshui Academy, full of beautiful women, this is every man's dream place.
"Hmph, what are you thinking?" Shui Bing'er rolled her eyes at him, but tightened her grip on his arm. "My sisters are all very curious about you. Especially after watching your match today, Xue Wu and Yue'er have been pestering me to see you. I... I was afraid they might do something inappropriate, so I brought you here to meet them." Although she said she was afraid they might do something inappropriate, Shui Bing'er actually had her own little plan. She had an excellent relationship with Tianshui Academy, and if she could bring that force to Ye Feng's side, her chances of defeating the Spirit Hall would be much greater.
Just as they stepped into the largest tent, a sweet cry rang out, "Wow! Brother-in-law's here!" A girl who looked seven-tenths like Shui Bing'er, but even more lively and playful, rushed towards them. It was Shui Yue'er.
Ye Feng reacted quickly and caught her. "Ahem, Miss Yue'er, please have some self-respect."
"What's with the self-respect! Brother-in-law, those punches you threw at Yu Tianxin today were so cool!" Shui Yue'er acted like she belonged with Ye Feng, clinging to his arm and nuzzling him. "That arrogant guy was beaten down by you! So many girls from our Tianshui Academy have become your fans!"
Inside the tent were several graceful young women. Leading them was a mature-looking woman with long black hair, Xue Wu, the vice-captain of the Tianshui team. She looked at Ye Feng with a mixture of scrutiny and admiration in her eyes. "I've heard Bing'er say her captain is a monster. Seeing him today, I can confirm it's true." Xue Wu approached with a glass of fruit wine, smiling as she offered it to Ye Feng. "Captain Ye, you don't mind me calling you that, do you? Or… should I call you 'All-Round War God'?"
"Just call me Ye Feng." Ye Feng accepted the wine glass, his gaze sweeping calmly over the beautiful women present. It must be said, the quality of the students at Tianshui Academy was indeed high. Each one of them seemed made of water—pure, gentle, and uniquely beautiful.
"Ye Feng, our Tianshui Academy has always had a problem." Xue Wu sat down opposite Ye Feng, her beautiful legs casually crossed, her posture elegant. "Although our martial souls have strong control, they lack explosive power. After Bing'er went with you for a while, her strength improved by leaps and bounds. She not only possessed the ultimate ice, but her mental power also became stronger. We... are very envious." Her words were loaded with meaning.
Ye Feng took a sip of his drink and smiled. "Envious? It's actually quite simple." He put down his glass, exuding an aura of confidence. "The doors to the full-time esports team are always open to everyone. Although the competition rules prohibit switching teams temporarily, I don't mind having a few more 'students' in terms of training."
"Really?" Shui Yue'er's eyes lit up. "Then can I be like Huo Wu, that tomboy, and have you tutor me one-on-one? I want to go to the grove too!"
"Pfft—" Shui Bing'er, who was drinking water, almost spat it out. "Yue'er! What nonsense are you talking about!" She blushed and glared at her younger sister, then glanced guiltily at Ye Feng. Regarding Huo Wu, although Ye Feng explained that it was for cultivation, her woman's intuition told her that it was definitely more than that.
"Ahem, anything related to cultivation is fine," Ye Feng said shamelessly. He glanced at Xue Wu, then at Shui Yue'er and the other team members. "Not just cultivation. If Tianshui Academy encounters any trouble in the future, or... if you don't want to be manipulated by certain powerful forces (Spirit Hall), you can come to me anytime." "I, Ye Feng, will protect my own."
Those words were spoken with absolute conviction. Xue Wu gave him a deep look, then raised her glass. "Good. With your words, Tianshui Academy is now an ally of the All-Round Team." "Cheers."
Inside the tent, the atmosphere became warm and harmonious. Surrounded by a group of stunningly beautiful women and listening to their words of admiration, Ye Feng felt his life was complete. Of course, it would have been even more perfect if Shui Bing'er hadn't been secretly pinching his soft flesh at the waist.
Meanwhile, at the main camp of the Spirit Hall.
Salas listened to his subordinate's report with a grim face. "You mean, Ye Feng not only defeated Thunder Academy, but also got very close to Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy?"
"Yes, Your Excellency." The man in black knelt on the ground. "According to reports from our spies, among the Five Elements Academy, apart from the Elephant Armor Sect, the other sects seem to be trending towards having Ye Feng as their leader."
"Well done, Ye Feng. Is he trying to consolidate his power and rival the Spirit Hall?" A ruthless glint flashed in Salas's eyes. He was originally just a genius, but now he's become a potential tyrant. "That plan has to be moved up." Salas produced a secret letter, printed with chrysanthemum and ghostly patterns. "Once the promotion tournament is over, the only road to Spirit City... will be his burial ground!"
Outside the camp, the night wind howled. A shocking scheme targeting the full-time team, or rather, Ye Feng, was quietly taking shape.
At this moment, Ye Feng was immersed in a world of pleasure, but deep within his seemingly drunken eyes, a sliver of clarity remained. The difference between hunter and prey is often just a thought away.
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