Such… such speed!
He really didn't use spirit power?
There's no spirit power fluctuation on him—he didn't use any spirit power.
Terrifying… is this the top student of Heaven Dou? He lives up to the name.
With a casual show of speed, Yang Yuan left everyone stunned.
Inside Five Elements Academy, Yu Tianxin, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Shui Yueer and other self-proclaimed geniuses stared at Yang Yuan, their faces grave.
They couldn't fathom how Yang Yuan could explode with such speed without using spirit power.
From Heaven Dou Academy's side, cheers erupted, every face flushed with excitement.
On the field, Lei Dong—facing Yang Yuan directly—went rigid, his expression shifting from shock to dread.
A crushing pressure enveloped him, as though the very air had turned to mud; he couldn't move.
That sensation instantly bred fear in his heart.
In his eyes, Yang Yuan looked like a rampaging flood or savage beast.
After Yang Yuan spoke, he slowly raised his right hand.
The motion wasn't fast, yet Lei Dong couldn't dodge; he could only watch those long fingers drift down and alight on his shoulder.
But the moment that "weightless" palm touched him, a crisp crack rang from his shoulder.
Lei Dong screamed; his shoulder drooped, and without warning his body thudded to its knees before Yang Yuan, the stone slabs beneath his knees spider-webbing outward.
"This… "
"A palm that looked feather-light—how can it hold such power?"
"Wasn't Yang Yuan's Spirit supposed to be eyes? Why does it feel more like some terrifying Beast Spirit focused on raw strength?"
"Exactly—the contrast is absurd!"
Spectators, shaken beyond words, burst into exclamations of disbelief.
The Heaven Dou students roared, their cheers shaking the very air, emotions surging.
The resentment born from Lei Dong's earlier provocation vanished in an instant.
Yang Yuan's overwhelming might and absolute suppression of Lei Dong filled them with shared pride.
Yang Yuan looked down at the kneeling Lei Dong and spoke coolly.
"Is this the talent and strength you pride yourself on?"
"It didn't entertain me in the least—how disappointing. No wonder you only strut about at moments like this."
"Let me be clear: any one of those Heaven Dou students out training—aside from the support—could beat you easily."
Yang Yuan wasn't exaggerating the Huang Dou Battle Team's prowess.
Apart from the support Spirit Master, both Yu Feng and Oscar, though one Rank lower in spirit power, had—under Yang Yuan's guidance—far surpassed their original combat capability.
Either of them could crush Lei Dong without effort.
Yet Lei Dong refused to accept it; he admitted he couldn't match Yang Yuan, but not that he was this pathetic.
After all, within Thunder Academy only Yu Tianxin stood slightly above him in talent.
Yang Yuan smiled in contempt.
"Believe it or not—I don't care."
With that, he casually kicked out.
Lei Dong's body shot backward like a cannonball, tumbling dozens of metres.
That single kick guaranteed ten days to half a month bedridden.
Who did the fool think he was, swaggering on Yang Yuan's turf?
Had Yang Yuan even granted permission?
"Lei Dong!"
Pupils contracting, the Thunder Academy students watched his flying form.
Yu Tianxin sprang to his feet; the others sprinted toward where Lei Dong had landed.
Yang Yuan stood calmly, gaze sweeping the field, then spoke indifferently.
"Forget it—all of you come together, as many as you like. Today I'll stand in for your teachers and give you a lesson."
"Arrogant!"
"Insolent!"
"He thinks he can challenge all of Five Elements Academy alone? Beating Lei Dong doesn't make him invincible!"
"Exactly—I refuse to believe he can defeat every one of us."
At Divine Wind Academy, a student turned to Feng Xiaotian, who wore a mask.
"Captain, this Yang Yuan is too cocky."
"He has the right to be," Feng Xiaotian replied, eyes grave.
Someone else asked curiously, "Captain, I heard he has Innate Full Spirit Power. Don't you have the same? Why are you only Rank forty-one?"
Feng Xiaotian's face darkened; he shot the speaker a glare.
"If you can't speak sensibly, shut up. If I weren't developing my own Spirit Ability, I'd be well past fifty."
The earlier speaker muttered.
"Even so, you still can't compare to Yang Yuan…"
Feng Xiaotian's mouth twitched; truthfully, he was baffled too.
His Innate Full Spirit Power was genuine, yet beside Yang Yuan he fell far short.
Fortunately, he possessed his self-created Spirit Ability: Storm Devil Wolf Thirty-six Slashes.
That was Feng Xiaotian's greatest pride.
After all, who else could create a Spirit Ability at such a young age?
Precisely because he clung to that pursuit, Feng Xiaotian, at twenty-two, had only reached Rank forty-one.
He didn't regret it.
Even if he neglected Cultivation, his speed still outstripped ordinary people, while a self-created Spirit Ability would benefit him for life.
Besides Feng Xiaotian, students from the other academies burned with indignation at Yang Yuan's words.
Each was a Genius, each had pride.
Though they admitted inferiority to Yang Yuan, his sweeping declaration felt like outright contempt.
At Elephant Armored Academy.
Huyan Li stepped forward, voice like thunder.
"Yang Yuan, you're too rampant! Even if I can't defeat you, today I, Huyan Li, will test your skill!"
At Thunder Academy.
Yu Tianxin stepped up, cold and terse.
"Count me in!"
Yang Yuan regarded the two and laughed long and loud.
"Only two?"
"Not enough—far from enough!"
"All of you, come together!"
At Blazing Academy.
Huo Wushuang shouted.
"I can't take it anymore—this guy's too arrogant; I'll weigh him myself!"
Beside him, his younger sister Huo Wu's eyes sparkled.
To her, Yang Yuan's near "mad" display was exactly the bearing of a true expert—domineering, disdainful, overwhelming.
Gazing at Yang Yuan's handsome face, Huo Wu's cheeks flushed slightly.
"I'm joining too!"
At Heaven Water Academy.
Shui Binger looked at the distant Yang Yuan, Battle Intent rising in her eyes.
She turned to the tall grey-blue-haired girl beside her and smiled.
"Xue Wu, let's test his strength together."
In the original story, the early stage Martial Soul Fusion Skill paired Shui Binger with Xue Wu, though later it was mentioned as Shui Binger and Shui Yueer.
Xue Wu's confident, slightly heroic smile answered, "Good—let's team up and measure his… length!"
Behind them, Shui Yueer's eyes shone with mischief.
Length… was it the length she was thinking of?
(End of Chapter)
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