Chapter 98: Opportunity

A teacher of the agile‑attack type came to the classroom for a lesson, his personality rather cold, and as soon as he entered he began lecturing directly.

His lecture content was decent, but his tone was stiff, making it hard to spark interest.

When class ended, Tie Li intended to leave, but Bai Xu's party surrounded him again.

"You'd better be sensible and hand over the Second Team slot."

"You talk so much; if you want a slot, go ask the Education Committee. Do you expect me to hand it to you as a charity?"

The surrounding classmates didn't leave; they all stared at Bai Xu with mocking eyes.

"Bastard, let's all teach him a lesson together; if anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame."

At this point, Bai Xu could only grit his teeth and shout.

Causing trouble and fighting deliberately in the classroom would merit punishment, but the classmates' gazes were fixed on him; if he backed down now, Bai Xu would truly become a joke.

Bai Xu and his group were about to act when they found their ankles bound by Ghost Vine.

"Tuo Yu, what do you mean?" Bai Xu looked toward the Ghost Vine and saw Tuo Yu with an indifferent expression.

Facing Bai Xu's anger, Tuo Yu shrugged nonchalantly and gestured for them to look at Tie Li.

Bai Xu turned his head just in time to see a fist wrapped in violet lightning aimed at his face.

"Boom"

The punch blasted Bai Xu's body outward, slamming him against a stone pillar outside the classroom.

"Boom boom boom"

A few more consecutive punches followed, and the students with Bai Xu met the same fate.

Tie Li held back; otherwise it wouldn't have been this outcome!

Bai Xu's party rose in anger and immediately prepared to summon martial souls and Soul Rings to clash with Tie Li.

"What are you trying to do? Do you think the academy's rules are merely decorations?" Zhao Laoshi appeared from the other side.

He glanced at Bai Xu and the others, then looked toward the aggressors Tie Li and Tuo Yu.

"Don't blame me; he started it," Tie Li said calmly, recounting the earlier events to Zhao Laoshi.

"Zhao Laoshi, this slot was originally mine; why give it to him?" Bai Xu expressed his displeasure on the spot.

"Zhao Laoshi, I'm also dissatisfied; we had already agreed, and we are the academy's Second Team members."

In the classroom, another student stepped forward; the one who seized his slot was Gu Qi, but he dared not dispute Gu Qi because behind Gu Qi stood the Seven Treasure Glass Sect, and he lacked the courage.

But now it's different; Bai Xu voiced his grievance openly before Zhao Laoshi, giving him an opportunity to act.

"Fine, I can give you a chance."

Zhao Laoshi pondered briefly, concluding that the matter indeed required a solution.

…

The academy's Soul Battle arena.

Tie Li, Tuo Yu, Gu Qi, and Ning Ning were summoned; they took the left side of the arena, while the original Second Team members led by Bai Xu occupied the right side. There were seven people in total, not all Three Ring Soul Honorable, and three of them were Heavenly-level students.

Even the later members of Tie Li's four‑person team were most likely selected from Heavenly-level students.

"You need an explanation, right? Simple: if you can defeat those four, the academy's Second Team members remain yours;

If you lose, you must have no complaints thereafter; if I discover any of you deliberately sabotaging from behind, I will report to the Education Committee."

"Zhao Laoshi, are you sure it's only those four? If we lose, don't claim we outnumbered them," Bai Xu said.

Seven versus four; Bai Xu doesn't think his side will lose, and his seven have already forged rapport after a period of cooperation.

Bai Xu is a strong‑attack Soul Elder, and the one who voiced discontent with him in the classroom was Wu You, an agile‑attack Soul Elder.

Besides those two, the original Second Team also had a strong‑attack Soul Elder, a control‑type Soul Elder, two defensive‑type Great Soul Masters, and one support‑type Great Soul Master.

With equal numbers of Soul Elders and three Great Soul Masters on our side, how could we possibly lose to them?

"I keep my word."

Upon Zhao Laoshi's announcement, the moment the Soul Battle began, everyone instantly summoned their martial souls and Soul Rings.

All used optimal Soul Ring configurations.

However, the soul power fluctuations on Tie Li's four were noticeably stronger than the opponents'.

Bai Xu's side showed clear bewilderment; they had assumed Tie Li's soul power level was similar, around level 31 or 32.

In age, they were indeed close to Tie Li.

"No problem, we have three more people, so the advantage is ours," Bai Xu said.

Bai Xu and another strong‑attack Soul Elder's martial souls were of the tiger and bear types respectively; entering Martial Soul Possession State, their bodies displayed obvious traits.

Tie Li summoned a purple Thunder Hammer, launching a direct frontal assault, while Ning Ning released the First Soul Technique and the Second Soul Technique, targeting Tie Li and Gu Qi respectively.

With the power and speed amplification from the Ruyi Tower, Tie Li's unleashed attack became even fiercer.

"First Soul Technique, Thunder Hammer!"

Entering Thunder Hammer Form, the hammer expanded several times over, and the booming crack as it tore through the air was chilling.

Bai Xu and the other strong‑attack Soul Elder immediately unleashed Amplification Soul Technique; the support Soul Master's amplification skill had already been applied to them, continuously boosting their physical strength as they attempted to confront Tie Li head‑on.

"Boom"

When the hammer struck, Tie Li merely stepped back a foot, whereas Bai Xu and his companion were thrown several meters off the ground, stumbling to land, a strand of blood appearing at the corner of their mouths; the hammer's force bruised their internal organs.

"Bang"

A crushing blow sent Wu You crashing down by Gu Qi, leaving extensive burns on his body; he had lost the ability to continue fighting.

Tuo Yu manipulated Ghost Vine and crimson fire thorns to achieve dual field control, tightly restricting the control‑type Soul Elders on Gu Xu's side, rendering even the two defensive Great Soul Masters immobile.

Tie Li surged upward, appearing before them in an instant.

"What?"

Another hammer came down, this time targeting Bai Xu; another person, seeing this, happened to be away and planned to ambush Tie Li from the opposite side.

Bang

Clack!

Bai Xu's both arms emitted the sound of bones cracking; he did not dodge Tie Li's attack, using the most foolish method to block Tie Li's attack, inflicting serious injuries on himself!

He immediately lost combat ability and was forced out!

Another person appeared to Tie Li's right side; unexpectedly, Tie Li lifted his right leg and, with a sudden stomp, struck the person's face directly.

In his eyes, Tie Li's attacks all condense onto the weapon's martial soul, so the attacks themselves must be weak.

"Watch me tear your right leg apart." A feral grin flashed across his face.

The right leg fused with the soul bone saw a massive boost in base attributes, with the increase in strength being especially pronounced.

Bang bang

It was clearly a single straight kick, yet it produced the sound of two consecutive kicks.

Back then, in Han Hai City, the battle beneath the Soul Battle Pool gave Tie Li the idea of developing his right leg bone; under the condition of not exposing the soul bone, how to bring out the advantage of the right leg bone!

The right leg bone fused with the soul bone is extremely strong; if used merely to vent force or as a sudden power point, its effect is limited!

Combining the opening move of the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method, relying on the legs for power, the legs are the two hearts of the blacksmith's force.

Tie Li channels the power of both legs into a single leg, with all stress and force borne entirely by the right leg bone!

(End of chapter)