Chapter 168: with translation of chapter title

Since she was preparing to participate in the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament and play with a few transmigrators like Jun Wuchen, Qian Renxue's urgent priority was naturally to join an academy that had the qualification to compete.

Among the two great empires, the total number of advanced soul master academies adds up to about a hundred. Each academy has one competition quota, and each of the two great empires has one official advanced soul master academy, occupying two quotas. Like the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The quotas of these two official advanced soul master academies are divided into main team and reserve team.

The main team will directly advance to the final finals circle, which also guarantees the face of the two great empires' royalty, while the reserve team will participate in the preliminaries together with the soul master teams from other academies.

To face a team from the Spirit Hall, one must first pass the preliminaries, after all the Soul Master Tournament is not an individual competition; even if Qian Renxue doesn't need to, she still has to gather seven members to be able to compete.

Therefore, she prepared to go to the Blue Tyrant Academy opened by Liu Erlong; due to Liu Erlong's childhood experience, it is the only academy in Heaven Dou City that recruits only civilian soul masters.

Soon Qian Renxue bade farewell to the three and left Noding Academy, heading for Heaven Dou City.

Heaven Dou City is extremely prosperous; all its streets are paved with blue bricks, each street being twice as wide as the main thoroughfare of Noding City, and the scale of the whole city can only be described as magnificent.

The gate tower of the Blue Tyrant Academy looks almost the same as the gate of Heaven Dou City, although it is much thinner, but the entrance of the gate tower is indeed ten meters high. The gate tower carved from white jade may not be splendid, but it is imposing, with eight gilded characters on it: Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Upon arriving at the gate of the Blue Tyrant Academy, Qian Renxue did not walk toward the reception beside the gatehouse, but instead walked straight in openly and aboveboard.

Upon seeing Qian Renxue's figure, a middle-aged soul master who looked about forty immediately chased out from the reception beside the gatehouse.

Generally speaking, even an outstanding soul master needs to be at least sixteen to eighteen years old to enter an advanced soul master academy, and the usual age is twenty; this girl's age looks just right, only unfortunately she seems to be a noble.

As soon as the middle-aged man stopped her, he was shocked by the girl's appearance, his face turning slightly red. With her golden hair and violet eyes, even the brilliant sunlight could not help but dim when she revealed her true looks.

Nevertheless, the man dutifully said, "This student, the academy's enrollment period has already ended, and we do not accept noble members; please go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

Qian Renxue's aura looks extremely noble; just from her appearance one can tell she is not an ordinary commoner. The Blue Tyrant Academy has always despised noble offspring, after all nobles are always arrogant and self-important, and even the academy's students often suffer oppression from noble offspring.

"I'm here to find Dean Liu Erlong; do you know her? Could you please show me the way?"

Seeing that Qian Renxue was good-looking and so polite, seeming not to come for trouble, the middle-aged man's expression eased slightly, "I don't know what your relationship with the dean is."

Qian Renxue softly said, "Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon."

The middle-aged man's expression changed, and he hurriedly said, "Please follow me."

Back then, Liu Erlong was not a powerful fire dragon soul sage; the Blue Tyrant Academy could originally be established in Heaven Dou City thanks to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect has now vanished, Liu Erlong has also grown up, and with her fiery temper she would not be bullied by those nobles who want to take a bite out of her.

Upon entering the Blue Tyrant Academy, although the mountain and water scenery is not as beautiful as that of the Spirit Hall Academy, everything gives a very grand feeling. A wide path leads straight inside, with rows of trees on both sides; at the end one can see a large training ground over two hundred meters in diameter, surrounded by a ring of three-story buildings.

At this time it seemed to be the practical combat class, and many students were on the training ground.

"Hey! Bastard, did you know you bumped into me?"

"Ah, sorry, I I didn't mean to."

"What's the use of sorry?! Come on, let's practice!"

Under the gentle sun, the entire training ground exuded an extremely violent atmosphere; there were many rambunctious soul masters, some with weird big pompadours, some grabbing collars to threaten others into fighting, and a crowd engaged in a brawl—correct, Qian Renxue called it a brawl, not a soul duel.

That was completely a chaotic scene, with no order whatsoever.

This Blue Tyrant Academy seems different from the original work, instead filled with a violent and chaotic atmosphere where the strong are on top and the weak at the bottom.

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man's face turned slightly embarrassed as he explained, "These kids aren't actually that bad; they just want to become stronger. The only chance for civilian soul masters to change their status is the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament held every five years. For the sake of future competition and titles, this year's Blue Tyrant Academy is much harsher than before."

A hint of pride appeared on the man's face: "So, noble offspring had best not join the academy; how can greenhouse flowers compare to the wild wolves of our academy?"

Qian Renxue said nothing, merely walking past the middle-aged man forward; since she was preparing to lead the Blue Tyrant Academy in competition, she naturally wanted to first intimidate a wave of the academy's students, so that her later management and search for filler teammates would be easier.

"Student, wait a moment."

"Pat-pat, pat-pat."

The clear and calm sound of high heels walking amidst the violence and chaos made all the students stop the fists in their hands.

On the training ground of the Blue Tyrant Academy, all the students saw the girl led by the reception teacher, her golden hair loosely hanging behind her, a pair of violet eyes as clear and flawless as amethyst.

She had a slender figure, a slim waist and long legs, her development astonishingly good; she wore asymmetrical earrings on left and right, one a golden sun, the other a silver moon.

This girl was truly too beautiful.

Even the sun at that moment seemed to become her backdrop, all gazes instantly falling on her.

I don't know who first exclaimed, but in an instant the training ground was filled with exclamations, and the male students' gazes instantly turned ardent.

"Hey, are you the new transfer student? You really look not bad."

"Are you blind? Such a top-notch beauty is just 'not bad'? She will be my goddess from now on!"

"Heh, at first glance you're just a noble here to play, a useless vase."

"Enough already; she looks so good, what more strength does she need?"

After a brief silence, the entire training ground boiled over, with various pointing and discussion voices coming from all directions, and of course many ill-intentioned boys whistling at her.

"Yo~ noble young lady, want to make friends with us commoners from the mud?"

These were just verbal teasing, but next, two people walked over from under the shady big tree; upon seeing them, the students on the training ground immediately fell silent, all the clamor and teasing as if they had never existed.

One had worn his uniform into a sloppy shirt, not buttoning it, casually exposing his sturdy upper body as he walked, smiling and saying, "Noble young lady, want to play with us lowly commoners? My strength is quite strong; maybe I'll let you have a great time. Nobles who want to gild themselves don't deserve to join the Blue Tyrant Academy." The other was somewhat small and frail in build, with an ugly appearance: collapsed nasal bridge, small eyes, thick lips, not tall, and even his hair looked somewhat sparse. Being able to stay in the academy meant he was definitely under twenty-five, but his looks made him appear much older than his actual age.

The small-framed man looked at Qian Renxue with a gloomy gaze; due to his past experiences, this kind of beautiful noble lady was the type he hated most—arrogant and bullying the weak—but he himself was merely a useless vase dragging others down.

"Oh no, it's actually Chi Yu Can and Shangguan Tian; my goddess is probably going to be kicked out of the school, these two hate noble girls the most."

"How did these two troublemakers get into the academy? With Elder Sister Wu Yu not around, no one can suppress them."

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse; we're done here."

These two were called the "Heaven Ruin" combination by the students of the Blue Tyrant Academy, also quite notorious; in the academy they are also feared ruthless characters, because their strength is formidable, their coordination is very tacit, they excel at two-on-two soul duels, and they are infamous for their ruthless cruelty.

In the eyes of the Blue Tyrant Academy students, Qian Renxue at this moment was already a squid on the chopping block, with only being beaten out of the academy gate and leaving in disgrace as the possible outcome.

"Just based on you two, who aren't even a Soul Ancestor, you're trash?"

"Thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth rank, truly useless."

Qian Renxue tapped her golden sun earring, her eyes full of disdainful contempt.

Hearing Qian Renxue's arrogant words, the students who had been preparing to get up and leave in twos and threes couldn't help but stop in their tracks, staring at her in astonishment.

With so many people around, not giving the "Heaven Ruin" combination any face could lead to loss of life! These commoners, whose lives are already worthless, might even go crazy on a whim and kill nobles for fun.

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously released their martial souls; six soul rings appeared before Qian Renxue, all being the optimal configuration of two yellow and one purple.

In Chi Yu Can's hand appeared a diamond giant shield; the upper part of the huge shield was rectangular, the lower part triangular. The shield's total height easily exceeded two meters, and its width was also over one and a half meters; with such a huge shield, even someone as stalwart as Chi Yu Can must tilt it upward to keep it off the ground.

And the short-statured Shangguan Tian, upon releasing his martial soul, instantly reached a height of over three meters, astonishingly sturdy; his pair of exceptionally thick arms each had five giant claws over two feet long at the front, his martial soul being one of the three major subspecies of the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear—the Terrorclaw Bear.

Shangguan Tian waved his sharp claws, and a cruel smile instantly appeared on his face covered in bear fur.

"As long as you take back what you just said and have a good drink with us seniors, we can let you off once. After all, your face is truly the most beautiful I've ever seen; it'd be a shame to scar it, and even someone like me would feel heartbroken."

"Hehe, otherwise even the teacher can't save you."

Qian Renxue remained unmoved, lightly saying, "You seem confident in your claws; if so, try swiping at me, trash."

"Hmph! Arrogant!"

The huge terror claw instantly reached Qian Renxue's face; the dark gold terror claw opened, as large as Qian Renxue's entire torso. Although the terror claw bear lacks the dark gold terror claw bear's strong defense, it inherited the dark gold terror claw bear's terrifying dark gold terror claw.

The dark gold terror claw carries metallic and tearing properties, with immense force; its strength equals ten times Shangguan Tian's own bone strength, and its power is five times.

A strange light suddenly flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes; immediately, she raised her left arm.

Facing the huge dark gold terror claw, she neither tried to dodge nor used her martial soul; deep in her pupils, a dark gold hue flickered faintly.

She swung her left fist straight at the center of the dark gold terror claw; beside Shangguan Tian, Chi Yu Can suddenly heard a series of bone-cracking sounds coming from Shangguan Tian's body, and a strange aura burst forth from Qian Renxue like a geyser.

The moment this aura appeared, Shangguan Tian and Chi Yu Can's bodies immediately showed a reaction.

Chi Yu Can, who was holding a shield and pressing the formation nearby, froze; he felt an extreme fear flash from his heart, his body halted and he trembled, and his soul power visibly became unstable.

The other one reacting was naturally Shangguan Tian facing Qian Renxue.

Although Chi Yu Can's body showed a reaction, Qian Renxue's aura wasn't aimed at him; Shangguan Tian's feeling was much stronger than Chi Yu Can's.

In that instant, Shangguan Tian felt he was no longer facing a person but a terrifying beast; the power from his own bloodline suddenly turned into a restraint, great power turned into intense trembling, just as a terror claw bear seeing the true dark gold terror claw bear king would, his original motion of swinging the dark gold terror claw became at least twice as sluggish.

Then he watched helplessly as Qian Renxue's pale, tender fist swung out, crushing his dark gold terror claw like pounding cotton; before the backlash of her shattered martial soul could manifest, a huge force surged out, blasting him away, his bones shattering all over—after just one exchange he seemed to become a useless cripple. How could this be?

The moment Shangguan Tian was blasted away, whether it was Chi Yu Can beside him or the students and teachers on the field, everyone stared dumbfounded.

"Ahhh——!! My body! My bones, no, I don't want to become a cripple!!!"

As Shangguan Tian's heart-rending voice rang out, the crowd only then woke up from their stupor.

Chi Yu Can stared at Qian Renxue in shock, "What's going on? This is impossible; Xiao Tian's terror claw bear martial soul is top-tier."

What exactly did she just do? Qian Renxue's cold purple pupils slowly shifted from Shangguan Tian's body to Chi Yu Can's martial soul.

"You're really a useless waste, but you're different from him; your defensive martial soul should be able to satisfy me, right?"

The golden-haired girl's voice was calm and pleasant; she tilted her head with interest, looking quite cute and playful, but Chi Yu Can now felt no appreciation—he only sensed he had fallen into an endless abyss, a suffocating feeling like a python's constriction. He would die if he took a punch; he should run, yes! I—I must flee!!

But his body couldn't move; his body was too frightened to move. Fear pierced Chi Yu Can's heart; his body bearing the Vajra Giant Shield martial soul trembled, and tears streamed uncontrollably from his face.

Qian Renxue quietly watched his sorry state, unmoved.

The beautiful golden-haired, purple-pupiled girl, her eyes full of mischief, softly said, "This won't do, senior; you have to let me enjoy myself."

Like an inscrutable witch, Qian Renxue's gentle voice suddenly turned icy, like eternal ice that never melts.

"Otherwise, even the teacher can't save you."

4400, brothers, I made a especially nice picture.

(End of chapter)