Chapter 16: Suction Palm Shows Its Might

There was no unnecessary delay.

Xiao Xian led Tang San directly toward the academy's back gate.

At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, if anyone wants to issue a challenge, they choose the Back Mountain outside the back gate.

Calling it the Back Mountain is really just a small hill with some stray trees and weeds; teachers rarely come, or rather, they deliberately come very rarely.

On the way, Tang San silently gathered several stalks of Sugarcane.

He handed them to Xiao Xian.

Xiao Wu is his roommate, with whom he has only sparred twice, and Xiao Xian is his senior brother.

Xiao Xian let out a helpless chuckle, accepted them, but only stored them in his Soul Guide Device.

To fight Xiao Wu, there's no need to cheat.

However, he also took out a Water Sac and took two sips.

Back Mountain.

Wang Sheng and the other part-time students looked somewhat conflicted.

"Xiao Wu sis, you really want to challenge Boss Xiao..."

Xiao Chenyu had already rushed back and told them about Xiao Xian receiving the Challenge Letter.

Their expressions all changed a bit.

Xiao Wu flicked her Scorpion Tail Whip and hesitated.

Her blanket was still the one given by Xiao Xian.

But the words had already been spoken; she couldn't just refuse. Xiao Chenyu and the others were too overbearing, and with a tug and pull they directly involved Xiao Xian.

Nevertheless, she had some quick wit.

"What are you saying? This is a spar, a spar!"

"You all stop meddling. I tell Wang Sheng, am I the dorm leader or are you the leader, why are you all so nosy!" Xiao Wu said, getting a bit angry, and waved her fist.

Xiao Chenyu and the others, together more than twenty senior students, stood at a corner of the Back Mountain, each looking wounded, no longer exuding their usual arrogance.

Obviously, they had been beaten badly.

Xiao Wu's combat power was still strong; this group of senior students only seemed numerous. In fact, aside from Xiao Chenyu, who is a Level 11 Soul Master, the others are merely Soul Scholars below Level 10.

Before long, Xiao Xian arrived.

"Boss Xiao!"

"Boss Xiao!"

The senior students, upon seeing Xiao Xian, immediately gathered around, chattering noisily.

Xiao Chenyu didn't say much, just stood at the back and gave Wang Sheng and the others a provocative smile.

That little girl named Xiao Wu has a Hundred-Year Soul Ring; her background is unknown, and she can't be provoked.

Then just find someone you can provoke, and that'll do.

The part-time students still want to push down on the self-funded students—how is that possible!

"Alright, stop the noise," Xiao Xian said calmly among the crowd.

He had no interest at all in how this group got beaten.

They had previously bullied the part-time students a lot.

Just a tit-for-tat.

He only came to fight, not to stand up for them.

After the fight, whatever happens, will be as usual.

Xiao Xian walked toward the part-time students on the other side of the small hill.

Tang San hesitated a few times, didn't follow, and hid among the senior students; his slender frame went unnoticed by the part-time students.

The part-time students became somewhat nervous upon seeing Xiao Xian.

"Wang Sheng, I heard someone among you wants to challenge me," Xiao Xian glanced at Wang Sheng, his tone flat.

"Boss Xiao..."

"It's not a challenge, it's a spar!" Xiao Wu interrupted Wang Sheng, crinkling her nose, "Xiao Chenyu says you're the strongest in the whole academy; if you can beat you in a spar, it means the part-time students are stronger than your self-funded students."

"Xiao Chenyu and that withered flower and broken willow, only then will they be satisfied, and after that no part-time student will be bullied!"

"Is that so?" Xiao Xian turned back, glancing at Xiao Chenyu.

Xiao Chenyu immediately tucked his neck and retreated behind the crowd.

Xiao Xian turned again, looked back at Xiao Wu, and smiled slightly: "Challenge, spar, there's no real difference. It seems the one who wants to challenge me is you; how do you intend to fight?"

"Of course, just hit directly!" Xiao Wu had already decided and was straightforward.

A flash of red light burst from her body, her ears elongated, soft white fur rose from the sides of her head, and her stature grew a few inches.

At the same time, a yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring rose from beneath her feet, drifting slowly.

"Xiao Wu, first-year part-time student, martial soul, Rabbit, Level 12 One-ring Battle Soul Master!"

Xiao Wu's eyes turned red, staring at Xiao Xian, assuming a combat stance.

Regarding the martial soul rules, she had just learned them from Xiao Chenyu.

"Xiao Xian, second-year student, martial soul, Purple-haired Dog, Level 13 One-ring Battle Soul Master."

Seeing this, Xiao Xian was no longer courteous.

A spark of excitement even rose within him.

Among the many students at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, only Xiao Chenyu possessed a soul ring, a Ten-year White Soul Ring, and his combat power was not strong.

When he first created the Grass-creation Absorption Palm, he easily defeated it.

Now, having achieved Suction Palm Great Achievement, he was already thinking of finding Tang San or Xiao Wu for a fight.

This opportunity is just right.

Xiao Wu frowned at Xiao Xian and asked, "Where's your martial soul?"

Xiao Xian didn't release Xiao Jue, nor did his soul ring appear, and even his soul power fluctuation wasn't strong.

Xiao Xian shook his head, a gentle smile on his face, and said softly, "Martial soul? I don't usually use it."

A Soul Master fights without unleashing the martial soul?

Xiao Wu felt slighted, her gaze changed, and in a crisp, somewhat fierce voice she said, "If you get knocked down later, don't whine!"

She kicked off with both legs, rushed toward Xiao Xian, and at the same time flicked her head back, sending a jet‑black Scorpion Braid straight at Xiao Xian's neck.

The group of part‑time students behind Xiao Wu also thought Xiao Xian was a bit overpowered.

Especially Wang Sheng, whose complexion stayed odd, and he even stepped forward a few steps silently.

He thought to himself, if the situation turned bad and Sister Xiao Wu still struck so hard, even if she beat him later, he would still stop her.

Tang San stood among the senior trainees, his gaze unchanged.

He was quietly clutching a few Stones in his hand.

Xiao Chenyu and the other seniors who had been beaten by Xiao Xian last semester remained calm.

They had indeed witnessed Xiao Xian's Self-Created Soul Technique.

Especially Xiao Chenyu.

Regarding the Self-Created Soul Technique, he even went home during vacation to ask his city‑lord father, and learned it was very rare—only sects or families with massive backgrounds might inherit it.

His father repeatedly warned him not to provoke Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian remained calm.

He slightly raised his hand, moving to block the Braid.

Xiao Wu instantly flicked her head, and the Braid passed over her palm.

At the same time, her small hand reached out, and her arm oddly twisted, trying to wrap around Xiao Xian's raised right hand.

But…

The next moment.

Xiao Xian stepped back, his palm turning inward.

Whoosh—!

A sudden, intense Suction burst from his palm.

In the air, the Braid slipped around his palm, headed straight for his neck, twitched oddly, then reversed direction, flying toward his palm!

"What soul skill is this?!"

Xiao Wu was startled, tilted her head back, trying to shake off the Braid to avoid being controlled.

But the Scorpion Braid didn't budge, still flying straight toward Xiao Xian's palm.

In an instant, the jet‑black Scorpion Braid was firmly grasped by Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian glanced at Xiao Wu.

His right hand pulled inward.

"Ugh—!"

Xiao Wu felt a sharp pain in her scalp and couldn't help a gasp.

Her body, unable to restrain herself, rushed toward Xiao Xian.

In pain, tears glimmered faintly in her eyes.

Her gaze at Xiao Xian grew even more fierce.

"You wait for me… wait until I get close!"

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