Chapter 38: A Display of Strength

After receiving several long-range attacks, the Demon-Slaying Owl was sent flying by the impact, landing several meters away and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Everyone hurried to gather together, looking toward that patch of dust.

Once the dust settled, the Demon-Slaying Owl walked out from the haze; everyone could clearly see that, aside from a few bald patches in its cyan fur, there were no other injuries on its body.

"This Spirit Beast's defensive power is this strong?" someone whispered.

Someone intended to go and ask the teachers to step in and resolve this Spirit Beast.

However, when they turned their heads to look at the accompanying teachers standing behind them, the figures of those two teachers had already disappeared.

Nevertheless, the voices belonging to the teachers rang out from an unknown location: "Solve this Demon-Slaying Owl yourselves; unless it is an absolute last resort, we two will never intervene."

The words of these two teachers made many people's hearts go cold.

Standing in the crowd, Yu Tianheng looked at Zhou Huan not far away, and seeing that he hadn't even released his martial soul, he could only feel that Zhou Huan's level 37 soul power was all built up by drugs.

Yu Tianheng then spoke up: "Everyone listen to me, this Demon-Slaying Owl has strong defensive power; students with long-range attack capabilities, go behind the melee Spirit Masters and wait for the right moment to release long-range attacks together;

those with Defense-type Spirit Master martial souls, stand at the very front and hold off this Demon-Slaying Owl's attacks;

Agility-attack System Spirit Masters, find opportunities on the side to support the Defense System Spirit Masters;

Power-attack System Spirit Masters, just like the Agility-attack System Spirit Masters, find your own opportunities to support;

Support System Spirit Masters, provide buffs to the Spirit Masters."

After Yu Tianheng finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Huan and said, "Student Zhou Huan, which category of Spirit Master are you? Why don't you see to it yourself."

The crowd's gazes also turned to Zhou Huan; seeing that he hadn't even released his martial soul, many looked at him with a hint of disdain, feeling that Zhou Huan had the level 37 soul power in name only, but lacked any combat ability.

Some even felt that because Zhou Huan hadn't released his martial soul or Soul Rings when he originally claimed to have level 37 soul power, he had been boasting at the time and didn't have level 37 soul power at all.

Zhou Huan merely glanced at Yu Tianheng without speaking, released his Element Spirit Tree martial soul from his left hand, and three Soul Rings lit up in unison.

Subsequently, the cyan Wood Power bloomed, and countless vines grew wildly from the soil around Zhou Huan, winding toward the Fengmoxiao.

At the same time, the pure golden Metal Power was also gathered by Zhou Huan, forming golden rings in the air that looped toward the Fengmoxiao.

Watching the thick vines winding toward it, the Fengmoxiao hurriedly jumped up, swinging between tree branches to dodge the vines on the ground.

However, while the Fengmoxiao dodged those vines, it did not dodge those golden rings; several golden rings looped around the Fengmoxiao's body, trapping it tight.

The trapped Fengmoxiao fell straight to the ground, twisting its body in an attempt to break free from the golden rings' restraint.

But the golden rings were incomparably tough; although they deformed under the Fengmoxiao's immense strength, they were merely objects condensed by Zhou Huan using Metal Power, and were continuously repaired by Zhou Huan with Metal Power.

After the golden rings trapped the Fengmoxiao, the vines controlled by Zhou Huan swarmed over, wrapping the Fengmoxiao inside and turning it into a 'cocoon' formed of vines.

Zhou Huan clapped his hands again, and a mass of ink-blue water appeared out of thin air, wrapping around the cocoon and turning it into a water ball; Zhou Huan raised his foot and kicked the water ball, and with the reinforcement of soul power, he easily kicked the water ball away.

The water ball wrapping the Fengmoxiao drew an arc in the air as it flew toward the depths of the Hunting Soul Forest; before long, the arc traced by the water ball turned into a rainbow, dazzling and eye-catching.

Zhou Huan completed all these actions in the blink of an eye, just as the Fengmoxiao's figure completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

All the students of the Heavenly Class stared with shocked eyes at Zhou Huan, who had already retracted his martial soul; some opened their mouths, wanting to speak, but didn't know what to say.

They only made meaningless syllables like "Uh, ah, uh-uh."

Finally, Gu Can and Tie Luoxi walked out from behind a large tree; looking at Zhou Huan standing not far away, the two felt that their worldview of these past years had collapsed, shattering into pieces on the ground.

Gu Can took a deep look at Zhou Huan, then, looking at the dumbfounded students, said with a sense of "hate that iron doesn't become steel": "Did you see that? I said before, if you want to achieve something in the world of Spirit Masters, you must put in your own effort.

When I taught you before, you were lazy; do you regret it now?"

Many students lowered their heads, not daring to look in Gu Can's direction.

However, many female students stared fixedly at Zhou Huan, their eyes filled with greed.

Such a talented genius is rarely seen in the entire Douluo Continent; it would be best to befriend the other party before they have fully grown, as that would allow one to obtain more benefits.

Among these people, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were also looking at Zhou Huan.

Although their families were not weak, for a genius like Zhou Huan, their families would also have to treat him with courtesy; unless necessary, they must never make an enemy of him.

The look in Ye Lingling's eyes as she watched Zhou Huan already carried curiosity and inquiry.

Because the power containing immense life force that Zhou Huan displayed during the battle just now had attracted Ye Lingling's attention.

If Zhou Huan could display such powerful life force, and she were to unite with him, then the child born would have a high probability of awakening the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul; after all, no matter how powerful the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul is, it is still a plant-type martial soul.

Under such immense life force, there was a high probability that the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul could be awakened by their child.

This was the Ye Family's greatest wish, because the appearance of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul was truly unstable; according to the Ye Family's records, the longest interval between two generations of Nine Heart Begonia martial souls was two hundred years.

After the previous owner of the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul died, it took over two hundred years for the next Nine Heart Begonia martial soul to appear.

Now that there was a chance to potentially pass on the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul stably, even as cold as Ye Lingling was, she developed the intention to befriend Zhou Huan.

And Dugu Yan wanted to win Zhou Huan over even more, because Dugu Bo had once told Dugu Yan that the Jade Phosphorus Snake martial soul their family awakened would lead to a backlash of toxins due to frequent use of poison, causing them to poison themselves.

If the backlash of the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison was not resolved, Dugu Yan feared she would not live past thirty.