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At the same time, many others were acting similarly to Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan.
Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng, and the Shi brothers had all sent letters back to their respective clans. However, their actions weren't quite as exaggerated as those of Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan.
The next morning.
Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, Emperor Team Training Area.
As usual, the vast majority of the Emperor Team members had already arrived at the training grounds to begin their daily drills.
Yu Tianheng was training his Dragon Transformation ability; the Shi brothers were engaged in a sparring match; and Osler and Yu Feng were chasing each other up a small hill while carrying heavy weights...
Suddenly, a stranger appeared in the Emperor Team training area.
It was Tang Ni.
She was currently dragging Xiao Lin by the arm, using her immense, monstrous strength to force him step-by-step toward the Soul Fighting Arena.
"Holy crap! Who is that girl? She's so overbearing!"
"What incredible strength... she's actually dragging Xiao Lin along?"
The Shi brothers were the first to spot Tang Ni, and they couldn't help but cry out in surprise.
Although the two brothers had never fought Xiao Lin before, that didn't mean they couldn't recognize the latent power hidden beneath his frame. If one were talking about pure explosive power and raw strength, Xiao Lin's might likely surpassed even Yu Tianheng's.
This was the consensus among the Shi brothers, judged by the outcome of the battle between Xiao Lin and Yu Tianheng. They didn't have specific data—it was purely a judgment call based on their combat experience.
Hearing the Shi brothers' exclamations, Yu Tianheng and Ye Lingling also turned curiously toward the Soul Fighting Arena.
On the stage, Tang Ni stood with her arms crossed over her chest, looking down at Xiao Lin with an expression of immense pride. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin looked suspicious and shifty, wearing a face that seemed ready to beg for mercy at any moment.
"Xiao Lin, we agreed yesterday. If I win, I'll be the captain of Emperor Team, and you'll have to call me 'Big Sister'!"
Tang Ni shouted in a clear voice, broadcasting the bet she had made with Xiao Lin yesterday to all the surrounding team members.
At this moment, "Xiao Lin" was completely dazed.
Had he ever said such a thing?
He has a sister?
I didn't gather any intel about that!
The "Fake Xiao Lin" was utterly bewildered.
He had only intended to investigate why Xiao Lin was buying Whale Glue. After a night of reconnaissance, he discovered that Xiao Lin had only just enrolled in the academy and had already become an official member—and the Captain—of Emperor Team.
What kind of situation was this?
He was merely an Agility Attack System Soul Master who specialized in intelligence gathering. How could he possibly defeat the monstrously strong "human tigress" standing before him?
The Fake Xiao Lin thought it over.
Under the watchful eyes of the gathered students, he decided to play along for a moment and then immediately surrender.
As long as I surrender fast enough, no one can beat me up.
The Fake Xiao Lin felt quite pleased with his plan.
He quickly assumed an air of calm indifference.
"Fine then. Let's get started!"
The moment the words left the Fake Xiao Lin's mouth, a flash of golden light crossed his vision.
A fair, delicate hand—no, a jade-like fist—came barreling straight toward his face.
Wait, I didn't say 'start' yet!
The thought flashed through the Fake Xiao Lin's mind just as he was about to shout his surrender.
In the next second, his vision went dark. He felt an unparalleled, monstrous force behind that iron fist as it crushed the bridge of his nose. The powerful impact transmitted directly into his fragile brain.
BOOM!
In an instant, the Fake Xiao Lin was sent flying.
He didn't stop until he slammed into the protective barrier of the Soul Fighting Arena, letting out a deafening crash.
As the protective barrier of the stage trembled for a long while, the members of Emperor Team collectively sucked in a breath of cold air.
This blonde beauty was way too violent!
Captain Xiao Lin was taken down in a single punch?
The team members sighed inwardly, thinking to themselves that the position of Captain was about to change hands once again. Even Yu Tianheng, the strongest among them, had his brows tightly knit. He stared at the blonde girl in front of him with a look of utter disbelief.
Looking at Tang Ni's tall, slender figure, she didn't look like someone who possessed such terrifying strength.
Yu Tianheng felt an inexplicable sense of pressure weighing down on him.
"Did she just use her Martial Soul?"
"Did she use any soul rings?"
"Why didn't I see anything? And why... why is my Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon Martial Soul feeling afraid?"
Not even Xiao Lin had ever given him this sensation.
Could it be a superior suppression of the Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon lineage?
For a moment, Yu Tianheng was shaken to his core.
Awakening the Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon had always been his greatest point of pride. Having always claimed it to be the strongest Beast Martial Soul, Yu Tianheng generally looked down upon other Beast Martial Soul masters of the same level.
Take the Dai Clan's White Tiger Martial Soul, for example. If it weren't for the fact that the Dai and Zhu Clans possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Yu Tianheng wouldn't even want to acknowledge the White Tiger's prowess.
While Yu Tianheng wasn't an overtly arrogant person, that was the general sentiment. The Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon Martial Soul could guarantee a path to becoming a Titled Douluo; could the Dai Clan's White Tiger do the same?
Aside from that, while he certainly respected other Titled Douluo with Beast Martial Souls, they didn't have a consolidated heritage like his clan did.
Now, to suddenly be confronted by a Martial Soul that stood superior to the Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon—how could Yu Tianheng not be shocked?
To put it in perspective, the only person he currently showed any modicum of respect toward was Shui Bing'er from Tian Shui Academy because of her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. Even then, if he were to face Shui Bing'er head-on, he was absolutely confident he could defeat her.
But this blonde girl before him... she made him feel, for the first time, a peculiar sense of being "unbeatable."
Could it be a Martial Soul like the one from Uncle Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul Fusion Skill?
Yu Tianheng had grown up under Yu Xiaogang's care. Although the outside world's evaluation of Yu Xiaogang was currently quite poor, the world of Soul Masters always spoke through strength.
As the "Corner of Wisdom" of the Golden Iron Triangle and a part of a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, who would dare to truly look down on him? Who would mock Yu Xiaogang to the Golden Iron Triangle's face unless they possessed true power?
Because of this, Yu Tianheng had learned about the Golden Saint Dragon from Yu Xiaogang.
Combined with Grandmaster Xiao Yan's research papers, Yu Tianheng had hypothesized more than once that one of the evolution paths for the Blue Tyrant Lightning Dragon was the Golden Saint Dragon.
Is this girl's Martial Soul the Golden Saint Dragon? Could she be Aunt Liu Erlong's daughter? But how did she get mixed up with Xiao Lin and the others?
Yu Tianheng's mind raced.
In the span of just a few seconds, his thoughts had already drifted to a dozen different possibilities.
At that moment, Yu Feng, drawn by the commotion of the battle between Tang Ni and the Fake Xiao Lin, flew over at high speed to watch. He arrived just in time to see the tides turn in an instant.
Seeing the "invincible" Xiao Lin collapse (metaphorically weeping), Yu Feng's big mouth immediately blurted out:
"Holy crap! That guy isn't Xiao Lin!"
As the impact had caused the Fake Xiao Lin's true features to be exposed, Yu Feng screamed the discovery aloud.
"Hmph, I knew this guy was a fake long ago," Tang Ni said, crossing her arms proudly.
This "Xiao Lin" had been acting all shifty and suspicious; she had seen through him at a glance. As for how? It was all about the difference in Providence. This fake had "death" written all over his face, a far cry from the overwhelming Providence Xiao Lin carried.
That was why Tang Ni had simply struck out and flattened him.
"Although I don't know who you are, this is a very serious matter. I'll take it from here."
Since Xiao Lin wasn't present, Yu Tianheng stepped up to resume his responsibilities as the Acting Captain of Emperor Team.
He already suspected that this Fake Xiao Lin was a spy sent from another academy to scout for intelligence. In the next motion, Yu Tianheng hauled the Fake Xiao Lin up by the collar and began dragging him toward Qin Ming's office.
"Hello... what is your name?"
Once Yu Tianheng had left, the only girl remaining in the training area, Ye Lingling, tentatively approached Tang Ni to strike up a conversation.
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