Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

"The seven treasures have names: first, strength; second, speed."

After Dai Mubai was knocked away, Ning Rongrong finally reacted, summoned her martial soul, and at the same time, two yellow soul rings flashed, and two beams of colorful light landed directly on Xiao Yan.

"What? You're starting to talk back now that you've gained a slight advantage?"

The fiery behemoth that knocked Dai Mubai away disappeared, revealing Dai Mubai surrounded by a white light shield. "Your soul skill is barely scratching me!"

"Ah, yes, yes, you're the best, you're the most amazing," Xiao Yan said with a deadpan expression, "You'll be roasted alive and your mouth will still be hard."

This so-called "first soul skill" is just a simple flame shaping. Apart from the initial impact, the only thing that can damage the target is the high temperature of the flame.

Although Dai Mubai managed to withstand the attack thanks to his protective soul skill, his skin was still burning red and hot all over.

After Dai Mubai finished trash-talking, his second spirit ring lit up again. A huge white light instantly condensed, and with a tiger's roar, a ball of milky white light spewed out of his mouth.

The target of this white orb of light was Ning Rongrong, who had given Xiao Yan a buff and then hid to the side.

Despite his arrogant demeanor, Dai Mubai was still a prince of a country, and he recognized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a martial soul, as well as its ability to enhance the power of a soul master.

Of course, the most crucial point is that Xiao Yan has only used one soul skill so far, and if his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave were released towards Xiao Yan, it might not be able to force Xiao Yan to use a second or third soul skill.

But it's different if the target is Ning Rongrong—

"Fire Curtain!"

With a loud shout from Xiao Yan, his second soul ring lit up, and a purple-gold flame curtain rose in front of Ning Rongrong.

As the curtain of flames rose, the white orb of light that Dai Mubai spat out collided with the curtain. After a slight ripple, both the curtain of flames and the white orb of light disappeared at the same time.

'If the second soul skill is defense, then the third soul skill should be amplifying the intensity of the flames!'

A glint flashed in Dai Mubai's eyes, his purple soul rings instantly shone brightly, the air around him distorted, and his eyes suddenly turned blood red.

His body, which had become more robust due to the possession of his martial spirit, the White Tiger, swelled up again, his muscles bulging exaggeratedly, and his upper clothes were completely stretched, revealing the terrifying outline of his muscles.

Even more bizarrely, black horizontal stripes appeared on his skin, making him look almost like a tiger if he weren't hairless.

His tiger paws grew even larger, and the sharp claws that extended from them turned a bright silver. Most remarkably, his entire body was enveloped in a strong golden light, as if he were gilded. His blood-red eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light, and his whole being exuded the domineering aura of a king among beasts.

After transforming, Dai Mubai grinned maliciously, pushed off with both legs, and charged at Xiao Yan again.

Perhaps to save trouble, Dai Mubai didn't change direction and just rushed towards Xiao Yan along the deep ditch plowed out by the fiery beast.

"Indeed, my martial spirit and soul skills determine that I am not suited for close combat..."

Xiao Yan's face showed a strange expression. "But, didn't you notice?"

"The Flame Rhinoceros must have come into contact with a lot of dead leaves along the way, right? None of them caught fire, did they?"

Um?

Xiao Yan's words startled Dai Mubai.

Could it be that his third soul skill isn't a strong amplification of flame intensity, but rather an even more powerful output?!

With this thought in mind, Dai Mubai's first spirit ring shone brightly once again.

However, before he could release his protective soul skill, a cluster of flames began to climb up from the foot that touched the ground.

In less than a second, Dai Mubai was frozen into a large block of ice. At that moment, his protective soul skill was released, forming a white light shield around Dai Mubai, who was frozen into an ice block.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

More than ten seconds passed, and the ice block remained solid, without the slightest crack.

"Tsk tsk, this kid has completely lost face." Li Yusong walked to the ice block, making mocking tsk-tsk sounds as he looked at the frozen Dai Mubai.

Knock knock.

"Hmm, still no response. You win."

After tapping the ice and discovering that Dai Mubai's eyes could move normally but he couldn't break free, Li Yusong waved his hand, announcing Xiao Yan and Ning Rongrong's victory.

"The main problem is that he was too reckless. He didn't understand his opponent's soul skill and dared to charge forward so blindly, even following the trail left by the opponent's soul skill," Xiao Yan shrugged and gave a simple evaluation. "Do you need me to help him unfreeze?"

"No need, he should be able to break free on his own in about a minute."

"Although this kid is a bit reckless, the amplification provided by his thousand-year soul ring skill is still quite good. If your thousand-year soul skill hadn't happened to be a control soul skill, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly."

As Dai Mubai's teacher, Li Yusong still said a few words on his behalf to prevent Dai Mubai from getting angry later.

"Speaking of which, is your soul skill instantaneous...?"

"Teacher, is the entrance exam over?"

After saying a few good words for Dai Mubai, Li Yusong looked at Xiao Yan with some curiosity, wanting to find out the origin of Xiao Yan's third soul skill, but was quickly interrupted by Ning Rongrong.

In the world of Soul Masters, it's an open secret not to easily investigate other people's Soul Skills. Li Yusong, who hadn't ventured out for a long time, only remembered this rule after being interrupted by Ning Rongrong.

'Sigh, I forgot they haven't officially enrolled yet...' Li Yusong smiled awkwardly.

"Come on, I'll take you to your dorms. Today is just the entrance test. Formal teaching will begin tomorrow when the dean returns."

“The school dormitories are usually two people per room. Two students have already enrolled, so you should only be able to have a single room,” Li Yusong said as they walked near the wooden houses. “If you can convince them, it’s not a problem for three girls to live together.”

"By the way, the male and female dormitories are separate, and the school also prohibits male students from entering the female dormitories at will."

Then, as if he had thought of something, Li Yusong said meaningfully.

"The boys' dormitory is about 30 meters to the right of the girls' dormitory. Do you need me to show you the way?" Ning Rongrong even loudly announced the location of the boys' dormitory before heading towards the girls' dormitory complex.

"Teacher, aren't you going a bit too far?"

Looking at Ning Rongrong's suddenly cheerful back, Xiao Yan said helplessly to Li Yusong.

“Our school doesn’t prohibit normal interactions between boys and girls,” Li Yusong said with a sly smile. “Besides, teacher, I’m just giving you a helping hand!”

“But I’m only ten years old!” Xiao Yan emphasized.

"So what if he's ten? He's fully functional at ten!" Li Yusong said with a serious expression.

Chapter 31 Haotian

"newborn?"

As Xiao Yan approached the boys' dormitory area, he suddenly heard a soft, gentle voice.

Looking up, I saw a man dressed in gray, with neat short hair but a full beard. It was hard to imagine that such a soft voice would come from such a burly-looking man.

"You are... my senior?"

The youthful voice and the rugged face made by the beard made Xiao Yan feel a little dazed for a moment. He hesitated for a moment, then used his mental power to determine the age of the person in front of him, and then cautiously probed.

"It's not a caregiver, it's..."

The bearded man was used to Xiao Yan's reaction and didn't care about what Xiao Yan said, so he directly corrected him.

"Ah, right, right, it's senior. I didn't expect you to have such good eyesight, junior!"

Halfway through his sentence, the bearded man realized that the new student in front of him had not mistaken his age. He was suddenly moved to tears. It had been a long time since he had heard a stranger address him correctly!

Just this morning, a freshman called me "uncle" to my face, which is such a hurtful term!

"Which room are you staying in? The one next to mine, I guess?" The overly excited bearded man grinned and leaned close to Xiao Yan, putting his arm around him and pointing to a room. "It looks a bit run-down and is a little dirty inside, but it'll be fine after a little cleaning!"

"Senior...aren't you overreacting a bit?" The bearded man's enthusiasm was too much for Xiao Yan to handle, so he could only respond stiffly.

"What do you mean 'senior'? My name is Oscar, a level 29 Soul Master, my Martial Soul is a sausage. You can just call me Little Oscar." Oscar remained enthusiastic.

"By the way, did you take the entrance exam alone?" he quickly asked in a low voice.

"Um...there's another girl..."

Xiao Yan was a little confused as to why Oscar was asking this.

“Okay, then I’ll shave this beard tomorrow,” Oscar said, clenching his left fist. “Boss Dai clearly has his eye on that black-haired girl. He even wanted to carry her back to the dorm. Luckily, the girl is strong-willed and wouldn’t let Boss Dai touch her no matter what. And Tang San always has girls with him…”

"Wait a minute... you're not also one of those girls who come with you, are you?"

As they were talking, Oscar suddenly looked at Xiao Yan with suspicion.

"Well..." Xiao Yan's gaze shifted, and he unconsciously touched his nose.

"Tsk...Are all young people these days so flamboyant? They even bring girls to school?" Oscar said with a look of disdain.

"Hehe..." Xiao Yan chuckled dryly.

"Let's go, let's tidy up your room together, I still have an injured person over there."

"A wounded soldier? Senior, are you a medical soul master?" Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised.

“No, I’m just an ordinary food-type Soul Master,” Oscar said, pursing his lips. “I only mentioned the injured because I didn’t want to see you… After I’m done cleaning you up, I’ll go outside and cry for a while.”

After saying he didn't want to see Xiao Yan, Oscar remembered that the person in his own room also brought a girl to school. Overwhelmed with sadness, he almost didn't want to help Xiao Yan clean his room anymore.

Perhaps because she rarely saw peers with talent no less than her own, Ning Rongrong did not come to find Xiao Yan in the afternoon. It seemed that she was having a girls' gathering with two other girls.

Xiao Yan was happy to see this happen. After tidying up the house, he took out the various ores he had collected during his two years in the Star Dou Great Forest from his Awakening Flame Ring.

'This aura... a Battle King?'

As night completely enveloped the earth, Xiao Yan suddenly frowned, and the flames that were carving the mithril in his hand instantly dissipated. He raised his head and looked in a certain direction.

"He should be a Title Douluo, shall we go and take a look?" Yao Lao's voice rang out at the right time, with a hint of encouragement in it.

"go!"

Without hesitation, Xiao Yan nodded, took out his usual black robe, wrapped himself up to look like a short dwarf, enveloped himself with his spiritual power, and quietly jumped out of the house.

Just as Xiao Yan arrived, a person released his martial soul. Judging from the huge wings and the seven spirit rings surrounding him, this person was undoubtedly Flander, the dean of Shrek Academy.

"Greetings, Your Majesty Haotian."

Flander did not attack the black-clad man wielding a giant hammer and surrounded by nine spirit rings; instead, he respectfully bowed.

The seven-ring Soul Saint standing next to Flander should be Zhao Wuji, but at this moment he did not have the slightest bit of the "Immovable King" aura. In fact, when he learned the name of the man in black opposite him, he gasped.

"No need for formalities, I'm here to cause trouble. Owl Martial Soul, level 78, no wonder you were Flander, the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle. This Shrek Academy is yours, isn't it?" The man in black spoke coldly.

'Level 78?'

Xiao Yan frowned. In his perception, Flander in front of him was clearly above the second level of Dou Ling and below the third level of Dou Ling. Shouldn't this level be seventy-five?

'It seems that above the Dou Ling level, the gap between the Soul Master system and the Dou Qi system has widened further. Each star increase is equivalent to an increase of three levels of Soul Power...'

Xiao Yan licked his lips. In this way, Haotian Douluo, who indeed possessed the strength of a Dou Wang, must have a soul power of at least level 95 or higher.