“The White Tiger! It commands the ultimate power of slaughter!”
“I didn’t expect it to be this Martial Soul!”
Just like the Taotie Martial Soul, the White Tiger Martial Soul had also appeared in Blue Star’s history. Its wielder once suppressed an entire era and was hailed as the White Tiger Supreme!
To this day, he remained one of the most famous and powerful Martial Artists in Blue Star’s history.
“The Taotie Martial Soul focuses on devouring spiritual energy to aid my cultivation. The White Tiger Martial Soul focuses on slaughter. The two complement each other perfectly. This is simply too good!”
The corners of Xu Qiu’s lips lifted slightly.
The more he looked at the White Tiger Martial Soul, the more he liked it.
Then he suddenly noticed that the dog upstairs had stopped barking.
It must have sensed the White Tiger Martial Soul’s aura.
Thinking of this, Xu Qiu smirked and let the White Tiger Martial Soul release a bit more of its presence.
Instantly, a fierce slaughter aura surged outward!
Ordinary people couldn’t sense this aura, but some animals could.
That night, residents of the neighborhood discovered that everything was unusually quiet.
The dogs stopped barking. The cats stopped jumping around.
Even the mosquitoes disappeared.
At that moment, a startled cry came from the living room. It was Xu Xiaoshuang.
Xu Qiu hurried out and saw Xu Xiaoshuang standing up from her wheelchair, tossing her crutch aside and jumping excitedly in place.
He glanced at the empty potion bottle on the table.
He knew she had already drunk the Healing Potion.
But he hadn’t expected its effects to be this good. She had only just finished it and was already jumping around.
He quickly walked over and steadied her. “My little ancestor, you just recovered. Don’t trip and hurt yourself again.”
“Brother, I’m fine! I’m completely fine!”
Xu Xiaoshuang removed the bandage from her leg, revealing a flawless, fair foot, and even stretched it toward Xu Qiu.
Xu Qiu smacked it away. “Stop messing around. Since you’re healed, you’re going back to school tomorrow. How long have you skipped already?”
“Huh? Oh… I suddenly feel like my foot is still a bit numb. Maybe it’s not fully healed yet. I might need two more days of rest…”
“Cut it out. You’re going to school tomorrow,” Xu Qiu said with a snort.
The next day.
Xu Qiu got up early to make breakfast and then went out with Xu Xiaoshuang.
In the stairwell, he saw a family from upstairs carrying a dog downstairs. They were crying as they held it.
“My Dabai, how could you leave us like this…”
“Wuwu, how am I supposed to live without you…”
Xu Qiu glanced at the dog.
How did it suddenly die?
Wait.
Could it have been scared to death by the White Tiger’s aura last night?
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
Feeling slightly guilty, he quickly led Xu Xiaoshuang away. They said people’s joys and sorrows were not shared.
Xu Xiaoshuang, on the other hand, looked rather gleeful. “That stupid dog barked all day long and the owner didn’t care. Serves it right…”
“Now my world will finally be peaceful.”
Although Xu Xiaoshuang had been reluctant to go back to school, she had been stuck at home since injuring her leg. Now that she was out breathing fresh air, she seemed unusually lively. She even stopped to sniff a flower along the way.
“Ah… this is the scent of freedom!”
Xu Qiu dragged her onto the bus and personally escorted her to her classroom.
On the way, they saw two tall male students cornering a bespectacled girl in the corridor. The girl looked timid and frightened. Seeing this, Xu Xiaoshuang rushed over immediately.
“You two are bullying Xiaoyu again, aren’t you? Don’t you know she’s under my protection?!” Xu Xiaoshuang shouted.
The two tall boys were startled when they saw her, but one of them sneered. “Xu Xiaoshuang, mind your own business. We’re just borrowing her homework to copy. Get out of the way.”
“Can’t you see she doesn’t want to?”
Xu Xiaoshuang stood firmly in front of the bespectacled girl.
At the same time, choices appeared before Xu Qiu.
“Faced with campus bullying, you have the following choices.”
“One, turn a blind eye. No reward!”
“Two, stand up for your sister. Reward: one Martial Technique Enlightenment Card!”
Xu Qiu naturally chose the second option.
He walked to Xu Xiaoshuang’s side and looked at the two tall boys calmly. “What are you planning to do to my sister?”
“You’re… Xu God?!” One of the boys recognized him and his face changed.
Xu Qiu’s reputation at school was now enormous.
An SSS-Grade Martial Soul owner.
That title alone was enough to intimidate countless people.
“Let’s go, let’s go…”
The two didn’t dare stay any longer and hurried away.
[Ding! Martial Technique Enlightenment Card has been issued!]
Reward obtained.
Xu Qiu silently cheered.
He looked at Xu Xiaoshuang. “Study hard.”
“Got it, got it. Brother, go to your own class.”
“Mm.”
The bespectacled girl next to Xu Xiaoshuang stared at his departing figure with starry eyes. “Xiaoshuang, your brother is so handsome!”
“Heh, of course. Whose brother do you think he is?”
“Can you give me his WeChat?”
“No way!”
“Why not?”
“Xiaoyu, didn’t you hear what my brother said? Study hard. Stop thinking about nonsense,” Xu Xiaoshuang said righteously.
…
Meanwhile.
Xu Qiu arrived at the special class. Luo Qingxue was already there, meditating.
Sensing his arrival, she opened her eyes and looked at him with a complicated expression. “Xu Qiu, why did you reject Zixiao Martial Arts Hall yesterday?”
“Heh, I rejected it because I wanted to. Why does there have to be a reason?”
“Do you know that after you left yesterday, the people from Zixiao Martial Arts Hall didn’t leave immediately? They accepted a few disciples from No. 3 High School before departing.”
“Oh? Who did they accept?”
“Xiao Mei and Li Ziyang.”
“Xiao Mei has an S-grade Martial Soul, so it’s understandable she was accepted. But Li Ziyang only has an A-grade Martial Soul. Zixiao Martial Arts Hall was willing to accept him too?”
“The Li family has cooperation with Zixiao Martial Arts Hall. Out of respect for the Li family, accepting Li Ziyang is normal. Besides, an A-grade Martial Soul isn’t bad.”
An A-grade Martial Soul was already a top-tier dream for ordinary people.
SSS-Grade Martial Souls like Xu Qiu and Luo Qingxue were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns across the entire world.
“I see…”
Xu Qiu didn’t dwell on Xiao Mei or Li Ziyang and continued cultivating.
The moment he sat down to meditate—
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged like a raging tide, gathering toward him!
Luo Qingxue’s mouth twitched slightly. “Again…”
Students in other classrooms also sensed the draining of spiritual energy. They knew Xu Qiu was cultivating.
There was no way they could compete with him for spiritual energy, so they simply gave up.
The principal of No. 3 High School glanced toward the special class helplessly, then went to the broadcast room and made a school-wide announcement.
“Student Xu Qiu is cultivating. Please temporarily stop absorbing spiritual energy. Continue after he finishes.”
“I repeat, Student Xu Qiu is cultivating. Please…”
Everyone was speechless.
Absorbing spiritual energy required a school-wide announcement and everyone else had to pause their cultivation.
There really was no one else like him.