Chapter 43: Ambushed (Seeking votes and recommendations!)

  While someone was plotting to kill Zong Yin, Zong Yin was hiding in a big tree, like a starving ghost reincarnated, desperately tearing at the half-roasted suckling pig beside him, and the delicious juice was also pouring into his mouth with all his might.

  In the blink of an eye, half a roasted suckling pig was left with only its rough skeleton, and all the roasted meat had finally been converted into energy stored in the body.

  He took another big gulp of juice and swallowed the bone that was stuck in his throat, Zong Yin breathed heavily, every time he moved the Qi of the Air Stone, he would feel a strong sense of hunger, it was fine for a short while, but as time went on, Zong Yin also found it hard to bear.

  Meng Yu didn't know what was going on either, so he casually mumbled a couple of sentences to Zong Yin and slipped away with a guilty conscience. At that moment, Zong Yin's cold sweat started flowing down, clearly his "Soul-Searching True Solution" had encountered a problem. If it weren't for the significant effect of the Qi-Poison Stone, Meng Yu wouldn't have been able to escape without being caught, and Zong Yin would have loved to drag him out and give him a good thrashing.

  In the next five rounds of trials, Zong Yin relied on the Qi Bo Shi and Fan Zu to pass through the levels with ease, taking down five points. It wasn't until the sixth round that he encountered a student who had just advanced to Soul Master level one, wielding a knife at incredible speed. Even with the help of Fan Zu and Qi Bo Shi, Zong Yin paid a great price to defeat him - his left hand was almost severed, and his chest and abdomen were slashed with several gashes. If not for Shi Zhou's timely intervention, he would have likely lost.

  Although Zong Yin and his opponent differed by less than three hundred units of soul power, after advancing to Soul Master, both control over soul power and physical strength were greatly enhanced. After maintaining the operation of the Airborne Stone for five minutes, Zong Yin was able to slightly predict his opponent's attack and used it to throw him off the martial arts stage.

  Smoothly taking down six points, Zong Yin lost his fighting power once again. This time, he didn't have the same luck as last time, and the number of people was exactly even, so Zong Yin could only go this far and couldn't take another step. On the other hand, Yang Jun didn't encounter any strong enemies this time, but instead killed his way into the top 20 and took down eight points. As a result, Hei Sen's dark face also gained a few more points of redness.

  The only thing that dissatisfied Kuroba was that every time Soichiro won a game, he would sit below the stage eating and drinking loudly, looking as if Kuroba had been starving them all along, and they were only allowed to eat during such crowded times.

  The second monthly trial has ended. In front of the Tongtian Ding, a ranking list appeared, listing the top ten and the total scores of the students who entered the top fifty.

  There were significant changes in the top ten rankings, with only Ao Fei from the previous top ten appearing on the list this time. The newcomer to the overall ranking, Ao Fei's name was ranked first with 18 points, while the second place had only 16 points, a full two points behind Ao Fei. This means that among the remaining nine people in the previous top ten, the best performer this time stopped at the top 40.

  In fact, the strength of the dozens of people in front of the newborn is not much different, and the battle is very fierce. Many people are fighting with heavy injuries to get one point, but then they were taken advantage of by the next person.

  Zong Yihan's name unfortunately didn't appear in the top fifty list, but he was only one point away from 14th place, which is just a difference of one point.

  After the second monthly trial ended, hellish training began again. However, this time Black Forest had become much more humanized. Any student who reached Soul Master and controlled their soul power to a certain extent could seek other ways of training if they were not satisfied with the current state of affairs. They just needed to come back every week for Black Forest to test their strength once. If he was not satisfied, then they would be in trouble.

  There is no doubt that this privilege was given to Yang Jun, because in the entire class, except for Yang Jun who felt that the current cultivation was too boring, not a single person felt relaxed.

  That day, Zong Yin continued to cultivate his soul power with the venom of the queen bee in the morning, and trained his control over the soul knife blade in the afternoon. After school in the evening, he went to the cafeteria for a big meal, and then walked back to the dormitory, exhausted all over.

  At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and there was at most half an hour left before curfew. The small path of Ding Sheng Soul School should have been deserted at this time, but suddenly, Zong Yin saw a few familiar figures on the way to his dormitory.

  Bai Zheng was leaning against a big tree, quietly waiting for his prey to fall into the trap. Before taking action, he had already inquired about it very clearly. Zong Yin's daily routine was very regular and would return to his dormitory from this road at this time every day. So today, he just waited here for Zong Yin to appear. Sure enough, after waiting for only a dozen or so minutes, Zong Yin appeared within his line of sight.

  "Be careful, there are five people around you, each with the strength of a Soul Master. One of them has used an auxiliary soul technique to lock onto your position, no matter where you run, they'll all know. I sense a strong killing intent, it seems this time you're in danger."

  Hun Yu spoke up as soon as he saw Bai Zheng in Zong Yin, his tone was slightly solemn, but his words didn't show any worry.

  "There are still five? Are they all Soul Masters? Six Soul Masters coming after me? Damn it! You're really giving me face! I'm in danger of losing my life now! Can't you be a bit more serious?! Six Soul Masters, ah! If I die, you'll suffer the consequences too! At least show some concern!"

  Looking at the white Zheng blocking the way, Zong Yin had already guessed the mastermind behind the scenes, and scolded Shen Peng countless times in his heart. With a helpless face, he loudly complained to Hun Yu.

  If it were six Soul Disciples, he might still have a chance to turn the tide, but against six Soul Masters, Zong Yin didn't even have a shred of confidence. After all, not long ago in the monthly trial, that one opponent who had already reached the strength of a Soul Master was able to beat him half to death; now with six of them attacking together, wouldn't he be beaten to death?

  "Who said that? I'm a spirit, even if you die, nothing will happen to me. At most, I'll just find another person's soul to inhabit. It's just that our souls all come from the same place, which is why I've been dwelling in your soul all along."

  Hun Yu's tone suddenly became somewhat surprised, as if he had heard something funny.

  At that moment, Zong Yin was completely speechless. Qing Yu could move in at any time, and upon careful consideration, it was indeed the case. From start to finish, Qing Yu had never said that if Zong Yin were to be unlucky, he would follow suit; he just subconsciously thought so.

  "Just six soul masters, what's there to fear? Is your Spirit Ring for nothing? I can sense that apart from the person in front of you who has a martial soul skill, the other few people's soul skills are all auxiliary soul skills. As long as you control it well, wanting to escape is still very easy."

  Zong Yin was still rolling his eyes, but Hun Yu's tone changed and he spoke with a sense of justice. In his words, it seemed that among the six people, only Bai Zheng had come to buy vegetables, while the other five were just freeloaders.

  He let out a deep sigh, once again feeling the truth of the phrase "talking while standing doesn't hurt your waist", Zong Yin secretly guarded himself in his heart, shook off the somewhat weakened spiritual power, mobilized the remaining soul power to form two overlapping layers of soul shields around him, and walked forward nonchalantly.

  "I believe you're not a fool, seeing me appear, you should have understood already. Shen Peng spent 3,000 gold coins to buy your life, 3,000 gold coins, enough for our whole family to live comfortably for a year, therefore, you must die."

  Bai Zheng took a step forward, blocking Zong Yin's path. He didn't bother to exchange words with him and directly said: "Behind him were three Soul Slaves sent by Shen Peng to assist in taking down Zong Yin. Each of their faces was filled with mockery, thinking that with Bai Zheng personally taking action, Zong Yin was as good as dead."

  Zong Yinxin's heart sank, 3,000 gold coins? His annual living expenses were only about 100 gold, and Shen Peng actually took out thirty times the price to buy his life. This guy's family is rich enough!

  Bai Zheng had just thought of making a move when he suddenly discovered that Zong Yin's pupils seemed to be rotating, a deep black color occupying Bai Zheng's heart. By the time he reacted, Zong Yin had already swung his massive rocky arm at his head.

  He cursed quietly, and Bai Zheng's reaction speed was also extremely fast. With a slight movement of his foot, he dodged Zong Yin's attack. "Hng!" A blue fist spike made of four soul powers suddenly appeared on his fist, and with a swift motion, it struck towards Zong Yin's face.

  "Boom!" A burst of air exploded, a blue fist shadow detached from Bai Zheng's fist, and in the midst of the air, it drew an arc that thunderously struck Zong Yin's head.

  Seeing the blue fist shadow approaching, Zong Yin was greatly shocked. Bai Zheng's martial soul technique was actually Blue Star's "Overlord Fist"!

  This soul skill is within ten meters, the farther the distance, the greater the power, every meter passed, the fist shadow's force increases by 10%, and at the end it can even exert twice the combat power. The only way to deal with this martial soul technique is to fight close-range with the opponent, making the dominant fist unable to exert its full power.

  With a small body like Zong Yin and Bai Zheng's two meters away, a bear-like physique playing close combat, isn't this looking for death?!

  Stretching one's head is a knife, and shrinking one's head is also a knife! Whether it's close combat or long-range attack, Zong Yin doesn't have the upper hand. It's better to rush up and collide with Bai Zheng head-on, bringing out the full potential of his Reversal ability. At this moment, Zong Yin's stone fist shattered the blue fist print in mid-air, his body slightly trembling as he took a big step forward, preparing for a fierce showdown with Bai Zheng.

  Bai Zheng's mouth corner revealed a hint of a triumphant smile, his right fist struck upwards, and with a wave of his left hand, the three people behind him did not join the fight, instead circling around to block Zong Yin's retreat.

  Zong Yin was too lazy to bother with these small fries, and his stone arm had already punched a fist on Bai Zheng's fist. However, unexpectedly, this punch went up, and the rock wrapping around his arm suddenly shattered in an instant, and his arm burst out with countless blood lines, as if pierced by countless needles.