Chapter Thirty-Six: Undercurrents Surge

  It was night, with Ye Feng as the leader, a group of instructors sat in a secret room, and countless people were busy in front of a huge holographic screen.

  "How was your harvest?"

  Ye Feng's face was calm as he rushed towards a person with their head wrapped in a helmet and asked, "Are you the one in charge here?"

  "Six people have been confirmed, thirteen are pending, and based on the data from the Soul Reaper's platform, it can be inferred that these few are just small fry, not very valuable. The real big fish has not appeared yet, but there is one person..."

  This man casually removed the helmet from his head, revealing that dark face, and with a somewhat solemn expression handed over a stack of materials to Ye Feng. If Zong Yin were here, he would definitely be shocked to the point where his eyeballs would fall out - this man was their class advisor, Hei Sen!

  "Assign people to monitor these few individuals around the clock, don't miss any details, and record everyone they come into contact with. But remember not to startle the snake in the grass, it's not time to reap yet, wait until the annual exam, I'll catch them all at once! Hmm... how could it be him..."

  Ye Feng casually flipped through the documents in his hand, and when he reached the last one, his expression suddenly stiffened.

  "Don't shout! Go investigate the case of the Ao family's massacre that year, be discreet and don't let anyone find out."

  After a long time, Ye Feng handed the document in his hand to Li Bu Xiao with a gloomy face, and then sat down as usual, silent and speechless, not knowing what he was thinking.

  Li took the materials handed over by Ye Feng, and his pupils shrank. It was none other than Ao Fei on the materials! A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, he nodded, and retreated.

  "I don't care what methods you use, even if it means exposing your identities! I want those two bastards dead! Don't let them die too quickly! Tear them to pieces! I want everyone to know that offending me will not end well!"

  In a corner of the Soul Academy, a small grove was shrouded in darkness, and a cold, gloomy voice seemed to emanate from it, its tone filled with bloodthirsty brutality.

  Nine pairs of eyes met in the darkness for a moment, nodded without any emotion, and disappeared into the darkness after a brief moment.

  The small woods returned to calm once again. After a long while, the darkness at the edge of the woods twisted and turned, and five figures gradually emerged from the shadows.

  "This new person sent by the elder looks like an idiot!"

  The tallest and most imposing figure among the five people stared at a certain corner of the Soul Academy with disdain and said.

  "Haha, isn't this just perfect? We've got one less competitor now!"

  A charming female voice, accompanied by a flirtatious light laugh, gently stretched out one hand and wiped it on the strong man's body. The strong man shifted uncomfortably and moved to the other side.

  "The time we originally agreed on is getting closer and closer, but there's this idiot who's trying to intervene, it's very dangerous, I suggest finding an opportunity to get rid of him."

  Another cold and clear female voice rose, carrying a chilling aura that contrasted sharply with the previous person. Her eyes seemed like ice blocks, making people feel a sense of gloom.

  Deathly silence, as for his suggestion, several others seemed to be deeply moved, seriously considering the feasibility of this plan.

  "Older brother, what do you think?"

  After a long time, the shortest figure turned his gaze to the last person and asked.

  The last one had a clear gap in strength compared to the other four, which could be seen from the fact that the other four were solid bodies, while he was like a misty body that floated vaguely, if not for those calm and inhuman pupils emitting a suffocating light, people around him would not have felt his presence at all.

  "Don't bother with him, each of us is responsible for our own area. The elder's latest order has come down, and we must get the Soul-Continuing Bead. We five will strive to take first place in every session. As for that newcomer... forget it! Lately, I've been feeling a bit uneasy, so let's all be careful and keep our subordinates in check. If anyone exposes their identity, do I need to tell you what to do?"

  The man known as Lao Da swayed back and forth for a while, then slowly dispersed into thin air, leaving no trace behind. His voice was like it came from the nine hells of Yu, carrying a heavy aura of death, and eventually became lighter and lighter, drifting away along with his body.

  The other four people looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes. They knew that Lao Da had a beast-like intuition, and the next moment, the shadows of the four people also disappeared simultaneously.

  When the sky was slightly bright, the Soul Academy became a bit boiling.

  Originally, Zong Yin thought he didn't have the condition to continue participating in the competition. After all, his arm was first severely injured by the iron fist and then he disregarded his injury to save Yang Jun. However, unexpectedly, the fifth round of eliminations was postponed until the next day. The reason was simple: the last group's trial lasted until nightfall before ending.

  Two disciples were both candidates for the orthodox successor of a large family, so from an early age they only trained their physical defense, and even their soul techniques were defensive types. As a result, two soul masters who opened their soul shields and used defensive soul techniques began a frustrating competition.

  Until nightfall one of them finally exhausted his spiritual energy and was knocked off the martial arts platform by the other.

  For this month's trial, a new rule was added. If the two players cannot decide on a winner within five minutes, there will be an umpire to determine the winner. This is undoubtedly forcing students to bring out their full strength without reservation in a short period of time.

  This is undoubtedly good news for Zong Yin, dragging on until tomorrow, he has confidence to recover from his injury, the Force Stone is after all the energy core of the four limbs and strength. As for the five-minute limit, it also has its advantages for him, the longer the Rebirth is used, the longer the aftereffect lasts, if used for too long, it may not be able to hold on until the next round of competition.

  Five minutes were enough for Zong Yin to determine victory or defeat.

  After a night of nourishment through the air hole, Zong Yin's right arm had fully recovered, and the broken bones were even harder. This time, even if he clashed with Iron Fist again, Zong Yin believed his arm would be intact... Uh... He believed his arm wouldn't break again...

  Thinking of Iron Fist's soul technique that specializes in destroying internal organs, Zong Yin's heart skipped a beat. If he could also cultivate it, then as a Soul Master, he would be invincible.

  Having trained his body to its best condition, Zong Yin hurried to the martial arts arena early in the morning. Today was indeed the first match of the 28th arena.

  Because of the commotion yesterday, most of the students have developed a bit of goodwill towards Zong Yin. Along the way, almost everyone smiled and nodded at him with kindness, making Zong Yin feel unnatural for a while.

  "Wow, I didn't expect to become famous, the bird that sticks its head out gets shot! There's going to be trouble from now on!"

  Zong felt a few piercing and sinister glances in the crowd, turned his head to see Shen Peng and those who often followed Lan Xin, hiding among the people, sometimes visible, sometimes invisible. What made him even more uncomfortable was that he couldn't figure out why, but he always felt that there were several glances around him that were more vicious than Shen Peng's, staring at him tightly. However, no matter how hard Zong tried to find them, he couldn't locate the source of those glances. Zong couldn't help but feel a little sentimental, thinking that one wave had not yet subsided when another came to attack.

  This afternoon, the top ten of the newcomer's class will be decided. Zong Yin is the first match on the twenty-eighth ring, and his opponent is a girl with excellent skills. The proportion of female students in the entire Soul Academy was originally not high, and it can be said that the girl who has won four rounds to reach this point has outstanding abilities.

  With the strength of a fourth-level Butterfly Soul, she relied on two complementary soul techniques to defeat four male students without any difficulty, which made her confidence swell.

  With full confidence, she stood on the martial arts stage and carefully sized up Zong Yin, who looked very weak. Die Yao's confidence in her own victory grew even stronger.

  Not giving Zong Yin a chance to speak, Die Yao made her move the moment he stepped onto the stage. Although she didn't think Zong Yin posed a threat to her strength, she also didn't want to give herself unnecessary trouble. If something could be resolved with one ounce of effort, she would absolutely not use two ounces.

  Die Yao's hands fluttered with two green soul power stabs, and her feet also jumped with green stripes, like a butterfly in the wind rushing towards Zong Yin who had just stood firm. However, the two soul power stabs in her hand, swaying wantonly in the wind, seemed to have no power at all.

  Zong Yin, who had just entered the scene, gazed at Die Yao, who was charging towards him, and furrowed his brow heavily, staring warily at those two soul stabs that seemed to have no power.

  With a glance, he saw that the soul power needle in Butterfly Jade's hand was one of the top few soul techniques of Green Star - Ghost Claw.

  This soul skill won't cause harm to the physical body, it will only directly affect a person's soul. The strongest aspect of it is that he can cut off the opponent's soul skill, and any soul force shield is also useless.

  The texture under Yudie's feet is also a high-level soul skill of the Green Star, capable of launching high-intensity dashes over short distances.

  Zong Yin's eyes narrowed, and a faint arc appeared at the corner of his mouth. He hastily raised two soul power shields, standing only one meter away from the boundary in disarray, and swung his ancestral stone arm wildly towards the charging Die Yao.

  Seeing Zong Yin's reaction, Die Yao let out a cold hum, and couldn't help but wonder how he had managed to hold on until now. She quickened her pace, easily dodging Zong Yin's incoming stone arm with a swift movement. The ghost claw in her right hand flipped out, piercing straight through the massive stone arm.

  The rock on Zong Hui's arm instantly dissolved like it was thrown into sulfuric acid, quickly disappearing to reveal his original arm.

  The flexibility of Die Yao's left hand was even greater than that of his right, and before Zong Yin could react, he had already drawn an "S" shape on the surface of his soul power shield. The soul power shield instantly split into four halves, gradually dispersing in mid-air.

  With a faint smile, Die Yao had already sneaked into Zong Yin's embrace, her fists flying out, the ghostly claws directly piercing into Zong Yin's chest, dispersing the soul power within his body. Her fist was tightly pressed against him, and it seemed like she was about to strike him at any moment.

  Die Yao's abacus was very simple, with the momentum of wind and thunder, it dismantled Zong Yin's defense and blasted him off the stage.