Sasuke wandered alone for a while, activating his Sharingan Genjutsu to immobilize a soul beast lunging at him. Observing its soul power flow, he noticed it constantly gushed from the soul ring in its head, circulating throughout its body.
According to Ye Zhiqiu, when a soul beast's body lost its vitality, its soul ring would automatically separate and dissipate after a certain period.
"Sealing Technique: Chakra Absorption!"
This was a Rinnegan ability that absorbed the source of energy through physical contact, easily drawing in chakra or senjutsu energy alike.
Sasuke, having once possessed the Cursed Seal and Sage Chakra granted by the Sage of Six Paths, and bearing Indra's bloodline, had no trouble controlling any form of energy.
Rather than killing the soul beasts to obtain their soul rings, Sasuke directly absorbed their soul power by touch. From his observations, as he absorbed it, the soul ring in the beast's head grew dimmer and dimmer until it finally lost all luster. Then, Sasuke absorbed a second beast, a third one...
"Pointless."
After absorbing about ten soul beasts, Sasuke came to a conclusion: this so-called soul power couldn't match the quality of senjutsu chakra, nor the quantity of a tailed beast's power. There was no point wasting any more time on the outskirts of this forest.
Sasuke left the Hunting Soul Forest, following Ye Zhiqiu's lingering aura to the outside of a hotel.
As soon as he stepped inside, he saw Mu Qing rushing toward him. Wearing Canghui Academy's pale moon-blue uniform, she looked even more pure and charming.
"Sasuke-gege, there are bad people!"Mu Qing complained to Sasuke.
Sasuke froze for a moment, then walked over to sit beside Ye Zhiqiu and the others. Besides Ling Yun, Ling Xue, Bai Cha, and Mu Qing, there were four other students present. Two were still out and hadn't returned, so they missed out on joining them.
The moment Sasuke sat down, he immediately understood what Mu Qing meant by "bad people" — at the next table over, seven soul masters were sitting. One of them, a short, fat young man with red hair, was throwing lewd jokes at Ling Xue, causing laughter from his companions.
Ling Yun slammed the table and called out to Ye Zhiqiu, "Teacher!"
Without even opening his eyes, Ye Zhiqiu replied, "Sit down. As a soul master, anger only clouds your wisdom. If you lack outstanding talent, you must cultivate an extraordinary mindset. Don't let trivial matters cloud your judgment."
Gritting his teeth, Ling Yun sat back down.
The red-haired fatty, seeing Ling Yun's reaction, only grew more provocative.
"What's the big deal? Just a puny Canghui Academy!" sneered a blond youth at the same table.
Shrek Academy?Sasuke recognized the blond — he was the one who had bullied the farmer and his son during Shrek's entrance exams. Sasuke saw it clearly: the soul power of these seven was far purer and stronger than that of Ling Yun and the others — clearly leagues above Canghui Academy's students.
Standing next to Ling Xue, Ye Ling'er was fuming too. Seeing Ling Yun attempt to act but being held back by their teacher, she could only cast an imploring look at Sasuke.
But Sasuke's face was utterly blank. In his world, petty words like these didn't even register anymore.
Seeing Sasuke unmoved, Ye Ling'er rolled her eyes, whispered a few words into Mu Qing's ear, and the two girls locked eyes in silent agreement.
Mu Qing hopped down from her chair and marched straight to the Shrek seven's table, pointing at the fat guy.
"You! Apologize!"
The Shrek seven were momentarily stunned. One of the boys said, "Little girl, you don't even have a soul ring. Better go sit down."
The fat guy, seeing a little beauty delivered to his lap, quickly interrupted, "Xiao San, you're dead wrong! Look at this Canghui Academy. Tsk tsk tsk, can't even afford a soul ring for their girls! How about coming home with big bro? I'll get you one!"As he spoke, he reached out with twitching fingers toward Mu Qing.
The blond youth kicked his feet up on the table and shouted at Ling Yun and the others, "What's the matter? No men in Canghui Academy? Or are your martial souls just a bunch of cowardly turtles? Might as well rename your school 'Turtle Academy'!"
His words drew another round of raucous laughter.
At that moment, none of Ling Yun and the others dared look at Ye Zhiqiu's face. As a Soul King with a Black Tortoise Martial Soul, the word "turtle" was definitely his nuclear trigger.
Just then, a flash of white streaked across the room.
The next second, Sasuke appeared in front of Mu Qing, calmly saying, "Enough is enough."
The fat guy, finally thinking he'd found someone to pick a fight with, sneered, "What? You mad now?"
Sasuke gazed coldly at the clueless idiot in front of him and simply said, "Apologize."
"Quit yapping and get lost, punk!" the fat guy roared, swinging his hand at Sasuke.
The next moment, a crisp crack echoed through the hall.
The fat guy's wailing scream shook the whole building.
(End of Chapter)