"Xiao Wu is my servant, my future spirit. How could you think of taking her as a pet?"
Zhang Fan suddenly blinked and appeared at the back mountain of Nuoding Academy.
Only to see Wang Sheng getting sent flying by a punch from Liu Long.
"Pfft..."Nosebleed streamed down.
Wang Sheng was furious: "Liu Long! You're breaking the rules! You're not supposed to hit the face!"
"Who cares..."
Liu Long followed up with a heavy kick, launching Wang Sheng again.
"Thud..."
Wang Sheng staggered back several steps and collapsed to the ground, his face contorted in pain.
"Work-study students are all trash. You can't even beat our weakest."
Boss Xiao sneered in disdain.
"Whoosh..." Liu Long went in for the kill.
But suddenly, he saw a figure flash in front of him.
A terrifying aura erupted from Zhang Fan like a ferocious demon god. Liu Long trembled uncontrollably and—"Crack..."He dropped to his knees involuntarily.
"Ah..."
Liu Long's face went pale, as if he had seen a divine demon.
"Boss! You're here!" Wang Sheng climbed up from the ground and wiped away his nosebleed.
"Master... you're amazing! So cool!"
Xiao Wu bounced over with a cheerful hop, clinging to Zhang Fan's arm, her... ample assets rubbing against him from time to time.
"You little troublemaker!"
Zhang Fan scolded with a smile, then turned to Boss Xiao: "Alright... you can all come at me together."
"Boss, they've been bullying us work-study students nonstop! Sister Xiao Wu stood up for us!"
Wang Sheng immediately explained.
"I see." Zhang Fan nodded and looked at Boss Xiao.
"So you're their leader? A first-year work-study student? You sure act arrogant. Beat Ling Feng first!"
Boss Xiao wasn't impressed. He was already disappointed in Liu Long—terrified into surrender with just a glance, even dropping to his knees.
"Whoosh..."
Ling Feng was small and thin, with a pair of wings. He soared into the air, flipped mid-air, and glided down with confidence as he charged at Zhang Fan.
"Boss Xiao, watch me claim this victory and take him down!"
He was indeed fast.
"He can handle ground attacks, but let's see what he does in the air!" Boss Xiao gloated.
"Thud..." But just as Ling Feng flew in front of Zhang Fan—
He felt a terrifying soul power fluctuation.
His heart trembled—if he didn't kneel now, he might be in grave danger.
"Thud!" He suddenly dive-bombed from mid-air, landing on his knees.
"Swish..." He slid two meters across the grass and stopped behind Liu Long.
"Uhh..." Everyone was dumbfounded.
Did Ling Feng take the wrong pills today? What the hell was that?
Why did he soar over just to kneel?
Boss Xiao was fuming and shouted: "What the hell are you guys doing?!"
"Uhh..."
Even Xiao Wu felt the aura Zhang Fan was giving off. It was strong—very strong—but not enough to make her kneel.
But to the enemy, it was like facing an ancient demon god.
How could they not kneel?
"See that? That's the kind of aura our boss gives off—makes the enemy surrender without even a fight!"
Wang Sheng looked up at Zhang Fan's impossibly handsome face with awe: "Boss, you're so awesome! So damn cool!"
"I don't believe in this crap!"
Boss Xiao had called over so many upperclassmen. He didn't believe they couldn't beat a bunch of work-study students.
He waved his hand fiercely: "Everyone! Get him! Beat them!"
Boss Xiao charged at Zhang Fan, full of fury.
The others followed, soul rings lighting up as they summoned their spirits, eager to crush Zhang Fan beneath their feet.
"Buzz..."
Just then, black light radiated from beneath Zhang Fan's feet—dazzling, with overwhelming pressure.
That black light made Boss Xiao freeze, his mind going blank: "Holy crap... That's... a black... a black ten-thousand-year soul ring?!"
"Am I dreaming right now?"
"What the actual... hell?!"
"How can someone have a ten-thousand-year soul ring as their first?"
"Bro... this has to be a joke, right?!"
"Swish swish..." The next moment, Boss Xiao slid to his knees, right behind Ling Feng and Liu Long.
"Swish swish..."The others followed, one after another, kneeling before Zhang Fan.
The scene was absurdly hilarious.
Wang Sheng was stunned—not just by the black soul ring, but by how all the upperclassmen fell to their knees.
It was his first time seeing such a sight.
He felt like he had ascended to the peak of life.
"W-wow..."
Even Xiao Wu was stunned by Zhang Fan's first soul ring. Her mouth was open wide enough to fit a carrot.
A black ten-thousand-year soul ring...
Absolutely insane.
This was the first time she had seen someone with a ten-thousand-year first soul ring.
And that's what scared Boss Xiao and the upperclassmen into kneeling.
They were all scared half-crazy by Zhang Fan's soul ring.
"Boss Zhang! We didn't know who you were! Please spare us!"
Boss Xiao, seeing such a powerful first soul ring for the first time, was so shocked he knelt halfway through his charge.
He was nearly in tears—why did he have to run into a god-like monster?
The others only knelt because their boss had done so first.
"You're surprisingly quick to kneel. You really don't value your knees, huh?"
Zhang Fan shrugged and put away his spinning soul ring:"Next time you see a work-study student, show some respect. That's it."
"Master, don't you want to take them as... boy toys?" Xiao Wu asked with slight confusion.
"No need. They've already knelt, and there's no deep grudge." Zhang Fan patted Xiao Wu's butt and walked forward.
"Okay then!" Xiao Wu blushed and led the others away.
Wang Sheng's admiration for Zhang Fan reached a whole new level.
Tang San was secretly watching from a distance.
This Zhang Fan... he handled things differently than himself. Not nearly as ruthless. He was soft-hearted. If it were him, he would've gone hard regardless of any grudge. Anyone who dared bully people from Dorm Seven deserved severe punishment.
"Zhang Fan... let's go to the Spirit Hall to test our soul power and collect our soul master reward!" Tang San ran up to him and said.
"Sure." Zhang Fan nodded. A gold soul coin wasn't bad.
They quickly arrived at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall.
Two guards blocked their path. One of them spoke sternly: "Kids, this is the Spirit Hall. You can't enter casually!"
"We're here to test our soul power! To get our soul master certification!"
Tang San tugged on his school badge:
"We're students from Nuoding Academy."
"Oh? You're getting certified this young?"
One guard stared at the two kids in disbelief.
"Yup!" Tang San replied confidently, and a yellow soul ring appeared beneath his feet.
"He really is a soul master!"
The other guard stepped aside immediately:
"Go to the reception hall and find Master Matthew Nuo!"
"These two are so young and already soul masters... what monsters!"
One guard sighed in admiration.