Ultimately, under Feng Xiaotian's persistent and sincere requests, Shen Hanyu still agreed to his idea, which was practically equivalent to self-abuse.
Thus, a crushing battle that lasted no more than five seconds began.
The moment Feng Xiaotian released his martial soul, Shen Hanyu flashed forward and lightly struck with a palm, instantly depriving Feng Xiaotian of any ability to resist.
His entire body shot backward like a cannonball, smashing into the wall behind him and leaving a human-shaped crater in the surface.
Feng Xiaotian's eyes went blank, and he fainted dead away on the spot.
Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang stood frozen in place, momentarily at a loss for what to do.
Shen Hanyu clapped his hands together and said:
"Go check on your friend. Don't worry, nothing serious will happen; he's just unconscious. But at his level, he's really thrown away the face of someone born with full innate soul power."
"When he wakes up, tell him this: self-created spirit abilities and the like are just extras. Only having true personal strength is what matters. I really don't understand what's going on in your friend's head. Does he think a single self-created spirit skill will make him invincible? Wouldn't it be better to spend that time on normal cultivation…?"
After saying this, Shen Hanyu glanced at Feng Xiaotian lying unconscious on the ground, then turned and left the alley directly.
In that earlier palm strike, he hadn't used even a trace of soul power; it had been purely physical strength. If he had truly mobilized soul power, Feng Xiaotian seeing tomorrow's sun would have been a gift from the heavens.
Shen Hanyu had no intention of making enemies for himself. At the very least, while he was still in Element City, he had to consider the girls from Skywater Academy. Completely offending both Kamikaze Academy and Blazing Fire Academy wouldn't cause any major issues, but in the end, there was no need for it; after all, they hadn't done anything that truly interfered with his interests.
Of course, the Tang family was one he absolutely had to offend.
For a transmigrator, the options regarding the protagonist of the original world were: become friends, become enemies, or choose to become the protagonist oneself.
Becoming friends with someone like Tang San, Shen Hanyu could do it, but he didn't want to.
Although he didn't consider himself a good person, he truly had no interest in it.
After all, friends are about quality, not quantity.
If a transmigrator wanted to reach the peak, there would inevitably be conflicts of interest with the protagonist; many things were limited in quantity and had to be fought for personally. Unless one came with a system, in which case, just pretend I said nothing.
Returning to the road ahead, Shen Hanyu felt much more relaxed. Having no tail following him made everything easier. Although at this point only a Titled Douluo could make him nervous, no one likes being constantly watched.
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During this period, Shen Hanyu still hadn't had any time to idle.
The urgency of breaking through to Titled Douluo made him restless. Skywater Academy had found a considerable amount of information about high-tier ice-attribute spirit beasts from the records left by successive deans. Initially, Blazing Fire Academy had been unwilling, but overnight, they changed their minds and freely lent Skywater Academy access to the detailed records of their deans over the past several millennia.
It had to be said that this saved Shen Hanyu a lot of time; at the very least, he wouldn't have to wander like a headless fly across the vast Far North.
After several days and nights of reading, he truly found quite a few clues.
According to the records of Skywater Academy's twenty-third dean, a mutated ice qilin had once appeared in a certain area of the mixed zone in the Far North, with strength at least over 100,000 years.
The qilin, a super spirit beast race once on par with dragons and phoenixes, was also one of the rarest spirit beast groups. Though the race was scarce, its classifications were extremely diverse.
Besides the common elemental qilins, there were various mutated special variants, for example, the Glazed Qilin, a spirit beast covered in gems with astonishing defensive power. As one of the earliest dominant races blessed by the heavens, they had unfortunately faded into the river of time.
There were also a few other records that were slightly more complete than the one about the mutated ice qilin.
For instance, there was mention of a beautiful scorpion-type spirit beast with a relatively small body that, despite barely reaching 20,000 years, had managed to kill a Spirit Douluo. It was described as so beautiful that it didn't seem like a spirit beast at all. Though Shen Hanyu didn't know how much truth there was to it, he could still discern the shadow of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
He even found quite a few records concerning spirit beasts that had exceeded 100,000 years. Most were speculation without any factual basis, and the wording wasn't particularly rigorous, but Shen Hanyu still had to admire the wisdom of his predecessors—this was probably the earliest documentation of ferocious beasts.
Unfortunately, after finding this information, Shen Hanyu discovered no further useful clues. Subsequent deans had grown weaker generation by generation, with the highest soul power level reaching only Spirit Douluo, lacking the basic strength needed to encounter such things.
Setting aside Skywater Academy's records, Shen Hanyu turned to those from Blazing Fire Academy.
Blazing Fire Academy's records were clearly more complete—some major events were even dated precisely to the day. After flipping through only a couple of pages, Shen Hanyu found a useful clue.
This entry, dated roughly two thousand years ago, stated that in a place called the Li Fire Mountain Range on the eastern part of the continent, a Yang Zhi Bird was suspected to have broken through the 100,000-year barrier and become a regional beast king.
Shen Hanyu silently noted the location. The Yang Zhi Bird was quite famous in the spirit beast world. After all, this spirit beast could survive and evolve solely by absorbing energy from the sun, so its body contained almost purely refined fire-attribute energy, placing it among the very top of the highest-tier spirit beasts.
Continuing to read, not far from that entry, Shen Hanyu found another useful clue.
It was said that during a soul ring hunt, predecessors from Blazing Fire Academy had encountered a 100,000-year Crimson Fire Phoenix in the eastern continent's Shattered Stone Canyon. Unfortunately, its power was too great, so the predecessors chose to detour, avoiding major casualties.
Shen Hanyu's eyes lit up. The Crimson Fire Phoenix was a lower-tier version of the fire phoenix, though not ultimate fire; it was one of the closest to ultimate fire among spirit beasts. For humans to have traced such a spirit beast was practically a blessing for Shen Hanyu.
It had to be admitted that the places visited by Blazing Fire Academy's predecessors far outnumbered those of Skywater Academy's, and the recorded spirit beasts were numerous as cattle. For a moment, Shen Hanyu genuinely felt grateful toward Blazing Fire Academy's ancestors.
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