"Teacher Xuan Ziwen, hello, I have read the books you've written."
Wang Dong bowed his head in a salute, showing his respect for Xuan Ziwen.
It wasn't that he felt intimidated upon hearing Xuan Ziwen was an Eighth-level Soul Master, but rather a genuine respect.
For those pirated books had proven to be incredibly beneficial to him, and greatly assisted him on his path as a Soul Master.
Xuan Ziwen said, "I think, now you can tell me what it's all about, right?"
Wang Dong nodded firmly, "Teacher, someone wants to kill Qin Xiao!"
"What?"
Xuan Ziwen was taken aback, then couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, "You're not joking, are you? Who would dare to attack Qin Xiao inside the Imperial Sun Moon Soul Academy."
After all, Qin Xiao was the treasured darling of the high-levels at the Imperial Sun Moon Soul Academy. If anything were to happen to Qin Xiao, the whole Sun-Moon Empire would be in trouble.
Moreover, there were many powerful individuals in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Academy, who would dare to be so presumptuous here?
Seeing his reaction, Wang Dong couldn't help but urgently explain, "Teacher, please believe me, I'm telling the truth."
"Besides, those who want to attack Qin Xiao aren't from the Imperial Sun Moon Soul Academy, but a teacher from Shrek Academy."
"Who?" Xuan Ziwen was startled, this was indeed an unexpected revelation.
Wang Dong clenched his teeth, there was no turning back now.
This traitor, he was as good as caught.
He spoke in a deep voice, "It's our Shrek Academy's exchange student team leader, Fan Yu."
"What!"
Xuan Ziwen was shocked, "Why would he attack Qin Xiao?"
"This goes back to when your Imperial Sun Moon Soul Academy exchange students entered Shrek Academy..."
Wang Dong succinctly narrated the gist of the events to Xuan Ziwen.
"I see..." Xuan Ziwen slowly nodded, "If Fan Yu really wants to court death, then it's not my fault."
However.
As his voice fell, a series of beeping sounds echoed in the laboratory, and a fist-sized crystal ball flashed with red light.
"Teacher, what does this mean?" Wang Dong asked, puzzled.
A cold smile appeared on Xuan Ziwen's lips, "You're spot-on. A powerful Soul Power burst has occurred outside the laboratory. It looks like someone wants to make a move on us, and if I'm not mistaken, it should be Fan Yu."
As he spoke, Xuan Ziwen walked towards the outside of the laboratory.
...
"That's right, it should be here. Just need to set up one more Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon, and even if Qin Xiao is a Titled Douluo, he wouldn't emerge unscathed, if not dead."
Below the laboratory, Fan Yu was bustling about.
He was continuously setting up Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons in secret, and though they were all Level Seven, the quantity was significant.
But at that moment, a voice suddenly rang out not far behind him.
"Hey, are you treating me as if I don't exist?"
"Who's there?" Fan Yu quickly turned around, only to see a middle-aged man standing not far away.
Xuan Ziwen laughed, "You wreak havoc right at my doorstep and don't even recognize me?"
"You are..."
"Xuan Ziwen!"
Fan Yu suddenly remembered, this laboratory's owner was also a formidable Eighth-level Soul Master.
To think that he had been so cautious while setting up, and yet the opposition still discovered him?
This strength seemed to be above his own.
However, since it had come to the point of no return, he had to go through with his plan, even if his scheme had been exposed.
"It seems you already know my purpose."
"Killing Qin Xiao, I am aware," Xuan Ziwen replied.
"Then I'll tell you, no one can stop me, Qin Xiao must die!" Fan Yu's eyes were bloodshot, filled with a 'all shall perish who stand in my way' determination.
As he spoke, dozens of dark Soul Cannons suddenly appeared on him.
Xuan Ziwen just smiled faintly, "Admirable courage, but if you want to kill Qin Xiao, you'll have to get past me first."
"Then you can die!"
Fan Yu's eyes were nearly bursting due to his excitement, with bloodshot veins filling his gaze.
Boom, boom, boom.
One Soul Cannon after another fired continuously, emitting frightful beams of light.
Each beam from the Soul Cannons was powerful enough to instantly kill any Soul Master below the Soul Emperor level.
"Is this the standard of Shrek Academy's soul tools?"
Xuan Ziwen shook his head; he saw many issues with Fan Yu's soul tools.
Slow firing speed, slow Soul Power accumulation, and a myriad of issues such as unsmooth Array operations.
Despite Fan Yu also being an Eighth-level Soul Master from Shrek Academy, he seemed rather inadequate in Xuan Ziwen's eyes.
In the end, Soul Masters on Soul Land were fundamentally of two kinds: those from the Sun-Moon Imperial Soul Guidance Academy and the regular Soul Masters.
"What time is it for you to be so arrogant? Do you think my Soul Cannons won't injure or kill you if they hit you?"
Fan Yu looked increasingly frantic, almost envisioning Xuan Ziwen's demise under his assault.
However, reality was stark.
Just as the assault from the Soul Cannons was about to hit Xuan Ziwen, a flash of golden light suddenly shone in front of him.
An eggshell-shaped barrier protected him inside it.
It was none other than Xuan Ziwen's personally crafted Level Seven Invincible Barrier.
Just in time, as the attack descended, it stirred ripples after ripples on the barrier, yet it was unable to cause any substantial damage to it.
"All blocked?"
Fan Yu's pupils shrank suddenly.
He had anticipated that Xuan Ziwen would not be easy to kill, but he didn't expect him to block his assaults so effortlessly.
Was it a bit too dismissive?
No matter what, you could at least dodge symbolically.
In the moment of Fan Yu's shock, Xuan Ziwen had also taken out his own soul tools.