Chapter 359
I'm not some crazy person who likes to cause destruction.
Lin Xia paused, looking at the rapidly diminishing ore in Bangiras's arms, and added:
"However, I suggest you don't touch it for too long, after all, it is a Sandstorm King!"
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, though somewhat reluctant to part with the wonderful sensation, tactfully withdrew their hands.
They had no desire to experience that terrifying power again.
Just then, Little Bankiras finally finished gnawing on the last piece of topaz.
It let out a small, satisfied burp, releasing a tiny puff of white steam with an earthy smell.
Then, it stuck out its little tongue and licked the mineral fragments from the corner of its mouth with lingering satisfaction. Its big, round eyes began to dart around, scanning its surroundings.
When its gaze swept over Yu Tianheng, Oslo, and the others who were still in a daze, a very subtle... hint of disdain seemed to flash in its round, red eyes.
That's right, it's disdain, as if to say, "A bunch of uncultured people."
Then, ignoring everyone else, it took a few quick steps and trotted back to Lin Xia's feet. It stretched out its little paws, tugged at Lin Xia's trouser leg, tilted its head back, looked at him with its big, watery eyes, and made a coquettish "woof woof" sound in its throat.
Lin Xia looked down and met its gaze, instantly understanding its meaning.
He immediately recalled Bangiras back to the Spirit Space.
Let it go to sleep.
After all, Bangilas is not the same as he used to be.
Bangilas needs sleep and food to become stronger.
Naturally, it's all about eating and sleeping, and sleeping and eating!
When Lin Xia returned Bangiras to her spirit space, the frozen air on the training ground seemed to thaw instantly.
The tense backs of the crowd visibly relaxed, and several suppressed gasps rose and fell.
Oslo even staggered a step, but was quickly caught by Yu Feng beside him. The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, both seeing the relief of surviving a disaster in each other's eyes.
The graphite and millstone brothers stood back to back, their hard basalt tortoise shells covered in a fine layer of cold sweat, which rose and fell slightly with their heavy breathing.
Yu Tianheng took a deep breath, trying to calm his heart pounding in his chest.
As the captain of the Royal Fighting Team, he believed he had seen many powerful figures, and his grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen, was even a Title Douluo-level existence.
But the existence of that giant beast named Bangiras just now overturned his understanding of power.
That wasn't a difference in soul power level, but a crushing defeat on a life level, as if facing a primordial giant god who had emerged from ancient mythology. The mere pressure of its existence was enough to crush the will of mortals.
He recalled his grandfather's words about the hidden talents on the mainland, and only now did he truly understand the weight of those words.
"call……"
Instructor Qin Ming let out a long breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and looked at Lin Xia with an extremely complicated expression.
Awe, shock, lingering fear... all ultimately turned into a bitter smile.
"Lord Lin, this...this is truly..."
He carefully considered his words, only to find that any language seemed pale and powerless in the face of the scene he had just witnessed.
He could only pat his still numb knees and sighed sincerely, "I'm convinced! This old man is completely convinced! I used to think it was just an exaggeration when I heard that you suppressed Immovable King with one move at Shrek Academy."
"What I saw with my own eyes today... no, what I experienced firsthand, made me realize that the rumors were not only not exaggerated, but actually quite understated! This is no martial spirit, it's clearly a walking natural disaster!"
Lin Xia looked at the lingering fear on everyone's faces, her face still bearing that gentle yet distant smile.
He casually brushed away non-existent dust from his black trench coat, his tone as relaxed as if he had just let an insignificant little pet out for a walk.
"Teacher Qin, you're too kind. There's no need for everyone to be so nervous. Bangilas may look intimidating, but it's actually quite docile. As long as you don't provoke it or threaten anyone I care about, it won't even bother stepping on a rock."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the still-shaken faces of the crowd, and then added a sentence, in a slightly joking tone.
"Don't worry, I'm not some crazy person who likes to cause destruction."
This half-joking, half-comforting remark was like a key, instantly unlocking the turbulent waves surging in everyone's hearts.
"docile……"
Dugu Yan subconsciously repeated it, looking down at her hand that had just touched the shrunken Banjiras. The strange touch of hardness, coldness, and earthy weight seemed to still linger on her fingertips.
She recalled the little guy's round, even slightly naive eyes as he focused intently on gnawing on the ore, and then compared them to the colossal, world-destroying shadow that had just blotted out the sun and stirred up a sandstorm. The stark contrast left her somewhat dazed, and she could only mutter:
"Lingling, pinch me, am I dreaming? Was that... the same little guy chewing on a rock?"
Even Ye Lingling's usually aloof face showed a rare hint of disorientation. She gently shook her head, her glassy eyes still lingering with the fear of that terrifying pressure.
“It’s not a dream, Yanzi. It’s just… our understanding of power was too narrow before.”
"I finally understand..."
Yu Tianheng's voice was a little hoarse. He straightened his body, trying to suppress the shock in his heart. His gaze toward Lin Xia was filled with unprecedented solemnity and a trace of indescribable frustration.
"Why is it that everyone on the mainland says that Lin Xia, the city lord of Gengjin City, is the undisputed number one genius on the mainland? In the past, I thought it was just people praising you to curry favor with you, the city lord, in order to obtain Gengjin City's soul tool technology."
He gave a wry smile, his gaze sweeping over the huge crater at the edge of the training field, unintentionally trampled by Bangiras, which looked like it had been struck by a meteorite. He recalled the suffocating sense of oppression he had just felt.
"Twelve years old, a level 59 Battle Soul King—that's already a legend. But what's even more despairing is that this is only your 'explicit strength'! We were all wrong... terribly wrong! Those circulating praises—they weren't flattery at all! They were simply a lack of words to accurately describe the heights you've reached!"
Yu Tianheng's voice carried a sense of heaviness and relief after understanding the truth.
"Possessing such a martial spirit, wielding such power, and single-handedly creating Gengjin City, the soul guide capital that overturned the civilization of the continent, even the Pope of the Spirit Hall has to show him respect... How can such an existence be summarized by the word 'genius'?"
"This is simply... a monster! A nascent form of a god walking among humans!"
He looked at Lin Xia, his eyes filled with complex emotions:
"When I heard such a statement before, the pride of my Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family made me scoff at it, thinking it was nothing but the nonsense of frogs in a well who had never seen a true genius."
"Today... I, Yu Tianheng, am completely convinced! In front of you, my meager talent and so-called pride are like sand looking up at the stars, or fireflies comparing themselves to the bright moon! It's laughable that I even dared to dream of sparring with you before... It was truly like an ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating myself to the extreme."
He bowed slightly, his posture extremely humble, a gesture born of heartfelt reverence for absolute power. (End of Chapter)