Feng Xiaotian was already so overwhelmed by Lin Yu's aura that his legs had gone weak. His body trembled uncontrollably, his face filled with fear, and inwardly he screamed, "What the hell is this kid?! What kind of monster is he?!"
He no longer dared to stop Lin Yu. Instead, he collapsed to the ground, drenched in cold sweat, muttering repeatedly under his breath, "Yellow, purple, black... yellow, purple, black!!"
"Xiaotian! Are you okay?!"
Feng Tianxiao rushed over and quickly helped his son up.
"I'm fine, Father… but who is that kid really? How can he have such a terrifying soul ring configuration? He's already a Soul Elder with three rings at such a young age!" Feng Xiaotian stared at Lin Yu's departing figure, still in shock.
"A seraph-type martial spirit and the ability to raise a talent like that... Right now, only the Spirit Hall could possibly produce someone like him."
"Xiaotian, take a good look. This is what a true genius looks like. Before long, this child may become known throughout the entire soul master world."
"He could become the unrivaled powerhouse of your generation!" Feng Tianxiao said with the utmost seriousness.
At this moment, Lin Yu had already reached the Gale Demon Wolf.
"Gale Demon Wolf, come and fight me."
"Awooo!"
The sleeping Gale Demon Wolf opened its eyes. From the look in them, it was clearly an extremely ferocious beast.
It slowly stood up and looked up at Lin Yu in midair. Its expression instantly turned savage, baring its sharp wolf fangs.
Its razor-sharp claws scraped at the ground, and its fierce gaze carried a hint of greed.
That's right—it saw Lin Yu as prey.
"Awooo!"
With a howl, it instantly pounced, slashing its sharp claws.
Its speed was terrifying!
What made soul beasts powerful was their physical strength—often several times stronger than that of human soul masters. Except for those over ten thousand years old, most soul beasts relied on their bodies to fight.
Being struck by such a ferocious wolf claw could easily be fatal.
But unfortunately for the wolf—humans are Heaven's favored race!
The human physique is the optimal form for combat!
"First Soul Skill: Elemental Control!"
"Spatial Control — Spatial Blink!"
Just as the wolf claw was about to strike, Lin Yu instantly vanished from midair and reappeared behind the Gale Demon Wolf.
At his current level, his control over short-range teleportation exceeded five meters!
He extended both hands and switched to his Darkness Aspect.
Above the demon wolf, a square-shaped cage materialized—formed from countless sharp, black metal rods condensed from dark energy.
"Darkness Control — Dark Cage!"
"Fall!"
Bang!
As Lin Yu waved both hands downward, the dark cage instantly descended from above, pinning the demon wolf to the ground.
His dark attribute could devour his opponent's soul power.
Therefore, when developing skills related to Darkness Control, Lin Yu focused primarily on restraining and containment abilities.
At this moment, the demon wolf was firmly pinned under the dark cage, while its energy was being devoured—replenishing Lin Yu's own soul power.
"Second Soul Skill: Elemental Body!"
Lin Yu activated his enhancement skill, and his aura began to surge wildly.
His overall stats were boosted by 100%, and his elemental power increased by 50%.
Lin Yu's physical strength was already astonishing, but with the enhancement, his body now surpassed even that of a Soul King.
"Roar!"
The demon wolf broke free of its restraints and once again lunged at Lin Yu with a powerful slash.
"Heh."
Lin Yu smiled slightly and charged toward the demon wolf.
Just as its claws were about to reach him, Lin Yu performed an incredibly precise evasive maneuver, executing an extreme twist midair—barely brushing past the beast!
Dodge!
And in an instant, Lin Yu threw a punch,
smashing hard into the demon wolf's face!
Bang! Boom! Boom!
The demon wolf's body crashed onto the ground, howling in pain.
"So fierce!!!" Feng Xiaotian was stunned.
Before the demon wolf could recover, Lin Yu delivered a powerful kick to its body.
"Howl…!"
From then on, the demon wolf was completely overwhelmed and pummeled by Lin Yu!
"Hey, hey, hey! No way! This is a gale demon wolf over a thousand years old! And it's being utterly dominated by this kid!!"
"So strong! Really too strong!"
Feng Xiaotian held his head, shouting in disbelief.
"Looks like a 1,500-year-old gale demon wolf is only this powerful after all."
Lin Yu lost interest.
"Well then, it's time to end this fight."
Seeing the demon wolf lunging at him again, Lin Yu got serious.
"Howl!! (Damn human! Die!)"
The demon wolf's eyes were bloodshot, wildly charging in a frenzy.
"Earth Control — Wall of Earth!"
Lin Yu slammed his palm on the ground, and a huge earthen wall rose up five meters ahead.
The wall was rather ordinary in quality; the demon wolf shattered it with a single swipe of its claw.
That was expected because Lin Yu never planned to block with the wall—instead, he created a blind spot in the wolf's vision. The moment the wolf broke through, Lin Yu flew up into the sky.
Bang!
The wall was smashed, but the demon wolf was stunned—Lin Yu had disappeared!
"Hey! I'm right above you!" Lin Yu smirked.
"Howl?"
The demon wolf raised its head, but at that moment Lin Yu's fist had already gathered a massive flame.
"Fire Fist!!"
Bang! Boom! Boom!
The terrifying, massive flames struck fiercely, slamming the demon wolf hard onto the ground—it was barely alive.
The battle was over.
A voice of the Seven Elemental Gods echoed in Lin Yu's ears.
"Elemental God First Trial completed. Reward: Soul power increases by 1 level, all soul ring durations extended by one thousand years."
"Finally completed the first trial."
"I wonder what the second trial will be," Lin Yu thought, as the divine mark on his forehead began to emit divine power, flowing warmly and comfortably through his body.
His soul power instantly broke through from peak level 34 to peak level 35.
The color of his first soul ring also gradually began to change. Seeing this, Lin Yu immediately withdrew it, since Feng Xiaotian and his father were still present.
His soul ring configuration had changed to purple, purple, and black.
The thousand-year extension on the soul ring duration was a moderate upgrade for Lin Yu's third soul ring, but a huge boost for his first soul ring.
Now the first ring was 1,650 years old.
Soon after, the voice of the Elemental Gods sounded again.
[Elemental God Second Trial: Within two years, reach soul power level 40 or above, and accumulate solo kills of three different types of Soul Emperor level strong opponents—Strong Attack, Agile Attack, and Control types. Reward: Soul power increases by 1 level, all soul ring durations extended by two thousand years.]
"To kill three Soul Emperors within two years, and they must be the Strong Attack, Agile Attack, and Control types—this second trial is still pretty tough!"
Looking at the requirements for the second trial, Lin Yu's face darkened—not because he thought it was impossible, but because he seriously suspected the Seven Elemental Gods had changed the difficulty.
"Hey, Seven Lords of the Gods, did you guys change the difficulty of the trial?"
If Lin Yu remembered correctly, the Divine Realm had regulations on how each god could test their own successors.
The gods were not allowed to arbitrarily alter the content of the trials.
And Lin Yu also recalled that the trial content was not supposed to be casually changed—this was to prevent some gods from hastily passing on their divine status and letting their heirs coast through easily.
However, if it was about increasing the difficulty, the Divine Realm wouldn't intervene at all.