The news that Bibi Dong was coming to teach in person was like a bomb, making everyone's heads in the Elite Class buzz.
That was the high and mighty Supreme Pontiff.
Usually, let alone teaching, most of them hadn't even seen her face.
Now you're telling me that the Supreme Pontiff is actually coming to teach in person today.
Even Hu Liena, her personal disciple, was very surprised.
"Strange? Teacher usually rarely comes to the school, let alone to teach."
"Why is she coming in person today?"
While guessing, her gaze involuntarily drifted toward Golden Crown at the back.
"Could it be because of him?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Teacher is so busy usually, how could she make a special trip for this guy? There must be another reason."
Before long.
Bibi Dong's figure appeared in everyone's sight.
She was still wearing those purple Supreme Pontiff robes, holding a jeweled scepter, and walking slowly in high heels.
"Your Holiness, all students of the Spirit Intermediate Academy's Elite Class are present."
The Titled Douluo acting as the substitute teacher hurriedly jogged up to greet her.
The other students quickly lined up, including Golden Crown.
He stood at attention perfectly straight.
After all, this was Spirit Hall Academy, not the Hall of Worship. On Bibi Dong's turf, if he didn't behave better, this old lady would definitely make his life miserable.
"Welcome, Your Holiness!" everyone shouted in unison.
Bibi Dong gave a professional fake smile, nodded slightly, and scanned everyone with her gaze.
"I have come today to give you a lesson, so there's no need to be stiff. Relax."
Then she came up to Golden Crown, leaned down, and said, "Standing quite properly, aren't you? Why aren't you calling me 'Auntie' today?"
Golden Crown immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
Sure enough, the saying that women are vengeful creatures is a truth in any World.
It's been so long, yet Bibi Dong still remembers it.
There was no way around it; he was currently living under someone else's roof.
This tigress couldn't be provoked for now.
He hurriedly started flattering her: "Your Holiness is peerless in elegance and has an extraordinary temperament. Anyone who dares to call you old must be blind and have something wrong with their eyes."
After hearing this, Bibi Dong's expression froze, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.
She thought this kid would still be as stubborn and unruly as before.
She didn't expect him to be so adaptable to the situation.
To avoid giving her an opening, he even insulted himself.
"Smooth talker."
Seeing that she couldn't trick Golden Crown, Bibi Dong turned around.
Hu Liena saw her own teacher ignore her, her direct disciple, and instead whisper to Golden Crown.
This caused a thought to pop into her mind.
Have I fallen out of favor?
"Time is short and the task is heavy, we'll go straight into today's teaching content."
"But before today's practical combat teaching begins, I will first tell everyone what combat is."
"Blah blah blah..."
Bibi Dong stood in the center of the training ground and gave a long lecture on theoretical teaching.
As everyone knows.
Practical teaching is all about gaining experience in real combat.
The true feeling of life and death, winning and losing, cannot be felt through theory alone.
But since it was the Supreme Pontiff lecturing, even if they were sleepy, they had to be fully alert to listen.
After a while.
Bibi Dong finally finished explaining what combat was, and everyone was almost falling asleep.
Especially Golden Crown; although he was physically there, his soul had long since flown to the heavens.
"Alright, that's it for the knowledge portion. Next, we will conduct practical teaching."
"I need someone to be a sparring partner. Who wants to be the partner?"
As soon as these words were spoken.
The previously listless crowd instantly perked up.
To be the Supreme Pontiff's sparring partner!
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Although they might get beaten up, they were very willing to be hit by the Supreme Pontiff.
So they scrambled for this great opportunity.
"Let me do it, Your Holiness! I have thick skin, I'm perfect for a sparring partner."
"Forget about you. Your Holiness, my Martial Soul is a defensive type, a natural sparring partner."
"Drop it, you're not worthy."
"..."
Facing everyone scrambling for the sparring spot, Golden Crown stood still, looking at the others with disdain.
"I really don't get what's in their heads, actually fighting to get beaten up. Whoever wants to be the partner can go ahead, I'm certainly not doing it."
While thinking this, his eyes happened to meet Bibi Dong's.
He saw her showing a strange smile.
"Not good!"
Bibi Dong interrupted the noisy crowd: "Quiet! I see that student Golden Crown is very willing to be the sparring partner, so you come up."
???
Golden Crown was bewildered and pointed at himself.
Wait, where did you see that I was willing?
Sure enough, this old lady has bad intentions.
"Can I ref—" Golden Crown still wanted to save himself.
But Bibi Dong didn't give him the chance. Seeing that the boy was about to refuse her request again, she shouted coldly, "Now, come up here immediately!"
Having no choice, Golden Crown could only brace himself and walk forward from the line.
"Next, student Golden Crown and I will demonstrate practical combat for everyone."
"To ensure everyone can see clearly, I will suppress my spirit power."
Bibi Dong looked at Golden Crown and continued, "Use your strongest moves and attack me however you like."
Knowing deep down that he couldn't escape this beating.
Golden Crown simply resigned himself to fate.
He immediately activated his Martial Soul and entered Spirit Possession.
After seeing Golden Crown's two thousand-year first and second Soul Rings with her own eyes, Bibi Dong nodded as expected.
But in the next second, her pupils constricted, her right hand holding the scepter involuntarily tightened, and her expression became one of shock.
Everyone else looked at each other in bewilderment, as if they had seen a ghost.
In an instant, the entire field fell silent.
After Golden Crown's first two thousand-year spirit rings appeared, a black Soul Ring followed and descended.
The aura emitted by this black Soul Ring far exceeded that of a thousand-year spirit ring.
"A ten-thousand-year third ring!!!" Bibi Dong's voice trembled slightly, her beautiful eyes full of shock.
The scene before her completely overturned her previous understanding.
Because she had always followed Yu Xiaogang's theories.
In Yu Xiaogang's theory, a Soul Master can only absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring as their fifth ring upon reaching level fifty.
But Golden Crown had broken this theory repeatedly.
Thousand-year first and second rings, ten-thousand-year third ring.
This could no longer be described as a genius; it was monstrous.
"My god, this... could this be a ten-thousand-year spirit ring?!"
"How is this possible? Didn't the teacher say only a Spirit King can absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring? How did he do it?"
"No wonder he could hang all fifteen of us up and beat us yesterday. He's so powerful; I'm convinced."
After witnessing Golden Crown's ten-thousand-year spirit ring, the other students of the Elite Class were instantly won over.
This included Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue.
They had originally thought that they weren't too far behind Golden Crown and could catch up with some effort.
Looking at it now, that was nothing but a fantasy.
Bibi Dong snapped back to her senses and said, "Let me see your ten-thousand-year Spirit Ability."