Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

Chu Ci then took out four small boxes from her storage wristband and handed them to the other four people.

"The Soul Nourishing Pill can increase your soul power by one level without any side effects."

Tang Wulin and the other three were quite shocked when they heard this.

"That's amazing, so if I keep eating it, will I be able to keep increasing my soul power?" Xie Xie fiddled with the small box containing the Soul Nourishing Pill in his hand.

"You're overthinking it. Only the first one out of every ten levels is useful." Chu Ci easily shattered Xie Xie's illusions.

"You don't work hard to cultivate, and you're always thinking about taking shortcuts. No wonder you're so weak now." Gu Yue seized the opportunity and mocked mercilessly.

"Gu Yue, you!" Xie Xie glared angrily at Gu Yue upon hearing this.

"I think I heard about the Soul-Nourishing Pill when I was at the Spirit Transmission Tower," Gu Yue said to Chu Ci, completely ignoring Xie Xie's anger.

Chu Ci nodded, "The Soul Nourishing Pill is a special product of my company, and it is only traded between major powers and some high-level Soul Masters."

Tang Wulin listened to Chu Ci's words with envy in his heart. The Soul Nourishing Pill was so effective, how much money must it make!

As night fell, Chu Ci led the students of Class Zero to a small grove of trees next to the academy's playground.

Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated the powerful astrological influence bestowed upon her by the stars under the night sky, earning a wave of amazement from the crowd.

Chu Ci felt the absolute validity of the astrological attributes and was secretly surprised.

Anyone hit by Xu Xiaoyan's Star Wheel Chain in this state will be immobilized for one second, no matter how strong the opponent is.

One second is enough for one side to secure victory. This ability is truly outrageous; even Chu Ci, in his current state, would be helpless if frozen in that one second.

After Tang Wulin figured out Xu Xiaoyan's change, he realized, "Class monitor, this is the opportunity you were talking about to trick Teacher Wu, right?"

“That’s right, a one-second absolute certainty will definitely give Teacher Wu a surprise.” Chu Ci smiled, a mischievous look in his eyes.

Afterwards, the group discussed it and decided to take the initiative to find Wu Changkong for a sparring match and give him a surprise.

Wu Changkong would certainly not refuse the challenge from his students; in fact, he was quite looking forward to what surprises they would bring him.

Soon, everyone arrived at the playground.

Wu Changbai, his white robes fluttering, said calmly, "Come on, I will suppress my soul power to the third ring."

Chu Ci and the others quickly adjusted their formation, with Chu Ci and Tang Wulin standing in front, Gu Yue and Xie Xie on the two flanks, and Xu Xiaoyan in the middle.

Three thousand-year soul rings rose from Chu Ci's body, and the Heavenly Candle appeared at the same time.

Chu Ci gently stroked the Heavenly Candle Sword and grinned, "Teacher Wu, I apologize."

Chu Ci charged ahead towards Wu Changkong, with Tang Wulin close behind, controlling the densely packed Blue Silver Grass to unleash his Soul Skill—Entanglement.

Xie Xie quickly moved to Wu Changkong's left, and a series of wind blades, fireballs, and ice spikes shot out from the gaps in the blue silver grass, arriving at Wu Changkong even though they were behind.

Wu Changkong remained unfazed, sweeping away the elemental attacks and blue silver grass with two sword strikes, and then using the Ghostly Shadow Step to dodge Xie Xie.

Chu Ci arrived in front of Wu Changkong, and the red eyes on the Heavenly Candle in his hand suddenly opened. A layer of red light covered the sword, and a scorching, domineering aura rose from the sword.

An extremely yang and powerful sword intent emanated from the Heavenly Candle from within. This was the extremely yang sword intent that the Heavenly Candle comprehended on its own when Chu Ci was comprehending the Sword Intent of the Only Self.

To be honest, Chu Ci was quite astonished that Tianzhu could comprehend the Supreme Yang Sword Intent, but he quickly accepted the situation.

As Chu Ci had already discovered, Tianzhu was indeed much smarter than other soul weapons he had created.

The Chu Ci attributed this situation to Tianzhu's status as the ancestor of all soul weapons.

At this moment, on the playground, Chu Ci also unleashed his Sole Sword Intent. The two sword intents intertwined, soaring into the sky, causing a heavy pressure to everyone present except for Wu Changkong.

Chapter 54 Five Little Victories Dance, Cultivation in the East Sea

Chu Ci's eyes flashed with sword light, and his body exuded a sharpness that was determined to cut down everything.

Chu Ci leaped high into the air and thrust his sword down at Wu Changkong. Wherever Tianzhu passed, the chilling aura released by Tianshuang Sword gave way, and dared not approach.

Looking at the powerful sword strike, Wu Changkong, being from Shrek Academy, naturally recognized the sword intent.

Wu Changkong strained to keep his expression straight, his third soul ring flashed, and a blue ice blade—Heavenly Frost Whisper—was unleashed by Wu Changkong.

The Heavenly Candle and Heavenly Frost Words collided, red and blue clashed and exploded, creating a huge shockwave.

Wu Changkong took two steps back, while Chu Ci used the impact to retreat, revealing Tang Wulin behind him wielding the golden dragon claw.

Wu Changkong remained unfazed, his Frost Mark erupting, instantly blocking Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw and the dual attack of ice and fire from Gu Yue behind him.

Although Wu Changkong used his three-ring soul power, his Frost Mark still shattered instantly when faced with the combined attack from Tang Wulin and Gu Yue.

At the same time, a golden six-pointed star with a halo quietly appeared beneath Wu Changkong's feet, and beams of golden light swirled around his body, transforming into chains of ice that bound him.

Wu Changkong realized something was wrong and tried to unleash Frost Mark to protect himself, but even Wu Changkong had to freeze for a second in the face of the absolute certainty brought by the Star Wheel.

At this moment, Wu Changkong was completely unprotected, while Chu Ci was already prepared.

A giant dragon with black scales and heterochromatic eyes appeared behind Wu Changkong, opening its mouth to spew a burst of golden-red flames at Wu Changkong.

Directly in front of Wu Changkong, Chu Ci crouched down slightly, like a lurking dragon.

With a stomp of his right foot, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the playground. A dragon's roar resounded, and Chu Ci seemed to be enveloped by dragon-shaped ripples. Like a swimming dragon, he instantly rushed in front of Wu Changkong. Taking advantage of this momentum, he threw a punch. The sudden attack and punch were combined in one breath, and a giant dragon carrying domineering intent crashed into Wu Changkong.

This is the second move of the Emperor's Dragon Fist, derived from the Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) – Hidden Dragon Emerging from the Abyss. It is a short-range, explosive punch that strikes like a dragon, with extremely strong single-target impact.

As the two attacks landed on Wu Changkong, the one-second immobilization period ended. Wu Changkong then unleashed his soul power, sending Chu Ci and the others flying.

A wisp of icy mist emanated from Wu Changkong's body, dissipating the attacks from Chu Ci and Tianzhu.

Soon, the icy mist gradually dissipated, revealing Wu Changkong, who was unharmed but looked rather pale.

Chu Ci narrowed his eyes and noticed that Wu Changkong's clothes were much cleaner than the ones he wore when he first arrived at the playground.

In such a short time, Wu Changkong even changed his clothes in the icy mist, Chu Ci thought with a strange expression.

"Hooray!" Xu Xiaoyan was the first to cheer. The others were also quite excited because they had won.

At the last moment, Wu Changkong clearly unleashed a cultivation level far exceeding that of a third-ring cultivator, which allowed him to turn the tide.

He sheathed the Frost Sword, and as Wu Changkong, he couldn't possibly deny his defeat. He asked calmly, "Who orchestrated this scheme?"

“Me,” Chu Ci said with a grin, raising his hand.

Wu Changkong glanced at the Heavenly Candle, which had just transformed back into its sword form and flown back into Chu Ci's hand, and said, "Your weapon is quite extraordinary."

Wu Changkong frowned slightly. In his perception, Chu Ci's sword was alive; it was breathing and autonomously absorbing the soul power in the surrounding air. Wu Changkong had never heard of such a weapon before.

"It is a special weapon that I forged, named Heavenly Candle." Chu Ci smiled as he put away Heavenly Candle.

Wu Changkong nodded and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he said, "Very good. We'll continue tomorrow. I will maintain my cultivation at the third ring, but Chu Ci will practice alone."

After saying this, he turned and left, his white robes fluttering, his aloofness unchanged.

Wu Changkong had to hurry back and revise the training plan for Class Zero because he realized he had seriously underestimated Chu Ci's strength.

Therefore, during the battle, he was caught off guard and was cleaved in the back by Chu Ci's sword. He was forced to defend himself and was thus entangled by Tang Wulin and Gu Yue. This resulted in him being controlled even though he guessed that Xu Xiaoyan had special abilities.

Through the battle, he initially judged that he also had to control his cultivation at the fourth ring in order to suppress Chu Ci.

Upon hearing Wu Changkong's words, all four people except Chu Ci froze.

They were able to move Wu Changkong in his third ring state entirely because of Chu Ci's powerful attack.

As for the rest of the people in the battle, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue were cannon fodder, and Xie Xie was the cannon fodder among cannon fodder.

"Class monitor, this...this isn't right." Xie Xie said with a mournful face, unable to speak coherently for a moment.

"You guys are lucky. I'm going to have a one-on-one practice session with the dance teacher." Chu Ci patted Xie Xie on the shoulder.

The thought that Chu Ci would have to face Wu Changkong's "ravages" alone made Tang Wulin and the other three feel much better.

For the next period of time, Chu Ci received one-on-one tutoring from Wu Changkong while studying in Donghai City.

Xie Xie looked at the sword intent and chilling aura permeating the training ground of Donghai Academy with trepidation, swallowed hard, and asked, "Are we and the class monitor really eleven years old like us?"

"After arriving in Class Zero, I realized that I had really been living in a well and looking at the sky from the bottom of a well before." Xu Xiaoyan looked at Chu Ci's spirited figure wielding his sword, her eyes full of admiration.

Tang Wulin clenched his fists, realizing that he could no longer cultivate with Chu Ci, and secretly vowed to work harder so that he could stand beside Chu Ci and cultivate with him as soon as possible.

Gu Yue was even more decisive, already meditating and cultivating to improve his soul power.

In his spare time, Chu Ci was either researching soul guides in the laboratory or challenging the East Sea City branch of the War God Temple.

After Chu Ci successfully defeated two Soul Masters with Soul Power levels in their early forties in the military region, everyone in the Soul Sect within the region began to feel insecure.

A Soul Master with the cultivation level of Soul Sect is at least a captain in the military region, and can be considered a person of some standing. If he were to be defeated, where would he put his face?

In addition, during this period, Chu Ci also collaborated with Mu Chen to forge a soul weapon for Bai Tianzhe, the Yama Hook.

In order to cultivate the soul spirits needed for this forging of soul weapons, Chu Ci consumed resources second only to his own Heavenly Candle.

This spirit is quite famous in the original work; it is the Dark Demon God Tiger.

Of course, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Spirit cultivated by Chu Ci definitely does not have the power of an evil god, and this thing cannot be found in the current Douluo Continent.

Even so, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Spirit that Chu Ci cultivated was top-tier among top-tier spirits. Combined with Bai Tianzhe's ability to absorb evil thoughts, it was also quite malevolent.

Upon seeing this, Mu Chen repeatedly warned Chu Ci to keep a close eye on Bai Tianzhe and prevent him from going astray. He didn't want another Evil God Douluo to appear on the Douluo Continent in the future.

Chu Ci understood Mu Chen's concerns, but he was absolutely confident that he could keep Bai Tianzhe on the right path.

A month later, Wu Changkong said to the four students, "We're leaving tomorrow for Tianhai City. get out of class dismissed. Chu Ci, stay behind."

Chapter 55 Participating in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition

"Our Class Zero is going to participate in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition."

Wu Changkong waved his hand, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan all left, somewhat confused.

Wu Changkong said to Chu Ci, who remained behind, "Youth group, three-person team competition. The Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition is very large in scale, and there are many categories of competitions. Especially the Soul Master competition. It is divided into individual competitions and team competitions. The team competitions are further divided into three-person team competitions, five-person team competitions, and seven-person team competitions. The seven-person team competition is the most watched. You will be participating in the five-person competition. As the captain, think more about how you can achieve good results in the team competition. Your goal is the championship."

"Understood, Teacher Wu." Chu Ci nodded. Even though they were facing a group of opponents aged ten to fifteen, Chu Ci was still absolutely confident of winning the championship.

Chu Ci lowered her head and thought for two more seconds, "Teacher Wu, can I participate in the individual competition?"

“Okay, but you have to win the championship,” Wu Changkong said calmly.

“No problem,” Chu Ci replied confidently.

"Go. Go back and prepare. Tomorrow you will travel to Tianhai City with the team."

"Yes."