Douluo Continent: I, an evil soul master, work nine-to-five in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 101 A Dilemma

"No, my innate spirit power is only level one. Even if it's that extremely rare original spirit you mentioned, how many people could possibly value me?"

Hearing Xiao Xiao's slightly regretful words, Huo Yuhao also spoke with a helpless expression.

What he said was actually quite right. Any martial soul, even a dragon-type martial soul, if its innate soul power is only level one, then it basically determines the height that this soul master can reach.

Having only level one innate soul power means that one's speed in cultivating soul power will be limited to this level, much slower than that of a so-called genius with full innate soul power.

Take a one-ring Soul Master as an example. A Soul Master with full innate Soul Power can absorb the first Soul Ring as soon as he awakens his Martial Soul and become a true Soul Master. However, for a Soul Master with level one innate Soul Power to reach level ten and absorb the first Soul Ring, the time required will be more than a hundred times that of a genius Soul Master!

When a Soul Master with innate level one Soul Power cultivates to level ten Soul Power on their own, a Soul Master with innate full Soul Power can basically break through to the second ring. This is the difference in innate Soul Power!

Therefore, regardless of the type of martial soul, the first thing an awakener values ​​is the level of innate soul power. If the innate soul power is insufficient, even a top-tier martial soul like the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda cannot make up for the deficiency.

It can be said that even if a Soul Master like Huo Yuhao, who possesses a mutated Body Martial Soul and a Spirit Eye Martial Soul with a spiritual attribute, has a mutated Body Martial Soul, it will be of no use, because his upper limit is likely to be the Soul Venerable level.

Many Soul Masters with innate Soul Power at Level 1, even if they force themselves to become Soul Masters through their own efforts, still have a very high probability of getting stuck at the bottleneck of the Three-Ring Soul Master, because the Three-Ring Soul Master is a watershed moment.

To break through to the third-ring Soul Master level, one needs more than just absorbing the energy of heaven and earth; one also needs corresponding spiritual power. However, a Soul Master with innate first-level Soul Power and an ordinary Martial Soul is just that—an ordinary Martial Soul. So how can one break through to the Soul Master level?

Therefore, soul masters like Huo Yuhao, who possess a spirit-attribute martial soul, have a unique advantage in breaking through realms, even though it's not easy for them to find soul rings.

Soul Masters with spiritual attributes don't need to worry about their soul power cultivation as long as their soul power is sufficient, at least not before reaching the seventh-ring Soul Saint level.

However, there are very few spirit beasts with the spirit attribute. Even in the Star Dou Great Forest, there are not many spirit beasts with the spirit attribute. This is because spirit beasts have little combat power when they are first born. Unless they are from a large clan, they can only become food for other spirit beasts.

Therefore, in the Star Dou Great Forest, most spirit beasts with spiritual attributes have a cultivation level of thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Only with such cultivation can they gain a foothold in the Star Dou Great Forest and become a lord of their own, without having to worry about being eaten.

Therefore, most spirit attribute soul masters are considering their own soul rings. Spirit attribute soul masters who can have the best soul ring ratio are extremely rare, because they can hardly find soul beasts that are suitable for them.

This is why Huo Yuhao wasn't particularly noticeable in the eyes of Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun. His own soul power was one aspect, and his soul rings were another. Soul power level and soul ring configuration were the primary considerations for the higher-ups at Shrek Academy.

Secondly, there's the Martial Soul. While a Body Martial Soul isn't uncommon in Shrek Academy, what's rare is a Body Martial Soul like Huo Yuhao's, which possesses spiritual attributes. Its essence is his brain and eyes. Such a top-tier Body Martial Soul, if cultivated in any force, could become the nightmare of countless Soul Masters.

However, correspondingly, it is extremely difficult for a Soul Master with a spiritual attribute to cultivate such a person. Putting aside the requirements for Soul Rings, just teaching them how to cultivate is a major challenge.

Let alone other forces, even ancient forces with a history of ten thousand years like the Empire and Shrek Academy do not have many top-level experts with spiritual attributes. Cultivating top-level experts with spiritual attributes is extremely difficult.

If this spirit-attribute soul master has high enough talent, then there might be hope of nurturing him. However, it is too difficult to cultivate someone with innate first-level soul power like Huo Yuhao.

Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun could naturally see the power of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye Martial Soul, but when they saw that Huo Yuhao only had a ten-year Soul Ring and was only a one-ring Soul Master, they gave up the idea of ​​training him.

After all, as the academy's senior management, the first thing to consider is whether the value required to train a student is proportional to the benefits they will receive after training him.

It is obvious that in Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun's eyes, it is not worth it to raise Huo Yuhao who only has a white spirit ring. The resources required would be unimaginable. Even Shrek Academy would find it very difficult to raise him.

Therefore, even though Luo Chen had specifically requested it beforehand, Du Weilun only gave a vague response after some consideration and did not agree immediately.

However, this is quite normal, at least in Huo Yuhao's own opinion. He is well aware of his own talent, which is not worth the academy's special training, so he did not force it, but simply continued to improve his own strength.

He knew that if he wanted the academy to treat him the same way it treated Luo Chen, he could only improve his strength as much as possible and achieve excellent results, which would attract the academy's attention.

As Du Weilun had previously said, if Huo Yuhao achieved good results in the new student assessment, he would promote him to a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department. Although he said this out of respect for Luo Chen, it still gave Huo Yuhao a glimmer of hope.

In the first match of the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao truly achieved his goal, defeating a three-ring Soul Master head-on with only a ten-year Soul Ring. This thoroughly demonstrated his talent.

Even those outer court students who had previously been skeptical of his strength changed their minds at this moment. Huo Yuhao proved to them with his actions that even with just a ten-year spirit ring, there is a difference in spirit ring configuration.

Even though he was only a one-ring Soul Master, with an unimaginable gap between him and a three-ring Soul Master, he still used his own strength to defeat him and achieve the final victory!

Even if he is just a spirit attribute soul master who is not favored by others, so what? If he has no strength, he will improve his strength; if he has no opportunity, he will create one. One day, he will surpass all those so-called geniuses and reach the top of the continent!

"That's true, but if they saw your current strength, they'd probably all be shocked, haha."

Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Xiao Xiao couldn't refute them. After all, when she first met Huo Yuhao, she was not optimistic about his strength and cultivation, especially his ten-year soul ring. She really couldn't imagine what use a ten-year soul ring could have.

However, after getting to know him better day by day, Xiao Xiao realized just how terrifying Huo Yuhao's "ten-year soul ring" really was. Even though Huo Yuhao was only a one-ring soul master, his strength surpassed that of all the students in the outer academy, truly proving that hard work can make up for lack of talent!

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's own support ability is also top-notch. After experiencing the effects of Huo Yuhao's spirit detection and sharing soul skill, Xiao Xiao even had the illusion that this was the number one support-type martial soul in the world!

Compared to the amplification ability of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, this feeling of having a god's-eye view, being able to touch everything at will, is the true divine weapon in the battle of soul masters!

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's own strength also impressed her. He was able to explore a different path beyond soul power cultivation and delve into the field of spiritual power. This was something Huo Yuhao had always wanted to do, since his own martial soul was the Spirit Eye, which was of the spiritual attribute.

With the help of the pills given by Luo Chen and the guidance of Electrolux, Huo Yuhao's control over his mental power has become increasingly mature. Although it is still full of flaws compared to Electrolux and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, it is a transformation compared to his previous ability to simply release mental power!

After all, with only the mental power of a three-ring Soul Master, it would be almost impossible for him to defeat an ordinary two-ring Soul Master with his mental power; at most, he could only cause some interference.

But now, under the guidance and instruction of Electrolux and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, his control over mental power has far surpassed his former self by several levels, making it incomparable to what it was before!

Therefore, even if Huo Yuhao were to face a three-ring Soul Master, he would still be confident of victory. According to Ilex, with his current mastery of mental power, he could easily crush any three-ring Soul Master!

Of course, this refers to a three-ring Soul Master like Xie Huanyue. After all, there are quite a few Soul Master geniuses on the continent who possess the mental power of a five-ring Soul King when they are at the level of a three-ring Soul Master.

However, Xie Huanyue himself is no ordinary three-ring Soul Master. To be able to break through to the three-ring Soul Master at such a young age, and with the best Soul Ring configuration, his talent alone ranks among the best in Shrek Academy in the past hundred years.

After all, in a normal freshman assessment, you wouldn't even see a single three-ring Soul Master, let alone a class like this one, which produced several three-ring Soul Master level freshmen, and even a monster like Luo Chen.

This is why Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun came to the competition venue to watch on the first day of the freshman assessment, because this freshman assessment was far superior to previous ones.

They need to make a basic assessment of the genius students among this year's freshmen, then gradually analyze the potential of each genius, and finally decide the affiliation of the core disciples of the outer academy's martial spirit department.

These are all things that the dean and the head of academic affairs must do, especially after learning that so many talented students have emerged, which makes them even more concerned about the assessment of this year's freshmen.

However, at this moment, both of them were extremely surprised by Huo Yuhao's progress and the strength he displayed, and even changed their previous views on Huo Yuhao.

Just as Wang Yan was asking Huo Yuhao about the specifics, Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun were also watching this scene.

If their curiosity about Huo Yuhao stemmed from Luo Chen's influence, then Huo Yuhao's own demonstrated strength alone is enough to capture their attention now.

After all, the few three-ring Soul Masters in the outer academy alone were enough to attract their attention, let alone a student like Huo Yuhao who defeated a three-ring Soul Master head-on with almost no effort.

"Velen, it seems we really misjudged this time. Perhaps even the elders in the Sea God Pavilion couldn't have imagined such a situation would occur."

"Even with a spirit-attribute martial soul, it's almost impossible to defeat a three-ring Soul Master with just a ten-year soul ring. I guess you could say that little guy Luo Chen had foresight."

"At first, I didn't think much of Huo Yuhao, but I didn't expect him to give me such a big surprise. How long has it been? He has made such great progress. If it weren't for Luo Chen staying on Seagod Island, I would have thought that this guy was Luo Chen in disguise."

Yan Shaozhe smiled helplessly at Huo Yuhao, the student who had completely changed their opinion of him.

He really hadn't expected that Huo Yuhao could achieve such a feat, defeating a genius student at the level of a three-ring Soul Master during his freshman year. This completely exceeded the evaluation standards for a normal core disciple.

After all, the evaluation criteria for the core disciples of the Martial Soul system in previous years were only to perform well among the two-ring Great Soul Masters. But this year, the standard has been raised by more than one level.

There are probably no fewer than ten students with the strength of a three-ring Soul Master in this freshman assessment alone. In the past, it was difficult to find even one Soul Master genius, but this year there are double digits of them!

This made Yan Shaozhe even more hopeful for the future of Shrek Academy. At the same time, he also realized that it was time to change his old, outdated stereotypes, because Mu En had criticized him a lot on this point alone.

Most of the criticisms were because of Luo Chen. Yan Shaozhe had been scolded a lot in order to help Luo Chen go further in his career. He violated the academy's rules and was scolded by the elders, but if he didn't make changes, Mu En would criticize him. He was really caught in the middle.

(End of this chapter)