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

Chapter 140 Greetings

Shrek Academy, Soul Guidance Department Experimental Building.

With the help of Deans Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo, Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao successfully registered their information in the Soul Guidance Department. Led by Fan Yu, they arrived at the Soul Guidance Department's Soul Guidance Device Testing Ground.

With the recommendation of the dean and vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department, Luo Chen received better treatment than anyone else in the department. Even Fan Yu, who was second only to the two deans in status within the department, had to be on high alert when facing Luo Chen, this monster.

He had heard of this student before. First, he used his second-ring cultivation to forcefully defeat a third-ring Soul Master who was four years older than him. Then, after being brought to Seagod Island by Elder Xuan, his strength experienced an explosive increase.

There are even rumors that Luo Chen is able to fight beyond his level in the inner courtyard. This is not the kind of cross-level combat that involves crossing several levels of soul power in the traditional sense, but rather crosses several major realms!

When he first broke through to the third ring Soul Master level, he was able to easily defeat an inner court student with the cultivation of a fifth ring Soul King level. And when he broke through to the fourth ring Soul Master level with lightning speed, he recently defeated two leading figures in the inner court!

Although Fan Yu was unsure of the veracity of these reports, she could glean some information from the attitudes of the two deans towards this student today.

If Luo Chen didn't possess extraordinary talent, how could he, a first-year student who hadn't even completed the freshman assessment, be so highly regarded by two titled deans, who even specially arranged for him to be placed under their tutelage?

This made Fan Yu very interested in this seemingly ordinary student, not only because of his curiosity about the student, but also because of what his teacher, Qian Duoduo, had said to him.

He knew his teacher's personality well; he was known for being extremely strict. Although he seemed easygoing on the surface, he demanded perfection in everything he did and did not tolerate any flaws.

That's why Fan Yu is so curious about Luo Chen. After all, no student has ever received such high praise from their teacher before...

"So even the lowest level is a Title Douluo? What an interesting little guy..."

Looking at the new disciple before him, whose aura and strength he could not detect at all, Fan Yu couldn't help but chuckle. If the other party's talent was really as terrifying as his teacher had said, then it was he who should be nervous.

How to carve such a fine piece of jade is indeed a troublesome matter.

However, before that, he still needed to conduct a simple test on this new disciple to see if the other party truly possessed that terrifying talent...

Thinking this, Fan Yu led Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao behind him to the place where he usually tested his soul tools.

Although Fan Yu didn't say a word the whole way, Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao behind him were constantly talking.

Luo Chen did not feel any pressure because he switched to the Soul Guidance Department. To him, the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department were essentially the same. He was able to learn all the basic knowledge about the Martial Soul Department in two months and also read most of the secret manuals in the library.

With such incredible, almost divinely inspired comprehension, mastering the fundamentals of the Soul Guidance System was not difficult for him; it was simply a matter of how much time he was willing to invest.

At the moment, Luo Chen was most interested in Huo Yuhao beside him, wondering how far he had progressed in the Soul Guidance System. After all, according to Dean Qian Duoduo, Huo Yuhao had been studying Soul Guidance Devices with Fan Yu for a long time.

"Yuhao, by the way, what level of Soul Master are you now?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Luo Chen got straight to the point and asked his junior brother in front of him.

Huo Yuhao did not hide anything from this and openly told everyone about his current situation:

"Level 2. My teacher said that my knowledge of the Soul Guidance System has reached the point where I can make Level 3 Soul Guidance Devices, which is equivalent to being a Level 3 Soul Guidance Master. However, because I haven't obtained my second Soul Ring yet, I am still only a Level 2 Soul Guidance Master."

"I see. That makes sense. Although your spiritual power cultivation is very high, your soul power level is indeed a big problem. However, I see that your soul power is almost at the threshold of level 20. When do you plan to acquire your second soul ring?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao's reply, Luo Chen was not surprised. After all, that's how Soul Masters are. Although their qualifications and experience have reached the standard for "promotion", they still need something basic to support them in order to completely complete the "promotion" – Soul Power!

Whether it's making or using soul tools, it all depends on the support of one's soul power level. It can be said that a soul master's level is almost directly proportional to their cultivation level.

A Soul Master with a high Soul Power Realm may not necessarily become a High-Rank Soul Master, but a Soul Master with a low Soul Power Realm will definitely not become a High-Rank Soul Master. This is indeed a cruel reality.

Therefore, even though Huo Yuhao has accumulated and improved his basic knowledge of the Soul Guidance System to the level sufficient to advance to "Level 3 Soul Master", he is still stuck at the Level 2 Soul Master due to his own cultivation level.

However, there was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Huo Yuhao's situation was special. Even though Luo Chen knew that Huo Yuhao's current talent was enough to break through to level 20 in one fell swoop, he couldn't absorb soul rings as easily as Huo Yuhao.

The second spirit ring of the Spirit Eye Martial Soul was a huge turning point for Huo Yuhao, not only representing the awakening of his second martial soul, but also determining the upper limit of his talent!

If Huo Yuhao fails to awaken his second spirit, his potential as a spirit master will be greatly diminished. The starting point of a control-type spirit master with a spirit eye spirit spirit soul is quite different from that of a power-attack-type spirit master with an extreme ice attribute spirit soul.

Since experiencing the terror of a peak martial soul in Tai'an, Luo Chen has become increasingly eager for Huo Yuhao's second martial soul to awaken. Between the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion with ultimate ice and the Titan Giant Ape with ultimate power, which one is stronger?

Luo Chen was quite curious about this result. Logically speaking, extreme attributes should be overwhelming, but what if the other party also has extreme attributes?

That's hard to say...

However, Luo Chen was certain of one thing: neither Huo Yuhao's upcoming ultimate ice martial soul nor Tai'an's ultimate power martial soul could compare to his Death Scythe martial soul in terms of level.

The so-called ultimate attribute martial soul, no matter what, only reaches the extreme in a certain attribute, and ultimately fails to break through that limit. However, his Death Scythe martial soul truly transcends the limits of mortals and enters the realm of "god".

Having the authority over death, Luo Chen naturally grasped a portion of the laws of death. As a mere mortal, he had come into contact with laws that only gods could access, which gave Luo Chen considerable insights.

The power of laws is something that transcends all basic attributes. Moreover, this law belongs to the great world of the myriad realms where the Reaper's Scythe resides, far beyond what the laws of this Douluo Continent can contend with.

Therefore, when facing so-called ultimate martial souls, peak martial souls, or top-tier martial souls, no matter what level the opponent's abilities or attributes have reached, Luo Chen can easily suppress them.

Just like Tai'an's Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, which possesses extreme power, although it surpasses Luo Chen at the same level in terms of basic strength, that is only under the condition that Luo Chen did not use the Death Authority.

Once Luo Chen draws upon a portion of the Death Law he has mastered, it is estimated that even if Tai An were to unleash the full power of the Titan Ape at its peak, he would not be able to shake the Death Law power controlled by Luo Chen in the slightest.

Luo Chen never took the so-called martial soul restraint to heart, because he knew that no matter what kind of martial soul it was, whether it was an ultimate martial soul or a god-level martial soul, it was essentially just within the scope of "martial soul". Before breaking through to the god realm, it could not cause the slightest ripple in front of his Death Scythe.

Because Luo Chen had already discovered that, with the power of the Law of Death, he could even use the awakened Reaper's Scythe to easily break through the opponent's Martial Soul!

If it were a beast spirit master like Ma Xiaotao, it would be fine. The beast spirit is attached to the spirit master, and it can even be said to be one with him. No matter what, Luo Chen could not directly shatter the opponent's spirit with the Death Scythe, because once the opponent's spirit is shattered, the opponent will not be able to survive.

However, if it were an ordinary weapon spirit master, facing Luo Chen's Death Scythe, it would be a completely one-sided situation.

In terms of the quality of martial souls, Luo Chen had never seen any soul master who could forcefully contend with the Death Scythe in his hand with their own martial soul. After all, no matter how good a weapon-type martial soul master's martial soul is, it is still just a martial soul power.

However, his Death Scythe is a real "weapon," and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a divine artifact. It's just that it's still in a slow evolutionary state, otherwise Luo Chen wouldn't be able to hide the specifics of his Death Scythe.

The reason why his Death Scythe is called a Martial Soul is because there is no other Soul Master on the continent who, like him, awakens a Martial Soul that is a "weapon" that he is born with.

Therefore, Luo Chen could only use the Reaper's Scythe as his martial soul. After all, he couldn't very well say that his martial soul was the Reaper. Even though the soul skills granted to him by the soul rings he absorbed were completely unrelated to his "Reaper's Scythe," he still couldn't reveal the true nature of his martial soul.

If outsiders were to find out that his so-called "Scythe of Death" was not his martial soul, but rather a "weapon" attached to the true martial soul within him, then he would probably be captured and subjected to research.

After all, this situation has completely exceeded the definition of "Soul Master" in Douluo Continent. Whether it is a weapon-type Soul Master, a beast-type Soul Master, or a body-type Soul Master, there has never been anyone like Luo Chen, whose awakened Soul Master is also accompanied by a "weapon" bound to his soul.

Its grade is even ridiculously high, far exceeding its own cultivation level. As for its extremely strange side abilities, there's no need to say more. Even Luo Chen himself felt suffocated when he saw them. If they were to become known to the public, what would happen?

Therefore, even though Luo Chen knew that his true martial soul was not this "Scythe of Death," he still could not expose it. Who knows what kind of disaster it would bring to him or the world if he exposed his true martial soul before the "Scythe of Death" returned to its full strength!

That was beyond Luo Chen's imagination. The power that the Death Scythe possessed at its peak was unmatched, not to mention the so-called gods of this world, even the "Transcendent Ones" that Luo Chen knew of could not compare to it.

They exist in a completely different dimension!

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Luo Chen generally does not use the special abilities and the power of death granted to him by the Reaper's Scythe. Instead, he constantly hones his physical body and relies on it to improve himself.

However, the life-absorbing ability granted to him by the Death Scythe Martial Soul is indeed a divine artifact for cultivation. Simply by absorbing life force, the Death Scythe can naturally evolve and use this to replenish his energy, thereby enhancing his cultivation level.

This is also why Luo Chen has such confidence in his cultivation. As long as the life force of this world has not been completely exhausted, his progress in cultivation will not stop.

Even though Huo Yuhao is the chosen one of this continent, he cannot compare to him in terms of the level of cheating in cultivation.

Three months have passed since the start of the semester. Although Huo Yuhao's soul power cultivation is still at the first level, his spiritual power has soared to a level comparable to a five-ring Soul King.

Although Luo Chen was also curious about how Huo Yuhao had achieved such a terrifying increase in mental strength, he wouldn't ask. After all, he had already uncovered most of Huo Yuhao's secrets, and he was too embarrassed to ask again.

However, the reason why Huo Yuhao's spiritual power cultivation was able to improve so quickly must be inseparable from the remnant soul of Electrox, which is essentially at the level of a god, residing in his mind.

If Luo Chen was initially envious of the various abilities of this peak powerhouse from another world, it now seems that they are nothing special. After all, necromancy constructed through killing is ultimately inferior to his pure law of death...

(End of this chapter)