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

Chapter 88 Strength

Even though the female student in front of him, like Yao Haoxuan, was a five-ring Soul King, she was unable to resist at all under the Death Scythe released by Luo Chen. She had no intention of resisting whatsoever.

However, Luo Chen was not surprised by this. After all, he knew how terrifying the power of his own Death Scythe Martial Soul was. Even Du Weilun, an eight-ring Soul Douluo, was quite frightened by this terrifying aura of death.

However, at this moment, not only the female student who had been subjected to Luo Chen's Death Gaze, but also the group of inner court students standing behind her, were all looking at Luo Chen with solemn expressions.

The aura emanating from Luo Chen at this moment far exceeded everyone's expectations. Everyone present had a certain estimate of Luo Chen's strength, after all, his soul power was only at the level of a three-ring Soul Master.

Even if he could rely on his physical strength and those unknown techniques to fight against Yao Haoxuan, who had the power of a six-ring Soul Emperor, in the eyes of the others, his true strength was only that of an ordinary Soul King.

Even if they released their own martial soul and soul rings, they would still be far from being able to contend with a true five-ring soul king, let alone these inner court students who had been cultivating in Shrek Academy for a long time.

However, to everyone's surprise, Luo Chen's combat power underwent such a terrifying change after releasing his martial soul. His aura, which was originally only at the Soul Venerable level, directly soared to a level that surprised them all!

The situation of the female student in front of them was just as they had sensed. In just a moment, Luo Chen didn't even have time to make a move before he could react and release his martial soul, and he forcibly suppressed her.

The intense aura of death shocked everyone present. No one could have imagined that such a terrifying aura of death would emanate from this outer court student!

Moreover, the aura of death emanating from it was far more terrifying than any of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts they had ever seen!

That's not all.

The three dazzling spirit rings floating up and down behind Luo Chen surprised the people present. After all, what was appearing behind Luo Chen at this moment was not some ten-year or hundred-year spirit ring.

Instead, there were two purple thousand-year soul rings and a ten-thousand-year soul ring that exuded a strong sense of oppression and was jet black!

Such an illogical soul ring configuration is what surprised everyone present. Being able to absorb a thousand-year-level soul ring in the second soul ring slot is not surprising, after all, there are quite a few such monstrous students in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard.

However, to their surprise, Luo Chen's second spirit ring was not only a thousand-year spirit ring, but even his first and third spirit rings far exceeded the limits they could absorb!

The first spirit ring slot was filled with a thousand-year-level spirit ring, and the spirit ring in the third spirit ring slot even broke through the ten-thousand-year level!

This means that when he was still a Soul Master, his physical qualities and mental realm had already reached the level of a three-ring Soul Master. When he broke through to the level of a three-ring Soul Master, his soul power and mental power increased even more dramatically!

A Soul Venerable can absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring that is normally only absorbed by a Five-Ring Soul King. Not only that, all three Soul Rings were absorbed beyond their level, and the difference was not just a small level, but an entire major realm!

They had seen many genius students who could break through to the third-ring Soul Master level in their first year of the outer academy, but they had never heard of a monster like Luo Chen, who possessed two purple thousand-year Soul Rings and a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring that could not be viewed by common sense when he was a third-ring Soul Master!

Only now do they realize why Luo Chen was granted special permission by the academy to enter Seagod Island for cultivation.

His combat power and spirit ring configuration alone, which can only be described as exaggerated, are enough to make the school take him seriously.

Honestly, Luo Chen's talent is even more terrifying than that of Yao Haoxuan, a genius student with an extremely fast cultivation speed. At least Yao Haoxuan's cultivation speed is a little faster, and he might have a chance to break through to the sixth-ring Soul Emperor before the age of twenty, at which time he will become a core student in the inner court of Shrek Academy.

However, a fast cultivation speed does not necessarily mean a high cultivation ceiling. Being able to cultivate to this level at this age is nothing special. There are many such talented students in Shrek Academy. However, his actual combat strength is also very strong, which is why he was promoted to the inner academy by the school.

For him, with his cultivation speed so fast that he has already reached the fifth-ring Soul King level, if he were still hanging around in the outer academy, it would inevitably affect his progress. After all, if he were to spar with a group of students whose highest level was no more than Soul Venerable, the gains he could get would be minimal.

Even if they win, it doesn't mean anything. After all, with a five-ring soul ring, even if they simply use soul power to suppress, they can still defeat a group of three-ring soul masters and two-ring great soul masters.

Now that he has come to the inner courtyard to study, and is fighting against a group of other five-ring Soul Kings, or even six-ring Soul Emperors and seven-ring Soul Saints, he has gained a lot.

Not everyone possesses such talent, but those students who can enter the inner academy for study and cultivation undoubtedly possess exceptional talent, making them among the best in Shrek Academy. Their future achievements will at least reach the level of a seven-ring Soul Saint, and that is only the minimum standard.

However, not all students with exceptional talent possess strength commensurate with their abilities. For instance, when Yao Haoxuan first arrived at Shrek Academy's inner court, quite a few inner court students were defeated by him.

Even though they were both at the level of a five-ring Soul King, and he was even a support-type Soul Master, he was still able to suppress and defeat the powerful attack-type Battle Soul King!

Although he lost more often than he won after sparring with other inner court students after arriving at Shrek Academy, this also reflects that not all inner court students are as exceptionally talented as Zhang Lexuan and him.

Just like now, the inner court students standing in front of Luo Chen, although they all had genuine Soul King level cultivation, in terms of true strength, they couldn't even beat Yao Haoxuan, who was a support-type Soul Master.

This is precisely why Luo Chen doesn't have a high opinion of these students. In Luo Chen's view, talent is one thing, but hard work is even more important!

The talent bestowed upon us by nature can only determine the starting point of our cultivation, but our own efforts can influence the final destination we can reach.

At least that's what Luo Chen thinks. Even if his own martial soul is so powerful, if he doesn't work hard to cultivate, he still won't be able to truly show the power of his Death Scythe martial soul!

On this continent, there are quite a few geniuses who are born with incredibly strong talents, possess the innate conditions of full soul power, and whose martial souls surpass the vast majority of soul masters. However, these geniuses with powerful talents are not few in number.

They are often extremely arrogant and complacent. Even if they have extremely high talent, they are unable to extricate themselves from their comfort zone and thus gradually embark on the path of self-destruction.

However, Luo Chen was not like that. He was "forced" to work hard from the beginning, because if he hadn't tried his best to seize every opportunity, he might have already perished under the claws of some soul beast.

It would have been impossible for him to be as energetic and lively as he is now, exchanging ideas and sparring with the inner students of Shrek Academy on Seagod Island.

Luo Chen was only using 50% of his strength, yet he had already put all the inner court students on high alert. This was also because Luo Chen's strength had indeed improved significantly.

However, in Luo Chen's opinion, the inner court students who are able to enter the inner court for study should not only have this kind of strength. If Yao Haoxuan, who just joined Shrek Academy like him, is the standard, then none of the inner court students in front of him meet the standard!

Not to mention reaching the level of Zhang Lexuan, whose strength has completely transcended the concept of "student" and reached the level of "strongman", making her a top-tier expert capable of standing alone!

Possessing a 100,000-year-old soul ring and possessing such formidable strength, this is the true representative of the inner court students of Shrek Academy, and also the goal that Luo Chen strives for.

As for the group of incompetent inner court students in front of him, Luo Chen simply did not understand what qualifications they had to enter Shrek Academy's inner court to study. In his opinion, compared to the group in front of him, even Tai An, who was only a second-ring Great Soul Master at the moment, was more qualified to enter the inner court to study.

"Weak, too weak. You can't even put up a fight. How did you get into Shrek Academy's inner court? I'd like to know if you really have the qualifications?"

Seeing that the female student in front of him, whose soul power cultivation was at the level of a five-ring Soul King, was unable to even break free from the strong control effect of his Death Gaze Soul Skill, Luo Chen couldn't help but frown and complain.

However, what he didn't know was that after his Death Scythe Martial Soul awakened, granting him the power to invoke the rules of death, and after absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring, each of his soul skills had been greatly enhanced.

The Death Gaze Soul Skill, which was originally only a powerful control Soul Skill, now has the ability to cause soul shock and mental suppression.

The mental strength of this inner court student was clearly inferior to that of Luo Chen, who had already cultivated the Purple Demon Eye to the level of "Mustard Seed". This is why the student did not resist at all when Luo Chen used his strong soul control skill on him.

"That's enough, Luo Chen. I only called them over here so that you could spar with them and exchange ideas. It's not that you have to defeat them one by one."

Just as Luo Chen finished speaking, the group of inner court students were about to speak, but Zhang Lexuan spoke up to Luo Chen first.

Compared to the other inner court students who were all at the level of five-ring Soul Kings, Zhang Lexuan was clearly not affected by this intense aura of death at all. Her incredibly powerful soul force naturally kept this aura at bay.

Moreover, when he spoke, he exuded a terrifying aura that was even more powerful than Luo Chen's aura of death.

Sensing this terrifying aura, Luo Chen raised an eyebrow. He had only ever felt this level of aura on Xuan Zi before. This must be the terrifying aura unique to a 100,000-year soul ring!

Even though Luo Chen can now easily kill a ten-thousand-year soul ring, he still felt a sense of unease when facing this powerful aura. This is a life instinct; when facing a powerful opponent who is far stronger than oneself, the body will automatically issue a warning.

The difference between a ten-thousand-year soul ring and a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring is so great that an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast that has not survived the heavenly tribulation, even if it is a ninety-thousand-year soul beast, is far from being able to contend with a true one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Because after a 100,000-year-old soul beast survives the heavenly tribulation and officially crosses the first natural barrier, not only will its strength increase exponentially, but its mental power will also be greatly enhanced. Its intelligence will break through from that of an ordinary soul beast to a level where it can compete with humans.

Soul beasts that reach this level can be called soul beast lords, and can even transform into human form for a short period of time to lead a group of soul beasts. Therefore, they are naturally incomparable to ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

However, there are a few types of spirit beasts that can ignore this and achieve true cross-level battles, such as Tai'an's own spirit beast, the Titan Giant Ape, as well as several spirit beast overlords of the Star Dou Great Forest, such as the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon...

Even if these kinds of soul beasts have not yet survived the Heavenly Tribulation and broken through to a cultivation level of 100,000 years, they still possess the combat power of a 100,000-year soul beast when they reach a cultivation level of 10,000 years, and can suppress ordinary 10,000-year soul beasts in a hundred years!

However, the gap among humans is not so large. Let alone an ordinary Soul King defeating a Title Douluo, even someone like Luo Chen, who can easily defeat a Five-Ring Soul King with a three-ring Soul Venerable cultivation, is extremely rare.

Therefore, when facing Zhang Lexuan, who possessed an eight-ring Soul Douluo cultivation level and a 100,000-year Soul Ring, Luo Chen, who always fought against opponents of higher levels, was unable to contend with her, as the gap between the two was simply too great.

Let alone someone like him who can defeat a three-ring Soul Master with five rings, even if Du Weilun, who is also an eight-ring Soul Douluo, came here, he wouldn't be able to gain the slightest advantage over Zhang Lexuan!

(End of this chapter)