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

Chapter 93 Progress in Tai'an

Just as Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun were talking, Luo Chen, whose figure had become even taller and whose aura had become even more profound, inadvertently looked at the two figures standing on the rooftop.

With his current mental strength, he can easily make his life detection ability passive. The Mustard Seed-level Purple Demon Eye has greatly enhanced his mental strength. Any life form that can be seen by his eyes cannot escape his life detection ability.

Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun, who were not revealing any aura at the moment, were discovered by Luo Chen. However, what truly surprised Luo Chen was the figure walking beside him.

"Chenzi, it's only been a few days, but you seem like a completely different person. Have you broken through again?"

Hearing that familiar voice, Luo Chen didn't look up, but a smile appeared on his face as he replied:

"Old Tai, you're the one who's amazing! Only two months have passed, and you're already not far from the third-ring Soul Master. This kind of cultivation speed is even a bit shocking to me."

The newcomer was none other than Tai An, the strongest person in Class 9 of the freshmen. Since he broke through to the second-ring Great Soul Master and awakened his own Martial Soul, his strength has become increasingly terrifying.

From easily defeating Wu Feng, who was also a two-ring Great Soul Master, to later defeating Wu Feng and Ning Tian, ​​who joined forces, with just one move, Wu Feng, who was empowered by the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda at the three-ring Soul Master level, could not withstand a single move from Tai An.

After defeating Tai'an, Tai'an's name became known among the first-year students of the outer academy. Now, even many senior students know that another monster-level student with the potential to enter the inner academy has emerged in this year's freshman assessment!

However, all of this was taken for granted by Luo Chen. With the defects of his martial soul made up for, Tai'an was able to truly unleash the terrifying power of the Titan Giant Ape.

Under the same level, unless the opponent's martial soul is also comparable to a powerful peak beast martial soul like the Titan Giant Ape, it is truly wishful thinking to defeat Tai'an among those of the same level!

Let alone those of the same level, even many three-ring Soul Masters or even four-ring Soul Sects with offensive martial souls cannot compare to Tai'an in terms of actual combat strength.

With Luo Chen's current insight, he could naturally see what level Tai An's strength had reached. It's no exaggeration to say that Tai An, who had just broken through before, might not even be able to defeat a normal four-ring Soul Master, but now...

Having become familiar with his current physical attributes and the newly acquired Millennium Soul Skill, Tai'an's overall strength has undergone a dramatic transformation. Even his fighting style is now completely different from before.

However, what truly surprised Luo Chen was Tai An's own spiritual power. At first, Tai An's spiritual power was only barely enough to absorb a thousand-year soul ring, but now it had reached the level of Xu Sanshi.

In terms of mental strength, he is even better than Xu Sanshi, a sixth-year student from the outer academy!

It should be noted that Tai'an's talent in mental strength is not actually very high; what truly stands out is his talent in physical fitness. However, his mental strength is now almost on par with his physical fitness.

This surprised Luo Chen. It was hard to imagine how hard Tai An had worked in cultivating the Purple Demon Eye and the Mysterious Heaven Technique over the past two months.

Otherwise, relying solely on his own Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul talent, Luo Chen didn't think he could achieve this level.

"Don't give me that. Do you think I don't know what's wrong with you? You say you're scared, but you're probably completely unfazed. To be honest, I'm the one who's scared."

"I thought that after training so hard all this time, I could at least close the gap between us, but I never expected the gap to widen even further. Honestly, what level have you reached now?"

Tai'an sat down next to Luo Chen without any hesitation. Even Mu Jin praised his strength, so the way he was disciplined was quite different from that of the other students.

Even in class, Ning Tian and Wu Feng, as the class monitor and vice monitor respectively, would always take Mu Jin's opinion as soon as Tai An spoke, which was an advantage brought about by her own strength.

However, a hint of helplessness still appeared on Tai'an's face at this moment. The reason he cultivated so desperately was to catch up with Luo Chen's pace as much as possible. He had always remembered the words Luo Chen had said to him at the beginning.

In order to enter the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy and cultivate with Luo Chen, Tai An usually worked very hard. In addition to cultivating Tang Sect's secret techniques with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong and Bei Bei every day, he spent most of his time sparring with students of all grades in the outer courtyard's Soul Arena.

Although Tai'an is only a first-year student in the outer academy, Shrek Academy truly values ​​one's strength rather than age. With Tai'an's current strength, he has already completely caught the attention of a group of senior students.

Even the higher-ups at Shrek Academy were very concerned about Tai'an. This was not only because of the strength he had shown, but also because of the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, which was the overlord of soul beasts.

The academy evaluates each student primarily based on their martial spirit, as the quality of the martial spirit essentially determines the upper limit of what a student can achieve.

Although there are quite a few geniuses who achieve remarkable success later in life, they are still a minority overall. Therefore, the academy values ​​students like Tai'an, who possess peak beast-type martial souls, very highly.

For any academy, cultivating gifted students is of paramount importance, because the stronger a student's talent, the greater the future benefits they can bring to the academy—this is a widely acknowledged fact.

Not to mention academies like Shrek Academy, which has a long history of tens of thousands of years on the continent. Every year, many geniuses emerge from its freshmen, and what the academy needs to do is to select the truly monstrous students with the potential to be cultivated from among these geniuses.

However, students like Luo Chen and Tai An are ultimately a minority. Those who can move the Shrek Academy's senior management and be granted the status of "core student" right after entering the academy are extremely rare.

Upon hearing Tai'an's words, Luo Chen smiled. He understood Tai'an's feelings. After all, he had worked so hard for so long, and if he couldn't even catch up with the other person's shadow, it would indeed be a very tragic thing.

Unfortunately, Luo Chen is just that kind of unreasonable person. So-called geniuses and elites are a joke in front of him. Even the inner students of Shrek Academy, who are very famous in the soul master world of the continent, are just ordinary people in front of Luo Chen.

Therefore, even though Tai'an has the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul as a foundation and works incredibly hard, catching up with Luo Chen is still not an easy task.

While he was making progress, Luo Chen was also making progress, and Luo Chen's speed of progress was far more astonishing than Tai An's. With such an incredible speed of progress, the gap between the two could only grow larger and larger over time.

However, Luo Chen still had high hopes for Tai An, after all, Tai An's talent was also not to be underestimated, especially after his Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul was truly awakened, his cultivation speed increased several times over, which was incomparable to what it used to be.

The students in Class 9 of the new students have a very deep understanding of this. In just two months, Tai'an, whose strength was originally only slightly higher than Wu Feng's, was able to easily defeat Wu Feng with Ning Tian's assistance.

It should be noted that Wu Feng and Ning Tian are both top-notch geniuses. In terms of aptitude, they are not much weaker than Luo Chen and Tai An in the eyes of the freshmen in Class 9. However, unexpectedly, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng were diligently cultivating and improving, Luo Chen and Tai An overtook them by a curve, surpassing them by more than one level.

Especially Luo Chen, among the students of Class 9, apart from being able to see him a few days ago, he was almost never seen in the outer courtyard of Shrek Academy for the next two and a half months.

However, despite this, Luo Chen's position in Class 9 of the freshmen remains unshakable. Even Tai An, whose strength has also improved by leaps and bounds, is no exception. In terms of true strength, he might be able to overwhelm a group of first-year students from the outer academy in a one-on-one fight.

However, he was no match for Xu Sanshi, who was a high-level three-ring Soul Master and also possessed a top-tier defensive martial soul.

After Luo Chen defeated Xu Sanshi, Xu Sanshi's strength increased at a terrifying speed. Even Bei Bei became serious and began to cultivate desperately. Otherwise, with Xu Sanshi's terrifying cultivation speed, even if he had many trump cards, it would be quite difficult to defeat him.

It can be said that Luo Chen single-handedly boosted the cultivation speed of the entire outer academy, and even the entire Shrek Academy. Students who were already very serious became even more serious, and many students who should have been slacking off were forced to work hard under this trend.

This is why Tai'an cultivates so desperately. He knows that with his talent, he may not be able to compete with Luo Chen, but he still believes that as long as he works hard and is serious enough, he will eventually be able to catch up with Luo Chen.

Seeing Tai'an's serious expression, Luo Chen smiled and said:

"Alright, it's no big deal to tell you. I recently broke through to the fourth level of Soul Master. I originally planned to wait until after the freshman assessment to break through, but I didn't expect the speed at which my soul power increased to exceed my expectations."

"So I couldn't resist and broke through directly. I don't think you'll blame me, after all, I see you're about to break through to the third ring Soul Master. If I didn't break through, I'm afraid I would be under a lot of pressure when I face you."

As he spoke, Luo Chen released his soul power fluctuations, allowing Tai An beside him to sense them more clearly.

However, after sensing Luo Chen's soul power fluctuations, Tai An let out a soft breath. Not only did he not show any shock on his face, but he even looked somewhat relaxed.

"Phew, a four-ring Soul Master, thank goodness. If you were to break through to a five-ring Soul King right now, I might never be able to catch up with you in my entire life. But with only a four-ring Soul Master, I might still have hope..."

"But what you just said isn't right. What do you mean by 'broke through without restraint'? Did you already have the confidence to break through to the fourth-ring Soul Master level?"

As Tai'an spoke, his gaze toward Luo Chen became somewhat strange; he felt that this possibility was very high.

Upon hearing Tai'an's words, Luo Chen's eyebrows twitched slightly. He hadn't expected Tai'an to be able to guess this. He had thought he could fool him, but he had underestimated Tai'an.

Seeing this, Luo Chen didn't hide anything anymore. He nodded under Tai An's speechless expression, and then said:

"I didn't expect that you, Lao Tai, have not only improved your strength during this period, but your thinking has also become much sharper. You really guessed right. I was indeed confident of breaking through to the fourth-ring Soul Master a long time ago, but I only broke through recently."

"After all, you know that breaking through to Soul Master or Soul Sect is not a bottleneck for me at all. As long as my cultivation level is high enough, I can easily break through. There is almost no difficulty. But I'm not lying to you. I really just broke through to the fourth ring Soul Sect."

Luo Chen didn't hide anything. Although he cultivated on Seagod Island, his soul power improved very quickly, almost by leaps and bounds every day. He visibly progressed from a level 37 Soul Venerable to his current level 4-ring Soul Master.

However, the improvement in cultivation also put Luo Chen in certain risks. In order to avoid attracting attention, Luo Chen broke through to the fourth level of Soul Master without anyone noticing, and immediately asked his cheap master, Elder Mu, to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring.

Therefore, Tai'an received no news at all and could only guess at Luo Chen's current level.

Even Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun, two figures with extremely high influence in the academy, only learned of Luo Chen's successful breakthrough to the fourth-ring Soul Master level later from him.

Almost no one expected that Luo Chen, who had just broken through to the third-ring Soul Master level, would break through again in such a short time and reach the fourth-ring Soul Grandmaster level. The fourth-ring Soul Grandmaster level was something that none of the outer court students had reached; only the students in the inner court of Shrek Academy could achieve it.

However, Luo Chen, who was only a first-year student in the outer academy and had not even experienced the freshman assessment, was the first to reach this level!

(End of this chapter)