Douluo Continent has a system, but I don't want to use it.

Chapter 31 War Soul Emperor

As for how fast near-sonic speed is, Fang Tian has never heard of any Title Douluo exceeding the speed of sound. Near-sonic speed is at least equivalent to the speed of a Limit Douluo.

A blade flashed in an arc across the old man's waist.

Before the old man could react, a cut was made in his stomach. The foot-long gash split open instantly, and blood flowed out, staining his clothes red.

This was only because the Earth Bear's defense was formidable, and Fang Tian's sword was just an ordinary one. Otherwise, given Fang Tian's speed just now, the old man would have been cut in two.

This is why Fang Tian dared to aim straight for a vital spot with his first strike. After all, there was no deep-seated hatred between them, and killing someone for ten gold soul coins wasn't worth it.

The old man felt humiliated to have been injured in one move, even though it was just a superficial wound. He roared, his second spirit ring lit up, and he turned around to strike Fang Tian with his right claw.

Fang Tian was not about to be hit. He moved his feet, his body arcing around to behind the old man, and his knife slashed across the old man's back. With a hiss, another foot-long cut appeared.

The old man angrily turned around and raised his claws to grab Fang Tian. Fang Tian used the same trick again, moving behind the old man. In less than ten seconds, the old man had five or six wounds on his back, looking quite disheveled.

Seeing that he couldn't keep up with Fang Tian's speed, the old man roared and activated his fifth soul skill.

As his fifth spirit ring lit up, Fang Tian suddenly felt as if his body was being weighed down, and his speed dropped drastically. Although Fang Tian was still faster than the old man, the old man could defend against Fang Tian's attacks, and Fang Tian could no longer easily injure the old man.

Before the battle began, Fang Tian used the identification system to learn about the old man's soul skill. It was the Gravity Suppression soul skill that attracted Fang Tian's attention and made him want to see it.

Fang Tian felt the effects of gravity on his body, a comprehensive effect from the inside out. Using gravity to train one's physical abilities would be quite effective.

Fang Tian began to increase his speed, and as one arc-shaped blade flash after another swept past, Fang Tian's speed gradually returned to near-sonic speed.

Fang Tian felt that accelerating under the suppression of gravity required slightly more physical strength than when going supersonic, but not by much. With his current physical abilities, he could last for five minutes.

However, the body will be severely injured afterwards. Even if one's martial soul can use its life force to heal, it will still take three to five days to recover, which is not worth it.

Thinking of this, Fang Tian reached out with his left hand and pulled out a throwing knife from his waist.

Fang Tian did not throw the flying knife immediately, but instead used the movement of the Nine Palaces Knife Step to continuously build up momentum.

The throwing knife was originally formed through blood sacrifice, and it was constantly nurtured with soul power during daily practice. Now, as long as one's spirit is also integrated into it, the willow leaf throwing knife will surely be able to cross the threshold of ultimate sublimation.

This is precisely Fang Tian's purpose in fighting the Soul Emperor.

With the pressure from the Soul Emperor, and mainly the effect of gravity suppression, Fang Tian simultaneously used vacuum bubble and superposition speed. Fang Tian felt that he had completely refined the flying knife, and his spirit was constantly converging towards the flying knife.

Finally, Fang Tian felt his spirit transform into the shape of a throwing knife, directly residing inside it. Furthermore, his soul power and blood energy continuously converged into the throwing knife in his left hand.

When Fang Tian felt that the throwing knife had finally gathered ninety percent of his own essence and spirit, he raised his hand and launched it.

The throwing knife transformed into a streak of light, exceeding the speed of sound. With a loud bang, the knife pierced through the old man's outer defenses and burrowed into his lower dantian.

The lower dantian is the sea of ​​blood and qi, and the old man, being a beast martial soul, needs abundant blood and qi. Now, the flying knife directly cut off his own blood and qi circulation, forcing his martial soul to passively retract into his body, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Teacher, are you alright?" Several of the old man's students rushed over to check on him when they saw him fall to the ground.

"Don't worry, it's nothing serious. He just can't use his soul power temporarily. Go and get a healing soul master; he'll recover in half an hour." Fang Tian stepped forward and retrieved the throwing knife from the old man's body, leaving only a small wound.

The red-haired man and his companions immediately sent one of them to fetch a healing soul master. The remaining few looked at Fang Tian with some concern.

"Don't worry, we don't have any deep-seated hatred. I won't kill anyone for ten gold soul coins."

"I'm getting old, getting old! It's really unexpected to be defeated by someone of a higher level today. The younger generation is truly remarkable." The old man's face was somewhat ashen.

"You flatter me, senior. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now. If your injury doesn't heal properly, please come find me. I'm staying at the Yuelai Inn." Fang Tian bowed and took his leave.

The main reason was that Fang Tian was there; those people didn't look too good.

Fang Tian figured these people wouldn't come looking for him; the old man's injuries were all superficial and easily treated. So he simply left a fake name.

In fact, if Fang Tian wanted to kill the old man, he could have simply gone around behind him, then accelerated and used his speed and weight to break through the defenses and pierce the old man's heart.

However, that would be a bit risky, and most importantly, the two sides don't have any major grudges, so it's not worth killing each other.

Fang Tian took Qiu Fengyan to another restaurant. While waiting for the food, Fang Tian opened his control panel and took a look.

……

Willow Leaf Flying Knife (Ultimate Sublimation 1/100)

……

Fang Tian tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

In Qiu Fengyan's eyes, Fang Tian's face was strange and his whole body was trembling, as if he were sick.

"What's wrong with you? You're acting very strangely today! When fighting against the Soul Emperor, you would definitely be extremely careful, but today you went in so recklessly. This is not like your usual style at all." Qiu Fengyan asked, voicing the doubts in her heart.

"That Soul Emperor today possessed a Gravity Suppression Soul Skill, which is extremely effective against agility-based Soul Masters like us. I wanted to use his pressure to see if I could break through to the next level of Willow Leaf Flying Dagger. Unexpectedly, I succeeded on my first try! Hehe!"

"Oh! So that's why you're acting so strange, you're just excited. But is this how you are when you're excited? You look like you're having an epileptic seizure. If you weren't foaming at the mouth, I would have been ready to sacrifice myself and shove my shoe into your mouth." Qiu Fengyan teased with a smile.

"Hey, I've cooked so many delicious meals for you, and you actually want to repay kindness with enmity!" Fang Tian began to feign an attack on Qiu Fengyan's character.

"You can't do this. You'll end up with no friends," Fang Tian continued to tease.

"I didn't mean any harm. I was just worried you'd bite your tongue. It was for your own good." Qiu Fengyan feigned a wronged look, but her eyes were full of laughter.

"You should let me bite your arm if it's for my own good. It will definitely feel good for me to bite it," Fang Tian suggested.

"Well, so you've been wanting to bite me for a while now, haven't you? Today I finally see your true colors. You're such a pervert." Qiu Fengyan seemed to have discovered something extraordinary, staring intently at Fang Tian.

"How did this turn into a pervert topic? I only realized today how bizarre your thought process is," Fang Tian retorted.

(End of this chapter)