Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo.

The immense force hurled all the filth from the iron spike onto the floor, drawing a blood-red arc.

The light from the golden eyes burned across the vertical pupil of the Flaming Dragon Lizard one last time, and the light of life flickered and then vanished in the golden radiance.

A moment later, a yellow spirit ring rose from the remains of the Flaming Dragon Lizard. Lu Mingfei extinguished his golden eyes and finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"What a terrifying outburst." Director Lin couldn't help but narrow his eyes. To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen Lu Mingfei take action.

Although he knew that Lu Mingfei had instantly defeated Zhao Tianming, who was at level 17, when he first entered the school, and later achieved a winning streak of more than ten matches in the Soul Arena, he could only describe his current feeling as shock after actually seeing him make a move today.

Its inhuman speed and explosive power are something that even most agility-type soul masters at the Great Soul Master level cannot match.

It's hard to imagine that this is just the amplification effect of the eye martial soul on the body. What if it's the amplification of the strongest aspect, mental power? Perhaps it can already rival some Soul Masters.

Not to mention his artful swordsmanship; a seven-year-old child could so cleanly and efficiently end the life of a soul beast.

He's a born warrior.

Lu Mingfei put the iron cone back into his storage soul tool. Although he had prepared himself mentally, he still felt a sense of emptiness after finishing.

Life is so fragile. How could he so easily kill a superhuman being that had lived for over eight hundred years? He felt as if he were at a pork stall in a market, pressing on the pork to check its freshness.

So this is the real world?

Lu Mingfei felt a little lost for a moment. This world didn't seem to be as simple as a game.

“The age of the second spirit ring is usually around 800 years. Upon closer inspection, the spirit ring of this Fiery Dragon Lizard has a hint of purple, which is just right.” Director Lin examined it carefully, confirmed the age of the spirit ring, and then said, “Rest for a while and make sure your physical condition is at its peak. You can absorb it within an hour without any problem.”

"I understand, Director Lin."

Director Lin's words interrupted Lu Mingfei's thoughts. He glanced at the setting sun, which was halfway down the horizon, its blood-red light spilling onto the mountaintop like a silent and solemn funeral.

The stench of blood gradually spread from the mountaintop on the breeze, and various howls and wolf howls echoed through the forest, whether mourning or celebrating the passing of this noble dragon-like spirit beast was unclear.

Lu Mingfei took a few deep breaths to calm down the emotional turmoil and mood caused by the burst of soul power.

He sat down cross-legged, nodded firmly at Director Lin, and said, "Thank you for your help, Director Lin."

"Very good, I will protect you." Director Li glanced around, noting the approaching night and the carnivorous soul beasts attracted by the stench of blood beginning to stir. The corpses of soul beasts flowing with dragon blood were an unparalleled delicacy for all soul beasts.

However, in front of a Soul Emperor who is comparable to a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, they are destined to only drool from afar, hoping to have a chance to come up and lick a mouthful of the remaining bloodstains in a few days.

Focus your attention and imagine using your mental power to draw closer to the soul ring.

Lu Mingfei closed his eyes. In the dark world, a yellow sun gradually lit up. A black behemoth revealed its ferocious iron face and bone spikes in the light, opened its blood-red maw, and swallowed the sun in one gulp.

Lu Mingfei felt a gentle breeze. When he opened his eyes, he was still on that empty mountaintop. The sun was frozen in the sky, the setting sun was like blood, and all was silent. A thin figure sat on a rock on the mountaintop, humming a song that no one knew.

"What's going on?" Lu Mingfei could tell at a glance that this pretentious scene was Lu Mingze's doing. Was he some kind of postmodern realist painter?

“Brother, I remember you love sunsets the most, right?” Lu Mingze turned his head playfully.

"Hey, hey, hey, should I charge you royalties?" Lu Mingfei started spouting nonsense. The keywords "Lu Mingze + Sunset" reminded him of some unpleasant dark history. To avoid burrowing into the ground later, he felt he should try to control the situation.

"Haha, brother, no publisher in the world can chase copyright fees from the devil," Lu Mingze laughed.

"Fine, so you finally admit it, huh? You really are a devil who manipulates souls, huh?" Lu Mingfei glared at him. "Let me make this clear first, I'm not going to trade souls with you."

"Oh? Brother, you've really set a great flag. Now I congratulate you. The more unattainable a soul is, the more attractive it is to us devils. Since you're my brother, I'll offer you the highest satisfactory price." Lu Mingze nodded seriously.

Lu Mingfei immediately complained: "Are you going to force me to buy or sell?"

"This is so hurtful, brother. Are you insulting my professional ethics? We devils only make people willingly trade their souls, okay?" Lu Mingze looked heartbroken.

"Damn, did you graduate from some devilish drama academy?" Lu Mingfei turned his head. He would never admit that he had actually believed it for a moment and felt a strange pang of heartache. Where did this drama queen come from?

"Okay, it was just a joke. There's no devil in the world like me who gives out cheats for free." Lu Mingze's delicate face was full of innocent expression.

"Seems so?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head. The other party had given him a youth version of the Star Platinum. If Satan knew that his sales staff were so wasteful, he would have already cleaned up the mess.

"Alright, enough catching up, let's get down to business. I just received the collateral you sent. You can sign for the final payment yourself later." Lu Mingze suddenly smiled.

"Wait, when did I pawn anything?" Lu Mingfei exclaimed in surprise.

"The soul of a little lizard, barely enough to pay off the debt," Lu Mingze said with a nonchalant expression.

"Damn, didn't you just say you weren't into that soul-trading thing?" Lu Mingfei muttered under his breath.

"It was all so that my brother could take me home sooner, so I had to go against my conscience and do some illegal things." Lu Mingze shrugged. "I almost sold my integrity."

"What kind of integrity do they have?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but mutter to himself. The two of them were so casually trading other people's souls; they were simply shameless to the extreme!

"Cough cough."

As Lu Mingfei was thinking this, his eyelids suddenly twitched wildly. He turned to look at Lu Mingze, whose energetic face suddenly revealed a devilish smile.

The next moment, the earth shook violently, and Lu Mingfei, dizzy and disoriented, fell into a suddenly appearing crack in the ground, completely engulfed by darkness.

"Damn! The devil can read minds?"

-

Sunshine, birdsong, and the fragrance of flowers.

Lu Mingfei is on his way back to the academy.

That's right, he successfully advanced from a quasi-Great Soul Master to a level 22 Great Soul Master. According to the rules of the continent, from now on he can receive a subsidy of ten gold soul coins every month.

This money would be enough for him to rent a house facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming and a small yard, and to keep a blonde, blue-eyed maid, so that he could live a life of leisure, where everything was done for him.

But fate always leaves people helpless. Lu Mingfei was still half asleep and fantasizing about where to find a maid with the figure of Asahina Mikuru when he found himself already on a carriage back to the academy.

"Director Lin, is there any need to be in such a hurry?" Lu Mingfei gripped the car window tightly with both hands, his face pale. He had never dared to ride a roller coaster before, but he felt it was definitely not as exciting as a high-speed horse-drawn carriage without a seatbelt, especially since the person in front of him was a seventy-year-old man galloping on horseback.

"Time waits for no one, Mingfei. I really can't wait to go back and tell the three education commissioners this good news." Director Lin's eyes were red, probably because he was so excited that he hadn't slept all night.

"Damn it! Why are you getting so excited and taking me racing?" Lu Mingfei cursed inwardly, his voice hoarse.

-

Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy

Thanks to Director Lin's superb driving skills and the formidable qualities of the royal horses, they sped back to the Royal Academy in less than half a day.

They sped up the mountain in the carriage and rushed straight to the Education Committee building. After the three Education Committee members experienced it firsthand, all four old men were so excited that they stroked their beards.

Lu Mingfei swore he really wanted to say: Can you guys just shave your beards off? You don't have to pull them out like that. It makes me want to grin.

After a series of experiments, the three education commissioners immediately took Lu Mingfei to the academic affairs office to arrange his enrollment procedures.

This is why Lu Mingfei, the youngest student ever admitted to the Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, instantly became the hottest headline news in the academy's history.

By the time Lu Mingfei reached the school gate halfway up the mountain with his luggage, which he couldn't fit in his spatial soul tool, hundreds of students had already gathered there.

Although Lu Mingfei was a regular at the advanced academy before, this time everyone couldn't help but want to come and see this peerless genius who hadn't appeared on the continent in the previous hundred years.

Of course, there was another group of people who came to watch the excitement. According to reliable sources, Yu Tianheng, the former number one genius of the advanced academy and the rising star, had already challenged this intermediate academy genius several months ago, waiting for him to break through to the Great Soul Master level so they could compete against each other.

Whether he is a rising star or a faded talent, everything will soon be revealed!

"Damn it." Lu Mingfei spotted Yu Tianheng striking a pose at the very front of the crowd. The thought of that so-called challenge made him feel a headache coming on.

"Are you all some kind of fixed-spawn mini-bosses? Why do I have to fight them every time I advance in my studies?" Lu Mingfei thought to himself, looking at the eager onlookers around him. This is supposedly the number one high school in the Heaven Dou Empire, so why do you all seem to be even more lazy than those from the intermediate academy?

If this continues, the Heavenly Dou Empire will be doomed sooner or later!

"Lu Mingfei, I'm so glad you've completed your studies so quickly." Yu Tianheng, completely oblivious to the trouble he was causing, stepped forward to welcome Lu Mingfei.

Although he was indeed expressing goodwill, in the eyes of the onlookers, it was clearly a demonstration to mark the road.

"Thank you, Senior Yu Tianheng." Lu Mingfei was under a lot of pressure carrying large bags and small bags, especially with the snake-like senior sister next to him who was giving him cold stares from time to time.

"You just got back today, take a rest. I'll be waiting for you at the training hall tomorrow afternoon," Yu Tianheng said calmly, ignoring Lu Mingfei's exaggerated eyebrow dance.

He had made the arrangements well in advance, and originally thought that this battle might not happen until the end of the year at the earliest, but unexpectedly it was brought forward by several months.

Very good, this is the kind of opponent he should look forward to.

Lu Mingfei glared at him. He was practically begging for mercy, his eyebrows practically knitting together, and you still wouldn't let him go? Is there something wrong with you?

At the Royal Academy, the two people Lu Mingfei least wanted to fight were Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng. One used electricity and the other used poison, which directly crippled most of his close combat ability.

But now that things have come to this, he can only nod and smile helplessly, comforting himself that he has to fight sooner or later, so he might as well finish the fight sooner.

Their conversation was automatically interpreted by the onlookers as a showdown of epic proportions.

Although one had just obtained his spirit ring and was new to the game, while the other was already nearly invincible among his peers and full of vigor, the outcome of a battle between two players with vastly different strengths was generally not in doubt. However, they were still concerned about how far this rising star could go.

With Yu Tianheng leading the way and leaving, the busybodies also dispersed.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the college. This time, he didn't need a guide. He was already very familiar with the place and quickly found his way to the dormitory building and settled in.

The dormitories in the advanced college are almost identical to those in the intermediate college, as they are the standard configuration for students from elite families.

Lu Mingfei no longer needs to readjust to a new environment.

However, after resting, he couldn't help but worry about tomorrow's sparring match.

Yu Tianheng has low emotional intelligence and a somewhat problematic thought process, but he is undoubtedly a positive character. Whether he wins or loses, there shouldn't be any major problems. However, Dugu Yan by his side is different. Lu Mingfei is truly afraid of poison.

"As the old saying goes, the most poisonous heart is a woman's. Now, poison and woman have combined. You can tell at a glance that she's not someone to mess with." Lu Mingfei shook his head, muttering to himself. Being forced to fight was bad enough, but he also had to consider the aftermath. Every day was just too difficult.

-

The following summer afternoon, everything was restless as the temperature rose, and the scorching sun gave people a unique sense of dizziness.

The training hall of the advanced academy is nearly twice the size of that of the intermediate academy, and the facilities are more complete. The stone slabs on the ground alone require the power of a Soul Master or above to damage.

Yu Tianheng had already booked a sufficiently large arena yesterday. A spacious venue would allow the two players to perform better, and of course, it would also accommodate more spectators.

Fearing they might miss this clash of titans, many students went straight to the match room after class, without even going to the cafeteria, hoping to secure the best viewing spots.

So when Lu Mingfei finally arrived, having eaten and drunk his fill, the edge of the battle room was already filled with hundreds of spectators.

Yu Tianheng stood motionless in the arena. When he saw Lu Mingfei arrive, he didn't waste any words. His eyes were filled with eager fighting spirit.

The two faced each other and bowed, and four yellow spirit rings immediately appeared on the field.

"Yu Tianheng, Martial Soul: Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, Level 26 Great Soul Master, please give me your guidance."

"Lu Mingfei, Martial Soul: Golden Eye, Level 22 Great Soul Master, please give me your guidance."

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Blue-purple lightning crackled and popped all over Yu Tianheng's body. His long hair moved freely without wind, and the lightning bolt mark on his forehead made him look even more heroic and extraordinary.

Even without the iconic dragon transformation, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul alone is enough to make the surrounding students feel an overwhelming sense of majesty—the ancient dragon might of the number one true dragon martial soul in the world.

On the other side, Lu Mingfei activated the lowest level of his Golden Eyes. The pale golden light was not noticeable in the daytime, but even this faint light gave people an irresistible sense of pressure.

The moment I saw those eyes, my nerves were already pounding wildly, as if a god descended from the heavens, ready to unleash his fury in an instant.

Yu Tianheng's muscles tensed up. The fragments of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus bloodline hidden deep in his genes made him instantly terrified when facing the oppressive aura of the Golden Eye.

It wasn't an illusion; this time, he felt a real suppression of his martial soul. Compared to the fleeting glimpse he had at the Heavenly Dou Palace, now, facing that gaze directly, it felt as if he were trapped in some inescapable quagmire, and even his mind was about to become muddled.

"Such astonishing mental suppression, it seems you've improved a lot." Yu Tianheng's soul power circulated rapidly, accompanied by the sound of lightning breaking through the air, allowing him to break free from the quagmire of illusory mental power.

The two had watched each other's matches in the Great Soul Arena. Yu Tianheng was already mentally prepared for Lu Mingfei's Golden Eyes' mental suppression. The power of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was all-encompassing, including mental strength. However, he did not expect that Lu Mingfei's Golden Eyes' mental suppression would be even more terrifying after his advancement. Perhaps now, he could make some low-level Soul Masters kneel down and surrender with just one glance.

In order to resist this mental suppression, the rate at which his soul power is consumed has increased by at least one-fifth.

"The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex truly lives up to its name." Upon seeing this, Lu Mingfei immediately chimed in, since they had no grudges against each other; such flattery was just part of the江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world).

He didn't expect Yu Tianheng to immediately submit after defeating him; he just wanted to avoid making enemies.

With a thought, his soul power flashed, and a dark iron cone appeared in his palm. He met the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master's fist with his own, which was four levels higher in soul power. A head-on collision would be too shocking. He did not intend to lose, but he had to give his opponent some face.

"Very good, let's begin."

Even the three education committee members believed that Lu Mingfei's eye-type martial soul was not suitable for close combat. Although he had strong speed and explosive power, his attack methods were weak due to the mistake of his first soul ring. Therefore, they did not object to his study of swordsmanship.

Therefore, in everyone's perception, Lu Mingfei's main combat strength relies on his swordsmanship and the mental suppression of his martial spirit.

Seeing Lu Mingfei take out his signature weapon, Yu Tianheng realized that Lu Mingfei had used his full strength.

In the instant their eyes met, blue lightning and golden phantoms clashed.

"My God!" Exclamations of surprise rang out around them the moment the two made their move.

They were all Great Soul Masters of the same level, but most of them couldn't even clearly see the figures moving between the two sides.

Yu Tianheng attacked with an aura of dominance and the might of thunder. Lu Mingfei's soul power surged, and the blue soul power was tinged with a layer of golden light and condensed on the sword. A sharp and ear-piercing explosion rang out, and Lu Mingfei rushed towards his opponent like a whirlwind.

"boom!"

A powerful clash of soul forces erupted between the palm and the iron cone. Yu Tianheng used his hand as a claw and struck with all his might, while Lu Mingfei swung his sword with both hands in a horizontal slash.