Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo.

The host's voice was passionate and enthusiastic, and cheers from the audience resounded throughout the venue.

Lu Mingfei also cheered up a bit. Qin Ming had already mentioned his training plan for the team competition to them, which was to lead the team to conduct a series of Soul Battle competitions in the main Soul Battle arenas throughout the day.

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but complain in his heart. To put it nicely, it's called using war to fuel war and accumulate combat experience; to put it bluntly, it's still the old "let them figure it out on their own" approach.

He's definitely a paycheck thief.

Originally, they only needed to participate in the finals, which would at least leave some suspense about their soul skills to their opponents. But now, they're touring the entire Dou Empire all day, revealing all their soul skills and martial soul characteristics. There's no secret left, so what's the point of fighting?

Sneaking into the village without firing a shot—isn't this simple principle common knowledge for Soul Masters?

Other colleges have no choice, but why make them squander their biggest advantage?

So he raised his objection at the time, but unfortunately, although Qin Ming promised to consider it, it seems that nothing has changed.

In Lu Mingfei's view, it would be enough to design a very conservative defensive tactic, which would remain unchanged in the face of any change.

Others may not understand, but surely Qin Ming, as a teacher, understands his students? Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan are good at bullying newbies and winning in favorable situations, but which of them has the tactical talent to back them up?

Instead of spending time traveling all over the country, it would be more worthwhile to spend that precious time cultivating and leveling up one or two more times.

Sure enough, when the Royal Fighting Team appeared, all of them were at the third ring, and there wasn't a single fourth-ring Soul Master. Lu Mingfei felt a bit of a headache just looking at them.

He had visited the Star Luo Empire, where it was said that Davis and Zhu Zhuyun had already reached the Soul Master level, and the two even had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. They would definitely have Soul King or even Soul Emperor level combat power.

With his teammates behaving so poorly, Lu Mingfei could already imagine how much pressure he would be under.

After a swift and easy victory against weaker opponents, the Royal Fighting Team left the arena chatting and laughing.

"Teacher Qin Ming, everyone, it's been a long time!" Lu Mingfei appeared in the passageway and greeted everyone.

Even though his teammates were terrible, Lu Mingfei couldn't possibly run away when things came to a head.

Putting aside loyalty to the underworld, the three education commissioners had been quite kind to him, so he had to grit his teeth and go, even if it meant revealing a little more of his strength.

"Lu Mingfei!"

Everyone couldn't help but gasp in surprise, even Yu Tianheng, who always had a stiff face, couldn't help but show a hint of joy.

You should know that they had even considered the possibility that Lu Mingfei might have gotten into trouble and never come back.

A group of big men suddenly pounced on her and hugged her.

"Hey, hey, hey, you guys are all sweaty and smelly, get the hell out of here!"

Lu Mingfei was covered in sweat!

Chapter 97 Test

Star Luo Team? Spirit Hall Team?

What kind of chickens, dogs, rotten fish, and shrimp are they? Even if they were all bundled together, they wouldn't be enough for my brother Lu Mingfei to beat with one hand!

Our Heavenly Dou Royal Academy team is incredibly strong!

The Grand Arena's VIP suite features huge floor-to-ceiling windows offering a panoramic view of half of Sylves City at night.

As soon as everyone sat down to rest and exchange pleasantries, they were utterly astonished and overjoyed to hear that Lu Ming was now a level 45 Soul Master.

Although Yu Tianheng is their acknowledged eldest brother, it doesn't stop Lu Mingfei from being their current eldest brother.

Even Qin Ming was so shocked that he couldn't say anything. Although he had advanced to Soul Emperor a few years ago and officially earned the title of "second place for thousands of years," he couldn't say it in front of Lu Mingfei.

At this rate, Lu Mingfei might be banned before he turns thirty.

Yu Tianheng had anticipated that Lu Mingfei might break through to the Soul Master level in the past three years, but he did not expect that Lu Mingfei would actually reach the advanced level. This cultivation speed was even faster than when he was a Great Soul Master.

"Mingfei, you're back now, you should be rejoining the team, right?" Qin Ming asked.

Although Lu Mingfei had already appeared in Soto City two months ago, this matter was not reported by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Qin Ming and his group were touring the country at the time and were obviously even less aware of the situation.

"More or less." Lu Mingfei nodded. He left Tiandou mainly to cultivate the power of words and to avoid those annoying schemes.

Now that he has mastered the power of words and has passed the initial period of fatigue, he no longer needs to be as fearful as before, so there is no need for him to act like a savage anymore.

It's time to continue exploring the main storyline.

Putting everything else aside, he only went to Soto City for a meal and suddenly the story of Tang San and the Seven Swordsmen of Shrek Academy descending from Mount Tian came to mind.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School sent Ning Rongrong, and together with Zhu Zhuqing who escaped from Xingluo, Shrek Academy had a total of seven people, clearly indicating that they were preparing to form a team to participate in the upcoming Soul Master Competition.

According to the typical game storyline, the main characters will form an invincible team and march all the way to the finals, eventually even defeating the strongest Spirit Hall Academy to win the championship.

Lu Mingfei even thought that when the Royal Fighting Team toured Soto City, they might be defeated by the protagonist group who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and get a good slap in the face.

Therefore, Tian Dou City is definitely a key point in the upcoming plot. It is estimated that a lot of monsters and demons will appear, as well as various counterattack plots. Lu Mingfei certainly cannot miss it.

"Great, Mingfei, with you here, our chances of winning are even greater!" Oslo slapped his thigh.

“That’s right. With the addition of the eldest brother and Sister Yan Yan, we’ll have three Soul Masters then.” The Shi brothers nodded repeatedly.

Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan are both stuck at level 39, just one step away from breaking through. Moreover, judging from Lu Mingfei's momentum, he may even break through to Soul King in two years.

"Mingfei, you must have watched their match just now. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions?" Qin Ming asked, since Lu Mingfei was going to join the team and would be the strongest, which meant that their academy's tactical system would definitely need to be changed.

Lu Mingfei shook his head: "No, the fact that everyone has obtained the Silver Battle Soul Medal means that everyone has enough practical experience. I think there will be basically no pressure in the Soul Master level competition."

Although he has a lot to say, he is not so lacking in emotional intelligence. Regardless of whether what he says is right or wrong, if he says it, wouldn't he be negating everyone's efforts of more than a year?

It's too embarrassing, unnecessary. Even someone who cheats shouldn't have the face to say such things.

Anyway, the final competition is only a month away, so the pressure will definitely be on him. He might as well just bear it himself.

Qin Ming was actually recalling Lu Mingfei's previous comments on the team's training tour, but Lu Mingfei suddenly left, and they couldn't be sure if something had happened to him or if he would never return.

To be on the safe side, he still went ahead with the plan. In any case, gaining more practical experience is never a bad thing. The next thing to consider is how to adjust the tactics after adding Lu Mingfei, who is an even stronger combatant.

Thinking of this, Qin Ming straightened up and continued seriously, "Mingfei, now that you've rejoined the team, the team tactics need to be readjusted. Before that, I need to see how strong you are now. Let's find a secluded place outside the city to test you."

When it came to the test, Yu Tianheng originally wanted to volunteer to be the opponent, but Qin Ming rejected him.

What he needs is to understand Lu Mingfei's current full strength and analyze the situation in order to formulate tactics. To put it bluntly, Yu Tianheng may not be able to let Lu Mingfei do as he pleases.

"No problem." Lu Mingfei was prepared for this. Qin Ming would definitely test him when he returned to participate in the competition. He didn't even know how to fight a team battle without knowing each other's soul skills.

For example, if Lu Mingfei's mimicry of the dragon's might fails to intimidate the opponent and instead scares his teammates, wouldn't that be a huge joke?

Without much rest, everyone was curious about Lu Mingfei's current strength and couldn't wait to leave the city overnight. Qin Ming stopped at a small lake more than forty miles outside the city.

He remembered the Education Committee saying that Lu Mingfei's third soul skill was Manipulating the Wind, which could be combined with his second soul skill, Explosive Flames. So he specifically found a place far from the mountains and forests, with water, to prevent causing a big commotion later.

"Let's begin, from the first soul skill to the fourth soul skill." Qin Ming and the others stood a little distance away from Lu Mingfei, afraid of affecting his performance.

Lu Mingfei nodded and first activated the minimum level of his Golden Eyes. Four soul rings floated into the air, their bright light illuminating the dark lake surface like the beams of a car's xenon headlights.

The overwhelming spiritual pressure of equality was released in an instant, even stronger than it had been three years ago. However, since they were standing behind Lu Mingfei, the effect was not as obvious.

"What an overbearing power." Qin Ming couldn't help but sigh. With such martial spirit pressure alone, as long as Lu Mingfei stood at the front of the team, he could catch his opponents off guard when he activated his spirit rings.

Then, Lu Mingfei's golden eyes brightened again, the molten gold light so intense it seemed to distort the air, and dark red ripples like magma spread across the lake's surface. At the same time, a mighty dragon's might surged forth.

Even though Lu Mingfei tried to control himself, the people at the back still felt a bit short of breath and their hearts were racing.

Yu Tianheng felt it most directly. Lu Mingfei's mimicry of dragon might was more powerful than before. Even though he was already able to transform into a dragon, he would still feel chest tightness and shortness of breath when he mobilized his soul power.

One can imagine how frustrating it would be to fight Lu Mingfei if the opponent had a Beast Soul Master.

Chapter 98 Art is Lu Mingfei

Ignoring the shock of the people behind him, Lu Mingfei began to chant Junyan.

A dark red domain, one and a half meters in diameter, unfolded around Lu Mingfei, and two low syllables escaped from his throat.

A faint, glowing light, like fireflies, emanated from the area around Lu Mingfei and rapidly converged in front of him. It was as if golden patterns had cracked open in the void, and a fireball suddenly took shape and shot out.

The power of the instantaneous Monarch Flame was even more terrifying than it had been three years ago. A huge explosion rang out on the lake, and birds throughout the mountains and forests scattered and fled.

At the same time, another syllable of the Wind King's Eye rang out, quietly erupting.

Above the lake, the turbulent winds roared sharply, and a giant tornado, tens of meters high, quickly took shape.

Lu Mingfei did not stop there. His golden eyes erupted with a molten lava-like brilliance, and his chanting, compressed to the extreme, was as solemn as a hymn.

As Lu Mingfei sang in a low voice, the composite realm overlapped around him, and the flames of the monarch suddenly burst into flames at the bottom of the Eye of the Wind King.

Unlike previous explosions, Junyan erupted with unprecedented brilliance within the Wind King's domain. Driven by strong winds, the intense light, like the dawn of creation, engulfed all darkness.

Everyone couldn't help but squint to shield their eyes from the intense light.

Under Lu Mingfei's control, the "Flame Tornado" twisted and rose into the air, like a dragon dancing in mid-air, a divine dragon that commands the sun, sacred and majestic, dazzling and eye-catching.

But the essence of this beauty is the deadly high temperature that can melt steel in an instant.

The divine dragon that rode the sun circled in the sky, and then, in a split second, it swooped down and headed straight for the center of the lake. The flat lake surface instantly boiled, and endless water vapor rose, spread, and permeated the air.

At the same time, Junyan's domain quietly disappeared, and the remaining Eye of the Wind King, wrapped in water mist and steam, formed a white, transparent water curtain tornado that shot into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Mingfei slowly raised his right hand, and the water vapor in the air condensed and compressed into a solid form, and a fine and gorgeous ice sword took shape in his palm.

With a single sword strike, the soul power sword aura, carrying a ghostly blue radiance, landed on the water curtain of the Wind King's Eye. The surrounding water mist solidified, and countless ice crystals exploded and swept across the sky like snowflakes.

A sudden blizzard swept across the entire lake.

After a long while, the wind and snow subsided, and everyone was still savoring the ultimate beauty of what was once considered the most spectacular sight in the world.

Beautiful, stunning, powerful, and deadly.

"My God." Everyone was stunned.

This isn't a soul skill; it's clearly art, symbolizing absolute power, art capable of bringing death.

As the highest-ranking Soul Emperor present, Qin Ming was most deeply moved and shocked by the scene just now.

Even as a Soul Emperor, he was terrified by the intense heat of that fiery tornado. A complex soul skill used by a Soul Master could actually pose a fatal threat to a Soul Emperor like him.

He couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. Luckily, he hadn't been too overconfident and tried to test Lu Mingfei's skills himself, otherwise he, as the teacher, would have lost face.

He had never seen anyone so proficient in mastering soul skills, to such an extent. It could be said that this had completely transcended the scope of soul skills and entered a higher realm that they could not reach.

Based on his understanding of Lu Mingfei, this was definitely not the other party's true full strength.

"Is this the result of Lu Mingfei's three years of cultivation away from home?" Yu Tianheng was filled with amazement and admiration.

While they were still discussing the amplification effect and power of soul skills, Lu Mingfei had already mastered the art of using soul skills in countless ways.

Such a powerful composite soul skill is not just a simple fusion of soul skills, but the result of every bit of soul power mutually reinforcing each other. Its exquisite nature is enough to make everyone despair.

"So beautiful." Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, the two girls, were more sentimental.

As for the others, all they wanted to do now was kneel down and cling to Lu Mingfei's leg, begging their big brother to carry them to victory.

Lu Mingfei extinguished his golden eyes, threw the ice sword into the lake, patted the ice crystals off his hair, pretended to wipe away non-existent sweat, and took a few breaths.

What he demonstrated was actually just a slightly more advanced use of two Words of Power. After all, it had been three years since they last met, so he should at least show off a bit in front of his classmates.

Incidentally, he used the freezing power brought by the Ice and Fire Wings to pretend it was his fourth soul skill.

It's not that he's lacking that trump card, it's just that the ability to make ice is too useful in everyday life, and it would be uncomfortable for him to keep it hidden.

"Teacher Qin Ming, shall we continue with the test?" Lu Mingfei asked. If they were to test his combat skills, it seemed that only Qin Ming could spar with him.

"No need." Qin Ming shook his head. Lu Mingfei had just unleashed four such difficult soul skills in succession, yet he still seemed to be handling them with ease, which was enough to show how strong he had become.

"I originally wanted you to join the team battles in the next few cities, but now it seems unnecessary. There are still three cities left. Let's finish this and go back to Tian Dou."

Qin Ming wasn't really stupid; this kind of childish training would be completely useless to Lu Mingfei. So, protecting Lu Mingfei's personal information was the priority at this moment.

As for testing close combat skills, Lu Mingfei made too much noise just now. If they continue, it will definitely attract onlookers. There's no rush for this. Let's wait until we get back to the Royal Academy.

"Alright, everyone hurry back to the city. Mingfei is coming back today, so I'm treating everyone to a good meal at the Silvers Hotel."

Qin Ming clapped his hands with a smile. Lu Mingfei's return was a great thing for the entire Tiandou Royal Academy. He would write a letter to the three education committee members as soon as he got back to let them be happy.

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The news of Lu Mingfei's return spread from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy at an astonishing speed.

All the academies preparing to participate in the Soul Master Competition realized that this number one genius on the continent would be their biggest enemy on the road to victory.

They are all proud and arrogant young soul masters, so who would really submit to whom?

However, before that, everyone knew that the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy had already secured a ticket to the finals, and they would only have the opportunity to face the number one genius on the continent if they passed the preliminary rounds.