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Following Yu Tianheng.

The subsequent matches featured varying levels of strength.

Some were Soul Grandmasters at level thirty-something, while others were Soul Masters at level ten-something.

It's worth mentioning that even those level ten-something Soul Masters' battles were quite enlightening for Li Chang'an, who had never experienced combat.

After all, real Soul Master battles aren't like those in novels or anime, where they loudly announce the names of their soul skills.

Or, even if they do, such situations are rare.

And the purpose isn't to introduce the skill to the audience, but to overwhelm the opponent with momentum through shouting, or to deliberately mispronounce the skill sequence to confuse and disrupt them.

Real Soul Master battles don't have so many frills; most of the time, it's just soul rings flashing, followed by frequent soul skill usage.

They aim for the enemy's weaknesses and don't make the foolish move of shouting out their soul skill, thus warning the enemy in advance.

In the real world, even battles between newbie Soul Masters at level ten-something aren't so boring.

At least Li Chang'an watched with great interest; these people, despite their low levels, were quite experienced in combat.

Perhaps they were just chicken fights in the eyes of the strong, but they were definitely experts in the eyes of ordinary people.

I really don't understand why the people from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy were described as so weak in the original work.

Maybe it was simply to highlight the awesomeness of Tang San and the others?

Thus, three days passed.

He came every day to observe the battles between Soul Masters, while simultaneously practicing in his mind, considering how he should respond if he encountered such situations.

On the fourth day.

Li Chang'an finally signed up for the Soul Fight competition.

The academy randomly assigned him a level 28 Soul Grandmaster, only two soul power levels higher than his own level 26.

Of the five platforms, only three had matches in progress; the other two were empty.

Li Chang'an was on one of the platforms.

Standing opposite him was a young man in his twenties, with a plain appearance and a robust build.

Looking like an honest man, he spoke first: "Zhang Tieniu, Spirit Armored Rhino, level 28 Soul Grandmaster!"

Before a friendly spar, it's customary to briefly explain one's own situation; this is the rule in the Soul Master world, otherwise it would be seen as a provocation.

So Li Chang'an also spoke: "Li Chang'an, Spirit Azure Serpent Sword, level 26 Soul Grandmaster!"

"Both sides prepare…"

The teacher responsible for being the referee paused for a moment, then announced: "The match begins!"

As he said "begin," both sides summoned their spirits.

A massive phantom flashed across Zhang Tieniu's body; after spirit possession, his whole person instantly grew taller and much sturdier, especially his nose, which grew a curved rhino horn.

Two faint yellow soul rings appeared, coiling around him…

In Li Chang'an's hand appeared a celadon-like precious sword, its exquisite and beautiful shape more like a work of art than a weapon.

Especially the azure serpent relief pattern winding around the hilt, it seemed as if it would come to life at any moment.

At the same time, two yellow soul rings, much deeper in color than Zhang Tieniu's, also surrounded his body.

One could tell the difference in the quality of the two people's soul rings just from looking at them.

Zhang Tieniu's two soul rings were probably at most one or two hundred years, or three or four hundred years old.

Li Chang'an's two soul rings were four or five hundred years and eight or nine hundred years old respectively.

The difference was not small.

After revealing their spirits, the two sides did not immediately make a move, but were sizing each other up, looking for weaknesses.

'Such a strong sense of oppression!'

'Even though his soul power is two levels lower than mine, and he's also a weapon spirit, why does he bring me so much pressure?'

Zhang Tieniu couldn't help but sweat a little on his forehead.

Seeing the pressure from the sword-wielding youth opposite him growing stronger and stronger, he knew he couldn't just sit and wait for death.

He had to strike first.

"Roar!!!"

As the first soul ring lit up.

Zhang Tieniu let out a heavy roar, and then his originally burly body actually became thicker again out of thin air.

Then, two copper pillar-like thighs took strides, and with the sound of thumping vibrations, he charged towards his opponent like a wild bull.

This was his first soul skill, and its effect was simple: to increase his own strength and body defense, and even slightly increase his speed.

Although the increase was not too much, it was undoubtedly a very practical soul skill.

Faced with Zhang Tieniu, who was charging like a wild bull, Li Chang'an's expression was calm, and the soul power in his body quickly flowed through his meridians, and then the first soul ring lit up!

First Soul Skill: Sword Qi!

He raised his sword and waved it, and a light-colored sword qi shot out, targeting Zhang Tieniu, who was charging head-on.

In the days since obtaining his soul skills, Li Chang'an had actually been studying this soul skill, trying to understand how this soul skill converted soul power into sword qi.

Unfortunately, he never figured it out and didn't understand how the sword qi was converted.

It could only be said that the principles involved were too profound for him at the moment.

…

"Chi!"

The lightning-fast sword qi streaked across his cheek, instantly creating a neat wound.

This shocked Zhang Tieniu, who didn't expect the sword qi emitted by his opponent to be so sharp.

You must know that as the owner of the Armored Rhino spirit, after spirit possession, with his physical fitness, ordinary bows and arrows couldn't even break his skin.

If he was charging on the battlefield, he could completely ignore the rain of arrows shot by the enemy.

Especially when he used his first soul skill, his defense was naturally stronger.

As a result, he was easily cut through his skin by the opponent's sword qi.

'I can't hold back, I must make a quick decision!'

Zhang Tieniu made up his mind, and the second soul ring around his body lit up, and suddenly the entire surface of his skin instantly became rough, turning into a gray material, looking as if there was an extra layer of rhino iron skin.

In this state, he could be completely called invulnerable to swords and guns.

The only drawback was that his speed did not increase much, and he was slightly clumsy.

Zhang Tieniu's spirit characteristics were actually not suitable for fighting in a ring, but should be on the battlefield.

Cooperating with his invulnerable, powerful body, he could lead the way and recklessly impact the enemy's formation, disrupting the opponent's arrangements.

Due to the limited space on the ring, he couldn't use it at all.

Even when facing fast opponents, he could only be a living target to be beaten in place.

Li Chang'an, who was intent on testing how sharp his sword was, chose to face Zhang Tieniu head-on!

If it was a real battle, he would naturally not choose to fight the opponent in close combat with a sword, but would choose to dodge and move away, releasing sword qi from a distance, not letting the opponent get close to him.

But since it was a spar and to accumulate some experience in Soul Master duels.

Then simply dodging would naturally not work.