Chapter 19: Real battle, novices pecking each other
After Yu Tianheng.
The next duel will be of high and low strength.
The high one is a soul master in the thirties, and the low one is a soul master in the tenth level.
It is worth mentioning that even for those ten-level soul masters, the battle process was very enlightening for Li Changan, who had never experienced a battle.
After all, when a soul master fights in reality, he won't read the names of his soul skills out loud like in novels or anime. In other words, even if there is, such situations are very rare. And the purpose is not to introduce it to the audience, but to overwhelm the opponent in momentum by yelling, or to deliberately misread the order of soul skills to confuse and interfere with the opponent.
Real soul master battles don't have so many bells and whistles. Most of the time it's just the soul ring shining, followed by the frequent use of soul skills. If you identify the enemy's weakness and attack, you won't do the kind of confusing operation of shouting soul skills and notifying the enemy in advance.
In the real world, even a battle between rookie soul masters of more than ten levels is not so boring.
At least Li Changan watched with gusto. Although these people were not of high level, they had quite a lot of combat experience. They might be seen as novices in the eyes of the strong, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they were definitely considered masters.
I really don’t understand why the people of Emperor Tiandou Academy are described in the original work as being so defeated. Maybe it was simply to set off the awesomeness of Tang San and others, right?
Three days passed like this.
He comes to watch the battles between soul masters every day, and at the same time rehearses in his mind, what should he do if he encounters such a situation?
The fourth day.
Li Changan finally signed up to participate in the soul fighting competition.
The academy randomly assigned him a level 28 great soul master, which was only two levels of soul power away from his level 26 soul power.
Among the five arenas, only three arenas were having competitions going on at this time, while the other two arenas were empty.
Li Changan is on one of the stages.
Opposite him stood a young man who looked to be in his twenties, with mediocre looks and a strong build. He seemed to be an honest man, and he was the first to speak: "Zhang Tieniu, martial arts armored rhinoceros, level 28 great soul master!"
Before a friendly discussion, you must briefly explain your situation. This is the rule of the soul master world. Otherwise, it will be regarded as provocation.
So Li Changan also said: "Li Changan, Wuhun Jinglin Sword, level 26 great soul master!"
"Both sides are ready..."
The teacher in charge of the referee paused for a moment, and then announced: "The game begins!"
As he started speaking, both sides of the fight summoned their own martial spirits.
A huge shadow flashed across Zhang Tieniu's body. After being possessed by the martial spirit, his whole body instantly grew taller and became much thicker. Especially, a curved rhinoceros horn grew out of the bridge of his nose. Two faint yellow soul rings appeared, coiling around him...
In Li Changan's hand, there was an extra sapphire-like sword. Its exquisite and gorgeous appearance looked more like a work of art than a weapon. Especially the green-scaled snake relief pattern coiled on the sword's hilt, it seems as if it will come alive at any time.
At the same time, two yellow soul rings, which were much darker in color than Zhang Tieniu, also surrounded his body. From this alone, you can see the difference in the quality of the soul rings between the two.
Zhang Tieniu's two soul rings may be at most one to two hundred years or three to four hundred years old. Li Changan's two soul rings are four to five hundred years old and eight to nine hundred years old. The difference is not small. After showing off their martial arts spirits, both sides did not take action immediately. Instead, they looked at each other, looking for their opponents' weaknesses.
‘What a strong sense of oppression! ’
‘His soul power is obviously two levels lower than mine, and he also has a weapon soul. Why does he put so much pressure on me? ’ Zhang Tieniu couldn’t help but shed a trace of sweat on his forehead. Seeing the pressure brought by the young man standing opposite with the sword getting stronger and stronger, he knew that he could no longer sit back and wait for death.
We can only take the lead.
"roar!!!"
Along with the first soul ring lit up.
Zhang Tieniu let out a thick roar, and then his originally majestic body grew stronger again out of thin air. Then the two copper pillar-like thighs stepped forward, and with a thumping sound, they rushed towards the opponent like a wild bull.
This is his first soul skill. Its function is very simple, it is to improve his own strength and body's defense, and even his speed will be slightly improved. Although the improvement is not too much, it is undoubtedly a very practical soul skill.
Facing Zhang Tieniu, who was as menacing as a bull, Li Changan's expression was calm, and the soul power in his body quickly circulated in his meridians, and then the first soul ring lit up!
The first soul skill: Sword Qi!
He raised his sword and swung his sword, and a line of light sword energy shot out of the air, aiming directly at Zhang Tieniu, who was charging towards him.
In the days since Li Changan obtained the soul skill, he has actually been studying this soul skill, trying to understand how this soul skill converts soul power into sword energy. It's a pity that I still don't know how to do it, and I don't understand how the sword energy is transformed.
It can only be said that the principles involved are too advanced for him now.
…
"laugh!"
The sword energy as fast as lightning slashed across his cheek, instantly creating a neat wound.
This shocked Zhang Tieniu. He did not expect that the sword energy fired by his opponent was so sharp. You must know that as the owner of the Iron-armored Rhino Spirit, with his physical quality after possession, ordinary bows and arrows could not even break his skin. If you charge on the battlefield, you can completely ignore the rain of arrows fired by the enemy.
Especially when he uses his first soul skill, his defense is naturally stronger. As a result, his skin was easily cut open by the opponent's sword energy.
‘We can’t hold back anymore, we must fight quickly! ’
Zhang Tieniu felt certain in his heart, and the second soul ring around his body lit up, and the entire surface of his skin suddenly became rough and turned into a gray material, looking as if there was an extra layer of rhinoceros iron skin.
In this state, he can be called completely invulnerable. The only drawback is that the speed is not much improved and it is a bit bulky.
Zhang Tieniu's martial soul characteristics are actually not suitable for fighting in the arena, but should be used on the battlefield. Coupled with his invulnerable and powerful body, he takes the lead in arrogantly attacking the enemy's ranks and disrupting his opponent's arrangements.
Due to space restrictions in the arena, it was impossible to perform. Even facing a fast opponent, he can only be a living target to be beaten on the spot.
Li Changan, who wanted to test how sharp his sword was, faced the menacing Zhang Tieniu and chose to go head-on!
If it were a real battle, he would naturally not choose to fight the opponent in close quarters with his sword. Instead, he would choose to dodge and move far away to release the sword energy in the air to prevent the opponent from getting close to him. But since it is a competition and accumulation of some experience in soul master duels. Then blindly avoiding it naturally won't work.
(End of chapter)