Zhen Jianwu

The scene returned to Wind Sand Town.

Over the past year, Xu Wenlong had completed countless tasks, basically unlocking all the worlds he wanted to unlock.

Xu Wenlong's plan was to quickly summon the people from Kamen Rider and then send them to academies participating in the Soul Master Competition in the original story.

Then, the Kamen Rider group, debuting as geniuses, would shine brilliantly at the Soul Master Competition.

Let people see what true genius looks like, and harvest more shock value.

On the surface, there were the Kamen Riders, but Xu Wenlong hadn't let go of the Great Shocker System either. Still, he sometimes wondered.

Since the righteous Kamen Riders had all joined one faction, the Great Shocker System could only send those villain Riders.

Now, the Great Shocker System included the original Zero Gurongi Daguva, E-Ge, E-Zong, King Cobra, Lao Wu, Palm Descent, and the Phoenix Holy Sword User who always ate eggs before battle.

You couldn't call them all good people, but you could say justice had arrived.

Over this year, although the teachers at Wind Sand Town were curious why Xu Wenlong's soul power was rising so fast, they didn't think much of it.

After all, what use was fast improvement with Innate Soul Power Level One? That level meant your lifetime soul power ceiling as a Soul Master.

Though he wouldn't be stuck below the thirties like Grandmaster, at best he'd be a Soul Ancestor or something.

So no matter how fast he leveled up early on, the teachers couldn't care less, since his ceiling was right there.

The teachers still favored those with high innate soul power, because they leveled fast and had high ceilings.

In the teachers' eyes, Xu Wenlong's soul power might stop improving any day now.

So their attitude toward Xu Wenlong was basically hands-off.

Thus, when Xu Wenlong chose to graduate immediately after getting his first soul ring and becoming a Soul Master, the academy and teachers didn't think twice and approved.

And so, today Xu Wenlong decided to go get his soul ring.

Unlike the Kamen Riders Xu Wenlong summoned.

The Kamen Riders and monsters he summoned had baseline strengths at least at the ceiling of Douluo Continent, so the system localized them, converting their traits into Martial Souls.

Their power was compressed, and the system also turned their strength into soul rings to better integrate into Douluo Continent.

But Xu Wenlong was different. His Martial Soul came from the Kamen Rider Plug-in, and his body was native to Douluo Continent.

Also, Xu Wenlong's Innate Soul Power had been modified to have no limit, and his cultivation speed increased. Otherwise, he'd probably only be at level three or four now.

At most, he'd undergone the Great Shocker System's modification surgery to boost his physique, but soul rings still needed to be hunted.

Of course, soul rings could also be bought through the Great Shocker System, but since you're in Douluo Continent, not experiencing its signature soul ring hunting would be a wasted trip.

That day, Xu Wenlong packed up, leaving his bedding in the dorm for future Work-Study Students from poor families.

As for his clothes and daily items, he took them.

After packing and dressing neatly, just as he was about to leave the dorm, a voice suddenly called out.

"Wenlong, are you going to hunt a soul ring?"

Xu Wenlong turned around. It was Zhen Jianwu, a classmate.

"Yeah."

Xu Wenlong nodded and said.

"Is something up?"

"Well, I hope I can go with you!"

Zhen Jianwu seemed to muster great courage to say.

"Huh? But I remember you're not even at level ten."

Having a Little Bro tag along didn't bother Xu Wenlong, but Zhen Jianwu—he recalled was also Innate Soul Power Level One, and after a year, his soul power was only around level five or six.

"Ah, ah, it's not that. Over this year, I've watched countless classmates from the same grade and higher grades go to get soul rings. They left with happy faces, but many came back with sad ones. Some even didn't come back at all!"

Zhen Jianwu seemed to recall something and shouted loudly.

"I wanted everyone to be happy, but I couldn't do anything."

"So, even if just once, I hope I can bring back their smiles. I've also asked the teachers to take me to get soul rings, but only those with free time were willing. So, this time, I hope Wenlong can take me along."

"My soul power is at level five now. I can definitely help you, Wenlong. Even if I can save just one person's smile."

"So, Wenlong, can I?"

Zhen Jianwu looked at Xu Wenlong with sincere eyes.

At that moment, Xu Wenlong fell silent.

Yeah, why hadn't he thought of that?

In the original story, Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power, and Grandmaster personally helped him get a soul ring.

And Grandmaster used a Martial Soul Hall token to go to a Soul Hunting Forest with low-level soul beasts.

Even with Grandmaster's level twenty-nine soul power and a weak Martial Soul, he only survived a four-hundred-year soul beast thanks to Tang San's hidden weapons.

As for the teachers at ordinary low-level Soul Master Academies, forget it.

Teachers couldn't care less about students from poor families with low soul power.

Moreover, for many soul masters, that one soul ring they get in a lifetime is the most critical thing.

Teachers simply had no need for help from low-level soul masters whose potential was already capped from the start, and let's not forget—Douluo Continent was still a feudal society at the end of the day.

If teachers took students to hunt for soul rings, they'd have to go to more dangerous soul beast gathering grounds.

The thing about acquiring a soul ring was that you couldn't just show up and find one matching your martial soul. Most of the time, you had to search through perilous forests for the right soul beast.

Often it took days just to locate the right beast, which greatly increased the danger.

And even if you found one, you might run into a soul beast stronger than yourself, or find one that matched your martial soul but couldn't defeat it.

So all things considered, teachers at Soul Master Academies weren't willing to waste time, energy, and risk their lives helping these low-level soul masters whose futures were already set in stone.

Besides, what did they get out of it? No commission.

As for the advanced Soul Master Academies—laughable. If someone made it there, they were a genius through and through, and the academy treasured them like gems.

"Alright."

Xu Wenlong looked at Zhen Jianwu's sincere eyes and finally agreed, though a thought crossed his mind.

The spread of the Great Shocker couldn't rely solely on those he summoned. It also needed the help of Douluo Continent's native people.

And you know what they say about the zeal of converts—that would be interesting.

Xu Wenlong couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile.

Plan in motion!

Zhen Jianwu is a nod to the protagonist of the neighboring Ultraman Trigger. Even though Trigger was pretty bad, the main character was decent, so I wrote this role in. If readers don't like him, I'll reduce his appearances later.

Of course, if you like characters from other works, feel free to leave a comment—for example, I'm thinking of adding an Ultraman Z type character or something.