Making a Name at the Academy, Recruitment by the Powerful

Yu Tianhua's Purple Lightning Dragon Claw struck at Su He with terrifying force. It was hard to imagine that a level-forty Quasi-Soul Ancestor could unleash such an attack. Setting aside freaks like Su He, whose innate talent was exceptional and who had the system's assistance, and Tang San, who had divine help behind him, Yu Tianhua was already considered a genius standing at the peak of the continent.

Su He's martial soul was indeed of higher quality than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but that did not mean the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul was inferior. On the contrary, after this exchange, Su He wholeheartedly acknowledged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's title as possessing the continent's number one Beast Martial Soul.

Perhaps some martial souls could rival or even surpass the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon in quality. For instance, Golden Crocodile Douluo's Golden Crocodile King martial soul was in no way weaker than the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon in terms of quality. However, when it came to Beast Martial Souls that possessed both quantity of Spirit Masters and martial soul quality, only the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could bear that title.

It was like Sword Douluo Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or the Nine Heart Begonia that was passed down through a single lineage. Neither of these martial souls was inferior in quality to the Tool Spirit Clear Sky Hammer or the Support Type Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda. The only thing limiting martial souls of this sort was the number of Spirit Masters who possessed them.

"Ha!" Corrosive lightning danced nimbly around Yu Tianhua's body, slithering toward Su He like little snakes with fierce aggression.

"Third Spirit Skill, Golden Lion's Furious Aura!" Su He narrowed his eyes. A direct clash was exactly what he wanted.

He could easily have used Three Thousand Lightning Movements to evade such an attack.

The Douluo Plane was more than a tier below the Battle Through the Heavens Plane. Three Thousand Lightning Movements had already possessed a formidable reputation in the Battle Through the Heavens Plane and could be considered an extremely powerful movement technique, let alone here in the Douluo Plane.

With its lightning-fast, ghostly footwork, Su He had yet to fail whenever he used Three Thousand Lightning Movements to evade an opponent's attacks. Even at the Titled Douluo level, or even after Becoming a God, Three Thousand Lightning Movements would still serve an exceptionally prominent purpose.

But relying on a movement technique went against Su He's goal of tempering himself. Besides, chances to fight against the number one Beast Martial Soul in the world were not common. Su He also had his own pride regarding this Dragon-Lion Conflict.

He would use his own physique, combat skills, and spirit skills to defeat this purple Tyrant Dragon head-on!

The five-thousand-year Deep Purple Spirit Ring flashed rapidly as Su He swiftly increased his attack power by one hundred percent. Combined with the boost from his First Spirit Skill, his attack power had now reached three hundred percent of its normal state!

Mist-like Adamant Qi flowed over Su He's fists, and an intense sharpness spread throughout his entire body!

"Just in time!" Su He met Yu Tianhua's strongest attack with a punch. After their attacks collided and held for a moment, the mighty Golden Lion instantly overwhelmed the purple thunder dragon, shattering Yu Tianhua's Purple Lightning Armor and striking his true body directly.

Smoke billowed from where the two had clashed, and the surrounding students were completely unable to see what had happened in the middle.

The three Committee Members, however, could see through the smoke with their powerful Soul Power and Spiritual Power. Yu Tianhua had been struck by Su He's punch and was struggling to rise, bracing himself against his legs as he gasped for breath.

Su He, by comparison, was in far better condition. Other than his somewhat disheveled clothes, he had no other injuries. Although less than forty percent of his Soul Power remained, he still retained considerable combat ability.

His recent two major battles had also helped Su He identify his own problem. Although his Soul Power was extremely condensed, his reserves remained insufficient.

This was also a side effect of Cross-Level Spirit Ring Absorption. With a total Soul Power amount below the Soul Ancestor level, activating a five-thousand-year Third Spirit Skill was equivalent to Su He forcibly using an attack at the Soul Ancestor or even Soul King level with the Soul Power of a level thirty-eight Spirit Master. A single use drained nearly half his Soul Power. This powerful Adamant Qi was a trump card he could only use once or twice in spirit battles. Although Su He's Third Spirit Skill had been invincible thus far, if it failed to knock down his opponent, Su He would fall into the predicament of insufficient Soul Power.

It was exactly like Kakashi Hatake from the Naruto world: endless S-rank ninjutsu, but after using two, he was out of chakra.

Mana bars—mana bars were important!

Meng Shenji had already stepped between the two, indicating that this spirit battle could end here.

Su He lightly cupped his hands toward Meng Shenji. The latter nodded, then announced the result of the spirit battle.

Yu Tianhua had no objections. He had lost utterly in today's battle. His Second Spirit Skill, enhanced by Purple Lightning Fury, had been crushed by Su He's Third Spirit Skill without any ability to resist, dealing a blow to Yu Tianhua's pride.

After some simple treatment from the Healing System Spirit Masters below the stage, Yu Tianhua had basically regained the ability to move. He would truthfully report today's battle and Su He's information to his clan.

As the smoke dispersed, the surrounding students were stunned to see Su He so clearly standing as the victor.

Their strongest Academy Chief had been defeated by an unfamiliar youth despite having a two-level Soul Power advantage. Moreover, that brown-haired youth looked only twelve or thirteen years old.

For a time, the battle between Su He and Yu Tianhua became the hot topic of discussion among the students. Su He also made his name throughout Heaven Dou Royal Academy through this battle and was appointed a Specially Appointed Guest Elder by Meng Shenji.

Su He had also requested permission from the three Committee Members to cultivate in the Geng Metal Attribute Mimicry Cultivation grounds from now on. He had not properly developed the metal attribute of the Abyssal Golden Lion, and this would be the perfect place for him to develop his martial soul's attribute.

Most students of Heaven Dou Royal Academy came from noble families, and news of this battle quickly spread to the ears of influential figures throughout the Heaven Dou Empire, as well as the two great sects.

Su He instantly became someone they all sought to recruit. Su He rejected them one by one on the grounds that he had already pledged loyalty to the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. The nobles could only sigh helplessly upon hearing him invoke the Crown Prince and give up.

What could they do? Try to steal someone from the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire? That was clearly unrealistic.

After the commotion passed, Su He returned to his residence at the metal-attribute Mimicry Cultivation grounds. There were scarcely any people in the vast training grounds, showing just how unpopular the Geng Metal Attribute was.

It had to be said that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had shown enough sincerity in its efforts to keep him. It had even directly built Su He a residence within the Mimicry Cultivation grounds to aid his cultivation, saving him the time of traveling back and forth every day.

The environment here was also relatively quiet, and no one usually disturbed him. Su He was quite happy with that arrangement. He had no desire to associate with those spoiled noble brats at the academy.

They were not the same kind of people. Those who walked different paths had no reason to make plans together, so there was no need to get acquainted at all.

Time always passed quickly during cultivation. When Su He opened his eyes again, he saw the evening glow falling across the Mimicry Cultivation grounds. The metal on the ground shone with an orange-red luster, creating a beautiful sight. Su He had also progressed further toward level thirty-nine. In roughly another half month, he would be able to advance to level thirty-nine and digest the excess Soul Power from the two immortal herbs.

At that point, absorbing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum would no longer exceed Su He's body's limits, and it would further solidify his foundation.