Dragon Emperor Spear and Dragon Emperor Spear Art

"You're too strong, Junior Brother. But are you all right? Don't force yourself. Teacher won't blame you," Hu Liena immediately stepped forward and asked with concern.

She worried that her junior brother was forcing himself to preserve their teacher's dignity, so she could not help asking.

Xie Yue: Little sister, why don't you check on Yan, who's about to pass out?

"Don't worry, Senior Sister. Your junior brother is tough. I have a treasure specifically for protecting my Spiritual Power," Long Yu casually made up an excuse.

He might reveal his martial soul and bloodline someday, but definitely not now. He could only find a random excuse to brush it off.

"All right, but you really are amazing. You defeated Yan, whose Soul Power Level is ten levels higher than yours, without even releasing your martial soul," Hu Liena said excitedly.

She had long found that disgusting guy unpleasant, but she had never had the chance to teach him a lesson. Her junior brother had helped her vent some of that anger.

"Thank you for the praise, Senior Sister. I'm not that impressive. Yan is just too weak."

The other students, including Hu Liena, stared at Long Yu speechlessly.

What a display of humblebragging. They had learned it.

Yan, who had still been conscious, directly fainted upon hearing Long Yu's words. That taunt was truly devastating.

"You're even stronger than before. As expected of a heaven-blessed genius! Long Yu, thanks to you, we've made a killing this time!" Xiong Tian looked at Long Yu with great enthusiasm as well.

It had only been a short while, yet Long Yu had actually raised his soul power by another level, and his strength had become even more terrifying.

"What do you mean, made a killing?" Long Yu asked in confusion.

"We set up a betting pool on whether you or Yan would win. Our side made a huge profit. Aside from the money we won at ten-to-one odds, all the rest goes to you." Although Xiong Tian looked simple-minded, he was actually quite shrewd.

Using Gold Soul Coins to befriend a genius soul master was indeed a guaranteed profit for the wealthy Xiong Family.

"All right. No one ever complains about having too much money, so I'll gladly accept it." Long Yu understood Xiong Tian's intentions and accepted readily.

Having one more friend was always better than having one more enemy. Money was secondary; the important thing was making a friend.

"All right, students, continue with this afternoon's practical combat training." After Teacher Jun confirmed that Yan's injuries were not too serious, she instructed a healing-type soul master to take him away and resumed the training as usual.

"Yes, Teacher," the students answered in unison, unable to stop themselves from looking at Long Yu with awe.

They had greatly underestimated this new student. Probably no one in the advanced class could defeat him one-on-one.

"Long Yu, come spar with me," Teacher Jun said.

This was also His Holiness the Pope's arrangement. Teacher Jun's strength had reached level seventy-nine, making her the teacher with the highest Soul Power Level for one-on-one combat instruction in the advanced class.

One-on-one combat instruction was a privilege of the advanced class.

Spirit Hall would select more than sixty experts at Soul Emperor rank or above to spar with the students. The teachers' martial souls were required to match the students' martial souls as closely as possible, or at least have similar soul skills, so they could provide one-on-one guidance. The teachers themselves decided the duration of the sparring sessions.

After roughly a week, the next week would arrange for students to fight soul masters of different types, allowing them to gain experience against various kinds of soul masters.

Their previous teachers would observe from the sidelines and offer guidance.

Then, the week after that, their original teachers would guide them again.

With this cycle repeating continuously, the students' progress would become increasingly apparent.

However, Spirit Hall could not immediately find a teacher with a dragon-type martial soul, so Teacher Jun would temporarily be responsible for Long Yu's practical combat training.

"Yes, Teacher Jun." Long Yu looked at Teacher Jun with fighting spirit blazing in his eyes. Her aura was already close to that of a Soul Douluo.

She was an exceptionally rare opponent.

More than ten minutes later, Long Yu sat on the ground with a bruised and swollen face.

"Why still haven't you released your martial soul? I'm a Soul Sage, after all.

"Your speed, strength, and attack power are indeed astonishing, but you haven't brought out your full strength," Teacher Jun said with some dissatisfaction.

"Well, sorry, Teacher Jun. For certain reasons, my teacher does not allow me to release my martial soul casually.

"She told me that I only need to train my combat techniques here and build up experience fighting different kinds of soul masters." Long Yu shifted the blame onto his teacher.

"Is that so? Fine, then." Since it was His Holiness the Pope's instruction, Teacher Jun did not dare say anything further.

Unconditional obedience! After Yan's crushing defeat, the other students no longer dared underestimate this younger classmate.

If this younger classmate could defeat Yan without using his martial soul, then he could defeat them without using it too.

Furthermore, over the two weekend days, Bibi Dong would personally give Long Yu and Hu Liena specialized training and teach them theoretical knowledge.

That night, Long Yu looked at his senior sister sleeping like a little pig and felt somewhat speechless.

How could such a beautiful girl have such terrible sleeping posture?

"System, open the Dragon Emperor Spear and Dragon Emperor Spear Art rewards!" Long Yu summoned the system, having nearly forgotten about this reward for becoming a disciple.

"Ding, opening the Dragon Emperor Spear and Dragon Emperor Spear Art rewards.

Reward description: The Dragon Emperor Spear was formed from Yinglong's spinal bone. It is a Transcendent Divine Tool surpassing the Douluo World and the Divine Realm Plane. (The Douluo Plane and the Divine Realm are both low-level planes.)

The Dragon Emperor Spear combines the advantages of the Golden Dragon Spear and the Silver Dragon Spear. It can strengthen elemental control, pierce defenses, and absorb life force to convert it into the host's energy.

The Dragon Emperor Spear Art is included with the Dragon Emperor Spear. It consists of four forms: Dragon Breaker, Sweeping Army, Dragon Suppression, and Soaring Dragon.

Because it is rather difficult to cultivate, the host is advised to purchase the cracked version of the video for viewing and study."

"System, there's even a cracked version? How do I get the cracked version?"

Long Yu asked, Damn, this system is insanely awesome!

"This function is not yet available. Please stay tuned," the system replied mechanically.

Long Yu: ...

Are you messing with me here?

Long Yu was speechless. He then prepared to sleep; as for the spear technique and the Dragon Emperor Spear, he could train with them tomorrow.

"System, system! I still have something to ask!" Long Yu had just been about to sleep when he suddenly remembered what had happened today.

If he could activate Martial Soul Possession, his strength would become even greater. He had to figure out when he could do so without being discovered by people with divine power—or by gods themselves.

He couldn't possibly keep from releasing his martial soul forever, could he? How was he supposed to cultivate and fight in the future?

"Regarding the host's concerns, the system has not yet found a solution," the system replied.

"I curse you, system!" Long Yu sighed, then lay down to sleep. I can only take things one step at a time.

The days that followed were fairly ordinary. Training at Spirit Hall was somewhat similar to that in Death Grand Canyon, but most of the time, he sparred against different types of Spirit Hall soul masters. Specialized teachers would then guide him, and he would correct his mistakes.

Through his battles with Teacher Jun and various types of soul masters, Long Yu steadily developed his own combat experience.

As for apologizing to Qian Renxue, after being turned away more than a dozen times, Long Yu gave up.

Xue'er was truly angry—the kind that couldn't be soothed. What should he do? If there are any issues with the writing, such as typos, feel free to point them out, but please do not post malicious comments. I will permanently mute you directly.