A Soul Grandmaster had been defeated by a Soul Master at level thirteen. This wasn't the first time it had happened, but even seeing such a battle again left everyone too stunned to speak.
Lin Fan's battle had shown everyone what it meant to be a genius!
With just one Soul Ring, he had defeated Gao Feng, a two-ring Soul Grandmaster!
As for Lu Feng, there was no need to mention him. Although his Soul Power was indeed high, he was one of the weakest among those at the same level.
And among the sixth-years, he wasn't even considered a genius. Even with his family's resources backing him, reaching level twenty-seven at his age would be difficult.
But Gao Feng was different. Among the sixth-years, he was considered one of the top students. Yet this genius had been defeated by Lin Fan in just a few exchanges.
Underestimating his opponent had certainly played a part, but the greater reason was Lin Fan's strength.
Even setting aside his lightning Soul Skill, Lin Fan's physical strength alone could rival Gao Feng's!
One had to remember, Lin Fan was only an Artifact Soul Master!
The emotion points kept climbing, and Lin Fan's smile grew brighter and brighter.
But not a single person was willing to challenge him.
Lin Fan was helpless. Was being too strong a kind of affliction, too?
Fortunately, his emotion points didn't stop increasing just because the Soul Fighting had ended. They continued to climb, though the amount was certainly no match for what he'd gained during battle, when he'd turned the tide and won the Soul Fighting.
Time slipped away unnoticed. By the time Lin Fan left the Soul Fighting Arena, his emotion points had risen by more than two million, nearly three million!
For some reason, Bibi Dong thought her senior brother's smile had grown more and more wicked.
But to Bibi Dong, Lin Fan's expression seemed to suit her tastes even better.
She couldn't say whether it was because Spirit Hall was willing to help, or something else.
That afternoon, the two of them spent the whole time cultivating at the Mimicry Training Ground.
A day passed. In the morning, they continued listening to Long Yuan's theory lessons and attended the practical class with Class One of the fourth year.
In the afternoon, Lin Fan divided his time between cultivation and controlling his Star Seeds.
After all, he didn't only have the Lightning Element. He also needed to control his Fire Element Star Seeds.
And after several battles, Lin Fan had grown more and more eager to quickly improve his proficiency at tracing Star Orbits.
Ideally, he would be able to trace a Star Orbit with a single thought!
Once he could do that, Lin Fan believed he'd be able to cast Beginner Magic much faster than he could release a Soul Skill!
And that little bit of time could be enough to change the outcome of a battle!
In the blink of an eye, three months slipped by.
At the Mimicry Training Ground, thunderclouds rumbled, and bolts of lightning struck down from time to time.
Lin Fan wore the Martial Soul Academy's uniform, with a White Jade Bracelet on his wrist.
A special energy radiated from within the bracelet, subtly increasing the speed of Lin Fan's cultivation.
The White Jade Bracelet was a Star Nebula Magic Tool from the Versatile Mage world—and the finest kind at that.
This White Jade Bracelet could increase an Intermediate Mage's cultivation speed by a full 2.5 times!
Yet Lin Fan was only a Beginner Mage, and the bracelet boosted his cultivation speed by a full five times!
Cultivating at the Mimicry Training Ground made him even faster!
He also had medicinal baths to help him. Although they did little to increase his Soul Power, they still had some effect.
Lin Fan had been using the White Jade Bracelet for more than two months! In other words, those two months of cultivation had yielded results equivalent to about a year of ordinary cultivation!
Lin Fan's Soul Power had now reached level twenty!
He only needed to absorb one more Soul Ring to become a true two-ring Soul Grandmaster!
If Lin Fan hadn't spent some time focusing on controlling the forty-two Star Seeds that had appeared in his mental world after advancing to Intermediate Mage, his Soul Power Level would have been even higher!
In less than half a year of cultivation, he had gone from Innate Full Soul Power to a level-twenty Soul Grandmaster-to-be. Even some peerless geniuses couldn't progress that quickly!
The Star Nebula Magic Tool was indeed powerful, but Lin Fan had spent a full twenty million emotion points on it!
Fortunately, emotion points were easy for Lin Fan to obtain.
There were practical classes every day, and Lin Fan fought against the other students in them.
The practical classes were usually arranged by the instructor.
So the students didn't dare disobey.
The practical instructors saw that some of the geniuses in the class were too arrogant, so they didn't stop Lin Fan from continuing to attend the practical classes.
Otherwise, Lin Fan would have long since moved up to the fifth or even sixth year.
After returning to his dorm, Lin Fan washed up and then headed to the classroom.
As soon as he arrived, he saw that the burly Long Yuan was already waiting there.
"Teacher Long Yuan!" Lin Fan greeted him respectfully.
Over the past three months of cultivation, Lin Fan had come to admire the theoretical knowledge Long Yuan taught more and more.
Long Yuan's theoretical knowledge could be called the best on the Douluo Continent!
No matter what question Lin Fan had, Long Yuan could explain it and offer examples as proof!
Long Yuan smiled and nodded, his voice full of approval. "Lin Fan, you've been at level twenty for almost half a month now. When are you planning to hunt for your second Soul Ring?"
At that, Lin Fan smiled slightly. "Teacher Long Yuan, that's exactly what I came to talk to you about."
"After dinner yesterday, my teacher came to find me. He said he'd take me to get my second Soul Ring."
Long Yuan nodded. "All right, then go ahead. You know what kind of Soul Ring your Martial Soul needs, so I won't go with you."
Lin Fan nodded. "Then I'll be off."
Watching Lin Fan leave, Long Yuan nodded with satisfaction, his eyes full of pride.
When Lin Fan walked out of the teaching building, he saw Qian Xunji, dressed in holy gold, watching him.
Lin Fan hurried over and bowed respectfully. "Teacher."
Qian Xunji smiled. "Xiao Fan, I didn't expect you to reach level twenty in just about four months. Your teacher is truly proud of you!"
"It's all thanks to you refining the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue for me, Teacher. Otherwise, I might have died while trying to absorb it."
That was right. During those three months of cultivation, Spirit Hall had finished gathering most of the Whale Glue on the continent and in the hands of the Sea Soul Masters.
Although Spirit Hall had spent an enormous number of Gold Soul Coins collecting the Whale Glue, once its secret was exposed, the value of their stock would multiply several times over!
Even now, however, none of the other factions had discovered the secret of the Whale Glue.
They might have noticed something unusual, but they couldn't figure out what it was.
After all, only Lin Fan and Bibi Dong had used Whale Glue.
The Whale Glue they had gathered was still being kept under guard.
And because the Martial Soul Academy was run under closed-door management, even the Soul Masters affiliated with Spirit Hall didn't know about the Soul Rings of Lin Fan and Bibi Dong.
Of course, the most important thing was that Qian Daoliu and the others were keeping things under control. Otherwise, no matter how tightly they sealed things away, word would still get out.
"The journey to Star Dou Forest will take several days. On the way, tell me what plans Principal Long Yuan has for your second Soul Ring."
Qian Xunji shook his head with a faint smile, not at all concerned about the matter.
After all, as Lin Fan's teacher, Qian Xunji hadn't done much for him. At least compared with the academy's teachers, Qian Xunji's help had been rather limited.
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