With Nothing Else to Do, a Visit to the Soul Fighting Arena

Night fell.

Li Changsheng lay on his bed, limbs splayed, his gaze calm.

Surrounding him, walls built from various books enclosed him tightly.

The light from the Soul Guidance Lamp flickered, casting shadows that illuminated only half of Li Changsheng's face.

"So boring..."

In all his ten thousand years of life, Li Changsheng had never felt this bored.

Before he awakened his martial soul, he had no choice but to read books, recreate things from his past life like Go, teach others the rules, and then play against himself.

Later on, everyone he had taught passed away, and he lost the heart to interact with others, so he simply stayed home, reading books every day.

Still later, the appearance of soul master newspapers allowed Li Changsheng to understand the continent's situation without leaving his house.

Now that he had a martial soul and was already a one-ring soul master, why did everything feel so dull?

No, it wasn't dull; it was just that Li Changsheng had been a shut-in for so long that his mind had become somewhat numb.

Notification: You might as well go to the Soul Fighting Arena to stretch your limbs.

Notification: Or continue cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

The mechanical voice of the God of Wisdom always sounded at the right time.

Li Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sat up as if jolted from a deathbed.

The surrounding walls of books collapsed with a crash, scattering across the floor beneath the bed.

Fortunately, this room was on the ground floor; otherwise, Li Changsheng would likely have been kicked out long ago over the past ten days.

However, Li Changsheng suddenly thought of a question:

"Do one-ring soul masters even go to the Soul Fighting Arena?"

The answer was, they actually did!

If it were ten thousand years ago, that certainly wouldn't have been the case.

Although it was still rare nowadays, in the Soul Fighting Arenas of bustling cities, a competition called an Exchange Battle had emerged.

It was open only to one-ring and two-ring soul masters, and exclusively for students of soul master academies.

In this era, if soul master students wanted to fight, they couldn't just find an empty lot and square off; that was too prone to accidents.

Gradually, in many Soul Fighting Arenas, exclusive rings appeared specifically for students of primary and intermediate soul master academies.

By paying a small fee, they could have a dedicated referee, and their safety was significantly guaranteed.

The city closest to Spirit Soul City was Nuoding City.

Nuoding City did not have a Soul Fighting Arena!

Yet, the Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy within Nuoding City had many soul masters.

Where there were people, there would be friction, let alone among proud soul masters.

Therefore, many students from the Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy would come to Spirit Soul City to fight.

Of course, that was only a small portion, and usually those who were very afraid of getting hurt.

Although private duels between students were strictly forbidden, as long as no one died, it generally wasn't a major issue; after all, there was a term called "sparring."

But the fear was that an opponent might play dirty!

There were plenty of soul masters who spoke more nicely than anyone else but fought more ruthlessly than anyone else.

At the same time, many soul master students came here to train themselves through actual combat.

Even children only a few years old were combative.

A large part of this was due to Shrek Academy.

Over the past ten thousand years, Shrek Academy's school rules had become a creed for many.

Actual combat was the best way to test one's abilities.

In fact, that was the truth.

If not for the emergence of soul guidance devices, which gradually blurred the limitations of combat between soul masters, the current situation would likely be that battle soul masters were becoming increasingly powerful while support soul masters were becoming increasingly lowly.

Li Changsheng smiled slightly; using his second martial soul to bully some little kids seemed like a pretty good idea.

Moreover, he had always wanted to truly stand in a Soul Fighting Arena and have a proper fight.

He acted as soon as he thought of it.

After all, there were still three days left before he had to head to the Shrek Pre-Academy.

Now that Li Changsheng had awakened his martial soul, he didn't want to stay bored and dull in a hotel room.

He left the hotel.

Li Changsheng first spent some soul coins at a roadside stall to purchase a mask that completely obscured his appearance.

Before entering the Spirit Soul Grand Soul Fighting Arena, he put on a mask.

No one seemed surprised by this.

Many people were just like Li Changsheng, putting on masks before entering the Spirit Soul Grand Soul Fighting Arena to conceal their identities.

Among them, he could even see some children of similar height to Li Changsheng.

As he passed the Sea God Awakening Hall, the martial soul awakening ceremony was still underway, though it appeared to be drawing to a close.

Li Changsheng arrived at the registration desk.

He took out ten gold soul coins and handed them to the staff member.

The staff member merely glanced at Li Changsheng, confirmed the payment, and handed him a form to fill out, which included his name, age, place of birth, and martial soul. This had not changed in ten thousand years.

Li Changsheng took it and filled it out quickly.

However, he wrote his age as seven.

He did this to confuse anyone looking into his background.

As for his name, he did not write Li Changsheng, but instead filled in the three large characters for Nameless.

Of course, Li Changsheng only viewed the Spirit Soul Grand Soul Fighting Arena as a game—a game that cost ten gold soul coins. He would be leaving here in three days, and if he were fortunate enough to fight in a different soul fighting arena in the future, he could simply register again then.

Just then, the staff member brought out a black orb for testing soul power.

Unlike the one Su Xinhe had used, this orb was quite crude, appearing to be a tool inscribed only with the core function of testing soul power.

"What is my soul power level?"

Li Changsheng placed his hand against the black orb.

A cold sensation washed over him.

Li Changsheng felt the fluctuations of his Mysterious Heaven Skill internal energy.

In the blink of an eye, the soul power test was finished.

"Thirteen!"

Li Changsheng stared intently at the soul power level displayed on the black orb.

After absorbing his soul ring, his own soul power had actually jumped directly from level ten to level thirteen!

A leap of three levels was quite impressive.

However, Li Changsheng did not remain shocked for long.

I, Li Changsheng, am a ten-thousand-year-old genius youth; a mere three-level jump is nothing to be surprised about.

"Your age... are you here to participate in the Exchange Battle?"

Taking Li Changsheng's completed form, the staff member scanned him with a calm gaze.

Li Changsheng nodded. "That's right."

"Then you need to write down your academy." The staff member pointed to a section beside the name, which was actually a separate, dedicated field.

Academy:

Li Changsheng took it back, stunned for a moment, before filling in Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy.

No one would verify it anyway.

The staff member then handed Li Changsheng an iron plaque.

This was the Iron Soul Fighting Badge.

The development of the soul fighting arenas had barely changed from ten thousand years ago, and the rankings remained the same.

Afterward, Li Changsheng took the Iron Soul Fighting Badge and entered the waiting area.

Inside the Spirit Soul Grand Soul Fighting Arena, soul masters were active on many of the fighting platforms.

However, most were Soul Elders, and the level of excitement was nowhere near that of the previous Exchange Battle between the geniuses of the Pre-Education Academy.

Of course, this had something to do with the fact that the martial soul awakening ceremony was still ongoing over at the Sea God Awakening Hall.

He entered the waiting area.

It was quite luxurious, not much different from the private rooms set aside elsewhere.

At this moment, many soul masters were sitting on leather sofas, chatting with one another.

When Li Changsheng entered, they merely glanced up, showing no particular expression, as if they were completely unimpressed.

Li Changsheng also spotted some soul masters who looked like young children, wearing uniform school attire; they appeared to be from the Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy.

Li Changsheng found a seat and sat down by himself.

He then watched a soul fighting match taking place beneath the massive floor-to-ceiling windows, waiting for his turn to go on stage.

About five minutes later, Li Changsheng heard an announcement, accompanied by a projection on a soul power light screen.

"Will Nameless from the Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy and Wang Hehe, also from the Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy, please proceed to the 1084 Soul Fighting Platform for a one-ring soul master Exchange Battle."

Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng stood up. At the same time, over on the other side where the group of Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy students were, a slightly chubby child also stood up.

He did not wear a mask, and his chubby face clearly showed his age.

He looked to be about eleven or twelve years old, a head taller than Li Changsheng.

Wang Hehe, over there, also caught sight of Li Changsheng.

His massive, tiger-like eyes shot out a sharp glint, and then, with a tiger's stride, he walked toward the outside with wind trailing in his wake.

Li Changsheng wore a mask, his expression beneath it calm and indifferent, his lips moving ever so slightly as if to say:

"Oh my, it's a good thing you didn't provoke me; your life was spared, wasn't it..."