After finishing his cultivation, Lan Xuanyu lay on the bed, turned onto his side facing himself, and sank into a deep sleep, while Lin Yuan rested both hands behind his head, his mind caught in a storm of thoughts.
He was thinking over his next plan.
For now, he would set aside the matter of Sin Planet. The most urgent thing at the moment was to first become proficient in controlling Shinra Tensei, then take part in the soul fighting matches.
I refuse to believe that after stepping into the second ring, even if I really do get matched with a Soul King next time, I still can't beat them!
That's it. Sleep!
Lin Yuan closed his eyes and instantly drifted off.
The next day, Lin Yuan and Lan Xuanyu got up and washed. After sending Lan Xuanyu to school and returning home, Lin Yuan immediately sat down inside the Simulation Pod.
With a flash of light, Lin Yuan once again entered the Douluo World, the Soul Fighting Arena.
The staff member watched the masked Lin Yuan arrive again. Recalling the battle scene from yesterday, he could not help asking, "You're fighting again?"
"Mm."
The staff member spoke earnestly.
"Your matchmaking time won't be short this time. You've already won nine matches in a row. Do you know, I checked your hidden score just now, and it has already surpassed 200 points. You've already broken the under-twenty record of the Soul Fighting Arena. Although your ranking hasn't entered the top hundred, many people already believe you're the true uncrowned king."
At this point, the staff member paused.
"For the sake of win rate, the Smart Brain will definitely match you across levels."
Hidden score could be understood as the overall score in Honor of Kings. It was comprehensively judged according to one's performance in the arena!
Seventy points belonged to the level of an ordinary soul master and could be considered touching the average standard among soul masters of the same rank.
Above eighty could already be considered an expert, while the average score of professional players smurfing was barely between one hundred and one hundred twenty points.
But what about Lin Yuan?
He had already reached two hundred points!
In other words, compared to those professional players smurfing, his arena performance was still far higher by a large margin!
He already belonged to the category that the Smart Brain paid serious attention to and struck down with sanctions!
Is that so?
Lin Yuan muttered inwardly and immediately chose matchmaking.
In the next second, light flashed around him, and he actually vanished straight from the spot.
Seeing this, the staff member's pupils shrank, and he murmured to himself, "How? How could he get matched this quickly?! Don't tell me Zoffy has been set up, and someone has been waiting all along to challenge him?"
Inside the Soul Fighting Arena, the crowd was boiling with noise.
In the next second, the sky suddenly darkened. The Big Dipper once again lined up in formation, and a massive figure appeared in the sky. As an ethereal melody rang out, a figure dressed in white robes and wearing a white mask appeared on the Soul Fighting Arena stage.
The moment Lin Yuan appeared, there was no doubt that the atmosphere in the arena instantly reached its peak!
"Zoffy! A true genius!"
"Zoffy, ten wins, ten wins! Keep the undefeated legend going!"
"Zoffy, can you win? I bet ten percent of my total Douluo Coins on you!"
Inside the Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Yuan used his spiritual power to sense his surroundings.
He discovered that there were not many seats in this soul fighting arena's spectator area. At a rough glance, there were only a little over forty seats.
But without a doubt, every one of those seats was filled.
Because the distance was very far, and in order to protect the spectators' privacy, Lin Yuan could not use his spiritual power to see them clearly in detail. He could only see that aside from a few people wearing casual clothes, everyone else was wearing green clothing.
Green clothes?
Lin Yuan furrowed his brow tightly, feeling utterly disgusted.
Which company designed these team-building uniforms? How are they this ugly?!
They even left such a huge open space in the middle area. Don't tell me they're trying to use my fame to get some sponsorships?
After the soul fighting match ended, he would ask that staff member whether he could collect some advertising fees or something.
Lin Yuan thought silently to himself.
And in the spectator area, Lin Yuan's old opponent from last time, Hua Linhan, with his gaudy long hair, saw that familiar mask.
His originally gloomy face instantly became excited, even somewhat hysterical.
"It's him! Hahahahahaha! It's that bastard! Teacher, it's him!!"
As he spoke, Hua Linhan actually grew somewhat crazed, and there was even a hint that he might leap over the spectator seats and charge forward.
"Junior, stay calm, stay calm. Isn't the teacher here now?" Beside Hua Linhan, Zheng Longjiang held Hua Linhan back with all his might.
"Reason? How the hell am I supposed to be reasonable? I carried a whole year of loan-shark debt!"
"And another thing—aren't all the people here this time Shrek students? Why is Zoffy's reputation so damn high?!"
"Ahem, because a lot of seniors and juniors all think highly of Zoffy. Especially that match where he fought you—he didn't even light up his Soul Rings before he instantly beat you. Now my classmates all think your year might be the weakest first year in history... especially you, the class monitor."
Hua Linhan lost it even harder. He seemed to have already foreseen that, throughout his six years at Shrek, he would be nailed firmly to the pillar of shame.
"Let go of me! Let go!"
"I'm going to fight Zoffy to the death!"
Hua Linhan roared.
"Junior, calm down! Calm down!"
Zheng Longjiang looked pitifully at the beautiful woman beside him, who had short red hair and was sitting with one leg crossed over the other.
Smack!
The woman irritably slapped away Hua Linhan's hand as he flailed it wildly toward the outside of the spectator stands.
"As a student of our Shrek Academy, you lost that thoroughly. Aren't you embarrassed?"
Hua Linhan rubbed the red mark on his hand and said aggrievedly:
"Dean, you can't blame me for this. I really didn't expect to get matched with an upperclassman. That Zoffy's Soul Skill was too strange. He didn't even light up his Soul Rings, so I still don't know which Soul Skill that gathering thorns into a spear was."
"Enough. This Zoffy isn't a student of our Shrek Academy, much less your senior."
Ying Luohong folded her arms, her eyes narrowing slightly.
Hua Linhan froze.
"He isn't a senior?"
"Correct. Shrek Academy investigated yesterday and asked all the nearby high-level soul master schools as well. None of them had a student named Zoffy. So the academy believes Zoffy may be his hidden identity, and his age may be even younger than all of us expected..."
At this point, Ying Luohong raised a faint smile.
"Now this is getting interesting. If his age really is very young, then when he takes part in our Shrek Academy selection in the future, who knows what kind of brilliance he'll show? Many teachers heard this news and are already planning to stop teaching after they finish teaching all of you, just so they can wait for Zoffy's future cohort."
As she spoke, Ying Luohong's tone grew excited.
"When the time comes, I must personally observe this little fellow. He truly is far too gifted. No, gifted isn't enough to describe him. There has never been a genius who, without Shrek Academy's resources and before even enrolling, could defeat an upperclassman against the odds."
"So, Dean, what are you trying to say?"
Hua Linhan's voice was weak. Wasn't she supposed to avenge him? Why was everything she said praise for Zoffy?
"Look at you, so hopeless."
Ying Luohong rolled her eyes at Hua Linhan in annoyance.
"This time, I sent one of your senior sisters to test this Zoffy's depths and see exactly where his limit lies."
"Senior sister? Which one?"
"Ling Yiyi, who possesses the Holy Angel martial soul. A five-ring Soul King, fourth year, a student who has experienced a true life-and-death trial. And I also staked half my net worth in Douluo Coins on Ling Yiyi."
Ying Luohong said this calmly.
Hua Linhan was stunned. Who was that?
Only Zheng Longjiang fell silent.
Ling Yiyi.
This name was known to practically everyone in Shrek Academy's outer court.
Because she was an extremely rare support-type soul master. No—even calling her a healing-type soul master did not do her justice.
She often used support-type abilities to anesthetize her opponents.
With her offensive methods, ordinary assault-type soul masters were no match for her at all!
There were even rumors that the inner court had already taken notice of her.
"The Dean actually sent Senior Sister Ling..." Zheng Longjiang muttered to himself.
In the Soul Fighting Arena, Lin Yuan looked at the girl who had entered.
The girl was around fifteen or sixteen years old, with purple hair, delicate features, an elegant bearing, and a gentle smile that lingered constantly in her eyes and brows.
Before he knew it, Lin Yuan felt as if he were basking in a spring breeze.
And the fighting spirit in his heart grew lower and lower. He even felt an urge to sit with her all night and talk heart-to-heart.
This girl was actually terrifying to such an extent!
"Ling Yiyi. Martial soul, Healing Angel. Rank fifty-nine support-type soul master."
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