World Domination and Ring Burst

Wang Chen looked at the two powerful skills on the Black Book and could not help imagining the clan tournament a month from now.

In full view of the crowd and before countless clan members, Wang Teng would be beaten senseless by him across realms, then cry his eyes out.

This was no exaggeration, because the two skills recorded from Zhang Lexuan were simply too powerful.

As long as he learned either one of them, he would be able to beat Wang Teng until he was crawling around looking for his teeth.

Wang Chen guessed that these were most likely Shrek Academy's closely guarded ultimate techniques. If Zhang Lexuan had not been the heir to the Sea God Pavilion's Master, she probably would not even have been qualified to learn them.

As a transmigrator, Wang Chen had naturally read the wildly popular IP Douluo Continent in his previous life. He had read both Douluo Continent I and Douluo Continent II, not only the comics but also the original novels.

Therefore, he knew many of Douluo Continent's secrets, and the two skills recorded from Zhang Lexuan both looked extremely familiar to him.

For the first skill, Wang Chen guessed that it was most likely World Domination, the technique of Shrek Academy's current Sea God Pavilion Master, the Rank 99 Limit Douluo, Dragon God Douluo Mu En.

Once he learned it, fighting across ranks before becoming a Soul Sage would be as easy as pie.

In the original novel, relying on World Domination, Huo Yuhao, with merely peak Soul Elder cultivation, had effortlessly knocked down a Fifth Level Soul Engineer with Soul King cultivation using a single punch. Its power was undeniable.

However, Wang Chen was worried that even if he learned this skill, he might not be able to use it.

After all, using this skill required one's Spiritual Power to reach the Soul Sage level. Otherwise, one would be unable to control the fusion of Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and will.

Wang Chen had always been rather confident in his Spiritual Power. Having lived two lives, his Spiritual Power was stronger than that of Soul Masters and Soul Engineers of the same rank.

But he was currently only a two-ring Soul Grandmaster. Reaching Soul Sage-level Spiritual Power was simply far too difficult.

One had to know that the standard for Soul Sage-level Spiritual Power was being able to project one's Spiritual Power outward.

Not everyone was like Huo Yuhao—both a Spirit Attribute Soul Master and supplied by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a Spirit Attribute soul beast with a million years of cultivation—allowing their Spiritual Power cultivation to rise at an astonishing rate.

Wang Chen had roughly estimated that his Spiritual Power was stronger than a Soul Ancestor's but weaker than a Soul King's, and still very far from that of a Soul Sage.

Thus, he directly discarded the first skill recorded from Zhang Lexuan. He could not use it now, so it would have to wait until later.

Wang Chen turned to the second skill, which also looked very familiar to him.

It was far too similar to the Clear Sky Sect's supreme art, Ring Burst, except it was not as extreme.

The Clear Sky Sect's Ring Burst Secret Technique directly detonated Soul Rings to gain a terrifying increase in power.

Its side effect was that, during its use, one's Spiritual Power and body had to restrain that violent force. Otherwise, one would suffer backlash from the power of Ring Burst and die.

After using Ring Burst, all Soul Rings temporarily disappeared, making Soul Skills unusable, while the user fell into a severely weakened state.

The Soul Rings would gradually recover only after three days, and the Ring Burst Secret Technique could not be used again until thirty-six days later.

Compared to the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Burst Secret Technique, the secret technique Zhang Lexuan had used in the Soul Duel Tournament was much gentler.

Though it also used the power within Soul Rings to temporarily increase one's own strength, it did not brutally blow apart the Soul Rings like Ring Burst did. Instead, it activated them gently.

As a result, it might not grant as much power as Ring Burst, but that power would definitely be far easier to control.

Moreover, most importantly, Soul Skills could still be used normally while employing the secret technique. The Soul Rings would not disappear afterward either, and the secret technique's cooldown was only three days.

Looking at this skill, Wang Chen was one hundred percent certain that it had been modified by a Shrek Academy powerhouse based on the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Burst Secret Technique.

Otherwise, how could there be such similar secret techniques?

Still, being able to improve it so well and reduce its side effects to such an extent proved that Shrek Academy truly had the capability.

From one spot, one could see the whole leopard. From Zhang Lexuan alone, one could tell just how profound Shrek Academy's foundation and strength had become.

The Shrek Academy of today was no longer the same as the Shrek Academy of ten thousand years ago.

After ten thousand years of accumulation, Shrek Academy had become one of the continent's top three great powers.

It had a Limit Douluo standing guard, more than five Super Douluo powerhouses, and even more experts at the Titled Douluo level.

Who could have imagined that ten thousand years ago, Shrek Academy had been a destitute place so poor it jingled, forced to rely on trickery and scams to fill its coffers?

Time truly was the greatest magician.

Wang Chen could not help feeling a little sentimental, but then he promptly tossed Shrek Academy to the back of his mind.

Shrek Academy was far too distant from him. He was currently merely a Soul Grandmaster from a marquis family in the Sun and Moon Empire. Worrying about a colossal entity like Shrek Academy would be nothing but having too much time on his hands.

Wang Chen looked at the skill improved from the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Burst Secret Technique and was extremely satisfied.

There was no need to mention how powerful this secret technique was. Most importantly, its requirements were not demanding—one only needed Soul Rings.

Without a doubt, this skill was exceptionally suited to Wang Chen.

Wang Chen was immediately in high spirits. Looking at the two powerful unnamed skills on the Black Book, he promptly controlled the Black Book and named them.

The first skill was named World Domination.

The second skill was named Ring Tempering.

After naming the two skills, Wang Chen nodded in satisfaction, and his consciousness returned to his body.

Although Wang Chen's consciousness seemed to have spent quite some time immersed in the Black Book, thoughts turned countless times in an instant, with untold thoughts arising and vanishing in a single second. Thus, only two brief seconds had passed in the outside world.

Though Wang Chen dearly wanted to study and learn his new skills, this was not the right place.

He was currently in the luxurious front-row section of the spectator stands. Learning skills here could very likely attract unnecessary trouble.

Wang Chen restrained his excitement and shifted his attention back to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament.

At that moment, Zhang Lexuan and the other six Shrek Academy team members who had coasted to victory stood in the center of the arena, receiving the cheers of hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Meanwhile, the members of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, bruised and battered, were being treated by Healing-Type Soul Masters in a corner.

Some had their confidence utterly shattered and kept muttering about how terrifying Zhang Lexuan was.

Others wore looks of utter defiance, determined to win back their pride someday.

The two team leaders, Elder Ma and Elder Zhang, were both filled with worry as they pondered what excuse they could give their superior, Jing Hongchen, after returning.

They had been swept seven-to-one by Shrek Academy. Though it was not entirely their fault, it was still far too humiliating and damaged the nation's prestige. If Jing Hongchen took his anger out on them, they would not be able to bear it.

The next chapter would come later.