Cinderella Has Something to Say

The entire Spirit Arena fell silent in an instant.

Everyone in the stands stared dumbfounded at the figure on the stage wearing a silver mask, codenamed White Fox.

He won?

A Soul Master whose Martial Soul was a fox had KO'd a level-13 Ice Wolf Soul Master.

The referee was stunned for a moment before recovering and loudly announcing, "White Fox wins!"

Cheers instantly erupted from the stands.

Lin Wan slowly withdrew his fist and stood in the center of the Spirit Arena, breathing lightly.

He glanced at Han Ya, who was curled up on the ground, and gained a clear understanding of the practical effects of the Soul Seizure soul skill.

It was incredibly tyrannical!

It was forced control; as long as someone came into contact with him, it could be activated instantly.

Combined with the strength and speed enhanced by his Soul Ring, it was enough to severely injure opponents of the same rank or even slightly higher ranks.

After stepping down from the Spirit Arena and collecting his prize money, Lin Wan quickly left the venue.

Ever since Lin Wan had finished his first spirit battle in Frost City, he had occasionally come to the Spirit Arena to compete.

With his first soul skill, Lin Wan won most of the time.

Of course, there were clever people in the Spirit Arena. After Lin Wan fought enough matches, people figured out the effects of his first soul skill.

As a result, Lin Wan occasionally lost as well.

The combat classes at Frost City Junior Soul Master Academy taught the most basic and broadly applicable fighting techniques.

Things like straight punches, hooks, kicks, dodges, and blocks.

Most were wide, forceful movements that emphasized strength and fundamental transitions between offense and defense.

Lin Wan used these techniques to win his spirit battles.

While these techniques were certainly important, they did not entirely suit the agile, nimble traits bestowed by Lin Wan's Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox Martial Soul.

Thus, after every spirit battle, Lin Wan reviewed his own performance and considered how to improve his hand-to-hand combat and fighting techniques.

He thought of Xiao Wu, the original story's female protagonist. In Lin Wan's eyes, her Waist Bow and Eight-Stage Explosive Throw were excellent reference models.

Xiao Wu's Martial Soul was the Soft-Bone Charming Rabbit, and she was not particularly strong.

Therefore, she relied on her flexible physical condition to generate explosive bursts of power.

This formed a unique close-quarters killing art filled with her own personal style.

Like Xiao Wu's, Lin Wan's Nine-Heavens Beauty Fox Martial Soul did not emphasize strength. What it provided him with was mainly a flexible physique, agile speed, and powerful control.

Thus, he began considering how to maximize the advantages of his Martial Soul and develop a close-combat fighting style that suited his own characteristics.

Lin Wan was now somewhat regretful. He regretted not learning martial arts such as jujitsu or sanda in his previous life.

If he had known he would transmigrate, he definitely would have learned a little of everything.

Instead of having to figure it out himself now.

Lin Wan had also considered seeking out the academy's teachers, but after giving it some thought, he abandoned the idea.

The main reason was that combat on Douluo Continent now primarily relied on soul skills for attack.

There was simply no systematic fighting art. The academy only taught fighting techniques now because the students had basically not yet obtained soul skills.

By the upper grades, the academy no longer offered fighting techniques as a course, replacing them with sparring through the use of soul skills.

Unlike the academy, however, the Spirit Arena gathered all kinds of Soul Masters and was filled with strange Martial Souls and combat styles, making it a place that could provide him with plenty of inspiration.

Thus, in the days that followed, Lin Wan's life became a simple two-point routine: academy—Spirit Arena.

At the academy, aside from the classes he had to attend, Lin Wan spent most of his time cultivating in the library or somewhere deserted.

After sitting through part of the first-year curriculum, he discovered that the knowledge was far too basic. With the level of education he had received as a college student in his previous life, he could understand it just by flipping through the books.

Fortunately, the Junior Soul Master Academy only had relatively many classes during the first two years, since those two years were needed to teach the children who had just awakened their Martial Souls how to read.

Lin Wan had something to say about that.

Previously, he had been busy surviving and had completely failed to realize that the writing system of Douluo Continent differed from that of his previous life.

So now, he had to learn how to read as well.

Every day when he went to the library, he had to bring a dictionary. Otherwise, he simply could not recognize the words.

Fortunately, Douluo Continent did not place much importance on literature, so there were not many commonly used characters.

That counted as good news for Lin Wan. In a little while, he would have learned all the commonly used characters on Douluo Continent.

Then the doors of Frost City Junior Soul Master Academy's library would be completely open to him.

At that thought, he could not help throwing back his head and laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Little library, soon I'll be able to see every inch of you."

Besides that, Lin Wan now made sure to compete at the Spirit Arena at least once a week.

He did not want to become someone who only knew how to attack with soul skills. He wanted to become a mage whose every punch landed solidly.

The graduation requirement for Junior Soul Master Academies on Douluo Continent was to obtain one Soul Ring, and Frost City Junior Soul Master Academy was no exception.

Once students obtained a Soul Ring, they could generally apply for graduation and enroll in an Intermediate Soul Master Academy.

Frost City was merely a small city in the Far North. It only had a Junior Soul Master Academy, with no Intermediate Soul Master Academy or advanced Soul Master Academy.

Therefore, if students graduating from the Junior Soul Master Academy wished to advance further, they could only go to Ice Academy, the nearest academy to Frost City.

At Lin Wan's current level, he could already apply for graduation and enroll in an Intermediate Soul Master Academy.

However, Intermediate and advanced academies both had Soul Power Level requirements for admission, usually at least level 15.

This meant that talented students could enroll early, while those with poorer talent could only cultivate step by step.

Therefore, Lin Wan could only remain in Frost City for now. He planned to cultivate for a few more years.

Once his Soul Power Level met the requirements, he would go straight to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

In Lin Wan's opinion, among all advanced Soul Master Academies, the royal academies of the two great empires were the wealthiest.

If he could have a better cultivation environment, why choose an inferior one?

Besides that, Lin Wan had another reason for choosing Heaven Dou Royal Academy: Eva, the most powerful queen currently drawn from the system, was in Heaven Dou City.

Once he went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Wan could rely on Queen Eva.

Moreover, to obtain Reputation Points, he had to become famous. Compared to other places, Lin Wan would certainly find it easier to gain Reputation Points in Heaven Dou City.

Just a few days ago, Lin Wan had drawn from the system again.

He had spent all the Reputation Points he had saved in one go, and he had drawn quite a few fairy-tale characters.

However, Lin Wan had let those fairy-tale characters roam free. He directly had the system randomly place them around the world.

Lin Wan believed the system would make good arrangements for the fairy-tale characters.

As for the system's placements, Cinderella had something to say.