Tang Shan's Declaration and the Training of Body Martial Soul Masters

At some point, everything had fallen silent. Xu Siyue's clear words—"I lost"—reached the students below the stage. He had not spoken loudly, yet the words struck like thunder.

He had lost. The strongest student at Heaven Dou Royal Academy had lost to a newcomer.

A Soul Ancestor had lost to a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.

The result was utterly unexpected, yet somehow inevitable.

Logically, a Soul Ancestor should never have lost to a Soul Grandmaster, even one whose first two Soul Rings were both thousand-year rings. Xu Siyue also had two Thousand-Year Soul Rings. The gap in their Soul Power Levels was immense, and his Xuanming Turtle was a top-tier Martial Soul. By all rights, he should not have lost.

Yet the fight had been a head-on clash from start to finish. After their initial stalemate, Tang Shan's relentless assault had carried crushing pressure. Even the students who had only watched it found themselves afraid of those unending attacks. He had overwhelmed Xu Siyue in both momentum and fighting skill.

Xu Siyue was a Soul Ancestor, but apart from the opening exchange, he had spent the entire fight on the back foot, forced to defend. His defeat almost seemed inevitable.

The crowd erupted!

After a brief silence, noise and discussion swept through the students. Beyond the shock of the fight itself, many had other questions.

"What kind of Second Soul Skill did Tang Shan use? How did his body get so huge?"

"No idea, but it's definitely incredible. Imagine a Power Attack System Soul Master with a Beast Martial Soul using it. His body expands, his strength shoots up—he could just crush his opponent."

"And his First Soul Skill was ridiculous too. Everyone knows how hard Xu Siyue's Xuanming Vortex, created from his Xuanming Power, is to deal with. Back when