"Hey, handsome. Are you here to train during the Spirit Ascension Platform's uprising period too? Could I get your Soul Tool communicator number?"
With his delicate, feminine features and striking good looks, Li Zha soon had quite a few girls approaching him for his contact information.
"My senior brother is gay!"
Na'er puffed out her cheeks as she spoke.
"Tch! Why are you guarding him like he's your food?"
The girls grumbled, but Na'er chased them all away.
Na'er clenched her fists slightly. If she hadn't been concerned about the Spirit Pagoda's image, she would have wanted to start throwing punches right then.
Suddenly, Na'er felt that staying in the Heavenly Spirit Tower with her senior brother was pretty nice after all. Damn it, the moment they went outside, so many people started coveting him. It was ridiculous.
"All right, Na'er. Let's go in."
Li Zha turned and headed inside first with Na'er and Gu Yue.
Given their exceptional standing, the three of them naturally didn't have to queue. The other talented Soul Masters outside, however, all had to wait their turn to enter.
In the crowd, Tang Wulin watched Gu Yue's retreating figure as she followed Li Zha, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.
"Gu Yue, wait for me!"
Tang Wulin clenched his fists. He had already resolved that if he encountered Li Zha inside the Spirit Ascension Platform this time, he would challenge him.
Even knowing he would lose, he wanted to understand his defeat-to know exactly how vast the gap between him and a genius Soul Master like Li Zha was.
Beside Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi saw his reaction and felt an inexplicable surge of secret delight.
"Tang Wulin, what happened? The three of you went out together, and now Gu Yue has actually left Eastsea Academy?
Is that the genius Soul Elder you were talking about? I doubt he's as strong as you claimed."
Zhang Yangzi sneered.
Ever since Tang Wulin had defeated him, he had deeply resented Tang Wulin. Now that an opportunity had presented itself, he naturally intended to mock him mercilessly.
Tang Wulin turned back with a frown, about to retort, but Wu Changkong interrupted him.
"Enough!"
Since Gu Yue had left Eastsea Academy, Wu Changkong had been in a terrible mood.
But after learning that it was Leng Yaozhu of the Spirit Pagoda-the Limit Douluo, Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix-he had nothing more to say.
Wu Changkong could only wonder what might have happened if he hadn't left Shrek Academy back then and had instead stayed to continue cultivating.
Perhaps he would have had a chance to compete with Her Excellency Heavenly Phoenix. But now, as a teacher at Eastsea Academy, he clearly lacked the status and standing. He didn't even have enough influence to meet her.
Wu Changkong was also intensely curious about just how powerful these two geniuses who had suddenly appeared in the Spirit Pagoda were.
"This session takes place during the Spirit Ascension Platform's uprising period, so I need to explain the rules clearly first. During the uprising period, the number of Soul Beasts within the Spirit Ascension Platform will increase dramatically,
while the speed at which you absorb Soul Power will drop to one percent of its usual rate. That makes it extremely dangerous.
I hope everyone will act within their capabilities. Although this is a virtual environment, dying inside will still inflict considerable harm on your real body."
A Spirit Pagoda staff member carefully explained this to all the Soul Masters present.
"All right, all right, stop rambling. Didn't everyone learn these rules at home already? Hurry up and open it."
Before the staff member could finish, Mu Xi impatiently interrupted from the crowd.
As the daughter of Mu Chen, president of the Eastsea Forging Association, she enjoyed exceptional standing and had seen far more than most. Naturally, she knew the rules here, and she clearly held the other Soul Masters present in contempt.
"Exactly. Miss Mu Xi already told us all about this. Hurry up and open it. We can just go straight in."
Once Mu Xi spoke, the Soul Masters accompanying her all began chiming in.
Clearly, they all knew about Mu Xi's illustrious background and status, and habitually fawned over the young lady.
"Fine, then. Go straight in."
After being snapped at like that, the staff member couldn't be bothered with them anymore. He simply activated all the equipment and let the entire group enter.
Amid a series of humming sounds, everyone entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest.
This time, the Spirit Ascension Platform differed from before. Soul Masters who chose to enter close together would be transported together,
as was the case with Li Zha's group: all three of them were transported into the same area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Gu Yue, can you really handle this? Teacher may have accepted you as her student, but my senior brother and I usually act alone. If you run into danger, withdraw on your own. I'm under no obligation to save you!"
Na'er spoke bluntly.
Gu Yue chuckled. "I'll do my best not to hold you back. Sorry for the trouble."
"You'd better." Na'er eyed Gu Yue warily.
As someone with a severe obsession with Mary Sue plots, Na'er had already imagined countless scenarios in which Gu Yue might seduce her senior brother, such as pretending to be chased by a Soul Beast so he could play the hero and rescue the beauty.
Or even getting afflicted with some sort of aphrodisiac poison.
The kind that could only be cured by doing that.
While Na'er's imagination ran wild, Li Zha beckoned, and the Fire-Tipped Spear appeared.
"All right, I don't have time to play with you two.
Teacher has already given me a task. She said I have to take first place on the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform's Soul Beast kill rankings this time.
You two can do your own thing."
With those words, Li Zha shot off with the Fire-Tipped Spear in hand, moving at incredible speed.
As Leng Yaozhu's student, even though his teacher hadn't stated it outright,
Li Zha understood her meaning perfectly.
Leng Yaozhu wanted him to match, single-handedly, all these Soul Masters fighting in teams.
That meant Li Zha not only had to kill Soul Beasts, but also had to do so in the most efficient way possible.
In just ten minutes, Li Zha had raced dozens of kilometers away and begun searching relentlessly for suitable Soul Beasts.
He didn't even glance at anything under a thousand years old. If he wanted first place now, only Soul Beasts over a thousand years old were worthwhile targets-ideally, even Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
"Found you. A five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider. You'll be my first blood this time."
Li Zha sneered. After his Spiritual Power had broken through to the Spirit Abyss Realm, his perception of his surroundings had grown much sharper.
The five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider in the tree hadn't noticed him yet, but he had already spotted it.
This was the complete reverse of his first visit to the Spirit Ascension Platform, clear proof of the tremendous strides Li Zha's strength had made over the past three years.
Before ten minutes had passed, Li Zha drove his spear through the Man Faced Demon Spider's body.
The battle was over.
"Not bad."
Li Zha opened his hand, preparing to absorb the Soul Power.
Just then, a streak of scorching light came hurtling toward him.
"A five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider! Nice work, kid. Now it's mine!"
Li Zha turned his head.
Mu Xi stared at him with an air of haughty superiority.
More than ten Soul Masters stood beside her.
"You're strong, but you'd better know what's good for you and leave. Give us this Man Faced Demon Spider!"
"Miss Mu told you to scram! Didn't you hear her?"
Several Soul Masters beside Mu Xi shouted.
Mu Xi snorted. "You probably don't have any Soul Power left after fighting that Man Faced Demon Spider! There are more than ten of us here. If you know what's good for you, scram now, or don't blame us for eliminating you!"
Although she knew Li Zha held an extraordinary position, her own family background was no less impressive. Mu Xi wasn't afraid of him in the slightest.
Even if she stole his prey now, that would only prove she had better brains and luck, and held the advantage.
Faced with their barrage of bluster,
Li Zha merely smiled, then instantly charged at them with his spear!
"If you're going to steal, just admit it. Why waste so much breath?"
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