Mimicry Bracelet

After Ge Liang paid, the two left the cafeteria.

"Li Fei, come on, let's spar. Let me see how big the gap between us is!" Ge Liang looked at Li Fei with a face full of fighting spirit.

"Fine! Don't say I bullied you when you lose!"

Li Fei nodded, and the two headed toward the academy's arena. The arena was where Heaven Dou Royal Academy allowed students to fight Soul Master battles privately, and it was also where internal academy competitions were held. By the time they arrived, several people were already fighting there, but in Li Fei's eyes, it was no different from children playing house.

The two stepped onto an empty arena and faced each other.

So strong. There isn't a single opening!

"Martial Soul Possession!"

Ge Liang stared at Li Fei with a grave expression, yet he could not find any chance to attack. After only two minutes, unable to withstand the immense pressure any longer, he finally summoned his Yazi Martial Soul. Two yellow Spirit Rings rose around him.

"First Soul Skill—Dragon Scale Strike!"

With a wave of both hands, Ge Liang transformed his Soul Power into hundreds of dragon scales and fired them at Li Fei.

"He's indeed much stronger than the students in the nearby arenas, but it's still not enough!"

Li Fei shook his head, his expression turning serious. He left an afterimage where he stood and traced a streak through the air, arriving at Ge Liang's side in an instant. Dodging Ge Liang's attack, he drove a backhanded punch into his stomach. The terrifying force bent Ge Liang over like a shrimp, making him vomit bitter fluid. The intense pain left him clutching his stomach, barely able to move.

"Ge Liang, my strength isn't bad, right?" Li Fei asked with a raised brow as he helped Ge Liang up.

"Amazing. I never thought I'd be taken down in one hit by someone who hadn't even summoned his Martial Soul!" Ge Liang said with feeling. He had never anticipated Li Fei's strike, and it had been so fast that he had not even had time to react. He now seriously suspected that Li Fei was not an assault-type Soul Master, but an agility-type one.

"You rely too much on Soul Skills. Though the Soul Skills bestowed by Soul Beasts are powerful, they're much harder to control. When you used your first Soul Skill just now, your body stiffened slightly compared to normal. That was why I caught the opening!"

Hearing this, Ge Liang fell silent and pondered the meaning behind Li Fei's words.

At first, Li Fei himself had not realized that using Soul Skills caused stiffness. After all, none of his Soul Skills were offensive in nature, and he possessed a Body Martial Soul, giving him astonishing control. The stiffness was so brief that it could be ignored.

He had only discovered this trait while fighting Qian Renxue. It was only after noticing how awkward Qian Renxue seemed in battle that he realized acquired Soul Skills were relatively difficult to control and could cause stiffness.

Of course, that awkwardness could be eliminated through constant use and practice. From then on, an important part of Li Fei and Qian Renxue's training had been Soul Power control.

"It seems I'm still far behind you!" Ge Liang sighed.

"Then train. Once you turn your Soul Skills into instinct, every problem will naturally be solved!" Li Fei comforted him, patting his shoulder.

"You're right. I need more practice. Let's go to the Mimicry Training Ground and train now!"

With that, Ge Liang grabbed Li Fei and tried to drag him off to train, but Li Fei immediately pulled free.

"I'll pass. This kind of training is no longer useful to me. I should head back to the dorm and prepare what I'll need for class tomorrow!"

Meeting Ge Liang's puzzled gaze, Li Fei offered an explanation. In truth, the real reason was that he did not want to become too entangled with Ge Liang. He feared that if the two formed a bond, he might not be able to bring himself to act against him in the future.

"Alright, then! I'll go alone!"

Ge Liang did not overthink it. He ran off alone toward the training ground, while Li Fei headed back to the dormitory.

After returning to the dorm, Li Fei entered a state of Perfect Unity. He sat cross-legged on his bed and began cultivating his Soul Power, tempering his body while increasing it.

After eating dinner alone that afternoon, Li Fei saw Ge Liang return drenched in foul-smelling sweat. After washing up briefly, he went back to his bedroom to rest. He seemed utterly exhausted.

Early the next morning, Li Fei and Ge Liang arrived at Elite Class One. As the genius class of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, every student in the class possessed Soul Power above level twenty, but below level twenty-five. This made Li Fei, with his level twenty-nine Soul Power, seem rather out of place.

Li Fei also began his life as a student. To avoid exposing his terrifying Spirit Ring configuration, he only chatted with Ge Liang each day. The rest of the time, he kept a low profile, neither interacting with others nor participating in Soul Master battles. He focused on cultivation and studying Soul Tools, occasionally heading into Sunset Forest to fight, kill, and scout for the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

A year passed like this. Li Fei's Soul Power reached level forty-five, and his strength climbed to two thousand jin. Most importantly, the Soul Tool he had long wanted to create was finally nearing completion!

Inside the dormitory, the table was covered with large amounts of broad-bean-sized metal. Li Fei held a carving knife in one hand and a deep-sea-blue piece of metal the size of a broad bean in the other. His spiritual power was intensely focused as he carefully engraved a formation onto the metal. With the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull, Li Fei's talent for Soul Tools was not much worse than Huo Yuhao's. He could likewise precisely control the depth of every cut.

Under the effects of Soul Power, the carving knife was exceptionally sharp, and all manner of profound patterns appeared on the metal. As the final stroke fell, the entire piece of metal emitted a blue glow.

"Haha! I've finally made this Mimicry Bracelet!" Li Fei cried happily. He hurriedly picked up the other broad-bean-sized pieces of metal from the table and threaded them all together with a cord, forming a bracelet that he wore on his left wrist.

He summoned his Spirit Rings and poured Soul Power into the bracelet. His original purple, purple, black, black Spirit Rings transformed into yellow, yellow, purple.

"Not bad. Now I don't have to worry about anyone discovering my Spirit Rings beyond the limit!"

Li Fei examined the bracelet with great satisfaction. It had twelve Blue Gold beads, each one a first-grade Soul Tool. Combined, the twelve formed the Mimicry Bracelet.

This was the Soul Tool Li Fei had envisioned, meant to conceal his Spirit Ring configuration. He used the formation from the Mimicry Environment as a foundation, made slight adjustments to turn it into a formation capable of changing Spirit Ring colors, and then engraved it onto Blue Gold.

Because the methods of crafting Soul Tools had been lost on Douluo Continent, even Spirit Hall possessed only a small portion of them. However, the formation diagrams had been preserved intact. Soul Tools were made by engraving Soul Power formations onto metal and then combining them.

It was precisely because of these materials that Li Fei had managed to create the first-grade Soul Tool known as the Mimicry Bead. But one was not enough to alter all of Li Fei's Spirit Rings, so he made twelve and wore them as a bracelet.

"Second Soul Skill—Adamantine Body!"

His second Spirit Ring lit up with yellow light, and Li Fei's entire body turned golden. Throughout the process, his spiritual power remained intensely focused. Only when he discovered that the Spirit Ring had not revealed any purple did he finally relax.