"Y-you-you!"
"Why do you have three Thousand-Year Soul Rings!?"
Yu Xiaogang pointed at the three Soul Rings on Lu Ning.
He had even begun to stammer as he spoke.
He had never seen anyone absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as their first Soul Ring.
According to his theory of the ten core competencies of Martial Soul.
A Thousand-Year Soul Ring could only possibly be absorbed successfully as the third Soul Ring at the earliest.
Other than that.
Soul Masters who absorbed one ahead of time would meet only one end.
Their entire bodies would burst apart, killing them!
"Could it be..."
Yu Xiaogang looked at the contemptuous gaze Lu Ning cast his way.
An answer had already emerged in his mind.
"You have twin Martial Souls!?"
"You only absorbed these three Soul Rings after reaching the Soul Elder realm?"
Yu Xiaogang stared into Lu Ning's eyes.
He longed for an answer.
If Lu Ning truly had twin Martial Souls.
Then he would be the third living wielder of twin Martial Souls Yu Xiaogang knew of!
One tiny academy.
Actually had two wielders of twin Martial Souls?
If word got out.
Even Spirit Hall would probably be impatient to rush here, wouldn't they?
"Idiot!"
Yu Xiaogang cursed at Lu Ning.
His tone was filled with the frustration of seeing iron fail to become steel.
"To make the most of twin Martial Souls, you need to wait until you become a Titled Douluo before adding Soul Rings!"
"Only then can you bring out the advantages of your second Martial Soul."
"Doing it your way."
"Is nothing but squandering your talent!"
Yu Xiaogang's hatred for Lu Ning deepened.
Some people yearned for talent but could never obtain it.
Yet people like Lu Ning.
Squandered their talent without restraint.
He found it contemptible.
"Say, Grandmaster."
"Isn't your desire to control other people's Martial Souls a little excessive?"
"You even want to dictate how old the Soul Rings I add to my Martial Soul should be?"
Lu Ning glanced at him.
These were, of course, not Soul Rings Lu Ning had only begun adding after reaching level 30.
Instead, they had followed the normal limits for age.
With their ages further increased by the "color" option.
If Grandmaster examined those three Soul Rings carefully, he would surely discover that each was darker than the last.
The third Soul Ring had likewise reached over two thousand years.
Judging solely by Soul Ring color.
Lu Ning's Soul Rings were in no way inferior to Tang San's.
"You!"
Yu Xiaogang heard those words.
His face turned cold, and he swept his sleeve.
If Lu Ning liked squandering his talent, then let him.
One day, he would regret it!
"Begin!"
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's voice, Tang San attacked without so much as a warning.
He, too, had seen the three purple Soul Rings on Lu Ning.
As a control-type Soul Master.
His job was precisely to catch his opponent off guard and bring the enemy completely under control!
The third rule of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
Once you confirmed an opponent was an enemy, as long as they had given cause for their death, you must show no mercy, or you would only bring yourself needless trouble!
"Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Restraint!"
Tang San's Thousand-Year Soul Ring lit up.
A spiderweb woven from Blue Silver Grass instantly flew toward Lu Ning.
Everyone watched with their hearts clenched.
Dai Mubai had been defeated by this very move!
Once someone was caught in this Spider Web Restraint.
Even Dai Mubai.
Could not break free of the web through brute force.
And the more they struggled, the tighter it would become.
Tang San might have appeared careless.
But his attack was exceptionally vicious.
Watching the incoming web, Lu Ning slowly raised the Azure Lotus Sword in his hand.
The first Soul Ring on his body lit up at that same instant.
"First Soul Skill, Banishing Immortal Sword Breaks Illusions!"
Lu Ning slashed his sword.
Moonlight became the sword, and energy issued from its blade.
The sword energy instantly cleaved through the incoming web.
And flew toward Tang San.
Watching the incoming sword energy, Tang San thought, This is bad, and swiftly dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, narrowly avoiding it.
"First instant, Blue Silver Entanglement!"
Tang San refused to give up.
He unleashed another Soul Skill toward Lu Ning.
His first Soul Ring flickered with yellow radiance.
Countless strands of Blue Silver Grass flew toward Lu Ning.
Lu Ning glanced at him.
He used his first Soul Skill again.
Sword energy flew from the Azure Lotus Sword once more.
In an instant, it slashed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass into scattered pieces.
This was exactly the effect he wanted!
Didn't you say your disciple's third Soul Skill was powerful?
Then I'll use just one Soul Skill from beginning to end and show you how vast the gap between Tang San and me really is!
Everyone watched the one-sided battle in silence.
They knew Lu Ning was powerful.
But no one had known he was already powerful to this extent.
Before him, Tang San.
Had almost no chance of turning the tables.
No matter what Soul Skill Tang San used.
Lu Ning had only one response.
And that was...
To cut it down with a single slash!
"Little San!"
"Your soul power level and Soul Ring ages are both inferior to his."
"Now, you can use your weapons."
"There's no shame in that!"
Yu Xiaogang's face was livid. He had never expected Tang San to lose so utterly.
He could not even find the slightest chance to fight back!
"Tch."
Dai Mubai clicked his tongue disdainfully.
He, too, had never expected Yu Xiaogang to be so shameless.
This was clearly a fight between two students.
Yet Yu Xiaogang was giving Tang San instructions at this very moment.
If that wasn't breaking the rules, what was?
He would even stoop so low just to win!
"Lu Ning, take Tang San down! Don't let him use those strange weapons!"
Imitating Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai likewise called out a warning to Lu Ning.
But the situation on the field had long since passed the point of needing his warning.
Upon hearing Yu Xiaogang's reminder.
Tang San had already equipped his hidden weapons.
As he raised his hand, a Sleeve Arrow shot out.
Straight at Lu Ning's face.
Lu Ning raised his left hand, and a jade-white light emerged.
The white jade gourd at his waist flew into his hand.
Then three Soul Rings likewise appeared.
Purple, purple, black!?
This Soul Ring configuration was even more astonishing.
It was far more extravagant than the Azure Lotus Sword's configuration!
"That's impossible!!"
Yu Xiaogang cried out.
Lu Ning ignored him, and the Wine Gourd's first Soul Ring abruptly lit up.
"First Soul Skill, Clouds in the Azure Sky, Water in the Bottle!"
The Wine Gourd flew into the air.
It grew several times larger.
Then suddenly unleashed a terrifying suction toward the space in front of Lu Ning.
Not only did it suck Tang San's Sleeve Arrow into the gourd.
Even Tang San was dragged by that powerful suction, stumbling toward Lu Ning.
As he drew close to Lu Ning.
Lu Ning abruptly raised his leg.
And sent him flying with a kick.
"Trash!"
"Have you seen clearly who's the trash now?"
"We're the same age, yet I can beat you with ease."
As Lu Ning spoke.
His gaze turned toward Yu Xiaogang.
He did not spare this chief culprit either.
"There's nothing too wrong with your theories themselves."
"They're the results of research by more than a dozen generations of Spirit Hall over a thousand years. All you did was summarize them."
"But theory is theory. A theory that fits the masses can't be forced onto every individual case."
"I'm a special case, damn it!"
"Got that?"
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