Sword Fanatic

Shrek Academy Shrek Star Luo Royal Academy. Having won both the team and individual battles, Shrek naturally advanced to the finals.

The other semi-final match, between the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Heavenly Soul Di'ao Academy, officially began on the second day.

The final result was no different from the original story; the Sun Moon Royal Academy still emerged victorious.

However, during the competition, Xu Xingyu discovered that besides the three people mentioned in the intelligence, there was another person from the Sun Moon Royal Academy who had never appeared.

He was a man with long, dark green hair, whose defining characteristics were coldness and handsomeness. He carried a long sword on his back and wore ancient costume. For some reason, he gave Xu Xingyu the feeling of a swordsman from a Blue Star novel on Earth.

This made Xu Xingyu very curious about his identity, so she specifically asked Wang Yan about it. He also said that he didn't know who this student was and had no information about him.

Only Xuan Zi had privately probed the other party's cultivation level and knew that this person had just reached the Soul Emperor level. As for why he hadn't appeared yet, it was probably because he was regarded as the ace of the Sun Moon Royal Academy.

What's strange is that, according to Xuan Zi's private observations, this person is somewhat out of place with the other students of the Sun Moon Royal Family, and he does things his own way.

Several times, Sun Moon wanted him to play, but he refused, claiming the opponent was too weak. He would even openly disobey his instructor's orders.

This reminded Xu Xingyu that there was indeed such a person at the Sun Moon Royal Academy who met Wang Yan's requirements. Moreover, since the original work didn't give a precise number, it was only known that he was probably in his twenties when he appeared.

Therefore, it's not impossible that he's still within the age range for the competition. The question is, why would the Sun Moon Royal Family allow this guy, who gives them so much trouble, to participate in this Soul Master Tournament?

Indeed, this person's combat power is far beyond that of ordinary people. Even Ma Xiaotao would lose more often than she would win against him. After all, it is rare in the world for someone to cultivate Sword Intent to such a level.

That's right, this person is none other than Sword Fanatic Douluo Ji Juechen from the original novel!

Ji Juechen can be considered a prodigy in the Douluo Continent to some extent. In Xu Xingyu's words, his biggest mistake was being born in the Douluo Continent.

If he had been born in any other fantasy world, he would definitely have become a powerful figure standing at the pinnacle of the continent.

Because his cultivation method differs from other Soul Master and Soul Engineer, he only uses Soul Ring to break through his own limitations, and he has never used Soul Skill from beginning to end.

He would only bury himself in cultivating his Sword Intent and use his Soul Power to forge his sword, making it sharper and more resilient.

In other worlds, this template might not be considered a protagonist template, but it's certainly not a background character template either.

However, as everyone knows Douluo Continent is a world bound by the theory of bloodline, and without a good bloodline, there is simply no chance of rising to power.

The claim that there are no useless Martial Soul, only useless Soul Master, is utter nonsense!

In the Douluo Continent, the quality of Martial Soul and the bloodline it possesses determine its upper Martial Soul.

Ten thousand years ago, Tang San was able to cultivate into a god using Blue Silver Grass, simply because it wasn't Blue Silver Grass but the top-tier Martial Soul Blue Silver Emperor.

Even if such Blue Silver Grass doesn't awaken, its cultivation speed will inevitably be much faster than that of normal Blue Silver Grass.

This can be seen when Tang San or fourth level of Spiritual Power, and he unintentionally transformed the surrounding Blue Silver Grass into the same Blue Silver Grass as himself. This shows that even without awakening, the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline still provides a certain bonus.

Therefore, to say that Tang San is a loser who made a comeback is pure nonsense. With such powerful bloodline strength, if he hadn't achieved anything, he might as well have jumped into the river and committed suicide.

However, Ji Juechen was different; he was the only man in the history of the Douluo Continent who was not completely bound by the theory of bloodline.

At the age of six, he awakened Martial Soul that was not quite a sword, Innate Soul Power was only level three. He could be described as an ordinary person among Soul Master.

If he could achieve Soul King level cultivation before the age of forty, he would be grateful. However, Ji Juechen, through his own efforts, managed to reach Soul Emperor level cultivation at the age of twenty.

The extent of this difference, and the amount of effort and dedication required in the process, are unknown to most people.

The reason he was able to do this was because after he obtained his own Sword Martial Soul, he became obsessed with swords.

Aside from meals, he spends all day practicing swordsmanship or cultivating his Soul Power, then uses that Soul Power to refine his sword, which resembles a meteorite iron rod.

In addition, they will always recklessly challenge people who are stronger than themselves, forcing themselves to break through by facing the pressure of a huge gap.

As mentioned before, he never uses Soul Skill from his Soul Ring during battle, because in his eyes they are all foreign things, not his own, and far less reliable than his own sword and the Sword Intent he has painstakingly cultivated.

This results in a significant difference between his fighting style and that of Soul Master or Soul Engineer.

He neither uses Soul Ring skills nor Soul Tool during battle. If it weren't for the necessity of Soul Power enhancement in combat, some people would doubt whether he is truly Soul Master.

Therefore, Xu Xingyu did not think that the Sun Moon Royal Academy would allow Ji Juechen, an outlier, to participate in the Soul Master Tournament, because the battle between the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Shrek Academy was, to some extent, a battle of ideologies.

Shrek, on the other hand, believes that traditional Soul Master should not rely on any external objects; only in this way can they become true powerhouses. Soul Tool are just flashy and fancy things; they're fine for storage, but not for combat.

In contrast, the Sun Moon Royal Academy is a staunch supporter of Soul Tool, believing that such military Soul Tool is not dispensable and that the outdated profession of Heavenly Soul master will eventually be eliminated.

The Soul Tool, a groundbreaking product, will continue to evolve, and perhaps one day we will no longer need to use Soul Power as a medium to use the Soul Tool.

This is why Xu Xingyu was puzzled as to why the Sun Moon Royal Academy would allow Ji Juechen to participate, because his presence did not align with the Sun Moon Royal Academy's philosophy.

The main reason Ji Juechen was initially allowed to join the Sun Moon Royal Academy was because he could challenge the experts of their Mingde Hall, thus improving the practical skills of their Mingde Hall students.

But why is he being asked to participate in the Soul Master Tournament now? Does this mean that the wielder of the Sword of Judgment isn't Ma Rulong this time, but Ji Juechen?

In that case, this competition might be much more interesting than Xu Xingyu imagined; it seems like this one will be quite fun.