Chapter 416: Long Aotian Enters the Arena Everyone's Reactions
Jing Hongchen's face showed a contemplative look as he came up with an excuse. "Your Highness, perhaps it's a unique martial soul ability. The Body Martial Soul has always been mysterious. While our Sun Moon Empire is powerful, most individuals who awaken a Body Martial Soul ultimately join the Body Sect.
Our understanding of Body Martial Souls is still limited. Perhaps the Body Sect has uncovered new secrets regarding their abilities.
After all, a Body Martial Soul is a part of one's body, making it fundamentally different from Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls.
Your Highness, among the rare Twin Martial Soul users, those with one being a Body Martial Soul are even rarer. There's no way Wang Yan Feng is a Twin Martial Soul user."
Given Wang Yan Feng's displayed strength, he was certainly considered a talent within the Body Sect, but not at the highest level.
Yet, even he possessed a soul spirit.
That meant that others in the Body Sect, either equal to or stronger than him, likely had soul spirits as well.
Since the Body Sect would surely send out stronger contenders against Huo Yuhao, it was only a matter of time before they revealed their soul spirits.
Surely, not every one of them could be a Twin Martial Soul user.
So, Jing Hongchen had no choice but to attribute it to the uniqueness of Body Martial Souls to mislead Xu Tianran.
Xu Tianran's eyes flickered with interest. "Body Martial Souls truly are an enigma. Uncovering new depths of their potential makes sense.
Given that all Body Martial Souls originate from a person's own body, they are fundamentally different from other martial souls.
Hall Master Hongchen, I want the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy to recruit more Body Martial Soul users in the empire.
Find children who awaken a Body Martial Soul and enroll them as students. We need to study this ability more closely."
Due to the Body Sect's previous attack on Mingde Hall, Xu Tianran harbored a deep grudge against them.
Although the Body Sect's assault had failed, what if it had succeeded?
Mingde Hall would have suffered massive casualties, delaying his plans for war.
Thus, he viewed the Body Sect as an enemy.
However, he had to admit that they were incredibly powerful, largely due to the uniqueness of Body Martial Souls.
Now that these martial souls were proving to have even greater potential, he had to find a way to cultivate his own Body Martial Soul users for the Sun Moon Empire.
As for the Body Sect's secret methods of nurturing these individuals, once war broke out, the Sun Moon Empire would conquer all of Douluo Continent.
At that point, locating the Body Sect's stronghold and seizing their knowledge would be inevitable.
Long Aotian Takes the Stage
Long Aotian stepped onto the arena.
He was nearly two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a muscular frame. His movements were powerful and imposing, exuding a natural majestic aura.
His long chestnut red hair contrasted against his pale, jade like skin, and in his bright eyes, a fierce battle thirst burned.
Finally, he had encountered an opponent strong enough to make him go all out.
Facing Huo Yuhao, Long Aotian had no intention of holding back.
To him, giving his all was the greatest form of respect for his opponent.
He strode forward confidently, his seven soul rings rising beneath his feet
One yellow, two purple, and four black.
A Soul Sage!
His soul power and spiritual power merged into one, growing stronger with each step he took.
Even the audience near the stage began to feel suffocated by his sheer presence, their breathing turning ragged from the pressure.
The Audience's Shock
The crowd erupted in astonishment upon seeing Long Aotian's soul rings.
"Another Soul Sage?! He may not have a 100,000 year soul ring like Huo Yuhao, but under the tournament's age restriction, he must be under twenty! A twenty year old Soul Sage is terrifying!"
"Talent between individuals is truly different... Compared to these two, my own talent is pathetic. I was only a Soul King at twenty..."
Cai Mei'er's Reaction
On the Shrek Academy viewing platform, Cai Mei'er was just as shocked.
"Unity of body and soul? Soul power and spiritual power fused into one?
That's a prime candidate for becoming a Super Douluo!
Only by reaching this level can one aspire to break through to Super Douluo!
The Body Sect truly deserves its reputation. Even among Shrek Academy's history, such prodigies are extremely rare!
Huo Yuhao is in trouble now.
For someone this young to be a Soul Sage, with his soul and spirit completely merged, his talent must be at least Silver Tier Second Awakening!"
Even though Elder Song had already begun preparations for their plan to attack the imperial palace, they needed to gather intelligence first.
Attacking without any reconnaissance would be too reckless.
As for why Cai Mei'er remained among the students on the spectator stands
It was a calculated move.
Their presence here was meant to deceive the Sun Moon Empire into believing that Shrek Academy was unaware of their war preparations, keeping their true intentions hidden.
Xiao Xiao's Confusion
Xiao Xiao frowned in confusion.
"Dean Cai, what is Silver Tier Second Awakening?
With Huo Yuhao's strength, shouldn't he still be firmly in the lead?"
Although Xiao Xiao had been at Shrek Academy for some time, she knew little about Second Awakening.
That was because her original homeroom teacher had been Zhou Yi.
Instead of teaching theory, Zhou Yi only cared about training students into the ground or kicking them out of school altogether.
Later, when Zhou Yi was stripped of her teaching qualifications, Xiao Xiao returned to intense training and had no time to catch up on theoretical studies.
To certain elders in Shrek Academy, combat training was far more important than theory.
Who cared about learning?
Was knowledge more important than maintaining Shrek's "10,000 year glory" in the tournament?
Cai Mei'er's Explanation
Cai Mei'er patiently explained, "The Body Sect has always attracted Body Martial Soul users because of Second Awakening.
You can think of Second Awakening as a martial soul evolution."
Xiao Xiao: "Martial Soul Evolution?!"
Xiao Xiao's eyes widened in shock.
Cai Mei'er: "Yes, exactly. Second Awakening in the Body Sect is divided into four tiers: Iron Tier, Bronze Tier, Silver Tier, and the highest Gold Tier.
Generally, once a Body Martial Soul reaches Silver Tier Second Awakening, its power temporarily increases by 100% in battle.
Although using Second Awakening consumes a great deal of energy, the power boost is undeniably real."
Xiao Xiao: "A 100% increase?! That's insane!"
She hesitated for a moment before adding, "But Huo Yuhao has a 100,000 year soul ring... and he's a Soul Sage. Wouldn't that be enough to counter that tall guy?"
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