Chapter 31: Flame Wolf Martial Soul

In half a year, Tie Li's Soul Power Level had already reached twenty‑four.

Rising two levels in just half a year, the other six teammates saw Tie Li as a genuine genius.

After breakfast and a short rest this morning, Tie Li, as usual, added an eighty‑jin load at the training ground and was about to start today's training.

"Tie Li, wait—Fu Zhuguan needs us," Duolangbu called out to the Tie Li who was about to begin training.

In these six months, Tie Li became acquainted with the six teammates, yet he still couldn't blend into the team.

To the other six, it was a generation gap between a genius and ordinary Soul Masters.

But only Tie Li knew his talent was actually quite ordinary, not a genius; without the Thousand-Year Lei Mang Inner Pill and soul bone, he might not have been any better than them.

As for why he couldn't fit into the group, Tie Li could only attribute it to a personality issue.

During half a year at the Great Soul Battle Arena, he did make a decent friend.

"Alright, I'm coming right now."

Tie Li removed the load from his body and followed Duolangbu.

Fu Zhuguan was in the venue's conference room, and besides him were the other five members of the team and several Soul Masters trained by the Great Soul Battle Arena.

"You two, take a seat!"

Seeing the two, Fu Zhuguan gestured for them to sit back in their places.

"I'll skip the idle talk; from now on Kaiqi will lead, and you will go to Bainuoia City for a Soul Battle."

Fu Zhuguan had brought up this matter a month ago.

Bainuoia City will establish a Great Soul Battle Arena, but the various SoulMasterForce factions in the city will instinctively reject outsiders.

To lessen the SoulMasterForce factions' resistance, the Great Soul Battle Arena plans to hold a Soul Battle tournament in Bainuoia City.

The main participants are Second Ring Great Soul Masters and Three Ring Soul Honorable!

It is said the winner's prize will be extremely generous.

To prevent an excess of Three Ring Soul Honorable, the Great Soul Battle Arena imposed limits.

Contestants must be no older than twenty‑five.

There aren't many Soul Elders at twenty‑five.

The Soul Masters in the conference room this time all represent the Longxing Great Soul Battle Arena.

The competition rules are drawn by lot: it could be a one‑on‑one personal Soul Battle, a three‑on‑three, or a seven‑person Team Soul Battle.

It mainly depends on the rule drawn that day.

Besides the Yan Team, half of the other Soul Masters in the conference room were Three Ring Soul Honorable.

After Fu Zhuguan finished speaking, he left the conference room, and his assistant Kaiqi entered, taking Fu Zhuguan's seat.

"Everyone, the journey from Longxing City to Bainuoia City isn't short; I suggest we set out tomorrow morning. What do you think?"

This had already been announced in advance, so no one raised objections; after Kaiqi gave a few reminders, the meeting ended.

"Looks like you're training again," Zhang Yang appeared behind Tie Li, his right arm looping around Tie Li's neck.

That single scene showed the two were very familiar with each other.

Compared with the six members of the team, Tie Li indeed got along more easily with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang is one of the Soul Elders present; at only sixteen he is already a Three Ring Soul Honorable, with a Soul Ring Configuration of two yellow and one purple—the optimal setup.

His martial soul is a rare flying‑type martial soul, the Dark Illusion Demon Eagle.

His parents work for the Great Soul Battle Arena, and when he awakened his martial soul, the arena took notice of his outstanding talent.

All his Soul Rings were obtained through the Great Soul Battle Arena; it can be said everything he possesses was granted by the arena.

"And why not?"

"Not that I'm telling you, but sometimes you need to relax. You've hoarded so many Gold Soul Coins and never spend them; why not take some out and have a good time?" As he spoke, Zhang Yang's tone grew lecherous.

"I have a psychological cleanliness obsession."

Tie Li of course understood what Zhang Yang meant by "have a good time," but Tie Li wasn't interested in such settings.

The psychological cleanliness is real, and wasting Gold Soul Coins is indeed real.

A while ago he mailed a letter home, roughly informing his parents of his situation.

His parents replied quickly, telling Tie Li to decide for himself, and mentioned in the letter that Tie Wu had awakened his martial soul, with innate fifth‑level Soul Power.

He didn't inherit his parents' martial soul but instead a mutated beast martial soul, the Flame Wolf.

Manuo City's Spirit Hall recognized Tie Wu's talent, absorbed him into the Spirit Hall, and sent him to the Hall's dedicated Soul Master training institute.

Tie Li could feel his parents' excitement in the letter: they had three sons, two became Soul Masters, the youngest joined the Spirit Hall; how could a couple of commoners not be pleased?

Tie Wu joining the Spirit Hall was undoubtedly a good thing for the family.

Tie Li even sent a hundred Gold Soul Coins back, asking them to forward them to Tie Wu, since a Soul Master has many expenses.

They didn't refuse this time; after receiving the hundred coins, they passed them to Tie Wu.

"You haven't tried it, so you don't understand; despite your current honest‑looking demeanor, if you tried it once, you'd surely become addicted."

Tie Li ignored Zhang Yang's words; such pastimes are easy to become addicted to, so he avoided them, fearing he would be unable to extricate himself.

Seeing Tie Li unmoved, Zhang Yang felt bored, turned and left, uncertain whether he actually went.

Tie Li returned to the training ground, continued today's training, and that night back in the dormitory he tidied up, placing his luggage and such into a storage ring.

He needs to get up early tomorrow morning and bring a dozen or so jin of Thunder Python meat to the mess hall.

Over the past six months, Tie Li has been using Thunder Python meat as his staple, and its subtle influence has begun to show results.

The next day, Kaiqi had arranged a carriage, and the group boarded and set off for Bainuoia City.

The carriage interior was spacious enough to hold six people.

Duolangbu's six members fit exactly in one carriage; Tie Li rode together with Zhang Yang in another.

"Hey, I heard what the champion's prize for this Soul Battle tournament is."

Zhang Yang sat beside Tie Li and whispered.

"What is it?"

Tie Li was equally curious about this.

"A Soul Beast egg."

"What?"

The value of a Soul Beast egg depends on its breed; if it hatches a common Soul Beast, the egg's worth can only be described as better than nothing.

If you spend massive resources to cultivate it for a hundred years and find its combat power still inferior to that of a Second Ring Great Soul Master, what would you think?

But if it's a top-tier super Soul Beast like a dragon, that's another story; a hundred-year-old giant dragon can easily hunt a ten‑thousand‑year Soul Beast, and for a SoulMasterForce its value is indescribable.

"What kind of look is that? I haven't finished speaking!"

(End of chapter)