Chapter 167: Confidence

In fact, Zhui Ming's third soul skill, Dull Lock Moon, is not a burst-type soul skill that directly inflicts damage, but rather a control-type soul skill that restricts the enemy.

Therefore, Dull Lock Moon and Shuang Lan's third soul skill should not have been able to collide.

However, under the gaze of Shuang Lan and the numerous spectators, the once deep black moonlight of Dull Lock Moon now seemed to transform into a rampaging beast; the black moonlight now appeared like a soul-devouring ghost, deeply "swallowing" the hundreds of frost swords that had charged toward it!

Yes, the soul skill Dull Lock Moon is not a direct energy-impact soul skill, but a restrictive control soul skill; its original effect was to emit black moonlight in a ten-meter radius, within which enemies were affected by a one hundred percent increase in gravity.

And the "enemies" referred to by this gravity increase effect are not truly limited to just people.

Any living creature, any object, must be affected by gravity!

And ever since re-absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as a third soul ring, the effect of Dull Lock Moon has evolved.

Under the coverage of the ten-meter radius moonlight, enemies will be affected by a three hundred percent increase in gravity!

Under the influence of four times the gravity, whether it be people, objects, or even soul skills, they must either pay a greater cost or be unable to break free from the shackles of gravity and be restricted in place!

Now, those hundreds of frost swords are exactly like that; their charging momentum slowed down immediately, then became slower and slower, and finally...

After flying a distance of less than three meters, accompanied by a "Boom—" sound, they all fell in front of Ning Feiliu.

Then, after their soul power was exhausted, under the influence of gravity, they turned into snow powder and scattered.

This scene was something no one had expected; everyone looked at the calm Ning Feiliu on the Douhun Platform and all began to cheer.

Shuang Lan, who had already jumped off the Douhun Platform and announced her concession, looked at Ning Feiliu on the Douhun Platform with a bitter feeling in her heart.

Both are genius Spirit Masters; who would be willing to admit that they are inferior to another genius Spirit Master?

Even though she had clearly felt the gap between herself and "Yafei," Shuang Lan was still a major realm ahead of "Yafei," and she was nearly ten years older than "Yafei."

Therefore, Shuang Lan still harbored some pride in her heart.

She... would not necessarily lose to the other party if "Yafei" did not use those two unconventional self-created spirit skills.

But in the current situation, there was no doubt she had lost.

Even after using her strongest soul skill, she still hadn't caused any trouble for "Yafei" in a head-on confrontation, so she had undoubtedly lost.

Ning Feiliu didn't care about the host announcing the victory now and jumped straight off the Douhun Platform.

Seeing this, Shuang Lan came to his side and said, "A bet is a bet... As expected, you truly are the student of the senior Poison Douluo; you must be the strongest among the young generation of Spirit Masters right now."

"That goes without saying." Ning Feiliu had never doubted this point.

Even though he knew of Tang San's existence, but Tang San?

Even if Tang San used Hidden Weapons, he would definitely not be able to beat him; Tang San was probably eight or nine years old now, likely only at the level of a Great Soul Master.

With such a crushing difference in soul power cultivation, even if Tang San used those Hidden Weapons, he would not be his opponent.

The most critical thing is that Hidden Weapons are just weapons used for sneak attacks.

Tang San himself had said that the most important thing about Hidden Weapons is catching people off guard; if one is on guard, the effectiveness of Hidden Weapons is not that great.

Furthermore, before the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Tang San didn't have any decent Hidden Weapons, and there weren't many powerful Hidden Weapon techniques he could use.

Moreover, in the face of absolute strength, Hidden Weapons are of no use.

Otherwise, why didn't we see Tang San use Hidden Weapons in the final battle against Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, and he didn't use them to kill gods after ascending to the God Realm either.

Even if Tang San had those powerful Hidden Weapons and could use those powerful Hidden Weapon techniques, it would not be enough to contend with Ning Feiliu's Crescent Moon Divine Weapon-style heavy weaponry.

Among Ning Feiliu's many third soul skills, Tong Bi's Wind Spirit Protection effect is to summon a tornado to protect himself, while simultaneously increasing his own speed by two hundred percent within the tornado.

Duan Po's third soul skill, Blood Moon Protection, emits blood-colored moonlight in a ten-meter radius to protect himself, increasing the life-force absorption effect by two hundred percent within the blood-colored light.

Zhui Ming's third soul skill, Dull Lock Moon, as just mentioned, emits black moonlight in a ten-meter radius, within which enemies are affected by a three hundred percent increase in gravity.

Ying Yan's third soul skill, Moon Radiance Absolute Flash, is to teleport ten meters forward and release a beam of moonlight, causing a powerful explosive attack.

Zhe Jing's third soul skill, Purifying Moon Barrier, emits white moonlight in a ten-meter radius, which can purify all negative, Spirit Control, and weakening effects on everyone within the range.

Wind Spirit Protection and Blood Moon Protection both have direct defensive and protective effects; as for Dull Lock Moon, just like before, projectiles like flying objects find it very difficult to fly any significant distance when affected by gravity.

Although Moon Radiance Absolute Flash comes with a Teleportation skill, its most important aspect is the included area-of-effect attack capability; although this can also be used to dodge San Ge's attacks, there is no need for it.

And after the Purifying Moon Barrier soul skill was upgraded to a Ten Thousand Year soul skill, it gained the additional effect of purifying Spirit Control and weakening states.

It is somewhat similar to a combination of Oscar's Detoxification Sausage and Spirit Excitement Sausage; it can detoxify while simultaneously returning the body to a normal state.

So, Ning Feiliu is not very worried about San Ge's poison either.

And don't forget that he absorbed two Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Delicate; these two Immortal Herbs provided not only the effect of being immune to water and fire, but also an effect of being immune to all poisons.

Besides, even without the immunity to all poisons from the two Immortal Herbs, he is now a master of Pharmacology; it wouldn't be a big problem if San Ge played with poison, as he would still have ways to detoxify.

Holding the incomplete Revitalization Rune and a pile of Alchemy Potions, Ning Feiliu still has this kind of self-confidence.

Anyway, in a head-on clash, Tang San's cultivation and combat power are not as good as his, and it would be the same even if he took out that little hammer of his.

Playing dirty... Tang San can't do anything to him either.

To be honest, it would be fine even if San Ge didn't have the Immortal Herbs; his improvement from the Immortal Herbs wasn't particularly huge anyway, whereas it had a greater impact on the Shrek Seven Devils.

What had the biggest impact on San Ge should be the God Examinations given to him by the Sea God and the Asura God.

If these two were gone, Tang San would never be able to stop the Spirit Hall.

Therefore, before participating in the God Examinations, Tang San is indeed not to be feared; although he is a top-tier talented Spirit Master of the young generation, he is still far from being able to compare with the powerhouses of the previous generation.

The main thing is the Sea God and the Asura God; these two old guys who want to run away keep giving San Ge cheats and even loopholes...

If it weren't for that, Tang San would actually just be so-so.

However, Ning Feiliu can't really say much about San Ge; after all, he is also a cheater, it's just that he doesn't have a big backer behind him, so he doesn't seem as relaxed, comfortable, and carefree as San Ge, and he even looks a bit more miserable.

But no matter what, he must appear confident.

It is a sentence he learned when practicing martial arts in his previous life: a person who practices martial arts must fight for a breath of spirit!

Without the determination to win, did you come to practice martial arts for health preservation?

Likewise, if you don't even dare to admit that you are truly stronger than others, why are you cultivating?

It would be better to just cultivate slowly and live a peaceful life; anyway, if Ning Feiliu chooses to live in seclusion in one corner now, absolutely no one would dare to provoke him, and he could live quite freely and easily.

But he definitely cannot accept that; he has already transmigrated and has a cheat, so is he just content with being a rich man?

That makes no sense!

Ning Feiliu absolutely must ascend to become the strongest in this world, become an immortal god, and lead those he cares about to enjoy eternal life in the God Realm, or perhaps travel back to enjoy life there—either works!

Therefore, he will never be cowardly when it is time to show confidence!

Seeing Ning Feiliu's confidence, Shuang Lan was stunned for a moment, and then a radiance bloomed in her beautiful eyes.

"You are... really confident," she said with a laugh.

"Do you consider this confidence?" Ning Feiliu shrugged and said, "I call this speaking the truth."

"You really are..." Shuang Lan was instantly rendered speechless.

It seemed... what Ning Feiliu said was indeed the truth; within this Heaven Dou City, he was already the strongest of the younger generation.

Even Yu Tianheng could not compare to him, and she and Carlisle would absolutely not be Ning Feiliu's opponents. As for the generation above them, those genius Spirit Masters nearly thirty years old were not necessarily Ning Feiliu's opponents either—after all, Ning Feiliu possessed the 【Summon of the God of Casting】 and the 【Summon of the God of Ice and Snow】.

Moreover, Ning Feiliu was currently only a Soul Elder; once he broke through to become a Soul Ancestor shortly, he would be even more invincible.

Heaven Dou City was already the place where the geniuses of the Heaven Dou Empire were most concentrated. Even if there were many top-tier genius Spirit Masters with extremely high talent elsewhere in the Heaven Dou Empire, she felt they were far inferior to Ning Feiliu.

The Spirit Masters over in the Star Luo Empire were not as formidable as those in the Heaven Dou Empire; one could tell just by the fact that they had yet to possess a single Title Douluo.

That side was dominated by mortal armies, so the quality of their Spirit Masters could not compare to the Heaven Dou Empire.

However... speaking of genius Spirit Masters of the younger generation, there was still one place worth paying attention to.

"I wonder if you could clash with the younger generation from the Spirit Hall," Shuang Lan said with a light laugh.

"The Spirit Hall?" Ning Feiliu raised an eyebrow.

Right now, the trio of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation from the original work should have Hu Liena, the youngest, at around his age; he did not know what their cultivation was like.

But Ning Feiliu could directly calculate his own cultivation six years from now. Currently, he had increased his soul power by twenty levels within one year due to various Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures and opportunities.

The speed of increasing soul power might not be as fast later on, but he had a premonition that in six years, let alone a Soul King, breaking through to the Soul Emperor realm would be a piece of cake.

So how could the Golden Generation possibly compare to him?

As for the other younger generation of the Spirit Hall, that went without saying.

"I believe I will be the strongest," Ning Feiliu shrugged and said, "Although I haven't met the genius Spirit Masters of the Spirit Hall, I naturally still think I am the strongest of the younger generation."

"Alright, I am going to continue my journey. I will meet up with you here tomorrow," he said to Shuang Lan.

Meeting up tomorrow was naturally to form a team battle group with Yu Tianheng and the others to complete the Presence of Mind mission.

Shuang Lan also understood what he meant, nodded, and said, "Rest assured, I will tell those children like Tianheng. Actually... they agreed to it a long time ago; they really want to fight side-by-side with you."

"Forget it, I won't be participating in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament; there is no need for that," Ning Feiliu saw through the meaning in her words at a glance and refused directly.

"I don't quite understand you," Shuang Lan was stunned and said helplessly, "Isn't it good to participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament? This is an opportunity to make a name for yourself and receive rewards from the Empire."

If nothing else, with Ning Feiliu's participation, this year's Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament would be a guaranteed second place and a fight for first. And for the next Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, with Ning Feiliu and Dugu Yan becoming even stronger, they would absolutely be the strongest contenders for the championship... the win rate would at least be on par with the Spirit Hall!

"Making a name for myself isn't as good as a few million Gold Soul Coins," Ning Feiliu shrugged and said, "If they really rewarded a few million Gold Soul Coins, I might actually consider this matter. And receiving rewards from the Empire... hmm, these are all too hollow."

"I'm off." After saying this, he walked directly into the backstage area, intending to continue scouting for opponents suitable for cross-rank challenges.

Just at this moment, he discovered... Ye Lingling and Ning Mingrui had come over one after another.

Ye Lingling greeted him and then intended to participate in the Two-on-Two Soul Fighting with him.

After Ning Mingrui came over, he looked at Ning Feiliu with a complex expression and said, "Fei... Little Fei, I have something to tell you."

Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment, then asked directly, "Brother Rui, what is it?"

"It's like this, Father... wants to invite you to dinner—in your identity as Yafei, and he also invited you to go back too," Ning Mingrui said.

Ning Feiliu laughed lightly. He had now completely figured out Ning Fengzhi's way of thinking; it was nothing more than wanting to use a family banquet to invite "Yafei" and his cheap teacher to build a relationship.

As for him, this "son"?

It was not important at all.

"I won't go," Ning Feiliu said with a light laugh.

"But..." Ning Mingrui still wanted to say something.

"Alright, compared to eating, fighting is more to my liking," Ning Feiliu interrupted directly.

Then he signaled to Ye Lingling, "Lingling, let's go. Let's head out and participate in a few Two-on-Two Soul Fighting matches to warm up."

"Okay." Ye Lingling didn't say much and immediately followed Ning Feiliu.

Ning Mingrui felt somewhat lost, "Father... this is a case of a clever person being undone by their own cleverness..."

Ning Feiliu, however, was not distracted by the invitation from Ning Fengzhi's side. His heart was now as firm as a rock. Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect... if it weren't for the brothers like Ning Mingrui who truly cared about him, he could have ignored them long ago.

There was no need to worry about them anymore.

Just like that, Ning Feiliu and Ye Lingling first completed two victories in Two-on-Two Soul Fighting battles, and then once again successfully challenged a low-level Soul Ancestor across ranks, completing today's Spirit Fighting training.

(End of chapter)