Chapter 12: Cultivation 2.0
The teachers of Shrek Academy were collectively strengthened, and Li Luochen's grandfather, Li Yusong, even broke through to the Soul Emperor level. All the teachers cheered for him. Given Li Yusong's age and qualifications, he had been stuck at the bottleneck of level 60 for a long time. Unexpectedly, the whale glue helped Li Yusong break through in one fell swoop.
"My friends, we have gained a lot today, all thanks to Xiaochen. Lao Zhao, Lao Shao, and I have made a big step towards becoming a Soul Saint, which can save us a lot of time in our cultivation.
Let's go wash up first, and then go to Juxianlou in Soto City to have a good time. Tomorrow, I will take Lao Li to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts."
"Okay! ×5"
Flanders' Shrek Academy was now on an upward trend, and he had been very happy in the past few years. First of all, he didn't have to worry about funding anymore, which made Shao Xin suffer less. The production of candy beans with special effects was also a kind of practice for Shao Xin.
Now, the teachers of Shrek Academy had made great progress, and Li Yusong had even broken through to level 60. Flanders was thrilled.
The next day,
the Shrek group that had partied the night before was ready. Flanders, Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong set out to obtain a soul ring, while Zhao Wuji stayed at the academy to look after things.
"Uncle Zhao, how about you practice with me these few days?"
Li Luochen was only seven years and two months old now, and his cultivation had reached level 18. However, due to his young age and insufficient combat experience, he was unable to participate in the soul fighting in the Great Soul Fighting Arena.
Li Luochen set his sights on Zhao Wuji. After all, Zhao Wuji was a meat shield with thick skin and strong durability.
With Li Luochen's current level of cultivation, there was no way he could break Zhao Wuji's defense.
"Okay, Lao Zhao, I want to teach you a lesson, little monster."
"... Could you please not say something that could cause misunderstanding?"
Li Luochen released the dragon-patterned stick and assumed a fighting stance. Facing an opponent like Zhao Wuji, it would be wrong not to move unless the enemy moved. The gap in strength was already big enough. If he just rushed in with force, he wouldn't win and would just get beaten.
"First soul skill, Super Speed."
Super Speed instantly increases your speed by 100% and your strength by 50%. With each level increase, the amplification effect increases by 1%. When Super Speed is used, the next attack will be enhanced.
Li Luochen aimed for Zhao Wuji's head with his stick. The dragon-patterned stick smashed down with a force of a thousand pounds, but Zhao Wuji remained expressionless.
"Mighty King Kong Bear, possessed."
After being possessed by the martial spirit, his entire body was covered with a thick layer of brown hair. He was over two meters and five centimeters tall, with bulging muscles all over his body. His brown-yellow eyes released a domineering aura, and his big hands became exceptionally heavy.
Clang--
Li Luochen hit Zhao Wuji on the head with all his strength, but Zhao Wuji was not shaken at all, which surprised Li Luochen.
"Don't be distracted. First soul skill, Body of the Acala."
A strong golden light suddenly burst out from Zhao Wuji's body, rebounding any attacks within three meters around him.
Boom—Li Luochen was directly bounced away by the golden light and fell to the ground.
"Damn, so outrageous? As expected of Acala. The Mighty King Kong Bear Martial Spirit is indeed a power-type beast martial spirit with top defense capabilities. Unless I reach Soul Master, I may not be able to defeat Uncle Zhao head-on."
Li Luochen analyzed the gains and losses of this failed attack. He continued to attack while the effect of Super Speed had not yet ended.
Unfortunately, although Zhao Wuji stood there with his arms folded across his chest, it seemed that he had flaws all over his body at first glance. In fact, the Mighty King Kong Bear had no flaws except for its slow speed. The key was whether Soul Master Li Luochen's speed could be faster than that of Soul Emperor Zhao Wuji.
Li Luochen continued to attack Zhao Wuji, or more precisely, he attacked several vulnerable parts of the human body. Although he was bounced away by Zhao Wuji, Li Luochen felt that his stick skills had improved to a certain extent.
As expected, combat is the standard for testing one's strength. Li Luochen continued to improve his stick skills, and his unfamiliarity with combat gradually disappeared, and he truly became a qualified combat soul master.
In the next few days, Li Luochen sought out Zhao Wuji to practice with him. Although Li Luochen felt sore all over after each fight, he would go home and make his own herbal bath to soak in.
But Li Luochen was enjoying it. How could he miss the opportunity to become stronger? Laying a good foundation while his cultivation was low would be more beneficial in the future.
Moreover, it is only now that my cultivation level is low and I cannot break Zhao Wuji's defense when sparring with him, so I can focus on improving my skills. Once my cultivation level is higher, I will have to be more cautious in sparring, and the outcome of a real battle may very likely depend on a moment of hesitation.
Therefore, you should build a good combat foundation while your cultivation is still low, so that you won't be afraid of fighting against opponents of higher levels in the future. When you are older, you can go to the Soto Fighting Arena to fight.
In the soul fighting game, you can compete with different soul masters to enhance your combat level and combat experience.
Seven days later,
Dean Flanders and Li Yusong returned. This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest went smoothly. They helped Li Yusong hunt down a 15,000-year-old snake soul beast, which was also a sub-dragon species.
It can increase the toughness and dragon attributes of the dragon-patterned stick. The snake hunted by Li Yusong was a python, a power-type snake, which is very suitable for Li Yusong. Li Yusong is now a level 61 Soul Emperor.
All the teachers at Shrek are Soul Emperors! Flanders also had a sudden realization during this soul hunt and naturally broke through to level 69, just one step away from level 70.
The academy then fell into silence again. Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Zhao Wuji were training two other Shrek students, who were Li Luochen's seniors and were about to become Soul Masters.
While Shao Xin was cultivating his soul power and making jelly beans, Flanders took Shao Xin's jelly beans and went outside to sell them. If he found whale glue during the selling process, he would buy it back.
Although the first time taking whale glue had the best effect and the second time was not as good as the first time, it still had an enhancing effect. The teachers of Shrek Academy all had high cultivation levels.
Taking more whale glue would also be helpful. Li Luochen should have almost no effect after taking it twice.
It is estimated that it can improve his physical fitness from a beginner Soul Master to the level of a mid-level Soul Master.
During the following period of time, everyone practiced hard, and Li Luochen's soul power remained stable, increasing by one level every two months.
Five months later,
Li Luochen was now seven years and seven months old, and his soul power level reached the bottleneck of twenty levels a day ago.
Flanders was going to take Li Luochen to hunt for soul rings himself. Li Luochen's second soul ring had already been planned, and it was a dragon-type soul beast with fire attributes.
The first soul skill, Swiftness, increased Li Luochen's speed and strength. With the second soul skill, Li Luochen wanted to add a wave of explosive damage to his attack.
Over the past five months, Li Luochen had consumed so much thousand-year whale glue that it could no longer be upgraded. His second soul ring was originally about 1,500 years old, but now he could withstand thousand-year soul rings under 2,500 years old.