"White... White Soul Rings! There are two of them!" The moment the soul rings appeared, there was an immediate outcry. Everyone stared at the scene in disbelief. Some people wondered if they were seeing things, and others even rubbed their eyes. After confirming that there were indeed two white soul rings, they were all stunned. What shocked them wasn't how powerful Leo's soul rings were; on the contrary, it was how weak they were! It was like looking forward to a great performance, only to find that not only did it fail to meet expectations, but you had also overestimated the person's abilities. You thought they were a pro, but they turned out to be a total noob. It was such a letdown.
Leo was in this exact situation. At twelve years old, reaching level 20 soul power was considered quite impressive, making him a little prodigy in the eyes of many. But those soul rings were really disappointing.
"This..." Li Yusong was taken aback when he saw Leo's soul rings. Then, he shook his head in disappointment. He had been hoping for a pleasant surprise from this boy. After all, being able to remain calm under his Soul Emperor pressure showed great mental strength. But he never expected that the heavens seemed to be playing a joke on him. The more he had hoped, the more disappointed he was now. He could have accepted it if the first soul ring was white and the second was yellow, but two white soul rings were just too much to bear.
"This is so lame," Xiao Wu said, staring blankly at the soul rings under Leo's feet. Her first impression of Leo had been quite good, thanks to the cute little fox on his shoulder. But now, that good impression was gone. To be honest, she had never seen such lousy soul rings before, nor had she seen a soul master with a second white soul ring. It was hard to imagine why someone would use a ten - year soul ring. It was almost like wasting a soul ring!
"Xiao Wu, don't say that. Maybe there's more to it," Ryan said, shaking his head. The scene in front of him reminded him of his own situation. His martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, and he had innate full - level soul power. Leo's current situation was similar to when he had awakened his soul power. He didn't think he was inferior at all; in fact, he believed he was stronger than everyone else! Ryan was so certain because he had noticed something different about Leo. Beneath that lazy exterior was an unshakable confidence that was hard to find in ordinary people.
If Leo knew what Ryan was thinking at that moment, he would surely sigh and think, "No wonder he's the protagonist. He's really something. No wonder he'll achieve so much in the future."
"Big brother, did you notice something?" Xiao Wu asked, looking at Ryan with trust. Hearing what he said, she started to size up Leo seriously.
Back to Leo, after showing his soul power, he asked Li Yusong, "Sir, did I pass?"
"Alas," Li Yusong sighed softly. Then, he waved his hand. "You can go home."
Although Li Yusong admired Leo's mental fortitude, he had to select students based on their strength. Just looking at the second soul ring, Leo seemed to be at a disadvantage. Even if he had great potential for growth, his basic conditions would still be worse than those of soul masters at the same level. For Rekdo Academy, which aimed to recruit extraordinary students, this was unacceptable.
"Why?" Leo asked calmly, facing Li Yusong's sigh.
"Your soul rings are too weak," Li Yusong replied.
"Too weak?" Leo almost burst out laughing. How dare someone say his soul rings were weak? If they knew about his third martial soul, they would be amazed, maybe even shocked speechless. Even he had been stunned when he first discovered this martial soul! After all, he was a titled Evans with dual martial souls! According to his wife, she would be more than willing to trade her own dual - martial - soul titled Evans strength to start over and cultivate this new martial soul. That showed just how amazing this martial soul was.
Why was it so amazing? And why would someone be willing to trade such powerful strength for it? You'd understand once you knew more. This summoning - type martial soul that Leo had could summon soul beasts to fight for him instead of possessing him. In other words, the soul power consumption of the soul beasts during battles had nothing to do with his own. The only connection was that his soul power determined the number and power of the soul beasts. Imagine, when this martial soul reached the titled Evans level, the soul beasts would also have the power of titled Evans. This meant that when he reached the titled Evans level, it would be like having nine titled Evans by his side, or rather, ten including himself! Even a dual - martial - soul titled Evans would have a hard time against the siege of ten titled Evans! Moreover, at the same level, titled Evans were no match for soul beasts!
What was even scarier was that after cultivating this martial soul, he could use the soul skills of the summoned beasts! Nine soul beasts, each with nine soul skills, that was a total of eighty - one soul skills. It was like having a walking artillery, terrifying!
Of course, this martial soul had its drawbacks. The soul power cultivation was extremely slow. Leo estimated that his current soul power cultivation speed was only one - third of that of an average person. And since his soul power was related to the number of summoned beasts, the more soul beasts he had, the slower his cultivation speed would be. Otherwise, with his experience as a dual - martial - soul titled Evans, cultivating a new independent soul power would be a breeze.
"Sir, I think you might have misunderstood. What does this have to do with the soul rings? My martial soul ability is to summon soul beasts to fight for me, not to fight myself," Leo explained with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Li Yusong was confused and asked in bewilderment.
"Little guy, show the sir your ability," Leo said to the little fox on his shoulder in a relaxed tone.
Upon hearing its master's words, the little fox, which had been blinking its cute eyes, immediately jumped off his shoulder and ran to an open area. Under everyone's gaze, the little fox's eyes became focused, and a large white orb appeared above its head. Well, in fact, the orb wasn't that large, just a bit bigger than an adult's palm. But for the palm - sized little fox, it looked huge. This was the little fox's first soul skill - Deceptive Orb.
As the little fox concentrated, the orb shot out instantly and hit a big tree with a loud bang. The whole tree shook violently, and countless leaves fell.
"Whoa, that's some power!" Everyone gasped in surprise. The power was truly astonishing, and even Li Yusong's eyelids twitched. Judging from the attack power of a level 20 Great Soul Master, this was outstanding. No wonder it's a soul beast. At the same level, it's much stronger than humans.
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Leo smirked. Did they think that was the end? Far from it!