LRAB Chapter 16 Martial Soul Talent Domain: True Self!
Chapter 16 Martial Soul Talent Domain: True Self!
"Be careful."
Meng Xinghe spoke up to remind the boy.
As he spoke, the flowing golden light around him seemed to come alive, instantly covering every part of his body.
In the boy's eyes, Meng Xinghe at this moment was like a young god radiating a rich golden light. The golden light on his body extended outward and condensed into a slender whip of light that roared towards his location.
The boy twisted his body with all his might, and the golden whip grazed past him, leaving a thin dent in the ground of the arena.
"Such great power?"
As the boy was shocked, Meng Xinghe was also stunned for a moment.
what?
He thought the boy would take the attack head-on, so he deliberately slowed down his attack to give the boy time to prepare. Unexpectedly, the boy's instinctive reaction was to dodge.
"So that's how it is. You were scared by my thousand-year-old spirit ring?"
Meng Xinghe instantly understood the reason.
Sigh, this is boring.
The golden whip that had crashed to the ground curved and struck the boy, sending him flying through the air in a graceful arc like a kite with a broken string. Before he even hit the ground, he vanished as a stream of data light.
"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Winner: Tianhe Zhishang (1+10); Loser: Sanchi Qingfeng (93-10)"
Three seconds later, back in his private space, Meng Xinghe thought for a moment.
A match that's not interesting is still not competitive, even if the team throws the game.
Therefore, he is going to the second stage.
"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Winner: Above the Milky Way (11+5); Loser: Fish in the Sea (44-9)"
"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Winner: Above the Milky Way (16+8); Loser: Golden Legend (71-9)"
"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Winner: Tianhe Zhishang (24+9); Loser: Donghai Yiba (88-8)"
……
"StarNet Ladder Ranking Match - Winner: Tianhe Zhishang (99+9); Loser: Xiuer Shiwo (89-1)"
"Your points have reached the limit, and you are now eligible to start the promotion match. You can start the promotion match challenge at any time. If you succeed in the challenge, you will break through the point limit and advance to the second rank. Otherwise, 10 points will be deducted."
Meng Xinghe made his choice without hesitation.
"The qualifying rounds have begun."
In the promotion match from level one to level two, the Soul Master Liu Ying's strength was that of a regular Great Soul Master in his early twenties.
It may seem like a routine procedure, but there's actually a lot of knowledge involved.
It's true that a typical Great Soul Master's soul power is around level 20, and their soul rings are also the usual hundred-year soul rings, but their martial soul is a different story.
The spirit left behind by a Soul Master is randomly generated, and the random range is all the spirit data collected by the Douluo Federation over the past ten thousand years.
Therefore, if you are lucky enough, the spirit master's image will randomly be a useless spirit like Blue Silver Grass; if you are unlucky, the spirit master's image will randomly be a top-tier spirit like the Holy Dragon of Light.
That's not even the worst part. If your luck is extremely bad, the spirit left behind by the spirit master will randomly become the nemesis of your spirit, and even your spirit skills will randomly become the nemesis of your spirit skills.
Therefore, for ordinary Soul Masters, luck in the promotion matches is really important.
If you're lucky, everything will be fine; if you're unlucky, then you're doomed.
Historically, there was a Soul Master who set a legendary record of playing one hundred qualifying matches before finally advancing.
Rumor has it that during that period, that legendary Soul Master was so unlucky that even drinking water could cause him to have a problem.
The regular Great Soul Master that Meng Xinghe encountered in the advancement competition had a martial soul that wasn't particularly strong, but it was very cunning.
"It's actually a soul skill that seals soul rings..."
Meng Xinghe glanced at the dull and lifeless soul ring on his body.
The martial souls and soul skills in Douluo Continent are incredibly diverse. Not to mention sealing soul rings, there are even soul skills that can seal martial souls.
If it were any other first-ring Soul Master, with their only Soul Skill sealed, and their opponent a Great Soul Master with another Soul Skill, they would have already conceded defeat in this qualifying match.
But Meng Xinghe is different.
Leaving aside the many combat skills he has created over the years, as a Soul Master, in addition to the Soul Skills granted by his Soul Rings, he also possesses the innate Domain of his Martial Soul!
Domain-specific abilities are divided into innate and acquired.
Under normal circumstances, a Soul Master's innate domain is inherent to their Martial Soul, such as the Angel Domain inherent to the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul; or it is bestowed by a deity, such as the God of Slaughter Domain of the City of Slaughter.
Acquired domains are diverse, but can be broadly categorized into four types: Soul Skill Domain, Battle Armor Domain, Spiritual Domain, and Bloodline Domain.
There is no inherent superiority or inferiority between innate and acquired domains. Generally speaking, innate domains are more compatible with the martial soul itself, while acquired domains are more compatible with the soul master.
But that's normal; Meng Xinghe's situation is abnormal.
His twin martial souls: the Sky Martial Soul is himself before his transformation and cultivation, and the Body Martial Soul is himself after his transformation and cultivation.
Both martial souls are his own, and the two great talent domains not only match the martial souls themselves, but also match Meng Xinghe himself.
The innate domain of the main body martial soul is called—True Self!
As the domain expanded, Meng Xinghe's dull soul rings instantly regained their dazzling purple glow. However, he did not use any soul skills, but instead continued to expand the domain, covering the great soul master within its range.
The realm of one's true self can forcibly control everything within its boundaries; to resist this control, one must defeat oneself at the level of will.
Thus, under Meng Xinghe's control, the scene that could not have occurred in the qualifying rounds took place.
The randomly generated Soul Master image from the system actually spoke:
"I surrender."
After he finished speaking, there was complete silence.
This time, the system did not announce the results of the qualifying rounds immediately; the competition space flickered as if it were dropping frames.
Half a minute later, the system, which had just crashed, announced the results of the qualifying round.
"Achieved victory in the Star Network Ladder Ranking Tournament, advancing to the second tier and breaking the score cap, currently holding 108 points."
……
Three years later, Star Wars Network.
Having just finished a ranked match, Meng Xinghe returned to his private space and glanced at his achievements over the past three years:
Ten-game winning streak: Winning ten consecutive games without a single loss. (Currently, a 49-game winning streak has been accumulated; another 51 games will unlock the achievement "100-game winning streak")
Undefeated Advancement to First Stage: Including the promotion matches, there has been no defeats in any of the matches at the first stage.
Undefeated Advancement to Second Dan: Including the advancement matches, the second dan has never lost a single game.
Undefeated Advancement to Rank 3: Including the promotion matches, I have never lost a single game in my rank 3 matches.
Undefeated Legend 3: Undefeated since entering the ranked matches. (Continue your efforts and advance to rank 5 with unparalleled success to activate the achievement "Undefeated Legend 4")
Since advancing to the fourth dan, Meng Xinghe has rarely played ranked matches, often only once every one or two months.
There's nothing we can do about it. Before the fourth dan level, the ladder matches are shallow and full of easy wins; after the fourth dan level, the ladder matches become much more difficult.
The chaotic state of the fifth and sixth stages means that Soul Masters at the Soul King and Soul Emperor levels may emerge in the fourth stage.
Meng Xinghe wasn't worried about losing the match or ending his winning streak if he encountered these Soul Kings and Soul Emperors; rather, he was worried that winning against them would be too conspicuous.
An eight or nine-year-old child defeated a Soul Emperor in the Heavenly Ladder Tournament. He was certain that within half an hour of defeating the Soul Emperor, he would top the trending searches across the entire Federation.
Therefore, Meng Xinghe took advantage of the system's matching mechanism to play a ranked match every one or two months. This way, the system would judge him as an inactive user and match him with weaker opponents to improve his match experience.