Douluo: The Peerless King of Beast Tamers

Chapter 292 Sword Maniac Ji Juechen

Each person only gets one match a day in the current exchange competition. After defeating Jing Ziyan, Xu Jiujiu left the training ground directly.

Zhou Sichen stayed behind to continue watching the match between He Caitou and Huo Yuhao.

As Xu Jiujiu left, a thin figure on the sidelines kept watching her.

He was a very handsome man, who looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, and he was carrying a long sword that looked like a fire poker.

Jing Ziyan came to the man's side, her face full of regret: "Juechen, I shouldn't have lost, but in the end that guy used some means to actually create a soul beast, which was simply impossible to guard against."

This person is Ji Juechen. In Mingde Hall, Ji Juechen has always been a special existence.

Because he is not a Soul Master, nor is he a pure Soul Master, but he is the chief of the Soul Guidance Department under the actual control of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

His martial soul is a sword, but it's just an ordinary sword with no powerful abilities. His innate soul power is only level three, which is barely enough to allow him to cultivate.

But through his own efforts, he became a prodigy in the eyes of others, reaching the current level of a six-ring Soul Emperor with his innate level three soul power.

Furthermore, he did not overuse drugs to deplete his potential. Mingdetang even studied Ji Juechen several times, trying to replicate his growth path.

No matter how much research they did, they couldn't replicate his growth path, because he was simply a prodigy.

He was not yet thirty years old, but it seemed as if he had spent his entire life immersed in that sword.

The sword he carried was originally a piece of meteorite iron from outer space. It was just a strip in shape. After obtaining it, Ji Juechen had been using his own methods, his own hands and soul power to continuously temper this piece of meteorite iron.

After more than ten years of hard work, it finally took on the shape of a sword.

Using external objects as weapons seems to be what a soul master should do, but he did it too.

That's why he can barely be called a Soul Master.

Because of his unique characteristics, the students and even the teachers of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy gave him a nickname—Sword Maniac.

Sword fanatic Ji Juechen.

Ji Juechen glanced at Jing Ziyan, then silently patted her shoulder: "It's okay. If she can keep winning, I'll step in for the last match."

Ji Juechen was not interested in this exchange competition at first, but the soul spirit that Xu Jiujiu used at the end just now made him more expectant.

If Xu Jiujiu really manages to achieve a fifty-game winning streak, Ji Juechen will definitely be unable to resist becoming Xu Jiujiu's final obstacle.

In his eyes, he would not refuse any battle that was challenging and could make him stronger.

Of course, his most desired opponent was not Xu Jiujiu, but Zhou Sichen, who had not yet made a move.

It is said that Zhou Sichen is the captain of Shrek Academy, the champion of the previous competition, and he really wants to challenge the strength of the Shrek Academy captain.

Thinking of this, Ji Juechen's gaze unconsciously turned to Zhou Sichen beside Jing Hongchen.

For some reason, Ji Juechen always felt that this guy possessed something he had always been pursuing.

But it's just a feeling.

Because Zhou Sichen has never made a move at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, no one knows his exact strength.

But Zhou Sichen has been so strong for so long. As the captain of the champion team in the previous competition, no one will underestimate his strength.

This is one of the reasons why no one dares to cause trouble without a reason.

Zhou Sichen noticed Ji Juechen's gaze, looked up, and the two exchanged a glance. Zhou Sichen then smiled.

Ji Juechen would be present at Jing Ziyan's matches these past few days, and Zhou Sichen naturally noticed this man as well.

In the original work, the sword fanatic is a genius with the potential to become a titled Douluo in the future.

To be honest, among the people Zhou Sichen admires the most, Ji Juechen is the number one.

With his innate level three soul power, he has gradually risen to where he is today. For an ordinary person, this would definitely be the template for a protagonist.

It's a pity that Ji Juechen isn't the main character; otherwise, it would be even more terrifying.

Zhou Sichen really wanted to bring Ji Juechen into his fold, but he didn't have a good opportunity to make contact with him at the moment.

Zhou Sichen withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at Ji Juechen, lest he lose control.

Anyway, there's plenty of time. We've only just begun, so there's no rush.

In the subsequent matches, none of the opponents Xu Jiujiu encountered were stronger than Jing Ziyan, including quite a few level-five Soul Masters.

Among the sixth-level Soul Masters, Xu Jiujiu, who defeated the all-around queen Jing Ziyan, is now invincible.

Although the method of soul cultivation had reached the ears of the high-ranking officials of the Sun Moon Empire, they did not understand it and therefore did not publicize it.

This resulted in the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy having no idea what a soul spirit was.

All I know is that Xu Jiujiu used some special method to control a powerful soul beast to help him in battle.

He Caitou and Huo Yuhao are now receiving similar treatment to Xu Jiujiu.

Among Soul Masters of the same level, He Caitou and Huo Yuhao are basically invincible.

One is a top-tier support cigar martial soul paired with a soul tool, and the other is a mental detector paired with a soul tool; they are simply perfect.

Nearly two months have passed quickly, and the exchange tournament is coming to an end. Xu Jiujiu has achieved a 49-game winning streak and is only one game away from becoming the champion with a 50-game winning streak.

Her opponent in her last match was Ji Juechen.

Jing Hongchen was also very much looking forward to the battle between Ji Juechen and Xu Jiujiu.

Although Ji Juechen is only at level sixty-one, he is still stronger than Jing Ziyan.

The title of "Sword Maniac" is well-deserved.

Jing Hongchen really wanted to see Xu Jiujiu properly display his soul spirit under Ji Juechen's pressure.

So far in the exchange competition, Xu Jiujiu has only used Soul Spirit twice.

And each time it was fleeting, the moment the spirit appeared it immediately secured the victory, leaving Jing Hongchen no time to properly observe the spirit.

Although the grandchildren recorded the battles and effects of the spirits they saw at Shrek Academy.

But more than words on paper, Jing Hongchen wanted to see the effects of the spirit with his own eyes.

Moreover, the mere descriptions of the soul's abilities on paper were already enough to make Jing Hongchen incredibly excited, so he wanted to see the full effects of the soul's abilities with his own eyes.

Jing Hongchen smiled at Zhou Sichen beside him: "Zhou, the strength of our Mingde Hall's Sword Maniac is already infinitely close to that of a Soul Master with the cultivation of a Soul Saint. I wonder if Xu Jiujiu can still win the final victory and take the championship of the exchange competition."

Zhou Sichen replied, "Don't worry, Master. Regardless of whether we win or lose this last match, Shrek Academy has already won forty-nine consecutive matches."

Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen's expression changed slightly.

Although Zhou Sichen didn't mean to be sarcastic, her words still made people feel very uncomfortable.

During this two-month-long exchange competition, Xu Jiujiu perfectly demonstrated the power of combining soul tools and martial souls, making the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy fully understand a principle.

Soul tools are indeed powerful, but only when combined with an even more powerful soul master can they unleash their full potential.

This result made Jing Hongchen both happy and unhappy.

He was happy to have two grandsons, who could combine his powerful martial spirit with a powerful soul tool in the future to unleash even greater power.

What's unsettling is that the Sun Moon Empire currently has very few Soul Masters like this, making it difficult to quickly cultivate a group of powerful Soul Masters to use in conjunction with Soul Tools. Jing Hongchen smiled awkwardly: "Let's watch the match."

Inside the trial arena, Xu Jiujiu and Ji Juechen stood facing each other fifty meters apart, and an invisible pressure began to permeate the Soul Guidance Trial Arena.

Ji Juechen gripped his sword with both hands, and six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—emerged. An incomparably sharp aura burst forth from his body almost instantly.

In that instant, he seemed to have become one with his meteorite iron sword.

Infusing his soul into his sword—this was Ji Juechen's cultivation method.

His own martial spirit had completely transformed into energy rather than a physical entity, and was perfectly integrated into the extraterrestrial meteorite iron sword in his hand.

It truly achieved a state where man is sword and sword is man, with no distinction between them.

The meteorite iron sword from outer space began to emit a slight humming sound as he poured his powerful soul energy into it.

The tip of the sword seemed to be trembling slightly, and Ji Juechen's aura was also surging at an astonishing speed.

It was as if this sword, once drawn, would surely cause the world to change color.

Xu Jiujiu's expression remained unchanged, clearly indicating that he had already anticipated Ji Juechen's strength.

Although the opponent's soul power level was only level 61, the sharp sword intent made it clear that the opponent's strength should not be underestimated.

Xu Jiujiu also released her Star Crown Martial Soul, with six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—pulsating across her body.

Facing Ji Juechen's sharp sword intent, Xu Jiujiu had already figured out how to deal with this close-combat king among the sixth-level soul masters of Mingde Hall.

Since the opponent excels in close combat, Xu Jiujiu should simply take to the air and engage in ranged combat.

Using one's strengths to attack the opponent's weaknesses, Xu Jiujiu has mastered this principle.

Seeing that both players had released their martial spirits, the referee announced directly, "The match...begins!"

After the referee finished speaking, Xu Jiujiu took off using the flying soul tool and activated her sixth soul skill.

In an instant, the sky was filled with twinkling stars, and countless starlight locked onto Ji Juechen.

Since the start of the competition, very few people have been able to use the powerful Soul Guidance Turret tactics to focus fire and eliminate the long-lasting Starry Sky as Jing Ziyan did back then.

Therefore, in most matches, Xu Jiujiu's sixth soul skill is enough to completely suppress his opponent, and then he can slowly test his soul tool.

But Ji Juechen was different.

Although he didn't even have the most basic defensive soul tool, the invincible shield, besides the sword in his hand, he fought entirely like a soul master.

But no one underestimated his abilities.

As the starlight locked onto him, Ji Juechen simply made a very simple gesture.

Swing your sword!

With a single sword strike, a long, narrow sword aura swept across the land, slicing through a patch of starlight.

Faced with the starlight targeting him from all directions, Ji Juechen repeated the action of swinging his sword. Amidst the crisscrossing sword energy, not a single starlight crossed the defensive line and hit Ji Juechen.

Ji Juechen's lack of defense was not a weakness, because he firmly believed that his attack was the strongest defense.

As Ji Juechen swung his sword, his sword intent grew stronger and stronger. The soul rings on his body flashed alternately. Each sword aura could not only extinguish starlight, but also shatter several stars in succession.

The stars in the sky were falling rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

While controlling the Starshine Attack, Xu Jiujiu directly took out a Super Energy Soul Guided Cannon in mid-air and charged it up.

Since firepower coverage isn't very effective, let's use the strongest attack against the sharpest sword.

If fully charged, a level 6 super-energy-concentrating soul-guided cannon has a power close to that of a level 7 soul-guided cannon shell.

Even if Ji Juechen, a sword fanatic, brought his meteorite iron sword to its fullest potential, how many cannons could it withstand?
Not only that, after a long period of charging up her energy, she directly unleashed the Soul Spirit Starlight Unicorn.

Since you, Ji Juechen, are completely unafraid of my sixth soul skill, then let's try combining the power of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

The moment the Starlight Unicorn appeared, countless eyes were once again drawn to the Soul Spirit.

The Starlight Unicorn is like a star, able to leap and flash among the countless stars in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, it appeared behind Ji Juechen, and a dazzling light burst forth from its star-studded horn, shooting out a terrifying beam of light.

Ji Juechen was constantly on guard against Xu Jiujiu's soul spirit. The moment the Starlight Unicorn appeared, Ji Juechen rushed towards it.

Faced with the attack of the Starlight Unicorn, Ji Juechen infused his sword intent into the Meteorite Iron Sword, and the black sixth soul ring lit up, actually extinguishing the pillar of light with a single sword strike.

However, just as Ji Juechen's longsword was about to strike, the Starlight Unicorn transformed into starlight and fled far away, then continued to attack Ji Juechen.

Compared to Xu Jiujiu's sixth soul skill, which is a single starlight attack, the Starlight Unicorn's soul skill is much more powerful.

Although this would increase the consumption of Xu Jiujiu's soul power and mental energy, it kept Ji Juechen constantly busy and completely unable to stop Xu Jiujiu from recharging.

After charging for a full minute, the Super Energy Soul Cannon suddenly locked onto Ji Juechen below and unleashed a destructive ray.

The Starlight Unicorn and Xu Jiujiu were of one mind, and the moment the Super Energy Soul Guidance Cannon locked onto Ji Juechen, the Starlight Unicorn actually charged directly at Ji Juechen.

"Starburst!"

Ji Juechen felt extremely frustrated. Although he had known from Jing Ziyan how troublesome the soul beast Xu Jiujiu was, he only truly understood it during the actual battle.

His sword intent was indeed very strong, and the power of the longsword in his hand was incomparable to that of ordinary level six soul tools.

No matter how strong the sword intent or how great the power, if it can't hit the person, there's no solution.

Faced with the Starlight Unicorn's self-destructive attack, Ji Juechen swung his sword, successfully avoiding most of the damage.

But there was no time to dodge the death ray of the super-energy soul cannon.

Ji Juechen's eyes were filled with cold light, and a domain quietly unfolded. Everything around him seemed to be filled with sword intent, and his world seemed to consist only of that meteorite iron sword.

"Annihilation - Slash!"

If there is no way to avoid it, then use the sword in your hand to eliminate all threats.

A flash of sword light appeared, carrying an unparalleled power that actually blocked the death ray from the Super Energy Soul Guidance Cannon.

However, Ji Juechen was not unharmed, and he had poured all his soul power into this sword strike.

The power of this sword strike was undeniable, but Xu Jiujiu smiled and let the Starlight Unicorn directly knock Ji Juechen out of the trial field.

In terms of sword intent and attack power, Xu Jiujiu felt inferior to Ji Juechen.

But all Xu Jiujiu wanted was victory. She wasn't a swordswoman, and she wouldn't go head-to-head with Ji Juechen.

Ji Juechen slung the meteorite iron sword behind his back, took a deep look at the starlight unicorn beside Xu Jiujiu, and then said, "I lost."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Jing Ziyan came to Ji Juechen's side, looking at him with a worried expression.

Their sword fanaticism was completely killed by the kite.

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