Douluo Dragon King: Martial Soul Spring and Autumn Cicada, Lord of Time

"Brother Tao, you'd better go easy on him later!"

Upon arriving at the battleground, Tang Wulin, though humble in his words, glared at Zhao Tao in the distance, his eyes gleaming with intense fighting spirit.

He also wanted to know how big the real gap was between himself and Zhao Tao!

"Very well, let me test the results of your recent training!"

Upon hearing Tang Wulin's words, Zhao Tao smiled slightly, activated his soul power, and summoned the Spring and Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

"start!"

Looking at the eager Zhao Tao and Tang Wulin, Wu Changkong calmly waved his hand, announcing the start of the battle!

"Entangle!"

Upon hearing Wu Changkong's words, Tang Wulin activated his soul skill without hesitation. The first white soul ring on his back flashed, and vines swept towards Zhao Tao!

Although Tang Wulin's reaction speed was already quite fast, Zhao Tao's movements were even faster!

"Time Buries the Sword!"

Just as Tang Wulin summoned his vines, Zhao Tao had already completed the release of his soul skill, summoning the Time Burial Sword!

At the same time, Zhao Tao's figure was also rapidly approaching Tang Wulin, his Time Burial Sword dancing with sword flowers, aiming straight for Tang Wulin's neck!

"Oh no! How could it be so fast!"

Seeing Zhao Tao's lightning-fast attack, Tang Wulin secretly thought to himself, "This is bad!"

however.

At this moment, he had no time to change the release of the Entangling Soul Skill, so he could only swing the pair of heavy silver forging hammers in his hands in an attempt to block Zhao Tao's attack.

However, the collision that Tang Wulin had anticipated did not occur.

Although Zhao Tao's Time Burial Sword seems to be about to come into contact with Tang Wulin's forging hammer, they also seem to exist in two different parallel spaces.

With just a flash, Tang Wulin's forging hammer missed its mark, and he staggered, nearly falling over.

As for Zhao Tao's Time Burial Sword, it was precisely pressed against Tang Wulin's neck, not a hair more or less, and it didn't even scratch a single hair on Tang Wulin's head!

"Brother Tao, how... how did you do that?"

"My forging hammer clearly aimed at the longsword you summoned, so why did it miss in the end?"

Faced with the sword's edge so close, Tang Wulin had no choice but to surrender.

Then, looking at the Time Burial Sword in Zhao Tao's hand, he asked, somewhat puzzled.

"This is the power of time!"

"Zhao Tao's martial spirit and soul skills possess the ability to subtly alter the flow of time in his surroundings!"

"Although your attack appeared to hit, it was deflected by the power of time, thus missing its target!"

Upon hearing Tang Wulin's words, Wu Changkong's eyes lit up, and he excitedly began to explain.

The look in her eyes as she gazed at Zhao Tao was filled with surprise!

The power of time—this is the power of time, one of the most powerful laws of nature!

All martial souls that are linked to time are basically the top-tier martial souls, not to mention that Zhao Tao's first soul skill is a thousand-year soul skill!

This means that the first soul spirit that Zhao Tao fused with was a thousand-year-old soul spirit!

As everyone knows, a Soul Master is only qualified to fuse with a thousand-year-old Soul Spirit if their spiritual power reaches the Spiritual Connection Realm!

This also shows that Zhao Tao's mental strength is far superior to that of ordinary soul masters!

Thinking of this, Wu Changkong was secretly happy!

Looks like I've struck gold this time!

"The power of time? Brother Tao, you're amazing!"

On the other side, upon hearing Wu Changkong's explanation, Tang Wulin nodded as if he understood.

The gaze directed at Zhao Tao was filled with even more admiration and respect.

After all, the power of time, changing the flow of time, sounds incredibly sophisticated!

It's far superior to my own Blue Silver Grass.

Not to mention, in the battle just now, Zhao Tao also defeated him almost effortlessly.

At this moment, Tang Wulin's slight pride from his several consecutive victories completely vanished.

He once again came to the realization of reality: just how vast was the gap between himself and Zhao Tao.

"Wu Lin, you did a great job getting second place. Keep up the good work!"

Hearing Tang Wulin's words, Zhao Tao smiled slightly, reached out and patted Tang Wulin's shoulder, encouraging him.

"Yes, I'll definitely do my best, Brother Tao!"

Encouraged by Zhao Tao, Tang Wulin nodded vigorously, feeling greatly encouraged.

"Having watched your fight, I think your fighting skills and physical abilities are extremely poor and urgently need improvement!"

"Therefore, starting tomorrow, every morning you will take turns receiving physical training and combat skills training to specifically improve your basic qualities!"

"Of course, as a Soul Master, theoretical knowledge is also essential, and this will be scheduled for each afternoon!"

"Now, you can go back and rest. This afternoon, we'll have instruction on meditation theory. The others, Zhao Tao, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin, the three of you come with me!"

Looking at the group of students from Class 5, Wu Changkong casually introduced the future arrangements, and then led Zhao Tao and the other two to his office.

"Zhao Tao, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin, you three are the most outstanding students in Class 5. Therefore, you will represent Class 5 in the upcoming promotion tournament!"

"Although you are currently in Class 5, the bottom-ranked class, if you can defeat the classes ahead of you, you can change your class prefix and become Class 4, Class 3, or even the strongest Class 1!"

"Furthermore, you can even challenge classes from higher grades; if you win, you'll receive a generous reward!"

Looking at the three people in front of him, Wu Changkong explained the purpose of his visit.

"Don't worry, Ms. Wu, we'll definitely beat through the first grade!"

"After all, if it weren't for someone stirring things up, that person and I would have been in the same class anyway!"

Hearing Wu Changkong's words, Xie Xie confidently chimed in, then glanced at Zhao Tao with some dissatisfaction.

"Oh, are you really that confident?"

"From what I understand, there are three Grand Soul Masters among this class of students!"

Upon hearing Xie Xie's words, Wu Changkong gave a disdainful snort and then said...

"W-what? Three Grand Soul Masters?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie was stunned and stared at Wu Changkong with a look of surprise.

"That's right, three Grand Soul Masters!"

"This promotion match will take place in three months."

"The task I'm assigning you is very simple: change our Class 5's name to Class 1!"

"To achieve this, I will give you extra special training every night from now on!"

Leaning back in his chair, Wu Changkong nodded slightly and explained.

"What if we can't do it?"

Upon hearing Wu Changkong's words, Tang Wulin subconsciously spoke up.

"If you can't do it, hehe, then prepare to accept my hellish punishment!"

Looking at Tang Wulin, Wu Changkong smiled, but looking at Wu Changkong's smile, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie felt a chill run down their spines, and even the hairs on their bodies stood on end!

Clearly, they must win this battle!