Soul force attacks are effective when the opponent is unaware, and can be fatal in an instant if the two sides' strengths are not far apart. However, if one is specifically prepared to counter soul attacks, it won't come to that.

  However, warriors generally do not specialize in cultivating this type of martial skill because soul force attacks are too rare. Warriors only start practicing their souls after the Innate stage; before that, they only cultivate True Essence and **.

  "Hey, this is getting interesting. Wang Wu actually has a martial skill that specifically targets the soul. Let's see how Lin Ming handles it."

  "It's estimated that Lin Ming doesn't have many other attacking methods, he's only sixteen or seventeen years old, and soul force attacks are difficult to learn and master, just this one thing is enough to study, where does he have the energy to learn other techniques?"

  "It is said that Lin Ming can control some thunder, but it's unknown how high his affinity with the Thunder System is. If it's a bit higher, he might still have some use."

  People are discussing, Lin Ming and Wang Wu have both shown their faces, this battle has attracted many spectators, including many other martial artists from other districts. It is almost certain that Lin Ming and Wang Wu will both advance, who knows when they will meet again, it's necessary to understand the strength of their opponents in advance.

  ……

  On the arena, the match had already begun, but Wang Wu didn't make a move, instead he strengthened his defensive turtle shell.

  "Soul attacks are ineffective, let's see how you can still fight me!" Wang Wu said fiercely.

  "It seems you're quite confident in your temporary Buddha's Foot Soul Force defense." Lin Ming still didn't draw his gun, and since everyone thought he was a genius at soul attacks, he just went along with it. Having already made up his mind to only use the Revolving Core Technique as an attacking method until he encountered a powerful opponent who could withstand his soul force, this wasn't just to hide his true strength, but also to deepen his understanding of the Revolving Core Technique through continuous use.

  As Lin Ming's distance from the post-heaven and pre-heaven grew closer, he would eventually have to refine his soul. If he were to comprehend the reincarnation martial intent related to the soul at that time, it would be a bit late. Therefore, he naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to practice and use the reincarnation martial intent.

  Wang Wu's face turned red with rage, and he said in a cold voice: "Even if I don't use my soul defense, relying on my cultivation, I won't be afraid of you!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Wu drew out two swords from his Xumi ring. The long sword was held in his right hand, and the short sword was held upside down in his left hand.

  "Double Sword Style?"

  The audience below the stage was amazed, they didn't expect that Wang Wu had left this trick in his previous battle. Double sword flow is more difficult to practice than single sword. Once mastered, its power should not be underestimated.

  "Two Swords as One!"

  Wang Wu's entire body was filled with true yuan, rapidly circulating. The two swords, one long and one short, both emitted a deep purple glow, their sword tips wantonly slashing about.

  Wang Wu took a step forward, his right hand thrusting out with a long sword, while his left hand placed a short sword on the blade of the long sword. A fierce aura burst forth into the air.

  Seeing Wang Wu's double swords stabbing over, Lin Ming remained motionless, a flash of black light in his eyes, as the Wheel of Reincarnation activated.

  "Boom!"

  Wang Wu's body was as if it had been struck by a heavy blow. The sword energy he had infused into the sword scattered and dissipated, having lost the support of his spiritual power.

  Wang Wu's face turned pale as he retreated, his heart filled with shock and anger. The opponent's soul force was like a sharp needle, although it had been greatly weakened after piercing through his own soul force defense, but still caused his spiritual sea to tremble violently. Just now, for that brief moment, he saw countless illusions, almost losing himself in the vortex of illusions.

  The worst is that once the Sea of Consciousness suffers a heavy blow, he can't control his True Qi, and all those fancy martial techniques are useless.

  "It's necessary to enhance the soul force defense, but my true yuan is limited. If I strengthen the soul force defense, then naturally the attack power will weaken. With insufficient true yuan, can that move be activated?"

  "It's too late to care about that now." Wang Wu gritted his teeth, and the true yuan in his body was stimulated to its limit. The two swords in his hands, one long and one short, began to rotate rapidly.

  "Twin Swords Whirlpool!"

  The true yuan condensed and the air flow revolved, a black whirlpool was born between the two swords, rotating wildly, getting bigger and bigger, a stock of evil and cold aura, constantly emanating from the vortex.

  However, when Wang Wu wanted to swing the twin swords out, he was completely stunned. The audience around him had all disappeared, and he stood alone in a vast empty space. In the sky above, two huge black whirlpools hung suspended, and through the whirlpools, he seemed to see the profound void and the endless universe.

  Compared with these two whirlpools, his double sword whirlpool was simply negligible.

  At that moment, a hint of fear and daze appeared in Wang Wu's mind.

  A battle of spiritual strength, a moment's carelessness can be fatal; once a flaw appears in one's mind, defeat is instantaneous.

  Pong!

  Wang Wu's external soul force defense membrane shattered, countless chaotic illusions flooded into Wang Wu's mind, filling his spiritual sea, and his connection with the outside world was completely cut off.

  "Bang!"

  "Bang!"

  With the crisp sound of two metal clashing against the rock, Wang Wu's double-handed sword fell to the ground, his eyes stared blankly, his face turned pale, and he spat out white foam. After a moment, he slowly collapsed to the ground.

  He was thoroughly defeated in this battle.

  As Wang Wu fell, the middle-aged man with the surname Luo's face suddenly turned extremely ugly. Qinzhiya bowed slightly and smiled shallowly, using true yuan transmission to say: "Thank you, Master Luo, for generously giving away Tianchi, I'll accept it."

  The polite words sounded sarcastic at this moment, and when they fell into the ears of a middle-aged man with the surname Luo, he felt extremely irritated. Wang Wu had actually lost after only making one and a half moves! Lin Ming didn't even move, but just looked at Wang Wu with his eyes.

  How is it possible, Bone Forging Peak defeated Cong Mai Middle Stage, and it's not even an ordinary Cong Mai Middle Stage. Even in the Seven Mysteries Valley, there are only a few people who can achieve this. What kind of spiritual talent does this Lin Ming guy have?

  Is it the six middle ranks? Or is it the superior of the six ranks that exists only in books?

  Sixth-grade soul talent is even more difficult to obtain than sixth-grade martial talent, and reaching the top grade of sixth-grade is simply unimaginable!

  Lin Ming wins!

  The referee announced in a timely manner that after defeating Wang Wu, Lin Ming had already emerged from the sixth group, second only to Jiang Lansheng and Bi Tinghua. It was already a foregone conclusion that he would advance.

  "This Lin Ming is too terrifying, even the mid-stage Congeal Soul was defeated by him using his soul force, what about the late-stage Congeal Soul?"

  "It's impossible... if he advances one more level, the geniuses of Qixuan Valley will all be surpassed. Even those direct disciples who have reached the peak of Bone Forging wouldn't dare say they can defeat a post-Condensation stage expert."

  "That's different, he is using soul force attacks, taking a crooked path, not the right way. Although it has an unusual effect now, later on, he will encounter great bottlenecks, especially after reaching the innate stage, when everyone starts cultivating their souls, and no one's soul strength is weak, at that time his soul attack will be useless."

  "It's also necessary to reach the Xiantian stage first, how many of these over 200 geniuses can achieve that? One in twenty? One in thirty? Anyway, I'm not going to fight this freak anymore, if I encounter him, I'll just concede. My cultivation is only at the initial stage of Condensing Pulse, and I estimate it's also a result of being instantly killed. I'd better save my energy to deal with others."

  The idea of this disciple of the Seventh Mystic Valley represents the thoughts of many warriors. Anyway, there are ten qualifying spots in the group stage, and many warriors who don't have confidence in defeating Lin Ming plan to give up when they encounter him.

  ……

  Mu Qinghong in the main hall of Tianxuan Mountain naturally paid attention to this battle from afar.

  She has now basically confirmed that the young man who is proficient in soul attacks is Lin Ming, as mentioned by Qian Yu, unless Lin Ming did not attend the Seven Mysteries Valley Sect's martial arts conference.

  "This Lin Ming, still hasn't drawn his weapon, and his Thunderclap True Essence hasn't been released either. It seems he's preparing to charge forward first."

  Along the way, Qinghong found that several of Qixuan Valley's disciples were still quite good, and it wouldn't be easy for Lin Ming to defeat them at the age of 16.

  "At a young age, he gives people an unfathomable feeling, even I who have heard Qian Yu's description don't know how many trump cards he has..."

  At this time, Tianyun Country's Seventh Xuanwu Prefecture ——

  The semi-annual assessment of the Wu Fu has just ended, and a batch of lucky ones have entered the Seven Mysterious Wu Fu. They are all proud sons of heaven, and can be said to be in high spirits, as long as nothing unexpected happens, they will all have a good place to go after graduation. Those who are willing to join the army will at least become a thousand-man commander, and those who do not want to join the army can also mix with a guest king in a large family.

  No matter which one, it's a good thing to make the family proud and have an extremely high income. Ordinary people work hard for a year and only earn a few taels of gold, while they can easily earn hundreds of taels of yellow gold in a year.

  Thinking of a happy life in the future, these young disciples who grew up with the halo of genius couldn't help but feel ambitious.

  As usual, new disciples of the Wu Clan had to follow their instructors to visit the Massacre Array and Ranking Stone. This was also to let them see the talented individuals ranked high up, motivating these disciples to cultivate diligently.

  Before they reached the ranking stone, they saw a number of people gathered in a building similar to a temple, bustling about. Next to this building, there was also a young man dressed in luxurious clothes sitting aside, waiting for something.

  "What is that?" A sixteen-year-old girl pointed to a strange altar in the center of the temple, surrounded by a circle of crystal clear crystal gems. "Beautiful crystals."

  The little girl's eyes sparkled.

  "What crystal? That's a True Yuan Stone, a pure True Yuan Stone worth one thousand two hundred gold coins!" Many of the martial arts students came from prominent families and naturally had extraordinary vision.

  "A thousand taels of gold for one, and so many of them! Wouldn't that be tens of thousands of taels of gold?!" The little girl covered her mouth, as in a situation where the annual income of ordinary people was only about ten taels of gold, tens of thousands of taels of gold was an astronomical figure that was hard to comprehend.

  "Hmm... I don't know what kind of formation this is, but using so many True Origin Stones is too extravagant... The young man speaking pursed his lips, and although he came from a large family, seeing a formation use so many True Origin Stones still made him feel heartache."

  "It's a Transmission Array." Just then, the middle-aged instructor who was leading the way spoke up, "The Transmission Array from the Seven Mysteries Valley to here, spans tens of millions of miles in distance to transmit messages, and each transmission consumes thirty-six True Origin Stones."

  "What? You want that many spirit stones just to pass on a message?" Even the disciples from the large families were stunned, passing on a message for tens of thousands of gold coins, are you kidding me?!

  What news is this? Can you become an emperor after hearing it?