After a while,
He opened his eyes, and a red light flashed through his pupil; a purple soul ring appeared hovering around him.
Blood Surge!
Xiao Yi activated the skill, and visible red veins spread and covered his left chest area. Instantly he felt his blood flow become faster, and he moved. The next moment, afterimages flashed on the trees around.
Step!
Xiao Yi stopped on the same branch and raised his brow. "My strength, power, and agility doubled, but stamina reduced by half; also, the soul power consumption increased by half after using this skill. It's tasteless compared to my force technique, which brings similar enhancement with no side effects."
He muttered, feeling a little disappointment, and then shook his head, not caring. Then he thought of something and opened his status panel.
[Status Panel]
Name: Xiao Yi
Age: 11
Soul Power: Level 15
Physical Power: 175 (100 = spirit elder)
Spiritual Power: 150 (100 = spirit elder)
Exclusive Talent: Unlimited Copy & Fusion
First Martial Spirit: Brain (Silver)
Second Martial Spirit: Heart (Gold)
Third Martial Spirit: Spirit Eyes (Silver)
Copied: [Million Years Soul Ring]
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"Bronze, Silver, and Golden: I remember the ontology sect dividing the martial spirit potential through such ranging: iron, bronze, silver, and gold. Iron is basic, bronze is intermediate, silver is high, and golden is top."
Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully, recalling the spirit division in the ontology sect, then he glanced at the brain and eye martial spirit potential and muttered to himself thoughtfully,
"Although I can fuse these two martial spirits with my talent, I won't do that. As for now, all three martial spirits are in balance. If I fuse two amongst them, then an imbalance will occur against my heart martial spirit."
After observing his status panel and the level fifteen soul power, he glanced at the million-year soul ring in the copied area, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Now let's fuse the soul ring with my spirit eye martial spirit, although it's just a shell without any energy, but it will provide four soul skills, which are more important than the energy anyway. With my current strength, I will be easily admitted to the Shrek Academy at eleven years of age; the fifteen-level soul power is enough."
He sat down cross-legged on the tree branch and started fusing the million-year soul ring.
After a while, a gold soul ring appeared around him with ten golden marks on its edges. At the same time, four soul skills introduced in his mind connected to his spirit eye martial spirit.
Spirit Detection!
Spirit Sharing!!
Spirit Shock!!!
Spirit Interference!!!!
After sensing all four familiar soul skills one by one, Xiao Yi opened his eyes, and a bright silver light flashed through his eyes, and then he stood up on the tree branch, stretching his arms and feet.
"Well, now I am already prepared for the admission,"
Xiao Yi spoke, and then he released his brain martial spirit along with spirit eyes and heart and also activated the force technique.
Force power x4
After gaining the first soul ring of heart martial spirit, Xiao Yi found out his physique can now endure four times the force power in his bone structure.
Swish!
Suddenly an afterimage flashed through the forest toward the outside direction, and he ran toward the Shrek city on the other side of the Nanling city he came from.
Although he heard a lot of praise about the big Shrek city, he didn't even visit it once in order to avoid the vicious eyes, as the Shrek city is the den of strong people.
Also, without the soul skill of the million-year soul ring, he couldn't guarantee that he would hide his secrets from a ninety-nine-level strongman; that's why he planned to copy the million-year soul ring of Tian Meng at all costs.
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After a while,
Xiao Yi, standing in the streets, glanced at everything around him in Shrek City with an intriguing expression: the tall and streamlined building structures in the whole city, the incorporation of spirit tools in everything from bicycles to trains—everything runs on soul power.
Xiao Yi observed the mechanism of every machine on the road with spirit eyes and stored them in his memory using brain martial spirit.
'The soul guidance field is not bad. I have already tried the blacksmith field in a previous timeline. I will become a soul guidance master in this dimension. I wonder what kind of spark those modern arms technologies in zero dimension will create if combined with soul guidance technology.'
He thought to himself intriguingly while observing the whole Shrek city wonders and traveling through it. Finally, he appeared on the main bridge leading to the Shrek Academy.
Xiao Yi glanced at the seven familiar statues on both sides of the bridge, and a smile appeared on his face looking at the Tang San statue.
'I wonder what kind of statue would have been built ten thousand years later in the timeline I traveled to before. Also, Xiao Mi must have missed me a lot.'
He thought to himself and then sighed, thinking of her, and then shook his head and walked forward, passing by the bridge. He appeared in front of the registration desk near the main Shrek entrance.
"Hi, I want to register,"
Xiao Yi spoke calmly, looking at the registrar on the other side of the table. He is a soul master of age twenty-five or six, probably a senior student of the academy.
"Name, age, martial spirit, put the hand on the globe, and also show me the recommendation letter." The registrar asked, looking at him, and then pointed at the round orb lying on the table.
Xiao Yi nodded and replied while passing a letter from his pocket, "My name is Xiao Yi, my martial soul is ontology spirit heart, and my soul power level is fifteen."
'It wasn't easy for me to get a recommendation letter; I got it from a noble family after paying a large sum as a bribe. Although I let the Nanling academy headmaster do it, only he was the influential figure in whole city, as Nanling City wasn't the major city in the empire.'
Xiao Yi thought to himself and then released the martial spirit; a yellow soul ring and a dark red heart mark appeared on his left chest, which is visible through his clothes, and then he patted the round orb. Instantly, fifteen and eleven appeared floating above the orb.
"Another ontology, martial spirit,"
Instantly the registrar student exclaimed, and then he nodded, looking at the correct age and soul power tested by the orb. After reviewing the letter, he nodded, and then he stamped the letter and gave it back, telling him to go inside and visit the entrance examination hall.
Xiao Yi nodded, grabbed the letter, and walked inside the academy through the east gate calmly and then moved straight toward the entrance examination hall.
Soon the entrance exam began.
The entrance exam tested everything—combat skills, intelligence, reaction speed, spirit ability usage, and even personality traits like willpower and teamwork.
The academy wasn't just looking for strong students; they wanted people with potential and good character.
Xiao Yi stood in line with hundreds of other candidates, most of whom were nervous or tense. But he was calm. His spirit power had already reached level 15, and with three martial spirits, it wasn't a problem for him.
In the first round, Xiao Yi had to face another student in a one-on-one battle. With sharp instincts and clever use of his abilities, he overwhelmed his opponent quickly, showing both strength and control.
The second round focused on reaction and adaptability. Xiao Yi was placed in a forest simulation, where he had to survive attacks from puppet beasts and find a hidden item. Using his speed and force technique, he completed the task faster than most others.
He also helped a few students while completing the test, as he already knew the test rules ahead of time; the teachers noted his integrity and helpful nature.
After a full day of challenges, only a small group of students remained. When the results were announced, Xiao Yi's name was among those who passed.
"Here, this is your uniform and dormitory key,"
The staff in the registration building passed the uniform and key with 202 written above. Xiao Yi nodded, picked up everything, turned around, and walked toward the dormitory building.
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