Global Demon Transformation.

Chapter 196 Textbook-Style Answer

The Throne Challenge ended, and only half of the bonus content was shown. The audience was clearly disappointed, complaining, but they still left the arena one after another.

Overall, this year's Throne Challenge, while not as exciting as the previous two, was still quite thrilling. We witnessed Lin Feng's return and saw the precious clone soul skill, making it a worthwhile trip.

With the return of the troublemaker Lin Feng, Hongyun University is sure to be very lively, and Guanglin will also become lively along with it.

"Lin Feng, the five of you will leave later. Dean Bu and Dean Deng have something to discuss with you."

Amidst the crowd's attention, Lin Feng and his group were about to leave when a male instructor called them back.

"Brother Feng, we'll wait for you here."

Gao Hai said, and Lin Feng nodded. He wasn't surprised that the big shot had contacted him.

The National College Glory League is of paramount importance to the three Heroic Academies and the nine Elite Joint Schools.

This is not just a competition of reputation and rankings, but also relates to the Ministry of Education's allocation of resources to higher education institutions.

The three major hero academies are getting stronger and stronger, not only because of their great reputation that attracts geniuses, but also mainly because the resources allocated to them far exceed those of other schools.

Now that Lin Feng's team is competing for five main player spots, it would be strange if the school didn't intervene.

Following their mentor's footsteps, Lin Feng and his group of five quickly arrived in front of Bu Zheng and Deng Lun.

Lin Feng was not unfamiliar with Bu Zheng, the dean of the martial arts academy, but this was the first time he had met Deng Lun.

Deng Lun was dressed casually, looked slightly thin, and appeared to be around fifty years old, a bit older than Bu Zheng.

He is the vice dean of the Demon Spirit Academy, one of the three giants of the Red Cloud Sect, and a Spirit King powerhouse.

Under normal circumstances, the Spirit King's strength surpasses that of the Martial King.

"What's wrong with you? You just got back and you're already causing trouble!"

Bu Zheng's expression was somewhat serious at this moment.

Lin Feng shook his head and explained, "We didn't cause any trouble. Isn't it normal for students to challenge each other? Especially for such an important position as the team's main player. If we lose, we can treat it as practice. If we win, it proves that our challenge was right."

"I want to remind you how much effort Yang Ningbing and the others have put in over the past four years to secure their starting positions. And how much have the forces behind them paid for this? Even if you win, offending these forces will not do you any good."

"It doesn't matter," Lin Feng said calmly.

The five main members of the Red Cloud team are not only strong, but also have impressive backgrounds. The Yang clan, to which Yang Ningbing belongs, and the Glory clan alone are enough to make people wary.

But so what.

So be it, we've offended them.

Could the other side retaliate in the base city?

If it's in another dimension, then there's even less to worry about.

Lin Feng didn't worry too much. If he was afraid of trouble, he might as well go home and be an ordinary person, go to get off work, get married, and have children.

Seeing that Lin Feng didn't care, Bu Zheng didn't continue to persuade him, but asked instead:
"Why are you in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be more likely for you to participate in the next year's competition when you are a senior?" Bu Zheng asked.

The National College Glory League is not a simple competition; people can die in it!
Not to mention the World University Glory League, where the battles are even more brutal, with no possibility of holding back, and many people die every year.

In his view, wouldn't it be more secure and safer to participate in the next session?
Furthermore, it will not offend these forces.

He couldn't understand why Lin Feng was in such a hurry.

"Martial artists seize every moment," Lin Feng explained.

Of course, this is just an excuse.

Only he knows the specific reason.

In about three months, Guanglin's new spatial portal will open.

This interdimensional portal, named 'Black Domain', is a six-star level portal that suppresses seventh-rank beings.

Lin Feng's martial arts strength has now reached the peak of the fifth rank, and he is only one step away from the sixth rank Divine Fist realm.

Although interdimensional portals are appearing more and more frequently, not every interdimensional portal is suitable for Lin Feng.

Nowadays, low-level spatial gates are rarely seen, and the newly appearing spatial gates are of increasingly higher levels. Lin Feng is not qualified to compete for those high-level spatial gates.

Therefore, this is his opportunity.

If you miss it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

With only three months to spare, Lin Feng was unable to cultivate in a structured manner.

He needs to break through to the sixth-grade Divine Fist Realm and reach the peak of the sixth grade before the 'Dark Domain' space gate opens. At the same time, he needs to evolve his natal demon spirit to the sixth grade and absorb two more soul skills.

At this time, Lin Feng's savings were less than one billion.

Back in the Demon Realm, he used a large number of mid-to-high-level demon spirits to help the dragon fish evolve to the second tier, but after that, the dragon fish's growth rate became extremely slow.

Low-level demon spirits do indeed grow at a pitifully slow pace.

For two years, Lin Feng lived in the alternate dimension, and every day after waking up, he would hunt monsters and absorb soul power.

Even so, they still spent over two billion resources to purchase various rare and precious materials that could promote the evolution of demon spirits, which allowed the dragon fish to evolve to the fourth tier.

He used money to force the dragonfish to achieve that status.

His third and fourth soul skills were both of the purple-gold level, and even if he successfully absorbed them all at once, it still cost him 12 billion.

Although the Jianghu Martial Arts Club can bring in one or two hundred million yuan in revenue every month, it is simply not enough for Lin Feng.

Far from enough.

With his own financial resources, he could no longer advance the dragonfish, nor did he have the money to purchase more purple-gold soul skills.

Now, only by participating in the National College Glory League can he quickly improve his strength, allow the dragon fish to advance again, and absorb the soul skills he wants.

Lin Feng had participated in the key-grabbing battle.

It wasn't just a fight over a key; it was a war between races.

Because of the spatial suppression, those who can enter this spatial gate are all of similar martial arts level, and almost all of them are demon spirit masters.

The initial struggle was essentially about piling up a large number of corpses to create a red path leading to the key.

Faced with a barrage of soul skills and wide-range, indiscriminate attacks, even the strongest individual can easily perish if they are not careful.

After a brutal, meat-grinding battle, with eight or nine out of ten people on both sides dead, that's when the real showdown between geniuses begins.

The alternate dimension is the territory of the superhumans, and in addition to the superhumans, some other strange races also participate in the struggle for the key.

Although these races are rivals among themselves, they will unite when facing humans.

This is also the main reason why obtaining the keys is extremely difficult, and why the vast majority are taken by supernatural beings.

In my memory, this key will be taken by Hayway.

That grandson of the Dragon King, a genius with the bloodline of a giant spirit, who refined the demon spirits on the Earth Ranking.

Within three months, Lin Feng must absorb two soul skills in order to have any chance of obtaining this new key.

Once he obtains this key, he will have a foundation and resources to establish himself, and his cultivation speed will be accelerated.

The key can extract the life essence of that other-dimensional space, which can partially resolve the aftereffects of the nightmare.

That's why he absolutely had to participate.

"So confident?" Deng Lun asked curiously.

He had no objection to Lin Feng competing in this National College Glory League; it had nothing to do with him.

That's not what he cares about.

"I think that regardless of winning or losing, this challenge is the best experience for us. Winning is good, but losing is okay. It can help us understand our shortcomings, recognize our own strengths, prevent us from becoming arrogant, and make us work harder for the next Glory League."

Lin Feng answered seriously, a textbook-perfect response that left Deng Lun speechless.

That kid is really cunning.

Yu Qiao, who had just joined the team, was also completely impressed.

Everyone calls him a cunning old fox, but he truly feels he doesn't deserve that title. Let Lin Feng have that reputation.

He truly deserves it!
They clearly just want to reap the rewards, but they're spouting a whole set of theories.

"Which soul skill is this?" Deng Lun asked, as this was what he was really curious about.

It's incredible that a first-tier demon spirit can absorb a purple-gold soul skill.

"The fourth soul skill," Lin Feng replied.

Upon hearing this, Deng Lun and Bu Zheng were slightly taken aback and were quite surprised.

The fourth soul skill.

This means that Lin Feng's natal demon spirit has evolved to the fourth tier.

Although demon spirits grow relatively quickly in the initial stages, reaching level four in two years is simply too fast.

Even Ye Qiu only reaches this speed.

Ye Qiu's demon spirit has also reached the fourth rank, but he has only absorbed three soul skills, all of which are gold-level soul skills.

There has never been a case in the world of demon spirit masters where a first-tier demon spirit has evolved to the fourth tier.

Compared to the composure of Yun Kai and the others, Yu Qiao looked completely shocked.

He refined a ninth-order demon spirit. As a genius in soul cultivation, his demon spirit was of a high level, so his growth speed was naturally fast. However, it took him two and a half years for his natal demon spirit to go from the first to the fourth order.

Lin Feng refined a first-order demon spirit and evolved it to the fourth order in just two years. Although the time difference was half a year, it seemed like there was not much difference. However, growth and evolution are two different concepts, and the difficulty is more than ten times different.

Lin Feng, as a four-star demon spirit master, absorbed four soul skills.

Even now, as a five-star demon spirit master, he has only absorbed four soul skills. He has yet to absorb one more soul skill because he is short of money and cannot find a suitable demon spirit.

Every soul skill is extremely important to a demon spirit master, and Yu Qiao doesn't want to settle for less.

Lin Feng refined a first-tier demon spirit, but it possessed a purple-gold soul skill. He refined a ninth-tier demon spirit, but it did not possess a purple-gold soul skill.

Even if he did have it, he wouldn't dare absorb it now. He would save it for his sixth or even seventh soul skill to absorb, as that would give him a better chance of success.

Why is there such a big difference between people who are all the same?

Back then, Lin Feng felt it was a pity that he had refined the dragon fish, but now he wants to slap himself in the face.

"Judging from this, Lin Feng's talent for soul cultivation is even more monstrous than Ye Qiu's."

A thought flashed through Yu Qiao's mind.

If that's the case, then Lin Feng's talent is truly terrifying.

Soul Martial Arts is equally monstrous, a combat genius, and possesses abnormal willpower. How can such a genius exist in this world?
"Since you have such talent, why did you absorb such a low-level demon spirit in the first place?" Bu Zheng asked.

"A low level has its advantages. As long as the attributes match, I can absorb any soul skill I want."

Lin Feng explained.

"It's extremely difficult for a first-tier demon spirit to advance. Even for a fourth-tier demon spirit, the success rate of absorbing the purple-gold soul skill is not high. How did you manage to succeed?" Deng Lun continued to ask.

He didn't ask Lin Feng what his first three soul skills were or what their levels were.
This is considered a secret of the demon spirit master.

If the person doesn't say anything, no one else will ask, not even the mentor.

"Spending six or seven billion to grow to the fourth tier and absorb a purple-gold soul skill should be quite normal, right?"

Deng Lun frowned slightly at Lin Feng's answer, still somewhat puzzled, but he couldn't think of any other answer besides this one.

Even he was secretly taken aback by Lin Feng's tone.

Throwing away six or seven billion? That's just the talk of a nouveau riche.

Even he wouldn't dare to be so extravagant.

That's true. If Lin Feng has the talent to refine the demon spirits on the Earth Ranking, then with so much money invested, nothing is impossible.

It only grew to the fourth rank, not directly to a high-level demon spirit, so it's not too unbelievable.

Deng Lun didn't ask any further questions. He gave a few warnings to avoid conflict with the student council and then let Lin Feng and his group of five leave.

"What do you think?" Deng Lun asked after everyone left.

“That makes some sense, but after all, it’s a first-tier demon spirit that’s being refined. No matter how monstrous the talent, its growth is limited. There must be other purposes behind it,” Bu Zheng said calmly.

"What purpose?"

"I don't know. Everyone has their own secrets. There's no need to pry."

As for the purpose, Bu Zheng had some guesses in his mind.

On the other side, Lin Feng began to make arrangements for the Jianghu Martial Arts Club.

“The student council will definitely not have the energy to suppress us within this week, and all operations and plans will continue as usual,” Lin Feng said to Gao Hai and Yang Fan.

"We only have one week left. Shouldn't we make the most of our time to train, understand each other's strengths, soul skills, and fighting styles?"

Seeing that Lin Feng still had the mood to arrange the Jianghu Martial Arts Club, Yu Qiao looked around and became somewhat impatient.

In his view, the development of the Jianghu Martial Arts Club is more important than the competition for quotas.

Even though he was confident in Lin Feng and Yun Kai's fighting abilities, individual strength and team strength are two different things.

No matter how strong five individuals are, if they don't coordinate, they are far inferior to a team whose individual strengths are not strong, but whose teamwork is excellent.

Just like the Gathering Stars Team and the Wind-Picking Team.

Juxing's individual players are all stronger than Zhaifeng, but in team matches, they are often crushed and lose more than they win.

"Also, who is this kid? Is he qualified to join our team?"

Yu Qiao's gaze swept over Yue Mingming.

He had some reservations about Yue Mingming being his teammate.

As the vice minister of the student council, he knew almost all the strong people in the school, but Yue Mingming was naturally not among them. Although he could not sense Yue Mingming's strength, Yue Mingming looked very weak.

In other words, it's something that can be dealt with with a dagger.

Yue Mingming felt somewhat resentful and angry at Yu Qiao's questioning, but facing the chief assassin of Hongyun University, he could only roll his eyes and ignore him.

"It's my team."

Lin Feng glanced at Yu Qiao and corrected him, "Also, the selection of team members, when to train, and how to train are all my arrangements. You can only obey and not complain, or I'll kick you out."

Lin Feng showed no mercy; this guy was a troublemaker and had to be suppressed from the start.

"You think you can win if you kick me?"

"Don't take yourself too seriously. You're just an insignificant character. Don't think of yourself as the core. I can just make a statement and I can pick and choose from a bunch of people. So, if you want to stay in the team, talk less and do more."

Lin Feng said seriously.

Talk less, do more.

Yu Qiao was somewhat familiar with this sentence.

Seeing that Lin Feng showed him no respect and wasn't joking, the old cunning man chuckled and shut his mouth with reason.

Lin Feng is a ruthless character; that's common knowledge.

It would be pointless to offend major powers and make threats against him.

Furthermore, in the old fox's eyes, Lin Feng was very cunning, even more treacherous and ruthless than himself.

This opportunity is hard-won. Although I don't know if I will succeed, I would really be devastated if I were kicked out of the team for talking too much nonsense.

Although the old fox is arrogant, he's not stupid.

Today, many graduates of Hongyun University remain at the school, and many still hold onto a glimmer of hope for a place.

Just as Lin Feng said, if this position were announced, it would attract hundreds of geniuses for Lin Feng to choose from.

(End of this chapter)