Chapter 294 Martial Soul City, Grand Finals (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets, and recommend!)
Yu Xiaogang paced back and forth, then stopped in front of Tang San and said, "You'll be in charge of arranging the tactics from now on!"
Tang San: "Hmm, Tailong and Huang Yuan are both power-attack type and specialize in strength, so they can serve as solid and stable front-line tanks."
"Jing Ling is an agility-based attacker, especially with his skeleton martial soul, which allows him to strike unexpectedly."
"Although Jiangzhu's healing staff doesn't boost as much as Xiao Ao's and Rongrong's, it's still one of the best in the support class."
Dai Mubai nodded in agreement, "Although the four of them, including Tailong, are not yet level 40, they are the most suitable candidates to conceal our strength. As expected of the master's personal selection."
"So, which three will we send tomorrow?"
Tang San: "You, me, Xiao Wu."
Suddenly, Dean Flander's voice came from behind them: "Little monsters, for this Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, I have specially designed a batch of brand new and cool school uniforms."
Flander placed a golden gift box on the ground, and immediately everyone gathered around.
Lin Qing chuckled as he watched this scene, knowing that the school uniform was as ugly as a slime.
The following day, the Slime Academy's main team of seven players plus four substitutes, a total of eleven, arrived at the competition venue wearing their incredibly ugly school uniforms.
After resolving another minor skirmish, the group headed into the Soto Arena.
The arena was vast and filled with spectators. In the main seat sat Ning Fengzhi, the king of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall.
After the teams from various academies entered the arena, Emperor Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Empire announced the official start of the competition.
The opponents for the match were determined by drawing lots. One minute later, the draw was completed, and the rest is self-explanatory. Slime Academy's opponent was the second team of Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.
Tang San's ten-thousand-year soul ring shocked everyone present, and in the end, Dai Mubai's White Tiger Meteor Fist wiped out the entire enemy team.
They won within a minute, and most importantly, the Slime Seven Monsters only sent three of them, which was truly formidable.
Slime's second opponent is a team from the Elephant Armor Sect, which is ranked sixth among the seven major sects and is known for its strongest defense.
Because he didn't want to reveal his strength, Yu Xiaogang gave three options.
First: Forfeit this match and conserve your strength. After all, the top five teams in the qualifiers will all advance to the knockout stage and the finals.
Second: If you field the same lineup as in the previous match, your chances of winning are probably less than one percent.
Third: You will field your full-strength lineup, but even if you win, your true strength will be fully exposed.
Tang San said, "Teacher, I understand the three situations you mentioned. But I think there is still a compromise."
"When we participate in the competition, we certainly want to win the final victory, but at the same time, we also want to improve our practical skills and adaptability."
"If we back down when faced with a strong opponent, it will have a huge impact on morale. So I think it's better to take a middle ground."
"We'll make some adjustments to our personnel so that we don't expose all our hidden strengths, but we also have enough strength to deal with our opponents."
In the last match, the three members of Team Slime remained unchanged, with Zhu Zhuqing replacing Tailong and Xiao Ao replacing Jiangzhu.
In the end, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Netherworld White Tiger, to eliminate the three strongest members of the Elephant Armor Sect.
Finally, with the help of the others, they defeated the Elephant Armor Sect and advanced to the next round.
After ten rounds of competition, Slime Academy, with an impressive record of ten wins, rightfully took first place.
During this time, a small incident occurred: Shi Nian, the teacher in charge of the Canghui Academy team, wanted to kill Tang San in order to win.
However, Tang San used the Soul-Chasing and Life-Taking Yama's Decree to kill Shi Nian, a Soul Saint, and unexpectedly obtained a Soul Bone.
In the eleventh round, Slime Academy will face Blazing Academy, a pure fire element academy with fire-based offensive, fire-based crowd control, fire-based agile attacks, and fire-based support abilities.
Slime Academy wins; Tang San's Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye grants him immunity to both ice and fire, perfectly countering Blazing Academy.
Inside Wuhun City, the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament began.
The Heaven Dou Empire, comprising fifteen teams, along with their teachers and five hundred Royal Knights soldiers, a group of over a thousand people, set off for the finals venue: Wuhun City.
The finals were not originally scheduled to be held in Wuhun City, but for some reason, the Wuhun Hall suddenly changed the venue.
The final match of this competition was held in the main city of the Spirit Hall. This city almost entirely belongs to the Spirit Hall.
It is located at the border of two great empires, neither of which owns it.
Most importantly, the Papal Palace, one of the two most prestigious halls of the Spirit Hall, is located in Spirit City.
It takes about twenty days to travel from Tiandou City to Wuhun City.
The finals weren't very long, as it was entirely a knockout tournament. There were thirty-three teams in total. The winners would be decided in less than ten days.
A group of over a thousand people set off in a grand procession. Although each college operated independently.
But since they were all representing the Heavenly Dou Empire, the atmosphere of violence was much less intense compared to the previous preliminary and qualifying rounds.
Especially those colleges with close relationships often work together.
Shrek Academy remains the most popular, but those less powerful academies are unwilling to approach them.
The Four Elements Academy may have become much more low-key after their defeat in the qualifying rounds, allowing their team members to rest better.
The Heavenly Dou Empire specially commissioned fifteen luxurious giant carriages for the participating team members to ride and rest.
From the day they set off, Shrek Academy was missing one person, a very important person. The Master.
Even the Shrek Seven Devils didn't know where Grandmaster had gone. He didn't even tell Tang San; he quietly left alone the day after the promotion tournament ended. He didn't take Liu Erlong with him either.
Yu Xiaogang probably wanted to do something for Liu Erlong's future and was preparing to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, but Lin Qing told him not to go.
The reason why they secretly followed Tang San and the others to the Spirit Hall was not for any other reason than that the competition in the Spirit Hall would end at that time.
The moment Xiao Wu's true identity was discovered, even though Lin Qing had covered for her, Lin Qing still felt it wasn't safe, so he had Yu Xiaogang secretly follow her.
Yu Xiaogang was initially not very satisfied and wanted to go back to his family to show off, but in the end he listened to Lin Qing and quietly followed behind them.
After a day of travel, Yu Xiaogang suddenly stopped and said, "Dragon King, I'm about to break through."
Chapter 295 Devouring (Please subscribe, vote for monthly tickets, and recommend!)
Yu Xiaogang: "Dragon King, I'm about to break through. Find a safe place to help me."
Lin Qing: "Alright, this time, I'm going all out. Just absorb the soul power as much as you can, even if you can't absorb any more, you have to persevere."
Yu Xiaogang: "Okay, Dragon King, don't worry. I want to gain strength more than anyone else, and I won't stop even if it means physical violence."
Lin Qing: "Alright, let's see how many levels you can reach this time. It all depends on your luck."
Unable to bear it any longer, Lin Qing prepared to use his three full-force attacks to accelerate Yu Xiaogang's breakthrough.
Over the past seven months, Lin Qing has almost reached his limit. Existing in the form of a martial spirit is just too painful.
They can't enjoy delicious food, they can't enjoy the beauty of anime, and they can't stay within five kilometers of Yu Xiaogang.
Even his sleep time cannot exceed twelve hours a day. Lin Qing is now preparing to help Yu Xiaogang break through to the Title Douluo level today.
Afterwards, Yu Xiaogang distanced himself from the main group and ran wildly for several hours until he found a small hill and went directly into a cave.
Lin Qingfei emerged and set up arrays around the cave, saying, "Alright, no one will disturb us now. You can begin!"
Yu Xiaogang nodded, then sat cross-legged, six spirit rings appeared, and he began to absorb the surrounding spirit power to break through.
Upon seeing this, Lin Qing immediately muttered in his mind, "System, use your full strength."
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Lin Qing: "Concentrate and give me the right to break through." As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible fluctuation appeared within a radius of thousands of kilometers.
Instantly, a large amount of soul power began to be drawn by this force, eventually converging towards the place where Yu Xiaogang was located.
The soul power gathered more and more, and within a radius of a hundred miles around Yu Xiaogang, the sky and earth changed color, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and a huge vortex of soul power appeared.
At the center of the vortex was none other than Yu Xiaogang. At the same time, the soul power within the entire cave was so dense that it had turned into soul liquid.
The soul liquid in the entire cave had already reached Yu Xiaogang's waist and was still rising rapidly.
Although Yu Xiaogang was trying his best to absorb it, the soul power was simply too vast. The speed at which he absorbed it was worlds apart from the speed at which the soul power condensed.
Ten seconds later, Yu Xiaogang's level broke through to level seventy, reaching the Soul Saint realm.
Lin Qing was speechless at the sight. Damn it, at this absorption speed, he might barely be able to break through to the Soul Douluo level.
This was after he had used up his full strength once. Even if Lin Qing used it a second time, it would be absolutely impossible for him to reach the level of a Title Douluo.
Yu Xiaogang's seventh spirit ring began to emerge and slowly rise. When this seventh spirit ring appeared, Yu Xiaogang's speed of absorbing spirit power suddenly increased tenfold.
Because Lin Qing is Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, Lin Qing knows all the skills that Yu Xiaogang has acquired.
Lin Qing laughed happily: "Haha, it's like a pillow coming right when I'm dozing off, this is great!"
Yu Xiaogang's seventh soul skill: Devour. {Increases soul power absorption speed tenfold; based on the current speed, the absorption speed doubles with each level increase. Can also absorb the soul power of enemies.}
That's right, it's Lin Qing's first talent, Devouring. It's a sure thing, the Title Douluo title is secure. Lin Qing knows that with this skill, Yu Xiaogang can definitely advance to the Title Douluo level.
Just as Yu Xiaogang was absorbing soul power and breaking through, Tang San and his group also encountered trouble.
Led by Yue Guan, an elder of the Spirit Hall and a titled Douluo known as Chrysanthemum Douluo, a large group of people disguised as bandits came to assassinate Tang San.
The situation on their side is extremely tense. Chrysanthemum Douluo is currently in a standoff with Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, who has suddenly appeared.
Then, another titled Douluo, Ghost Douluo, appeared: "Old Poisoner, your opponent is me."
A dark shadow flashed and instantly blocked Dugu Bo, who had transformed into the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King, with a clang echoing as they collided.
That single sound was enough to knock all the Soul Masters in the arena with Soul Power below Level 40 to the ground.
Before the knights of the Royal Knights could even whimper, their warhorses collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
"Ghosts, if you kill Tang San today, you'll face death as your revenge!" Dugu Bo was furious beyond measure.
He never imagined that Ghost and Chrysanthemum Pass, those two generals, would appear in this place at the same time.
Although he knew that Tang San would be highly valued there, he never expected that they would actually send two Title Douluos.
Dugu Bo was blocked by Ghost Douluo, so Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Tang San.
Tang San was about to activate the Yama's Decree in his hand. But just before he was about to activate it, a layer of pale golden light burst forth from Chrysanthemum Douluo's body.
His entire being became ethereal, actually breaking Tang San's Purple Demon Eye's lock-on.
The soul power he had gathered within his body to activate the Yama's Decree trembled violently, and he couldn't swing his right hand out no matter what he did.