Douluo: Ant Power Breaks the Sky

Chapter 18 Torture
After leaving Flanders' shop, Shi Yi found a secluded place outside Soto City, then took out the crystal, knocked it open with a forging hammer, and then collected the scattered golden spots.

Golden spots of light scattered around under the setting sun, reflecting dazzling light. Shi Yi slowly squatted down. Each golden particle was very uniform in size, about the same size as a grain of rice, round all over, and flashing with a faint golden light. Shi Yi picked up a particle and squeezed it in his hand, and found that the golden particle was a little soft, but very elastic.

“It is soft enough, and after being injected with soul power it becomes extremely hard. It has some meaning of non-Newtonian fluid. Only the Tang Sect would turn such a good thing into a hidden weapon.” Shi Yi shook his head slightly.

The strength of the hair crystal increases greatly after being injected with soul power. In the original novel, it can even break Zhao Wuji's soul power body protection. Although it is enhanced by the power of Tang Sect's techniques, it also shows the high strength of the hair crystal.

"If such material is made into a triggered defensive soul guide, ordinary soul masters will find it difficult to break the defense. If it is given the function of absorbing soul power, the higher the energy level of the soul power, the harder the crystal will be. It can also absorb the opponent's soul power and make its attack invisible. I just don't know if these materials can cover the whole body. It must be quite difficult to engrave the core magic array with such tough metal. Ordinary flames may not be able to make it fuse together." Shi Yi said secretly in his heart.

With this in mind, Shi Yi also began to collect the scattered hair crystals on the ground, which is a very promising special metal.

After Shi Yi finished collecting the hair crystals, he was amazed when he looked at the bag of hair crystals. A not-so-big piece of crystal actually contained tens of thousands of hair crystals, which showed its strong ductility.

"Even if Tang San shoots tens of thousands of them, he may not be able to finish shooting them all in his lifetime." Shi Yi thought secretly.

The Dragon Beard Needle ranks quite high among Tang San's hidden weapons. This precious hidden weapon would probably only be used by Tang San at critical moments.

It's ok for ordinary hidden weapons to be unable to be retrieved once they are shot out, but once the Dragon Beard Needle is shot out, there is a high probability that it cannot be retrieved, unless you have already killed your opponent.

Shi Yi now understood why Tang San added sharp attributes to his martial soul. The advanced techniques of the Tang Sect often involved hundreds or even thousands of hidden weapons, which could be said to be like using money to hit people.

The next morning, Shi Yi left the hotel after breakfast, exited Soto City from the south gate, and headed towards his destination.

After leaving Soto City, we followed the road south. There were large tracts of farmland on both sides of the official road. Soto City’s reputation as the food capital of the Barak Kingdom was not for nothing.

Shi Yi was walking leisurely along the official road, but he found two overlapping figures appearing in his sight in front of him.

"Hey, Xiao Wu, you let Xiao San carry you on your back so early in the morning."

When Xiao Wu and Tang San heard the familiar voice, they were startled. They turned around and saw Shi Yi looking at them with a smile from behind.

Xiao Wu blushed and quickly got off Tang San, snorted at Shi Yi and said, "What does it have to do with you?"

Tang San also came to Shi Yi a little embarrassedly and greeted him: "Senior Brother, good morning."

"Xiao San, you must take care of your health." Shi Yi chuckled.

Tang San coughed slightly and said: "Senior Brother, you are joking."

Shi Yi looked at Tang San and smiled, "Let's go, today is your entrance exam."

Hearing this, Tang San was a little surprised and said, "Brother, aren't you going to school with us?"

Shi Yi smiled and shook his head, saying, "According to Shrek's requirements, I am already over the age limit. You don't have to worry about it. I will find a way to enroll in school when the time comes."

"I'm afraid that someone got in through the back door." Xiao Wu said sarcastically.

Shi Yi didn't care about the sarcasm in Xiao Wu's words. Instead, he nodded in approval and said, "Not bad, you guessed it right. I usually hate to take the back door, but I am very happy to take this back door."

"Shameless!" Xiao Wu became even angrier when she saw Shi Yi's nonchalant look.

Shi Yi laughed when he saw Xiao Wu's angry look.

"You!" Before Xiao Wu could do anything, she was pulled back by Tang San.

"Brother, you are joking. You have made great achievements in the research of spirit theory. It is not impossible for you to join the academy by using your outstanding qualities." Tang San said while pulling Xiao Wu.

"Xiao San, privileges are privileges. You are not as straightforward as Xiao Wu in this regard. Of course, privileges can be earned by yourself." Shi Yi smiled and patted Tang San on the shoulder.

After saying that, Shi Yi walked forward on his own.

Looking at Shi Yi's back, Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue at Shi Yi and snorted, "Xiao San, your senior brother is no different from those disgusting noble children."

Hearing this, Tang San showed helplessness and said nothing. In a sense, they were also people who enjoyed privileges. Coming from the Tang Sect, he naturally understood that sometimes intelligence was a privilege of being one step ahead of others.

Without the master, he wouldn't know about Shrek Academy and wouldn't have come here at all. After all these years of getting along, Tang San has a certain understanding of Shi Yi. Many times, even his teacher could not influence the choice of this senior brother, and Shi Yi has always been a person who would not suffer any loss. Since Shi Yi has also come here, it means that this academy must be extraordinary.

"Okay, let's go take a look too." Tang San said to Xiao Wu to comfort her.

Soon, Shi Yi came to a small village. Seeing a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the village, Shi Yi knew that he had come to the right place. Tang San and Xiao Wu were also queuing at the entrance of the village.

Shi Yi did not line up like Tang San and Xiao Wu. He bypassed the registration line and headed towards the village.

After searching in the village for a while, a kind-hearted villager soon brought Shi Yi to the village chief's house.

Shi Yi explained his purpose and expressed his willingness to rent two houses next to Shrek Academy in Flanders.

After learning about Shi Yi's identity as a soul master and the purpose of his visit, the village chief immediately became enthusiastic.

Soon, Shi Yi followed the village chief to two houses near Shrek. Although they were not small, it was obvious that no one had lived in them for a long time.

Shi Yi took a casual look around and saw that there were no major problems with the house, so he readily paid his rent. The village chief enthusiastically called two people to help Shi Yi clean up the house.

Shi Yi prefers quietness and doesn't like living with anyone, unless it's a taciturn person like Yu Xiaogang.

Looking at the tidy house, Shi Yi also took out the bedding from his soul guide. Most of the commonly used furniture was still in the house. In the other room, Shi Yi planned to turn it into his own research place.

"After being in this world for so long, I finally found my own place and laboratory." Shi Yi murmured while lying on the bed.

The feeling of lying alone in bed reminded Shi Yi of the time when he worked hard alone in his previous life.

After an unknown amount of time, a strong soul power fluctuation came. Feeling this strong soul power fluctuation, Shi Yi slightly raised the corners of his mouth and secretly said in his heart: "Xiao San, accept the few tortures in your life."

Today's Tang San is not a control-type soul master. The Blue Silver Grass with only two soul rings cannot break the defense of Zhao Wuji's Mighty King Kong Bear. It can even be said that Tang San's way of developing Blue Silver Grass is naturally countered by Zhao Wuji. In addition, the Hair Crystal is still in his hands, and he has lost his only means of winning. If nothing unexpected happens, Tang San, the strong attack-type soul master, will be severely tortured by Zhao Wuji. Of course, Haozi will help fight back at night.

"I can't miss such a good show."

Thinking of this, Shi Yi slowly stood up, closed the door casually, and went in the direction where the soul power fluctuations came from.

Shrek was the next-door neighbor in the house that the village chief arranged for Shi Yi. Soon Shi Yi passed through several big trees and came to an open space.

At this time, Tang San had already brought the other three to fight with Zhao Wuji.

A man came to Shi Yi. He was about 1.8 meters tall, taller than him. He looked young, with broad shoulders, handsome and resolute. He had long golden hair that was spread out behind his back and fell to nearly his waist.

What caught people's attention the most was his eyes. They were a pair of evil eyes, with double pupils in both eyes.
"Who are you? Shrek Academy is not a place you can just barge in." Dai Mubai asked bluntly.

Shi Yi smiled slightly, pointed at Tang San who was struggling to dodge using the Ghost Shadow Mirage Technique, and said: "I am his senior brother, come and see."

Dai Mubai's expression relaxed upon hearing this, and he said to Shi Yi, "Are you here to join the academy?"

Shi Yi nodded and said, "Well... you could say that, but I'm over twelve years old, so I didn't sign up."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai nodded slightly and said nothing more, but a barely perceptible hint of disdain flashed across his evil eyes.

Seeing that Dai Mubai stopped talking, Shi Yi also turned his gaze to the scene.

The situation was similar to what Shi Yi had estimated. The Blue Silver Grass lacked control. Although Tang San's frequency of shooting hidden weapons increased, his influence on the battle situation decreased. In the hands of a Soul Sage with rich combat experience like Zhao Wuji, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were quickly eliminated, leaving Tang San alone to deal with Zhao Wuji using Ghost Shadow.

Seeing Xiao Wu injured, the hidden weapons shot by Tang San became more fierce, basically aiming at Zhao Wuji's lower body, making Shi Yi feel a chill in his crotch. However, Tang San did not propose a duel with Zhao Wuji as in the original novel. Presumably, Tang San himself discovered the shortcomings of the strong attack system.

Shi Yi understood that this was just a slow death. With Zhao Wuji's defensive ability, he could completely ignore the hidden weapons and blue silver grass shot by Tang San, but people always get tired.

At this time, the disadvantages of Tang San's original choice of development route were revealed without reservation. Shi Yi believed that Tang San's choice of route would make him unbeatable in a duel of the same level, and it also raised the upper limit of the future Clear Sky Hammer. However, the disadvantage of the strong attack system was also obvious, which was that it was easy to be restrained.

In a team battle, you will be restrained not only by the control system but also by the defense system. When the opponent's offensive system surpasses you in strength, it will also restrain you. However, the control system is a panacea. Yu Xiaogang's plan chose to retain the most important control while leaning towards the Clear Sky Hammer. After all, Yu Xiaogang did not know that Tang San's martial soul was the unawakened Blue Silver Emperor. Yu Xiaogang's plan was actually not bad. At least there were more things that could be done in the current situation.

At this moment, Tang San's figure kept moving around the field, and a feeling of powerlessness filled his whole body. He always believed that his development plan was the best choice. Even in the Rose Hotel, even if he met Dai Mubai, he could win by relying on his Tang Sect's unique skills. But at this moment, he was somewhat doubtful of himself.

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding…

Countless blue silver grass leaves, carrying sharp energy, hit Zhao Wuji's body, crackling. At this moment, Tang San understood that Zhao Wuji's cultivation was too high, and he lacked the means to win with one strike.

"Little monkey, besides these, do you have no other tricks?" Zhao Wuji said to Tang San.

After that, a strong golden light burst out almost instantly, and a roar suddenly sounded, "Roar..."

In that strong golden light, everything Tang San did became useless. The violent shock force made Tang San spit out blood in the air, his whole body felt numb and his internal organs were burning.

"It's over, little monkey." Zhao Wuji retracted his martial spirit and slowly came to Tang San.

"Teacher Zhao, look..." Dai Mubai hurriedly trotted over and said to Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji immediately slapped Dai Mubai on the back of his head with a palm-leaf fan-like slap, and said unhappily: "Do you still need to ask? They have already passed the test. Do you really expect them to beat me? If I let them run away, won't Flanders scold me to death? Let Oscar come and help them recover."

"Yes, yes, yes..." Dai Mubai responded quickly.

At this time, Zhao Wuji also found Shi Yi who had been standing on the sidelines. He pointed at Shi Yi and asked Dai Mubai, "What does this guy do?"

Dai Mubai said quickly: "He said he was Tang San's senior brother. He wanted to sign up but he was already over twelve years old. He just came here to take a look."

Zhao Wuji nodded and said, "Since he is the elder brother of this little monkey, he is also a relative. Take him to find a place to live, so that outsiders will not say that we Shrek do not know how to entertain guests."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yi bowed slightly to Zhao Wuji and chuckled, "No need to trouble you, Senior. I have already rented a house in the village and will stay here for a while."

Zhao Wuji also nodded slightly, and then said to Dai Mubai: "Go and arrange dormitories for the new little monsters."

Seeing that there was no excitement, Shi Yi slowly returned to his room.

After returning to the room, Shi Yi felt a little hungry. Thinking of the food situation in Shrek Academy, Shi Yi felt helpless.

"I was so busy buying materials that I forgot about this. I have to go to Soto City to buy some supplies. Won't I become malnourished by eating in this cafeteria?" Shi Yi thought to himself.

Then, Shi Yi slowly stood up and headed towards Soto City.

(End of this chapter)