In Douluo, there is a way to die.

Chapter 134 You naturally evil brat, I'll...

In her previous life, when Yinlan clashed with the "Tang Sect disciples," one of the funniest theories she came up with was the "theory that soul rings and soul bones are useless."

Specifically, Tang Sect disciples raised the following points.

First, in the Douluo Universe, transcendent spirit rings and spirit bones are a joke. No matter how transcendent an ordinary person's spirit ring and spirit bone configuration is, it is still difficult to overcome Huo Yuhao's mountain. They are not even worthy of carrying Huo Yuhao's shoes. However, Huo Yuhao only managed to fight Di Tian to a draw after exerting all his strength. This shows that transcendent spirit rings and spirit bones can never cross these two insurmountable barriers. Therefore, transcendent spirit ring and spirit bone configurations are just bragging and useless.

Secondly, the other party argued that the truly useful things in Douluo Continent are those related to gods, namely divine power, divine body, divine essence, divine skills, and divine artifacts. They claimed that super-limited spirit rings and spirit bones are utterly useless. Moreover, they argued that once a divine trial is conducted, even the trash spirit rings from the early stages can be replaced. They questioned whether spirit rings could have much of an impact in the later stages.
Third, the other party pointed out that divine power, divine body, divine essence, and divine skills can all be cultivated by oneself, and divine artifacts can also be obtained through divine trials and inheritance, which are ten thousand times more useful than spirit rings. This is why Tang San is so powerful. Even if Tang San's spirit ring configuration were swapped with Qian Renxue's, Tang San could still beat Qian Renxue to a pulp.

Well, this person's logic is a bit off; it's like his left and right brains are fighting each other. Even after twelve years of Yinlan's reincarnation, he still can't figure out how he came up with these theories.

The biggest reason why the top combat power on Douluo Star cannot be significantly different is that Douluo Star has locked the level cap of the extraordinary. This means that no matter what means a Soul Master uses or at what age they become a Limit Douluo, without considering special circumstances such as the quality and compatibility of their self-created Soul Skills and Martial Souls, it is indeed difficult for the strength of the two sides to be significantly different, because everyone is at level 99.

However, the age at which each of them reached level 99 depends on the factors of their spirit rings and spirit bones.
Because the power gap between strong individuals in the later stages can only be widened through divine power, divine body, divine essence, divine skills, and divine artifacts, it's concluded that transcendent spirit rings and spirit bones are a joke. But then the question arises: aren't these things only attainable after reaching a god-like level? Didn't you need to develop when you were still a mortal on Douluo Star? How could you be born a god? Why don't you just say you transmigrated into the body of the Creator God?
As we all know, the prerequisite for cultivating god-level abilities is to have at least level 99 strength. When he was still a soul master below level 10 in the early stages, he didn't think about how to quickly increase his level. Instead, he thought that he could just deal with the soul rings and soul bones casually, since he could easily replace them in the future when there was a divine test. Then he went to study those powers that even a level 99 Limit Douluo might not be able to cultivate and that were related to god-level abilities.

Isn't that a bit too funny? If someone could actually master a divine skill in the very early stages of the mortal cultivation system in the Douluo Universe, there's only one answer: you're the reincarnation of a God King, reborn as Tang San (laughs)!
The greatest function of transcendent spirit rings and spirit bones is to help spirit masters who are still in the mortal stage to quickly level up, shorten the early training time, widen the gap with their peers, and even surpass their predecessors, so that they can reach the Limit Douluo level at a young age and then try to reach the god level by relying on their talent and plenty of time.

Without early-stage transcendent spirit rings and spirit bones to lay a foundation and quickly level up, how can one progress to the later stages? Tang San absorbed a two-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider for his third spirit ring, yet he still leveled up twice.

With the minimum configuration of two yellow, two purple, and five black soul masters, it's questionable whether one can wield a divine artifact, how much power one can unleash with divine skills, let alone divine power, divine body, and divine essence. How could such physical qualities be achieved through brute force? The most serious problem is, with this configuration, how long would it take to reach level 99?
On Douluo Star, there is indeed a benchmark for cultivation speed that can barely be considered as having innate full soul power: Tang Hao, 69 years old and level 97. Although he has suffered from hidden injuries that have caused his cultivation progress to be slow for twelve years, twelve years ago, "A Yin's" soul ring allowed him to break through from level 90, a quasi-titled Douluo, to level 93 in one fell swoop, making up for this problem. In other words, his cultivation speed should be on par with that of a normal titled Douluo with two yellow, two purple, and five black soul rings and innate full soul power.

If spirit rings aren't important, let Tang San try equipping a bunch of trash spirit rings. Would Poseidon, the Sea God, even notice him, give him a divine test, and allow him the opportunity to replace those trash spirit rings? In the original history, Tang San himself was pursuing accelerated leveling up through super-limit spirit ring configurations!
If Qian Daoliu hadn't been so cautious, allowing Qian Renxue to focus on cultivation and absorb the transcendent soul rings and soul bones to accelerate her level up, she would have become a god at the age of 23 long ago. Would Tang San even have been in the picture?

The funniest one is the last one, where if you swap Qian Renxue and Tang San's setups, Tang San can also beat Qian Renxue to a pulp. Yin Lan has no idea how he came to this conclusion.

As everyone knows, Tang San is the most pathetic male protagonist. He has resources far exceeding those of his peers, a cheat code from his past life, and even thirteen years of development time from his opponents. In the end, he still couldn't beat his peers and had to rely on a resurrection match. Even after being resurrected, he still couldn't win. He then had Xiao Wu sacrifice herself a second time, creating a situation where two gods coexisted, before he finally managed to turn the tide and win.

Dude, are you even a male protagonist? Even if you can't kill enemies above your level, shouldn't you at least be able to take on multiple enemies of the same level?
Before the Godly Exam, Qian Renxue only had a basic setup of two yellow, two purple, and five black! Only Bibi Dong's setup was somewhat better, but it wasn't much better. She took the Godly Exam for twenty-five years, and not only did she not receive any rewards, she was also penalized one level. It was ridiculous.

This shows that Tang San's inability to defeat opponents of the same level is not due to issues with his spirit rings or spirit bones, but simply because he is weak. With so many opportunities, such as obtaining the Tang Sect's secret manual and standing on the shoulders of giants, he can even stage a "sacrifice and torture romance." His skill level is high enough to sit at the same table as Zhang Gonggong from the Infinite Fanfiction next door.

This is the difference between "early-stage resources" and "late-stage resources." The importance of "exceeding limits in spirit rings and spirit bones" in the early stages is evident in the differences between Qin Ming, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

Qin Ming, 34 years old, level 59 Soul King, with two yellow and three purple soul rings. Most importantly, according to the records of the Spirit Hall, his martial soul is the benign mutated martial soul, the Blazing Wolf, and his innate soul power is level nine.

This means that when he was young, he could use this talent as a stepping stone. No matter which faction he went to, he would receive the maximum resources to nurture him. In this era, there are very few people with innate soul power exceeding level five!

If he hadn't studied at Shrek Academy, according to Yin Lan's estimation, even if he had the most basic standard Soul Master configuration, he should at least be a Soul Saint by now. And if his fourth Soul Ring could reach the level of absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring beyond the limit, estimating that he had the cultivation of a Soul Douluo might be a bit of an exaggeration, but he would definitely be a high-level Soul Saint.

Originally, all the historical figures related to the main characters were under Yin Lan's close attention. According to Qin Ming's records, he reached level 30 at the age of fourteen and level 40 at the age of twenty, which was indeed beyond the reach of many so-called "geniuses" in this era. But thinking about it carefully, it took six years to advance ten levels. Is this really not Shrek Academy dragging down the team?
Now let's look at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Yin Lan has provided them with good food and drink since they were young, trained them with the most scientific methods, combined with reasonable medicinal baths and diets, and regularly tempered their spiritual sea, steadily improving their physical fitness and mental strength at the same time. This is why they have achieved what they have today, and have even surpassed the golden generation.

What does it mean to have the magnanimity of a Douluo Continent heiress? (Tactical lean back)
Dugu Yan is twenty years old this year. With the help of Gu Yuena, her martial soul has also entered the position of true dragon and is given the real name of "Holy Dragon". Although she still considers herself a "control type" soul master, in fact her physical strength is much greater than that of the same level of power attack type soul masters!
Ye Lingling is a few months younger than her, and her martial soul is also the top-tier life martial soul, Nine Heart Begonia. Although she is a support-type soul master, Yin Lan has taught her some self-defense techniques over the years, so that she is not helpless when attacked by enemies.

Just running is useless. Training should be comprehensive and targeted, with each step interconnected. Just listen to Flander's PUA tactics on Ning Rongrong for fun, like "There's no mercy on the battlefield, if you run fast now you can save your life," what a load of rubbish.

Under what circumstances would a support-type Soul Master be forced to flee? The answer is, of course, when all the front-line Soul Masters are dead. But in this situation, can a support-type Soul Master really escape? Will the enemy give them a chance to run away? No matter how fast they run, can they evade the enemy's pursuit?

Instead of wasting time running, it would be better to figure out how to help support-type Soul Masters level up faster and give more buffs to front-line Soul Masters to win the battle. Once on the battlefield, there are only two outcomes: win or lose. Is life or death something that can be determined by how fast you run? Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling looked at Qin Ming with cold eyes and unfriendly expressions. Although their cultivation levels were several levels lower than Qin Ming's, they were both Soul Kings. The pressure brought by the super-limit Soul Ring configuration was something that a low-level Soul King like Qin Ming could not bear.

"This is impossible...this is impossible!!" Qin Ming's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief. "You are Soul Kings...how could you possibly be Soul Kings?! How old are you?!"

People from Shrek Academy have always had a strange sense of self-confidence. This inexplicable self-confidence allows them to challenge the strong even when their strength is low, disregarding the rules of the Soul Master world. They call it "monster spirit."

After receiving strong support from the three education commissioners, he became even more arrogant.

But now, it seems that something in Qin Ming's heart has shattered into pieces, like glass.

"Teacher Qin Ming, you'd better listen to my reasoning when I'm trying to reason with you," Yin Lan said with a familiar, wicked smile. "If you want to talk to me about physics, I can talk to you about physics too!"

The other members of the Royal Fighting Team, except for Oslo, were all petrified on the spot. The strength displayed by Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling refreshed everyone's understanding.

We're all the same age, how come you're two levels ahead of us?! Douluo people are all incredibly strong, and it's inevitable to feel a little ashamed that our cultivation has been surpassed by so many girls in the team.

As for Yin Lan's cultivation level... everyone secretly glanced at Yin Lan again. Yu Feng couldn't help but nudge his good brother beside him and give him an inquiring look.

"Don't ask me, I don't know. Anyway, I can't beat Sister Lan. I've never been able to beat her since we were kids. Sister Lan could easily beat me with one hand," Oslo had already anticipated today's situation. Could someone personally trained by Yin Lan be a simple person? However, as one of those who were just giving up, he had long since come to terms with it. He shrugged and casually replied, "Otherwise, why do you think I've willingly called her Sister Lan all these years?"

Yu Feng had no idea that he genuinely and willingly addressed Yin Lan that way. He joined the Royal Fighting Team relatively late and simply followed Osro's lead in calling her "Sister Lan," just to "do as the Romans do." He had gotten used to calling her that over the years and had no idea that Osro had such a reason.

The other members of the Royal Fighting Team didn't know this either. They only knew that when Yinlan entered the academy, she beat up a lot of unscrupulous noble children, but they could easily deal with those frivolous and lazy guys as well.

One day, they suddenly realized that apart from Osro, the rest of the team seemed to know very little about this "daughter of the Blue Silver Douluo". Over the years, their relationship had stopped at knowing that the other was the real captain of the Royal Fighting Team.

Compared to Yin Lan, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling come to Tian Dou Royal Academy more often. They are usually very kind to others, but upon closer reflection, they also don't know how strong the two of them really are. Is this the result of "special training"?
"The number one person below the Soul Sect"... An indescribable sense of shame rose from the bottom of his heart. Yu Tianheng's eyes twitched and he clenched his fists.

Only then did Qin Ming finally seem to understand something, breaking free from his previous near-collapse state. His voice was filled with anger as he roared, "Yes, it's impossible! What kind of evil methods did you use to squeeze out their potential! Don't you know that doing this is damaging your own talent?"

Yes, he suddenly realized that if they weren't "monsters" from Shrek Academy, how could they have such outrageous cultivation levels? There was only one answer: Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling must have used some external object to forcibly raise their cultivation levels!
External things are not the right path, and they can't go very far in the end. They are not of great use. It's a pity that these children have such talent. If they were at Shrek Academy, Dean Flander and the others would have been able to let them cultivate steadily and practically. Why did it have to come to this?
Qin Ming sighed a few times and looked at the girls with a pitying gaze.

Now it was Yinlan's turn to show an incredulous expression. In just a few breaths, this guy had actually brainwashed himself!

Oh my god!

Seeing the expression on Yinlan's face, Qin Ming realized he had hit the nail on the head. He immediately snorted coldly, "How dare you harm your classmate like this, you naturally evil little devil! What are you up to? I'll report this to the three education committee members right now and have them uphold justice!"

As he spoke, he made a move to leave.

"Who let you leave?"

Suddenly, a strange, childlike voice rang out beside Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang, who had been watching the drama unfold.

(End of this chapter)