Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 139 Beginning

Still on the arena in front of the teaching building.

When Lin Xingyu brought the first- and second-year students to participate in the competition.

The stands were already packed with people early on.

Almost all the students from grades one, two, and three attended the competition, and many students from grades five and six also came.

The standard for entering Shrek Academy's inner courtyard is to become a one-word battle armor master before the age of twenty-five. The students in the fifth and sixth grades are basically all over twenty-five years old.

Therefore, even if someone becomes a One-Word Battle Armor Master at this point in time, they will not be able to enter the inner courtyard.

They are not so strict with themselves, so they have plenty of free time.

There are many reasons why they remain at the academy at this stage, some of which are simply to obtain a diploma from Shrek Academy's outer college.

As a sacred place for soul masters for thousands of years, even a diploma from the outer academy is highly valuable.

It's much better than those shady colleges that have their names on the outside.

After all, they earned their money through genuine hard work, not through personal recommendations.

The second reason is that I want to make more connections. Most of the students who graduate from Shrek Academy start as Soul Saints and will be in the middle to upper ranks wherever they go in the future.

Building connections now will come in handy someday.

On the contrary, the fourth-year students came the fewest. They are in the final stage. If things go smoothly, they can enter the inner courtyard. If things don't go smoothly, they can only stay in the outer courtyard.

They are actually the group that seizes time the most; apart from a few who are just slacking off, no one pays much attention to other things.

On the podium, Ya Li, Zhuo Shi, Feng Wu Yu, Old Li, and Cai Yue'er were still there.

As for the referee for this competition, it was no longer Shen Yi or Song Lin, the third-year homeroom teacher, but Cai Yue'er, the dean of the Foreign Languages ​​Department.

"How are your preparations going?" Wu Changkong asked, looking at the students who had walked up to him. His cold face remained expressionless as always.

"no problem!"

Just you wait and see!

"You're guaranteed to win!"

……

The participants responded enthusiastically.

Looking at the contestants, Wu Changkong nodded silently. Regardless of whether they could win or not, having this fighting spirit was a good thing.

"This exchange match is different from the previous ones. It consists of five matches, all of which are battles. There is no competition of secondary professions. In the end, Soul Masters are still respected for their strength."

"There will be a total of five matches: three individual matches, one duo match, and one seven-person match. The individual matches will be worth three points, the duo matches two points, and the team matches five points. Lin Xingyu, you can decide on the specific tactics. We won't interfere."

After explaining the details of the competition, Wu Changkong turned and walked a short distance away, appearing completely indifferent.

After Wu Changkong finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Lin Xingyu. Lin Xingyu, however, was quite calm despite some inner turmoil.

In this competition, getting six points is enough to secure a win. I only need to play one individual match and one team match to basically lock in victory.

Therefore, he was quite casual about choosing teammates before. Losing was out of the question; it was all about how to win and by how many points.

"In the singles competition, you'll go first in the first round, and then in the second round..."

At this point, Lin Xingyu hesitated for a moment. He definitely couldn't let Ye Xinglan go. Even if her sword intent was strong, it was only at the third ring now. It would be too disadvantageous for her to fight a fourth ring directly.

Looking at the remaining few people, Lin Xingyu hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said with narrowed eyes.

"Gu Yue, it's your second match."

Since you've elevated your talent to such a high level, then go for it, Pikachu!

"Okay." Gu Yue nodded indifferently in agreement.

"As for the last match, I'll take it."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourselves. The other side has been training for six years longer than us, so it will be difficult to defeat them. Just do your best. I'll give you a safety net at the end."

After Lin Xingyu finished speaking, he quietly observed the reactions of these people, and their performance satisfied him.

Apart from Xu Xiaoyan, who wore a cheerful, goofy expression, the remaining people suddenly seemed to become serious.

"Captain, how do we play two against two with this arrangement?" Tang Wulin asked.

"We'll forgo the two-on-two and try to win the team fight later. But speaking of two-on-two, who wants to go up and practice a bit and try to get some performance points?" Lin Xingyu explained his idea.

Hearing Lin Xingyu's explanation, the remaining people were somewhat tempted.

All you need to do is go out there and show your best, regardless of winning or losing. Just play well. Such opportunities are rare.

However, once you participate in a 2v2 match, it will be difficult to participate in subsequent team battles, and you definitely won't be able to recover your form by then.

On the other side, on the third-grade preparation stage, Song Lin was arranging tactics for her students.

"You should all be familiar with the situation in the first year. The two strongest among them are Lin Xingyu and Wu Siduo. Lin Xingyu's soul ring configuration indicates that his various abilities are extremely strong."

"Wu Siduo's self-fusion martial soul technique is definitely a trump card in one-on-one combat."

"The first match will be Ye Wu, the second Mo Jue, and the third Li Qiankun."

No one objected to Song Lin's arrangements. Song Lin had people find out everything about the competition at the beginning of the semester and the competition two months ago.

She carefully examined the situation on the other side, then showed their intelligence to her students. After reading it, even Ye Wu, who was usually quite arrogant, immediately became well-behaved.

After comparing the two groups, it became clear that the third-year students weren't guaranteed a win. This year's freshmen seemed abnormally strong.

As a result, tactical arrangements had to be made carefully. Just as a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, she directly assigned both of her class's One-Word Battle Armor Masters to one-on-one combat.

That way, we'll be able to win the previous few games no matter what.

Furthermore, after the individual matches, the trainees will have enough time to recover before they can participate in the team matches.

This can be considered the safest arrangement.

"Please welcome the first participants from both sides to the stage."

Cai Yue'er transformed into a streak of silver light and landed on the competition stage. After explaining the rules, she directly announced the start of the competition, and then both sides took the stage.

Wu Siduo stood up abruptly, her eyes suddenly sharpening like a tiger descending a mountain, radiating a dangerous aura.

"come on!"

As Wu Siduo passed by Lin Xingyu, he spoke softly.

Wu Siduo nodded almost imperceptibly, her expression unchanged, and walked directly onto the arena.

Wu Siduo and Ye Wu slowly walked onto the stage.

Seeing the two people walking towards the arena at the same time, Lin Xingyu's expression turned strange for a moment. He really didn't know who the other side would send to the stage.

After all, there were significant changes between the first-year and second-year participants, so he directly arranged for Wu Siduo to play the first match, but unexpectedly, she still ran into Ye Wu.

"Game start!"

As Cai Yue'er's voice rang out.

Wu Siduo and Ye Wu simultaneously released their martial souls. Ye Wu's martial soul was a flame body, and her fighting style was to directly increase her own impact speed and gain extremely strong power by colliding with her opponent at high speed.

In addition, the fiery eyes attached to his body can often cause great damage.

After their first clash, Wu Siduo suffered a minor setback and immediately released her battle armor.

Looking at Wu Siduo, it was as if the battle armor parts were directly emerging from her body.

Ye Wu looked on with envy and took out a metal part from his storage soul tool and put it on.

The battle armor components made of spirit metal are not only more spiritual and more powerful, but also form the basis of two-word battle armor.

His weapons were all made of ordinary metal, and although there were many of them, they were not a coherent system and their power was only on par with his opponent's.

The two sides did not clash many times before Wu Siduo directly entered the Netherworld White Tiger state.

The battle armor on her body transformed into light and was imprinted on her, turning her into a white tiger shimmering with illusory light.

After another clash, Ye Wu realized he was no match for Wu Siduo and chose to flee. Although he was quite fast, he was not agile enough and was intercepted and killed by Wu Siduo.

"The first and second graders won the first match. After a 15-minute break, the second match will begin." Cai Yue'er glanced at both teams and announced the result.

After bowing, Wu Siduo walked directly back to her own preparation platform.

"Sildora, you played well. How does it feel?" Yuanen Yehui said.

Over the course of two months, the relationships among the group have grown considerably, and once they have a common enemy, they gradually band together with the others.

During these two months, the third graders were the common enemy.

During the training, Yuan Enhui did not hide her female identity, which made her even closer to Wu Siduo.

"He's alright, but his skill level is a bit lacking. In a way, he's a bit like the class monitor."

"Wu Siduo suddenly said."

"Where do they look alike? I don't see any resemblance between him and Xingyu," Xu Xiaoyan asked curiously.

Wu Siduo said with a strange expression, "They both play with fire, and in close combat, they both use speed to generate tremendous impact."

"It's just that it's far inferior to the squad leader. The flames are not nearly as powerful as the captain's, the speed is much slower than the captain's burst of speed, and the strength is even more incomparable. The two are not even in the same league. When I fight the captain, I can hardly see the captain's speed, but when I fight him, I can feel exactly where he is going to run."

Hearing Wu Siduo say this, Xu Xiaoyan couldn't help but nod: "Now that you mention it, the two sides' fighting styles are indeed quite similar."

At this point, Xu Xiaoyan couldn't help but chuckle, "We've done a lot of research on the captain's tactics lately, so he's unlucky to run into us."

The others couldn't help but laugh as well.

Lin Xingyu couldn't help but roll his eyes. A bunch of unfilial children. I'm so good to you, and you're even studying how to play against me.

……

Fifteen minutes later, Gu Yue slowly walked onto the arena.

Walking towards us was Mo Jue, the vice class monitor of the third grade.

He and Li Qiankun are currently the only two Soul King One-Word Battle Armor Masters among the third-year students.

However, Mo Jue's progress is a bit slower than Li Qiankun's. He has just broken through to the Soul King level and has just completed his One-Word Battle Armor.

Watching Gu Yue walk towards the arena, Cai Yue'er's eyes held an indescribable complexity, filled with a multitude of emotions. Gu Yue, on the other hand, calmly gazed at his opponent, his dark eyes like unfathomable pools.

I didn't pay attention to anyone else the whole time.

They are nothing but fleeting creatures, born in the morning and dying at dusk.

Finally, Cai Yue'er reluctantly withdrew her gaze from Gu Yue and announced, "The competition begins!"

Three purple and one black spirit rings slowly rose around Gu Yue's body.

On the other hand, Mo Jue had five purple spirit rings around her body. Her spirit power was level 50.

In this era of spirits, spirits can provide spirit masters with very little spirit power, especially since they can only provide spirit power during the first fusion.

Therefore, although Soul Masters of this era obtained Soul Rings and Soul Skills after breaking through, their Soul Power remained unchanged.

Looking at the ten-thousand-year-old soul ring on Gu Yue's body, Mo Jue was initially envious, but then his expression became serious.

Regardless of whether the ten-thousand-year soul ring on the other side was provided by a soul spirit or obtained by hunting soul beasts.

If it's provided by a spirit, then her spiritual power is definitely not low.

If it was obtained by hunting soul beasts, then it would be even more terrifying. The mental strength could withstand the impact of the soul, and there were so many connections. You must know that in this era, ten-thousand-year soul beasts are more precious than ten-thousand-year soul spirits.

Mo Jue's own second soul spirit is only a thousand years old, and it would take an unknown amount of resources and time to upgrade it to ten thousand years.

The advancement of a soul from a thousand years to ten thousand years is a significant hurdle. The Ascension Platform can elevate a soul to nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years. This final step requires the soul master to provide sufficient enlightenment and also to offer enough precious resources.

This step is not easy. Some titled Douluo have no shortage of resources, but their souls are still a thousand years old. Everyone knows why.

This step has tripped up countless people; one of the requirements for Shrek Academy's internal assessments is to possess a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

As the Black Swan Martial Soul possessed her, patches of black feathers appeared in Mo Jue's long hair. These black feathers then gradually spread throughout her body, and her surroundings suddenly became dim.

A headband appeared on Gu Yue's head, gauntlets appeared on his hands, and silver light shone in his eyes.

She planned to go all out right from the start!

Mo Jue's first spirit ring lit up, and he pointed his right hand at Gu Yue.

A black skull head hurtled straight toward Gu Yue.

Curse of Weakness!

Ignoring physical and elemental methods can put the opponent into a weakened state for ten seconds, suppressing their soul power by at least 20%!

The ancient woman casually pointed forward with her right hand, and the light elements in the air gathered in her hand, turning into a golden ray that directly obliterated the black skull.

Whether it's adding spiritual power or purifying with light elements, Gu Yue has too many ways to annihilate the opponent's soul skills.

Mo Jue's expression changed. Annihilating the soul skill she released was nothing, but she felt suppression in the light element released by the other party!
Light and darkness are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. Although my total soul power is slightly greater, the opponent's attribute strength is significantly stronger than mine.

On the other side, as Gu Yue formed several complex hand seals, the silver light in his eyes shone even brighter.

The light elements in the air immediately gathered around her as if they had found their backbone.

Suddenly, a golden ocean formed around the ancient moon.

The intense fluctuations in light element even caused the soul-guiding shield to fluctuate.

At that moment, the fire element also boiled over, and the two intertwined and merged.

Without hesitation, Mo Jue unleashed a dark green light from her right hand. It then landed on her chest, and pieces of dark green armor quickly adhered to her body.

Her limbs, torso, and head were each covered in armor, and her aura rapidly intensified several times over. Dark green flames also ignited around her.

Although she was forced to use her battle armor by the opponent, she vaguely sensed that the opponent possessed an extreme attribute.

Mo Jue herself is not good at close combat, and her attributes are countered by ranged mages. Without her battle armor, she really can't defeat her opponents.

(End of this chapter)