Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 255 The Hard Gap Between Martial Souls

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As the preparation phase of the competition began, the teams for this round entered the arena and, guided by the on-site staff, walked onto their respective battlegrounds.

The little incident in the VIP section became even more subtle after Salas stood up to offer his seat to Yue Guan.

Upon seeing Tianshui Academy and Shrek Academy appear in the central arena, Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow slightly and turned to look at Xuan Ming, "You've come to see Shrek Academy?"

Xuan Ming nodded.

"Salas, how strong is this Shrek Academy student?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Shrek?" Salas was slightly taken aback, his expression becoming somewhat unnatural.

"This academy was formerly known as Blue Tyrant Academy, but it was suddenly renamed Shrek Academy about half a year ago. The academy's higher-ups..."

Salas cautiously observed Bibi Dong's expression, feeling somewhat flustered, and dared not continue speaking.

Bibi Dong glanced at Salas, "Speak."

Salas took a deep breath and mustered his courage to say, "The academy's higher-ups are the former Golden Triangle: Flander of the Flying Horn is the Dean of Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong of the Slaughter Horn is the Vice Dean, and Yu Xiaogang of the Wisdom Horn is the Chief of the Academy's Teaching Committee."

"As for the Shrek team's performance... it's a bit unexpected. Although they were very embarrassing at the opening ceremony, surrendering as soon as they entered the arena, they haven't lost a single match since then."

"In terms of record, they are the same as Tianshui Academy."

Ever since he saw Yu Xiaogang, the leader of Shrek Academy, surrender at the opening match, he had conducted an emergency investigation into the academy, just in case.

After the opening match, almost everyone regarded the Shrek team as clowns, even though they won against Elephant Armor Academy, one of the Five Elemental Academies, everyone just thought they were incredibly lucky.

However, in a corner that no one noticed, this team miraculously developed!

So far, apart from the three teams that still maintain an undefeated record—Royal Fighting, Divine Wind, and Thunder—the Shrek Team and the Tianshui and Chihuo Teams have the same record and belong to the second tier.

According to past practice, he would usually manipulate the draw to ensure that Shrek Academy faced strong teams in succession, but this time, with Shrek Academy's team leader Yu Xiaogang around, he really didn't dare to do anything reckless!

Outsiders may not know, but as a veteran of the Spirit Hall, he had a clear understanding of the situation of these two people back in Spirit City!

Although the relationship between Bibi Dong and Xuan Ming is somewhat inexplicable, their ages are considerable, and Yue Guan had brought Hu Liena to the Spirit Temple in Tian Dou City many times before. Therefore, he judged that Xuan Ming should be related to Hu Liena, and Bibi Dong, as their teacher, was the middleman.

In the second row of the VIP section, Xue Qinghe frowned slightly as he watched Salas nervously report on Shrek Academy to Bibi Dong, especially when it came to Yu Xiaogang. Salas's strange reaction of glancing at Bibi Dong's face after almost every word he said made him furrow his brow.

She sent Serpent Spear Douluo to investigate what happened in Wuhun City back then, but there were no results at all. So many old people in Wuhun City who had worked there for decades, not a single one of them could explain what happened back then.

She had previously thought that the Pope forbade her to speak out, but in the past six months, Wuhun City had been almost entirely controlled by Golden Crocodile Douluo, yet she still couldn't find anything.

It's obvious that Golden Crocodile Douluo, or even her grandfather, is keeping this information from her!
But judging from Salas's expression, this old man seems to know a lot about what happened back then...

"Yue Guan, who do you think will win this match between Shrek Academy and Tianshui Academy?" Bibi Dong asked.

“Tianshui Academy,” Yue Guan said without hesitation.

Although Shrek Academy is somewhat surprising, their control-type Soul Master's Martial Soul is just a broken Blue Silver Grass, which is absolutely no match for the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Master from Tianshui Academy.

This is an absolute difference in martial spirit!

Bibi Dong looked at Xuanming, "What do you think?"

“I’ll sit and watch,” Xuanming replied instinctively.

Bibi Dong paused slightly, then a barely perceptible smile appeared on her lips. "Be serious."

“Tianshui,” Xuanming said.

“Then I’ll bet on Shrek Academy. If you win, I’ll give you a gift later,” Bibi Dong said.

Xuanming's eye twitched slightly, a bad feeling rising within him. "There's no need for a gift, is there?"

"No, I'll give it to you, you have to take it," Bibi Dong said calmly.

"..."

The atmosphere in the VIP section grew increasingly awkward as these words sounded strangely like flirting.

Although many people thought that the Pope was stirring up trouble to snatch people away, Yue Guan, who knew the truth, just felt that this scene was too exciting!
They were flirting in front of so many people! Especially in front of Xue Qinghe!
This is much more interesting than the competition below!
At this moment, the match in the Soul Arena finally officially began.

In the central arena, Tianshui Academy faces Shrek Academy.

Under Shui Bing'er's continuous freezing, Shrek Academy's offensive formation was repeatedly disrupted, and Tang San's Blue Silver Grass completely lost its previous power. As a control-type Soul Master, he not only failed to control his opponent, but was instead controlled by him.

Moreover, the opponent, a control-type Soul Master, focused his attention on him almost the entire time, not even giving him a chance to unleash his third Soul Skill!
Facing such absolute suppression for the first time, Tang San's mentality faltered slightly, but he managed to remain calm.

"Captain, do you have a grudge against him?"

The team members from Tianshui Academy also noticed Shui Bing'er's deliberate targeting of Tang San.

Although control-type Soul Masters are the soul of a team, Shui Bing'er was clearly taking too much care of Tang San!
This is ruthless suppression! They're not giving Tang San a chance to make a move at all!
In previous matches, Shui Bing'er had never shown such favoritism to any team's control-type Soul Master.

"Don't get distracted." Shui Bing'er didn't answer. After all, it was something she really couldn't bring herself to say. She had never done anything like deliberately attacking other soul masters' souls by relying on the strength of her own soul.

Moreover, for Tang San to cultivate to this level with a useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass is already beyond reason. If she hadn't promised Xuan Ming, she really wouldn't have done such a thing.

I just hope Tang San can be stronger. After all, the gap between martial souls is indeed a cruel reality.

As the game progressed, the situation became increasingly tense.

Tianshui Academy gradually gained the upper hand with its powerful martial spirit advantage, forcing the Shrek Academy team into a desperate situation.

In particular, the gap between the two sides' control-type Soul Masters caused Shrek Academy's tactical rhythm to be disrupted. Although Dai Mubai was able to suppress Tianshui Academy's offensive-type Soul Masters, his Soul Power was being rapidly depleted under Shui Bing'er's repeated control.

"If I can't control my martial soul, then I'll control it myself." Tang San abandoned his strategy of using Blue Silver Grass to control the rhythm of the battlefield and activated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps to charge forward, intending to use his close-combat advantage to deal with Tianshui Academy.

Although Shui Bing'er didn't understand, she couldn't give Tang San such an opportunity. She locked his mind and released the ice seal again, freezing Tang San in a block of ice once more.

Mind lock?

Tang San's eyes trembled slightly. Even when he used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps, he couldn't escape this control. This was a mental lock control skill!
Even if he has the Ghostly Shadow technique, how could he possibly escape the mental tracking of a Soul Master of the control type above level 40?

"Little San!"

Dai Mubai rushed forward and activated his third soul skill to help Tang San block the attack from three soul masters from Tianshui Academy.

Taking this opportunity, Tang San also broke free from the ice and retreated back to the center of the group.

"What should we do? If this continues, we'll definitely be worn down by them," Dai Mubai said.

Tianshui Academy's offensive capabilities are not strong, but their control and attrition abilities are too strong!
The icy rain falling on them is rapidly depleting their soul power; if this continues, they will undoubtedly lose!
“If Yu Tianheng were here, we would still have the ability to forcefully attack the enemy’s control-type soul masters, but now…” Tang San frowned.

As a fellow control-type Soul Master, he had completely lost to his opponent in terms of battlefield rhythm control and overall control ability!

"Can't your third soul skill control the opponent's control-type soul master?" Dai Mubai asked.

"No, my Blue Silver Grass will be frozen by her, and her third soul skill has a strong counterattack ability, so my Triple Blue Silver Cage is very likely to be ineffective against her," Tang San said.

Although his third soul skill was so powerful that even a level 40 offensive soul master couldn't break free in a short time, the Blue Silver Cage took time to shrink. The opposing control-type soul master could freeze his Blue Silver Grass before the Blue Silver Cage finished shrinking!
This is a fundamental difference in martial spirit!
Tang San's tactical passivity led to self-doubt, further exacerbating the already disadvantaged Shrek Academy team. Finally, with the steady advance of Tianshui Academy, the entire Shrek team was frozen on the Soul Fighting Stage.

"Sister, you... really have no grudge?" Shui Yue'er's expression was somewhat strange.

Even with victory secured, they still launched such a powerful attack!

This is not like her sister at all!
"Giving your all is respect, what's with all the grudges?" Shui Bing'er was speechless.

"You're not going all out, you're clearly trying to make him depressed," Shui Yue'er said strangely.

There were clearly many times when she could have forcefully sealed the victory and ended the battle, but Shui Bing'er just kept focusing on the Blue Silver Grass Soul Master on the other side and using hard control!
Every time that person releases their Blue Silver Grass, it gets frozen! There's absolutely no chance to control the battle!

Too cruel!

This isn't about winning; it's clearly a deliberate attempt to torture him!
"Shrek Academy members are all incapacitated. Tianshui Academy wins this match!"

After the referee announced the result, Shui Bing'er also lifted the ice seal on Shrek.

Seeing Tang San with his head down, looking like a wilted eggplant, Shui Bing'er felt a little guilty and quickly led the members of the Tianshui team down.

(End of this chapter)