Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

Le Zhengyu, who was the first to be eliminated, stood outside the arena with a very grim expression. This was because he had not been able to unleash his true strength in this battle, and he had not even had a chance to use the trump card that he and Yuan Enhui had painstakingly developed.

This is simply the consequence of lacking a control-type Soul Master. The rhythm of the battle on the field is completely dictated by the opponent, and they are eliminated before they can even use their full abilities.

"Well, any objections?" Chu Ci asked with a smile as he approached Yuan En Ye Hui and Le Zheng Yu.

Yuan Enhui gritted his teeth and said, "If there are no objections, we'll do it your way."

Finally, the lineup for the challenge match between first and second graders and Class 1 of third graders was finalized.

Three one-on-one matches: Chu Ci, Gu Yue, and Yuan En Ye Hui.

Two against two, Wu Siduo and Luo Guixing.

Seven against seven, Captain: Tang Wulin, Vice Captain: Yuan Enyehui, Team Members: Ye Xinglan, Xie Xie, Le Zhengyu, Xu Yan, Xu Lizhi.

The match will be held next Friday.

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A week passed quickly, and the competition date for the third-grade challenge arrived soon.

During this time, Chu Ci stayed quietly at Shrek Academy for his training and never stepped out of the academy.

His aunt, Su Mengjun, sent him a message telling him that the Holy Spirit Cult had recently become active again, and that he should stay obediently at Shrek Academy and not go anywhere else.

Su Mengjun also told Chu Ci that the master craftsman Zhenhua had recently been assassinated by an evil soul master. Although the assassin failed, Zhenhua was seriously injured and announced that he would go into seclusion and would not forge again until he emerged from seclusion.

This terrified all the forces involved, and the purge of evil spirit masters was launched once again.

The newly formed police force performed exceptionally well in this operation. Among them, the Source Soul Armor's outstanding performance made its existence widely known to the Federation's citizens for the first time and it was sought after by countless people.

Thanks to the strong cooperation of the police, the cleanup operation against evil spirits in the Federal City was not only much more efficient, but also resulted in far less financial loss than in the past.

As a result, the police received high praise from the Federal Parliament, and with my encouragement from the Temple of War, the Parliament decided to increase its resource investment in the police to fill the gaps in its high-end combat capabilities.

The first and second year students of Shrek Academy's outer college joined forces to challenge the third year students.

This challenge attracted the attention of all students in the School of Foreign Languages, so even though it was just past lunchtime, the sparring arena was already packed with students and teachers from the School of Foreign Languages.

The students from Class 1 of Grade 1 and Class 1 of Grade 2 arrived early, and Chu Ci led the participants to discuss battle strategies in front of the team.

The third-year students, on the other hand, seemed much more relaxed. With two One-Word Battle Armor Masters among them, they certainly had the right to relax.

On the platform, Cai Meier, the dean of the outer academy, had arrived early, and Saint Spirit Douluo Ya Li was also present, along with a group of teachers from the outer academy. From the inner academy, Crimson Dragon Douluo and Blazing Dragon Douluo were also there.

"Are you all ready?" Wu Changkong stood at the front of the class line and said coldly.

"Ready!" everyone shouted in unison.

"Yuan En Ye Hui will fight in the first one-on-one match. Gu Yue will fight in the second match, and I will be in charge of the third match," Chu Ci arranged.

"Ye Hui, Gu Yue, remember not to hold back. Win not only quickly, but also beautifully. Only by putting enough pressure on them can we force one of the One-Word Battle Armor Masters to reveal his true strength in the third individual battle."

Facing the puzzled looks of the crowd, Chu Ci explained, "I will try to beat that one-word battle armor master so badly that he can't even fight in two-on-two or seven-on-seven situations, thus relieving the pressure on you."

"Understood!" Yuan Enhui and Gu Yue said in unison.

Cai Yue'er took a step out of the air, and a flash of silver light appeared before she landed on the competition stage.

"The first one-on-one match between the two teams has begun."

Yuan Enhui leaped up and landed steadily on the sparring arena.

The third-grade class sent Wu Rui, whose martial soul is the Heavenly Book, his soul power is level 48, and he is a control-type battle soul master.

At Cai Yue'er's command, "The competition begins!"

Yuan En Ye Hui stomped her left foot on the ground and charged towards Wu Rui. Just like in the original story, Yuan En Ye Hui ultimately emerged victorious in this battle.

"The first match is won by the combined first and second grade team," Cai Yue'er announced calmly.

On the lower grades' side, Chu Ci said, "Gu Yue, you go, be careful in everything."

"Hmm," Gu Yue smiled at Chu Ci, and the wind element carried her as she gracefully landed on the sparring arena.

On the other side, Class 1 of the third year sent out Ye Wu, an agility-type battle spirit master.

"Begin!" Old Cai announced the start of the match in a very simple manner.

Ye Wu took the initiative, unleashing his Martial Soul Flame Body, with intense flames spewing from his back, instantly propelling him to supersonic speed.

Ye Wu was able to move so fast because he used the propulsion of the flames on the air.

This acceleration method has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that his straight-line sprint speed is almost unmatched among Soul Masters of the same level. The disadvantage is that he is not flexible enough and his momentum is difficult to control.

Ye Wu was like a streak of fire; in the blink of an eye, he was in front of Gu Yue.

Gu Yue's expression was as calm as a still lake, her body shimmering with silver light as she used spatial teleportation to dodge Ye Wu's attack.

Ye Wu was stunned when he saw Gu Yue suddenly disappear before his eyes, but before he could come to his senses, he felt the fire element in his body being drained away rapidly.

The cause of this situation was naturally Gu Yue, who appeared on the other side wielding the Elemental Staff.

Gu Yue gripped the Elemental Staff, and the orb at its tip suddenly turned pure cyan. Instantly, a tornado swept towards Ye Wu, whose speed had drastically decreased due to the flames behind him being extinguished.

Ye Wu's expression changed as he looked at the raging tornado hurtling towards him, and he had already donned the eight pieces of battle armor.

The spirit rings flickered, and the flames on Ye Wu's body turned azure blue, becoming even hotter.

Azure flames erupted as Ye Wu rallied, his speed surging once more as he broke through the cyan tornado and charged straight towards Gu Yue.

Chapter 152 Gu Yue wins, Chu Ci makes a move

Gu Yue raised the Elemental Staff and pointed it out. Red, cyan, and blue spears appeared out of thin air and landed precisely on Ye Wu's path.

Ye Wu's face flushed red as he forcefully twisted his rapidly charging body to avoid the three elemental spears in front of him.

But this was nothing more than a desperate struggle; no matter how fast Ye Wu was, he couldn't outrun Gu Yue's powerful mental strength.

Gu Yue's mental power perfectly captured Ye Wu's figure, and launched an interception attack through calculation.

"Boom!" The four-colored spear composed of the four elements of fire, water, wind and earth fell resolutely. The light shield on Ye Wu's body shattered, and he was blasted away like a cannonball, crashing into the protective shield of the sparring arena and bouncing back before slamming heavily to the ground.

A beam of white light descended from the sky and landed on Ye Wu. Several seconds later, he managed to lift his head and get up from the ground.

He was only able to stand up now because of the protection of his battle armor.

"Class 1, Grade 1, Gu Yue wins!" Cai Yue'er looked at both sides and gave the final result.

Gu Yue remained calm and composed, as if he had just done something insignificant.

But this small matter made the third-year students all look extremely serious.

Losing two games in a row, especially being completely dominated by the opponent from start to finish, was something the students of Class 1, Grade 3 had never expected.

Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li withdrew her holy light and nodded slightly. "The new generation of children are truly gifted. Twin martial souls, control of six elements—they are all beings with limitless potential in the future!"

"However, the third-year students will likely send a one-word battle armor master to handle the final one-on-one match, and they will most likely win that one..."

Before she could finish the last word, Yali saw the younger team members taking the stage and couldn't help but smile bitterly, saying regretfully, "It seems the third-year students are going to lose three games in a row."

Zhuo Shi carefully observed Chu Ci as he stepped onto the stage and exclaimed in surprise, "This kid's blood and qi are much stronger than when I last saw him!"

Ya Li said, "Chu Ci has just returned from his training in the Blood Sea Gorge."

Zhuoshi's eyes flashed with envy after hearing this, "My grand-disciple has a good opportunity."

Ya Li looked at Mo Lin, the student sent by the third grade, and said softly, "Chen Xinjie and Brother Ming have communicated. Chu Ci gained a lot in Blood Sea Ditch. I'm afraid Mo Lin will suffer a big blow this time."

On the sparring stage, Chu Ci looked at Mo Jue, who was proudly raising her face, and began to silently think about how to make her lie on the ground later.

Mo Jue, with the martial soul Black Swan and a soul power of level 51, is one of the two one-word battle armor masters in Class 1 of the third year.

This third one-on-one match is a clash between the two strongest players in their grade.

Cai Yue'er glanced at Chu Ci, then looked at Mo Jue, "Begin."

The light around Mo Jue's body dimmed noticeably, black feathers appeared on her body, and five purple thousand-year soul rings rose from her feet.

Chu Ci looked at Mo Lin calmly, but unfortunately, he did not feel any pressure from her.

The scales of the gods appeared behind him, and five soul rings—three purple and two black—rose from beneath his feet.

"what!"

The students watching from all sides stood up, staring in shock at Chu Ci, who was surrounded by five soul rings.

The students of Class 1, Grade 3, who had initially thought that Mo Jue would easily win this battle, began to waver.

Both being Soul Kings, Chu Ci's Soul Ring configuration is even better than Mo Jue's, so now he can only pin his hopes on the One-Word Battle Armor.

Mo Jue looked at Chu Ci opposite her, and an invisible pressure came over her, making her feel a little suffocated and unable to breathe.

Mo Jue clenched his fists, comforting himself that he had a one-word battle armor, and his opponent might not have one, so he was sure he could do it.

After mentally preparing himself, Mo Jue raised his right hand and launched the first attack.

Her first spirit ring flashed, and with a flick of her right hand towards Chu Ci, a huge black skull appeared out of thin air and headed straight for Chu Ci.

This is her first soul skill, the Weakness Curse, which is ineffective against physical and elemental defenses. Once it hits, the user will be weakened for ten seconds, and their soul power will be suppressed by at least 20%. Only mental soul skills can counteract the Weakness Curse.

Zhang Yangzi's Soul Soldier Curse of the Underworld is a similar ability.

Chu Ci didn't even move his feet. He just glanced at the skull, and it shattered instantly as if it had been sliced ​​by countless sharp swords.

Upon witnessing this scene, Yali could not hide her shock and exclaimed, "The Realm of Sword Soul."

"Are you kidding me! Sword Soul! How old is he?" Zhuo Shi was equally shocked after hearing this.

Yali said with certainty, "I am very sure that although it was only for a brief moment, it was definitely the sword intent that can only be produced by reaching the Sword Soul Realm."

Besides Ya Li, Ye Xinglan, one of the students watching from below the stage, also noticed the fleeting sword intent.

However, she wasn't sure if her feelings were accurate, because it was so terrifying.

But considering that it was Chu Ci who used it, this might make sense.

Mo Jue looked horrified. With a wave of his hands, two jet-black orbs of light instantly merged in front of him, and a dark green skull appeared, spewing out a jet of dark green flames towards Chu Ci.

Chu Ci's third soul ring flickered, and as the scales of the gods returned to balance, the power of the dark green flames was weakened several times over.

Chu Ci took a step forward, his right hand seemingly coiled with a divine dragon, and then unleashed a powerful punch that shook the world for miles.

A dragon's roar resounded throughout the arena, instantly tearing apart the dark green flames. The dragon-shaped vortex continued its relentless charge, hurtling straight towards Mo Jue.

Mo Jue dared not take the attack head-on, so it flapped its wings and flew into the sky to avoid it.