Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 103 The Beast Academy Shows Its Strength

Considering his current physical condition, Yang Ping'an immediately ordered another wooden dummy from the blacksmith's shop. However, it was made entirely of refined iron from top to bottom, and its shape and structure were exactly the same as the wooden dummy he had seen in his previous life.

The blacksmith shops in Tiandou City are extremely fast. As long as the money is paid in time, they can forge the item according to your design within a day.

The wooden dummy is one of the most basic things in martial arts training. Although it looks very simple, it can be said to contain the essence of martial arts training. No matter who wants to learn martial arts, this wooden dummy is indispensable.

When Yang Ping'an first encountered the wooden dummy, he suffered considerable losses. With continuous palm strikes, the wooden dummy spun rapidly, but if one could not react in time, it was easy to be knocked down.

Time flies, and a month is almost over. Although Yang Ping'an has not mastered any martial arts moves so quickly, he feels that his body coordination has improved again. The power of each palm strike is much greater than before. In particular, his control over soul power seems to have become more skillful, and he no longer uses force blindly as before.

Yang Ping'an even had a feeling that he would soon be able to break through to level 45, in at most two months, which also made him very happy.

After much deliberation, Yang Ping'an finally decided to return to the Beast Academy team. Although he didn't want to become famous, he still needed to attract the attention of certain people intentionally or unintentionally, and he couldn't appear too calculating, otherwise it might backfire.

The members of the Beast Academy were pleasantly surprised to see Yang Ping'an. He was already the strongest among them, and now that he had returned to the team, their strength had increased significantly, making them even more likely to win in both the qualifying rounds and the finals.

Moreover, Yang Ping'an and Dean Meng Chuan had only asked for leave to hunt soul beasts and had not left the group. Now that they had returned safely and advanced to the Soul Master level, they had attracted the attention of many people. This was a ruthless person who dared to go to the Star Dou Great Forest alone to obtain his fourth soul ring.

Seeing his teammates whom he had spent the last two years with, Yang Ping'an couldn't help but sigh. In just a few months apart, he had experienced all sorts of dangers, and seeing his teammates again brought back a lot of emotions.

Although Meng Kang was the leader of the Beast Academy team this time, the entire school came out in force. Both Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang followed in the middle of the team, and even the Dean of Students Meng Chuan came along. It seemed that everyone wanted to witness the rise of the Beast Academy.

Normally, the Beast Academy can enter the qualifying rounds and finals almost every year, but they are basically just there to make up the numbers each time, and are nothing more than stepping stones in the eyes of those strong teams.

However, this Soul Master Competition was unusual. The students were stronger than ever before. In the preliminary rounds in the Barak Kingdom, they were unstoppable and swept through the competition. Even when facing the Barak team trained by the Barak royal family, they could easily win. They could even crush the Barak team while hiding some of their strength. How could everyone not be happy?

Meng Kang and Meng Chuan's attitudes were fairly average. Although they were somewhat pleased that Yang Ping'an had returned to the team, their overall expressions were acceptable.

Although Long Gong Meng Shu remained silent, he seemed to be filled with surprise. He felt that in just two months, Yang Ping'an's control over soul power seemed to have become stronger. He didn't seem like someone who had just entered the Soul Sect. Even his blood and qi made him a little amazed.

The qualifying rounds were held in the Royal Enclosure outside Tiandou City. The entire area was closed off, and the participating teams included a total of fifteen teams from various major regions within the Empire. The area was completely surrounded by troops, presumably to prevent any unforeseen incidents.

In addition, some nobles and powerful forces participated, mainly to observe the team members' performance up close and make it easier to recruit them in the future. This is one of the biggest purposes of holding the Soul Master Competition.

Moreover, apart from these individuals, ordinary spectators are not allowed to visit, presumably to prevent interference with the competition.

Yang Ping'an was a little conflicted that night. He had never planned to participate in the qualifying rounds from the beginning. He only wanted to show his face in the finals. But now that his target, Chrysanthemum Douluo, was hosting the qualifying rounds, all his previous plans had to be overturned. Perhaps he needed to act in advance.

Team leader Meng Kang seemed to see through Yang Ping'an's thoughts: "Ping'an, the qualifying rounds are all individual competitions. Don't you want to show off and get the whole world's attention?"

Yang Ping'an just smiled slightly: "Teacher, we'll see. I think we should easily win and at least get a good ranking. If we really can't win, I'll step in."

Meng Kang could only nod. Everyone understood Yang Ping'an's personality very well. He was usually too low-key. If it weren't for the academy's arrangement, he probably wouldn't have participated in the Soul Master Competition at all.

Yang Ping'an watched the entire preliminary round of the Soul Master Competition. Even the strongest region, Tian Dou, had a certain chance of winning against the Five Elements Academy and the Beast Academy. After all, even the Divine Wind Academy only had four Soul Masters, while the Beast Academy had a total of seven Soul Masters besides himself, making its overall strength unparalleled in the Tian Dou Empire.

After the first round of draws, Soul Beast Academy was facing a team from outside the Heaven Dou region, so there was still a certain gap in strength.

When it came to the qualifying rounds, Long Gong himself didn't intend to hide anything and directly sent out the Seven Souls Sect lineup. The opposing team was already defeated when they only had four players.

However, the lineup of the Beast Academy caused a stir among the audience, especially those in the guest seats, whose expressions were much more serious than usual.

Others might not know the strength of the Beast Academy, but with their strength at least at the Soul Douluo level, they could clearly sense that all seven people arranged by the Beast Academy were Soul Masters, and each of them had very stable soul power. Obviously, none of them had just entered the Soul Master level.

However, Long Gong Meng Shu sat calmly in the guest seats, looking completely at ease, which only dazzled everyone.

The other guests all complained: Judging from Long Gong Meng Shu's appearance, he is probably determined to win this Soul Master Competition. He has gone to great lengths to cultivate so many Soul Masters. This old guy has been hiding his true strength too well.

However, the strength and experience of the Dragon Lord himself are undeniable. He is a top-tier Soul Douluo, and the couple together possess combat power at the level of a Title Douluo. Even the Spirit Hall only wanted to recruit them.

Of course, many people also expressed doubts: it is not difficult to cultivate one or two Soul Masters, but to cultivate seven Soul Masters in the academy with such a large investment, is there some special method? You know, in the past, the Beast Academy only had one or two Soul Masters.

(End of this chapter)