Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 218 The Gap Between Them and Title Douluos

The battle between Yang Ping'an and the Serpent Spear Douluo is almost over; at least both sides had a pretty good time fighting.

Serpent Spear Douluo nodded: "Yang Ping'an, in terms of combat power alone, you should be able to barely reach the level of a Title Douluo. In terms of strength, you should be able to defeat Yu Luomian. However, do you know that you still have many shortcomings in this battle?"

Yang Ping'an steadied himself, his soul power greatly depleted, and bowed respectfully: "Please enlighten me, Senior Serpent Spear Douluo."

Serpent Spear Douluo spoke softly: "In terms of the power of your soul skills alone, you can indeed fight against a Title Douluo and even gain a certain advantage in a short period of time. However, you also have a huge flaw, which is that your soul power level is too low. With your current soul power of only level 75, you simply cannot support a 100,000-year soul skill for a long time."

"Your 100,000-year soul skills are extremely powerful. In fact, you could say that every single one of your soul skills is incredibly powerful. Based on Old Chrysanthemum's previous descriptions of you, the age of each soul ring is probably frighteningly high. This can indeed increase the power, but it also consumes a great deal of energy."

"Normally, with your Soul Saint strength, you could fight for several hours without any problem. But you're too eager to show off your strength, so in less than an hour, your soul power is already starting to give out. If you continue to fight Yu Luomian with this mindset, you might get worn down and killed by him."

Yang Ping'an carefully reviewed the battle just now and realized that he had indeed been a bit too eager to succeed. If he had been able to continue fighting patiently, the energy expenditure would not have been so great.

Thinking of this, Yang Ping'an quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Serpent Spear Douluo."

Serpent Spear Douluo shook his head: "Yang Ping'an, these are just your short-term shortcomings. In terms of combat ability, you should not encounter any opponents among Soul Masters of the same level. This is your greatest advantage, but you should also pay attention to your other aspects."

Yang Ping'an asked, somewhat puzzled, "Is there a problem with this?"

Serpent Spear Douluo sighed: "It seems you still don't understand your own problems. It's obvious that you've studied all the unique skills of the three upper sects, whether it's the dragon transformation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the distraction control of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, or the Seven Kill Sword Technique of Sword Douluo. I even vaguely feel that there is a trace of the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian. These unique skills can indeed greatly improve your strength."

"But there is also a drawback, which is that these are other people's unique skills after all, and they are not 100% compatible with your martial soul. You may be able to bring out the maximum power of these so-called unique skills, but in the end, you lack your own path and cannot improve the characteristics of your own martial soul to the extreme."

Yang Ping'an carefully considered his battle just now. If he had used his full abilities, especially the multiple soul bones he possessed, defeating the Serpent Spear Douluo was not impossible.

However, judging from the current situation of Serpent Spear Douluo, he has probably been somewhat restricted from beginning to end, and even harbors a slight intention to guide the younger generation. His actions are all for the purpose of sparring.

This is why the Serpent Spear Douluo looks so calm so far. It is estimated that he has only used up about 30% of his soul power, and he has not even used his eighth and ninth soul skills. In the battle just now, Yang Ping'an used up about 80% of his soul power, otherwise he would not be so tired.

If it had truly been a life-or-death battle between the two sides, even if I had won, one of them would likely have died and the other would have been seriously injured. This would have completely deviated from the purpose of a friendly exchange and would have also violated Chrysanthemum Douluo's original intention of testing my strength.

Yang Ping'an quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you very much for your guidance, Senior Serpent Spear Douluo. I have benefited greatly from it."

Serpent Spear Douluo shook his head: "Yang Ping'an, you're still too young. What do you consider a battle between Soul Masters?"

Yang Ping'an thought about it carefully for a while before speaking: "Senior, I think the battle between Soul Masters is about using all your strength to defeat your opponent."

Serpent Spear Douluo couldn't help but sigh: "Your statement is somewhat interesting; it can be said to be correct, but it is also wrong."

"Therefore, the difference between Soul Masters is not as great as you imagine, especially between Title Douluo. The difference is extremely small. The difference lies more in combat awareness."

"In battles between Title Douluos, it's extremely rare for anyone to use their eighth or even ninth soul skill. What do you think is the reason for that?"

Yang Ping'an thought for a moment before speaking, "Is it because the eighth and ninth soul skills consume too much soul power, so they are generally used with caution?"

Serpent Spear Douluo couldn't help but sneer: "There is indeed such a problem, but that's secondary. In normal battles between Soul Masters, or even between mortal enemies, it's common to probe the enemy's trump cards, then hold back your own, and finally deliver a fatal blow. Your reckless use of your Martial Soul True Body was indeed extremely powerful, but someone with a purpose can avoid it, and might even take certain measures to counter it, which would be troublesome."

"Do you remember the scene when we killed Dugu Bo? From beginning to end, the four of us didn't use any particularly powerful soul skills, but Dugu Bo was worn down to death by us. That's because Dugu Bo, as a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Empire, showed too much and didn't have any trump cards, which is why the four of us were able to kill him."

Yang Ping'an understood the meaning behind Serpent Spear Douluo's words in an instant. He had indeed underestimated the level of Title Douluo in warfare, and he had also underestimated all the Title Douluos in the world.

You have to understand that every expert who can cultivate to the level of Title Douluo has their own trump cards and unique skills.

After Yang Ping'an expressed his gratitude repeatedly, the group returned to Wuhun City.

Yang Ping'an returned to Chrysanthemum Douluo's home alone and carefully reviewed today's battle, after all, it was his first time fighting against a Title Douluo.

Meanwhile, Chrysanthemum Demon Douluo chattered on and on along with Serpent Spear Douluo.

In particular, Chrysanthemum Douluo spoke with some dissatisfaction: "Snake Spear, what you just said was a bit too much. This is, after all, my disciple, and he is performing so well right now."

Serpent Spear Douluo shook his head: "Old Chrysanthemum, I don't know what kind of luck you had to get such a talented disciple. It's a pity you had to teach him a lesson properly, otherwise I'm afraid he'll easily perish. As a Title Douluo, you should know better than anyone the hardships of cultivation and the risks of battles between Title Douluos."

Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded: "He really should be taught properly, but he's only a Soul Saint now, and only in his early twenties. It's normal for him to be young and impetuous."

After their exchange, Serpent Spear Douluo grew increasingly displeased with Chrysanthemum Douluo. Although Chrysanthemum Douluo claimed he needed to be taught a lesson, he seemed to be subtly boasting about having a good disciple. If it weren't for the vast difference in their soul power, Serpent Spear Douluo would have wanted to beat Chrysanthemum Douluo up.

The next few days were rather miserable for Yang Ping'an.

After their last battle with Serpent Spear Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo seemed to take a special interest in Yang Ping'an, repeatedly saying they would guide him in his combat abilities, and basically taking turns sparring with him every day.

Yang Ping'an is only a level 75 Soul Saint, while Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo are both level 97 Title Douluo. The gap between them is too big. Even if Yang Ping'an's soul skills are powerful, or even his soul bone skills are powerful, it is impossible to eliminate the gap between them.

As a result, Yang Ping'an was beaten black and blue by the two of them every time, and after each beating, he had to express his gratitude, which made him extremely depressed.

However, continuously fighting against Title Douluo powerhouses with different styles can indeed teach you a lot, and the gap seems to be slowly being closed.

Especially in battles at the Title Douluo level, it seems to be getting clearer and clearer that the soul power of each Title Douluo is almost unfathomable, and they even have their own unique skills and specialties. Basically, they can all reach the pinnacle of soul masters in some aspect.

Chrysanthemum Douluo is a typical group-attack type titled Douluo, and even has a certain control ability. Every time you fight against him, you have to face a sky full of chrysanthemum petals, and each petal seems to be like a sharp blade, making it impossible to defend against.

Ghost Douluo is a typical agility-type Soul Master, whose attacks are unpredictable and whose speed is unmatched. Every time you fight him, you are completely suppressed in terms of speed alone, not to mention his various unpredictable and unpredictable methods.

Yang Ping'an gradually understood the intentions of the two. For a Soul Master, the most important things are twofold: firstly, the focus on Soul Power. High-level Soul Masters suppress low-level Soul Masters not only by their level, but also by the depth of their Soul Power, and even by the length of the battle.

On the other hand, as Serpent Spear Douluo said last time, every Soul Master must bring their Martial Soul to its limit in order to reach a higher realm. This should be the so-called understanding between Soul Master and Martial Soul. The more top-level the master, the more proficient they are in their Martial Soul. Especially those Limit Douluos at level 99, who can even perfectly fuse their bodies with their Martial Soul.

Although Yang Ping'an has mastered many unique skills, his development of the Golden Demon Dragon seems insufficient, and he is unable to truly unleash the Golden Demon Dragon's power.

(End of this chapter)