Douluo: The Peerless Tang Sect - The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character

Chapter 10 Bullying Children and Playing Tricks

The first day of the assessment is over.

Aside from Chen Zifeng and his two companions in the first match, the following four matches were rather uneventful. Their opponents were all Soul Masters with only one Soul Ring. Ling Luochen divided the battlefield, Wang Nan defeated them one by one, and Gongyang Mo, who had the highest Soul Power level, barely had to lift a finger to secure the victory.

According to the freshman assessment process, after each team finishes five matches on the first day, the assessment areas will be reassigned on the second day. In this way, each team will play ten matches, and the final result will determine whether they can pass the freshman assessment. The top sixty-four teams will then enter the subsequent knockout stage.

Thanks to their perfect record on the first day, Wang Nan and his team were still assigned to Zone 9 for the second day's assessment. This was to prevent strong teams from meeting too early and being eliminated prematurely due to bad luck. Therefore, the team with the best record remained in their original zone and did not participate in the regrouping.

However, this meant that Wang Nan and his team faced even weaker opponents on the second day. On the first day, at least they had Chen Zifeng's team to fight them, but on the second day, their opponents surrendered almost immediately. With more than one match per day, and facing an unbeatable opponent, all the other teams chose to conserve their soul power.

Unlike other students who were anxious about winning or losing, Wang Nan and his two friends, with their perfect record of ten wins out of ten, could go back early to prepare for the subsequent elimination rounds without waiting for the results to be tallied.

……

Since it was just a freshman assessment, the academy couldn't spend too much time on it. So the elimination rounds were held on the third day, in the same venue, with the same proctor. For a group of freshmen, this teacher was more than enough to protect them on the stage.

"Both sides enter and announce their names!" the examiner called out. In the elimination rounds, the process became much more formal, and the pre-match name announcement was only a part of the elimination rounds.

Team Wang Nan, the best performing team in the ninth region, took the stage first. Unlike the previous two days, it wasn't Wang Nan leading the way, but Gongyang Mo.

"Class 1, freshmen, Gongyang Mo, level 32 auxiliary-type Battle Soul Master."

"Freshman Class One, Ling Luochen, Level 24 Control System Battle Soul Master."

"Wang Nan, Class 1, Level 21, Battle Soul Master of the Power Attack System."

Upon hearing this, the examiner frowned and looked at Wang Nan.

During the initial introduction phase, you don't actually need to state your soul power level; you only need to introduce your class and name. Besides, weren't you registered as level 28? How could your soul power level possibly decrease?

The people opposite were puzzled for a moment when they heard Wang Nan's introduction, but they quickly imitated him and gave their names.

"Yu Chenyu, Class 3 of Freshmen, Level 31 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master."

"Class 3, freshmen, Xixi, level 23 agility-attack type battle spirit master."

"Class 3, freshmen, Tong Lan, level 22 auxiliary-type battle spirit master."

The examiner was puzzled, but since this action did not violate the examination rules, he announced the start of the competition.

The opponent made the first move. Tong Lan activated his martial soul, and a pair of emerald green cicada wings extended from his back. A loud cicada chirp came from his abdomen, causing Yu Chenyu and Xixi to emit a pale yellow glow.

"XiXi, go harass that support-type Soul Master. I'll take care of the remaining two and then come help you."

As Yu Chenyu spoke, he rushed straight towards Wang Nan.

"By openly stating their soul power level during the introduction phase, they probably wanted to intimidate us with their level 30 soul power. Unfortunately for them, they misjudged us. We also have Soul Masters on our side. Your plan has instead exposed the weakness of your main attackers' low soul power level."

Thinking of this, Yu Chenyu's lips curled up, revealing a confident smile.

Just as he expected, Wang Nan and Ling Luochen did not launch an attack after revealing their martial souls. Instead, the three of them stood close together. This formation was not convenient for using soul skills, and they had to be constantly careful not to accidentally injure their teammates. It seemed that they wanted to use numbers to fight against the Soul Master.

Yu Chenyu did not stop walking when he saw this.

"The gap in strength cannot be bridged simply by numbers, and besides—"

Yu Chenyu's first soul ring flashed, and soul power condensed in his right hand. Accompanied by blue-purple lightning, a dragon claw materialized and struck Wang Nan's face.

"Moreover, this is one of the most powerful martial souls on the continent—the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex."

"First Soul Skill - Thunder Dragon Claw!"

The blue-purple dragon claw carried bursts of electricity. Before it even got close, Wang Nan felt a tingling sensation on his face. However, he was not afraid. He raised the Coiling Dragon Staff, used his second soul skill, and pushed his arms forward to block the claw.

Seeing that his first soul skill had been blocked, Yu Chenyu quickly withdrew his hand and instead struck Wang Nan's abdomen.

Wang Nan dodged to the side, his left hand retracting to grab Yu Chenyu's right wrist, while his right hand, holding the stick, repeatedly struck Yu Chenyu's left side.

Yu Chenyu felt a pain and tried to pull back his right hand, but it wouldn't budge even after two attempts.

What happened? Yu Chenyu wondered. His soul power level was ten levels higher than his opponent's, and he also had Tong Lan's support, so he adopted a relatively aggressive fighting style, thinking that he could defeat his opponent by suppressing him with soul power. In the end, he was captured just like that?

Yu Chenyu's opponents since childhood were either his peers from his clan or his classmates from the academy, all fair and square duels. He had never encountered an opponent who lied about his soul power level. For a moment, he hadn't realized that Wang Nan wasn't actually level twenty-one. At this moment, Wang Nan's soul power level was only three levels lower than his, and with the added boost from his soul skills, he was no less powerful than Yu Chenyu.

Seeing that Yu Chenyu was trapped, Xi Xi, who had rushed over with him, changed her target and attacked Wang Nan. Then she encountered Ling Luochen, who was wearing ice armor.

Since Ling Luochen, who only has two spirit rings, doesn't have any control-type spirit skills, he'll use them as defensive ones. His second spirit skill is Ice Armor, and he'll use his body to block Xixi, who is an agility-type attacker. He doesn't need to completely block the attack like a defensive one; just being able to interfere slightly is enough.

Seeing that he was isolated and helpless, and had been hit several times, Yu Chenyu knew that this was not a solution. So his second soul ring lit up, and blue-purple lightning spread outwards from his right hand.

Wang Nan realized what was happening as soon as he saw Yu Chenyu's soul ring light up, so he released his left hand and kicked him away.

Creating some distance, Yu Chenyu glanced at the audience below. Countless eyes were fixed on him. The thought that he possessed the top-tier martial soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, yet he was being subdued by a Great Soul Master whose soul power level was ten levels lower than his own made his face burn.

After all, he was only twelve years old, a time when he was very competitive. He was already annoyed when his first attack was blocked, and now a surge of heat rushed into his mind.

A pale purple light shone forth, accompanied by a roar. Yu Chenyu's figure suddenly grew larger, and his right sleeve was instantly torn apart. Dragon scales began to appear from his wrist, covering his entire right hand.

This is the unique ability of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master: Dragon Transformation.

(End of this chapter)