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

Chapter 31 Clarifying the Concept of Soul Tools

It has been three months since Wang Nan's first inspection mission ended. During these three months, he hasn't carried out any more missions, but instead spends each day attending an extra class with the other reservists—a class where he shares the experiences of other inspection team members. Summarizing experiences and learning lessons has been quite fruitful.

That noon, Wang Nan had just come out of the cafeteria when he ran into Lin Xiao, who had come looking for him.

Wang Nan had gotten used to it. In the past three months, Lin Xiao had made countless trips to the Martial Soul Department to help him adjust his soul tool.

"This afternoon is the time to test the results. Now come with me to the soul tool testing area. I can help you adjust anything that's not right."

Since it concerned Lin Xiao's upgrade assessment, Wang Nan naturally wouldn't refuse and went with her to the Soul Tool Testing Area.

A fighting arena has been set up here in preparation for the afternoon's upgrade assessment. If I'm not mistaken, the assessment will likely be a practical combat session again.

"Come on, let me help you secure it first." Lin Xiao went around behind Wang Nan and fixed the soul-guided thruster to his back, then took out four smaller parts.

"Senior Sister Lin, shall I do these?"

"You don't need to do anything, I'll help you. My promotion assessment is this afternoon, I won't feel at ease until I've installed it for you myself."

As Lin Xiao spoke, she bent down and fixed several parts to Wang Nan's forearm and calf.

"Come on, give it a try."

Wang Nan tried to inject soul power into the soul-guided thruster, and a burst of light immediately shone behind him, causing his body to rise abruptly. As more soul power was injected, the light behind him intensified, and he rose higher and higher into the air.

"Try other components," Lin Xiao called out to Wang Nan.

Wang Nan nodded, channeling his soul power into his legs. Two blue lights shone from his ankles, and then his body shot forward. Because there were no obstacles in the air, this speed was even faster than on the ground.

After confirming that there were no problems with the foot components, Wang Nan then focused his attention on the arms.

A blue light shone on his wrists, and as Wang Nan pushed his hands forward, his body leaned back and flipped in mid-air.

After completing these actions, all the lights lit up at the same time, and Wang Nan's figure continuously surged, turned, and circled in the air. After a while, he slowly landed on the ground.

"Junior brother, you're getting more and more skilled at operating this soul-guided propulsion device."

Wang Nan has practiced with staffs since childhood, so his physical coordination is already quite good. In addition, the soul tool made by Lin Xiao is indeed excellent. Now he is no less capable than other soul masters of the same level who use their martial souls to fly.

"Whether you pass this afternoon's assessment depends entirely on your performance," Lin Xiao said to Wang Nan while checking the soul-guided thrusters for any problems after use.

"Senior Sister Lin's soul tool is excellent; it will definitely pass smoothly."

Lin Xiao covered her face and smiled, "Then I'll take your good wishes. If I pass this test, you can come to me with any questions you have about soul tools in the future."

After the two talked for a while, it was time for the Soul Guidance System upgrade assessment. Several other core disciples and Soul Guidance System disciples also arrived at the test area one after another.

This is the first year that the academy has launched a program combining Soul Masters and Soul Guidance Masters. Thanks to this program, some of the academy's resources have been shifted from the Martial Soul Department to the Soul Guidance Department. Therefore, Qian Duoduo values ​​these students who are being trained to become support-type Soul Guidance Masters, and he came to the afternoon's assessment in person.

"Dean Qian."

"You don't need to be reserved, just proceed with the assessment according to the original plan."

Qian Duoduo's appearance is completely inconsistent with his name. He has short white hair and is over two meters tall. Standing there, he looks like a statue carved from granite. Only his slightly cunning smile is somewhat in line with the meaning of "Qian Duoduo".

Fan Yu stepped forward and, after seeing Qian Duoduo nod in acknowledgment, spoke, "Due to the adjustments in the Soul Guidance Department, your upgrade assessments have been postponed to today. If any of you successfully pass this assessment, you will become the first batch of support-type Soul Guidance Masters in the academy."

As he spoke, Fan Yu turned to the side, revealing several Soul Masters behind him. "The Soul Master disciples who will assist in the assessment below will engage in one-on-one combat with the Soul Masters behind me. The assessment results will be determined by their performance in the combat; winning or losing does not represent the final outcome."

"Furthermore, you may only use one soul tool provided by the disciple being assessed during the assessment. Using any other soul tool will be considered a failure of the assessment. Do you understand?"

"Understood."

"Alright, first one, examinee Lin Xiao, assisting trainee Wang Nan, use the soul tool as a level three soul tool propulsion device."

For some reason, Wang Nan was placed first, but he didn't care and stepped forward to stand in front of Fan Yu.

Qian Duoduo frowned slightly. He remembered that ordinary soul-guided propulsion devices were only level two soul-guided devices. Even if they were improved upon, they shouldn't be able to increase a Soul Master's combat power by 20%, right?

"Ye Xiaosheng, you will be his opponent."

"Okay, Teacher Fan." A boy walked up behind Fan Yu, wearing a badge of a Level 3 Soul Master on his chest.

"Ready, the assessment begins!"

Wang Nan and Ye Xiaosheng stood on either side of the arena. As soon as Fan Yu finished speaking, several metal pipes extended from Ye Xiaosheng's arms.

This is the most common type of long-range soul tool: the Soul Ray.

As Ye Xiaosheng's spirit ring rose, the front end of the metal pipe also lit up with a white light, clearly indicating that it was about to be activated.

A blue light shone behind Wang Nan, and his figure moved rapidly left and right. Although he didn't understand what ghostly tracking was, he knew how to use a soul tool. Relying on the powerful physique of a soul master, he continuously activated the soul tool's thrusters, swinging left and right in a "Z" shape as he rapidly approached Ye Xiaosheng.

Ye Xiaosheng didn't have any skills like mental detection. Seeing Wang Nan constantly changing positions, he couldn't aim accurately for a moment. He could only fire six soul beams at the same time, trying to hit Wang Nan with sheer numbers.

Then, to Ye Xiaosheng's astonishment, Wang Nan "flew" up.

Ye Xiaosheng's attacks were all aimed at the ground. At this moment, Wang Nan "flew" and there was no longer any obstacle in front of him. He immediately unleashed his full soul power and instantly crossed the entire arena, arriving in front of Ye Xiaosheng.

As Ye Xiaosheng fled, he activated the soul-guiding shield on his body.

However, how can something that runs on the ground compare to something that flies in the sky? Wang Nan quickly caught up with Ye Xiaosheng, and the Panlong Staff had already landed.

"Okay, you can stop now."

Fan Yu called a halt to the match. Low-level Soul Masters are completely defenseless when approached by Soul Masters, let alone Wang Nan, who is a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department.

Fan Yu turned to look at Qian Duoduo.

"Wonderful!" Qian Duoduo clapped slowly.

"It seems there's something wrong with our Soul Guidance Department's assessment standards. Our goal is to cultivate Soul Guidance Masters who are similar to Support-type Soul Masters, so our assessment objectives are aligned with those of Support-type Soul Masters."

"But this competition has provided a new concept. We Soul Masters and Support-type Soul Masters are completely different. We can use Soul Tools to provide Soul Masters with more flexible and diverse assistance. After all, I have never heard of any Support-type Martial Soul that can grant a Soul Master the ability to fly."

Then, Qian Duoduo looked at Lin Xiao and said, "You passed the test. Also, was this idea yours?"

"No, it was Junior Brother Wang who thought of it first."

"Really?" Qian Duoduo looked at Wang Nan with eyes full of affection. She opened her mouth as if to poach a member from the Martial Soul Department, but then thought better of it and held back. "Wang Nan, you can come to the Soul Guidance Department more often in the future."

"Thank you, Dean Qian. I will."

Qian Duoduo nodded and looked at the next student who was about to be assessed.

The assessments of the next few trainees also went smoothly. Although they were not as simple and direct as those for the Soul Guidance Propulsion Device, they were all excellent Soul Guidance Masters with all sorts of imaginative ideas.

Qian Duoduo immediately made the decision to keep all the students. A 100% pass rate in the upgrade assessment was unprecedented in the history of Shrek Academy.

(End of this chapter)