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

Chapter 33: Taking Down Five at Once

Although the Soul Ray is only a level 2 Soul Tool and its power is insufficient to directly eliminate a student, such a dense attack is not something an ordinary person can withstand.

Wang Nan activated his first soul skill, using the soul-guided thruster to accelerate away from the ray's range.

The other trainees also used various methods to dodge, but one figure in particular caught their attention.

That person was Dai Yueheng. He activated his soul power, and a barrier rose up around him, blocking all the rays that were aimed at him.

Wang Nan originally thought that Soul Masters with top-tier Martial Souls like Dai Yueheng didn't use Soul Guidance Devices much, but he didn't expect the opposite to be true. Faced with the overwhelming Soul Light Rays, his first choice was to deploy a Soul Guidance Shield.

In fact, Dai Yueheng was different from other students in the Martial Soul Department. He had followed Duke White Tiger to the battlefield and witnessed the power of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master Legion. His acceptance of Soul Tools even surpassed that of some teachers in the Martial Soul Department.

After just one round of attacks, two of the weaker students were eliminated.

"Let's team up to eliminate the others first, and consider the spot later."

The attack from the Soul Ray had just ended, and before everyone could catch their breath, they heard someone in the crowd shout this.

The trainees reacted quickly, approaching familiar people and preparing to join forces.

Wang Nan shook his head slightly at Gongyang Mo, who was approaching him, then looked around and focused his gaze on the five people who had gathered to his right.

He reached out and swiped his wrist, and with a clanging sound, a dark metal cannon barrel appeared on his arm.

The rear end of the cannon barrel enveloped Wang Nan's entire arm, making it look from a distance like a soul-guided cannon growing out of his shoulder.

Since Wang Nan knew what the selection competition was about, he naturally wouldn't be unprepared. This soul-guided shockwave cannon was used at this moment.

Unlike ordinary soul-guided cannons, the Soul-Guided Shock Cannon does not cause damage by directly attacking soul masters. Instead, it fires extremely unstable projectiles formed from condensed soul power, causing area damage through the shockwave generated by the explosion.

In the chaos of battle, forming groups is inevitable, and Wang Nan had been waiting for the other trainees to regroup. Although now wasn't the optimal time he had anticipated, hitting five people with this shot was already a good outcome.

He moved his arm to aim ahead, and a surge of powerful soul energy rapidly flowed into it, causing yellow light to continuously condense at the muzzle of the cannon.

Xuanzi, who was watching from the sidelines, raised an eyebrow, moved his feet slightly, and appeared next to Wang Nan.

Just as the yellow shell was launched, Xuanzi stretched out his right hand, grasped it in his palm, and lightly clenched his five fingers. Both the shell itself and the shock wave it created vanished into thin air.

Xuanzi glanced down at his right hand, briefly sensing the intensity of the shot, then quickly turned around and led the five people Wang Nan had just aimed at out of the competition area.

Wang Nan then put away the Soul Guidance Shock Cannon and turned to rush towards Gongyang Mo.

With five people eliminated at the same time, the arena became much emptier. On the other side, Dai Yueheng, as the owner of the top-tier martial soul Evil Eye White Tiger, was almost unmatched by any student. In addition, his attack style came from the military and was quite ruthless, allowing him to eliminate two people in a short period of time.

There were fewer than twenty core disciples of suitable age in the entire third and fourth grades. After this round, only nine people remained on the field.

Dai Yueheng glanced at Wang Nan, and then a tiger roared as it pounced on him.

At this moment, Wang Nan had already joined up with Gongyang Mo. Naturally, he was not afraid of Dai Yueheng and raised his Panlong Staff to meet the enemy.

However, before Dai Yueheng could get close, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, and an ice-blue halo appeared above Dai Yueheng's head. Then, the blue light scattered and trapped Dai Yueheng in the middle.

Wang Nan looked up and met Ling Luochen's gaze. He nodded slightly, indicating his agreement to her joining the group.

Dai Yueheng was unable to break free for a moment, and seeing that the Panlong Staff was about to fall, he hurriedly spoke.

"Junior brother, let's join forces!"

Wang Nan stopped what he was doing and pondered to himself.

"Junior brother, five people will be left in the selection competition. There are three of you. Even if you add me, it will be enough. Moreover, you and I are the strongest on the field right now. If we join forces, we will have a better chance of winning even if it is four against five."

Wang Nan looked at the others, who seemed to be discussing joining forces as well, and nodded in agreement. He believed that Dai Yueheng alone was no match for the three of them, but he wouldn't be easy to deal with either. If he suffered any damage from Dai Yueheng's counterattack, the remaining five would be a much tougher opponent.

"You charge forward, I'll disrupt the formation."

Wang Nan gave a brief explanation.

Since Dai Yueheng took the initiative to join forces, he naturally had to make a show of it. As soon as the ice prison dissipated, his third soul ring lit up, his muscles swelled, and black horizontal lines appeared on his skin. He charged towards the five opponents.

Since they had joined forces, Gongyang Mo did not hold back his soul power, and three halos fell on Dai Yueheng.

Wang Nan used the same trick again, and the Soul-Guided Shock Cannon reappeared in his hand.

Having just eliminated five people with a single shot, the opposing team no longer dared to stand together and scattered in all directions.

Then the remaining ones were eliminated one by one by Dai Yueheng.

"Alright, the match is over."

Just as Dai Yueheng had eliminated four people in a row and was about to chase after the last student, Xuanzi came down and stopped him.

"The rest of you can go back now." Xuanzi took a bite of his chicken leg and waved his hand casually.

Although the eliminated trainees were resentful, they dared not say anything more.

"What, are you still not convinced?"

Xuanzi had presided over the selection competitions many times, and he knew exactly what these core disciples were thinking. They were either unhappy with the competition rules or were eliminated before they could fully perform.

"Don't feel that these rules are against you, and don't feel that others won unfairly. The situation will be much more complicated on the battlefield later."

"In this chaotic free-for-all, at least the enemies are all in the open. But on a real battlefield, you might be defeated and killed before you even realize it. Will you still care about the rules then?"

"As excellent Soul Masters, you should learn to quickly assess the environment, rationally arrange tactics, and only then unleash your full strength. You are all core disciples; if you don't even have this basic reaction ability, what qualifications do you have to enter the inner academy?"

After his words, it was unclear how much of what the students had taken to heart. Perhaps some were still troubled by what had just happened, but at least no one showed it on their faces. They all left the Soul Fighting Zone in silence.

"Alright, you guys wait a moment. Two more people will be coming over soon, and I'll talk to them then."

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(End of this chapter)