Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

Long Bing looked at the children who had returned from the Spirit Ascension Platform with a smile on his face. The spiritual energy fluctuations attached to their bodies were so conspicuous.

"Everyone performed very well in this Spirit Ascension Training, especially Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi. They used their advantages to successfully bait out the Human-Faced Demon Spider's three web binding attacks, and then seized the opportunity to kill it."

"Let's give them a round of applause."

Clap clap~ Clap clap clap~ The sound of neat and rhythmic clapping rang out.

Being praised by the teacher in front of everyone made Zhang Yangzi a little proud, and he held his head high; Wang Jinxi, on the other hand, was a little shy and lowered his head.

That was the Human-Faced Demon Spider, known as the "Terrifying Evil Slayer." Even ordinary Soul Masters wouldn't dare to easily provoke a Human-Faced Demon Spider with a thousand years of cultivation, yet these two Great Soul Masters managed to kill it. That's talent and strength.

"Sigh, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill is really powerful!" Xie Xie sighed.

If his martial soul is still a twin martial soul of the same type, and he follows the path of self-martial soul fusion skill, then when he encounters the Thousand-Year Mandala Serpent at the Spirit Ascension Platform, it's uncertain who will chase whom.

It's important to know that many factors influence the power of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and one of the most crucial factors is the compatibility of the Martial Souls.

The fusion skill "Dark Dragon Eagle" between Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi doesn't have a high compatibility, yet it still possesses such power.

The compatibility of twin martial souls of the same type is at least 90%, and it is not impossible to reach 100%.

This is also why Xie Xie was confident that if he followed the path of self-fusion martial soul technique, he could chase after the thousand-year-old Mandragora Serpent.

But there was no other way; he had to follow the path of the Time-Space Holy Dragon, which was the eldest sister's decision, and he had no choice.

As for the reason, the eldest sister only said that this path has a higher ceiling.

The premise that twin martial souls are stronger than single martial souls is that the quality of the martial souls is the same or not significantly different. However, if the quality difference between the martial souls is too large, then a single martial soul is stronger than twin martial souls.

In Xie Xie's case, the Martial Soul of the Time-Space Sacred Dragon is far superior in quality to the Light Dragon Dagger and the Shadow Dragon Dagger.

The only advantage of taking the self-fusion skill route is the explosive combat power after using the fusion skill, but the strength under normal conditions and the upper limit that can be reached are far inferior to the Time-Space Holy Dragon route.

"Everyone, go back and rest today. After you've digested what you've learned, tomorrow, your teacher will take you to a fun place. There will be a reward!"

Long Bing kept everyone in suspense for a moment.

However, this trick only works for some students, and not for Meng Xinghe and Gu Yuena.

A fun place with rewards—isn't it just the Tower of Babel?

The Tower of Babel is a virtual space created by the Spirit Pagoda, with a total of 108 floors. Each floor randomly simulates battles between powerful figures from history and those who attempt to cross the tower.

The simulated powerhouses are comparable to the soul power cultivators in the tower. The higher the level, the stronger the simulated powerhouses become at the same cultivation level. Each time a level is cleared, a reward can be chosen, with higher levels offering greater rewards, but each reward can only be obtained once.

Simply put, Babel is a tower-climbing game.

What makes this game fun is that the simulated powerhouses on each level are randomized; the first level might even simulate Huo Yuhao, the founder of the Spirit Pagoda. And because it's the first level, the combat power of opponents at the same level is very low, meaning even slightly talented Soul Masters can defeat them.

For this reason, many members of the Spirit Pagoda enjoy repeatedly challenging the first floor, hoping to refresh the list of historical figures by the number of attempts, and then enjoy the thrill of defeating them.

Among these historical figures, Huo Yuhao, the Spirit Ice Douluo, was defeated the most times by members of the Spirit Pagoda.

Basically, anyone inside the Spirit Tower qualified to challenge the Tower of Babel can shout out loud:

"At the same cultivation level, even the first master of the Spirit Pagoda was nothing more than a defeated opponent of mine!"

However, since it's a game, there are fun parts and there are also pitfalls.

The most frustrating thing about this game is that when a player clears a tower and advances to the next level, their stats don't fully recover. The amount of health consumed on the previous level is the same amount left on the next level.

In layman's terms, it's a war of attrition.

At first glance, it doesn't seem like much. However, the Tower of Trials is a one-time game; if you quit halfway through, you'll have to start all over again from the first floor next time.

In other words, this game only offers "new beginnings," not "continued challenges."

For this reason, since the Tower of Babel was built, no one in history has ever been able to pass the 108th floor.

Meng Xinghe and Gu Yuena also failed to reach the summit.

It's not that they lack the ability, but rather that they have to control their score and hide their strength in order to keep a low profile.

Therefore, their best historical results are the 81st floor and the 72nd floor, ranking first and second on the historical completion leaderboard, respectively.

The third place, which was once the first place, belongs to Qian Gu Die Ting, the former master of the Spirit Pagoda, whose best historical result was the sixty-ninth floor.

However, while this game is notoriously exploitative, the rewards are incredibly generous, with all sorts of treasures to be found, including but not limited to:

Elixirs: Soul-Ascending Pill, Spirit-Ascending Pill... Madness-Inducing Life-Shortening Pill.

Treasures of Heaven and Earth: Thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, ten-thousand-year-old Ginseng King... Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

Rare metals: Spirit-forged metal, Soul-forged metal, Heaven-forged metal.

Rare Soul Spirits (no money or purchase required, but require the soul spirit's approval): Fish Dragon, Golden-haired Lion Mastiff, Chongming Bird...

Rare Soul Bones: Regular Soul Bones, External Soul Bones, and Synthetic Soul Bones.

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The higher the level you clear, the more types of rewards you can choose from. Rewards like rare soul spirits and precious soul bones only appear among the available rewards after clearing at least the forty-first level.

Long Bing was deeply moved by this.

When I accompanied Chang Kong to study at Shrek Academy, I didn't see any of the resources or benefits, but I did get to eat a lot of pie in the sky.

Shrek Academy does have a golden tree in its inner courtyard, but that's about it.

It is said that Shrek Academy and Tang Sect once had a treasure land called "Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye," but thousands of years ago, this treasure land disappeared into thin air.

As a result, Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect joined forces to cause a great disturbance in the Federation, only to be severely punished by the Federation and its various allies.

For decades afterward, Shrek Academy and the Tang Clan behaved themselves unusually well, not even daring to speak loudly when they went out.

Shrek Academy and Tang Sect regard this history as a disgrace. Long Bing only saw the record of this history in the books of the history library after she left Shrek Academy with Chang Kong and joined the Spirit Pagoda.

The location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes is unknown.

Long Bing was certain that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was not in the Spirit Pagoda, because given her father's status in the Spirit Pagoda, if this treasure trove were in their possession, she couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

It's impossible for the Holy Spirit Church either; there's no reason why, it's just impossible.

Excluding the Holy Spirit Cult, the only remaining suspects are the federal government.