Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 101 You can only wage a war of attrition, while I...

Xu Lin was a little nervous when he saw the "person" opposite him who looked almost exactly like him, except that he had a metallic sheen. However, he still took the initiative to attack and released his first soul skill.

The yellow soul ring flashed, and a chain that seemed to be made of starlight appeared in the star crown, wrapping around the humanoid soul guide mech.

Unexpectedly, the humanoid soul-guided mech jumped to the side, dodging the entanglement of the star chains, and then quickly ran towards Xu Lin, clenching its fist and aiming only at Xu Lin's face.

Xu Lin, born into the Star Crown Sect, naturally wouldn't stand still foolishly; he immediately jumped away.

But then something shocking happened—

The humanoid soul-guided mech also produced a star chain in its hands, looking exactly the same as the one released by Xu Lin, except that it lacked a martial soul.

Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes clearly saw countless patterns outlined on the opponent's hands before the Star Chains appeared.

"This is the ability of this metal man; it can mimic all our soul skills." Elder Xing referred to this humanoid soul-guided mecha as a metal man and exclaimed, "This is the first time I've seen one like this; it's truly an eye-opener."

On the arena, Xu Lin was directly bound by the humanoid soul-guided mecha and unable to move. He watched as his opponent ran towards him, one hand clenched into a fist, the metallic gleaming in the sunlight. If it struck, it would surely shatter his head!

This terrified him, and he hurriedly shouted, "I surrender!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the humanoid soul-guided mech stopped moving, as if it had crashed.

Xu Lin hurriedly ran off the stage.

Next, another Soul Master from the Star Crown Sect stepped forward and shouted at the humanoid Soul Guidance Mech that had turned into countless cubes and was about to return to the giant Soul Guidance Mech's body: "I want to challenge it."

Sure enough, the humanoid soul-guided mech that was about to return took shape again, but this time it took the form of the Soul Master who had just entered the arena.

"How about that? Was I telling the truth?" Old Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, this was the first time his generation had come to this place.

The sect's past records may not be useful, so they wanted Tang San and the others to test them first, but in the end, it was up to the Star Crown Sect to do it themselves.

Tang San did not answer, but simply watched quietly as the Soul Master fought against the humanoid Soul Guidance Mech.

The Soul Master was basically dodging, avoiding a direct confrontation with the humanoid Soul Guidance Mech. It was a war of attrition, with the aim of depleting the opponent's energy.

The humanoid soul-guided mech should have heavy firepower weapons, but it is estimated that because it is a challenge, all its abilities are related to the challenger. If the challenger does not have the ability to output heavy firepower, the humanoid soul-guided mech will not be able to use that ability.

After all, this is a challenge, not a massacre; otherwise, there would be no fairness whatsoever.

In the end, the Soul Master surrendered, but a large portion of the humanoid Soul Guidance Mech's energy was likely depleted.

The members of the Star Crown Sect took turns fighting, and it took five rounds to completely deplete the energy of the first humanoid soul-guided mech, thus securing their first victory.

After the humanoid soul-guided mech was defeated, it turned into a pile of cubes and was taken back into the giant soul-guided mech's body.

[The winner, Xu Lin, may enter the Soul Tool Storage Room on the first level of the Golden Ancient Tree trunk and choose a Level 1 Soul Tool, or enter the Starry Sky Cultivation Space among the 108 cultivation spaces beneath the Golden Ancient Tree's roots and cultivate for one hour. Please make your choice.]

"There's a cultivation space inside?" Xu Lin was shocked and looked at the old man. "Elder Xing, what should I choose?"

"Take a soul tool. According to the sect's records, although the cultivation space can accelerate cultivation, it's not very meaningful for you since you haven't obtained your third soul ring yet," Elder Xing immediately suggested to Xu Lin. "Soul tools are different; they are extremely valuable, and some are even offensive soul tools."

Xu Lin nodded and said to the giant soul-guided mecha, "I choose a level one soul tool."

The giant soul-guided mech raised its hand, opened its palm, and dropped a bracelet, which automatically slipped onto Xu Lin's wrist, accompanied by the following notification: [Pass issued! Winner, please enter the relevant storage room on the first level inside the trunk of the Golden Ancient Tree to make your selection! Selection time is limited to half an hour! Only one item can be selected! Violation of this rule will activate the self-destruct pattern within the pass!]

Everyone heard the notification sound and felt a chill run down their spines. Xu Lin was trembling with fear, but he still made the most of the time and ran towards the open gate on the golden ancient tree.

Once Xu Lin's figure disappeared, the leader of the Free Soul Master Group, a Soul Master, suddenly spoke up: "I want to challenge him."

[The winner may not challenge again until the prize has been chosen.]

"This is such a waste of time." The Soul Master was impatient, but the giant Soul Guidance Mech ignored him completely.

"It seems that even if we take turns competing for fifteen days, we may not be able to extract more than ten soul tools from them." Niu Gang of the Yu Clan frowned.

Forcing your way in won't work; you'll be instantly killed.

Waiting, on the other hand, wastes too much time.

Moreover, their soul masters also consume soul power, and it's not easy for them to recover.

More importantly, compared to the steel bodies of those humanoid soul-guided mechs, they soul masters are ultimately made of flesh and blood, making it difficult for them to fight head-on.

Bai Luo of the Holy Dragon Sect nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it takes too much time."

Elder Xing ignored him and instead looked at Tang San: "Master Tang San, what did you glean from the battle just now?"

Tang San said, "These giant soul-guided mechs and humanoid soul-guided mechs are all soul-guided devices. The ancient civilization that created them had a very high level of research on soul-guided devices, and could even use soul-guided patterns to imitate the effects of soul skills."

"In this situation, the challenge is still one-on-one. I don't think it's a problem with these soul-guided mechs, but rather a certain program setting, or rather, a compromise, caused by insufficient energy."

"Perhaps these soul-guided mechs have simple logical thinking abilities in their programming to assist the AI."

The members of the Star Crown Sect: "???"

The four members of the Imperial Clan: "......"

The five members of the Holy Dragon Sect: "..."

Fire Phoenix couldn't understand what Tang San was saying either.

I can understand each word individually, but when they're put together as a sentence, I just can't understand them.

Also, what is AI?

Xu Xing was now absolutely certain!

This Tang San is definitely not the one from the original story. At least he comes from the same era as me... Apart from his decent innate soul power, he has no other cheat codes. How am I supposed to fight him?

"What do you mean?" Elder Xing frowned, hoping Tang San could explain more clearly.

"What I mean is that most people can only fight a war of attrition, just like you said before." Tang San's gaze was calm. "However, I do want to try out their questionnaire test."

When Tang San was in Notting City, he disassembled quite a few everyday soul tools and studied their soul tool patterns.

Although the specific functions and principles are unknown, some uses of the commonly used soul guide patterns in those life soul guides have been simply summarized.

To put it bluntly, I don't know the specific principles behind it, but it works for now.

According to the prompts from the giant soul-guided mecha, the language is not much different from the common language of the Douluo Continent, so the difference in the written language should not be too great.

Therefore, I might be able to learn something from the questionnaire.

I posted all the drafts yesterday...

(End of this chapter)