Douluo: The Gate to Heaven

"Mujin, how I arrange things is my business, and it's none of your place to interfere. If you want my students, you'd better have the ability to do so." Faced with Mujin adding fuel to the fire, Zhou Yi said without backing down.

"You..." Mu Jin's eyes blazed with fury, and she was about to retaliate.

"alright."

Du Weilun interrupted him, then looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Teacher Zhou, you really need to give the academy an explanation. Otherwise, not only will your senior teacher title be hopeless, but I will also reassess whether it is necessary to retain your intermediate teacher title."

Professional titles are not only related to the treatment each teacher receives, but also closely related to their future.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi took a deep breath and said, "Director Du, although Song Qinghan and Tuoba Wukong only have one soul ring each, their soul power is close to level 20. In particular, Song Qinghan is only one soul ring away from becoming a Great Soul Master. Moreover, both of them are special students in the Soul Guidance Department and have amazing talent in the Soul Guidance Department."

"Even without the aid of soul tools, their strength should not be underestimated. Their team is one of the top teams in our class, and they maintained a perfect record in the first round of eliminations."

Zhou Yi took a deep breath. "In addition, the three of them forming a team was something they decided on themselves. Apart from Tuoba Wukong and Song Qinghan, no one else wanted to be teammates with Tu Nanbupo. Although I am their teacher, I cannot force my students to go against their wishes."

"You're talking nonsense. Tu Nan Bu Po is a three-ring Soul Master. How could any student not want to team up with him? Zhou Yi, at least make up a plausible reason!" Mu Jin sneered.

Zhou Yi said calmly, "Normally, a newly minted Soul Master is indeed a teammate everyone desires, but what if his surname is Tu Nan?"

"What's wrong with Tu Nan...?"

Mu Jin had only spoken halfway when she seemed to realize something and asked incredulously, "You mean, Tu Nan Bu Po is the current successor of the Tu Nan family?"

The Tunan family...

It turned out to be the case.

Du Weiren nodded, his interest and attention towards Tu Nan Bupo had faded. If it were any other student, at twelve years old and above level thirty, they would indeed be geniuses among geniuses, but the Tu Nan family…

At twelve years old and over thirty levels... the more monstrous the talent, the more lifespan is burned. A Soul Master who is destined to die young naturally has no need for further training.

Du Weiren stopped paying attention to Tu Nanbupo, and the others stopped saying anything more, clearly no longer curious about Tu Nanbupo's matches.

……

Nothing in the stands affected Tuoba Wukong and his team's battle.

As soon as the referee announced the start of the match, everyone released their martial spirits.

As a power-attack type Soul Master, Zhou Sichen is clearly not a traditional power-attack type Soul Master. His Martial Soul is a book, and as he summons his Martial Soul, two yellow Soul Rings on his body light up simultaneously.

With a flash of yellow light, a bear shimmering with yellow light and a tiger wreathed in flames leaped out of the book, transforming into real beings, and charged towards Tuoba Wukong and his companions from the left and right respectively.

The bear of the earth, the tiger of flames.

Zhou Sichen's ability was actually like that of a summoner, able to summon the illusory forms of the soul beasts hunted by his soul rings to fight.

The Earth Bear and the Blazing Tiger are both top-tier soul beasts.

Generally speaking, at lower levels, soul beasts are stronger than soul masters.

Although the two soul beasts summoned by Zhou Sichen are not as good as the real soul beasts he hunts, and their duration is limited by his soul power, the simultaneous appearance of the two soul beasts gives them an advantage that ordinary people do not have in battles between low-level soul masters.

Like other unique offensive-type Soul Masters, Long Yuexiang was not a conventional agility-type Soul Master. His Martial Soul was a cross. With two Soul Rings flashing, the cross immediately flew out of his hand and spun at high speed towards Song Qinghan behind Tuoba Wukong.

His two soul skills respectively endowed the cross with the characteristics of sharpness and extreme speed.

The last control-type Grand Soul Master, Cao Jinxuan, also summoned his Martial Soul, which was a huge clock. As the clock turned, a mysterious power was contained within it.

The power of time.

The top-tier martial soul, Time Flies, is a martial soul of Tongtianmen that is no less rare than Tuoba Wukong's. It wields the power of time and is a unique martial soul with the attribute of time.

The power of time surpasses the power of space in terms of rarity and mystery.

Soul beasts with time attributes are even rarer than those with space attributes. Cao Jinxuan was able to add two soul rings to his martial soul, making him even more threatening than others.

The three Great Soul Masters each possess unique martial soul characteristics.

Tuoba Wukong and the other two remained in a single-line formation, with Tuoba Wukong in front, holding a giant shield, and Song Qinghan and Tu Nanbupo hidden behind the shield.

The boomerang came hurtling through the air, and Tuoba Wukong immediately raised his shield to block it. To Long Yuexiang's astonishment, the heavy shield blocked the boomerang's trajectory and knocked it away with a crack.

Having prepared for this moment, Tu Nan Bu Po, wielding the Iron-Blooded Tu Nan Spear, used the momentum to soar into the sky.

"Jinxuan, help me!" Long Yuexiang shouted, raising his hand to release the boomerang, which he then threw with force, aiming directly at Tu Nanbupo who was soaring into the sky.

Although Tu Nan Bu Po has not yet used his soul skills, the three soul rings on his body are still remembered by Cao Jin Xuan and the other two, who regard him as their greatest opponent.

Tu Nanbupo soared into the sky, his Tu Nan Spear wielding an imposing force that was unstoppable. How could Long Yuexiang possibly ignore his presence?

Below, the Earth Bear and the Flaming Tiger roared and lunged at Tu Nan Bu Po.

Despite being besieged by Long Yuexiang and Zhou Sichen, Tu Nanbupo remained calm and composed, thrusting his Tu Nan Spear through the air with the tip pointing directly at the center of the boomerang.

Just then, the hands of the clock behind Cao Jinxuan spun rapidly, and the first spirit ring was flashing with intense light.

A yellow light landed on the boomerang, causing it to accelerate suddenly and just missed Tu Nan Bu Po's prediction.

Accelerating time—this was Cao Jinxuan's first soul skill.

It wasn't that the boomerang was moving faster, but rather that time around it was speeding up, which caused Tu Nan to misjudge the situation.

The boomerang tore through the air with a whistling sound.

Despite his miscalculation, Tu Nanbupo reacted swiftly, changing his spear from a thrust to a strike, the shaft perfectly positioned to deflect the boomerang.

Behind him, Tuoba Wukong leaped into the air, his giant shield flashing as he shielded Tu Nanbupo from the damage of the boomerang.

shhhhh!

Two sharp arrows pierced the air, interrupting Cao Jinxuan's preparation to unleash his second soul skill—Time Slowdown—on Tu Nanbupo. This skill could slow down the flow of time on the target.

One skill accelerates and the other decelerates; both are support-oriented and don't seem particularly rare. However, Cao Jinxuan's soul skill relies on the power of time. As long as one hasn't mastered the corresponding attribute's power, Cao Jinxuan's control is 100% effective and cannot be countered.

This characteristic is what makes Cao Jinxuan's soul skill truly terrifying.

In other words, his soul skills are effective even against Title Douluos.

Of course, Cao Jinxuan's current strength is simply not enough to sustain such a drain on his "time" which allows him to manipulate Title Douluos.

With a wave of his hand, Cao Jinxuan sent a yellow light to strike the incoming arrows. The speed of the two arrows immediately decreased at a visible rate, as if they had been delayed countless times. Cao Jinxuan simply shook his head and dodged the powerful arrows.

Although Song Qinghan's attack did not harm Cao Jinxuan, it did interfere with Cao Jinxuan's skills, buying precious "time" for Tu Nan Bupo.

Tu Nan Bu Po let out a low roar, unleashing his "Battle Intent." His powerful aura directly suppressed the two ferocious soul beasts, preventing them from raising their heads. As Tu Nan's spear fell, the stone armor on the Earth Bear's body flew off, and the Earth Bear's feet sank directly into the ground, demonstrating just how powerful this spear strike was.

After suppressing the Earth Bear with a single blow, Tu Nan Bu Po's "battle intent" became even more concentrated. He turned around and thrust out with his spear, deflecting the fireball spat out by the Flaming Tiger, and charged unstoppably towards the Flaming Tiger's main body.

Tu Nan Bu Po's soul skill is a battlefield combat technique that makes one stronger the longer the battle goes on, and it is least afraid of human wave tactics.

"Time Slowdown!" Just as Tu Nan's spear was about to pierce the body of the Flaming Tiger, at the critical moment, Cao Jinxuan's skill finally arrived. The light of time slowdown fell on Tu Nan Bu Po, and Tu Nan Bu Po's unstoppable offensive immediately seemed to be stuck in the mud, and the speed continued to slow down.

A flicker of lingering fear crossed the eyes of the Fiery Tiger, which had survived the ordeal, before it roared and charged toward Tu Nan Bu Po together with the Earth Bear.

With his speed slowed down countless times, Tu Nan Bu Po had no chance of dodging the attacks from the bear and the tiger. He could barely even defend himself against their tortoise-like slow movements.

This is the terrifying aspect of the power of time. Even though Tu Nan Bu Po's soul power was almost a whole level higher than Cao Jin Xuan's, he was still strongly controlled by Cao Jin Xuan's skills.

However, Cao Jinxuan's expression also changed drastically at this moment. His soul power was being consumed wildly, as if he had bound a blue dragon. Every second he controlled Tu Nanbupo, his consumption was increasing rapidly.

However, with Tu Nan Bu Po now at a standstill and under the combined attack of the soul beasts summoned by Zhou Si Chen, there is almost no chance of escape.

Once he eliminates the strongest Tu Nan Bu Po, the remaining two are no threat at all.

Cao Jinxuan wore a smug smile, already confident of victory.

Even a Soul Master can only face defeat as time goes by.