Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 161 The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Makes its Debut (Two Chapters Combined)

Shui Bing'er and her teammates' unparalleled sword dance dazzled everyone. Some female members from other academy teams looked on with envy when they saw that Shui Bing'er and the others had such talents.

"So what if you can dance? What's so great about that?"

Xiao Wu from the Shrek team was very disdainful when she saw that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and other male team members were all captivated by the Tianshui team's stunning dance. She was even more unhappy when her third brother showed a surprised expression.

"Xiao Wu, you're jealous because you saw Third Brother staring at those beautiful girls, aren't you?"

The little witch Ning Rongrong knows her best friend very well. She only has eyes for her third brother, Tang San, and is always clinging to him, almost like he's become her accessory.

"Xiao San, don't worry about these things. For Soul Masters, fighting is the most important thing. Nothing else matters. Dance performances are just things that can't be presented in a proper setting."

Seeing that Tang San was a bit out of control, Yu Xiaogang reminded him that the most important thing was for his disciple to soar to great heights and prove his theory of invincibility; nothing else mattered.

What kind of dance program is this? I wouldn't even give it a second glance. I've published the Ten Major Theories of Martial Soul Competition, and I'm known as the Invincible Theory Master. How could I possibly care about such things?

My theory of having no woman in my heart is divine.

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang, the "Farting Master," put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and pretended to be a wise man.

"Teacher, I can tell that all the members of the Tianshui team have practiced swordsmanship, and their strength is definitely not low."

"Sword dance is something that cannot be performed without profound swordsmanship skills."

In Tang San's previous life, he lived in a martial arts world. Anyone who could perform sword dances was a master swordsman. When he saw Shui Bing'er and the others performing sword dances, the words "female swordsman" and "heroine" came to mind.

"Mistress, is that really true?"

Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, Ning Rongrong, and the others were all stunned.

"I'm certain their swordsmanship is quite advanced," Tang San said firmly.

As a support-type character, Ning Rongrong's biggest weakness is combat power. She learned from Yu Tianheng that Ye Lingling of the Tianshui team is a nine-star Begonia Soul Master, but lacks combat power. If Ye Lingling has also cultivated some sword technique and possesses combat power, wouldn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master be no match for her?

In the Plant Academy team, the beautiful captain Yao Fang held up information about the Tianshui team for her team members to look at.

"Hiss! What kind of monsters are the Tianshui team? They're all Soul Kings? How is that possible?!"

"They're all Soul Kings? My god, Ye Liangchen and Zhu Zhuqing are only 14 years old, is this for real?"

"It's true, all the contestants have had their bone age tested by the organizers, it's real."

"Ye Liangchen and Shui Bing'er are both level 55, and none of their team members are below Soul King level. My goodness! The Tianshui team is definitely going to win this tournament."

"Is there even a question? I doubt even the Spirit Hall team has their strength."

The members of the Plant Academy team were dumbfounded. Facing such an opponent, what was the point of fighting?

"There are many matches in the preliminaries, and this is only the first one. Whether we play against the Tianshui team or not, the result will be the same. We might as well go and meet them. We are all control-type Soul Masters, which gives us an advantage over combat-type Soul Masters. Don't underestimate yourselves."

"The Tianshui team is very strong, but we are not bad either. If we are afraid to fight when we encounter strong opponents, then what's the point of us participating in the Soul Master Competition?"

Vice Captain Yao Zi and Captain Yao Fang exchanged a glance and decided to challenge the Tianshui team, especially that super handsome guy named Ye Liangchen. The information showed that he was only a support-type Soul Master, which seemed very interesting. The two sisters decided to find out more about him.

"Yes, that's true. If our Plant Academy forfeits in the first match, it will damage the academy's reputation."

"Even if we lose the first game, we can win it back from the other teams."

"There are a total of 64 teams in the Tiandou Division. In the first round of the qualifiers, we will inevitably face each other sooner or later."

Several teachers from the College of Plant Sciences were also giving the team a pep talk. As a long-established and strong team, if they didn't dare to accept the challenge, other colleges would look down on them.

"The first battle of souls will begin between the Tianshui Team and the Plant Team."

"Both teams, please get ready."

At this moment, the beautiful host DouDou's voice rang out, stirring up the audience's emotions once again.

"Xiao Chen, the Plant Team hasn't given up on the match against us. What's the plan?"

In the rest room of the Tianshui team, Shui Bing'er held up information about the Plant Academy team, showed it to everyone, and then asked her boyfriend for his opinion.

"Then let's have Bing'er, Yue'er, Xuewu, and Hairou as our main players, plus me, Ling, and Zhuqing as substitutes."

Ye Liangchen remembered that all the students in the Plant Academy were from the Control Department, so he randomly arranged the participants.

"When Xiao Chen registered, he used the support type. Now that Ling Ling has combat power, if the two of you go on stage together, people will really think that you are both support type Soul Masters."

Ye Suling smiled to herself. Now that she and her daughter had both cultivated the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream, they could be considered true Battle Soul Masters.

"I'll submit the list of performers." Shui Bing'er immediately handed the list to the host, Dou Dou.

"Xiao Chen, then we'll watch your performance."

Ye Suling and Ye Cailan, along with four maids—Gu Qingbo, Qiu Ruoshui, Shen Liuyu, and Dugu Yan—walked towards the audience seats.

"Swish..."

"The contestants from both sides make their dazzling entrance."

The beautiful host, DouDou, flew onto the ring and announced the match.

"Tap tap tap tap..."

The high heels of the beauties from the Tianshui team and the Plant Academy team clicked crisply on the stage, and soon both teams arrived at the center stage.

The Plant Academy team fielded an all-female lineup this time, consisting of four Soul Masters and three Soul Venerables. Their uniform green clothes and green hair were quite distinctive.

At this moment, the group of beauties from the Plant Academy stood tall and proud, their faces beaming with confident smiles, displaying their stunning figures as they stared at Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the others, as if they were competing with the beauties of Tianshui.

Ye Liangchen quietly stepped aside and carefully looked at the beauties from the Botanical Academy. He still felt that the beauties from Tianshui were superior.

"Boss Dai, that guy is actually the handsome guy we met on the street before."

"My God! He's actually a member of the Tianshui team."

"This guy is amazing! He's surrounded by beautiful women. Yesterday, there was a stunningly beautiful woman wearing a veil with him, but she didn't seem to be in the team."

When Ma Pangzi, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the others from the Shrek team saw Ye Liangchen, they were extremely surprised. Ma Pangzi, in particular, was very envious and fantasized that the person was himself.

Since the other arenas in the Great Arena have been demolished and merged with the central arena, there are no other teams competing. At this moment, all team members are focusing their attention on the central arena.

Both sides bowed.

The host, DouDou, stood between the Tianshui team and the Plant Academy team, gesturing for both sides to bow.

"Yao Fang, captain of the Plant Team, is a level 44 control-type Soul Master. Please give me your guidance."

"Shui Bing'er, captain of the Tianshui team, is a level 55 offensive Soul Master. Please give me your guidance."

Both women were captains of their respective teams. They stepped forward and, following the ritual of the Soul Fighting Competition, clasped their hands in greeting and introduced their strengths.

"Both sides release their martial spirits, the match begins." After announcing the match, DouDou flew away from the arena.

"Swish..."

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Xue Wu, and Yu Hairou separated and stood in five different positions, releasing their respective martial spirits.

"Chirp chirp..."

"Giggle..."

"Meow..."

"Swish..."

When Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix appeared, it emitted a phoenix cry. When Shui Yue'er's Mermaid Martial Soul appeared, her silvery laughter echoed throughout the Soul Fighting Arena. When Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Cat Martial Soul appeared, a flying cat with huge wings flew in the air with a howl before attaching itself to her, transforming her into a cute but fierce beast-eared girl.

At this moment, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Zhu Zhuqing were at the forefront, while Yu Hairou and Xue Wu stood behind them.

"Swish..."

"My dear sisters, you go to the front lines and fight, while Xiao Chen and I will support you from behind."

Ye Lingling pulled Ye Liangchen to the back, leaving the battlefield to Shui Bing'er and the others. The two of them didn't even release their martial spirits, acting as if they were watching a show.

"Ten thousand...ten thousand years, the fourth ring? How is that possible?"

"All three girls are at the fourth ring level for eternity? Has Tianshui Academy mastered some kind of method?"

At the highest point of the VIP section, Xue Ye, Xue Xing, the three major education committee members of Tian Dou, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and others couldn't sit still upon seeing this scene.

Salas already knew, but in order to cooperate with the performance of the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, he pretended to be very surprised.

"The Tianshui Goddess team is amazing! They've been stuck at the fourth ring for ages, it's incredible!"

"The Goddess of Tianshui dances beautifully and is incredibly powerful; she is a true goddess."

"The Tianshui Goddess Team is invincible..."

The audience went wild, erupting in a deafening roar as they cheered wildly for the Tianshui team.

"Is this the strength of Shui Bing'er and the others?"

"No wonder the Shui Bing'er sisters and Zhu Zhuqing avoided fighting at the Five Elements Exchange Conference two years ago; they were planning to give us a surprise!"

Feng Xiaotian, Hu Yanli, Huo Wushuang, Lei Dong, and the others finally experienced what surprise truly meant today.

"How did they manage to stay on the fourth ring for so long?"

Huo Wu felt incredibly weak. Her pride was utterly insignificant compared to the Shui Bing'er sisters' incredible, eternal fourth ring, and she instantly lost all confidence.

The entire Shrek team was also amazed by Shui Bing'er and the others' soul ring combinations.

"Teacher, what's going on?"

Tang San's mentality was a bit broken at this moment. He had obtained a 7000-year fourth ring, and his teacher had been praising him to the skies, saying that he was the most powerful genius among the younger generation. But the slap in the face came so quickly.

"Well, maybe they found some way to increase the age of their spirit rings."

Yu Xiaogang was completely baffled by Tang San's question. "You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?" So he made up an excuse to brush it off.

At this moment, Yu Xiaogang's mentality also collapsed. He was shouting in his heart: Why can these girls break my invincible theory? It doesn't make sense!

"Little monsters, this is the information of the Tianshui team players. Now all the major teams are eyeing the Tianshui team."

"Their strength is too great, and what's even more unbelievable is that Mu Bai's fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing, is among them."

Just then, Flander and Zhao Wuji arrived in front of the Shrek team with information on the Tianshui team.

"Zhu...Zhu Zhuqing? Wasn't she supposed to be dead? How come she's in the Tianshui team? How is she so strong?"

"The Netherworld Cat? The martial spirit she summoned earlier seemed to have grown a pair of wings and could fly. What's going on?"

When Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing's name while holding the Tianshui team's information, his mind went blank and his face turned almost green.

"Dai Mubai, after your fiancée left Xingluo Kingdom, she never showed up again. The Xingluo royal family sent people to search the continent for more than a year, but they couldn't find a single clue, so they thought she was dead. Now it seems that the boy named Ye Liangchen is the same boy who rescued Zhu Zhuqing back then. Because of this, the Xingluo Empire royal family lost more than a dozen powerful figures, and the Xingluo Emperor was so angry that his face turned green."

Zhu Xiaomei slowly told Dai Mubai what she knew. Now that Zhu Zhuqing was still around, she would have to go and discuss things with that girl. She no longer needed to participate in the royal competition. During this time, Dai Mubai, that lecherous tiger, had been lusting after her body, which annoyed Zhu Xiaomei to no end. She had long wanted to extricate herself from this matter.

"Huff huff..."

Just then, a gust of wind blew by, and a green leaf drifted from outside onto Dai Mubai's head.

"Boss Dai, you've been cuckolded."

Upon seeing this scene, Fatty Ma blurted out something that made Dai Mubai's face almost turn green.

"Hahaha...!" The other members of the Shrek team were amused by Fatty Ma's words.

"You fatso, you're the one who's being cuckolded!"

At this moment, Dai Mubai was extremely depressed, and his face was very ugly. His fiancée had run off with someone else for so long, and only now did she finally appear. He wondered what she was thinking.

"Ye Liangchen is 14 years old and was admitted to the class of '55'."

Master Yu Xiaogang took the information on the Tianshui team, glanced at it, and was immediately filled with disbelief. He was so stunned that he didn't even notice the information falling to the ground. In his mind, no genius could compare to his apprentice, Xiao San, but now he was being repeatedly proven wrong, which was really unpleasant for him.

"That boy is the same age as Xiao San, how did he cultivate?"

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang, the "Farting Master," felt his dream shattered and went somewhat mad. His mind screamed in a frenzied, impotent rage: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It's fake! It's fake! This is all fake. The other party has definitely fabricated it; no one can break through level 50 at the age of 14.

"Teacher, so what if their soul power level is high? We are no worse than them."

Tang San quickly picked up the documents that had fallen to the ground and gave Yu Xiaogang a pep talk. As a transmigrator, he was not as out of control as Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiaogang, it's true, it can't be faked."

Flander felt that his old friend had become a bit obsessed lately, overestimating Tang San.

"Master, although I don't want to admit it, this is the reality."

Zhao Wuji was also comforting the farting master, but seeing Yu Xiaogang's bewildered expression, Zhao Wuji felt a little pleased.

On the central arena stage, the seven beauties from the Plant Academy team were also stunned by Shui Bing'er and the others' eternal fourth ring. Their mouths were agape in an "o" shape, and they were all stunned, forgetting to fight.

"Hey! Ladies over there, hurry up and start fighting! What are you waiting for?! We've been waiting forever!"

"You are control-type Soul Masters. Control types are effective against power-attack types. Don't be a coward, just go for it!"

Seeing that the other person was in a daze, Ye Liangchen offered a reminder.

"Oh! Handsome young man, aren't you going to fight?" Yao Fang asked Ye Liangchen after regaining her senses.

"We're just support classes," Ye Liangchen said, shrugging.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Sisters, you deal with Shui Bing'er and the others, and I'll take care of the two support characters on the other side."

The plant team's captain, Yao Fang, immediately arranged tactics, while she herself charged directly towards Ye Liangchen and Ye Lingling, thinking that since they were both support-type characters, they definitely had no combat power.

"Purple Cloud Thorns, emerge."

"Dance of the Vines"

"Swish..."

The plant team's vice-captain, Yao Zi, took the lead in attacking. Her Purple Cloud Thorn Martial Soul, like several long whips, attacked Shui Bing'er and the others.

A beautiful smile

"Giggle..."

Shui Yue'er activated her first soul skill, and in an instant, several members of the Plant Team were trapped in an illusion, surrounded by a group of mermaids who made silvery laughter.

"Thorn Rain"

"break…"

Yao Zi immediately activated her fourth soul skill to break Shui Yue'er's illusion soul skill.

"Ice falls and snow drifts"

"Netherworld God Slash"

"Xuanling Restraint"

"Rippling blue waves"

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yu Hairou also activated their soul skills, calmly engaging the plant team and ignoring Yao Fang's attack on Ye Liangchen.

"Handsome guys, you've seen me, why are you still so calm?"

Yao Fang rushed up to Ye Liangchen and Ye Lingling, and saw that the two of them were looking at her with smiles on their faces, which made her feel a little strange.

"Manyo no Hikaru no Flow"

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Ye Lingling made her move, her hands forming a hand gesture. In an instant, white petals materialized from her hands, resembling several giant white pythons, and charged towards Yao Fang.

"The Azure Vine emerges."

"Cloud Vine Flying"

"Huff huff..."

Yao Fang immediately summoned her Azure Cloud Vine to retaliate. Several long azure vines clashed with the white whip conjured by Ye Lingling.

"When did Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Masters become combat-oriented? Aren't you a healing-type Soul Master?" Yao Fang was now questioning her life. It was the first time she had ever seen a healing-type Soul Master with combat abilities.

"Can't healing-type Soul Masters have combat abilities?" Ye Lingling smiled calmly, thinking: I don't know how, but my future husband can teach me!

"Healing-type Soul Masters can also fight? That's unbelievable!"

"As everyone knows, a Nine-Star Begonia Soul Master is incapable of combat, yet this girl, Ye Lingling, can actually fight a control-type Soul Master to a standstill. What kind of skill is that?"

Yu Xiaogang, Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and the three major teaching committee members of Tiandou were all restless. Ning Fengzhi, in particular, as a support-type Soul Master, longed to have combat power.

Fourth Soul Skill: Green Vine Arrow Rain

"Swish..."

After a brief exchange of blows, as Yao Zi unleashed her fourth soul skill, countless dense cyan vines surged towards Ye Lingling.

"Bang bang..."

Ye Lingling used the Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flowers Flow to create several more white whips, which collided with the opponent's fourth skill, resulting in an explosion. Then, both of their skills disappeared.

"Again." Ye Lingling planned to use the Frostfire Palm to fight her opponent again.

"Sister Ling, let me do it!"

Seeing that Ye Lingling's control over the Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers Flow was only about the same as Yao Fang's fourth soul skill, Ye Liangchen replaced her.

"Okay, little brother Chen." Ye Lingling understood that the little guy didn't want to reveal too much about himself, especially his Frostfire Palm technique.

"Beautiful lady, your soul power seems a bit low. Let me give you a boost!"

"Swish..."

"Second Soul Skill, Blessing of Life."

Ye Liangchen summoned the Goddess of Life Martial Soul and directly used the Life Blessing Soul Skill to bless Yao Fang.

"Buzzing..."

"Hey handsome, what do you mean by this? You're actually giving me support?"

"You...your martial spirit and spirit rings...!"

Yao Fang had just finished exchanging blows with Ye Lingling and was still marveling at how powerful her opponent's skills were when suddenly a beam of green light shot into her body, instantly doubling her strength. Then, she saw the dazzling martial soul and soul rings of the handsome young man.

"His martial soul is actually a beautiful humanoid female martial soul."

"Wow! A second ring every thousand years, a third ring every ten thousand years, that's terrifying!"

Everyone was shocked again, especially Sword Douluo, Emperor Xueye, Ning Fengzhi and others in the VIP seats. They had never seen such a monstrous genius in decades.

Tang San, standing in the audience, couldn't help but summon his Blue Silver Grass spirit. Looking at his four spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, he felt a bit weak.

"However, I have the Xuan Tian Gong, as well as various skills and hidden weapons from the Xuan Tian Bao Lu. If it really comes down to a fight, I am not afraid of my opponent. If it is a fight to the death, I can kill my opponent with hidden weapons at any time."

Tang San comforted himself, reminding himself that he was reborn from another world, unlike the natives of this world.

Looking at Ye Liangchen's incredible combination of spirit rings, Yu Xiaogang's mentality collapsed again. He kept shouting in his heart: Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could he have such a huge gap between the second and third spirit rings? Did the other party use some evil method to increase the age of the spirit rings?

"I thought Shui Bing'er was the strongest in the Tianshui team, but I didn't expect Ye Liangchen to be the strongest."

"He's actually playing support for the opponent! Does having skill mean he can do whatever he wants?"

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and the others finally witnessed Ye Liangchen reveal his true strength, which once again refreshed their understanding.

"Beautiful lady, I've given you a boost. Your strength and all attributes have increased by 50% right now. Enjoy it."

"Hey handsome, bring it on!"

Hearing Ye Liangchen say this, Yao Fang felt speechless. It was as if the other party was just playing with her, assisting the opponent. This was the first time she had ever seen such a thing.

"Strangulation of Life"

"Swish..."

Ye Liangchen conjured more than a dozen crystal-clear green vines, as hard as iron, with his hands and charged towards Yao Fang.

"Cloud vines flutter in the wind."

Yao Fang also used her first soul skill to retaliate. She felt like a million grass mud horses were running through her mind. Her opponent was clearly a powerful offensive soul master, but he insisted that he was a support type.

"This Ye Liangchen is indeed a big liar!"

When Huo Wu saw Ye Liangchen using his attack soul skill to fight Yao Fang, she remembered how he had lied to her before, and she was immediately furious, her face showing an angry expression.

(End of this chapter)