Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 341 Contra Jiang Nannan!

After announcing the new rules, Xuanzi handed the time over to Zhu Ziyang. As the captain of the Shrek Academy team, Zhu Ziyang would be responsible for handling all matters related to the competition from today onwards. Xuanzi and Ma Xiaotao would serve as his assistants and would travel to Mingdu together.

Based on the new rules, Zhu Ziyang formulated a training schedule between the Shrek Academy team and the Tang Sect team. While called training, it was essentially real combat. The Shrek Academy team's strength was undeniable; even as a preliminary team, they could easily reach the top eight in the competition. The Tang Sect team, though only eight members, boasted a high level of Soul Power, with Huo Yuhao at level 54 and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi at level 67. Their overall strength was a solid top-four finish in the previous competition!

In actual combat between the two teams, Shrek team won more often than they lost. After all, as long as Jiang Nannan, Qian Lingyi and Wu Huan'er were on the field, the Tang Clan members simply couldn't withstand them.

However, this kind of training was not very effective, so under the protest of Tang Ya and Bei Bei, Zhu Ziyang adjusted the personnel of the academy team, mixing the regular team and the preliminary team. Jiang Nannan, Qian Lingyi and Wu Huan'er no longer played on the field at the same time, which allowed the training results of the two teams to gradually become apparent.

The number of wins and losses for both sides has gradually become more balanced, and the one-sided situation that occurred at the beginning has disappeared.

The training is in full swing.

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That day, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan left Shrek Academy early in the morning and headed rapidly towards the southeast of the continent. Their destination was clear: the Moon South Islands.

Jiang Nannan's soul power has broken through to level 80, but she did not choose to let the Moon Laurel Fairy Tea condense her eighth soul ring. Instead, she prepared to go to the Moon South Islands to completely subdue the Silver Moon Spirit Fish King.

They moved quickly and didn't waste much time along the way, so they arrived at the Moon South Islands without spending too much time on the road.

At this time, the Moon South Islands were completely under Zhang Lexuan's control. However, Zhang Lexuan was not on the Moon South Islands at the moment. To be precise, everyone except Xu Jianwei was on the mainland. The Imperial Dragon Soul Master Corps controlled by Xu Tianran and the Imperial Moon Soul Master Corps controlled by Zhang Lexuan were currently in a standoff, and a major battle could break out at any time. Therefore, Zhang Lexuan, Elder Song, and Elder Zhu were all in the army at this time.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan did not go to see Xu Jianwei, but instead crossed the Moon South Islands and sped towards the sea area of ​​the Silver Moon Spirit Fish Clan.

As soon as they entered the Spirit Fish Sea, they encountered the Silver Moon Spirit Fish King. The Silver Moon Spirit Fish King seemed to have known Jiang Nannan would arrive, and thus excitedly called out to them, "Your Highness, you've finally come!"

"Shuiyue, long time no see!" Jiang Nannan chuckled, controlling her body as she landed on the water's surface, and said, "You seem to have sensed my arrival all along?"

"Yes!" The Silver Moon Spirit Fish King nodded very respectfully and said, "I have arranged everything in the clan, and we can follow Her Highness the Goddess to leave at any time."

"That's great!" Jiang Nannan smiled and said, "I need you just the way I am."

Jiang Nannan looked at Zhu Ziyang, who nodded slightly and said, "Let's go to your clan first and find a secluded place to stay. I will sign a soul contract for you and Nannan."

"plz follow me!"

With a flick of its tail, the Silver Moon Spirit Fish King changed direction, leading Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan into the depths of the Spirit Fish Sea. They arrived at a colorful reef. After driving away the spirit fish around the reef, Jiang Nannan sat cross-legged on it, while the Silver Moon Spirit Fish King leaped onto her lap. Zhu Ziyang immediately signed a soul contract for them. Silvery-white light emanated from the two, quickly condensing into a cocoon of light.

The contract took time to be concluded, so Zhu Ziyang had no choice but to stay here idly. To pass the time, he controlled his mental power and investigated the changes and transformations of the spirit fish swarm.

You wouldn't believe it until you see it; the strength of the Silver Moon Spirit Fish clan has undergone a dramatic transformation compared to just a few months ago. A few months ago, while the spirit fish clan was numerous, the number of high-level spirit beasts was extremely small. They only had one 100,000-year-old spirit beast, the Spirit Fish King; fewer than ten spirit fish over 50,000 years old; and fewer than fifty spirit fish over 10,000 years old. All of these combined amounted to less than one percent of the clan's total population.

Now, the number of spirit fish with a cultivation level of over 10,000 years has doubled to over 150, and the number of spirit fish with a cultivation level of over 50,000 years has also doubled to 21. Among them, two spirit fish have even reached the level of 100,000-year soul beasts and have been appointed as the new fish kings by the Silver Moon Spirit Fish King.

Such high-end combat power might not be enough to dominate the coastal waters of Douluo Continent, but at least they wouldn't become easy prey. Ordinary predators wouldn't want to provoke such a large and powerful group of spirit fish. And the only creatures that could pose a threat to the spirit fish race nowadays are probably sharks or whales, the two top-tier sea spirit beasts.

It has to be said that the enhancement effect of those dozens of 100,000-year-old demonic whale corpses on the spirit fish race was simply too exaggerated, so exaggerated that Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but feel envious of the speed of improvement and cultivation methods of soul beasts.

Unlike human soul masters who need meditation to enhance their soul power, soul beasts never need to meditate to improve their cultivation. Soul beasts operate on a principle of bloodline and survival of the fittest. Their methods of cultivation are simple: sleeping and eating. For ordinary soul beasts, their cultivation increases naturally at all times; a day's worth of time equals a day's worth of cultivation, and a year's worth equals a year's worth of cultivation. This is why soul beasts measure their cultivation by years.

Ordinary soul beasts gain one day's cultivation, while soul beasts with powerful bloodlines gain the equivalent of three, five, or even more days' cultivation in one day. This is why there is a saying that a hundred-year-old Titan Giant Ape can contend with a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Here, "hundred-year" and "ten-thousand-year" refer to lifespan, not cultivation.

Besides sleeping, another way for soul beasts to improve their cultivation is by devouring. It's a law of nature that the strong prey on the weak. Powerful soul beasts devour weaker ones. This is how powerful soul beasts enhance their cultivation by digesting the flesh and blood of weaker ones, just like how humans can increase their physical strength after eating their fill. However, this method is very inefficient. High-level soul beasts mostly enhance their cultivation by consuming rare and precious natural treasures.

Ahem, I digress. In short, the Spirit Fish Clan's ability to take off was largely due to the flesh and blood of those powerful demonic whales, which contained immense bloodline and soul power. Those were the flesh and blood of 100,000-year-old soul beasts! If an ordinary soul beast could eat a large piece of that, it would be guaranteed to break through from a ten-year soul beast to a hundred-year soul beast, or even a thousand-year soul beast.

Jiang Nannan didn't keep Zhu Ziyang waiting for too long. After about half an hour, she woke up from the silvery-white cocoon and stood up. Zhu Ziyang glanced at her and saw that the girl's cultivation level had reached level 84.

A miniature spirit fish king perched on her shoulder. Because it was in spirit form, it could now swim freely in the air without having to worry about water or other constraints.

"Nannan, congratulations on becoming a Contra Master!" Zhu Ziyang said to Jiang Nannan with a smile, reaching out to pinch the girl's soft cheek.

"Hehe!" The girl giggled, then said, "Brother, Shuiyue gave me a piece of my left arm bone. I only need a right arm bone to complete the Eight Trials of Taiyin. When we get back to the academy, can I go to the treasure pavilion and choose a right arm bone?"

"I don't recommend you fuse your right arm bone now," Zhu Ziyang said thoughtfully after hearing the girl's words. "You can wait until your soul power reaches level 89 before choosing to fuse your right arm bone and complete the Eight Trials of Taiyin. At that time, there's a high probability that the trial rewards will include soul power rewards. That way, you can directly break through to the Title Douluo level, right?"

"Oh! That's right!" Upon hearing this, the girl's face lit up with joy, and she said, "Then it's decided. I'll fuse my right arm bone when my soul power reaches 89."

"That's more like it." Zhu Ziyang smiled, satisfied with the girl's reaction, and then said, "However, after you return to the academy, you can still go to the Treasure Pavilion to choose your right arm bone first. Once you've chosen it, you won't have to bother with it later."

"Okay, I understand!" the girl nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)