Douluo Continent: My Path to Godhood Through Stat Allocation

Chapter 48 Prelude to the Soul Hunt

In these four months, the number of life-or-death battles was less than expected.

"Ling the Throat Slitter" is renowned for his formidable fighting prowess.

Even though Fang Ling later chose to increase the stakes and start new duels, with Soul Masters risking their lives for money coming one after another, they only fought a total of twenty-three battles.

It started with eleven two-on-two life-or-death battles, where he fought against two opponents by himself.

The two-player battle was not as difficult as he had imagined; in fact, it was much simpler than he had ever thought.

Fang Ling's Lv3 scythe technique and movement skills, enhanced by extremely fast nerve reflexes, are almost comparable to the next stage.

His keen combat mind allows him to easily find room to maneuver in the face of seemingly coordinated but actually occasionally flawed movements of his opponents.

If you position yourself well, you can create a situation where you are one-on-one or where the enemies are attacking each other.

He effectively utilized this advantage and won ten consecutive matches.

Then they were defeated by a highly compatible couple from the 18th grade.

This battle truly showed Fang Ling what combined operations meant.

One person's mistake is made up for by another, seamlessly, leaving no room for error.

Even Fang Ling, whose scythe technique far surpassed his level, was beaten so badly that he had no chance to fight back and could only jump off the stage.

A one-on-two life-or-death battle, resulting in the killing of nineteen people, with one person escaping, and earning nineteen points.

The original score was 185 points and a bronze fighting spirit badge. An additional 540 points were added, for a total of 725 points.

Then no one wanted to fight him in a fight where they were certain to die.

After consulting with the staff, dean, and teachers of the Great Soul Arena, Fang Ling refused to fight someone of a higher level and chose to engage in a duel instead.

In theory, a duel should involve betting one's entire fortune, but the Great Soul Arena doesn't care about that.

They never check how much money you actually have; they only care about what you hand over and what you have on you.

Therefore, Fang Ling never wore the Frost and Snow Ring, but only had his master wear the ring and help him pay 1,000 gold soul coins as an incentive.

This type of betting is purely for attracting people, so it doesn't generate much profit.

It started with five singles duels.

He won four games in a row, then lost one game and lost a thousand gold soul coins.

Money can attract people of varying abilities; most are strong, but still can't beat Fang Ling, who has few weaknesses in any area.

The last loss was against a tough opponent.

Both are sword spirits, but unlike the city lord's sturdy black gold sword, Fang Ling encountered a mid-to-high-level sword spirit that emphasizes sharpness.

The martial spirit was already sharp, and the sharpness was greatly enhanced after using the spirit ring. With one strike, it directly pierced through a third of Fang Ling's Lv2 scythe.

If he were a little stronger, there would be no doubt that he could cut the sickle in half with a single sword stroke.

This is the kind of fight that the teacher told Fang Ling, the kind that was absolutely impossible to win.

The hardware is insufficient, and the martial spirit is too weak. What can be done?

The will of the warriors played a crucial role.

Ignoring the effects of the pain, he ran incredibly fast and jumped off the ring in one go.

Losing a thousand gold soul coins is painful, but nothing is more important than life.

He only scored four points in the one-on-one duel, which was a life-or-death battle, so it counted as an eighteen-game winning streak. He lost in the nineteenth game and scored 390 points.

At this point, with a total of 1,011 points, the Bronze Battle Spirit Badge has been successfully upgraded to Silver Battle Spirit.

At this moment, Fang Ling upgraded the scythe to Lv3.

In life-or-death battles, bronze fighting spirits still exist, but silver fighting spirits are extremely rare.

Fortunately, the extra-paying bets don't consider the Fighting Spirit Badge.

The series of battles made Fang Ling stronger and stronger. Later, he participated in seven two-person gambling matches and won all seven. However, one of them ran away, and he only got thirteen points.

The couple who had previously defeated him in a one-on-two life-or-death battle also came, but this time they lost.

Fang Ling's martial soul evolved to Lv3, with a moderate increase in sharpness and resilience. His fighting will evolved to Lv2, and his soul power flowed faster, which made him just a little bit faster.

He found his opportunity and won.

Silver Fighter Soul earns 100 points for each win, and 1,000 points for each win after five or more consecutive wins. He eventually has a total of 3,0515 points.

Twenty-three battles, thirty-six kills, and a total of thirty-six points.

The progress bar increased rapidly after Fang Ling became a Soul Master, gaining one point every six months. He gained a total of thirty-seven points.

Of those, eight points were used on soul power, which raised him to level nineteen.

I tried adjusting the spirit ring, adding over a hundred years, bringing the spirit ring to 231 years.

Neither the Reflexes nor Digestion specializations have been upgraded; they should only change after a thousand years.

The remaining twenty-eight points were reserved for the form changes of the martial soul.

When the time comes to obtain a spirit ring, we can get two points from the hundred-year-old spirit beast, which is just right.

He asked, and this Soul Hunt is taking place in the Star Dou Great Forest.

With the teachers as a safeguard, one can take the opportunity to kill a few more soul beasts and accumulate some points for the evolution of their martial soul.

Fang Ling was at a great disadvantage in battle because his martial spirit was too short.

The form must be changed to transform this agricultural sickle into a long-handled war sickle.

Although he lost the agility of close-range combat, the longer range of his martial spirit gave Fang Ling more room to maneuver and dodge.

It won't be necessary to have every battle be a thrilling close-quarters fight like it is now.

Although his tactics need to be adjusted accordingly, with his talent, there's naturally not much to worry about.

Seven days after the final one-on-two duel, Fang Ling successfully broke through to level 20.

They were included in the list of the Academy's Soul Hunting Team.

Four days later, the Soul Hunt officially began.

Dean Lin Yuehua, the Soul Emperor of the Flowing Wind Blade, personally led a team of thirteen people, accompanied by five Soul Master teachers.

The combat director, Longhaired Wild Boar Soul King Liu Yueban, led another team of ten people, accompanied by four Soul Master teachers.

The War King Academy didn't have as many twists and turns as it did at Notting Academy.

The dean gathered all the graduates who were able to graduate smoothly in the college square. There were only twenty-three people.

That's right, there were only twenty-three people.

War King Academy is a fairly good intermediate academy, with about two hundred students in each grade.

The requirement of participating in ten Grand Arena battles is not too difficult; at worst, you can just endure ten matches.

In the end, only twenty-three students were able to graduate successfully.

The reason is simple: lack of talent and slow training.

Generally speaking, intermediate soul master academies, like junior soul master academies, have six grades.

One-ring junior soul masters need to reach level 20 within six years after graduating from the junior soul master academy to successfully graduate.

He awakens his martial soul at the age of six and enters the junior academy. He graduates at the age of twelve and enters the intermediate academy in the same year. He must become a two-ring soul master by the age of eighteen at the latest in order to graduate smoothly.

The vast majority of people who cannot graduate early will not become second-ring Soul Masters.

Most of these graduates are fifteen or sixteen years old; they entered the college early after graduating early, and very few are eighteen.

Both men and women are represented; some are tall and handsome, majestic and sunny, while others are beautiful and charming, heroic and spirited.

Regardless, Fang Ling, the shortest of the three, with an indifferent expression, stood alone in the center, and no one dared to approach him.

He's a freshman who's only been in school for a year and is only ten years old!

Despite possessing innate first-level talent, he was able to break through to level 20 within a year.

At first, everyone was surprised and envious, but after learning more, they developed a deep respect for him.

This cannot be imitated.

Although Fang Ling is lame, he has excellent fighting talent and is a truly ruthless person.

They were ruthless to others; the number of people they killed in life-or-death battles was more than the number they had seen in strategic games.

Being ruthless to oneself, able to endure pain that could lead to near death, thinking calmly and quickly before decisively turning the tables.

He could kill many people without changing his expression, and the smile that would occasionally appear on his face remained completely unchanged.

His mind is absolutely twisted.

The name "Ling the Throat-Slitter" resounded throughout the entire Great Soul Arena.

Can they imitate it?

Only death!

(End of this chapter)