Douluo Continent: The Five Elements Lock Martial Soul, Five Elements Divine Might Transformation

"But teacher, aren't soul skills also part of a soul master's strength? In fact, it can be said that most of a soul master's strength lies in their soul skills. Ling Yun's first two soul skills are so powerful that he has already won at the starting line."

"You're right, but even if his first two soul skills are good, they're only hundred-year and thousand-year soul skills. Don't forget, you have twin martial souls!"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up as he looked at his disciple, his heart filled with excitement, and he explained.

"If you can become a Title Douluo, then you can add ten-thousand-year or even one-hundred-thousand-year spirit rings to that hammer. At that time, would your first and second spirit skills with that hammer be inferior to Ling Yun's? Would you still be afraid of not being able to defeat Ling Yun?"

Upon hearing this, Tang San immediately perked up, thinking to himself: That's right, I still have that hammer! No matter how powerful Ling Yun is, he only has one martial soul. I have two martial souls. As long as I add a ten-thousand-year soul ring to that hammer, I can defeat Ling Yun.

Seeing Tang San's expression, Yu Xiaogang knew that he had cheered up, and immediately showed a gratified smile, continuing.

"Not only that, I also discovered that Ling Yun has a huge weakness."

"Weakness?" Tang San was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "What weakness?"

"His spirit ring combination is clearly problematic!" Yu Xiaogang pointed out.

"Although he can absorb spirit rings beyond his level, the spirit rings he chooses can almost be described as a random combination."

His martial soul is a metal bracelet. Instead of adding metal-attribute spirit rings to his martial soul, he added wood-attribute and fire-attribute spirit rings.

The second fire-attribute soul ring, in particular, is problematic because fire counters metal, and this elemental conflict can cause irreversible damage to the martial soul, and may even harm its very essence.

In other words, the higher the age of his second spirit ring, the greater the damage it causes to his martial spirit, and the lower his own potential will be.

At this point, Yu Xiaogang's lips curled up, revealing the signature crooked-mouthed Dragon King smile, and he said confidently.

"Without a master like me to guide him, that kid will probably continue to add spirit rings haphazardly. As you can imagine, his potential will inevitably decline. Maybe you can defeat him with just Blue Silver Grass then."

Upon hearing this, Tang San's spirits lifted, and he was completely energized.

The teacher is right. Ling Yun has no teacher and can only act on his own whims. But I'm different. I have a renowned master to guide me. How can Ling Yun possibly beat me?

In other words, Ling Yun doesn't have mind-reading abilities; otherwise, he would probably laugh himself silly if he heard Tang San's thoughts.

Does Yu Xiaogang deserve the title of "master"?

……

After leaving Notting College, Ling Yun walked alone on the street, pondering his future plans.

"I've graduated from Notting Academy, so where should I go next? The Spirit Hall is definitely out of the question, and Shrek Academy, that third-rate, shoddy academy, is definitely not going to work either..."

"The Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is a good choice."

Ling Yun thought to himself that once he went to the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, he might be able to make contact with Dugu Yan and obtain the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

With the immortal herb, he might be able to surpass Tang San in the original story and become the youngest Title Douluo in history.

Ling Yun was happily daydreaming, but then he secretly shook his head and muttered, "But the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy only accepts noble children. I'm just a commoner. I'm afraid I won't even be able to get through the academy's gates."

In the original novel, if Qin Ming hadn't become a teacher at the academy, the Shrek Seven Devils probably wouldn't have been able to enter the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Even after he finally got in, he was still kicked out by Prince Xue Beng and a group of spoiled brats.

Joining the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy would give Ling Yun the opportunity to meet Dugu Yan; otherwise, he wouldn't even bother to glance at such an academy.

Chapter 14 An unexpected encounter with Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian

"If I can't go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, maybe I can try my luck at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

Ling Yun thought to himself that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was one of the three upper sects and was incredibly wealthy.

Moreover, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the sect's martial soul, is a purely support-type martial soul. In order to protect the sect's disciples, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect recruits many talented soul masters every year.

If Ling Yun could join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, his quality of life would improve significantly, and with his talent, joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School shouldn't be a problem.

"More importantly, if I can become a core disciple after joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, I might be able to obtain the Fusion Ring Secret Technique and the Distraction Control Secret Technique."

The Fusion Ring, as the name suggests, is to fuse all the Soul Rings into one, thereby making the Soul Skill more powerful; while the Distraction Control Technique allows you to cast multiple Soul Skills at the same time.

Needless to say, the Fusion Ring Secret Technique would directly elevate Ling Yun's combat power to a whole new level if he could learn it.

However, if one could learn the secret art of distraction control, it might be possible to control multiple elements simultaneously.

Ling Yun vaguely remembered that in Piggy Hero, there were combined attack skills similar to martial spirit combination skills, and different beast-type warriors could perform combined skills based on the mutual generation of the five elements.

For example, Flamingo and Stone Bear can use a combined skill called "Flaming Meteor".

Now Lingyun can transform into a wood-attribute divine wood ape and a fire-attribute flame crane. Wood generates fire, which perfectly meets the requirements for performing a combination skill.

If he could learn the secret technique of distraction control, he might be able to unleash a combined skill all by himself.

"No matter what, the immortal herbs are the most important. Let's go to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy first. If we can get in, that would be great. If not, it's not too late to go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

With this in mind, Ling Yun made up his plans for the future. Before heading to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he first returned to Five Elements Village to visit Grandpa Colin.

Upon learning that Ling Yun had become a second-ring Great Soul Master at the young age of eight, Colin was overjoyed. He immediately prepared a sumptuous dinner and took out his treasured wine to drink to his heart's content.

The next morning, Ling Yun left Colin with fifty gold soul coins and then left Five Elements Village. Using the Douluo Continent map he bought from Notting City, he headed north to Heaven Dou City.

He did not take a carriage, but walked the entire way. The distance between Five Elements Village and Heaven Dou City was too far, and there were many mountain roads in between. If he had taken a carriage, it would have cost at least a hundred gold soul coins.

He doesn't have that much money right now, so he has to walk. If he encounters a mountain blocking his way, he transforms into a fiery crane and flies over the mountain peak.

In this way, more than two months passed quickly. During this period, Ling Yun traveled during the day and meditated and cultivated at night. His soul power broke through to the 25th level.

"I should be located near Sunset Forest right now."

Looking at the map in his hand, Ling Yun muttered to himself, "Although it's still quite a distance from Tian Dou City, it's not far. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to reach Tian Dou City within ten days. If I transform into a Flame Crane and fly there, the speed will be even faster!"

"Roar"

Just as Ling Yun was in a daze, a loud roar suddenly came from not far away.

The sound was deafening, startling Ling Yun and causing the surrounding soul beasts to scatter and flee upon hearing the terrifying roar.

After the lion's roar subsided, a tremendous earthquake shook the earth, as if the entire land was trembling.

Looking in the direction from which the sound came, a huge male lion came galloping towards them, its whole body covered in orange-red fur, especially the mane on its head, which was a bright, fiery red, exuding an invisible heat.

"Is this guy the Flame Lion?"

Ling Yun revealed the name of the soul beast. He had read many books about soul beasts in the past two years, so he could recognize the soul beast at a glance.

"The Flame Lion is a high-level fire-attribute soul beast. Its understanding of fire power even surpasses that of the Earth King. Moreover, judging from its size, it should be a thousand-year-old soul beast. Its cultivation level is comparable to that of the Earth King."

As they spoke, Ling Yun keenly noticed that the fiery lion's back was covered with a dense network of cuts and scratches. The wounds had not yet healed, and as it ran wildly, crimson blood splattered out.

Despite its severe injuries, it didn't seek medical treatment but instead continued running wildly, clearly being chased.

"Hoohoo!"

Just then, the Flaming Lion noticed Ling Yun in front of it, immediately roared to the sky, and suddenly exerted force with its hind legs.

"bang"

In an instant, the ground cracked and rocks flew everywhere, while the fiery lion shot out like an arrow, opening its blood-red maw and spewing out a scorching flame, heading straight for Ling Yun.

"Heh, so you want to eat me to fill your stomach? Too bad you're no match for me!"

"Five elemental powers, transform! Beast Warrior: Flame Crane!"

Ling Yun suddenly unleashed his soul skill, his second soul ring glowed slightly, and then a red light flashed by before Ling Yun's figure disappeared, replaced by a crane with pure white feathers.

Seeing the flames rushing towards him, Ling Yun immediately gathered his soul power, and his pure white wings were also engulfed in flames.

"Fire Spirit Power!"

Before he could finish speaking, the raging flames spewed out by the Flame Lion suddenly changed direction. To the Flame Lion's astonishment, the flames it had spewed out were now hurtling towards him at an even faster speed.

The incident happened suddenly, and the Flame Lion was already seriously injured, so it couldn't dodge in time and could only watch helplessly as the flames hit it and severely injured it.

Seeing this, Ling Yun grinned and said, "Hehe, using fire in front of me is like showing off your skills in front of Guan Yu. You're just overestimating yourself."

After transforming into the Divine Wood Ape, he could control all plants; now that he has become the Flame Crane, he can naturally control all flames as well, and the skills of soul beasts are no exception!

Seeing that the Flaming Lion was on its last breath, Ling Yun immediately gathered his soul power, preparing to deliver the final blow. The flesh of a thousand-year-old soul beast was of great benefit to a soul master's cultivation.

However, just as he was about to make his move, he heard a shout.

"Brother, wait a minute! Spare his life! No, I mean, show mercy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man with a full head of white hair, wearing a mask and dressed in blue clothes swooped down from the sky and landed in front of Ling Yun.

Behind him followed a blond man in a bright red outfit and a sexy, hot girl in a red miniskirt.

Upon seeing this, Ling Yun immediately recognized the three as Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang from Blazing Fire Academy, and Feng Xiaotian from Divine Wind Academy.

At this moment, Feng Xiaotian came up and said with a friendly smile, "Hehehe, brother, we found this Flame Lion first. You can see the cut on its back, that was caused by me."

"Could you do us a favor and let us have this spirit beast? My girlfriend really needs this spirit ring!"

"Feng Xiaotian! Don't flatter yourself. When did I agree to be your girlfriend?"

Huo Wu scoffed, then looked at Ling Yun, who had transformed into a Flame Crane. Thinking he was a Soul Saint senior, her tone softened immediately, and she pleaded.

"Senior, could you possibly give me this Flaming Lion? I'm willing to pay five hundred gold soul coins for this soul beast!"

Chapter 15 Fire Dance's Invitation: Heading to Blazing Academy

"No problem, I don't need this soul beast anyway." Ling Yun nodded and agreed. Wouldn't it be foolish not to make money when it's available?

"Besides, I'm not some senior, just a second-ring Great Soul Master."

After saying that, Ling Yun deactivated his transformation. When they saw his youthful face, the three of them were surprised. They hadn't expected Ling Yun to be so young.

Huo Wu, in particular, mistook the Flame Crane for Ling Yun's true martial soul form, believing him to be a Soul Saint.

When the three of them saw the second ring of the millennium beneath Ling Yun's feet, their expressions changed slightly. Even Feng Xiaotian, who was usually unserious, was shocked.

"The second spirit ring is at the thousand-year level? How is that possible...?"

"I was just lucky." After giving a casual reply, Ling Yun pointed at the Flaming Lion and said, "Aren't you going to make a move? That Flaming Lion is about to die."

Upon hearing this, Huo Wu immediately realized what was going on and quickly said, "Friend, although I don't know who you are, thank you."

"You're welcome. Just remember to give me five hundred gold soul coins later."

"No problem, I will definitely keep my promise."

Huo Wu ran quickly towards the dying Flame Lion, took out her dagger, and stabbed it with all her might, ending its life with a single blow.

After the Flame Lion died, a purple soul ring appeared above its corpse.