Douluo: Blue Lightning Dominates the World, Fist Douluo

Chapter 122 A Year of Diligent Training

Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye. With only one week left until the Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academy, the Thunder Team has also finished its year-long training camp.

A year has passed, and with unlimited resources, everyone's strength has been dramatically enhanced.

Yu Tianlin is the highest-ranking and fastest-cultivating among them.

With the combined boost from the divine herbs and the Water and Fire Dragon Pearl, he could break through one level every three months on average.

He took the CET-4 exam in one year, and a year later he has reached the CET-59 level.

It's not even that far from level 60.

If all goes well, we should be able to make another breakthrough in two months at most.

Secondly, there is Yu Tianheng.

Bearing the burden of the Thor's Trial, the immense pressure compels him to keep moving forward.

Six months ago, he finally completed the first test of the Thor's Trial, gaining 10% Thor's affinity and increasing his soul power by two levels.

The remaining rewards will be distributed after the first phase of the assessment is completed.

With his own efforts, he advanced six levels in a year and a half, becoming on par with Yu Tianlin.

Now, his cultivation level is only one level lower than Yu Tianlin's, reaching level 58.

Yu Tianxin ranked third.

Because he only had the effects of the immortal herbs and lacked divine inheritance, his cultivation speed was slightly slower than that of the two freaks, Yu Tianlin and Yu Tianheng.

After a year, I only leveled up three times, averaging one level every four months, and now I am level 56.

Dugu ranked fourth.

Having also consumed the immortal herb, her cultivation speed was not slow, averaging one level every four months.

However, she was at a disadvantage due to her age, and ultimately started cultivating later than Yu Tianxin. Although their progress is the same now, Yu Tianxin's previous accumulation still puts her one level ahead of her.

Therefore, he can only rank fourth, and is currently level 55.

It's worth mentioning that after more than a year of getting to know each other, Ye Lingling and Yu Tianxin finally reached that point.

They were both passionate young people in their late twenties, and when feelings were involved, it was naturally difficult to control themselves.

Even though Ye Lingling had reservations before and was unwilling to pass on the cursed martial soul, the Nine-Heart Begonia, she still did so.

But when Yu Tianlin told her that the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red could break her curse, she could no longer suppress the stirrings in her heart.

Then Yu Tianxin seized the opportunity to express her feelings, and the two finally got together naturally.

Since Ye Lingling had no family left, and with the Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academy approaching, the two did not take things further, but only temporarily got engaged with Yu Yuanzhen's blessing.

At Yu Tianlin's suggestion, Yu Yuanzhen immediately handed over the King of Immortal Herbs, the Acacia Heartbreak Red, to Ye Lingling.

And indeed, the facts did not disappoint. In this somewhat backward feudal era, the love between young men and women always seemed so pure.

Ye Lingling successfully picked the Acacia Heartbreak Red.

After consuming and refining the Acacia Heartbreak Red, Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul actually awakened a second time due to the red's ability to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. This allowed her to successfully escape the curse that had been passed down through her family for countless years.

In addition, Ye Lingling's soul power has also broken through more than half of the third level, and with a year of hard training, she finally broke through the fiftieth level a few days ago.

In order to ensure that she could successfully participate in the Elite Competition of Advanced Soul Master Academy, Yu Luomian, her grandfather, went to great lengths to personally take her to the Star Dou Great Forest, thousands of kilometers away, to hunt for souls.

If she can return safely, Ye Lingling will become the fifth Soul King in the Thunder Team.

The sixth-ranked student is undoubtedly Lei Dong, the oldest student in Thunder Academy.

A year later, he was 24 years old, and his soul power had reached level 47. At the level of a four-ring Soul Master, his ability to advance three levels in a year was entirely the result of his desperate efforts and relentless dedication.

In other words, resources are now unlimited. If it were the old resource supply, he might have completely ruined himself in two or three months if he had been refining like this.

Whether they can even participate in this Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition is uncertain, let alone what the future holds.

In fact, he himself knew that this last gamble was probably the last time he would ever burn with passion in his life.

After this Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, he will graduate from Thunder Academy and leave the Thunder Team. If he wants to obtain such resources again in the future, it will be wishful thinking.

That's why he's taking this opportunity to work incredibly hard, hoping to perform well in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament and then secure a higher position within the sect after graduation.

Lei Dong is a microcosm of ordinary soul masters across the entire Douluo Continent.

All their efforts are aimed at showcasing themselves and then selling themselves for a good price.

Like Lei Dong, there are also Lei Tian and Lan Yueran.

Both of them advanced three levels in the past year, reaching level 45.

Their innate soul power was one level higher than Lei Dong's, and their talent was relatively better than his, so it was much easier for them to reach three levels in a year.

The reason why Lan Yueran and Lei Tian have the same innate soul power, yet Lan Yueran is a year younger than Lei Tian and can still match his cultivation level, is ultimately due to her better family background and more resources.

As the daughter of the city lord of Blue Lightning City, Lan Yueran's status and position were not as high as those of core disciples of the sect like Yu Tianlin, but she was far superior to ordinary collateral disciples like Lei Tian and Lei Dong.

Those with higher status and position can naturally acquire more resources, making their cultivation much faster than those who are helpless and have to fight for every cultivation resource themselves.

Ultimately, cultivation relies on four elements: resources, companions, methods, and environment. Resources are like-minded partners, methods are more advanced cultivation techniques, and environment is a more suitable cultivation setting.

In the original work, Shrek Academy was an impoverished academy with no resources other than the "spiritual victory method." Aside from the Shrek Seven Devils, it was still able to cultivate fourteen Soul Masters under the age of twenty in twenty years.

They are even more outstanding than the younger generation cultivated by many major sects.

If this isn't just them bragging, then it's truly outrageous, utterly absurd.

Even Yu Tianlin was speechless about this, and could only attribute it to their connections, who could give them advantages anytime, anywhere.

Finally, there's Ning Rongrong.

After deciding to follow in Yu Tianlin's footsteps, Ning Rongrong transferred directly to Thunder Academy.

A year later, she has now fully integrated into the Thunder team.

After all, the entire Thunder team is taking advantage of the resources provided by others and making the most of them; no one would want to let them down.

Over the past year, Ning Rongrong has not slacked off in her cultivation. On the contrary, she has worked even harder after her martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Previously, there was no choice, since no matter how hard you tried, you could only cultivate to level 79.

Now that she sees hope of becoming a Title Douluo, she naturally cherishes this hard-won opportunity more than anyone else.

Now, a year later, with the blessing of the Qiluo Tulip, she obtained her fourth soul ring three months ago and has now officially become a level 42 Soul Master.

At 14 years old and at level 42, she is a Soul Master. Although she seems to have only one more level of Soul Power than in the original work, her true strength is far greater than that.

Don't forget that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan still has ancient martial arts techniques for combat, as well as many self-created soul skills.

Fortunately, Yu Lingyun wasn't too busy, so he picked and chose what to teach her. Even though Ning Rongrong was only a support-type Soul Master, she now possesses considerable combat abilities.

Although it can't compare to a true battle spirit master, it's still more than enough to bully the weak with its superior strength, and to defeat a three-ring opponent with a four-ring spirit.

Whether we can win is hard to say, but we can definitely hold out until our teammates come to our aid.

After all, he is only a support-type Soul Master. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support abilities are not yet useful to him, so he can't expect too much.

(End of this chapter)