Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 160 Slaves of Words

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Du Weilen narrowed his eyes, scanning the ranks of the young Soul Masters who were clearly eager to challenge higher-age Soul Beasts, his warning in his eyes quite evident.

“Soul beasts of two thousand years or more are already beyond the limits that most Soul Masters can handle. You little guys had better act according to your abilities.”

"Although the teachers are very experienced in protecting you students, if you underestimate your opponents and expose your fatal weaknesses to the soul beasts, it is not impossible for you to be injured or maimed."

Upon hearing this, many of the younger students immediately lost their enthusiasm.

Xiao Xiao raised her hand and chose to challenge a soul beast that had just reached the thousand-year level.

Clearly, this girl is one of those few people who plan to fight a high-age soul beast. She originally only intended to try out a soul beast that was 1,000 or 1,200 years old.

Unexpectedly, the age of the soul beasts on Du Weiren's side increased to at least 500 years. As a result, Xiao Xiao, who had not even reached the Soul Master level, also became obedient and chose a soul beast that had just reached 1,000 years old to challenge.

However, it must be said that although Xiao Xiao's act of attaching a spirit ring to her second martial soul so early was a bit of a brain fart, it did have some effect.

When Xiao Xiao stepped onto the fighting platform, she faced a thousand-year-old Crimson Fire Monkey. Xiao Xiao used her two weapon spirits, one to control the field and slow down the enemy, and the other to relentlessly pursue and attack. She released several spirit skills in turn, making her seem like a mobile artillery platform. The Crimson Fire Monkey could only passively take the beating.

The problem is that Xiao Xiao clearly underestimated just how strong the defense of a thousand-year-old soul beast really is. Even though her opponent was just a Fire-type agility-attack beast, Xiao Xiao, without a high-burst thousand-year soul skill, still found it difficult to directly render the Fire-type beast unable to fight.

Although there is only a one-hundred-year difference in age between a nine-hundred-year-old soul beast and a thousand-year-old soul beast, their difficulty increases dramatically. The four attributes of a soul beast—strength, speed, defense, and soul—are greatly enhanced.

The word "delay" alone can ruin a considerable number of junior soul masters.

Fortunately, Xiao Xiao's major is in control engineering.

He controlled a thousand-year-old Blazing Monkey for so long despite only being a second-ringed being, although he ultimately failed to defeat it.

Xiao Xiao still got a high score of 120 points even though she was hit twice by the Fire Monkey's fireballs without paying attention.

One hundred and twenty points would have been a high probability of winning in previous years, but it is clear that at least this year, it is very difficult to even make it into the top three.

Just then, Wang Yan walked over again and whispered a few words to Du Weilun.

"Alright, the soul beasts with lifespans of 1,500 and 2,000 years have arrived. Who among you will take their place?"

"I want a soul beast with a lifespan of two thousand years."

"I'll choose a soul beast with a lifespan of two thousand years."

Wang Dong and Wu Feng spoke at the same time, both choosing two-thousand-year-old soul beasts, instantly creating a tense atmosphere of direct confrontation.

The fight between the two ended quite quickly.

Wang Dong's spirit ring configuration was already a top-tier setup with one yellow and two purple rings.

Dealing with a two-thousand-year-old soul beast was no small challenge. However, thanks to his ability to fly, Wang Dong employed a strategy of attrition before striking, and ultimately defeated the two-thousand-year-old soul beast with his extremely powerful third soul skill, Butterfly God Slash.

Well, unfortunately, Du Weilun ultimately used the excuse that these soul beasts might launch a desperate counterattack before they died to deduct twenty points from Wang Dong's score, giving her the same 150 points as Xie Huanyue when she returned to the team. Because of this, Wu Feng, who appeared later, was noticeably more cautious than Wang Dong.

Despite his drastically increased physical abilities, Wu Feng didn't rely on brute force. Instead, he used a series of Dragon Fire and Dragon Fury attacks to violently knock the menacing soul beast in front of him to the ground with a few punches.

After knocking someone down, they don't finish them off; they just wait for the opponent to get up before taking them down again.

In the end, the two-thousand-year-old soul beast reluctantly crawled back into its enclosure, no longer willing to fight Wu Feng.

Du Weilun couldn't find a reason to deduct points now, so he could only nod and give Wu Feng a high score of 170, allowing Wu Feng to take the top spot on the current scoring list.

Dai Huabin clenched his fists. Damn it!

He had also considered fighting a soul beast at the two-thousand-year level, since he wasn't confident he could defeat any higher-level beast.

But Wu Feng's perfect score of 170 points made Dai Huabin feel conflicted, and he even regretted his habit of speaking recklessly and making harsh remarks first.

If Chen Ping knew what Dai Huabin was thinking at that moment, he would surely burst out laughing.

This guy finally understood a principle: if you don't say a sentence, you are the master of that sentence; if you say it, you become its slave.

Last year, Chen Ping had to win the freshman competition to make up for his outspokenness because of this incident. Now, Dai Huabin will also have to taste the price of his outspokenness.

"Director Du, I need a soul beast of three thousand years or more. Please don't bother with soul beasts of less than three thousand years."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

A soul beast of three thousand years is not something a Soul Venerable can deal with. Even many junior Soul Masters at the Soul Sect level in the academy would find it quite difficult to deal with!

It should be noted that a four-ring Soul Master is already the lowest graduation level for students in the outer academy of Shrek Academy.

In other words, Dai Huabin, who is only a second-year student, is going to challenge soul beasts that many fifth and sixth-year students at Shrek Academy would challenge?

"As expected of the most outstanding eldest son of the White Tiger Duke's mansion in all these years of rumors, it is indeed true now that I have seen him."

"Hmm, not bad, not bad. It seems that the strongest freshman in the second year is still this little guy from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."

For a moment, many Soul Saint-level inner court teachers whispered among themselves. Dai Huabin's ears twitched slightly, and he felt a secret sense of satisfaction.

Yes, yes, that's exactly why he came to the academy!
They're back! They're all back! The atmosphere of students being shocked and teachers praising them is back!
Dai Huabin was overjoyed and pricked up his ears, eager to hear the teachers say a few more words.

"Hmm, this little guy is about the same age as Yueheng. It seems they're both unbeatable among their peers. Not bad."

"What are you saying? How long was Yueheng invincible among her peers? Wasn't she completely overshadowed by that girl Xiaotao?"

"Yes, that's true. But as the saying goes, there's always someone stronger. I remember last year's freshman champion wasn't this kid. Maybe he won't be invincible among his peers for long, hehehehe."

Dai Huabin's grin instantly fell, and he stopped grinning.

He's destined to be the undisputed champion in his age group!
(End of this chapter)