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

Chapter 839 Young Pavilion Master Chen Ping

"Senior, please just call me Yuhao."

Huo Yuhao was both amused and exasperated by the trendy term "little Grand Secretary," and then spoke up.

"Well, that's the rule. Since you've finished the assessment for becoming a junior elder, you should naturally address me as elder. I'm a few years older than you, so calling me 'young elder' is already presumptuous."

Shi Xing spoke with a serious expression, making Huo Yuhao immediately feel ashamed.

This fashionable city lord is good in every way except that he is a bit old-fashioned in some aspects, but otherwise he is fine.

Compared to that, Huo Yuhao was actually more curious about what Chen Ping would be called if he appeared in front of Shi Xing now.
Young Master?
After a moment of random thoughts, Huo Yuhao composed himself and said loudly, "On my command, Shrek City Guard Regiment, First Regiment, Second Regiment, and Third Regiment, proceed to the target exercise position and assume combat readiness upon arrival."

With Huo Yuhao's order given, the three legions below quickly began to head towards the Star Dou Forest in an orderly manner.

Huo Yuhao flashed forward, activated the flying soul tool on his back, and headed towards the rendezvous point at an even faster speed.

Although he was trained by the academy according to the extreme individual soldier program, Shrek Academy's reserves of blueprints, rare metals, soul masters, and various technologies became increasingly abundant, and even the soul guidance department gradually gave up the idea of ​​turning the tide of battle by relying on extreme individual soldiers.

Back when we were developing extreme individual combat techniques, it all boiled down to one word: poverty!

Shrek Academy was too poor to afford a direct confrontation with the Sun Moon Empire by assembling a Soul Master Corps on the battlefield. That's why they were thinking of using a surprise attack to win.

Now Shrek Academy has everything it needs. Although the Extreme Individual Soldier training program still exists, it is no longer regarded by Shrek Academy as the ultimate trump card to turn the tide of battle. Therefore, Huo Yuhao has naturally begun to be trained as a leader of large-scale operations.

An individual's strength is ultimately limited. Even if the ultimate single soldier, a Title Douluo equipped with a full set of level-nine soul tools, which the Soul Guidance Department has always dreamed of, were to truly emerge, the damage dealt by the opponent in one minute of full-force firepower would still be less than a fraction of the damage dealt by a Soul Guild in the same minute of full-force firepower.

After flying for a short time, in an uninhabited area about fifty miles from the outer edge of the Star Dou Forest, Huo Yuhao stopped. This was the training ground that had been chosen long ago.

Shi Xing was flying alongside Huo Yuhao at that moment, and soon landed from the sky.

"Alright, Junior Brother Yuhao, if it's convenient, could you tell me what the elders are thinking?"

"This exercise not only came suddenly and quickly, but also mobilized half of the entire Shrek City Guard. Not only were all three legions that had completed the deployment of soul tools mobilized, but they were also prepared with live ammunition."

"Could it be that a beast tide is coming? Is this exercise meant to warn the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Forest?"

Shi Xing looked at the interior of the Starry Sky Forest with a serious expression, his tone tinged with worry.

It's no wonder he thought that way; the order for this exercise within the academy came quite suddenly, giving him almost no time to react.

It was only because of the reform of the city guards over the years that he, as the newly appointed city lord of Shrek City, never neglected military affairs and often drilled the strong army, which is why he was able to assemble all three city guard legions in such a short period of time without any mishaps.

The only thing Shi Xing could think of at this moment was the beast tide that the Body Sect had once provoked, which he had hastily marched his army to a location not far from the entrance of the Star Dou Forest.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and explained, "This is Brother Chen's idea. He is currently in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire and urgently needs our help, so he made a communication to the Sea God Pavilion and asked Elder Xuan to give the order."

"Is this the young master's intention?" Shi Xing suddenly recalled the times when he and Du Weilun helped Chen Ping hunt for his second soul ring, but were attacked by the Evil Soul Douluo. He suddenly realized what had happened.

Back then, he was just a kid at level 20, but in the blink of an eye, he's become so powerful that he can use communications to mobilize the Shrek City Guard, and even Elder Xuan has to help him give orders!

"No, young patriarch, even so, isn't the young patriarch currently in the heart of a northern city of the Sun Moon Empire? Why go to such lengths and send all three Soul Master Corps here?"

Shi Xing had no idea what Huo Yuhao was up to, and looked at Huo Yuhao with a puzzled expression.

"Let the three Soul Master Corps get ready. Senior will understand in a moment."

Huo Yuhao turned his head and looked at the dense dots of light on the horizon, then slowly nodded.

The lowest level of the Soul Masters in the Shrek City Guard is level 40, which allows them to use the new level 4 flying Soul Guidance Device. Their travel speed is extremely fast, and their mobility is far superior to that of Soul Master Corps composed of ordinary level 20 or 30 Soul Masters.

New types of flying soul guides, all-terrain self-propelled gun turrets, soul-guided howitzers, and high-altitude detection soul guides.

These three Soul Master groups in front of us represent the pinnacle of Soul Master groups across the entire Douluo Continent.

Because of the cold weather, the soldiers patrolling the walls of Oak City were completely wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes. After walking around twice, they would take shelter behind the battlements to avoid the wind.

The patrol teams rotate every two hours, with each team consisting of only ten people. During the coldest part of winter, patrols may even be cancelled.

At this moment, the ten soldiers of the third squad of the first battalion of the Oak City defense force were responsible for patrolling the city walls. Led by their deputy captain, the ten men were listlessly strolling around the city walls.

"Captain, this awful weather, shouldn't we talk to our boss about not patrolling anymore? What's the point of patrolling anyway?" a veteran said to the deputy captain.

The deputy captain said irritably, "If you're so capable, go ahead and say it yourself. The captain hasn't been in a good mood these past few days."

"Hehe, I heard that the captain was caught by his wife while out hunting for food? Is that true?"

"If you don't want to be burned to death by the captain's wrath, then don't ask too many questions."

Everyone chuckled knowingly.

"Captain, after we finish patrolling, we'd like to chip in and treat you to some liquor, what do you say?"

"Drinking? I'm on duty today, this..."

"Captain, it's freezing cold, having a drink can help you be on duty better."

"Besides, the higher-ups have gone crazy for some reason and have mobilized an entire Soul Master Corps to guard our Oak City. Without a massive army descending from the sky, I really can't think of anyone who could threaten our Oak City."

"Hmm, alright. You guys are quite filial, and what you said makes sense. Anyway, as long as those Soul Masters can keep an eye on those newly installed screens to check the Soul Masters entering the city, our efforts won't be in vain. Hey, why is it getting dark?"

(End of this chapter)