Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 13 The Tournament Ends

"Explode the Rings!" Lin Chen shouted, his aura surging rapidly, showing signs of breaking through to the Soul Master level. Then, Lin Chen grabbed the Seven Kill Sword and broke the martial soul fusion skill of the Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo sisters as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

The Ring Explosion, a divine skill of the Haotian Sect, can generate terrifying power when combined with the Great Sumeru Hammer.

However, Lin Chen felt that not only was the Clear Sky Hammer suitable for this divine skill, but the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul was also extremely compatible. Since Soul Rings could be transformed into the purest power and injected into the Clear Sky Hammer, there was naturally a way to transform them into the purest attack power and inject them into the Seven Kill Sword. This made the Seven Kill Sword, already the number one offensive weapon Martial Soul on the continent, even more powerful. When all nine rings exploded simultaneously, if one of them was a 100,000-year Soul Ring, it could even threaten a god!

Why did Lin Chen risk absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring when he was getting his second spirit ring? It was because a thousand-year spirit ring would give him the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels. Being short of a hundred-year spirit ring is always better than being short of a thousand-year one.

Adhering to the principle of utilizing all available means, Lin Chen also began his research on the exploding ring.

With the support of Earth and the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors, Lin Chen had made some progress after several years of research. This led him to believe that he had become a scientific research master.

After her initial shock, Lin Xiaolei quickly realized what was happening and unleashed another attack, eliminating the Lan sisters.

"Pfft!" Lin Chen suddenly spat out a small mouthful of blood and knelt on the ground. Fortunately, the Seven Kill Sword supported him, preventing him from collapsing immediately.

"This backlash is really huge," Lin Chen thought to himself, before fainting.

"Xiaotu!"

From the stands, Du Weilun said with admiration, "Exploding Rings? The Haotian Sect's divine skill. A first-year student can actually comprehend such a skill on his own. I'm afraid the attack power just now was comparable to Bei Bei, the strongest attacker in the outer academy."

Some teachers nodded, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Lin Chen.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Zhou Mingxing was being unilaterally crushed by Huang Chutian.

"Second Soul Skill, Power Hammer!" Huang Chutian felt deeply humiliated that he couldn't defeat a mere food-type Soul Master for so long. Enraged, Huang Chutian activated his second Soul Skill.

The moment the hammer struck the protective shield, Zhou Mingxing was unable to withstand it, was knocked down several meters, and coughed up blood.

Lin Chen was too weak to fight any longer, and Huang Chutian, who had knocked down Zhou Mingxing, went straight for Lin Xiaolei.

"First Soul Skill, Mighty Vajra Fist." Huang Chutian swung his fist at Lin Xiaolei.

"We can't let him get close." As a control-type battle spirit master, Lin Xiaolei knew that fighting a power-attack type battle spirit master in close combat was extremely disadvantageous.

"First Soul Skill: Lingering Melodies of the Zither."

Huang Chutian's movements froze instantly. The Hercules Ape Martial Soul's spiritual power was not strong to begin with, and coupled with the previous battle, Huang Chutian had no chance of resisting Lin Xiaolei's first soul skill.

Using those few seconds of control, Lin Xiaolei quickly created space and released her second soul skill, trying to eliminate Huang Chutian. However, Huang Chutian also regained his senses. Seeing Lin Xiaolei's second soul skill, Huang Chutian disregarded the consumption of his soul power and directly released his second soul skill to clash with Lin Xiaolei.

As a powerful offensive beast spirit, Huang Chutian quickly gained the upper hand in the battle. Just as he was preparing to use his Power Cannon Hammer to eliminate Lin Xiaolei and end the match.

Just then, a somewhat thin figure rushed forward, meeting Huang Chutian's second soul skill head-on.

"You're courting death!" Huang Chutian looked at Zhou Mingxing rushing towards him without pausing, and continued to control his second soul skill with his last bit of soul power.

Zhou Mingxing picked up the level-two soul-guided sword again and used the purest physical strength to slash at Huang Chutian's second soul skill.

Zhou Mingxing was defeated again and coughed up a lot of blood, clearly indicating that he had been seriously injured.

Huang Chutian's soul power was finally exhausted, and he was now panting heavily.

"Xiao Xing!" Lin Xiaolei cried anxiously, wanting to rush over and help Zhou Mingxing up. However, Zhou Mingxing stood up with some difficulty, and without taking out his soul tool, he rushed towards Huang Chutian, who was panting heavily.

Huang Chutian was shocked to see Zhou Mingxing charging towards him and shouted, "Madman!"

Zhou Mingxing's speed increased, and when he rushed in front of Huang Chutian and tried to pounce on him, the latter tackled him to the ground first.

Huang Chutian was on top, Zhou Mingxing on the bottom. Huang Chutian swung his fist, the size of a sandbag, and punched Zhou Mingxing repeatedly in the face, yelling, "You think you're so tough? Get up!"

Huang Chutian cursed and beat Zhou Mingxing at the same time.

After throwing countless punches, a feeling of exhaustion washed over Huang Chutian. Zhou Mingxing seized the opportunity and tackled Huang Chutian to the ground.

The situation has turned around!

Zhou Mingxing seemed oblivious to the pain, continuing to punch Huang Chutian in the face.

"You madman... Ah!" Huang Chutian roared.

"Aaaah!" After throwing nearly a hundred punches, Zhou Mingxing roared, as if he wanted to vent all the humiliation he had suffered over the years.

He then fell into a coma, and Huang Chutian had already been unconscious for some time.

At this moment, the only person standing on the field was Lin Xiaolei.

"Winner: Lin Chen's Team!"

After the proctor announced the victory, the medical staff who had been prepared in advance carried Lin Chen, Zhou Mingxing, Huang Chutian, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo away on stretchers, and Lin Xiaolei hurriedly followed.

Lin Chen was the first to wake up.

"Xiao Tu! Are you alright?" Lin Xiaolei asked with concern after seeing Lin Chen wake up.

"I'm fine, but I'm very hungry right now," Lin Chen replied. After waking up, he felt hungry and weak all over.

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaolei, disregarding her usual aloof and beautiful image, burst into laughter and patted her chest, saying, "Come on! This young lady will treat you to dinner."

"Haha, then I'll have to make you pay for this."

The two of them went to the cafeteria chatting and laughing.

Zhou Mingxing woke up the next day.

After breakfast, all the first-year students who passed the assessment were notified to gather at Shrek Square.

Lin Chen and his two companions achieved third place in this competition.

Lin Chen was very satisfied with the result. He had not revealed all his trump cards, but he had also demonstrated his strength and was able to get a share of more resources.

That's how it is at Shrek Academy; your strength and talent determine your cultivation resources.

At this moment, many first-year students and teachers gathered on the stage of Shrek Square, and the students were talking quietly.

"Alright, quiet down!" Du Weiren's calm voice instantly echoed throughout the entire square.

The students all stopped talking.

Seeing that the students immediately stopped talking, Du Weiren continued, "This year's freshman assessment competition has come to a successful conclusion, and you all did very well. Now, I will announce the competition rankings and awards!"

"Fourth place, Huang Chutian's team, Huang Chutian, Lan Luoluo, Lan Susu."

"Third place: Lin Chen's team, Lin Chen, Lin Xiaolei, Zhou Mingxing."

"Second place: Dai Huabin's team, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie."

"First place: Wang Dong's team, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao."

Lin Chen subconsciously looked at Huo Yuhao.

As expected, Huo Yuhao's expression was very unpleasant.

"Sigh, the path of the protagonist is really difficult," Lin Chen sighed inwardly.

Of course, this is human nature. Anyone who has gone through so much hardship to get to where they are today would find it hard to accept if their efforts were ignored. Anyone who knows the inside story understands that the difference between "Wang Dong's Team" and "Huo Yuhao's Team" is not just a matter of one character being missing. This shows that the academy recognizes Wang Dong, not Huo Yuhao, even though they used the name "Huo Yuhao's Team" when participating in the competition.

At this moment, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were somewhat at a loss as they comforted Huo Yuhao.

"Each member of the top four teams in the Freshman Competition can request the best Soul Ring from the academy during the next Soul Ring acquisition."

"In addition, due to the outstanding performance of this year's freshmen, the academy has decided to award the title of core disciple of the outer academy. The following are the core disciples of the outer academy: Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Lin Chen, Lin Xiaolei, Cao Jinxuan, Zhou Sichen, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Ning Tian, ​​and Wu Feng."

"There are a few other students who are not yet strong enough to become core disciples of the outer academy, but due to their outstanding performance, they can temporarily enjoy the treatment of core disciples. They are: Huo Yuhao, Zhou Mingxing, Cui Yajie, Huang Chutian, and Nanmen Yun'er."

Lin Chen was also a little stunned. How could a star not become a core disciple?

"As expected, it was the soul tool that made us, and it was also our downfall. The academy still has a prejudice against soul tools," Lin Chen sighed.

"Brother Lin, it's alright. With my talent, I'm already very satisfied to have come this far," Zhou Mingxing said.

"I'm not convinced! How could a star not become a core disciple?" Miss Lin Xiaolei said indignantly to Lin Chen and Zhou Mingxing.

Du Weiren then announced that the champion group would receive a special reward, which could be collected from his office after the meeting.

Lin Chen knew exactly what the special reward was: the left leg bone of the Void Demon Leopard, which he ultimately gave to Xiao Xiao.

After the meeting, Xiao Xiao also came over, wanting to comfort Zhou Mingxing.

"Xiaoxing, don't be too sad..."

"Alright, alright, you don't need to comfort me. I've already come to terms with it. Go and see the class monitor," Zhou Mingxing said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiao ran towards Huo Yuhao.

"This little girl is really something," Zhou Mingxing said with a smile.

"Hmph, where can you find a girl as good as Xiao Xiao? If you two dare to bully Xiao Xiao in the future, I'll beat you to death," Lin Xiaolei said, waving her little fist at the end.

The end of the freshman competition means that Lin Chen's college life will return to the usual routine of going back and forth between home and school.

However, on the second day after the competition ended, Class One also encountered a small incident.

Because Huo Yuhao, who was still considered extremely weak by many, was directly appointed as class monitor, it caused dissatisfaction among some people, especially Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.

Unlike Zhou Yi, Wang Yan did not act domineeringly; instead, she conducted a class-wide vote by raising hands.

Unlike in the original story, Huo Yuhao fights Zhu Lu, not Wu Feng, because Lin Chen and his two companions "intercepted" the fight.

"I am willing to accept Zhu Lu's challenge," Huo Yuhao said, standing up.

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(End of this chapter)