Douluo Continent: Steadily Growing Stronger in Shrek Academy

Chapter 8 Zhou Mingxing equipped with a soul tool

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's heart immediately trembled.

That familiar and gentle voice—isn't that Zhang Lexuan, the senior disciple of the inner courtyard?

Looking up, a stunningly beautiful face came into view. Zhang Lexuan was standing gracefully in front of her, looking at her as well.

"Where's my milk tea? I already paid for it," Zhang Lexuan said.

"Oh, here you go." Lin Chen handed over a cup of freshly made milk tea.

Seeing Lin Chen's blank expression, Zhang Lexuan chuckled and said, "Alright, I won't disturb your business anymore. Do you have a place to sit?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Chen quickly replied, then pointed to the tables and chairs behind his stall and said, "These are all my stalls, Sister Lexuan, please feel free to sit here."

Zhang Lexuan nodded and then walked to a chair and sat down.

After closing up shop, Lin Chen took two cups of milk tea and sat down next to Zhang Lexuan, asking, "Sister Lexuan, what brings you here today?"

"I didn't come here on purpose. I just finished a mission today and didn't feel like cooking, so I came here to buy some food. Who would have thought I'd see a freshman setting up a stall here instead of cultivating?" Zhang Lexuan answered crisply.

"Sister Lexuan, it's very important to balance work and rest. If I work too hard, my little body can't take it," Lin Chen said with a smile.

"You're so good at talking." Zhang Lexuan rolled her eyes at him.

Then he asked, "I heard the freshman competition has started. How are the results?"

"We've only played two matches so far, and we've won them both," Lin Chen said proudly.

"But compared to Sister Lexuan, she's nothing."

"Um."

As if remembering something, Lin Chen took out the ten-thousand-year whale glue he had previously picked up from his soul tool and said, "Sister Le Xuan, this is whale glue I bought at the Treasure Pavilion. Could you use your soul power to help me dissolve it? I'll eat it while I cultivate tonight."

"Okay, but this whale glue... looks a bit spoiled," Zhang Lexuan said.

"No, no, no, Sister Lexuan, this is a piece of ten-thousand-year-old whale glue."

"Oh?" With her soul power circulating, the whale glue melted under Zhang Lexuan's powerful soul power, turning into a soft, fluffy substance.

"It is indeed the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, and its quality is quite good. Its medicinal effect should be very strong. You should absorb it now, and I will protect you," Zhang Lexuan said, her tone leaving no room for doubt.

Lin Chen nodded, immediately swallowed the whale gelatin, sat cross-legged, and circulated his soul power to absorb the medicinal effects.

As dawn broke in the east, Lin Chen slowly awoke from his cultivation, only to find Zhang Lexuan looking at him with a half-smile.

"Sister Lexuan, why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Chen asked, puzzled.

Seeing Lin Chen's bewildered expression, Zhang Lexuan had no reason to feel like teasing him and said, "I'm really curious, some people just absorbed some whale glue and actually meditated deeply all night. I wonder what kind of freak they are."

"I don't know either... Huh?! What! I meditated all night?!" Lin Chen's mouth dropped open.

"Lelele... Sister Lexuan, I'm sorry. If you need any hard work in the future, just call me. I'm going to participate in the freshman competition now. Bye-bye, Sister Lexuan!" After saying that, she summoned the Seven Kill Sword and flew away on the sword.

Lin Chen rushed to the Soul Arena and found Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing already waiting for him. Luckily, they weren't fighting in the first match, otherwise Lin Chen might have been in serious trouble.

As for the match, they won without any surprises.

Back in his dormitory at noon, Lin Chen examined his body and discovered that it could now withstand a spirit ring of approximately four thousand years. This age of spirit ring was comparable to the fourth spirit ring of an ordinary spirit master.

However, Zhou Mingxing was not in the dormitory, which puzzled Lin Chen. Although this guy was a food-type cultivator, he was extremely hardworking in his cultivation, even more so than Lin Chen himself.

Why aren't you cultivating right now?

When the competition started in the afternoon, Zhou Mingxing, who was holding a soul tool, answered Lin Chen's questions from noon.

Good heavens, so he went to buy a soul tool!

"Lin Chen's team from Class 1 of Freshmen versus Ma Hongguang's team from Class 3 of Freshmen! Please come to the stage!"

"Lin Chen, Class 1, Freshmen."

"Lin Xiaolei, Class 1, Freshmen."

"Zhou Mingxing, Class 1, Freshmen."

"Ma Hongguang, Class 3, Freshmen."

"Xiao Yang, Class 3, Freshmen."

"Li Renba, Class 3, Freshmen."

"The match begins!"

All six people on the field activated their martial spirits simultaneously.

Ma Hongguang is a second-ring Soul Master, while the other two are first-ring Soul Masters.

Ma Hongguang, on the other side, beckoned with his finger in this direction, his gesture full of provocation.

"Damn it! Little Tu, beat him up!"

"Wait a minute, this team is not simple."

Lin Chen had observed this team before. Apart from the previous team of three Great Soul Masters, they had all defeated their opponents with absolute crushing force. Xiao Yang's martial soul was a thread, similar to the steel wire in Lin Chen's previous life. Li Renba's martial soul was a boomerang, but Lin Chen could not determine Ma Hongguang's martial soul.

Having observed the battle before, Lin Chen knew that Ma Hongguang's first soul skill was a mind control type soul skill, so Lin Chen concluded that the main controller of the opponent was Ma Hongguang.

Seeing that the other side was not fooled, Ma Hongguang nodded to his teammates, and Xiao Yang and Li Renba immediately understood and rushed towards Lin Chen and the others.

"You guys observe the situation first, I'll deal with these two."

"Little Tu (Brother Lin), be careful!"

Lin Chen nodded, took the Seven Kill Sword and rushed out to fight Xiao Yang and Li Renba.

Thanks to the power of his martial spirit and the enhancement of his physical attributes from absorbing a thousand-year-old soul ring, Lin Chen can now hold his own against two opponents.

"First Soul Skill, Longsword Emerges from the Peak!" Lin Chen unleashed his first Soul Skill, transforming it into two Seven Kill Swords, which he then slashed at his opponent.

At this moment, Ma Hongguang, who had been behind Xiao Yang and Li Renba, made a move: "First Soul Skill, Mental Control."

Lin Chen was stunned.

"First Soul Skill, Lingering Melody!" Lin Xiaolei used her first soul skill on Ma Hongguang, who instantly fell into a daze, but his soul skill still landed on Lin Chen. Even though Lin Chen's mental strength was very strong among those of the same level, he couldn't break free in an instant.

Furthermore, Ma Hongguang also possesses an illusion-type martial soul, and his mental strength is stronger than that of ordinary soul masters.

Xiao Yang and Li Renba wouldn't stand by and watch Lin Chen break free from Ma Hongguang's control.

"First Soul Skill: Boomerang!"

"First Soul Skill: Thread Cutting!"

Suddenly, a large boomerang flew towards Lin Chen from one side, while countless threads shot towards him from the other.

The referees on the sidelines were already prepared to take action.

Just as Li Renba and Xiao Yang's soul skills were about to hit Lin Chen, Zhou Mingxing ran to Lin Chen's side and took out a level-two defensive soul tool.

The level-two soul tool split into two small shields, forming a small energy shield that helped Lin Chen withstand the oncoming soul skill.

Soul-guided device?

A sense of contempt rose in the hearts of everyone present. When had Shrek Academy ever had a freshman who used a soul tool in a competition? How could someone so young and already relying on external objects become a powerful soul master?

But Zhou Mingxing didn't care about any of that. He was a food-type, so what was wrong with using a soul tool to give himself some extra security?

Zhou Mingxing increasingly felt that Lin Chen's words made perfect sense.

"Referee, I'm reporting them for using a soul tool," Li Renba said.

"That's just a level two soul tool, within the rules. The report is invalid, continue the match!" the referee said coldly.

Ma Hongguang sneered, seizing the opportunity to unleash his second soul skill: "Second Soul Skill, Paradise Environment!"

Suddenly, a large amount of white mist appeared around Lin Chen and Zhou Mingxing, and the figures of Lin Chen, Zhou Mingxing, Ma Hongguang, Li Renba and Xiao Yang were also covered by the white mist, leaving only Lin Xiaolei outside.

Lin Xiaolei recalled what Lin Chen had told her before the competition: "If I'm not mistaken, that Ma Hongguang should be an illusion-type Soul Master. During the competition, we can't all three of us be trapped in an illusion. At least one of us should be outside to provide support."

As it turned out, Lin Chen's guess was correct.

At this moment, Lin Chen and Zhou Mingxing found themselves in an amusement park.

"Brother Lin, what should we do?" Zhou Mingxing asked.

"Find his weakness!"

"But I can't see any flaws in this," Zhou Mingxing said, looking around at the bustling amusement park.

"Generally speaking, illusion-type skills involve the caster pulling both the enemy and themselves into the illusion simultaneously, and then using the illusion to assist in the kill. Moreover, this is only a hundred-year soul skill, and the illusion itself cannot have offensive capabilities, so Ma Hongguang and his teammates should all have entered the illusion."

As they were talking, a silk thread shot towards Lin Chen at lightning speed.

A small strand of Lin Chen's hair was also cut off and fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)