Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 75 Sniping Shrek

The Beast Academy has devoted countless efforts and money to the entire team. The purchase of whale glue alone is estimated to have cost millions of gold coins, not to mention the daily medicinal baths taken by everyone, which can be described as an astronomical figure.

This Soul Master Competition was exceptionally high-profile, with the finals held in Wuhun City. The Spirit Hall also put in a tremendous amount of effort and even offered extremely high rewards.

Many academy leaders have already received news that the prize for the Soul Master Competition champion is three top-grade Soul Bones, which is probably one of the reasons why Dragon Duke and Snake Granny are willing to make such a sacrifice.

The result was equally gratifying. The team's strength was unprecedented, and all the main members had now reached the Soul Master realm. If placed among the participating teams in the past, they would definitely be a unique existence.

Yang Ping'an has made significant contributions to the improvement of the entire team. He has faced off against almost every team member countless times, discovering their individual weaknesses and shortcomings in teamwork, thus enabling them to achieve a more perfect performance.

His goal was to target Shrek Academy, at least to prevent them from obtaining the three top-grade soul bones so easily, and even more so to prevent them from developing an invincible aura.

After consuming whale gelatin and absorbing top-grade soul rings, they all performed exceptionally well.

Captain Meng Haoran, Martial Soul Dragon Head Cane, Level 45 Power Attack Soul Master.

Team member Meng Xuanlang, martial soul snake-head cane, level 43 strong attack type soul master.

Team member Meng Yi, Martial Soul: Snake Head Cane, Level 42 Power Attack Soul Master.

Team member Meng Xiaoshan, Martial Soul Seven-Colored Butterfly, Level 41 Support-type Soul Master.

Team member Li Xiang, Martial Soul Flame Eagle, Level 42 Agility-Attack Soul Master.

Team member Wang Meng, Martial Soul Golden Armored Turtle, Level 42 Defense-type Soul Master.

Team member Li Yi, Martial Soul: Earth Cave Demon Spider, Level 42 Control-type Soul Master.

The team consisted of seven Soul Masters, and even the Dragon God and Snake Goddess couldn't stop smiling, each one brimming with fighting spirit.

The other two assistants have relatively lower soul power levels, but they were also carefully selected from within the school, or rather, they were trained through countless trials.

Among them is substitute player Lin Xiang, whose martial soul is Azure Cloud Sparrow. He is a level 37 healing-type soul master. There are many soul masters with various fighting martial souls in the Beast Academy, and all kinds of strange beast souls. Lin Xiang is a rare healing-type beast soul master.

Kong Lin, the substitute, possesses the Ice Cicada Martial Soul and is a level 38 control-type Soul Master, a rare control-type Soul Master among beast Martial Souls.

In addition, there is Meng Yiran, who has reached level 38 in soul power after a year of hard training. However, she is the youngest among them, while the others are all over 20 years old.

Yang Ping'an was relatively satisfied with this lineup. Wasn't his contribution of the whale glue's effects and training methods all for the purpose of making a surprise attack in the Soul Master Competition?

What Yang Ping'an didn't know was that the wheels in the original story didn't seem to have changed much.

Just like in the original story, the Shrek group originally wanted to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but their actions were interfered with by Prince Xue Beng. Given their troublemaking nature, they gave Xue Beng a good beating before even entering the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

As a result, Prince Xue Beng invited Dugu Bo and Prince Xue Xing. Under Dugu Bo's intimidation, the Shrek Academy members had no choice but to leave the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a sorry state. In the end, just like in the original story, they joined Blue Tyrant Academy and even renamed Blue Tyrant Academy to Shrek Academy.

Of course, Dugu Bo didn't teach Tang San a lesson during this process, since Dugu Yan hadn't suffered any losses either, while Tang San himself lost his greatest opportunity.

In fact, Yang Ping'an had always been very indignant about Shrek Academy's school motto. As a mere soul master academy, it actually taught students that not daring to cause trouble was a sign of mediocrity. It was obvious that such a school motto was only formed because they had not experienced the harsh realities of society.

If this kind of thinking existed on Earth, it would probably be what we call thugs and hooligans, and they would probably have been invited in for tea long ago.

In the world of Soul Masters, the price of causing trouble is often much higher. If you accidentally kick a hornet's nest, you may be crippled or even killed.

Recalling the original story, Shrek Academy had an extremely low graduation rate, presumably recruiting only geniuses without any connections.

Moreover, according to Shrek Academy's admission standards, one basically needs to reach level 25 by age 12, while the graduation standard is level 40 by age 20.

According to Shrek Academy's admission standards, they are basically all geniuses with innate soul power of level seven or above, and each one must be extremely hardworking. Wouldn't such a genius be able to cultivate to level fifteen in eight years?

Shrek Academy admitted a total of 62 students, but only 14 graduated. The rest were killed, perhaps because they liked to cause trouble and offended powerful figures.

Whether it's Feng Xiaotian and his group or the current Beast Academy, their strength is in no way inferior to Shrek Academy in the original story. Not to mention that the Shrek Academy members no longer have immortal herbs, so it's impossible for them to reach the Soul Master level by the time of the finals.

Tang San lacks the Ice and Fire Body Tempering Technique, the Autumn Water Dew Technique, and the Eight Spider Soul Bone. He probably doesn't have the ability to fight beyond his level, and he might not even be able to pass the trials of Blazing Fire Academy and Heavenly Water Academy.

When the time comes, with attacks from all sides, Tang San, this so-called peerless genius, will probably suffer damage to his Dao heart, let alone become famous throughout the world like in the original story.

Yang Ping'an immediately asked the head of teaching for leave to hunt for a spirit ring, and the leave would be quite long, at least two months.

When Meng Chuan saw Yang Ping'an ask for leave, his expression changed slightly: "Yang Ping'an, you're actually going to take a full two months off? Don't you know the Soul Master Competition is about to begin?"

Yang Ping'an shook his head: "Director Meng, I want to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for spirit rings, but the specific time is still uncertain. As for the Spirit Master Competition, I never planned to participate in the preliminary rounds, or even the qualifying rounds. I will go directly to Tian Dou City to meet up with you then."

Meng Chuan's face was somewhat serious: "Do you know that what truly makes you famous are usually the preliminary rounds and qualifying rounds? Only these two types of competitions attract a large audience. The number of participants in the finals is relatively small."

"Director Meng, you should know my situation. I'm not particularly interested in becoming famous. In fact, I'd prefer to keep a low profile. At least for now, I don't want to contact any other people." Yang Ping'an still insisted on going to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a soul ring.

Meng Chuan thought for a while before speaking: "I know you have your own ideas. Considering your contributions to our academy, our academy should be responsible for helping you hunt for a spirit ring. Please wait a moment, I will go to my father to help you hunt for a spirit ring."

Yang Ping'an quickly declined, "Thank you for your concern, Director Meng, but the entire academy must be quite busy right now. I really wouldn't dare to trouble Senior Long Gong."

(End of this chapter)