Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 99 Tang San's Collapse

The preliminary rounds in the Tian Dou region are still ongoing. Since Shrek Academy added two Soul Masters, its chances of winning the championship have risen dramatically, and it has even been hailed as the number one favorite to win the championship in the Tian Dou region.

However, some calm viewers analyzed the match, noting that Shrek Academy's strength had improved significantly, and their overall soul power was among the highest in the Soul Master Competition.

However, their teamwork was not as perfect as expected, and their improvement in strength was not as dramatic as everyone imagined.

Although they can easily defeat weaker teams, all teams seem to have started to find Shrek Academy's weaknesses.

That is, Tang San, who is the main force controlled by Shrek Academy, has had his Blue Silver Grass's weakness of being afraid of fire magnified infinitely since his battle with Blazing Academy.

Regardless of the team, when facing Shrek Academy, they will generally send a fire-attribute soul master. Even if the soul power level is low, the master only needs to stand at the back of the team and set fire to the Blue Silver Grass. No other contribution is required from the master.

No matter how bad these participating teams are, they are still advanced soul master academies. Although their overall strength is not as strong as elemental academies that only have a single attribute, they have the advantage of having a large number of soul masters of various attributes in each academy. Each academy has more or less some fire attribute soul masters.

This puts Tang San in a rather bad situation, and one could even say that his effectiveness has been greatly reduced.

Tang San was originally Yu Xiaogang's disciple. In order to cultivate Tang San, Yu Xiaogang himself had Tang San formulate the team's tactics. In terms of status, Tang San even far surpassed Qin Ming, the assistant coach.

However, in the following matches, Shrek Academy's tactics were thrown into disarray. Even Tang San's proud Meteor Hammer tactic was completely destroyed by a burst of fire after the opponent introduced a fire-attribute soul master. If it weren't for the team's strong internal strength, they probably wouldn't have won so easily.

Especially after the addition of Dugu Yan, a control-type Soul Master, to the team, Tang San was often the only one who was countered. Dugu Yan's poison was not so easy to counter, which led to Dugu Yan shining brightly, while Tang San's performance was much worse.

In particular, Dugu Yan, as a female Soul Master, was not only able to control, but also able to suppress enemies over a large area with the venom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent, which made her very popular with the audience.

What's even more frustrating is that everyone was initially very confident in Shrek Academy, and they even defeated the powerful Thunder Academy, but their performance afterwards was relatively miserable.

It was just a matter of Thunder Academy, as the two sides were roughly equal in strength, and it even saved Yu Tianheng some face, since Yu Tianxin was considered Yu Tianheng's biggest rival.

But after a series of hard-fought battles, they faced Shenfeng Academy and Tianshui Academy, which were also recognized as the strongest teams.

Both Shenfeng Academy and Tianshui Academy demonstrated their formidable strength, even revealing their trump card: their teams included four Soul Masters.

Moreover, all members of both teams have the same attributes, resulting in a very long-lasting synergistic effect. They also have a very powerful stacking amplification, making them even more difficult to deal with than they imagined.

When facing Kamikaze Academy, all members of Kamikaze Academy could fly, and each of them was incredibly fast, making them virtually invincible among all the teams.

In particular, Feng Xiaotian's soul power reached level 47, which was much stronger than Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai. His self-created soul skill was especially powerful.

Moreover, Shenfeng Academy naturally countered Shrek Academy's two control-type Soul Masters. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was quickly shattered into pieces when faced with Shenfeng Academy's wind blades, and Dugu Yan's poison mist was also quickly dispelled by the wind blades, making the battlefield practically a seven-on-five fight.

Even when Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer, he couldn't utilize the Clear Sky Hammer's heavy advantage against the exceptionally agile and superior Shenfeng Academy. In fact, his agility was completely overwhelmed, leading to Tang San's defeat after a stalemate.

Tianshui Academy, on the other hand, was even more effective against Tang San and Dugu Yan. Countless snowflakes fell, and the temperature of the entire arena dropped sharply. Both the Blue Silver Grass and the poisonous mist were almost frozen. The two control soul skills had no other use except for wasting soul power.

In particular, Shui Bing'er's soul power was as high as level 45, and her control over ice was even more difficult to defend against. Even if the Shrek Academy members tried their best, even if Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used the Netherworld White Tiger fusion skill again, they could not gain any advantage.

Even after Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, a giant ice phoenix descended from the sky, freezing the entire arena. Tang San and the others were also seriously injured while fighting the ice phoenix.

Although Shrek Academy is still ranked in the top five, they have basically no more hidden strength. As for Shenfeng Academy, Chihuo Academy, and Tianshui Academy, they are like insurmountable mountains in front of them.

Yu Xiaogang and his group analyzed the three teams multiple times and found that each member of each team was extremely powerful and had excellent physical attributes. Their speed, strength, and even reaction speed were much faster than others, and their teamwork was perfect, leaving virtually no weaknesses to exploit.

His good disciple Tang San is already showing signs of fading into obscurity. At least now, when people talk about Shrek Academy, they no longer think of Tang San as the absolute core of the team, let alone as an indispensable member of Shrek Academy.

Aside from the fact that Tang San possesses twin martial souls, in everyone's eyes, he is now just an ordinary genius, not as dazzling as in the original work, and certainly not someone who would be willing to invest so recklessly.

That day, after Yang Ping'an walked out of the Soul Arena alone, he unexpectedly ran into Feng Xiaotian and his group. Although they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, their reunion felt like returning to the scene of fighting together in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Without further ado, the group found a large hotel, booked the entire lobby, and began a drinking spree.

The group of people who had trained together were gathered around one table, while the other underlings sat at other tables.

However, judging from everyone's expressions, they all showed respect for Yang Ping'an. The strength of these three academy teams was unprecedented. With the training methods taught by Yang Ping'an, everyone's strength had improved considerably, with at least one or two more Soul Masters added to each team.

Meanwhile, Yang Ping'an, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wushuang continued to drink heartily, discussing interesting anecdotes from the Soul Master Competition and their past cultivation experiences. Even Shui Bing'er had a little wine and occasionally engaged in conversation.

(End of this chapter)