Douluo: No one but me can become a god.

"The College of Plant Sciences, it's been a long time."

Sikong Zheng chuckled softly, wearily pinched his brow, gently shook his robes, and slowly walked towards the Botanical Academy.

As soon as Sikong Zheng returned to the College of Botany, the dean and director of the college came to his door without delay, fearing that Sikong Zheng would run away again.

After all, they still need to rely on Sikong Zheng's strength to make the Botanical Academy famous and enhance its reputation.

After Sikong Zheng revealed his five spirit rings, they were overjoyed and practically worshipped him as an ancestor.

This is a Soul King with a yellow, purple, and black color scheme! And he's only a fifteen-year-old Soul King, so no amount of solemnity is too much.

A team with a Soul King is destined to shine in this competition, and may even shake the entire Heaven Dou Royal Family. Countless forces will definitely try to win them over by any means necessary.

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The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament has begun.

At this moment, centered around the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena, almost a third of Heaven Dou City was packed with people.

In the past few days, almost all the famous star-rated hotels in Tiandou City have been fully booked.

The city’s population has more than doubled.

This demonstrates just how attractive this continent-wide elite competition for advanced soul master academies is to people.

For this competition, Tiandou City mobilized a full 5,000 city defense troops to maintain order, which prevented riots as much as possible.

The Heaven Dou City Preliminary Rounds Division, Heaven Dou Grand Battle Arena.

After several days of fierce battles, the five finalist academy teams have been determined.

They are: Divine Wind Academy, Thunder Academy, Shrek Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Heavenly Water Academy.

In the division where the Plant Team was located, the Plant Team undoubtedly won first place, and together with the second place team, they successfully broke through to the qualifying round.

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Since all the students in the Plant Academy possess plant-based martial souls and all follow the control-type path, control-type soul masters are the core of the competition, dominating the entire arena and making them the most difficult to deal with.

With the combined strength of the entire Plant Academy's Control Department, passing the preliminary rounds would be a piece of cake, as few opponents could break through this extreme style, but that only applies to the preliminary rounds.

In the original story, the Plant Academy performed terribly after entering the qualifying rounds, becoming nothing more than a foil.

The Plant Academy was utterly defeated by Shrek Academy. Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix was extremely effective against plant-based martial souls, allowing Ma Hongjun to defeat seven opponents in a row.

After all, the Heaven Dou Empire favors extreme approaches, exemplified by its Five Elemental Academies, while the Star Luo Empire embraces a balanced approach. The Spirit Hall, on the other hand, prioritizes individual extremism while maintaining team balance.

The Shrek Seven Devils, the main characters in the original work, can be considered a team that is somewhat extreme and somewhat balanced.

In the finals, without Tang San's heroic efforts, Shrek Academy would never have made it to the end and would have been absolutely unable to defeat the Spirit Hall team.

Besides the inherent strength of the Spirit Hall team, their balanced teamwork is also one of the reasons why they have won the championship in previous competitions.

A team of Soul Masters specializing in a single attribute can often kill their opponent with a single blow when they encounter an opponent who cannot counter their strengths.

However, when faced with an opponent who can counter them, they often lose in a short period of time.

Coincidentally, the Plant Academy took an extreme approach. Under Sikong Zheng's leadership, the Plant Team crushed all others and successfully advanced to the qualifying rounds.

Plant Academy, training ground.

"chi do ri"

"Thousand Birds Sharp Spear".

Boom! A bolt of lightning shot out from Sikong Zheng's right palm, creating a crater nearly five meters wide.

The deep pit, still covered with purple-white lightning, was filled with swirling mud. In the yellow pit, a net of lightning enveloped the entire area.

The sharp penetrating nature of the Rai Rai Shot is only the first stage of the attack. Of course, the terrifying penetrating power of the Chidori Sharp Spear alone can injure an enemy with just a graze.

Once the enemy is hit, it is enough to kill them instantly, with no chance of survival.

After all, Chidori Sharp Spear is an A-rank ninjutsu created by Sasuke, the second son of the family. It is extremely fast and can pierce through enemies instantly.

When the Thousand Birds Sharp Spear hits its target, the gathered lightning, under Sikong Zheng's control, will form a lightning net to bind the enemy.

Although he knew it was unnecessary, Sikong Zheng, adhering to the principle of maximizing recycling, still chose to reuse the remaining lightning from the Thousand Bird Spear.

Under the powerful paralysis of lightning, enemies of the same level can only perish.

This can be considered a simple application of the lightning element by Sikong Zheng!

"The Guiding Force of All Things".

Suddenly, Sikong Zheng's eyes turned sinister, and he coldly made a grabbing motion with his left hand.

A fierce wind howled, and the left palm, like an eye of the storm, unleashed a tremendous suction force, violently pulling towards a large tree in front of it.

The tree shook violently, as if being pulled by an invisible hand, and in the blink of an eye, it was uprooted.

The thick, tall tree whistled through the air as it hurtled straight toward Sikong Zheng.

Sikong Zheng looked at the big tree without the slightest panic and calmly lowered his left hand.

"Spicy and pungent".

Boom—, Sikong Zheng's soul power erupted, using wind element to mimic repulsive force.

Sikong Zheng's eyes were cold as he gently pushed his right palm forward.

A huge white circular repulsive field, centered on himself, protected him.

The repulsion of Shinra Tensei instantly expanded, plowing up a large amount of flying dust, its power astonishing.

Shinra Tensei instantly deflected the rapidly approaching tree, but the tree was shattered by Shinra Tensei's repulsion, leaving behind a pile of scattered wood chips.

As Shinra Tensei dissipated, a smooth, circular crater appeared on the ground, leaving only the chuunibyou-ish Sikong Zheng standing quietly in the center of the crater.

"How many flights of stairs do you have to carry a bag of rice up..."

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The qualifying rounds will still be divided into two major empires.

The thirty teams that qualified through the preliminary rounds will compete in their respective empires.

The three teams that have already qualified for the finals will not participate in the qualifying rounds.

Heavenly Dou Empire.

The Royal Hunting Grounds are located fifty kilometers southwest of Tiandou City. The terrain within the hunting grounds is varied and the area is vast. It is a place for the royal family to hunt and train.

Including the five teams that qualified from the Tiandou City preliminary rounds, a total of fifteen teams completed the registration process this morning and gathered at the venue for the qualifying rounds.

The fifteen college teams were assigned to different camps, waiting for the start of the qualifying rounds.

The Royal Knights were guarding the area, all clad in gleaming silver plate armor, which offered exceptional protection.

Furthermore, these knights, having spent so much time together, were able to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Techniques, making them the elite force of the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Botanical Academy was stationed at a campsite on the southwest side.

"Captain, when we arrived in Tiandou City, news had already spread that the Tiandou Empire region had determined the five major academy teams: Shenfeng Academy, Leiting Academy, Shrek Academy, Chihuo Academy, and Tianshui Academy."

"It's not hard to tell from the name that these five academies are four of the five elemental academies."

"The Five Elemental Academies have always been the absolute elite of the Heaven Dou Empire. In the past, the Five Elemental Academies have firmly occupied the five spots in the Heaven Dou Empire, and every competition is no exception."

"However, in this competition, this Shrek Academy emerged like a dark horse, forcefully overtaking Elephant Armor Academy, which seemed extremely unbelievable."

Yao Zi looked intently at Sikong Zheng and relayed the information she had obtained to him.

"Okay, I understand. You guys relax too. Just do your best in this competition."

Sikong Zheng smiled, crossed his legs, and lay back in his chair, calmly sipping his tea, completely unmoved.

"Forehead……"

Yao Zi looked helplessly at the cheap captain in front of her.

While other captains were focused on studying tactics, their captain had been drinking tea the whole time since she came in. Was the tea really that good?