Douluo Dragon King: Martial Soul Spring and Autumn Cicada, Lord of Time

Chapter 173 The Spring and Autumn Cicada Breaks Limits Again, the Third-Year Challenge Begins

"Uncle-Master, the amount of Time Sand required for my Martial Soul to evolve might be a little large."

Looking at the vast amount of Sands of Time, Zhao Tao offered a reminder.

"Don't worry, I'm a master craftsman. Even if you use up all the Sands of Time here, it's nothing!"

Upon hearing Zhao Tao's words, Zhenhua laughed heartily.

"Thank you, Martial Uncle!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tao no longer stood on ceremony. He sat cross-legged and, with a thought, activated his Spring and Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

As Zhao Tao uttered his command, his Spring and Autumn Cicada Martial Soul floated out and began to absorb the power of time from the Sands of Time.

As the Spring and Autumn Cicada absorbed the energy, mysterious silver patterns appeared on its body surface, its foundation continuously strengthened, and its control over the power of time became faster and faster.

Seeing this scene, Zhenhua, Muchen, and Muye's eyes flashed with shock.

As for Zhao Tao, he was immersed in the thrill of his martial soul breaking through its limits and evolving.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, several hours had passed.

Through the relentless absorption of the Spring and Autumn Cicadas, approximately two-thirds of the Sands of Time in the entire warehouse were completely absorbed.

Having absorbed such a large amount of time power, Zhao Tao's Spring and Autumn Cicada Martial Soul finally broke through its limits for the next time.

With the Spring and Autumn Cicada breaking its limit again, Zhao Tao's control over the power of time was further enhanced, his innate soul power increased to level 13, and his cultivation level broke through to level 54.

However, by now, most of the Time Sand in the Blacksmith Association has been consumed, and the remaining Time Sand is no longer enough for Zhao Tao to continue his breakthrough.

"Thank you, Martial Uncle!"

Slowly opening his eyes, Zhao Tao's eyes sparkled with joy as he thanked Zhen Hua beside him.

"You little rascal, you really don't hold back!"

"You've used up two-thirds of the entire Blacksmiths' Guild's Sands of Time inventory. Your Martial Soul is truly extraordinary!"

Despite the Sands of Time being almost completely wiped out, Zhenhua was not angry. He joked around while curiously examining Zhao Tao's Spring and Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

Even Mu Ye, who was standing to the side, was very interested in Zhao Tao's martial soul, which could evolve. Unfortunately, he could also see that Zhao Tao's martial soul was similar to a weapon martial soul and had no affinity with the Body Sect.

"Uncle-Master, you've gone to so much trouble."

Upon hearing Zhenhua's words, Zhao Tao scratched his head and said.

"We're all family, why be so polite?"

"Since you're already here, I've given you two days off. Don't rush back; I'll give you some pointers!"

Upon hearing this, Zhenhua laughed heartily, and then led Zhao Tao to his private forging room.

Afterwards, Zhao Tao demonstrated his forging skills to Zhenhua, and Zhenhua was full of praise for Zhao Tao's terrifying forging talent!

Next, Zhenhua personally stepped forward to demonstrate the steps of Soul Forging to Zhao Tao!

Although Zhao Tao's true strength far surpassed that of Soul Forging, he still diligently observed and learned from him, taking the essence and discarding the dross.

After all, in the first life, it was Tang Wulin who became Zhenhua's apprentice, not himself. And as a master craftsman, Zhenhua must have something he could learn from.

Zhenhua quickly taught Zhao Tao about soul forging for a day, and then gave Zhao Tao a copy of his own soul forging notes before saying goodbye.

However, as a reborn person, Zhao Tao understood that the evil soul master who attacked Zhenhua might still be nearby!

In the original timeline, he attacked Tang Wulin, but fortunately Gu Yue came to the rescue, allowing Tang Wulin to escape with his life.

In his first life, Tang Wulin was not so lucky. He wasted one of Old Tang's opportunities to make a move, which saved his life and greatly changed the subsequent course of history in the first life.

Now that he has restarted his second life and come to Tiandou City to save the day in place of Tang Wulin, that evil soul master is definitely eyeing him covetously, and he just happened not to bring Gu Yue with him.

Therefore, Zhao Tao also expressed his concern when parting that the evil soul master had his eye on him and was lurking nearby, and might attack him in order to threaten Zhenhua.

Upon hearing Zhao Tao's words, Zhenhua and Muye also agreed.

Coincidentally, Zhenhua also wanted to exchange opinions with Shrek Academy and Poseidon Pavilion regarding the attack.

So, Mu Ye escorted Zhao Tao, Zhen Hua, and Mu Chen back to Shrek Academy.

After returning to the academy, everyone began preparing for the third-year competition.

The rules for this competition are that teams composed of first- and second-year students will compete against third-year students, and the winning team will be eligible to visit the Star Luo Empire.

As for the team arrangements, they will be made by the first and second year students.

As for the selection of players, the first-year team, led by Zhao Tao, had once crushed the second-year team.

Therefore, Zhao Tao's opinion naturally took precedence in the team composition.

Considering that it was a joint team of first and second year students, it was not appropriate for only first-year students to participate, so Yuan Enhui also joined the team.

As a replacement, Xu Xiaoyan became a substitute.

As for why Xu Xiaoyan was chosen as the substitute instead of Tang Wulin, it was naturally to give Tang Wulin a little extra consideration.

To prevent him from feeling too weak and unimportant, thus rashly activating the subsequent Golden Dragon King bloodline seal and causing trouble.

After the new team was formed, everyone spent a week getting used to each other and discussing tactics.

Amidst the intense preparations, time flew by, and finally, a week passed, and the exchange competition officially began.

The exchange competition is a pure battle between Soul Masters, consisting of three one-on-one matches, one two-on-two match, and one five-on-five match.

In this competition, the team that wins three one-on-one matches will receive one point, the two-on-two matches will receive two points, and the final seven-player team battle will receive five points.

In the morning, first-year, second-year, and third-year students arrived at the Great Soul Arena early.

Dean Cai of the Foreign Languages ​​Academy and Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li also came. Ya Li naturally served as the referee, responsible for preventing injuries and fatalities.

After Mr. Cai announced the rules of the competition, the competition officially began.

Representing the first and second grade combined team was naturally Zhao Tao.

On the other hand, the one representing the third grade was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy.

"Wu Rui, Martial Soul: Heavenly Book, Soul Power Level 48."

With a slight smile, the young man unleashed his martial spirit, his face full of pride, looking like he was showing off in front of others.

As he activated his soul power, a flash of light appeared before him, and a thick book with a blue cover appeared—his martial soul, the Heavenly Book.

With the appearance of his martial spirit, four spirit rings appeared behind him, one yellow and three purple.

"Zhao Tao, Martial Soul: Spring and Autumn Cicada, Soul Power Level 54!"

Looking at Wu Rui in front of him, Zhao Tao smiled slightly. With a thought, he activated his martial soul. The next moment, the Spring and Autumn Cicada martial soul appeared in his palm, and three purple and two black soul rings appeared on his back. His aura completely overwhelmed Wu Rui!