Douluo's Demon Blade Thousand Blades and the Original Martial Soul

Chapter 85 Good People and Bad People

Just as Lin Yizhang had predicted, when Lin Yan activated his third soul skill, "Feather Blade," the Firebird Soul Master swooped down and flew rapidly toward Luo Jingting, the support-type soul master of the second team.

Because Lin Yan's third soul skill has a tracking and locking effect, the feathers formed from soul power also turned to attack the Firebird Soul Master.

Seeing this, Dugu Yan, who was beside Lin Yizhang, said nervously, "This is bad! That Firebird Soul Master is trying to lure Lin Yan's third Soul Skill to attack Jing Ting."

Lin Yan on the Soul Arena quickly realized that something was wrong, but his soul skill had already been released and he had no way to take it back. He could only shout "Jingting, be careful!" to warn Luo Jingting and Lü Wen.

However, it was too late. Lu Wen, who was the first to sense the impending danger, looked up at the sky and saw that the Firebird Soul Master was about to attack Luo Jingting. He subconsciously stood in front of Luo Jingting and used his Mountain and River Cauldron Martial Soul to shield himself and Luo Jingting.

The Fiery Bird Soul Master rushed to the cauldron that was protecting Lü Wen and Luo Jingting, and when he sensed the attack coming from behind, he flashed behind the cauldron.

And so, Lin Yan’s third soul skill struck the cauldron solidly. How could Lü Wen, who hadn’t used his soul skill, possibly withstand the full force of Lin Yan’s third soul skill?

Unsurprisingly, after a loud bang, Lü Wen and Luo Jingting were blasted off the Soul Arena, severely injured and coughing up blood as they collapsed. The Firebird Soul Master, however, had quickly flown into the sky to dodge after his attack hit the cauldron, thus avoiding injury.

Seeing that Lü Wen and the others had been knocked off the fighting arena and were seriously injured, Lin Yizhang quickly picked up Ye Lingling from the spectator stands and used "Air Step" to leap down. After landing, Ye Lingling quickly summoned her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and used her Soul Skill to heal Lü Wen and Luo Jingting.

It took a full two minutes of treatment before their breathing gradually stabilized. Had it not been for the timely treatment, they would have suffered serious injuries, if not died.

Ye Lingling continued to treat them, while Lin Yizhang shifted his gaze to the Soul Battle Stage, where he saw that the "King Buwei Team" now only had the flying Firebird Soul Master barely holding on in the air.

Seeing that he was the only one left in the team, and hearing the angry looks from the other team members, the Firebird Soul Master trembled and quickly shouted to the referee, "I surrender! I surrender!"

After hearing "King Buwei's Team" concede, the referee quickly blew the whistle. Seeing Lin Yan still intending to make a move, Lin Yizhang shouted, "Lin Yan, are you a sore loser?"

After hearing Lin Yizhang's words, Lin Yan regained his senses, stopped attacking, and quickly landed.

The referee approached Lin Yan, raised his hand, and said, "Congratulations to 'Tian Dou Team Two' for winning!"

Lin Yizhang blocked the Flaming Bird Soul Master who was trying to lead his team away, and said, "Gather your team members here. Our support-type Soul Masters can heal them. Their injuries are very serious. Even if they went out to find a healing-type Soul Master, it would probably cost a lot of money. It's free here. You did a great job just now. I'd like to be friends with you."

The Firebird Soul Master had just noticed that the two seriously injured members of the second team were healed in less than five minutes under Ye Lingling's treatment. Now, hearing Lin Yizhang say that he was willing to help with the treatment for free, he was somewhat tempted. Most importantly, this would save their team an astronomical amount of medical expenses.

Soul Masters are the noblest profession, and healing Soul Masters, especially those among support-type Soul Masters, are extremely rare. Although they lack combat power, their status far surpasses that of combat Soul Masters of the same level, and their healing fees are exorbitant. For a Soul Master team with less-than-ideal Soul Ring configurations, their funds are undoubtedly limited.

Considering they were in the Soul Arena, Lin Yizhang and the others didn't dare to vent their anger on them right now. The Soul Master whose Martial Soul was the Blazing Firebird nodded and immediately went to help his injured teammates over.

Seeing that the injured Soul Masters from both teams had gathered together, Ye Lingling went to the center and used her Soul Skill to heal everyone once again.

Lin Yizhang chose to have Ye Lingling help the Soul Masters of the "King Buwei Team" heal because he genuinely wanted to make friends with the outstanding Soul Master whose Martial Soul was the Blazing Firebird.

Of course, Lin Yizhang wouldn't let Ye Lingling exhaust herself by consuming too much soul power just to befriend a stranger. He was very clear about Ye Lingling's current strength. With her current strength as a high-level Soul Master, coupled with the top-tier healing-type martial soul, Nine-Hearted Begonia, healing these Soul Masters with lower soul power levels than her wouldn't be too difficult. That's why he asked Ye Lingling to help with the healing.

Five minutes later, under Ye Lingling's treatment, everyone who was injured had recovered.

Lin Yizhang invited the seven members of the "King Buwei Team" to have dinner together at the Vito Hotel that evening. After they agreed, Lin Yizhang led the members of the second team back to the VIP lounge inside the Soul Arena.

Next, team leader Ling Xu gave a lesson to the seven of them, as Lin Yan and the others had performed terribly.

Having experience leading teams, Ling Xu knew that some talented Soul Masters in aristocratic circles had this arrogant attitude. Ling Xu knew that the simplest way to get them to let go of their deep-seated arrogance was to let them fail a few times. After they suffered losses at the hands of people who were not as strong as them, their haughty arrogance would be knocked away.

Looking at Lin Yan and the others who were bowing their heads in shame and not daring to speak, Ling Xu said sternly, "Lin Yan, as the acting captain of this Soul Battle, tell us your thoughts on this Soul Battle."

Lin Yan's face flushed red, and he looked up, stammering, "I'm sorry, teacher, captain, I've let you down. The reason Jingting and Lü Wen were injured in this battle was because I was too careless. I will definitely be more careful next time."

Lin Yizhang shook his head helplessly upon hearing this.

Ling Xu had anticipated Lin Yan's response. He said seriously, "Lin Yan, it seems you still don't realize why you performed so poorly in this Soul Battle. You are not a qualified captain."

Lin Yan said somewhat unconvinced, "Where did I go wrong? The reason this Soul Battle went wrong was because I was careless and that Firebird Soul Master took advantage of the situation. If we had another Soul Battle, I would definitely be able to entangle him and defeat him!"

"Heh, even if I give you one more chance, no, a hundred chances, you'll still make the same mistake, because you simply don't understand why you made a mistake this time," Ling Xu mocked.

After reprimanding Lin Yan, Ling Xu glanced at the others and said, "You all participated in the Soul Battle just now. This was a team battle. The injuries to Luo Jingting and Lü Wen aren't solely Lin Yan's responsibility; it's the responsibility of every one of you. Especially Luo Jingting and Lü Wen, how can you blame anyone else for your injuries? Failing to maintain control and understanding of the situation during the battle, putting yourself in danger—has all your training over the past year been for nothing?"

"If this is all you can do in the competition, then I think you shouldn't go on stage and embarrass yourselves. Your performance will bring shame to our Heavenly Dou Empire and to your families!..."

Seeing Ling Xu thoroughly berate Lin Yan and his group of seven, who dared not refute him and could only lower their heads in shame, Lin Yizhang inwardly gave Ling Xu a thumbs up.

Let Ling Xu, this honest and kind uncle, play the bad guy, and I, the handsome guy, will play the good guy, haha.

Ling Xu criticized Lin Yan and the other six for over half an hour, until he himself felt his mouth was dry. Seeing this, Lin Yizhang quickly handed Lin Xu a cup of tea.

(End of this chapter)