Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 100: The Champion Was Pre-selected

With Mu Yang joining the team, the Tianshui Academy team will firmly hold the championship title in this year's Soul Master Competition.

Therefore, the team that ranks second must undoubtedly be the Spirit Hall team.

The Spirit Hall team in the original work was quite strong. Xie Yue, level 52, and Hu Liena, level 51, could activate the Spirit Fusion Skill: Enchantress. Their strength was among the best of the six-ring Spirit Emperors. In addition, there was Yan, level 52, and four teammates at the four-ring level. If it weren't for the protagonist's halo, the championship would definitely have been theirs.

Well, I suppose Bibi Dong thought the same thing back then, but she was outmaneuvered. The Spirit Hall lost three spirit bones, including one that was a top-grade spirit bone: the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull.

With the help of whale glue, the soul power level of the three members of the Spirit Hall's "Golden Generation" will definitely be higher than in the original work.

Especially Hu Liena, if nothing unexpected happens, when the Spirit Hall learns the secret of the whale glue, Hu Liena's soul power level will be around level 40.

Xie Yue and Yan must have advanced to the fourth-ring Soul Master level at that time. However, Hu Liena, who was a year younger than them, could have gained the fourth and fifth Soul Rings beyond the limit if she had been lucky enough to not have advanced to the fourth ring level at that time.

Furthermore, since Hu Liena is a spirit-type soul master, her spiritual power far surpasses that of non-spirit-type soul masters of the same level. Even without a head soul bone to enhance her spiritual power, it is not impossible for her to obtain a fourth soul ring that lasts for ten thousand years.

In this way, even if the three of them cultivate their soul power at the same speed as in the original story, their soul power levels will be at least one level higher than in the original story because of the additional super-limit soul rings that grant them more soul power. Meanwhile, Hu Liena will most likely be at least two levels higher.

For Yan, being one or two levels higher, or having his fifth soul ring several thousand or even tens of thousands of years older, wouldn't actually bring about a qualitative change.

However, Xie Yue and Hu Liena are different. The higher their level and the higher the age of their spirit rings, the stronger their spirit fusion skill becomes. In the original work, their spirit fusion skill was among the best of the six-ring spirit emperors, and they once defeated a level 68 battle spirit emperor.

If their strength were to improve further, they might be able to rival the Battle Soul Saints who have relatively weak Soul Ring configurations and are just entering the seventh ring level.

Of course, this is on the premise that the seven-ring Soul Saint did not release his Martial Soul True Form; otherwise, the two of them would probably not be able to withstand it.

With such strength, the Spirit Hall team should have no problem securing second place.

As for the Shrek Seven Devils?

Even without the aid of divine herbs, they might still be among the rare genius soul masters on the continent.

However, they were too young compared to the other contestants. Even if they met and teamed up to participate in the Soul Master Competition as in the original story, apart from the slightly older Dai Mubai, the other six would not be able to cultivate to the level of a four-ring Soul Master before the start of the competition.

However, the Soul Master Competition is not a short event. Perhaps before the finals begin, Xiao Wu and Tang San, who are transformed soul beasts, will be able to advance to the fourth-ring Soul Master level.

With such strength, even if Yu Xiaogang created a seven-in-one soul skill fusion technique like in the original story, Shrek Academy would definitely not be a match for the Spirit Hall team.

The reason why the Blazing Fire Academy team might fall out of the top three is because there is a possibility of unforeseen changes at the Star Luo Royal Academy.

This variable is not that the Star Luo Royal Academy team will change its players, but rather that Davis, who was a Soul Master with a Soul Power Level of 49 during the Soul Master Competition finals in the original work.

Although by the time the Star Luo Empire learned the secret of whale glue, Davis had probably already advanced to the fourth-ring Soul Master level, he missed the opportunity to acquire the fourth Soul Ring that exceeded the age limit.

Whale glue is a highly nourishing substance, and as the eldest prince of the Star Luo Clan, Davis would certainly consume a lot of it, which would help him break through his bottleneck. In addition, in the original work, his soul power level was 49 Soul Master, so he might be able to break through to level 50, and then add a super-limit soul ring to advance to a five-ring Soul King.

While Davis missed out on the opportunity, Zhu Zhuyun likely did. Although it's unlikely she'll go from a level 47 Soul Master in the original story to a five-ring Soul King, her strength has still improved.

Davis, a five-ring level Soul Emperor, and Zhu Zhuyun, a high-level four-ring Soul Emperor, would be formidable opponents if they joined forces to unleash the Netherworld White Tiger.

With such strength, plus the other five main members of the Star Luo Royal Academy team being equally capable, the Blazing Fire Academy team, without Mu Yang, might not be without a chance of defeat when facing the Star Luo Royal Academy.

He joined the Tianshui team, which could win the championship, while the Blazing Academy could only be third at best, and if they weren't careful, they might even end up fourth.

He still belongs to Blazing Fire Academy, so Blazing Fire Team can win the championship, and Tianshui Team still has the Martial Soul Fusion Skill "Falling Snow and Ice" to their name. Defeating the Netherworld White Tiger of Star Luo Royal Team and competing with the Demon of Spirit Hall Team for the runner-up position is not a problem.

Logically and emotionally, he shouldn't represent Tianshui College in the competition, right?

As for the Blazing Fire Team being unable to defeat the Spirit Hall Team with him on the team? That's simply not true!

Unless Bibi Dong gives Hu Liena special treatment and arranges for her to have a high-age head soul bone.

Otherwise, if the "True Illusion" or "Soul-Stealing" secret technique were used, Hu Liena, whose level was only a five-ring Soul King, would be doomed, and no matter how strong her Martial Soul Fusion Skill was, she would be helpless.

Is it possible that Bibi Dong would give Hu Liena a high-quality head spirit bone? For example, the head spirit bone made of 60,000 years of spiritual energy that was awarded to the winning team of the Soul Master Competition in the original work.

That's a possibility, but not very likely.

After all, Bibi Dong is not Qian Xunji. There are quite a few elders in the Spirit Hall who oppose her. Even if Bibi Dong is the Pope of the Spirit Hall, she cannot rightfully bestow a high-quality soul bone upon Hu Liena without making any great contributions.

Furthermore, if Bibi Dong had given the skull of spiritual wisdom to Hu Liena in advance, then for Mu Yang, whether or not he could win the Soul Master Competition would not have become dispensable, but it wouldn't have been a major issue either.

His reasons for participating in the Soul Master Tournament were twofold: first, to bring the Blazing Fire Academy the glory of the championship; and second, to obtain the Wisdom Skull, a reward for the champion team, which represented the condensation of spiritual energy. The latter was of greater importance than the former.

Anyway, honors and such are just empty titles. Moreover, the honor of winning the Soul Master Competition is not as good as the academy having one more nine-ring titled Douluo!

The Soul Master Competition is held every five years, but the dozens or even hundreds of advanced Soul Master academies across the continent cannot produce a nine-ring Title Douluo on average every five years, and sometimes they can't produce one even every ten or twenty years.

Apart from the current Blazing Fire Academy, among all the advanced soul master academies on the entire continent, even including those that are nominally affiliated, only the Martial Soul Advanced Soul Master Academy has a nine-ring titled Douluo.

Moreover, this is the dean of the Martial Soul Advanced Soul Master Academy, a position concurrently held by the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall.

For other academies, while the honor of winning the Soul Master Competition may be just a title, it also brings many benefits, such as receiving sponsorship funds from the Empire and attracting more talented Soul Masters to enroll.

But for Blazing Fire Academy, which had previously taken advantage of other forces and had no shortage of teaching funds, it was just an empty name.

Regardless of whether Blazing Fire Academy performs well or poorly in the Soul Master Competition, it cannot change the fact that Blazing Fire Academy is the top choice for fire-type genius soul masters within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Non-fire-type soul masters, no matter how talented, will not be accepted by Blazing Fire Academy.

After all, the academy doesn't have a simulated training ground with the corresponding attributes. Taking someone into the academy would be hindering their future.

As for Mu Yang, who is a food-type character? His second martial soul, Fire Shadow, was a genuine fire-attribute martial soul.

If Mu Yang had only awakened the food-type ginseng martial soul, Huo Lie and Mu Xiyue would not have let him enter the Blazing Fire Academy, but would have arranged for him to enroll in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead.

(End of this chapter)