Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 171 Top Five of the Heaven Dou Region

On the competition stage.

"The match begins!"

At the referee's command, the student swiftly stepped off the stage, and the competition to determine which academy ranked fifth in the Tiandou Division preliminary rounds began.

"The second soul skill, charm!"

At the very moment the battle began, just as the seven members of the Canghui team raised their various gem spirits, preparing to unleash their seven-in-one spirit skill fusion, Xiao Wu, who was positioned at the very front of the Shrek team's battle formation, had her second spirit ring gleam, and a pink light flashed in her eyes.

An invisible and intangible spiritual force surged forth, traversing a distance of several meters, and descended into the consciousness of a short member of the Canghui team.

The shorter player froze for a moment.

Second Soul Skill: Charm, a mind control type soul skill that confuses and slows down the opponent's actions.

Moreover, Xiao Wu is a four-ring Soul Master, while the short member of the Canghui team is only a three-ring Soul Venerable. The difference in their mental strength is quite significant. After being hit, the short member of the Canghui team was stunned on the spot.

The Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique of the Canghui Team requires the cooperation of all seven members to be used. Now that one person is missing, it is naturally impossible to continue.

To successfully unleash this trump card, the shorter player must first be released from control, but clearly, the Shrek team will not give their opponents that opportunity.

Just as Xiao Wu used her charm soul skill to control an opponent and break the soul skill fusion skill of the Canghui team, the other six members of the Shrek team launched a thunderous offensive.

"Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Binding!"

"Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation!"

"Third Soul Skill, Phoenix Wings Soaring Through the Sky!"

"First Soul Skill, Netherworld Thrust!"

"Third Soul Skill, Golden Body of the Demonic Ape!"

"Third Soul Skill, Sirius Transformation!"

A giant blue-silver spider web shot out, trapping the only captain of the Canghui team who had reached the level of a four-ring Soul Master. Immediately afterwards, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Tailong, and Huang Yuan charged into the formation.

In order to possess the trump card of the Seven-in-One Soul Skill Fusion Technique, the Canghui team fielded only gem-wielding soul masters. However, apart from those who follow the control route, gem-wielding soul masters, whether they follow the support or healing route, have little combat power.

Without their trump card of Soul Skill Fusion, the Canghui team, with one Soul Master and six Soul Venerables, and three of them being support characters, is no match for the Shrek team, which has a lineup of three Soul Masters and four Soul Venerables.

Less than a minute into the match, the Canghui team, whose soul skill fusion technique had been broken, suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Shrek team.

Although the Canghui team suffered a crushing defeat and failed to advance to the next round once again, these seven people were undoubtedly much stronger than the original story's ending where they were turned into idiots due to the backlash of the spirit.

Due to the two heinous assassination attempts that occurred in the early stages of the preliminaries, Emperor Xueye, on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire, issued a stern warning to all forces not to harm the participating students during the competition. Furthermore, the ruined Heaven Dou Martial Soul Temple served as a "example," which led to Shi Nian, the villain, not daring to harm Tang San again and remaining well-behaved throughout.

Having no grudge against the assassination attempt, Tang San was still unhappy with Canghui Academy, with whom they had previously clashed, but he did not intend to cripple the Canghui team on the competition stage.

After all, if they turned all their opponents into idiots, Shrek Academy would have a hard time explaining themselves if the organizing committee investigated.

In addition, the order of the competition was different from the original work, and the Canghui team's trump cards had already been exposed. With these factors combined, the fact that the Canghui team lost meant that these seven people were simply defeated by the Shrek team on the field.

"In the 27th round of the preliminary rounds, Shrek Academy defeated Canghui Academy. Congratulations to Shrek Academy for advancing to the next round!"

"The outcome is decided," the referee announced as he stepped onto the field.

There are 28 participating teams, with 14 matches per round: 5 matches for Group 1, 5 matches for Group 2, and 4 matches for Group 3.

Of the four matches in Group 3, only the match between Shrek and Canghui was somewhat interesting; the other three were just a battle of weaklings, and regardless of the outcome, they would not have any impact on the subsequent qualifying rounds.

Therefore, after the Shrek vs. Canghui match, the top five teams in the Tiandou Division qualifiers have been determined.

Tianshui Academy ranked first with a perfect record of 27 wins; Chihuo Academy ranked second with 26 wins and 1 loss; Shenfeng Academy ranked third with 25 wins and 2 losses; Leiting Academy ranked fourth with 24 wins and 3 losses; and Shrek Academy ranked fifth with 23 wins and 4 losses.

The preliminary rounds of the Tiandou Division have all concluded. Next up is the awards ceremony, where the top five teams from the preliminary rounds will be awarded qualification certificates and prizes for advancing to the next round.

Subsequently, under the guidance of the staff, all the participants from the 28 teams that participated in this year's Soul Master Competition lined up in an orderly manner on the central competition stage.

"The awards ceremony is now officially beginning. Captains and vice-captains of the Tianshui Academy, Chihuo Academy, Shenfeng Academy, Leiting Academy, and Shrek Academy teams, please come to the stage to receive your qualification certificates and prize money."

On one side of the stage, the host, holding a megaphone, spoke loudly.

The Tianshui team ranked first, and team captain Shui Bing'er and vice captain Shui Yue'er were the first to walk onto the stage. Shrek ranked fifth, and Dai Mubai and Tang San, representing Shrek Academy, were the last to walk onto the stage.

As Mu Yang stood quietly on the podium awaiting the award, he felt a gaze from not far away fall upon him.

Turning his head, Mu Yang saw Tang San staring at him with a questioning look.

Seeing this, Mu Yang returned a warm smile, secretly wondering if his plan to kill with a borrowed knife had been exposed, otherwise why would Tang Buddha be staring at him like this?

What Mu Yang didn't know was that Tang San hadn't thought about this at all at the moment; he just felt that Mu Yang was not simple.

Looking at the ten people currently on the field, they are either battle-type soul masters or control-type soul masters. Only Mu Yang is a support-type soul master who seems to have little combat ability, making him stand out as an oddity.

Of course, after watching the match between the Blazing Fire Team and the Divine Wind Team and seeing Huo Wu use her mysterious self-created secret technique to defeat Feng Xiaotian, Tang San had a clear understanding of why the captain of the Blazing Fire Team was Mu Yang, rather than Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, who were both five-ring Soul Kings.

For example, his strongest ability is not the four soul skills that his Blue Silver Grass martial soul currently possesses, but the endless stream of hidden weapons and the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique he uses through his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

The Soul Master Competition prohibits the use of external objects, so he cannot use his hidden weapons, but he can use the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.

The Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique requires a hammer to perform, but the two secret techniques used by Huo Wu, namely the 'Mirror' and 'Phoenix', can be performed without the aid of any tools, relying solely on her own soul power.

In Tang San's opinion, the power of the two secret techniques used by Huo Wu was no less than that of soul skills. If Mu Yang also knew them and had a higher level of mastery over them than Huo Wu, then it was not impossible for Mu Yang, a five-ring food-type soul king, to rank first in the Blazing Fire team.

If that's the case, then it explains why the Blazing Fire Team has Huo Wushuang, a Soul King of the Offense type, and Huo Wu, a Soul King of the Control type, but the team captain is Mu Yang Liao Liao, a Soul King of the Food type.

This is not because the Blazing Fire team is being treated specially. Rather, it is because, in accordance with the convention of "the capable should take the lead," Mu Yang earned the position of team captain based on his own strength, which is enough to convince everyone!

(End of this chapter)