Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 99 Fifth Soul Skill: Azure Jade Thorn Ginseng

Time flies, and three years later...

At Tianshui Academy, a team battle training session is underway in a spacious indoor training ground.

One side had as many as eight people, while the other side had only one person, which was truly a case of the many bullying the few.

But in a battle of spirits, it's not simply a matter of who has more people to win.

Indeed, even with all eight working together and cooperating well, the situation was still far from optimistic.

There was no other reason; the person fighting against the eight, whose highest level was only a five-ring Soul King, was a seven-ring Battle Soul Saint.

With the strength of a seven-ring Soul Saint, even without releasing his Martial Soul True Body, he could easily deal with eight five-ring Soul Kings. Not to mention that among the eight people in the arena, only three were five-ring Soul Kings, while the other five were two four-ring Soul Masters and three three-ring Soul Venerables.

"The essence of all things in heaven and earth, jade!"

Seeing the unfavorable situation, Mu Yang's five-ring soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, and black—activated from his disguise. Wearing the external soul bone, Crystal Scale Armor, Mu Yang's fifth soul ring flashed repeatedly. As his soul power surged, he quickly created two cyan ginseng roots and tossed them to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

The two sisters immediately consumed the cyan ginseng that Mu Yang tossed to them. Following the cyan light condensed by the Jade Guardian Ginseng, a layer of dark radiance emanated from their bodies once again.

Fifth Soul Skill: Azure Jade Thorn Ginseng, a food-type soul skill that is nearly 50,000 years old. After consumption, it condenses the light of thorns and reflects 40% of the opponent's physical and energy attacks through a mental shock.

Furthermore, since this mental impact is not actively released by the user, there is no drawback of suffering a mental backlash if the opponent has strong mental strength.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Shockwave Water!"

Just then, Qiu Shuping, the vice dean of Tianshui Academy who was serving as a sparring partner, flashed her fourth soul ring. The azure soul power light suddenly shone brightly, and then a circle of water ripples spread out rapidly.

The water waves spread extremely quickly and over a considerable area. Caught off guard, apart from Xue Wu, the support-type Soul Master at the back of the team, and Mu Yang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, who had reached the level of a five-ring Soul King, the other four members of the Tianshui team were directly blasted away by the rapidly spreading water waves and landed outside the white circle in the center of the training field.

According to the pre-established battle training rules, if a player leaves the white circle and touches the ground, they will be considered defeated and will not be allowed to rejoin the battle.

"Young Mu, I'm using a control soul skill to clear the area. How are you going to deal with that?"

"With a single control skill, four people were eliminated," Qiu Shuping said with a smile to Mu Yang.

She was naturally aware of the effects of the Jade Thorn Ginseng.

Although the damage reflection effect of the Azure Jade Thorn Ginseng was far less than 40% for Qiu Shuping due to the significant difference in their soul power levels, she still did not want to experience the mental impact reflected from her own attacks.

"Aunt Qiu, what can I do against a master like you? Just let it be! Bing'er!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a layer of illusory icy blue flames ignited on Mu Yang's body, following the connection between the martial souls.

Faced with Qiu Shuping, a seven-ring Soul Saint, Mu Yang had no options other than the Martial Soul Fusion Technique; even the Illusionary Mystic Art was insufficient.

After all, his "Taiyin Refining Spirit" realm had only recently entered the middle stage of the third level of the full moon, and his spiritual power level was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary level 70 Soul Master. Whether he used the "True Illusion" or the "Soul Absorption" secret technique, it could not have the desired effect on Qiu Shuping, who was a high-level Soul Saint, and he even suffered a spiritual backlash.

Without Mu Yang needing to say anything more, Shui Bing'er, knowing his intentions, also radiated an icy blue light.

However, just as the two were about to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Qiu Shuping spoke up impatiently: "Stop—! We're not fighting anymore!"

"Uh~, what's wrong?"

Mu Yang was stunned, somewhat confused. Why did they stop fighting?

"Hey~, I'm training the Tianshui team's combat skills here. You're not a member of the Tianshui team, why would I waste my energy dealing with your Martial Soul Fusion Technique?"

Unless you can represent the academy in the Soul Master Tournament three months from now.

Qiu Shuping said with a smile.

Well, there's one thing she didn't mention: she wasn't confident she could reliably defeat the two's Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

The two were close to level 60 in terms of soul power. When they joined forces to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, their basic strength was firmly at the seventh ring. Although they were probably still not as good as a seventh-ring Battle Soul Saint who had released his Martial Soul True Form, it was hard to say who would win or lose with their special ice flame that combined offense and control and various secret techniques.

As an elder and the vice dean of the academy, Qiu Shuping had to save face. Even if she was destined to be overtaken by the younger generation in the future, she couldn't let herself be defeated by them so quickly.

"Hehe~"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yang glanced at Qiu Shuping, then at Shui Yanyu who was watching the battle from the side, smiled somewhat embarrassedly, and dissipated the illusory ice flames burning on his body.

Will they represent Tianshui Academy in the Soul Master Competition three months from now?

No, no, Mu Yang can't be a 'traitor'.

Although Tianshui Academy treated him well, Chihuo Academy did the same. For the past few years, he had been drinking honeysuckle tea, which has a calming effect, every day.

This is not just because he has an uncle who is the dean and an aunt who is the vice dean, but because Blazing Fire Academy vigorously cultivates its most talented students.

This treatment is even better than what Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, who are treated like family by the dean.

Since its founding, Blazing Fire Academy has won the Soul Master Competition once, but those are all ancient history. As a member of Blazing Fire Academy, he should win the Soul Master Competition for the academy at least once, right?

Because the Blazing Fire Academy semi-publicly revealed the secret of the Whale Glue, the strength of each team in this Soul Master Competition is definitely stronger than in the original story, and far superior to previous editions.

With the help of divine medicinal herbs, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu have made great progress in their strength over the past few years. However, due to the relatively short period of training, they are still quite far from reaching level 60.

If he represents Tianshui Academy in the competition, the Blazing Fire Academy team will field a main lineup of two five-ring Soul Kings and five four-ring Soul Masters or three-ring Soul Venerables. It is estimated that they will not even be able to get second place in this Soul Master Competition. At most, they can only get third place, and it is not impossible for them to even fall out of the top three.

Needless to say, the championship team will definitely belong to the Tianshui Academy team, which has Mu Yang as a member.

A few days ago, his soul power level reached level 58, Soul King, while Shui Bing'er was even level 59, Soul King. If they joined the Tianshui team, Tianshui Academy would be guaranteed to win the championship if they used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Flame Phoenix or Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow, during the competition.

Unless Qian Renxue returns to the Spirit Hall and represents the Spirit Academy in the competition, no student under the age of 25 in any advanced spirit master academy on the continent can match the fusion skill of the two.

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