Douluo: The Peerless Sun and Moon Mechanical God

Chapter 80 Departure from Xingluo, the most hopeful year for the Sun and Moon, Shrek's belief in Elder Xuan (5K)

"Bang, crack, hiss, snap!"

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Test Zone Zero.

The two sides fought fiercely, with hundreds of soul-guided cannons roaring and firing violently at each other. The artillery battle seemed endless, and the air was thick with the choking smell of gunpowder.

Such terrifying firepower made it seem as if a small war had just broken out in the test area, and it was actually just a pre-match training exercise. It was just that the Sun Moon Academy students who participated in the battle had extraordinary combat power, such as the uniquely gifted three-legged golden toad, and Brother Xiao controlling 128 cannons by himself.

In this battle, the two Sun and Moon teams joined forces to fight against the special training camp formed by Jing Hongchen, whose members were Level 6 members of Mingde Hall.

Level 7 Soul Master, Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, takes office as the chief instructor of special training.

"drink!"

Ignoring the surrounding clamor, the two figures unleashed a sharp sword light with their golden sword, slashing fiercely down at the meteorite iron sword from beyond the heavens. The sharp sonic boom, accompanied by the sword's cry, formed a tangible sword-howling storm, instantly destroying the incoming soul-guided cannonballs.

Seeing this, a fiery glint flashed across Ji Juechen's stiff and numb face. The meteorite iron sword shone brightly with black light, and the overwhelming sword energy roared like a black dragon emerging from the sea to meet the long sword in Lin Qing's hand.

The training camp had a legitimate reason to fight, and how could the sword fanatic, who loved fighting, miss such a golden opportunity? The moment the battle began, Ji Juechen locked onto his old rival from afar and challenged Lin Qing to a real man's duel.

With his pupils gleaming with dark golden light, Lin Qing used his Formless Demon Eyes to analyze Ji Juechen's understanding of sword intent, silently verifying the reincarnation sword path of the Underworld Emperor Sword, drawing inferences from one instance to another, and perfecting his own true essence of the sword.

Above the sky, a dazzling golden beam of light suddenly shot out, the vast and boundless star power seemed to hang upside down like the starry sky. Lin Qing swept his sword horizontally, forcing Ji Juechen back. In a flash, he compared the gap between the two sides and decisively activated his third soul skill, Elementalization, to avoid high-altitude attacks that exceeded his own defensive limits.

"That kid's quick thinking."

In the clouds above, a bald head with a smooth, shiny head was faintly visible. Ye Yulin felt a deep sense of regret and immediately manipulated the Sun Needle to launch a sneak attack on the other members of the Sun and Moon Team.

The Sun Needle is a signature level-nine soul tool of Starry Sky Douluo. Its ultra-high-altitude strikes are a nightmare for ground-based soul masters. Ye Yulin is extremely skilled at taking the head of enemy generals amidst a vast army, and the generals of the Douluo Three Kingdoms tremble with fear at its mention.

However, today's exercise was an internal combat training exercise, not a life-or-death battle between the two armies. Ye Yulin controlled the output of the Sun Needle, releasing solar beams to add extra pressure to the Sun and Moon Team, who were focused on fighting, and to teach them to be vigilant about the outside world at all times.

Out of the corner of his eye, Lin Qing noticed the huge difference in the power of the solar beams and suddenly realized that the old man seemed to be targeting him. Every time he attacked him, the power of the Sun Needle increased eightfold.

At the same time, Ye Yulin's gaze towards him was somewhere between that of a helpless old father whose daughter had been kidnapped and that of a senior testing his beloved disciple's judgment in choosing a husband—clearly a long-planned act of retaliation!

"boom--"

As the dreamlike starlight slowly illuminated, Ye Guyi summoned five Starry Divine Needles to intercept the solar beams emitted by the Sun Divine Needle in mid-air, thus easing Lin Qing's burden.

Ye Guyi flapped her pure white wings and soared through the sky. Her bright golden eyes met Lin Qing's gaze. Looking down at him, she turned her head and let out a soft hum.

Although Qingzai committed an unforgivable sin of lust by carrying Meng Hongchen in a princess carry yesterday, and his crime of staying out all night is aggravated, the Holy Angel still stepped forward resolutely in the face of crisis!

She repays evil with kindness; she is truly a saint!

Fierce battle, rest, and more battle—the special training continued until sunset. The Sun and Moon Team and the Soul Instructors of the Special Training Camp were exhausted and drenched in sweat, sitting on the ground for a long time, unwilling to get up. Only Lin Qing and Ji Juechen seemed to feel no fatigue at all, fighting each other with great enthusiasm.

Ye Yulin retrieved the Sun God Needle, flew to Jing Hongchen's side, and exclaimed in amazement, "Old Toad, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy that you lead is completely different from when we were in school."

Nowadays, young students favor the combination of Soul Master and Soul Instructor, and Ji Juechen is a unique case.

What's going on? This Mingde Hall disciple, who's in his early twenties, doesn't look like a Soul Master at all. The iron sword he wields is a natural metal sword made from meteorite iron from outer space. He looks exactly like a Soul Master.

"Are the academy teachers no longer teaching soul tools, or is he just too stupid to learn?"

"That's not quite right," Jing Hongchen laughed. "There's no need to stick to a fixed format. There are different ways to teach a slow learner. Excellent educators never give up on a student just because they are weak in one subject."

Moreover, Ji Juechen isn't stupid; he's just suited to be a Soul Master. We allow pure Soul Masters to enter the academy and adopt different educational methods, also to change the stereotype of the continent's top Soul Master academy and gradually ascend to the top of the continent's number one academy.

"That makes sense. This Soul Master Competition marks the beginning of the rise of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."

Ye Yulin nodded in agreement, clapped her hands, and shouted, "Today's special training is over. We'll continue tomorrow morning. Oh, and leave the bone suit behind."

The two swords ceased their fighting, each sheathing its blade. Ji Juechen bowed respectfully, turned, and left with his sword in his arms, savoring the exhilarating battle. He knew that he was not far from breaking through to the next level of sword intent.

Ye Guyi flapped her wings and flew towards Starry Sky Douluo. The master and disciple exchanged combat experiences. Ye Yulin pointed out the shortcomings of her disciple in controlling the high-altitude soul tool and took her to practice for two extra hours that night.

After the battle, Ju Zi and Ke Ke were covered in dust and dirt, like village girls. The Mingde Hall Special Training Camp was staffed by at least Level 6 Soul Masters, each with rich experience and their research on cunning and powerful Soul Guidance Devices pushed the two girls to their limits.

"Little Orange Corporal~"

A demonic whisper suddenly rang in her ears. Orange closed her eyes tightly, unwilling to face the stark reality. General Qing was coming to train her!

"Kebao, let's team up! Share the firepower with me!"

Given Orange's weak physique, if Lin Qing trained her hard all night, she would probably die on the training field. Therefore, Corporal Orange's first thought was to drag Keke into it. Best friends for life, sharing joys and sorrows!

"You're all talk and no action, I despise you!"

Keke rolled her eyes. She didn't understand why Ju Zi insisted on increasing the combat power. She just thought that Little Ju Zi was bad at fighting and loved to play. She was dragged away by Ju Zi half-heartedly, while she was secretly calculating.

If she gets exhausted, will she get to experience being carried in a princess carry like Meng Hongchen?

Xiao Hongchen and Nana were relieved to be free of any trouble. Xiao returned to the Hongchen family ancestral home to take care of his sister. Nana was the team member with the lowest soul power cultivation. As a combat-type soul master, she was under more pressure than Ju Zi. At this moment, her whole body was sore and swollen, and she urgently needed to lie down and recover her strength.

A team gathered around Ma Rulong, and the seven of them could not hide their low spirits.

Yesterday's crushing defeat to Jijin·Hongchenqianlian resulted in the loss of command of the entire team and their status as regular tactical players. They realized that they would likely not get many appearances in this tournament.

The experience of being relegated to the bench in the reserve team five years ago may be repeated. While watching their teammates fight for the country and sweat it out on the competition stage, they spend most of their time sitting in the preparation area.

There's no chance to start over. Yesterday's team battle was the team's only hope of winning. If it were a one-on-one duel in the ring, Ultimate Gold would teach them a lesson on the spot, showing them what it means to be a king who cannot be humiliated.

Ma Rulong patted each of his brothers on the shoulder and said seriously, "The second team is stronger in team battles, we have to admit the truth."

National interests far outweigh personal honor and disgrace. If the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy can win the championship by stepping on Shrek Academy's head, I am willing to be a cheerleader from beginning to end and cheer for the second team.

"Don't be discouraged, everyone. Stay hungry, follow Lin Qing's orders, and be ready to go into battle at any time."

"Yes, Captain!"

That night.

Lin Qing carried two beautiful girls, each with a soft, limp body, like noodles, in one hand.

With their eyes swollen and completely incapacitated, Ju Ke and the others were at Lin Qing's mercy. Lin Qing took them to the girls' dormitory, and then, as if walking on clouds, they staggered into the dormitory and collapsed onto their beds, falling fast asleep.

After visiting Meng Hongchen, who was suffering from the backlash of the poison, and confirming that she was alright, Lin Qing declined the warm invitation to stay overnight and returned to Zhanghua Garden alone.

Miss Angel's patience has its limits. After staying out of the house for two consecutive nights, he was afraid that he would wake up again and be teleported to the underground secret room, staging a gender-swapped version of Bibi Dong's Qian Xunji story.

"Hyotei".

On a deserted street corner in Mingdu, Lin Qing tried to summon A Bing.

Silence is the Cambridge of tonight.

"The tall, majestic, and all-powerful Ice Emperor who suppresses all enemies in the world."

"Since you've called upon it so sincerely!"

A chilling azure aura soared into the sky. The Ice Emperor stepped out of the void, her stunningly beautiful face strained, yet the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl upwards, revealing the smugness of the twin-tailed loli.

"I have a friend," Lin Qing said. "She awakened the Zhu Qing Ice Toad Martial Soul. You've met her before."

As the Soul Master's cultivation level increases, Zhu Qing's Ice Toad Poison gradually begins to backfire on her, and in the future, the cold poison may even attack her heart, causing her to die suddenly. I want to ask you, is there any way to help her overcome this calamity?

Hyotei slurped his popsicle and said with a crooked mouth, "Then you've come to the right place. No one in the human world knows more about the existence of the far northern soul beasts than I do."

The Zhu Qing Ice Toad is a soul beast with mixed attributes of ice, fire, and poison. The Zhu Qing Ice Toad poison is forged by the conflict between ice and fire. The problem lies here as well; the conflict between ice and fire is the root cause of the backlash from the deadly poison.

Countless years ago, like the Crimson Ice Toad, the Ice Jade Scorpion possessed Ice Jade Scorpion venom flowing through its veins. Their ancestors chose a thorny and arduous path, relinquishing the Ice Jade Scorpion venom to focus solely on cultivating ice attributes. After countless hardships, the entire clan was finally born, achieving the pinnacle of cultivation.

Hyotei took a bite of the popsicle and said calmly, "So, the way that little girl got rid of the backlash from the poison was very simple: abandon the poison attribute and switch to attacking both ice and fire. To take it to an extreme, she could simply specialize in the single ice attribute."

I remember before you left the far north, you took a few ice-attribute herbs and a piece of the right arm soul bone of a 100,000-year-old Frost Snow Phoenix from the treasures of the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan.

"I, the Emperor, will personally intervene and utilize that ice-attribute energy; it will be enough to help her become an ice-attribute soul master."

"Isn't there a way to preserve the poison's properties?"

Lin Qing pressed further, revealing that Meng Hongchen favored the mixed poison of Zhu Qingbing Toad and consistently adhered to the combat methods of a poison-attribute Soul Master. He hoped to retain the original Martial Soul abilities and only address the flaw of the poison's backlash.

"There is such a thing, but it's almost impossible to achieve." The Ice Emperor raised an eyebrow. "The harmonious coexistence of the three attributes requires a top-grade ice-attribute natural treasure and a top-grade fire-attribute natural treasure. The two must have a close connection comparable to twin flowers growing side by side, and contain both cold and fire poison."

Your little girl absorbed the treasures of ice and fire, tempered the bloodline of the Crimson Toad, and sublimated the three fundamental attributes of ice, fire, and poison.

My goodness, this is simply unbelievable. Where in the fairyland can you find such a rare and precious material with such demanding requirements? The probability is about the same as an ice silkworm falling into a ten-thousand-year-old ice cave and sleeping for a million years. What do you think, cub?

"Wait, say something! Why aren't you saying anything? Seriously? You really know the whereabouts of those two things?!"

Time flies, and the two teams finished their daily intensive training and ushered in the day of their departure for the All-Land Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Ma Rulong, Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, Chen An, Li Yan, Lin Xi.

Lin Qing, Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ju Zi, Ke Ke, Nana.

At the main gate of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, fourteen Sun Moon students stood tall and proud, dressed in dashing and spirited attire, waiting to depart.

Team One consisted entirely of strong, muscular men, while Team Two featured five beautiful young women with distinct styles. Standing together, they formed a stunning sight. Dressed in casual clothes, they exuded charm and attracted the attention of many trainees.

Three streaks of light descended in front of them: Jing Hongchen, the master of Mingde Hall; Ye Yulin, the Starry Sky Douluo; and Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo!

Hehe, it's the three of us again!

Unbreakable Douluo broke through his cultivation before the competition. He was in high spirits because of the good news. The herbs he brought back from his journey to the far north enabled him to break through to the first level of soul power!

Don't underestimate a mere level one soul power. There are hurdles at every step above level ninety. Level nine soul masters cultivate by taking drugs all year round. Breaking through to level one soul power is several times more difficult than becoming a titled Douluo in the three great empires. After Zheng Zhan came out of seclusion, he was in tears and volunteered to escort the lucky star Lin Qing to participate in the Soul Master Competition!

The group deployed their flying soul tools, maintaining a moderate speed. Jing Hongchen spoke up, "This year's competition is being held in Xingluo City, the capital of the Xingluo Empire. Our planned route will enter the Xingluo Empire from the airspace of the Mingdou Mountain range branch, allowing us to enjoy the scenery of this foreign land along the way."

"Grandpa, why don't we follow the main line?" Xiaomeng asked, puzzled.

"According to the ancient war treaty, during the Soul Master Competition, the four nations are prohibited from waging war and will lift some border blockades to allow participating students from other countries to enter. The main branch is stationed with the Northwest Legion of the Star Luo Empire, and Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger will not allow the Sun Moon Academy to fly over the military stronghold, only opening a few branch branches," Jing Hongchen said.

"So stingy." Meng Hongchen pouted. "When I draw Star Luo Academy, I'm going to give them a good beating!"

"Give it to your brother, Xiao Hongchen is invincible among his peers!" Brother Xiao raised his head proudly.

"Ah, right, right, seven laughing at the mortal world are equal to one Asura God!"

Meng Hongchen rolled his dead fish eyes and mercilessly played the straight man, secretly thinking to himself:

Seven laugh at the mortal world, laughing to death even the Asura God!

"The faculty and students of the academy are very much looking forward to this Soul Master Competition. What are your goals as participants? Are you confident in winning the championship?" Ye Yulin asked with a smile.

"Senior Starry Sky, we're under so much pressure." Xiao Xiafeng shrank his neck and said honestly, "Shrek has been a tradition for ten thousand years, and Sun and Moon have always been runners-up. Let's relax, making it to the finals is already a success."

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Hongchen and his sister, Ju Ke, and the rest of the team surrounded the cowardly and weak Xiao Xiafeng, their roars echoing through the clouds: "This year is the most promising year for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy!"

It is our inescapable duty to restore the glory of the sun and moon!

Ye Guyi was startled, while Lin Qing suddenly understood.

Luckily, I transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, otherwise I would have had to release a single after losing the external war!

The main ridge of the Mingdou Mountains.

As night deepened, the group held their breath and made their way to a cave draped in vines and creepers.

"This is the lair of the Hand of Death. Everyone, change into your Shrek Supervisory Corps uniforms," ​​instructed the team leader, Wang Yan. "The Inner Academy's regulars will lead the assault. The Outer Academy's reserve teams, please wait until the regulars have dealt with the Hand of Death's vanguard before advancing."

"Yes."

The Shrek disciples did as instructed. Huo Yuhao quickly put on his dark green supervisory team uniform and walked up to a stunningly beautiful woman.

The woman hadn't changed out of her Shrek Academy inspectorate uniform; a red dress accentuated her curvaceous figure, and her long, fiery red hair...

Her cloak cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall, her skin as white as snow, shimmering brilliantly in the darkness. Her hands gripped the dark green cloak tightly, and her breathing was heavy.

"Sister Xiaotao, are you alright?" Huo Yuhao asked with concern.

Ma Xiaotao opened her eyes, her originally pink eyes turning into a fierce dark red, and said in a hoarse voice, "A little ferocity is not a bad thing when dealing with evil soul masters. After the battle, I need your Ice Dragon's chilling energy to help me dispel the evil fire."

"Mm." Huo Yuhao nodded.

With her silver tongue, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm successfully persuaded the bloodline of the Cold Flood Dragon Tyrant to fuse her second martial soul with the 99,000-year-old Ice Flood Dragon. During the fusion process, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm released its true essence, giving the Ice Flood Dragon a boost and helping it break through to the 100,000-year realm.

With the emergence of his second martial soul, the Ice Dragon, Huo Yuhao swept away his slump and gained the attention of Shrek Academy.

The Ice Dragon possesses a trace of ancient ice dragon bloodline, making it more suitable for suppressing evil fire than the Xuanming Turtle with its dual water and earth attributes. Huo Yuhao thus naturally became Ma Xiaotao's personal refrigerator.

However, with her martial soul downgraded from the ultimate ice, and the gap between their cultivation levels being too great, the Ice Dragon's suppression of the Evil Fire Phoenix wasn't particularly successful. Every few days, Ma Xiaotao had to find Huo Yuhao to absorb the cold energy.

Exhaling a heavy breath that sent sparks flying, Ma Xiaotao felt a pang of nostalgia for the Blue Dragon of the past. They were both girls, and it wasn't embarrassing when the evil fire rose and they couldn't suppress it. The two women had similar cultivation levels, and the Blue Dragon's suppression effect was the best.

Previously, she would only grab Xu Sanshi when he was on a surveillance mission or on vacation at home, and use the Xuanming Turtle to suppress the evil fire. Unfortunately, the Blue Dragon perished in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Phoenix Evil Fire burned even more fiercely.

"Brother Yao, I've heard that evil spirit masters are vicious and ruthless. If we go straight to their heart, will we be in danger?" Xu Sanshi asked Yao Haoxuan, a senior student in the inner academy, for information.

"In the past, the Inner Court's inspection team did indeed face great danger when dealing with evil spirit masters, but this time—we have Elder Xuan protecting us!"

Yao Haoxuan pointed to the sky with one finger and spoke fluently: "Who is Elder Xuan? He is the Gluttonous Douluo, the Vice Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion, and a Level 98 Super Douluo. With a gentle breath, the Death Messenger was shattered into a bloody mist!"

Junior Brother San Shi, rest assured and trust Master Xuan!

In times of crisis, he will surely come to the rescue!