Douluo Continent: Getting Stronger After Heartbreak

Chapter 34 The Timid Shui Bing'er

The next day.

The entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy was in an uproar.

From the three major education commissioners to the top-level teachers, from students to those who received quotas from other academies, everyone gathered in front of a large simulated training ground within the academy.

Entering the Soul Hunting Grounds is an opportunity that only comes once every few years; otherwise, the soul beasts you raise will be killed off within a few years.

Therefore, this opportunity is extremely rare. Apart from the five major academies each having one spot, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy itself only has five spots, but these spots are often transferred by some royal family members.

Firstly, they themselves may not have that much talent, so it would be a waste to get a spot. Secondly, such a spot is also a good opportunity to win over some forces.

Like Xue Qinghe, she never used her own quota, but gave them all away, thereby gaining the goodwill of many powerful forces.

As for herself... with the Spirit Hall secretly supporting her, she doesn't need such an opportunity at all...

At this moment, the level 80+ Contra Master Dream God Education Committee member stood in front of everyone.

"Without further ado, I will now open the Mimicry Soul Hunting Ground. Please prepare yourselves and enter one by one."

His eight spirit rings suddenly lit up, and a surge of powerful spirit energy swept out, causing those around him to involuntarily take a few steps back.

"His martial spirit is the Black Demon, which can pull people into an endless dream loop."

Sword Douluo said, "It seems that this mimicry soul hunting is also related to his ability, otherwise there would be no way that a continuous stream of soul beasts would appear in the mimicry training ground."

Ning Fengzhi nodded slightly.

At this moment, under the continuous release of the martial soul power by Meng Shenji, a shimmering entrance slowly appeared before them.

"Please let the first student enter." He said directly as his spirit rings went out.

A student from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy entered in response.

"Buzz!"

With a single buzzing sound, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

The water inlet then began to ripple again, slowly transforming into a mirror that reflected the student's every move within the training ground.

This is a level 30 student who is extremely fast when facing the challenges of the first few levels, but only starts to get serious when the level 5 difficulty spirit beast appears.

After all, such opportunities are rare, and generally no one gets two chances, so these students are all level 30.

"Hey! Qin Jian!"

At this moment, Huo Wu, with whom she had a minor conflict the day before, walked over: "I'm aiming for level nine difficulty, so don't fall too far behind."

"Brother Sword won't be far behind... no, I mean Brother Sword will definitely beat you! Humph!"

Instead of Qin Jian engaging in verbal sparring, Ning Rongrong would naturally take the lead at this moment.

"How arrogant!"

With her personality, Mai Shiranui will probably never be afraid of anyone...

"Fire Dancer, did you make a bet with anyone?"

At this moment, a young man dressed in light green, his face covered, approached.

Qin Jian noticed his gaze fixed intently on Huo Wu and guessed his identity: Feng Xiaotian from Shenfeng Academy…

"I'll compete with him to see who can get first place," Huo Wu said, pointing at Qin Jian.

"First?!"

Her voice was quite loud, immediately attracting the attention of the other participants.

"I, Hu Yanli, am number one! You can forget about it!"

At this moment, Hu Yanli, a muscular man from the Elephant Armor Sect, roared.

Judging from his grimacing expression, he probably meant he would eat anyone who tried to compete with him for first place.

"Besides brute strength, what else do you have?"

Huo Wu crossed her arms dismissively and said, "I could beat you with one hand!"

"Wow, Brother Jian, she's not just arrogant towards us..."

Ning Rongrong watched as Huo Wu confronted Hu Yanli again, and couldn't help but feel a little smug: "She's offended so many people, she'll be in big trouble when she hunts soul beasts."

"That won't work. At least she'll have Feng Xiaotian to help her," Qin Jian shrugged.

"Brother Jian, they all seem to be level 30 soul power. Can you really win?" Ning Rongrong asked with some concern.

Qin Jian smiled casually.

Although the battlefield is not his main battlefield, his martial soul is, after all, a sword of slaughter, and in terms of attack power, it may be more powerful than any other martial soul.

Moreover, this competition doesn't involve hunting down spirit beasts of the same level; it's an assessment based on spirit power. So the key isn't the level of spirit power, but rather the amount of potential.

Huo Wu and Hu Yanli were both unwilling to yield to each other, and before long, even Yu Tianxin from Thunder Academy came over.

"Seeing how confident you are, why don't we determine the ranking of this year's Five Elements Academy based on the results of this assessment?" Yu Tianxin said with a smile.

"sure!"

Hu Yanli bumped his fists together: "Then our academy will definitely be ranked number one this time!"

Feng Xiaotian was indifferent; seeing Huo Wu nod, he nodded as well.

Qin Jian chuckled from the side: "It seems like this has nothing to do with us anymore; those elemental academies are fighting amongst themselves."

Ning Rongrong asked curiously, "Brother Jian, if they really fought, who do you think would win?"

Qin Jian thought for a moment and said, "I guess it's most likely Yu Tianxin. After all, he's from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, and his personal combat strength is indeed formidable. There's another possibility too..."

He looked around: "Huh? Where did everyone go?"

Ning Rongrong asked curiously, "Who are you talking about?"

"That Shui Bing'er who possesses the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul..." Qin Jian said.

Meanwhile, Yu Tianxin and the others were also searching for Shui Bing'er, only to find her hiding behind their teacher, much to their amusement and dismay.

"Hey, what does Tianshui Academy say? Do you want to use the results of this competition to determine the ranking of the five major academies this year?" Huo Wu stepped forward and asked directly.

The teacher from Tianshui Academy pushed Shui Bing'er out, saying, "You two talk about it."

To everyone's surprise, Shui Bing'er shrank back a bit before slowly walking out.

Despite having the most beautiful face, her eyes were unfocused, and she seemed very insecure.

"I feel...this isn't a good idea..."

Shui Bing'er whispered, "This ranking can't be changed for five years; it definitely has to be decided by the academy's higher-ups. How can our private bet count?"

"Let's compete first and see what happens. If the academy doesn't approve in the end, we'll compete again later!" Huo Wu said, hands on her hips.

Shui Bing'er shook her head again and said, "I won't participate. You guys compete yourselves..."

The teacher from Tianshui Academy gave a wry smile; she knew Shui Bing'er would back down…

"Never mind, it's not fun without one." Yu Tianxin turned and left.

"What a disappointment!"

Huo Wu snorted unhappily and said, "I really don't know why Tianshui Academy gave you a spot this year. If you were to participate in the ranking competition, I think Tianshui would definitely be ranked last this time!"

"oh…"

Shui Bing'er responded weakly, causing the other onlookers to chuckle softly.

I never expected that such an unambitious girl would slip into this group of competitive teenagers...

Qin Jian felt strange, wondering if the mature and sophisticated Shui Bing'er would ever reappear...

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PS: I have a question for everyone. After a Soul Beast reaches level 60 and completely transforms into a human, can it still obtain Soul Rings and Soul Bones if it is hunted again? It seems the original novel didn't specify whether Ah Yin was fully formed when she died. This relates to Qin Jian's later situation. I'm a bit confused by the outline (_｀).

P.S.: I had a brain fart today and did voice acting for Qin Jian in all the previous chapters, cough cough...

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