Douluo Continent: Becoming a God of Magic Starting with Your Martial Soul

After the effects of the Soul Ascension Pill were almost fully absorbed, Lu Yi broke through the level 23 barrier overnight and reached the middle stage.

But as soon as she opened her eyes, she was met with Zhou Sichen's worried face.

Zhou Sichen spoke up before Lu Yi could even speak.

"Lu Yi, Lao Cao and I suddenly realized something yesterday."

Upon hearing there was a problem, Lu Yi became interested: "What kind of problem?"

"The three of us all have weapon spirits, and our attack methods are all ranged. Wouldn't it be troublesome if we were attacked at close range?" Zhou Sichen thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any ideas, so he scratched his head in frustration.

His two spirit beasts are the Yellow Light Bear and the Blazing Tiger.

Although there are two ends, controlling them separately would actually weaken their combat power, so they can only deal with one person.

However, if his offensive style cannot quickly eliminate the opponent, Lu Yi and Cao Jinxuan are both single-target control characters.

Wouldn't this lead to the strange situation where what should be a team battle turns into one-on-one fights?

If the opponent is weaker, then one can win by relying on personal strength.

However, if you encounter a strong opponent, you will be at a disadvantage.

Lu Yi didn't rush to reply, but instead gave Zhou Sichen a suggestion: "I think you can go find Ning Tian."

"I'm talking about serious matters! Be serious!" Zhou Sichen sighed somewhat irritably. "And stop making fun of me by bringing up the class monitor all the time."

"I'm talking about the important matter!"

Seeing that Zhou Sichen was still reeling from his failed confession, Lu Yi didn't tease him. Instead, he said mysteriously, "Something that will benefit you!"

Zhou Sichen was somewhat skeptical. What did the squad leader's role as a support player have to do with his offensive prowess?

But he still pretended to listen attentively, and Lu Yi didn't keep him in suspense.

"The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School has a cultivation technique that all direct descendants who have awakened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul must master. Have you heard of this?"

Zhou Sichen immediately shook his head, noticing the flaw in Lu Yi's words. He retorted confidently, "Cultivation techniques are secrets to every sect. How could I possibly know them?"

Lu Yi knew Zhou Sichen would react this way, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"No, this technique is not a secret. It's just that due to its special nature, it is almost only usable by Soul Masters with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul. This technique is called Distraction Control. As far as I know, its highest level is the Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart, which means using one mind for seven purposes."

Since you said you're struggling to control both beast spirits to attack independently, you should ask the class monitor for advice. Otherwise, when you have more spirit rings in the future, wouldn't it be a waste to be unable to control so many beast spirits?

"Damn it, Lu Yi, you're the smartest person I've ever met!" Zhou Sichen suddenly sprang up, almost jumping.

Since obtaining his second spirit ring, he has faced the problem of being unable to control multiple beast spirits simultaneously.

Most of the time, he fights on his own with his beast spirits, unable to control them precisely.

Given his innate seventh-level soul power, it wouldn't be difficult for him to reach the Soul Douluo level in the future, and he might even be able to obtain a title.

At that time, in addition to his Martial Soul True Body, he will have at least seven Beast Spirits.

If one were to reach the level of "seven orifices of exquisite mind" described by Lu Yi, then he alone would be an army.

"I'm not saying anything more, bro, I'm going to find the squad leader right now!"

Zhou Sichen was about to leave in a hurry, but Lu Yi stopped her again.

"Don't rush into that. Distraction control isn't something you can learn overnight. Let me answer your first question first."

Now that Zhou Sichen was convinced by Lu Yi, she couldn't help but look forward to what Lu Yi would say next, and turned around and sat back down.

Before answering the question, Lu Yi first asked Zhou Sichen to tell him about Cao Jinxuan's abilities, since he hadn't been able to get Cao Jinxuan to use his soul skills during yesterday's sparring session.

When Lu Yi learned that Cao Jinxuan's martial soul could slow down the flow of time for a target, he couldn't help but gasp.

Fortunately, Cao Jinxuan didn't manage to unleash his soul skill, otherwise I would have been the one kneeling yesterday.

That's a time-based ability!

But this also gave Lu Yi some ideas.

"Old Zhou, my control usually only hinders the opponent's actions and has little impact on combat power. So at the start, if Cao Jinxuan and I each control one person, you should attack the person controlled by Cao Jinxuan and ignore the other two."

The idea that you can't lose as long as you reduce the opponent's numbers is just theory; the actual situation will only be known through practice.

Lu Yi wasn't too worried about the team's actual combat performance.

Even if, as Zhou Sichen feared, three one-on-one situations were created on the field, their individual fighting strength alone would be enough to defeat most of the teams.

If you focus on honing your teamwork during the initial round-robin stage of the freshman assessment, advancing to the knockout stage will not be difficult at all.

"Let's go, time for class!"

……

After returning to the classroom after more than ten days, Lu Yi felt that the class had changed a lot.

Since Mujin announced more than ten days ago that students could form teams to start getting to know each other, there are very few people who have not yet formed teams.

Without a doubt, Shrek's tests are brutal.

What's even more cruel is that this assessment begins the moment you enroll.

When a student cannot demonstrate strong abilities or has other highlights, they will not be able to attract strong classmates to become their teammates.

The strong can always form alliances, while the weaker ones mostly just band together for warmth, barely managing to cobble together a team.

For more than two months, Mu Jin has hardly expelled any trainees, but she chose to let them form their own teams, following the most basic rule of survival of the fittest.

Compared to Zhou Yi, who expelled unqualified trainees and then took over all team formation, her overall advancement rate reached two-thirds.

Lu Yi can no longer judge which of these two methods is better.

Today's lesson wasn't anything special; it was just free time for teammates to get to know each other.

It's basically about the three of them exchanging skills and learning more about the effects of their teammates' soul skills in order to cooperate better.

Lu Yi had already fought Cao Jinxuan yesterday, and Cao Jinxuan was deeply impressed by Lu Yi's abilities. This time, it was Lu Yi's turn to experience his soul skills.

"Hehe—don't worry, it won't hurt!"

After a night, Cao Jinxuan had adjusted his mindset and gave Lu Yi a wicked smile: "First Soul Skill, Time Flies! Second Soul Skill, Time Lock!"

"Hmm~"

When Cao Jinxuan's first soul skill landed on him, Lu Yi didn't feel anything too strong, only that his soul power circulation was a little sluggish.

But upon closer inspection, he noticed that everything around him seemed to move much faster, as if a fast-forward button had been pressed.

Of course, this is just his own feeling; in reality, his own time has slowed down.

In actual combat, this state of being slowed down in terms of time can be considered a direct disadvantage.

When the second soul skill, Time Lock, was also applied to him, the world in Lu Yi's eyes went completely black.

It wasn't pitch black without any light source, nor was it the kind of black barrier brought by the 100,000-year-old soul beast we encountered before; rather, even the light itself was frozen.

Right now, he only has one thought in his mind.

"Time-related systems are terrifying!"