Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 113 The Election Begins (Please Subscribe!!!)

Xingyu looked dazed.

At this moment, watching Xu Yuan's controlled yellow-level mech practice shooting techniques on the training ground, he felt a strange surge of motivation.

Correct!

Mechs should be like this!

Xu Yuan's mecha philosophy, and his talent in learning the corresponding mecha, excited Xingyu.

Xu Yuan practiced the heavy spear technique three times.

Every time is different.

The more Xu Yuan showcased his marksmanship through mechs, the more domineering and unparalleled the power in his gun became.

"This is true marksmanship!"

No matter what so-called special skills or techniques you use, none of them can compare to my full-force shot!

Xu Yuan's spear stance became increasingly imposing.

Xingyu watched this scene from the side, feeling excited and shocked.

This is a true genius.

First year, class of forty-five.

This is a height he couldn't reach back then.

Although he was slightly less talented than Wu Changkong, Xingyu was still a genuine inner court disciple. Moreover, like Xu Yuan, he had started to focus on mechas in his first year, and had always maintained simultaneous progress in mechas, battle armor, and cultivation.

It was under these circumstances that he still became a Battle Armor Master before the age of twenty-five.

To be precise, he became a Battle Armor Master at the age of twenty-two.

However, in front of Xu Yuan, he had to admit that his talent was really nothing special.

"Junior Xu Yuan, that's enough. You're not yet proficient in controlling the mecha," Xingyu called out to Xu Yuan.

He did not let Xu Yuan continue practicing.

This was Xu Yuan's first day working with mechs. If he grasped the gun techniques too deeply at this point, it would hinder his future learning to control mechs, causing his movements to become stiff and his memory of the gun techniques to be too strong.

Xu Yuan didn't force himself to continue practicing.

It's not that I think Xingyu's rigidity will affect my future studies, but rather that he has already grasped what he needs to understand.

His insights were more about concepts and willpower than about marksmanship.

"Senior Xingyu, thank you for your help today."

"It's because you're talented," Xingyu waved his hand and said with emotion.

After a mecha piloting lesson, Xu Yuan's gunmanship became even more refined.

Poseidon Island.

Yun Ming also noticed changes in his disciple's cultivation this time.

"Xiao Yuan, your spear technique has changed."

"That's right, teacher. I learned how to operate a mecha today and gained a new understanding of marksmanship."

"Oh?" Yun Ming showed a knowing expression, without offering any further comment.

Mechs have their limits locked.

But he wouldn't let that dampen Xu Yuan's interest.

Strictly speaking, mechs are only limited by the times, not by their inherent lack of development potential.

"Until the technology of Heavenly Forging improves and the continent has at least three master craftsmen simultaneously, it will be impossible for a truly divine-level mecha to be made entirely of Heavenly Forging metal. Without a true divine-level mecha, the amplification that mecha can provide to Soul Masters cannot surpass that of Battle Armor." Yun Ming only gave Xu Yuan a brief warning and did not persuade him to give up mecha: "You can continue to study mecha. I also know about Mu Ye's path of fusing mecha and Battle Armor. The core parts are made of Heavenly Forging metal, which transforms into weapons and further fuses and links with the Battle Armor, resulting in an even greater amplification. You can follow this path."

time flies.

What was a short week felt like a month to Xu Yuan.

Even though Xu Yuan's cultivation time was greatly reduced due to the courses in the outer academy, his research in the dream space never stopped, and he spent at least five days a day researching the dream space.

After a week, apart from two days when Xu Yuan relaxed his mind, it was almost a month.

Class 1, Grade 1.

Wu Changkong breathed a sigh of relief as he observed the atmosphere in the classroom.

There was no worst of the lifelessness; on the contrary, he saw fighting spirit on the faces of Wu Siduo, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin.

Luo Guixing, Xu Yucheng, Yang Nianxia, ​​and Zheng Yiran, the four geniuses on the list of young prodigies, showed no signs of dejection. Each of them seemed to be harboring some ideas, preparing to unleash their talents in the next move.

The other students were even more outgoing.

When the gap isn't large, you'll feel resentful and want to surpass the other person to prove yourself.

However, when the gap between you and the other person is too large, you will be deeply impressed by them.

"Now it's time for final preparations. I'll arrange for you to enter the venue for this election shortly."

Wu Changkong's gaze swept over the hundred or so students in the classroom.

Fifteen minutes later, Wu Changkong led the students of Class 1, Grade 1 out of the classroom and headed to the main teaching building.

They arrived at a spacious circular hall.

This hall can only accommodate about a hundred of them, so it would be impossible to hold a combat competition.

"Soon, you will enter a virtual space, similar to the Spirit Ascension Platform. You should all have entered the Spirit Ascension Platform before," Wu Changkong simply reminded you.

Xu Yuan spread his mental energy to observe the layout of the hall.

"Shrek has a thorough understanding of the technology of virtual space." Xu Yuan never doubted this.

The Colosseum, the Soul Arena, and the Illusionary Space that tests humanity—and now, this room.

It's estimated that Shrek Academy uses quite a few of these illusory spaces for student assessments and even training.

"I'll have to study this carefully later."

Xu Yuan also has a need for this technology.

Dream Space is his soul skill and a small core of his current abilities. If it can be developed in the direction he envisions, it will definitely become the core of all his future methods.

Turn the abstract into the concrete.

In fact, dream space is not entirely illusory; it is simply constructed from mental energy and is not a space in reality.

After Xu Yuan obtained his third soul skill, he was able to transform real-world energy into virtual energy and integrate it into his dream space, which means that his dream space has the basis for changing between reality and illusion.

Only now, thanks to his soul skills, has he been able to transform external energy from tangible to intangible.

Next, he will continue to develop the dream space, striving to make it a reality.

If he can develop it himself, that's fine. But if he can't, he'll probably have to rely on Yao Yao to give him a fourth soul ring after Yao Yao reaches ten thousand years of age to try and obtain this kind of soul skill.

However, this approach is too uncertain and would also waste a Soul Ring slot.

The opening of the third spirit ring marked the beginning of a transition between reality and illusion, and Xu Yuan still hoped to complete the subsequent development himself.

After Shen Yi manipulated the wall, oval-shaped spheres emerged and cracked open.

"Each of you will choose one to enter. You will then enter a forest. The forest area is limited, and it will be the location for your assessment." After a brief introduction, Wu Changkong urged the students to enter.

Xu Yuan watched as his classmates formed groups of two or three to choose nearby spherical objects, and finally chose one himself and entered it.

Fasten your seatbelt, the hatch closes, and suddenly everything goes dark.

Dizziness.

Xu Yuan was in a daze, and when he regained consciousness, he found himself in the forest that Wu Changkong had described.

"This is a world that's close to reality, similar to the Soul Tower!"

Based on experience, Xu Yuan knew that the stronger the reaction upon entering, the more real elements were present in this illusory space.

Those who talk about water are truly speechless. Everyone has a different understanding of what they're looking for in fanfiction. Some people read it for others' comments, opinions, and even thoughts, especially us fanfiction readers.

Different authors have different writing styles. The same goes for my previous free chapters. When the protagonist encounters something new that triggers his own actions, isn't there any explanatory narration?

The free trial period is already a reader selection process; you can't come here and say I'm starting to act greedily.

Another issue is plot progression. I've been working on it, and it's undeniable that I'm bad at it. Anyone who's read my older books knows that my plots were terrible. I'm still figuring things out, and this book is an attempt to polish the plot. I've been very careful with every plot development, afraid that this book will once again deviate from the characters midway through, with the protagonist going off to various imaginary adventures, seemingly completely detached from the world they're in, going on a solitary journey. This was a problem with my previous books, and I'm working on fixing it with this one, creating plot holes and designing the story. Perhaps there are indeed problems, which has ironically attracted readers who have such high expectations for my plot.

The so-called water is just a feeling of disparity due to insufficient renewal.

I haven't been feeling well these past couple of days, and external factors have prevented me from posting five updates a day as required, but I've still been writing with a serious attitude, okay?

(End of this chapter)