Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 117 Studying the Opponent

Dugu Yan left, unlike Ning Feiliu, who was free-spirited and unrestrained.

She's still a student at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Moreover, because of her absorption of the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and the Moon Essence Breathing Technique, her cultivation has already broken through to the Soul Master level.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy currently has an idea...

That is to exceptionally admit Dugu Yan as a formal member of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament two years later.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament is, barring unforeseen circumstances, held approximately every five years.

In the original storyline, Ning Rongrong was already fourteen years old when Dugu Yan participated in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

Ning Rongrong is only seven years old now, which means that it has been seven years since that competition. So, during this period, another All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament will be held.

Dugu Yan's current cultivation level as a Soul Master makes her an absolute top-tier genius Soul Master in the entire continent's advanced Soul Master competition.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy certainly wanted her to participate in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and strive for a better ranking.

Putting aside everything else, they might not be able to beat the people from the Spirit Hall, but they should at least be able to beat the people from the Star Luo Royal Academy, right?

The current enmity between the two empires is far deeper than the enmity between them and the Spirit Hall.

After all, neither of the two empires could have imagined that the Spirit Hall would one day have such great ambitions, wanting to transform the religion into a state and unify the entire Douluo Continent in one fell swoop.

To give an example, it's roughly equivalent to the United Nations suddenly declaring its founding in a previous life, uniting a group of small countries, and then directly declaring war on the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Of course, the Spirit Hall is much stronger than the United Nations. It has its own legion of spirit masters and a group of titled Douluo powerhouses. It is not a pushover with power but no strength.

The two empires still regard each other as their biggest rivals, but due to the Spirit Hall's deliberate obstruction, they are unable to engage in a full-scale war.

Then the only way to determine who is superior is in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

A genius Soul Master like Dugu Yan, who has already reached the Soul Master level, would definitely be a great help.

Especially since he's already at level 44 in soul power, if we wait two years, he'll be at least level 46 or 47, if not level 50.

Therefore, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is actively inviting Dugu Yan to join the Heaven Dou Royal Team in this Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

After all, the members of this year's Heaven Dou Royal Team are not ideal in terms of cultivation and talent, at least not as good as the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in the original story, which is the next year.

The cultivation level of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in that year was actually similar to that of this year's team. Before officially participating in the competition, they were both only at the Soul Venerable level.

But the key point is that in the original storyline, the next generation of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team had three heavyweight figures.

Yu Tianheng needs no introduction. His Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul is of unparalleled quality. In the entire Douluo Continent, with martial souls like the Clear Sky Hammer, Six-Winged Angel, and Seven Kill Sword not appearing, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex martial soul is the strongest.

This is something that even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, which ranks higher than it in the sect, cannot match.

Next is Dugu Yan, a spirit master with the Azure Scale Serpent martial soul whose reputation for poison is awe-inspiring throughout the Douluo Continent.

Finally, there's Ye Lingling, who possesses the Nine-Hearted Begonia, hailed as the number one healing-type martial soul in the world.

As for the Shi brothers, Oslo, and Yufeng, they can only be considered ordinary.

Ning Feiliu also learned a little about the current members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team from Dugu Yan.

After all, most of them are still at the Soul Venerable level, and they are likely to meet in the upcoming Soul Battle.

However, the current Heaven Dou Royal Academy team already has members who have broken through to the Soul Master level.

Captain Carlisle, whose martial soul is the Lion of War, is a powerful attack-type Soul Master. He has just broken through to the forty-first level of Soul Master, but he is an older contestant, already twenty-two years old this year. He had previously participated in the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament as a member of the second team.

He could have graduated long ago, but he probably thought the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament was his only chance in his life...

After all, the age limit for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament is under 25 years old, and he will only be 24 years old in two years.

Vice Captain Shuanglan possesses the Martial Soul Ice Sword Dragon, making her a powerful offensive Soul Master. She is likely a sub-dragon with ice-attribute abilities, and her bloodline is far superior to that of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex.

However, her cultivation level has also broken through to level forty-one, and she is also relatively old, being nineteen years old this year and twenty-one years old in two years.

Both of them were Soul Masters, so Ning Feiliu wouldn't encounter them in the Great Soul Arena and didn't pay them much attention.

Of the remaining five official team members, apart from the support-type Soul Masters, Ning Feiliu paid slightly more attention to them.

Among them is the defensive-type Soul Master Iron Beast Kailas, whose Martial Soul is Ironclad Wild Bull. His Soul Power is currently at level 37, but such a genius Soul Master from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy should not be underestimated.

In particular, his soul power was four levels higher than Ning Feiliu's.

Next up is the control-type battle spirit master, Demon Chain Lianling. His martial spirit is a chain blade, and his current soul power is level 38. Although his cultivation level isn't the lowest, he's the unluckiest one.

Since Dugu Yan happens to be a control-type battle spirit master, if Dugu Yan really joins this year's Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, guess who will be kicked out to the second team?

It's him, who is also a control-type Soul Master!

To put it bluntly, in a team battle system like Douluo Continent, one control-type Soul Master is actually enough, just like one support-type Soul Master; having two would be a complete waste.

For the other three types of Soul Masters—Attack, Defense, and Agility—it doesn't really matter if there are many people in any of those positions.

After all, it's a seven-person team battle, but strictly speaking, in Douluo Continent, apart from the food-type soul masters who are basically never taken to the field and can even be classified as support-type soul masters, there are only five other roles.

Therefore, having an extra Soul Master in certain positions is not a problem, provided that it is not a control-type or support-type Soul Master.

Of course, the appearance of seven control-type battle spirit masters like in the original storyline's Canghui Academy is an absolute exception.

The remaining two members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team are both agility-type Soul Masters.

One of them is named Xue Xiaolingyue, whose martial soul is the Snow Owl Bird, an aggressive bird that can ride the cold wind.

With a soul power level of thirty-nine, he is a formidable opponent whom we must be wary of.

The remaining one is named Demon Eagle Zuo Chi, whose martial soul is a giant falcon. His cultivation level is level 38, and his speed may not be faster than Ling Yue's, but the characteristics of his martial soul seem to make his defense and attack power very strong.

In short, this is all Ning Feiliu knows from Dugu Yan so far.

And next, we'll probably be facing them as our opponents.

These people have already reached the peak of the Soul Venerable level, and they are also official members of this year's Heaven Dou Royal Academy team. Their strength is definitely much greater than Yu Tianheng's...

(End of this chapter)