Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 25 The Team's Initial Formation

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully recruiting the divine craftsman Lou Gao and cutting off Tang San's important opportunity. Red-level mission completed. Reward: 1 Red-level character summoning card and 500 diamonds."

"Ding, the system has detected that the host has successfully recruited most of the members of the Blacksmith Association, exceeding the system task. The host is rewarded with 1 Black-level Character Summoning Card."

Use up all the red-level and black-level summon cards.

Xiao Yu immediately used the newly acquired summoning card. At present, the sect only has Mu, a titled Douluo, in charge. It is certainly not a problem to deter others, but it is still far from being able to compete with the top forces on the continent.

"Ding, the selection of the black-level character has been completed. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Ikki of the Phoenix constellation, one of the five Bronze Saints of the SS era. His martial soul is the Phoenix Fire Phoenix. His innate soul power is level 10, and his current soul power level is level 32."

"Ding, the red-level character selection is complete. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Milo of the Scorpio constellation, the Gold Saint of the SS era, with the Martial Soul Golden Scorpion, innate soul power level 9.5, and current soul power level 95."

"Ding, it has been detected that the host and seven subordinates have similar soul power, meeting the requirements for forming a team. The following task is now issued: "

1. Purple-level mission: Register for the Grand Arena team competition and all members will receive a Silver-level Battle Spirit badge;

2. Black-level mission: All members of the team in the Grand Arena team competition obtain a Gold-level Battle Spirit badge;

3. Red-level mission: All members of the team in the Grand Arena team competition obtain the Purple-Gold Battle Spirit level badge;

4. Gold-level mission: All members of the team in the Grand Arena team competition obtain a badge of Sapphire Battle Spirit level or above;

5. Winning Streak Rewards: A three-game winning streak in the Grand Arena team matches will earn a White-tier reward, five games a Yellow-tier reward, ten games a Purple-tier reward, twenty games a Black-tier reward, fifty games a Red-tier reward, and one hundred games a Gold-tier reward.

The Great Battle Arena?

Xiao Yu slowly raised his head. In fact, he would have gone even without the system issuing the task. Soul Master cultivation is not about working behind closed doors; it requires practical training and sparring. Although the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament is more formal and has more complete rules, and the opponents are all elites of the same age, it is only held once every five years. As for the Great Soul Arena, he could go every day if conditions allowed.

However, regarding the current team composition, Xiao Yu considered the team's structure:

1. Xiao Yu, Martial Soul Netherworld Apostle, Level 35 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master.

2. Yi Hui, Martial Soul: Fire Phoenix, Level 32 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master.

3. Eden, Martial Soul Thunder Venerable, Level 33 Control-type Battle Soul Master.

4. Zilong, with the martial soul Azure Dragon, is a level 32 offensive-type battle spirit master.

5. Evil Warrior, Martial Soul Unicorn, Level 30 Agility-Attack Type Battle Soul Master.

6. Mi Yimei, Martial Soul Harp, Level 30 Support-type Battle Soul Master

7. Io, Martial Soul Sea Beast, Level 26 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master.

The team composition isn't bad, but it still falls short of Xiao Yu's expectations. However, the Soul Master Competition is still a long way off, and just like Shrek Academy has four substitutes—Tailong, Jingling, Huang Yuan, and Jiangzhu—the team will also need substitute players eventually. We can rearrange things when the time comes.

A few days later, Lou Gao, having finished dealing with the association's affairs, along with Si Long, Si Yu, and dozens of other blacksmiths, hired more than a dozen carriages and left Gengxin City with Xiao Yu and the others. As for Lou Gao's other two disciples, Si Kai and Si Di, they stayed behind to oversee the blacksmiths' association.

The Blacksmiths' Association is a large and powerful organization, and it's impossible for them to relocate entirely to the Nine Star Palace; that's also unrealistic. Therefore, after discussing it with Lou Gao, Xiao Yu decided to make the Blacksmiths' Association a branch of the Nine Star Palace in Gengxin City, with personnel rotating regularly. Si Long, Si Yu, and others would first set off to learn about and make soul tools with Lou Gao, and then return after three months to be replaced by Si Kai, Si Di, and other senior blacksmiths.

After returning to his sect and handling matters related to the Blacksmith Association, Xiao Yu began arranging for Xie Wu, who had reached a bottleneck, and Mi Yimei to acquire soul rings. This time, in addition to his bodyguards Milo and Huihuo, Xiao Yu also prepared to form a team with several members whose soul power was similar to his, including Yi Hui, Eden, and Shiryu.

The two new lone wolves, Yi Hui and Eden, initially wanted to refuse, but this time Xiao Yu didn't agree. He kindly persuaded them that they would only be able to achieve mutual benefit by working together as a team in the future, and that the Star Dou Great Forest was full of soul beasts, making it easier to hone their combat skills. Only then did the two agree.

This wasn't Xiao Yu's first time visiting the Star Dou Great Forest. He had thoroughly explored the area around the forest, and under his guidance, the group quickly entered the interior of the forest.

"Everyone, be on high alert. Most of the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest are not friendly towards humans and are generally aggressive. Keep your formation intact and do not wander around aimlessly."

Xiao Yu said in a deep voice, "This is the first real battle for our team. Milo and Huihuo will not lend a hand unless absolutely necessary."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Ikki, who possessed the top-tier beast spirit Fire Phoenix, had an innate bloodline suppression over spirit beasts, so he took the lead and went to the front of the group.

Xiao Yu and Zi Long, who were also offensive types, walked on the left and right sides, while Xie Wu, Mi Yimei, and Yi Ao, who were relatively weaker, were in the middle. Eden was responsible for bringing up the rear, while Mi Luo and Hui Huo were a few meters behind, keeping a relatively long distance to observe.

In Douyi, many truly powerful soul beasts, including Di Tian, ​​were busy absorbing that power bank in the Lake of Life. Unless the two Boiling Sheep, Azure Bull Python, and Titan Giant Ape had taken the wrong medicine and rushed to the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest together, there really weren't many soul beasts that could threaten them.

Xie Wu's martial soul is a unicorn, so the most suitable soul ring for him is a soul beast of the same species as his martial soul, such as a sacred unicorn or a radiant unicorn. Alternatively, a horse-type soul beast could be used. Although it is difficult, it is not particularly difficult.

As for Mi Yimei, although he is positioned as a support-type Soul Master, he is actually half support and half control. In addition to enhancing the strength of his own side, his harp playing also has mental attribute attacks. Soul Masters with slightly lower mental strength can be directly stunned by him, while Soul Masters with strong mental strength will have their attacks and defenses weakened.

This reminded Xiao Yu of Huo Yuhao, the chosen one of destiny ten thousand years later. His first martial soul, the Spirit Eye, was a mental control martial soul, and his first soul skills, Mental Detection and Mental Sharing, were also considered auxiliary skills in a certain sense. His soul rings could be used as a reference.

Among them, the Ice Silkworm is in the far north, and the only one in the Star Dou Great Forest is being used as nourishment by those ferocious beasts with hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation. Who would dare to snatch food from its jaws?

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is even less likely. If the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm is food for those ferocious beasts, there might be a little room for negotiation. But the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is truly their Achilles' heel. If they touch it, there is only one path left: a fight to the death.

The Evil Eye Tyrant is far away on the Sun Moon Continent. Xiao Yu really doesn't know if there is such a soul beast on the Douluo Continent. However, the other soul beasts that produce soul rings, such as the Purple Spirit Wolf, Silver Moon Wolf, and Silver Elite Beast, are also rare soul beasts, but they are much easier to find than the others. He can try to find them.

(End of this chapter)