Douluo Continent: From Blue Silver Grass to Nine-Leaf Sword Grass

Chapter 81 Breakthrough

Seeing the unwilling expressions on the faces of the four people in front of him, Jiang Li glanced at them lightly, couldn't help but chuckle, and then spoke.

"Don't you guys feel that this loss was unfair?"

Although no one spoke at this moment, the unwilling look in their eyes showed that they now agreed with Jiang Li's words.

Jiang Li showed no emotion whatsoever at their reaction. Instead, he looked at them and explained, word by word, the real reason for their defeat.

"In a sense, what you lost to was not only my level of understanding, but also the prejudice that you have never been willing to let go of in your hearts."

"Because from the beginning, even though you knew I possessed the strength of a Soul Master, and even after defeating Yu Tianheng, you were only willing to admit that it was due to my realm suppression, but unwilling to admit the reasons within yourselves."

"Don't talk about any specific tactics you used against me. These so-called tactics are just old habits. The reason you initially wanted to use the Shi brothers to deplete their soul power was because with their combined defense, you two should have been able to hold your own against a control-type Soul Master, right?"

As Jiang Li spoke, his eyes turned to the two of them, and the Shi brothers also looked at Jiang Li at the same time, their eyes showing a hint of surprise.

They were curious about how Jiang Li knew this information. But then they thought about it again, and it wasn't surprising that Jiang Li knew this, given his relationship with Dugu Yan.

Jiang Li, however, stretched out his finger and shook it slightly before slowly beginning to explain.

"No! You two just deliberately exposed yourselves. In the beginning, you faced someone whose strength you knew was greater than yours, yet you didn't choose to defend with all your might. This was even after I defeated Yu Tianheng. Don't you think that's very unusual?"

As Jiang Li said this, a hint of shame appeared in the eyes of the Shi brothers, because it was indeed this subconscious action that had revealed quite a bit of information.

"That's why Oslo, and especially you, Yufeng, were careless the whole time."

Upon hearing this, Oslo couldn't help but lower his head, while Yufeng retorted with some dissatisfaction.

"I wasn't entirely careless, was I? That last time, I..."

"Stepping forward is certainly righteous, and also quite rational, knowing to preserve your strongest fighting force in a disadvantageous situation. But Yu Feng, don't forget what your martial soul is: a wind chime bird, born with the ability to fly. If you were truly in a state of alert, you could have flown directly into the air from the start, taking the initiative to attack or react from a god-like perspective. Did you do that?"

When Yu Feng first heard Jiang Li praising him, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But the more he listened, the more something seemed off, until the last sentence was uttered.

He wished he could dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his feet and hide inside, because what Jiang Li said was true, and logically speaking, a Soul Master with the ability to fly should have been able to do so from the start.

Jiang Li glanced at Oslo one last time and then uttered a final sentence.

"For agility-type Soul Masters, especially those who excel in speed, blindly trusting teammates when facing unknown enemies on the battlefield is a major taboo."

When Oslo heard these words, he couldn't help but raise his head, his eyes filled with a mixture of clarity and shame as he looked at Jiang Li.

As Jiang Li reprimanded her, Ning Rongrong on the other side couldn't help but pout and tug at Dugu Yan's clothes, muttering to herself.

"Brother Jiang Li is so fierce! How come I've never seen him like this before?"

Dugu Yan simply rubbed Ning Rongrong's head and couldn't help but comfort her.

"Because Brother Jiang Li wants this team to become better, and Rongrong is a support-type Soul Master, so Jiang Li won't be as strict with you."

After being comforted, Ning Rongrong finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, her main purpose in coming here was to find Jiang Li, but the thought of having to face such a fierce Jiang Li every day made her feel a little scared.

After all, Ning Fengzhi had told her before she came that once she joined the first team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he would not care about her unless she was deliberately bullied and could provide evidence.

Seeing the somewhat oppressive atmosphere among the four people in front of him, Jiang Li felt a little helpless.

Before coming here, Dugu Bo had hinted to him that he hoped the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy would achieve a breakthrough in its academic performance after receiving Jiang Li's blessing. This was Emperor Xue Ye's request.

However, the last time the Tian Dou Royal Team achieved a top-three finish, and to go further would mean that Jiang Li would have to lead these people into the finals.

It is important to know that in the next All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, their opponent, Star Luo Royal Academy, possesses an ancestral martial soul fusion skill composed of two high-level Soul Masters: Netherworld White Tiger, which can easily rival a Soul King.

Furthermore, the Spirit Hall Academy is overseen by three Soul Kings, among whom Hu Liena and Xie Yue also possess Spirit Fusion Skills, the power of which can rival that of Soul Emperors.

Apart from these two academies, most of their participating team members are Soul Masters.

Jiang Li knew that while it wouldn't be too difficult for him to defeat them all on his own, he couldn't just fight them from start to finish. He was there to witness geniuses, not to clear out weaklings. That's why he had to toughen up these people's mentality and teamwork.

Otherwise, let alone these two, if they hadn't honed their character at Shrek Academy in the original story, they might not have been able to defeat the new academy formed by Blazing Fire Academy and Divine Wind Academy.

Otherwise, Jiang Li would be wasting his time practicing swordsmanship instead of spending it with a group of aristocratic soul masters who are born with a sense of superiority.

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Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Jiang Li clapped his hands and looked at the group, getting all fired up.

"Even so, we still have time. As long as you are willing to change, I am confident that I can lead you to defeat the Spirit Hall Academy, which has been invincible for nearly a century. Tell me! Are you confident?"

In the end, Jiang Li also became emotional, and the Shi brothers, Oslo, and Yu Feng, after witnessing Jiang Li's methods, were also moved.

Upon hearing these exciting words, they couldn't help but get excited and responded that they were willing.

Then, Jiang Li planned to lead the group to run dozens of laps. Ning Rongrong, who was standing to the side, was about to whine when she heard that she was going to run too, but she found that Jiang Li had disappeared. She could only resign herself to her fate and start running.

As he ran, seeing the crowd behind him completely shed their arrogance, Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"It has to be said that while this so-called running doesn't help much with a Soul Master's cultivation, it does have some effect on tempering one's character. But if someone makes it their main training method, then they're a fool."

After running all day, Jiang Li arranged for the group to begin targeted training the next day.

And so, Jiang Li practiced his swordsmanship while instructing the others in his spare time at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy. Time slipped away slowly, until one day, half a year later.

As the first rays of dawn fell, Jiang Li exhaled a breath of stale air, felt a change within his body, and murmured to himself as he looked at the rising sun.

"I've made a breakthrough, but I'm still quite far from what I'm pursuing. It seems I should go out and explore..."

(End of this chapter)