Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 9: A Challenge from the Sea Soul Brothers

Director Lu and Dean Shui glanced at the slightly embarrassed Ji Wuming and said in unison,

"Then let Xiao Ji decide who he should take as his master."

At this moment, Ji Wuming didn't know what to do. Would powerful figures on the mainland really be willing to take a child with even a little talent as a disciple?

A good teacher chooses a renowned student, and a renowned student also chooses a good teacher. Ji Wuming wasn't against taking on disciples, after all, he was just a commoner. If he could get the help of a Soul King in the early stages, his three Soul Rings would be secured. However, there's a rule in the Soul Master world that a person can only have one master in their lifetime.

Although he had a Soul King master to guide him in the early stages, the help he provided became much weaker in the mid-to-late stages. It might not even be as powerful as his own fourth or fifth Soul Skills, and the things he could teach him were also quite limited.

Ji Wuming is now in a difficult position. Not becoming an apprentice might damage the teacher-student relationship, but choosing to become an apprentice of Dean Shui would surely disappoint Director Lu.

Then Ji Wuming gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, immediately turned around, and ran out quickly, muttering to himself.

"This is terrifying, absolutely terrifying, I want to go home."

Seeing Ji Wuming's actions, Director Lu and Dean Shui were stunned. It took them a while to recover. With a wave of their hands, the door to the dean's office closed, and a heated argument could be heard coming from inside.

"Dean, look, you've scared Xiao Ji away! You should have let me choose first. Don't you know what it means to respect the young and care for the elderly..."

"Little Lu! I am a Soul King. In the world of Soul Masters, strength is paramount. I possess not only knowledge but also rich combat experience. Can you compare to me?"

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Ji Wuming finally calmed down after returning to his dormitory. He then took out all the weapons from his soul-guiding ring.

Ji Wuming picked up a shiny, undamaged metal box, touched the switch on top, and the box opened, revealing three thin, small metal tubes.

"Could this be an offensive soul tool?"

Ji Wuming immediately took the Blood Dragon's corpse out of his soul ring. The Blood Dragon was dead, but its scales were incredibly sturdy, making them perfect for testing its power.

As soul power was injected, three beams of white light shot out from the metal tube.

"Boom..."

A scale was knocked off the blood dragon's corpse, and its skin was reduced to several charred patches.

"Wow, the power of this soul-guided ray can even knock off the scales of a mutated blood dragon. If it hits a person, it is far superior to the long-range second soul skill of an ordinary great soul master! This is equivalent to a level two soul tool ten thousand years from now."

"Could it be that level-two soul tools are now widely used on the Sun Moon Continent?"

Ji Wuming fell into deep thought. The soul tool technology in Douluo Continent had been discontinued. Apart from some storage soul tools, very few offensive soul tools had been found on the continent.

The vast majority of these soul tools were discovered and sold in the ocean, or rather, the vast majority of soul tools in the ocean came from the Sun Moon Continent.

Even ten thousand years ago, the soul guidance technology of the Sun Moon Continent must have been quite advanced.

Ji Wuming then picked up the last three identical, intact soul tools and emitted a yellow light towards one of them, which was also flashing.

"Is this a table lamp?"

All that could be heard was a "ding-ding" sound.

"wrong?"

Ji Wuming shouted, quickly putting away the other two soul tools, then retreated several meters, lifting the bed board partition.

"boom--"

The desktop was blown off, and flying metal fragments scattered everywhere, leaving the entire dormitory in a mess.

"This, this really is a soul power bomb!"

Ji Wuming stared in utter shock at the metal fragments on the wall and bed, then shook his head.

"Its power is too weak; it's probably not even as strong as some first-level close-combat soul skills."

Ji Wuming looked at the soul tools scattered all over the ground and shook his head helplessly. He wouldn't be like Tang San, wasting his golden cultivation period by focusing on soul tools like hidden weapons instead of developing his great talent for cultivation.

Furthermore, I know absolutely nothing about crafting soul tools, and the soul tools I currently possess are of too low a level. Even if I were to craft one, its power would definitely be no match for hidden weapons.

Soul tools can be studied, but definitely not now.

After figuring it out, Ji Wuming immediately put away all the soul tools present, glanced at the dormitory, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh, I guess I have to clean it myself!"

After the dormitory was quickly cleaned, the door was kicked open.

"Ji Wuming, we heard that Director Lu helped you successfully obtain your first spirit ring. We'd like to challenge you to a contest. Do you dare?"

The newcomers were none other than the Hai brothers, Hai Bai and Hai Gui, both fourth-year students. As well-known wealthy young men in Han Hai City, they were practically school bullies, dragging anyone they didn't like to the dueling arena for a one-on-one duel.

According to most of the students, the Hai Po brothers were preparing to defeat all the Soul Masters with Soul Rings in the academy one by one, and this had been going on for more than a month. They just didn't expect that as soon as they returned from their Soul Hunting, the brothers would challenge them.

"Alright, I accept your challenge, but there will be a wager..."

Ji Wuming rubbed his thumb and middle finger together, making a gesture as if asking for money.

"Golden Soul Coins are no problem. If you win, my brother and I will give you all of our living expenses for half a year, which is nearly 500 Gold Soul Coins."

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"No, I don't want gold soul coins. I heard that your Hai family is in the business of large-scale fishing. I want 40 catties of whale glue or the same weight of soul beast meat, the older the better."

The Hai Po brothers stared intently at Ji Wuming, then exchanged a glance and said sarcastically,

"Ji Wuming, I didn't expect you to have that kind of fetish. Is your body fully developed yet?"

Immediately, Ji Wuming glared at the two of them and said with a hint of anger, "If you agree to this bet, I'll fight you. If you don't agree, you'll have to pay for the damage to the door, and then you're out of here."

"Okay, we'll bet with you. If we lose, we'll give you whale glue. If we win, what will you give us?"

In response to Hai Bai's question, Ji Wuming replied without hesitation: "If I lose, I will pay you an equivalent amount of gold soul coins at market price."

"Alright, see you at the duel pool in an hour."

The two brothers, Hai Po and Hai Po, immediately went to the dueling pool behind the dormitory building and had their underlings spread the word about the dueling competition.

Today was the academy's weekly free training day, and when students of all grades heard that Ji Wuming was going to spar with the Hai Po brothers, they all rushed over to watch the spectacle.

"Have you heard, classmate? That weirdo who's always carrying around the rusty spear just got his soul ring and he's going to have a match with the Hai Bai and Hai Gui brothers."

"The Hai brothers have been undefeated in the past month of challenges. Even the strongest sixth-grade student cannot defeat them. You think you can beat the Hai brothers with a mere rusty spear weapon spirit? That's wishful thinking."

"That's right. Don't underestimate them just because they only have one ring. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Water Tornado—is extremely powerful."

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More and more students arrived at the duel pool, all eager to witness firsthand how this strange man, Ji Wuming, was so quickly defeated by the Hai Po brothers' Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

(End of this chapter)