Douluo Continent: Starting with controlling Ning Rongrong and establishing the Holy Cult

Most importantly, despite updating so much content, there are very few bugs.

After a full four-hour experience, Lu Ma lay on the bed, vaguely sensing that something was amiss.

"This content is more than enough to update for at least six months. Why release it so early? Is there some problem within the game company?"

He rolled over.

"If Dolphin Head can send him this much playable content when he wakes up tomorrow morning, it would be great. It would be best if a new playable character was added. I really don't want to play this wheelchair-based game of blood-for-blood anymore."

Chapter 35, Third Training Exercise

The Silver Dragon King's Palace.

"The third training is to train your proficiency with soul skills. In this stage, you must activate your soul skill the instant you are injured. Note that it is the instant you are injured, not the instant you are about to be injured."

The voice of the Silver Dragon King came from the puppet's mouth.

Seeing someone else's voice coming from her own mouth, Ning Rongrong felt extremely uncomfortable. Especially after training for so long, she hated this puppet even more. So she questioned:

Is there any difference?

"Why don't you try it and see?"

The Silver Dragon King didn't answer her question. He yawned and disappeared. The next instant, the puppet threw a punch, about to hit Ning Rongrong, when a bright purple light shone in front of Ning Rongrong.

Then--

The fist stopped in front of the barrier, without moving an inch.

"Huh?"

Ning Rongrong didn't know what was wrong with the other party, why they had stopped attacking.

The barrier remained in front of her, and after holding on for a while, Ning Rongrong's expression changed.

Not right.

The rate at which soul power is being consumed is not right.

That's right. Since the other party can control the speed at which their soul power recovers, they can naturally also control the speed at which their soul power is consumed.

As clever as Ning Rongrong was, she immediately understood the significance of this training—to reduce energy expenditure.

If the opponent figurees out his "trapped beast" move, they can use feints to make him expend more soul power and eventually wear him down. The probability is small, but it's not impossible.

Unfortunately, Ning Rongrong's thinking was not comprehensive.

The puppet's hand gently touched the barrier, and Ning Rongrong instantly felt an extremely weak force surge into her body. The next second, the barrier shattered, and the puppet gathered another punch. This punch looked quite powerful, but Ning Rongrong's soul power was no longer enough to use the Beast Trapping skill again!

In fact, the punch landed quite hard on Ning Rongrong, sending her flying several meters backward.

"Again!"

Ning Rongrong was unconvinced and got up, her soul power replenished once again.

This time she also made a feint, pretending to release the barrier, but actually not releasing it.

The other side showed no mercy and really fought.

Ning Rongrong flew out again.

"Again!"

"Again!"

"Again."

"Again..."

"Again……"

After the fifth training session, Ning Rongrong had made no progress whatsoever.

Feints didn't work, and neither did offense. Ning Rongrong tried every possible way to break the deadlock, but she made one blunder after another.

It seems that only by using a skill the instant one is injured, as the Silver Dragon King said, can one turn the tide of battle.

But Ning Rongrong didn't understand at all, including what it meant to be injured in an instant, and what it meant to still be able to absorb power by doing so.

An hour passed quickly, but Ning Rongrong still hadn't found the answer.

She has failed 72 times in this category.

The Silver Dragon King, however, paid no heed and continued to adhere to the principle of "no leaving until the mission is completed."

Presumably, the rest of the Shrek academy members have already gone back.

Ning Rongrong got up from the ground, thinking pessimistically.

The puppet's attack had arrived. For some reason, Ning Rongrong suddenly thought of her experience during the Saintess Ceremony. That move seemed to be called... Perfect Evasion.

Is there any difference between a perfect dodge and her dodge just now?

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During the perfect dodge, she could feel the scythe touch the tip of her nose, rather than about to touch it.

So that's what it was—that moment when I was hurt!

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. She seized the opportunity and suppressed her impulse just as the fist was about to hit her. Then, the moment the fist touched her, she unleashed her inner beast.

A tremendous force surged into her body, and her right fist slammed into the doll's face.

Just as she was brimming with confidence, feeling that she could pass the training—the puppet instantly released its trapped beast, then gathered its power and attacked her.

Ning Rongrong was already in a panic, so she naturally couldn't unleash the Perfect Beast Trapping Technique a second time and was sent flying backward again.

However, she had already made a preliminary grasp of the threshold for passing the test, and before long, she finally made it through the third training session.

Ning Rongrong felt that her mastery of soul skills was terrifyingly high. Even if a pebble flew towards her now, she could easily activate the Beast Trapping skill the moment it hit her, and deflect the pebble away with very little effort.

At that moment, she suddenly felt confident about passing the next training exercise.

"Your Highness, Silver Dragon King, what is the next test?"

The puppet's eyes turned purple again, a sign that the Silver Dragon King was controlling the puppet.

The doll looked at Ning Rongrong, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

Do you remember what you trained today?

“Of course.” Ning Rongrong puffed out her chest. “The first training improved physical fitness, the second strengthened mental power, and the third improved mastery of soul skills.”

"So, what do you think the fourth item is?" The Silver Dragon King's voice carried a hint of provocation, making Ning Rongrong feel a little uneasy.

She tentatively asked, "Soul power?"

The puppet shook its head and said, "We don't need to worry about the soul power. In the next training session, the puppet will unlock its fourth soul ring. Your task is to learn the puppet's fourth soul skill and then awaken that skill in the fourth soul ring."

Ning Rongrong stared into the doll's eyes for a long time before finally opening her mouth: "Your Highness, are you joking? How could you know that my fourth soul skill would be the same as the doll's?"

The puppet blinked and said, "This is my palace. When you reach level 40 and come here, I can naturally help you condense your fourth soul ring, and your soul skills will be the same as the puppet's."

"How can you be so sure I'll be here when I'm level 40?"

"You don't need to worry about that. You'll come here when you reach level 40, just like I knew you'd be in the Star Dou Great Forest at that time."

Ning Rongrong nodded blankly, it seemed a bit strange, but it also seemed to make some sense.

What exactly is strange about it?

As she was thinking, Ning Rongrong suddenly remembered something.

She had already spent at least four hours here, and something must have changed drastically outside. What if the Holy God took control of her again, realized something was wrong, and used time reversal... then what would those four hours mean to her?

"Then let's begin..."

"Wait a moment, Your Highness." Ning Rongrong interrupted in time. Perhaps the Silver Dragon King was also tired, or perhaps she had accepted Ning Rongrong and was now truly taking Ning Rongrong seriously, so she did not leave on her own.

"what's up?"

"Exactly, what if the Holy God uses time reversal after I leave?"

Ning Rongrong was hoping for a definite answer, such as "no."

But things didn't go as planned. The doll blinked again, its face filled with confusion, and its tone also carried a hint of doubt:

"Time reversal? The Holy One already possesses this skill?"

It's over. Ning Rongrong's heart sank. So the other party didn't know about this at all.

"Ha, don't panic. Even if time has reversed, your experience won't change. You just need to come back here to train again. Besides, I don't believe that the Holy God would reverse time over such a small matter. Without further ado, let's begin training."

Chapter 36 A Mission from the Silver Dragon King

Another hour passed, and Ning Rongrong finally adapted to the new attack.

I initially thought it was an amplification-type soul skill, since that's the tradition of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

But Ning Rongrong never expected that the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda in the puppet's hand would light up and then disappear. The next moment, a phantom of the pagoda appeared above her head and crashed down, hovering above her head with a gravity suppression effect similar to Zhao Wuji's.

The moment this move was used, Ning Rongrong felt a great resistance to her movements, and even the use of her soul skills became difficult. It took her a full hour to adapt before she could barely withstand the attack.

What she didn't expect was that this move wasn't over yet; the pagoda wasn't just suspended above her head, it could crash down completely. Previously, His Highness the Silver Dragon King had controlled the power of his soul skill for fear of being crushed.

Upon feeling the pressure from the pagoda, Ning Rongrong knew that this soul skill was undoubtedly an attack soul skill with a slight control effect, and the power of the soul skill was increasing. As a result, her Beast Trapping skill was not very effective, only able to block 60% of the damage.

Isn't using this martial spirit a bit unorthodox?

It should be noted that although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is a top-tier support martial soul on the continent, it also has a drawback: no method has yet been found to break through level 80. Even her father, Ning Fengzhi, who is as strong as he is, is only level 79.

If the seventh soul skill is definitely the Martial Soul True Form, then each of the first six soul skills is extremely important. If even one auxiliary soul skill is missing, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's auxiliary capabilities will be greatly reduced.

But now, His Highness the Silver Dragon King actually wants her to learn an offensive soul skill that she feels has no support capabilities whatsoever?

She admitted that this soul skill was very powerful, but that was only for her personally. In a team, this soul skill might not be as practical as a support soul skill.

If this soul skill were placed among the soul skills of pure offensive martial souls like the Seven Kill Sword or the Clear Sky Hammer, would its power still be considered great compared to them?

Ning Rongrong didn't know, and she wasn't in the mood to think about it.

Taking advantage of the break, she quickly spoke up: "Your Highness, I don't think this is very reasonable. I'm a support character."

"What's wrong with support-type characters?" the Silver Dragon King said calmly. "Who says support-type characters can't practice offensive soul skills? They have both pure offensive and support-type soul skills too."