manynovel Chapter 29 Shadow's Unique Training
Chapter 29 Shadow's Unique Training
Chapter 29 Shadow's Unique Training
Hearing this, Tang San nodded involuntarily, a look of longing appearing in his eyes. How powerful he would be then! He would even be able to get revenge on that strange girl with green twin ponytails who had bullied him last time.
Tang San remembered that debt very clearly; for him, a favor didn't necessarily have to be repaid, but a grudge had to be remembered!
"As for Jiangzhu... cough cough. In such a short time, she has advanced from level thirty-something to Soul Master. There is only one possibility. If I'm not mistaken, she has most likely directly absorbed four, or even five, thousand-year-old Soul Bones! Her potential has completely reached its limit."
Yu Xiaogang smiled faintly, a glint of wisdom flashing in his eyes, and said.
"But why would the Heavenly Dou Empire, or rather the royal family, give her so many soul bones?"
Tang San still had some questions in his mind, so he asked.
Even if it's a thousand-year-old soul bone, it's still a soul bone. Jiangzhu and the Heaven Dou Empire are not related, so why should they give her so many thousand-year-old soul bones to absorb and fuse with? Four or five thousand-year-old soul bones would be enough for the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family to win over several Soul Saint-level powerhouses. How could a mere Jiangzhu be worth that much?
"You don't understand."
Yu Xiaogang smiled enigmatically. A faint glint of wisdom shone in his eyes, as if he had seen through the thoughts and schemes of the Heavenly Dou Empire's royal family.
"Think about it, with the team currently assembled by the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Second Academy, even if you little monsters go, do you have a very good chance of winning the championship in this competition?"
Tang San thought for a moment, then shook his head.
Even with his confidence, he didn't believe he could defeat a fourth or fifth-ring Soul Master, even with Tang Sect's ultimate techniques. After all, he had already heard the rules: weapons other than Martial Souls were not allowed in this competition. In other words, even if he wanted to launch a surprise attack with the Zhuge Crossbow, it was impossible.
The age limit for the Continental Youth Advanced Soul Master Competition is 25 years old. From an age perspective, it's inherently unfair to compete with so many older Soul Masters who may have cultivated for ten more years.
"Yes. Then, the Royal Second Academy's idea becomes clear. They obviously want to temporarily create a batch of elites to win a ranking and achieve results in the Soul Master Competition, making them famous overnight! As for the future of these sacrifices, what their prospects are, are they even within their consideration?"
Yu Xiaogang sighed softly, his eyes still carrying a hint of compassion, and said.
At this moment, the gloom in Tang San's heart was swept away.
This defeat is only temporary. For this victory, Jiang Zhu has overdrawn her potential and her future! All her soul bone slots are occupied by thousand-year soul bones, meaning she may only have one more chance to acquire a ten-thousand-year soul bone in the future. Even if she becomes a Title Douluo, it will be difficult for her to achieve anything greater.
Thinking about this, Tang San naturally forgot that becoming a Title Douluo was by no means an easy thing.
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"bite"
In the clash of weapons, the iron sword in the girl's hand flew far away again. A look of disappointment appeared on the girl's delicate face.
"After all this training, has my swordsmanship really improved? Am I just too stupid?"
The brown-haired girl named Eileen lowered her head and said somewhat dejectedly.
The girl with purple hair opposite her looked to be a year or two younger than her; but from beginning to end, after training for so long, she had never been able to withstand a single blow from the girl.
"Continue training."
Ying held a wooden sword and simply said.
Eileen took a deep breath, nodded, picked up the iron sword, and returned to the front of Shadow. She adjusted her posture, pondered for a long time, then raised the sword and launched another attack.
"bite"
The longsword was deflected again. She had truly lost count of how many times she had repeated this action.
"Wrong angle. Too slow. Let's try again!"
"Shadow said briefly. At the same time, in front of Eileen, Shadow suddenly slashed out with his blade, stopping at her neck in an instant. This slash was clearly the same move as the sword Eileen had just swung, but its power, elegance, and even beauty were many times stronger.
Eileen felt that if she could execute the exact same sword strike as Shadow, even without any increase in her soul power, she could defeat that stinky tiger who had defeated her in the previous match in one move!
"Okay. Teacher, let's try again!"
After instructing a few temporary disciples, Zhong Li also came to check on Ying and Eileen's training. Eileen was personally selected by Ying from the students of the second Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy this year. In terms of soul power level, she was not outstanding, having only just broken through to the Soul Master level. In this year's competition, she basically had no chance to participate.
Her martial spirit was not powerful, but it could be described as special.
Originally, her martial spirit was an ordinary iron sword, and her innate soul power was only level four. However, later, she transformed her sword martial spirit into energy rather than a physical form, and completely integrated it into a piece of meteorite iron that she found somewhere, forging the iron sword she now holds.
Zhongli found this situation somewhat familiar; ten thousand years later, on another continent, there seemed to be a similar person.
Ying's training of Eileen wasn't about strengthening her martial spirit, but purely about providing martial arts instruction. But that was enough.
Without a doubt, no one on this continent can compare to the Shadow Warrior in terms of martial arts; even the Sword Douluo's swordsmanship is not worthy of being called a student in front of the "Shadow Warrior".
Zhong Li was even certain that even the Asura Gods of the God Realm were far inferior. In terms of pure martial arts skill, the Thunder God was considered one of the top beings on the Teyvat continent. Even he himself had not reached that level of specialization in pure martial arts.
The training with Ying was incredibly grueling. Ying rarely spoke during the training, forcing students to understand and comprehend much on their own. She offered no psychological guidance whatsoever. Sometimes, offering a little emotional support is actually quite important.
This girl named Eileen was almost driven to despair during training. Ying hadn't displayed any strength beyond her own; however, no matter how much she studied or how skillfully she swung her sword, she was always sent flying by a single blow, and her flaws were pointed out. To the point that she began to doubt herself—was she actually an idiot?
Eileen was certainly not stupid. In Zhong Li's eyes, Eileen's swordsmanship was vastly different from what it had been a month ago; he simply hadn't noticed it yet. He had also witnessed the girl's perseverance, her pursuit of swordsmanship, martial arts, and power. For someone like her, becoming truly powerful was simply a matter of a fortuitous opportunity.
It seems like it's time to arrange another Soul Battle in a while.
"Your Highness, there's been a problem in the Star Dou Great Forest."
Just then, an adjutant came to Zhongli's side, his face showing a hint of anger, and said.
"Don't panic. Tell me, what happened?"
Zhong Li turned to look at his adjutant and said calmly.
(End of this chapter)