Chapter 119: Studying the Opponents

Dugu Yan left; after all, she was not like Ning Feiliu, free, easygoing, and unrestrained.

She was still a student at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, after all.

Moreover, because her cultivation had currently broken through to the Soul Ancestor level after absorbing the Immortal Herb Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and coordinating it with the Moonlight Breathing Method.

Therefore, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy currently had an idea...

That was to make an exception and recruit Dugu Yan as an official team member for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament two years later.

The Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, barring any accidents, was basically held once every five years.

And in the original plot, the session of the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament that Dugu Yan participated in, Ning Rongrong was already fourteen years old at that time.

Now Ning Rongrong was only seven, which meant it was seven years away from that session, so in the time in between, there would still be one session of the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament held.

Dugu Yan's current cultivation as a Soul Ancestor was absolutely in the top tier of genius Spirit Masters in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy naturally wanted her to join this Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to strive for a better ranking.

Not to mention anything else, even if they couldn't beat the people from the Spirit Hall, they had to at least beat the people from the Star Luo Imperial Academy, right?

The current grudges between the two great empires were far deeper than the grudges with the Spirit Hall.

After all, neither of the two great empires had expected that the Spirit Hall would have such great ambition in the future, wanting to turn the sect into a nation and unify the entire Douluo Continent in one fell swoop.

To give an example, it was roughly equivalent to the United Nations in a past life suddenly declaring itself a country, uniting a group of small nations, and then directly declaring war on the five permanent members.

Of course, the Spirit Hall's strength was much stronger than the United Nations; they had their own Spirit Master legions and a group of Title Douluo powerhouses, not some soft persimmon with power but no strength.

The two great empires currently still viewed each other as their greatest rivals, and due to the intentional restraint of the Spirit Hall, they could not engage in a full-scale fight.

Then they could only compete for superiority in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

A genius Spirit Master like Dugu Yan who had already reached the Soul Ancestor cultivation was inevitably a great help.

Especially since she was already at level 44 soul power; if they waited two years, not to mention level 50, at least level 46 or 47 soul power should be there, right?

Therefore, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was actively inviting Dugu Yan to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team for this Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

After all, the cultivation and talent of the members of this session's Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team were not very ideal, at least not comparable to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team in the original plot, which was the next session.

The cultivation of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team in that session was actually about the same level as this session, and they were all just at the Soul Elder cultivation level before officially participating in the competition.

But the key was that the team members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team in the next session of the original plot had three heavyweight figures.

Yu Tianheng went without saying; with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, the quality of this martial soul was beyond question. In the entire Douluo Continent, if martial souls like the Clear Sky Hammer, Six-Winged Angel, and Seven Kill Sword did not appear, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul was the strongest.

This point was something even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, which had a higher sect ranking, could not compare to.

Next was Dugu Yan, a Spirit Master with the Jade Phosphor Snake martial soul whose reputation for poison shocked the entire Douluo.

Finally, there was Ye Lingling, who possessed the Nine Heart Begonia, hailed as the world's number one healing-type martial soul.

As for the Shi Family Brothers, Oslo, and Yufeng, it could only be said that they were in the average ranks.

Ning Feiliu also learned slightly from Dugu Yan who the members of the current Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team were.

After all, most of them were currently at the Soul Elder cultivation level, and it was very likely they would encounter them in the upcoming Spirit Fighting Battle.

However, this current session of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team actually already had members who had broken through to the Soul Ancestor level.

The captain, Carlisle, had the War Lion martial soul, an Assault System Battle Spirit Master, who had just broken through to a level 41 Soul Ancestor. However, he was an older contestant, already twenty-two years old this year, and had previously participated in the last Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament as a member of the second team.

Actually, he could have graduated long ago, but it was estimated that he thought the next Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was the only opportunity in his life...

After all, the age limit for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament was under twenty-five, and two years later he would only be twenty-four.

The vice-captain, Shuang Lan, had the Ice Sword Dragon martial soul, an Assault System Battle Spirit Master; it should also be some kind of sub-dragon, possessing ice-attribute abilities, and even compared to the dragon bloodline, it was far inferior to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

But her cultivation had also broken through to level 41, and her age was also on the older side; she was nineteen this year, and would be twenty-one in two years.

Both of these people were at the Soul Ancestor cultivation level and would not be encountered by Ning Feiliu in the Great Spirit Arena, so he did not pay much attention to them.

As for the remaining five official team members, besides the Auxiliary System Spirit Master, they were paid a little more attention by Ning Feiliu.

Among them, the Defense-type Soul Master, the Iron Beast Kailasi, had the Armored Bison martial soul and was currently at level 37 soul power, but such a genius Spirit Master from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy could definitely not be underestimated.

Especially since his soul power was a full four levels higher than Ning Feiliu's.

The next Control System Battle Soul Master, Magic Chain Lian Ling, had the Chain Blade martial soul and was currently at level 38 soul power; although his cultivation was not the lowest, he was the unluckiest one.

Because it just so happened that Dugu Yan was a Control System Battle Soul Master; if Dugu Yan really joined this session's Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, guess who would be kicked out to the second team?

Naturally, it would be him, who was also a Control System Battle Soul Master!

To put it bluntly, under the team battle system of the Douluo Continent, Control System Battle Soul Masters and Auxiliary System Spirit Masters were the same; one was actually enough, and two were purely a waste.

For the other three types of Spirit Masters—Assault, Defense, and Agility Attack—it didn't matter if there were more people in those positions.

After all, it was a seven-person team battle, but in the Douluo Continent, strictly speaking, besides the Food-type Spirit Master who basically no one brought to the field and could even be classified as an Auxiliary System Spirit Master, there were only five positions.

Therefore, it was fine to have one extra Spirit Master in certain positions, provided it was not a Control System or Auxiliary System Battle Soul Master.

Of course, like the Canghui Academy in the original plot where seven Control System Battle Soul Masters took the field, that was an exception among exceptions.

The remaining two members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team were both Agility Attack System Battle Soul Masters.

One of them was named Snow Owl Ling Yue, with the Snow Owl martial soul, an aggressive bird type that could control the cold wind.

With level 39 soul power, he was a powerful opponent that really had to be guarded against.

The remaining one was named Demon Hawk Zuo Chi, with the Giant Falcon martial soul; his cultivation was level 38, and his speed might not be faster than Ling Yue's, but the characteristics of his martial soul seemed to result in very strong defensive and offensive power.

Simply put, this was all Ning Feiliu currently knew from Dugu Yan.

And next, he would likely encounter them as opponents.

These people, who had already reached the peak of the Soul Elder level and were official members of this session's Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, were definitely much stronger than Yu Tianheng...

(End of chapter)