Chapter 125: with translation of title

The remaining matches were utterly meaningless; Xiao Wu, a Soul King, leading six or seven three‑ring Soul Elders, got knocked out in the second‑to‑last round.

There's nothing I can do; I just can't bring them along.

The opposing side's strategy was either to gang up on Xiao Wu, or to take out all of Xiao Wu's teammates first and then gang up on Xiao Wu.

Without sufficient teamwork and corresponding strength, managing to stay undefeated until the second‑to‑last round was already a miracle among miracles.

If it were anyone else, they would have lost their matches one after another in the early rounds.

Namely, Xiao Wu possessed two life‑saving soul skills—Blink and Invincible Golden Body—which saved most of the team from being wiped out in a single round.

Furthermore, the gradually improving teamwork carried them to the second‑to‑last round.

For a commoner soul master academy like Lan Ba, this result was already quite excellent, enough to secure better treatment when joining a sect power.

The next day's match was Shrek Academy versus Xiang Jia Academy.

After the previous day's match against Tian Shui Academy, all members of Shrek Academy were holding back a surge of anger with nowhere to vent.

Unlike in the original story, Tang San's martial soul has now evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor; merely using the Blue Silver Prison is enough to trap those Xiang Jia Academy folks and leave them to die inside.

Finally, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear fired a direct shot; Ma Hongjun's phoenix flames scorched; Dai Mubai's and Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul fusion skill swiftly cleared the field.

This lightning‑quick battle generally settled the opponent.

Lightning‑fast tactics are not uncommon in the competition, but very few can employ them against Xiang Jia Academy.

Simply put, the defensive power of Xiang Jia Academy's Diamond Beetle martial soul is just too strong.

However, Tang San's Blue Silver Overlord Spear, bolstered by the Ink‑Jade Divine Bamboo, sees this soul skill's attack power surge dramatically.

Yang Yun watched from the stands with little interest.

The Blue Silver Emperor, a plant with extraordinary vitality, yet it has given rise to such an offensive soul skill.

It's truly laughable.

If the Blue Silver Emperor were cultivated focusing on its formidable vitality, later training the Haotian Hammer would be a perfect match.

The first martial soul, Blue Silver Emperor, restores stamina, vitality, and soul power; the second martial soul, Haotian Hammer, goes all out on output.

By the late stage, those first few soul rings aren't something you can just blow up casually.

Anyway, the Blue Silver Emperor's formidable vitality recovers quickly in a short time, then you can keep blowing up; exchanging it for tremendous attack power.

Unfortunately, by the later stages the author's ability to write the Huang Family Three Ghosts simply isn't enough to continue.

The Haotian Hammer's soul skills and corresponding card faces hardly get any description at all.

The opponents also don't have much to fight; all one can say is that the Huang Family Three Ghosts' scope is still rather petty—every volume is just about combat matches.

There isn't a sufficiently grand worldview to support the continued appearance of the Haotian Hammer.

It merely serves as a later‑added cheat that occasionally pops up to show off power.

If the Douluo Continent's Sun‑Moon Land were developed as a second map, the Blue Silver Emperor could continue to be written about later on, allowing some further description of the Haotian Hammer.

But having already become a god and reached the world's pinnacle, changing maps would only allow a shift to the divine realm.

There's nothing left to write.

It can only end hastily; moreover, in the later stages six of the Shrek Seven Monsters are basically just tools.

That is, Ning Rongrong and Oscar, as tools, revived the protagonist, after which there wasn't much spotlight left.

After the match ended, Yang Yun didn't rush to leave; his reason for coming to watch today wasn't interest in this heavily described battle from the original work.

It still comes down to interests; the goal is the soul bone of Shi Nian.

A gem‑type spirit skull is highly suitable for Ning Rongrong's gem‑type martial soul of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect. If the Po Tian Sect lacks a member with a compatible martial‑soul fusion, trading for a soul bone of comparable age with the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect would also be worthwhile.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Sect's downfall is still far off; first exchanging to let sect members boost their strength is the best strategy.

Just sitting quietly in the stands, watching Tang San being lured out of the city gate by Shi Nian; in reality, both are thousand‑year‑old foxes.

They are each calculating against the other.

Besides the scheming, Tang San also obtained an unexpected head‑type soul bone.

This counts as an extra bonus from the author, serving as a foundation for the later distribution of the three soul bones of the Spirit Hall.

Otherwise, among the Shrek Seven Monsters, Ning Rongrong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect would have assisted all the way yet received no soul bone, damaging the sect's prestige.

By then it would be awkward to write the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect fawning over Tang San.

Outside the city.

Through the vision granted by an externally attached eye soul bone, one watches until Tang San's Yan Wang's Badge pierces Shi Nian's shoulder; Tang San sits and watches as Shi Nian dies and turns into a puddle of flesh.

Yang Yun suddenly appeared.

He secretly thought, 'I didn't expect Tang San to actually gather all the poisons needed to forge the Yan Wang's Badge; it seems the Beast‑Spirit Academy was the right choice?'

Or perhaps he 'coincidentally' found the required poisons while hunting for his fifth soul ring?

Yang Yun didn't care about any of that; his gaze merely lingered on the head‑type soul bone below—the splendid halo was captivating.

Yang Yun single‑handedly lifted that head soul bone, using flames to bake away the poison, and looked at Tang San with interest: 'Not bad a method; considering I saved your life, treat those little trinkets in your hand as my thank‑you gift.'

'You wouldn't want the matter of you killing Shi Nian of Cang Hui Academy to be exposed, would you?'

Having said that, he seized control of Tang San, directly emptied the Yan Wang's Badge, and even the several pairs of mother‑child soul‑chasing lethal pellets stored in his soul‑crafted device were not spared.

Several sets of hidden weapons were also cleared out, leaving nothing but empty air.

'Yo, after a few months without seeing you, your stockpile is quite substantial; and there are some little gadgets I've never seen before—interesting, I'll take them back to play with.'

Yang Yun glanced at Tang San with a smile, then put everything back into his soul‑crafted device.

Tang San still thought the other party had discovered his conscience and decided not to rob him.

But in fact Yang Yun took all the soul‑crafted devices, and only when his fingers could move did Tang San slowly rise to his feet.

Beneath his lowered brow, a pair of eyes were wholly blood‑red.

He was robbed again.

Damn it, even bandits aren't like this—my soul‑crafted devices have been stripped clean; why don't you just take this whole outfit of mine while you're at it?

「Damn Yang Yun, damn Breaking Heaven Sect, damn the Po Clan, damn damn damn, you already have a death sentence, Breaking Heaven Sect I will surely destroy. 」

「Endure, wait until I finish cultivating my first martial soul; after finding a method to cultivate two martial souls simultaneously, I swear you Yang Yun, Breaking Heaven Sect will pay a heavy price. 」

Tang San's chest burned with rage, but his emotions were tightly suppressed by Tang San, returning to the hotel expressionless.

Sharp-eyed Ma Hongjun spotted it at a glance, but this time Ma Hongjun had become smarter; he went to find Flandre first to ask about the situation.

Lest something unpleasant be asked about, I would also suffer.

Grandmaster quickly received the news and found Tang San to inquire about the reason.

「Taken by that guy Yang Yun, the teacher Shi Nian of Azure Brilliance Academy secretly attacked me; after I killed him in retaliation, I also discovered a soul bone. 」

「Soul bone? Also taken? 」 Grandmaster asked in disbelief, fists clenched trembling; he punched the door panel.

(End of Chapter)