Chapter 208: Second to arrive Dian Wei, Logistics Supply Zhang Xingcai

"Both sides prepare, summon your martial soul!" the referee announced upon seeing both sides standing in position.

"That detestable Gu Lei Kingdom, the Flying General isn't even playing? Are they looking down on us?" the captains of the Balak Team, Luofuji and Auerbai, were both furious.

Both of these men were Soul Ancestors, which counted as decent strength in this tournament.

The two even possessed the superior plant-type martial souls Full Moon Flower and Sun Flower respectively; they were famous martial souls in the Balak Kingdom that complemented each other perfectly.

The problem was that their First Spirit Rings were actually white. It was hard to imagine—coming from a great family, how could their elders be so lazy as to not even help them find a century-old first ring?

"First Spirit Skill, Sun Flower Bloom!"

"First Spirit Skill, Full Moon Flower Bloom!"

They started with crowd control; golden Sun Flowers and deep blue Full Moon Flowers covered the entire arena, releasing pollen that had slowing and attack-reducing effects.

But the slowing and attack-reducing capabilities of ten-year spirit rings were not strong, seemingly only around five percent.

"Fourth Spirit Skill, Sun Ray!"

Nan Feiling sneered, "Haha, is that all? Does my little brother even need to make a move? Watch me."

After all, they were the first place in the Promotion Tournament; if they still thought they were the pushovers from previous years, their brains must have been broken.

Two iron halberds met the attacks of Luofuji and Auerbai respectively; as a result, the sphere of the Moon Explosion burst open, and the light of the Sun Ray was pierced through.

Dian Wei stepped forward, two yellow, two purple, and one black spirit ring rising from his body.

The various academies gasped in surprise again; in fact, compared to the Promotion Tournament, they had already collected data on the Gu Lei Team.

She was very adept at ordering Dian Wei around.

Before Nan Feihuang went to the Heaven Dou Empire as an exchange student, the order he left for Dian Wei was to protect Lv Lingqi and Nan Feiling well.

But how could Lv Lingqi need protection? It was already good if she didn't go and beat others up.

This should have been the strongest attack from these two.

From the preliminary information, they knew that besides the Flying General Nan Feihuang, the Gu Lei Kingdom indeed had another Soul King.

With two 'Boom' sounds, the twin halberds struck the centers of the giant Sun Flower and Full Moon Flower buds respectively.

Dian Wei held an iron halberd in each hand, gathered his spirit, energy, and essence, and then threw both halberds out simultaneously.

Luofuji and Auerbai subconsciously swallowed their saliva; the two looked at each other and nodded, knowing full well that if they didn't act now, they would be too terrified by this big man to have any chance to move.

"Fourth Spirit Skill, Moon Explosion!"

The two attacked at the same time; the giant Sun Flower and Full Moon Flower bloomed, and then they each released a powerful golden ray and a blue magic sphere, both striking toward Dian Wei.

She pointed her beautiful finger forward, "I choose you, go, Dian Hanhan!"

But hearing about it was one thing; seeing it in person now, it was inevitable that they would be suppressed by Dian Wei's aura.

Although Dian Wei's cultivation depth was on par with Nan Feihuang's, his aura was clearly more ferocious, especially to the Balak Academy facing him right now; it was as if an ancient giant beast was standing before them.

Thus, Dian Wei's duty of protection was mainly focused on Nan Feiling.

*Gulp! *

The phantoms of the two great martial souls shattered; Auerbai and Luofuji spat out blood and fainted on the spot.

This move was Dian Wei's self-created ultimate technique, the Flying Halberd Divine Skill.

Like Little Li's Flying Dagger, it never missed; once the halberd was thrown, it would surely injure the enemy, never failing.

If not for Dian Wei showing mercy at the end, his strike would not have been as simple as just dispersing the opponents' martial soul phantoms; he could have directly shattered their martial souls and turned them into complete cripples.

"Well done, Han Han. Next, it's my turn, the Princess, to show off. Third Spirit Skill, Angry Dragon Formation!" Nan Feiling would not waste such a great opportunity.

Taking advantage of the opponents being shocked and losing their will to fight, she immediately unleashed her best move, the Angry Dragon Formation.

Three rock dragons whipped their tails, instantly sweeping everyone else out.

This made her incredibly proud, "Hehe, this Princess has completed a one-on-five again!"

But at this moment, no one cared about her at all.

"Well done, Junior Brother Dian Wei."

"From now on, mentioning your name will be enough to startle people."

"Compared to me, the Peerless General Pan Feng, Junior Brother Dian Wei is only slightly inferior."

Jia Kui, Xing Daorong, and Pan Feng all crowded around Dian Wei to build a connection.

Nan Feihuang's status was too high, making him somewhat unreachable to them, but this Dian Wei was simple and honest—wasn't he the best person to build a relationship with?

He would definitely become a Title Douluo in the future; investing in him now would never be wrong.

Nan Feiling was dissatisfied with this, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Dian Hanhan only took down two, I took down five! Why aren't you coming to compliment this Princess?"

"Enough, who doesn't know you were just picking up scraps, Third Sister?" Nan Feihuang said; in that situation just now, anyone could have swept the opponents.

The other side had already been scared out of their wits by Dian Wei.

"What is that supposed to mean? Little brother is always biased toward that Han Han." Nan Feiling pouted, full of jealousy and dissatisfaction.

"Alright, Princess, I'll cheer for you, okay? Come, here's a reward!" Zhang Xingcai held some fruit and distributed it to Nan Feiling and Dian Wei respectively.

Providing supplies for the team was the job of her, a Food-type Soul Master.

In fact, Food-type Soul Masters were not suited to appear on the Spirit Fighting stage; after all, there were few people on the stage, and the support capabilities of a Food-type Soul Master could not exert much effect in such small-scale battles. They couldn't really go the route of augmentation like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, could they? The augmentation capabilities of Food-type Soul Masters were generally not strong; even the so-called genius Oscar, his fourth spirit skill in the original work only increased attributes by ten percent.

Nan Feihuang felt that the place where Food-type Soul Masters truly shone should be the battlefield, the army, not a small Fighting Spirit Platform. A high-level Food-type Soul Master could support the supplies of a thousand or even ten thousand people. The first three spirit rings Oscar chose were quite correct; they could be produced in large batches, consumed little soul power, were easy to preserve, and had wonderful uses like recovery, detoxification, and healing—they were simply mobile granaries for the army.

But once they gave up on supplies and chose the path of augmentation, the situation would be completely different. The Zhang family was a Food-type family; they had studied the augmentation capabilities of Food-type Soul Masters if they chose that path and found that the disadvantages were numerous: first, the augmentation range was extremely small, not even one-fifth of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; second, it consumed a huge amount of soul power and could not be mass-produced; third, it was difficult to preserve, generally requiring consumption within minutes of creation to be effective; fourth, many might have side effects.

Like Oscar's fourth spirit skill, which increased all attributes by ten percent, could not be preserved, had to be eaten within one minute, and the augmentation only lasted for five minutes. His fifth spirit skill only increased soul power by thirty percent and had a huge side effect, leaving the user weak for three days.

This kind of spirit skill felt somewhat laughable; after all, Shrek had the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. As long as Ning Rongrong reached level seventy, any random augmentation spirit skill would have an effect exceeding eighty percent. Who needed your dark green sausage with such huge side effects? And the augmentation time was so short.

I don't know what the Grandmaster was thinking, choosing such spirit skills for Oscar.

In reality, Food-type Soul Masters were the least suited to appear in small-scale team battles like seven-person spirit fighting. Their support was different from other martial souls and involved too many steps: first, the Food-type Soul Master had to shout the soul incantation to create the food, then throw them to teammates individually, and finally, the teammates had to consume them for the effect to take hold. With so much time, as long as the opponents weren't stupid, they would definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack.

Furthermore, what if the sausage Oscar created was snatched? Wouldn't that become an act of aiding the enemy? Looking at the original work, besides Shrek, Nan Feihuang had never seen any other seven-person team equipped with a Food-type support.

Even if there were, they were just like the current Gu Lei Team, acting as logistics and never appearing on the competition stage.

It can only be said that Oscar's path went astray; if not for his own drive, having obtained a heaven-defying Mirror Sausage for his Sixth Soul Ring to become an unprecedented Support System combat Spirit Master, he truly would have faded into the crowd.

As for his seventh, eighth, and ninth, they were all God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and aside from his Spirit Avatar, their effects were all related to healing and recovery, without a shred of Increase; clearly, the Sea God's thinking was quite similar to Nan Feihuang's at this moment.

With a Food-type Soul Saint like Elder Zhang as her grandfather, Zhang Xingcai naturally would not make such a mistake; their path has always insisted on only one thing, and that is logistical supply, ready at any time to radiate brilliance on the battlefield.

"Sister Xingcai is still the best!" Nan Feiling took the Fruit from Zhang Xingcai, their relationship like that of best friends, and it was evident that it was quite good.

(End of this chapter)