Chapter 311: One and a Half Month

From that day onward, every day Tang Wulin felt incredibly fulfilled.

During the day he trained the competing team; at night he forged metal. Time seemed to have hit the accelerator, racing forward at breakneck speed.

One and a half months passed, and soon only half a month remained before the start of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition. Both teams had finished preparing to set out from Shilake City.

If you asked who was most reluctant to see everyone leave, it would certainly be Xuan Ziwen.

More accurately, he was reluctant to see Tang Wulin depart.

Although Tang Wulin had already forged a large quantity of rare metals for him in advance, theoretically enough to last until the end of this competition, he still didn't really want Tang Wulin to leave the Tang Sect.

According to Xuan Ziwen's estimate, if nothing unexpected happened, by the time Tang Wulin and the others returned from Mingdu he would almost be able to craft his first nine‑level soul guide device, at which point he would become the first nine‑level soul engineer of the original three countries of the Douluo Continent.

He looked at Tang Wulin's fiery gaze…… If Tang Wulin didn't know that the other party was admiring his forging ability, he would have suspected that this Teacher Xuan had some problem with his sexual orientation.

During this one and a half month period, many things also happened one after another.

For all the competing team members, the most important matter was undoubtedly Wang Dong's smooth breakthrough to the six‑ring level.

About a month earlier she had applied to the academy to go home and obtain a soul ring; after returning she had already completed the acquisition of her sixth soul ring.

Before she went home, she had also submitted applications to Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong, but at that time Tang Wulin was being entangled by Xuan Ziwen, so she was refused.

Anyway, if it was just going to a classmate's house to play, she could go anytime; going later would not be too late.

Because of the special relationship between the two teams, they chose to set out together. As Wang Yan had told Tang Wulin, the one leading the Shilake Academy team this time was the senior sister Zhang Lexuan.

Just seeing Zhang Lexuan, for some reason everyone in the Shilake team suddenly wondered: between the current Huo Yutong and Zhang Lexuan, who is actually stronger?

During this one and a half month period, Huo Yutong, as team captain, gave them all‑round special training.

Naturally, this special training included combat drills.

To hone their team‑fighting ability, Huo Yutong's training method was very simple: have everyone attack together and fight her alone.

At first, most people hearing her demand that sounded extremely arrogant were still unconvinced, thinking she was too conceited.

However, when Huo Yutong unleashed her full power, in less than a minute she beat down all members, including the two Soul Emperors Di Yun'er and He Caitou, leaving them flat on the ground, after which they all submitted.

You should know that even just Di Yun'er and Ning Tian working together are already not inferior to an ordinary Soul Saint, and with the cooperation of the others, the vast majority of Soul Saints would have no chance of winning against them.

Yet when facing Huo Yutong they likewise had no chance of winning, which made them extremely curious about her current strength.

What they didn't know was that Huo Yutong was actually holding back; she didn't use many extremely destructive techniques such as Ice Explosion at all, and her Soul Impact was a weakened version after adjustment, for fear of accidentally causing them problems.

Nevertheless, under Huo Yutong's special training their strength also improved greatly, at least allowing them to endure longer.

What made everyone mutter was, whether it was an illusion or not, Huo Yutong's striking force against others was about the same, but her blows on Di Yun'er were especially light.

The reason could be guessed with a toe, and this also made everyone more curious about the relationship between Di Yun'er and Tang Wulin. Xie Huan Yue was the first who couldn't hold back and asked; the answer she got from Huo Yutong was that she also didn't know.

Naturally he didn't believe it, so he went to look for Di Yun'er again.

As a result, Di Yun'er beat him up like a sandbag.

That fight took place in front of all the competing members; Xie Huan Yue had no ability to fight back at all, being struck by Di Yun'er into the air in an endless combo, the high elasticity of the Pipi Elephant preventing him from even landing.

This was the first time everyone realized just how formidable Di Yun'er's strength was.

Before, Di Yun'er had basically been a teammate, suffering together under Huo Yutong's brutal beatings, so they had no clear idea of her strength; only when she became an opponent could they correctly gauge just how strong this girl who looked extremely like Tang Wulin really was.

After that battle, Huo Yutong appointed Di Yun'er as vice‑captain of the Shilake team.

In fact she had long wanted Di Yun'er to take that position, but back then Di Yun'er had not yet shown his strength, and arranging it would have seemed like favoritism; now the timing is just right.

If anyone is dissatisfied, it's simple: just fight Di Yun'er; if you can win, the vice‑captain position will be yours.

The facts proved her choice was correct; after seeing Xie Huan Yue's miserable state, everyone lost confidence and the courage to challenge Di Yun'er.

Even the most unwilling to lose, Wu Feng, had to admit that there was a huge gap between himself and Di Yun'er.

They couldn't help but lament that sometimes the gap between people is truly greater than that between a person and a dog.

Their team, aside from Huo Yutong and Di Yun'er, actually had eight members, but these people were practically just filling numbers.

Although the number of participants from the Tang Sect was smaller than that of Shilake Academy, at this moment the gathered crowd was no fewer than Shilake's.

Not only did the two fighting maniacs Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan join up, but Tang Ya also came along.

After all, this was the Tang Sect's first appearance before the world, and she insisted on coming along to witness it with her own eyes.

Bei Bei was also somewhat helpless about this; no amount of persuasion could move her, so in the end he just let her have her way.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Tang Wulin always felt that Zhang Lexuan's attitude toward Tang Ya seemed a bit off.

After confirming that everyone had arrived, Zhang Lexuan spoke: 'Very well, since everyone is here, we shall prepare to set out. However, before we depart I must emphasize that this time we are going to the Ri Yue Di Guo to participate in the competition. The Ri Yue Di Guo has become increasingly restless in recent years; no one can be certain they won't use some underhanded tactics, so once we get there we must pay attention to our safety, be extremely careful, and not fall into the enemy's traps.'

Yes.

'Very good.' Zhang Lexuan nodded satisfactorily, waved her hand, and said, 'Let's go, set out.'

Under her leadership, the two teams formally left Shilake City and hurried toward Mingdu.

By the way, the prelude to the second competition arc is essentially over; the second competition arc will officially begin tomorrow.

(End of chapter)