Douluo Dalu: This Soul Master is to Weird

This time, Blazing Academy successfully squeezed out ten million gold soul coins from Thunderclap Academy and Elephant Armored Academy. Moreover, this was only the beginning. Representatives from forces like Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire had not yet arrived. Even if not every force could be milked, the eventual gains would undoubtedly be considerable.

With the transaction concluded, the matter was temporarily settled. Huo Lie turned to Feng Zhen and the others, saying, "Everyone, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament is approaching, and several outstanding students have also come with the academies. Why don't we hold a small competition? Consider it a rehearsal for the tournament."

"Unfortunately, this time I only brought two of my clan's children. The Sky Water team has been out for training for a while now, so you all go ahead." Shui Yanyu replied.

"I think it's a great idea, but let me tell you—our Divine Wind Academy is definitely the strongest among the Elemental Academies!" Feng Zhen nodded confidently, his tone full of pride.

"Hmph! Don't flatter yourself so much. If your Divine Wind Academy is the strongest, then what about my Thunderclap Academy? Don't forget, in the last Soul Master Tournament, your team lost to ours!" Lei Batian sneered disdainfully.

"Don't you forget either! The tournament before that, and the one before that, our Divine Wind Academy consistently had the best results among the Elemental Academies. Besides, I recall that two tournaments ago, your Thunderclap Academy didn't even make it far enough to face us!" Feng Zhen retorted sharply.

Hearing this exchange, Hu Yan Hong also wanted to speak up to boost Elephant Armored Academy's morale. However, remembering their past performances in the Soul Master Tournament, he swallowed his words.

Among the Five Elemental Academies, Divine Wind Academy and Thunderclap Academy were the strongest contenders for the top spot. Blazing Academy and Sky Water Academy followed closely, leaving Elephant Armored Academy at the bottom.

Occasionally, Blazing Academy and Sky Water Academy would overperform and claim the top position among the Elemental Academies. However, Elephant Armored Academy had never done so.

The reason was their inherent disadvantage. Elephant Armored Academy was backed by the Elephant Armored Sect, which itself was subordinate to Spirit Hall. If talented students did not wish to join Spirit Hall, they typically avoided enrolling in Elephant Armored Academy.

While Spirit Hall did boast over half of the continent's Soul Masters under its banner, the vast majority of these were commoners with limited potential.

Soul Master cultivation relied heavily on inheritance. Outside of a few lucky individuals, most talented Soul Masters came from established Soul Master clans.

Fortunately for Spirit Hall, its ranks included several powerful clans led by the Angel Clan, supplemented by some recruited civilian geniuses. This gave Spirit Hall an extensive core of high-level and mid-level combat power. Without this, Spirit Hall would have been all quantity but no quality.

Those intending to join Spirit Hall would prioritize Wuhun City's Spirit Academy. After all, it was the strongest advanced Soul Master Academy on the continent, without peer.

Meanwhile, less talented individuals who attended Elephant Armored Academy rarely made the academy's representative team.

As a result, while Elephant Armored Academy occasionally produced excellent students, most of them hailed from the Elephant Armored Sect itself.

The Elephant Armored Sect's inherited martial soul—the Diamond Mammoth—was a defensive-type martial soul. Although it had some offensive capabilities, its primary strength lay in defense.

A team entirely composed of defensive Soul Masters lacked flexibility and adaptability, leaving them vulnerable to teams that could exploit this weakness.

Luckily, the Heaven Dou Division's preliminary rounds offered five qualifying spots, with Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's Royal Battle Team receiving a direct pass to the finals. This allowed the otherwise disadvantaged Elephant Armored Academy to consistently secure a spot in the next stage of the competition.

Three days later, early in the morning.

"Bing'er, Yue'er, come visit Blazing Academy whenever you have the time!" Mu Yang waved as he bid farewell to Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

At their prime cultivation age, the two sisters could not afford to remain at Blazing Academy for long. Without a suitable training ground for their water- and ice-element martial souls, staying too long would only delay their progress. Now it was time for them to leave.

As for the small competition between the Four Elemental Academies?

The participants were all talented students under the age of 20 who were set to compete in the Soul Master Tournament and had already reached the rank of four-ring Soul Ancestor.

Unsurprisingly, Thunderclap Academy claimed first place, followed by Divine Wind Academy, with Blazing Academy in third and Elephant Armored Academy at the bottom.

"Little Mu Yang, I think you just want my sister to visit, and I'm just an afterthought, aren't I?" Shui Yue'er teased.

"Yue'er, stop talking nonsense!" Shui Bing'er chided, tapping Shui Yue'er's head with a mix of annoyance and embarrassment.

"How could that be? You're both welcome anytime!" Mu Yang waved his hands to deny the accusation.

"Little Mu Yang, are you sure you don't want to join Sky Water Academy? If you're worried about being far from home, you don't have to. I've been friends with Xiyue for years—since you're Xiyue's nephew, you're also my nephew. I'll take good care of you.

Besides, Bing'er would really like it if you joined us at Sky Water Academy, wouldn't she?" Shui Yanyu gave Mu Yang one last pitch, unwilling to give up.

"Aunt, don't say such things!" Shui Bing'er's cheeks flushed slightly as she hurriedly objected.

She was only twelve years old, and she had no plans for romance! Besides, Mu Yang was only eight. Even if she were to consider such things, she wouldn't pick a child!

"Oh? Bing'er, are you saying you don't want little Mu Yang to come to Sky Water Academy?" Shui Yanyu teased further.

Shui Bing'er: "…"

Really, Aunt? If you want to recruit him to Academy, why drag me into it?

No matter how she answered, it felt like the wrong choice.

If she denied it, wouldn't that ruin their friendship?

But if she admitted it… that wasn't right either. She definitely didn't have those kinds of feelings for a child!

"Enough, Yanyu. Give up already—Mu Yang isn't suited for Sky water Academy." Mu Xiyue intervened, looking exasperated as she addressed Shui Yanyu.

Mu Yang's second martial soul, Fire Shadow, was fire-element, and he cultivated the fire-attribute Extreme Flame Meditation Method. Tianshui Academy had no suitable training grounds for fire-element Soul Masters, so attending there was out of the question.

"Tch, what a pity!" Shui Yanyu clicked her tongue in disappointment before boarding the carriage with her nieces.

Soon, two heads poked out from the carriage window. "Goodbye, little Mu Yang!"

"Goodbye!" Mu Yang waved back.

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