thefictionvixens Chapter 181 Meeting Before the Round-Robin Tournament
Chapter 181 Meeting Before the Round-Robin Tournament
Although Gongyang Mo is only a support-type Soul Master, the return of a support-type mainstay member is a great thing that strengthens the foundation of the academy's team.
Moreover, Gongyang Mo's soul power level is as high as 59, and he can even control some level 6 soul tools. Even if his control skills aren't great, he should be able to create firepower pressure if he can hold his position steady!
"Hmm, not bad. I remember you have a few single-player virtual reality headsets, Xiao You. Teach Ram how to use them. During the round-robin stage, Ram doesn't need to play unless necessary. Practice controlling the soul tool. We need more firepower."
As expected, Fan Yu and Long You had the same idea. Lacking high-level combat power, Shrek Academy needed stronger firepower, not a stationary support character.
"Don't worry, Teacher Fanyu. This isn't my first time using soul tools. Give me two or three days, and I'll definitely be able to handle some of the more common soul tools."
Not only Fan Yu, but Gongyang Mo also clearly understood what he needed to do as a support-type Soul Master to most effectively help Shrek Academy.
"Well, the virtual reality helmet is a bit different from the Panlong Realm. If you don't understand something, ask Xiaoyou and Caitou. If you feel uncomfortable, stop immediately. The current teams can't afford to get injured again."
"Where's Luo Chen? I remember your injuries weren't too serious."
Fan Yu and Gongyang Mo's conversation came to an end, and Zhang Lexuan interjected at the right time, steer the conversation toward Ling Luochen.
"I feel that my injuries are mostly healed, but there was still a minor issue during the soul tool test. Based on previous treatment experience, this minor issue can be fully resolved with another treatment. Even if I need to fight tomorrow, it won't be a problem."
As an ice mage, Ling Luochen's mental strength is not to be underestimated. Although on the surface, Ling Luochen was completely controlled by the Soul-Seizing Blood Mist, in reality, she had not completely lost her self-awareness and was still trying to control her actions.
Although some damage from overexertion is inevitable, it is significantly less than that suffered by Dai Yueheng when he went all out. Therefore, Dai Yueheng is currently only barely able to fight, while Ling Luochen has essentially recovered to full strength.
"Well, no rush. Our bodies aren't always that sensitive. Now that we have more accurate testing methods, we should definitely use those methods to assess our health."
This is another piece of good news. Compared to Gongyang Mo, whose combat strength is not very obvious, Ling Luochen's combat strength is quite obvious. This ice mage can be considered the ceiling of combat power for stationary output-type Soul Masters (Soul King level), and is a true control-type Soul Master.
If this person can participate, the reserve team's combat strength will see a significant boost. After all, in the previous battles, the reserve team didn't actually have any true control-type Soul Masters.
Having spent a year at the academy focusing on learning about soul tools, Huo Yuhao hasn't made much progress on the path to becoming a control-type soul master. While the Spiritual Detection Sharing skill is indeed amazing, Huo Yuhao currently lacks the ability to fulfill the responsibilities of a qualified control-type soul master under its guidance.
As for Long You and He Caitou, as mentioned before, these two are merely part-time team strategists, completely unqualified. They might be able to perform command duties to some extent, but this kind of command is definitely different from the level of a true control-type Soul Master who controls opponents, teammates, and brings everything within the team under control, ultimately making the team a truly unified whole.
This also shows that despite having a complete team communication system, and despite the fact that the reserve team simulates each battle in advance using virtual devices when conditions permit, the reserve team is unable to exert a true team effect in the actual battle, and relies entirely on tacit understanding and hard skills to hold on.
If, before Huo Yuhao grows up, there is a true control-type Soul Master to replace the chubby Song and this guy who doesn't have much combat power yet, the combat power that the reserve team can exert will definitely double.
"Alright, Dai Yueheng will need about two more days to fully recover, but overall, we will be able to return to full combat strength by the time the round-robin stage begins."
Now let's talk about the round-robin tournament arrangement. In the round-robin stage, it's no longer just simple seven-on-seven team battles, but also includes one-on-one, two-on-two, three-on-three, and other formats. We need to divide into teams in advance and practice as much as possible while we still have time.
"However, before we divide you into groups, we need to understand your abilities in more detail. In order to make full use of every bit of help, Cai Tou and Xiao You, please also introduce your soul skills."
The specific effects of soul skills are a secret to every soul master. However, since we are at this special moment of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, asking about soul skills will not be considered an offense.
First up is BeiBei. He just absorbed a new spirit ring the day before yesterday, so let's introduce BeiBei as well.
"I have five soul skills: Thunder Dragon Claw (Light Rising Dragon version), Thunderous Might (Light Rising Dragon version), Thunderous Fury (Light Rising Dragon version), Light Judgment, and Light Dragon Spear."
Of these five soul skills, the third is a traditional amplification skill, but personally, I feel that the fourth soul skill provides the greatest amplification. As long as I activate the fourth soul skill first, the previous three soul skills will transform into light and lightning attributes during their release, directly doubling their power.
However, while the fourth soul skill is powerful, its consumption is also terrifying. After activating the fourth soul skill, I can only use two more soul skills at most before I fall into a soul power crisis.
To resolve this soul power crisis, I'll have to wait until I reach the seventh-ring Soul Saint level and my Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul truly matures.
Have you ever tested the strongest attack power you can unleash?
After Bei Bei's martial soul consciousness, Xiao Guang, awakened, Bei Bei's martial soul was actually already the Light Sacred Dragon martial soul. However, due to limitations in strength, Bei Bei had never been able to unleash the full power of the Light Sacred Dragon martial soul. The sacrifice of "Flawless Light" to some extent resolved the awkward situation where Bei Bei possessed the powerful Light Sacred Dragon martial soul but could only ultimately unleash the power of the Blue Dot Tyrannosaurus martial soul.
However, a mere ten-thousand-year-old "Flawless Light" is clearly not enough for Beibei to completely break through the limitations of its strength and allow the Light Holy Dragon Martial Soul to fully mature. Therefore, Beibei is still jokingly referred to as a "disposable product".
It was precisely because of these limitations that Beibei had devoted more effort to developing his soul tools in previous academic years. After all, even low-level soul masters, a profession known for their poor endurance, could fight more sustainably than Beibei using his martial soul.
Beibei was clearly aware of her poor combat endurance, so she emphasized it during her presentation. However, to her surprise, both Fanyu and Zhang Lexuan focused solely on maximum power, completely ignoring Beibei's currently hopeless combat endurance.
"Uh, well, I tested it when I was at the fourth ring. With the ultimate burst of my battle armor, I could probably unleash an attack intensity no less than that of a powerful attack-type sixth-ring Soul Emperor (the sixty-first or second level). I haven't tested it since I broke through to the fifth ring."
Xiao You's virtual reality headset is not yet capable of completing this type of testing project.
Upon hearing Beibei's answer, Fanyu subconsciously frowned and said, "After the meeting, Beibei, come to my room and I'll set up a testing area for you."
This time, Fan Yu understood why Long You had always been dissatisfied with the Panlong Realm, complaining that the Panlong Set and the cubicles in the Panlong Classroom were too cumbersome, and wanted to simplify and improve the Soul Guidance Device, the medium for logging into the online virtual world.
Next up is Xu Sanshi, who, along with Bei Bei, is one of the twin stars of the outer academy. He must have his own unique strengths in martial soul and soul skills.
"Sanshi's strength is defense, so he seems to be at a disadvantage in one-on-one battles."
While the team members were introducing themselves, Zhang Lexuan and Fan Yu were naturally thinking about tactics and strategies. However, these two weren't exactly tactical masters. One specialized in soul tools, and the other in individual combat; neither of them were true academic soul masters, so their perspectives on the problem were inevitably somewhat limited.
However, now is not the time to dwell on tactical thinking. The players' self-introductions are still ongoing, and Tang Ya is next.
"My martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. As you may know, I experienced a mutation last year where my martial soul became evil and corrupted. However, through communication with my martial soul's consciousness, my martial soul has now returned to normal and has even undergone a certain degree of evolution."
Originally, Blue Silver Grass was a martial soul with very abundant vitality. Now, after my Blue Silver Grass has completed its self-correction, it has gained the ability to absorb and store free vitality and release it when needed.
In other words, besides the four conventional control-type soul skills—Entangle, Parasite, Bind, and Cage—I also possess a certain degree of emergency healing ability.
"Absorbing free life force?"
Having just experienced the calamity of the evil soul masters, all the inner court students present, including Zhang Lexuan, were extremely sensitive to the matter of absorbing life force. Having healing abilities was certainly a good thing, but if it was done by forcibly seizing the life force of other lives to complete the healing, Zhang Lexuan and the others could not accept it at all.
"It's just that the life force is free-floating, just like the free-floating soul force that surrounds us. Every living being is actually unconsciously radiating life force, and this life force is an energy that living beings cannot control."
Absorbing these free-floating life energies will not harm living beings, nor will it cause my martial spirit to become corrupted.
"That's good. How much life energy have you accumulated? What level of injury can you heal at most?"
"It's probably just a comminuted fracture. This ability is really just an auxiliary one. It's useful for removing or resisting some abnormal conditions, but it's not enough to treat injuries and illnesses."
When it comes to the healing ability of her martial soul, Tang Ya is somewhat embarrassed. After all, Blue Silver Grass is not a professional healing martial soul, so it is too difficult to achieve an immediate effect in healing.
"That's already very good. This ability to help teammates effectively resist abnormal statuses is already a countermeasure against the opponent's control-type Soul Masters. Although Luo Chen will be the main controller in team battles during this tournament, your crowd control ability shouldn't be wasted."
Over the next couple of days, you and Luo Chen should work together to try and reduce the limitations Luo Chen faces when using large-scale freezing skills.
Ling Luochen is an ice-type mage, and many of the soul skills he uses come with a slowing effect that affects both friend and foe (the frozen body surface becomes numb, naturally reducing reaction speed). Although Ling Luochen is very adept at controlling his soul skills, in 99% of cases, he won't accidentally interfere with his teammates when using them.
However, this control also limits Ling Luochen's offensive power. If Ling Luochen's teammates can ignore this slowing debuff, then Ling Luochen's combat power will definitely be improved.
"Teacher, um, the virtual reality headset doesn't support online mode yet."
Long You is now on the verge of tears. He has really gone all out in upgrading his soul tool, but he just can't completely recreate the Panlong Realm using only a virtual helmet.
Long You's words made Fan Yu frown again. This virtual reality headset with its various limitations was already making Fan Yu impatient.
"If you had the Panlong Set, could you build a pseudo-Panlong Realm?"
"Yes, our AI is powerful enough. As long as the connected devices are qualified, most functions in Panlong Realm can be implemented."
“I have applied to the academy to send another coach to lead the team. This coach will be responsible for the specific tactical arrangements. He will also bring several sets of Panlong armor with him. The practice conditions in the hotel are limited, so we need to leverage our technical advantages now.”
To be honest, Long You was a little surprised by Fan Yu's words. Long You had been thinking that Fan Yu and Zhang Lexuan might have some shortcomings in their tactical arrangements, but he didn't expect that Fan Yu and Zhang Lexuan had already noticed this problem and taken remedial measures.
"Don't worry, teacher. As long as the Panlong set is in place, I can build a weakened version of Panlong Realm in two hours at most, which will be enough to support everyone's online practice."