Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 200 The Demonstration by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy

At this point, even though they hadn't left the shelter yet, everyone knew that things had succeeded.

Seeing that Ling Luochen had withdrawn his martial soul and also removed his hands from clasping with Huo Yuhao, the people in the shelter stepped into the conference room outside.

It was cold, extremely cold. Compared to the shelter, which was ultimately protected by a layer of protection, the temperature inside the conference room was clearly even lower.

"If Yuhao had cooperated with me during the match this morning, it wouldn't have taken that long to create that frozen world scene."

"It's clear that this kind of extreme attribute amplification is very effective. However, I suggest that you save this move for when you encounter stronger opponents later. Keep it as a trump card for now. When you have time, Luo Chen, you and Yu Hao can practice more. The attribute conversion time was a bit too long before, and you need to be more proficient."

The venue wasn't suitable, and there was no need to continue the evaluation. Wang Yan simply told them to practice more, and the meeting was adjourned that evening. Tomorrow, Shrek Academy will field a six-person lineup against Changning Academy.

The next morning, Long You quickly retreated into the luxurious sphere to continue studying the composite inscription array. Since the conditions for launching a live streaming service weren't yet in place, Long You, staying in the hotel, figured he couldn't watch the match anyway, so he might as well focus on studying other things to avoid having the game on his mind.

Around noon, the six Shrek Academy students who went to the Starry Sky Square competition returned. According to Xiao Yan's observation, the six were in relatively relaxed moods, but judging from their expressions, none of them looked very happy.

With everyone looking rather grim, Dai Yueheng and the others who remained at the hotel couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

Seeing that none of the six people who returned from Xingluo Square, along with their two team leaders Wang Yan and Zhang Lexuan, intended to speak, Dai Yueheng, the captain of the academy's representative team, couldn't help but ask directly, "What's going on? Why do you look so pale? Don't tell me that Changning Academy can cause you to fail."

"Ah, it's Yueheng! Changning Academy certainly wouldn't let us fail. There's another reason why we look so bad."

"Let's eat first. This afternoon, we'll review the video of this morning's match and we'll know exactly what happened."

Although they were curious about what could have made their teammates, who were participating in this round of the tournament, all look so grim, the few who stayed at the hotel were no longer worried after learning that there were no issues with the outcome of the match.

In the afternoon, the video review meeting began much earlier than usual for a match day. However, this video review meeting was a little different. Normally, the Shrek Academy team would only watch their own match recordings at the review meeting, but today there were two recordings, the other one being from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Perhaps due to the experience gained in video processing over this period, Wang Yan cleverly spliced ​​the two videos together to create a comparison video.

As soon as the video started playing, Long You noticed something was wrong. Both matches were team battles, but Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had the same number of participants, each with one fewer person than their opponent, six in total.

There's nothing surprising about Shrek Academy doing this; everyone had discussed it last night. But Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is different. They also sent six people, which means it wasn't just six people. They made the same choice directly after Shrek Academy did.

"Are those guys from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy putting on a show?"

Clearly, Long You wasn't the only one who noticed this situation. With a furrowed brow, Dai Yueheng asked Wang Yan and the others in a rather low voice.

"Whether it's a demonstration or not is no longer important. What's important is that our previous series of deceptive measures have failed. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has confirmed that our strength is at a low point, and they are preparing to go all out to win the throne that has always belonged to Shrek Academy."

Unfortunately, based on my observation, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy does indeed possess this capability. While we are currently at a low point in our strength, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is currently at the peak of their team power.

Faced with Dai Yueheng's question, knowing that he could not and did not need to hide the current situation, Wang Yan spoke frankly and truthfully, throwing out all the predicaments that Shrek Academy was about to face.

Undoubtedly, Wang Yan delivered bad news, but the Shrek Academy students present didn't react much. This situation had been anticipated the moment the main team suffered a loss. Since giving up was out of the question, there was nothing more to say; they just had to fight to the death.

"Hmph, those who dare to provoke others should be prepared to be retaliated against. Teacher Wang, let's continue watching the recording. I'm very curious about how the peak strength of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy will perform."

Dai Yueheng's martial soul is the king of beasts—the White Tiger. Given the influence of martial souls on soul masters, Dai Yueheng's personality clearly inherits the domineering nature of that king of beasts. This domineering nature means that when faced with provocation, Dai Yueheng is single-mindedly focused on how to fight back; the option of swallowing one's anger is never in Dai Yueheng's mind.

Seeing the fire in Dai Yueheng's eyes, Wang Yan couldn't help but smile. "Then let's see. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is indeed putting on a show. They've used the same tactics as us, which makes it easier for us to feel the difference."

The scene continued playing. Changning Academy's strength was rather average. This had been discussed at last night's tactical meeting; if they drew a team battle, everyone should just go for the soul-guided turret tactic. Although Ling Luochen didn't know how to use soul-guided turrets, as long as Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, and Song He formed a large three-person soul-guided turret, there wouldn't be any problem. Not knowing how to operate a soul-guided turret or provide soul power was completely irrelevant.

In short, the scene of Shrek Academy unleashing its full power in using soul-guided artillery was quite spectacular, while the students of Changning Academy became tragic warriors charging towards the heavy machine guns. They did not retreat, but could only fall on the path of their charge; the advantage of clustered soul-guided weapon warfare was clearly demonstrated at this moment.

However, the Shrek Academy students who are now rewatching this video are not happy at all, because right below Shrek Academy's match video is the match video of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Through previous matches, Shrek Academy clearly understood that most of the students sent out by Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in this match were not Soul Masters who followed the Soul Guidance Turret route. However, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's far more abundant Soul Guidance Equipment reserves than Shrek Academy allowed these students to transform into Soul Guidance Turret-style Soul Masters at any time.

The same team battle, the same number of players, and roughly the same opponent strength, but the difference lay in the quality of the soul-guided turrets and the density of their firepower. Shrek Academy brought down Changning Academy on their charge, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, with its more powerful soul-guided turrets and more sophisticated barrage of fire, froze their opponents in place. From start to finish, the only movement their opponents made was retreat.

This is the arena for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. Long You and the other Shrek Academy students believed that, given even the slightest possibility, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's opponents wouldn't have been forced to retreat all the way off the stage. The scene depicted in the match recording simply occurred because it was truly impossible.

"The gap is quite large! Although the time taken was similar, the difference in firepower suppression was very obvious. However, we don't need to overestimate the strength of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. This gap is largely due to the fact that each has its own expertise."

Shrek Academy, at its core, is still a Soul Master Academy. All of you here today are, at your core, Soul Masters. Some of you have received too little instruction from the system's Soul Masters, while others have never received any Soul Master education at all.

In this situation, there's no need for us to compare ourselves to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy; that would be using our weaknesses to attack their strengths. What we need to focus on is simply whether we can win against them with the same lineup.

Even if we increase the difficulty a little, it's just to confirm whether our current lineup can defeat these six people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Long You admitted that the moment he saw the performance of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he, suffering from a severe case of insufficient firepower phobia, was genuinely envious. However, Long You also knew very well that now was not the time to express his envy or scientific spirit. From the increasingly serious expressions of the Shrek Academy members present, Long You knew that they were getting a bit stuck in a rut.

Sure enough, as soon as Long You finished speaking, a few chuckles and sighs rippled through the conference room. They were all intelligent people; with just a slight hint from Long You, everyone realized that something had been off about their behavior.

"Ha, this is really embarrassing! It seems I'm not a qualified teacher to lead the team! This kind of thing should be done by me."

Having made a series of minor tactical mistakes, Wang Yan had long recognized his limitations, but the current error of leading a group of students astray still made him feel somewhat ashamed.

"Teacher Wang, please don't mind. Just like Xiao You said, everyone has their own expertise. The situation we just encountered was due to our lack of understanding of Soul Masters and Soul Tools. Now that we have someone who does understand, we just need to listen to their professional explanation."

“That makes sense. As students of Shrek Academy, I believe you prefer more challenging options. So, Beibei, tell me, without using your strongest methods, can you defeat these six students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy who are fighting today?”

"Not using the strongest methods?"

"Of course not. Although these six people are all Soul Masters, everyone knows that not all of them are Soul Guidance Turret-style Soul Masters. In other words, the combat power shown in the current match video is not the strongest combat power of these six people. To make a comparison, we naturally need to be on the same level."

"We can win, of course we can win."

This time, it was Xu Sanshi who answered Wang Yan's question. Of the six people from Shrek Academy who came on stage, apart from Huo Yuhao and Song He, whose strength was only two rings, all of them were Soul Masters who were willing to use Soul Tools for assistance.

If these people want to get into a comfortable attack rhythm, then giving up some ranged soul tool attacks is inevitable (compared to melee soul tools, ranged soul tools require more skill from the soul tool master, and since they are not experienced soul tool masters, it's best for Beibei and the others not to be too distracted). In this situation, if Beibei and the others, who are at a disadvantage in attack range, want to win this match, they undoubtedly need to close the distance.

In the face of such intense firepower, Xu Sanshi, as a defensive-type Soul Master, becomes crucial to closing the distance. Only if Xu Sanshi can withstand this level of attack for a period of time can the other five members of Shrek Academy quickly advance.

If Xu Sanshi is not confident that he can withstand the attack, it means that the remaining five members of Shrek Academy will have to resist the attack from the other side on their own. This will greatly deplete the soul power of the remaining five members, thus affecting the subsequent battle.

However, judging from Xu Sanshi's current statements, he is clearly confident in being a good shield for the team.

"As long as the attack values ​​displayed on the video are not too far off (while recording the match video, a soul tool will also detect the energy intensity of the attack, although the final displayed value will not be particularly accurate, but it can still be used as a reference), then I am very sure that I can hold out for more than fifteen seconds."

Even if the attack values ​​deviate significantly, considering the attack cap of a Soul Master of this level, I should be able to buy the team two to three seconds to advance. With a Soul Guidance Device, two to three seconds is enough for everyone to advance into Senior Ling Luochen's Soul Skill control range.

"Judging from the fact that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's soul-guided artillery turrets are still in a 'sit-down' state, they're easy targets for control-type soul masters. I believe Sister Ling Xue definitely has enough means to interfere with their attacks, or even destroy them directly."

"Well, although it's difficult to destroy them all, if it's just to disrupt the attack, I can at least reduce the attack density of the soul-guided turrets by one-third."

"At that time, everyone can just rush over without much problem." As long as they can get close, the Soul Master still has the advantage in battles between Soul Masters and Soul Instructors.