Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 22 Accepting the Invitation

Time management became regular again. Although Long You desperately wanted to create the soul tool he desired right now, the reality was that he still had a lot to learn before he could produce a finished soul tool.

The first-year curriculum was too simple, so Long You had gotten into the habit of taking some time out of class to read other books borrowed from the library. In fact, most young Soul Masters from Soul Master families who had expectations for their future did the same.

The peaceful first year passed just like that. During this time, Long You spent a full three months to successfully create the partial optical invisibility soul tool he wanted.

By using this soul tool to conceal the soul ring that appeared after he released his martial soul, Long You began to confidently implement his plan to obtain soul skills for free in the combat training field.

The first soul skill analyzed by the Insight Glasses was a healing soul skill—Vitality Drop. Long You had always wanted a healing soul skill, but initially, he hadn't expected to analyze this type of soul skill in the actual combat training arena.

After all, under normal circumstances, those who possess healing soul skills are support-type soul masters. These soul masters rarely appear in one-on-one battles, and team battles are rare in junior soul master academies.

However, when he actually arrived at the Soul Battle Arena, Long You found that achieving his goal of possessing healing-type Soul Skills was far too easy.

In any battle of spirits, injuries are inevitable. The fact that the academy still dares to support its students in actual battle of spirits under such circumstances must mean that the academy itself possesses sufficient healing capabilities.

In this way, Long You obtained a 100-year-old Soul Skill called Vitality Drop, which was very useful for both detoxification and healing external injuries, from a healing Soul Master of the Great Soul Master level hired by the academy.

Of course, with the battle arena there, Long You wasn't just watching. During the match, Bei Bei dragged him along, and he got to fight several times.

It must be said that the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul is indeed powerful in attack, but Long You's Soul Skills are more varied. The Shield of Glory combined with Rock Spikes often prevents Bei Bei from getting close.

If Beibei gets close, the Shield of Glory isn't actually afraid of Beibei's first soul skill—Thunder Dragon Claw. Even if the Shield of Glory is shattered by the Thunder Dragon Claw, it will still give Longyou a chance to create distance and dodge again.

It's important to know that lightning-attribute soul skills are always the most energy-consuming. If BeiBei can't defeat LongYou through a burst of power when the soul power levels are the same, then the winner who wins by attrition will be LongYou.

With a soul power level of 17, the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique's eighty-one-hammer combo, and the ability to reliably forge ten-fold metal, Long You passed the Level One Soul Master assessment. All of this was the result of nine months of hard work at the academy.

Next, Long You will have a three-month vacation. Before the vacation, Long's parents had already prepared a small soul tool laboratory for Long You in the backyard of their house.

Despite being on holiday, Long You's daily life was not much different from that at the academy.

Well, not everything has changed. After a week's vacation, Long You received an invitation from Bei Bei. Bei Bei hoped that Long You could join her in helping Tang Ya obtain her first spirit ring.

Considering that the destination was only the forest for raising soul beasts established by the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire, where it was difficult to encounter thousand-year-old soul beasts and the danger was not great, Long You agreed without much hesitation.

After spending a whole school year together, Long You has developed a very solid friendship with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.

This friendship isn't the kind that arises naturally from the beginning, like a fondness for a favorite protagonist. Rather, it's a genuine, heartfelt recognition of each other achieved through daily communication and interaction.

Longyou told his parents about it. Although his mother seemed a little worried, his father stopped her from saying things like, "How could you make such a hasty decision about something so dangerous?" or "Couldn't you just not go?" with a look.

Noticing the exchange of glances between Long's parents, Long You silently curled the corners of his mouth. Now, Long You was even more confident about this trip to the Forest of Captive Soul Beasts, because it was obvious that Long's father would be secretly following behind him.

However, Longyou felt that her father's trip was most likely a waste of time.

Well, Long You's agreement to Bei Bei's request wasn't just out of friendship. Long You had actually assessed his own strength, and with the added boost from his soul tool, he was confident that his combat power wouldn't be inferior to that of a typical (soul power level below 25) power-attack type Great Soul Master.

Take a closer look at the soul tools on Long You's body: trigger-type defensive soul tools. Regardless of whether he's fragile or not, in places where you could be attacked at any moment, this is your most trustworthy partner.

An active soul-guided defensive shield. The trigger-activated defensive soul tool buys you reaction time; this is the one that can protect your safety.

The exoskeleton suit. Its prototype is the kind of unpowered exoskeleton armor that Long You saw online in his previous life. However, this is the world of Douluo Continent, so it can no longer be called unpowered exoskeleton armor, because it has been modified into a soul tool version and can be powered.

Because of the storage soul tool, Long You didn't need to worry about weight. Therefore, Long You's modifications to this exoskeleton armor mainly focused on speed, which meant adding soul-guided thrusters to the exoskeleton armor.

Long You was well aware of his own physical strength. He was stronger than support-type Soul Masters, and even most weapon-type Soul Masters, but he was definitely not as strong as beast-type offensive Soul Masters.

If he were to directly attach the soul-guided thruster to his body, Long You was certain that he would not be able to unleash its maximum power.

In this situation, Long You decided to place the soul-guided thruster on a carrier capable of propelling his body. Clearly, Long You couldn't create a mecha at this point, so an exoskeleton was the only option.

By optimizing the design blueprints using the Book of Witness, Long You distributed and installed multiple Level 1 Soul Guidance Thrusters in suitable locations on his exoskeleton. By fully activating these Soul Guidance Thrusters, Long You could achieve speed comparable to an Agility-type Soul Master.

Finally, Long You connected these level-one soul-guided thrusters in parallel, ensuring that he could control all the soul-guided thrusters on the entire exoskeleton armor from a single point.

In terms of defense and speed, these are the only soul tools that Long You has prepared. In addition, Long You has also prepared a level 1 melee soul tool longsword, a level 1 soul tool ray cannon, a portable folding tent, a portable soul tool induction cooker, and other offensive and life-related soul tools.

These are all the soul tools that Long You made himself. In addition, Long You also has a detection soul tool and a milk bottle soul tool that he bought from the auction house.