Douluo Dalu 2: Unrivaled Tang Sect

Chapter 52.1. The Ice Empress' Armor

The referees had arrived in the arena, but there wasnt anything they could do at this point. The battle had already ended, and as if to mock them, a purple ring of light rose from the Wind Tigers body.

A kill!

There had only been a single collision between Dai Huabin and the Wind Tiger, yet Dai Huabin had savagely overwhelmed the Wind Tigera thousand year soul beastwith brute force, and had torn its body in half. Dai Huabins body was drenched in the Wind Tigers blood. The students from both Class 1 and Class 2 had all become pale-faced, while some female students couldnt even bear to continue looking.

Only Zhu Lu had an extraordinary splendor in her eyes. After all, this was the man whom she most admired! She loved to see how valiant Dai Huabin was.

Dai Huabin, didnt you hear me tell you to stay your hand? Du Weiluns angry voice rang out. The death of a thousand year soul beast wasnt exactly a small loss to the academy. It wasnt easy for them to capture a thousand year soul beast and domesticate it, nor was it easy to soothe Gong Changlong.

Dai Huabin indifferently replied, A battle between soul masters and soul beasts is always one of life and death. Since it wanted to kill me, why couldnt I kill it? Besides, I couldnt stay my hand. If I had, its counterattack couldve injured me. In order to obtain full marks, I needed to avoid the error that Wang Dong made. I didnt have the 30% chance of failure that he did. As for the academys loss, Im willing to compensate the academy for it.

Du Weilun furrowed his brows tightly. Even though Dai Huabin was powerful, he was still too vicious. Furthermore, the personality of a rebellious student like him would grow stronger and stronger as his power increased, which would make it harder to control him.

Du Weilun glanced towards Yan Shaozhe, who nodded slightly and whispered a few words to him.

Du Weilun sat back down and spoke in a low voice, Dai Huabin, you have obtained a hundred marks as your base score for choosing a thousand year soul beast during the advancement test. The way you met force with force also embodied the strong points of an assault-type soul master. However, your technique was somewhat lacking. Youve obtained 45 marks for your battle technique. You will also have to compensate the academys loss within ten days. If you dont, the academy will strip you of your status as a core disciple.

Yes. Dai Huabin had somewhat regained his composure by this point. He naturally wouldnt go against Du Weiluns word. He bowed slightly, saluted, then walked back towards his class with large strides.

Hed obtained a total of a hundred and forty five marks! This was an outstanding result that neared perfection! A score like this had never appeared within the Year 2 advancement test in the pastat least in Wang Yan, Zhou Yi, and Mu Jins memories.

In reality, Dai Huabins performance truly had neared perfection. Though his hands had been injured, hed retained his fighting strength. Moreover, hed valiantly killed a thousand year soul beast in battle despite being only twelve years old! Having such a cultivation at his age was extremely rare, even in the history of Shrek Academy; this was the main reason that Dean Yan Shaozhe had still given him such a high score.

Yan Shaozhe could tell that a student like Dai Huabin was different from Wang Dong: Though he had a steadfast personality, Dai Huabin could break too easily. He couldnt try to control him by giving him a setback like he had with Wang Dong. He could only guide him slowly. Giving him a high score would benefit his confidence in himself. That, and Yan Shaozhe was confident that he could control his rebelliousness. After all, hed taught many other students whod been even more rebellious. Furthermore, Shrek Academy was proud of its ability to train monsters. It wasnt worried about people with bad personalities; it was only worried that they wouldnt have the ability to back said personality up.

When Mu Jin saw the blood-drenched Dai Huabin walking towards to her, she furrowed her brows. Huabin, head back and clean yourself up. Youve already passed.

However, Dai Huabin shook his head. He towards Class 1, then raised his right hands index finger and pointed at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao was currently gazing straight at him. At that moment, Dai Huabin realised that Huo Yuhaos gaze was extremely calmso calm that it almost icy. He didnt seem to have any intentions of cowering in front of his blood-drenched, savage appearance. On the contrary, he didnt relent at all when their gazes met.

Huo Yuhao knew that Dai Huabin was telling him, Its your turn now.

Indeed, its my turn now. Huo Yuhao clenched his fists tightly once hed finished speaking. He nodded towards Wang Dong, then strode towards the arena with large strides.

It took a few minutes for the arena to be cleaned up. Once it had been, the referee sent Huo Yuhaos test form to the tall stage.

Class 1, Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao reported his name calmly. As he did so, he stood tall and straight. Not only was he much more robust compared to a month ago, he was also quite a bit taller. Suddenly, the referee noticed that he was somewhat similar to Dai Huabin. Was it in his appearance? They seemed to be slightly similar. However, it had more to do with the confidence they both exuded; the confidence that they would definitely win.

Are you still going to choose a hundred year soul beast? The referees impression of him was still fresh in his mind; this was the student whod alerted even the Beast King two days ago.

Huo Yuhao shook his head. I choose a thousand year soul beast.

A thousand year soul beast? The referee was stunned. Huo Yuhao, you need to carefully think about this. Youre only a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster; a thousand year soul beast is still a bit too much pressure for you. You saw what just happened! Even if we wanted to help you out, in a close-combat fight like this, itd still take time for us to reach you.

Despite his warning, Huo Yuhao confirmed his decision unhesitatingly. Teacher, Ive decided to take on the tests highest-ranked opponent, a thousand year soul beast.

He spoke very loudly, thus those atop the tall stage, as well as the other students, were all able to hear him clearly.

Dai Huabins pupils contracted as a trace of astonishment appeared in his eyes. Hes choosing a thousand year soul beast? What could he be relying on? He cant even use his second soul skill is he just relying on his Spiritual Shock? That skills not too bad, but its nowhere near enough to take on the likes of a thousand year soul beast. Could he even manage to break its defences if it were to simply lie down and let him attack it?

Hes courting death! Does he think that theyre pushovers because Wang Dong and I were able to defeat them?

Dai Huabin had obtained 145 marks, while Wang Dong had obtained 100 marks. In other words, Huo Yuhao just needed to obtain more than 45 marks to win the bet. At the same time, the academy had requested that he not use his second soul skill during the test. In exchange, they had guaranteed that he would score at least 30 marks in order to ensure that he passed the advancement test.

Du Weilun had undoubtedly made a decision like this in order to see what he was capable of. If he hadnt, Huo Yuhao would be able to pass the test solely by relying on his Imitation, just like his performance the other day!

Let him. Du Weiluns voice rang out from atop the tall stage.

Alright. The referee responded. The arena had already been fully cleaned up by this point.

Huo Yuhao, are you ready? The referee asked.

He nodded.

The referee gestured towards the arena, then reminded him, Pay attention to your safety. If you dont think that you can beat your opponent, do your best to protect yourself.

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, but he didnt reveal any emotions on his face, as he was currently fully concentrated on the upcoming battle. As such, he couldnt even spare the effort required to say a word of thanks.

He was just a two-ringed Soul Grandmaster after all. Furthermore, he couldnt even use his second soul skill. In a situation such as this, the difficulty of taking on a thousand year soul beast could be imagined. Of course, he naturally understood that he was somewhat inferior to Wang Dong and Dai Huabin in terms of direct fighting strength. The only reason he dared to take on a thousand year soul beast was because of his confidence in his Spiritual Detection and the Ice Empress two soul skills.

A pale golden light flickered as two soul rings rose from beneath his feet.

Wang Dong and Dai Huabins three rings hadnt surprised any of the other students, but the students from Class 2 immediately cried out in surprise the moment his soul rings appeared.

Both of them were white, which represented two ten year soul rings! Yet, would anyone truly dare to underestimate these ten year soul rings? Two days ago, they had both been blood-red. At this point, almost no one who could tell what rank his soul rings truly were.

Yan Shaozhes gaze was fixed on his body, and his eyes flickered slightly. Even though he didnt have a martial soul like the Spirit Eyes that could enhance his eyesight, his spiritual perception and vision werent any less than Huo Yuhaos when he was using his Spiritual Detection due to his cultivation.

What a strange skill. When he activates it, even I cant sense the intensity of the aura from his soul rings. Is his second soul ring truly a ten year soul ring? Du Weilun furrowed his brows.

Yan Shaozhe shook his head. Theres no way its a ten year soul ring. Weve seen thousands upon thousands of soul rings. How could a soul ring thats capable of imitating the aura of a hundred thousand year soul ring possibly be a ten year soul ring? If it were only a ten year soul ring, could he really have scared hundred or thousand year soul beasts? If I were to make a guess, its very likely that his soul ring is a thousand year one, just like Wang Dongs.

Du Weilun was stunned. That cant be right. His first soul rings only a ten year one; how could his second one be a thousand year one? His body shouldnt have been able to withstand absorbing one.

Yan Shaozhe shook his head. Dont forget that he has twin martial souls. Furthermore, its extremely likely that his second martial soul had a late awakening. Though this occurs very rarely, it couldve changed his physique. However, you mentioned that he left the academy by himself, and that hes an orphan. Theres almost no chance that hell be able to kill a thousand year soul beast by himself. Is there anyone outside the academy who could help him out?

At that point, their conversation stopped for the time being, as Huo Yuhaos opponent had appeared.

Surrounded by an intense aura of heat, a fire-wreathed lion charged out from the beast cage.

It was no wonder they were the highest-ranked opponents a student could challenge during the advancement test. Not only were the soul beasts Wang Dong, Dai Huabin, and Huo Yuhao faced thousand year ones; they were all tyrannical existences such as lions, leopards, and bears too.

Huo Yuhao felt somewhat strange when he saw the Flaming Lion King. He thought back to his match with Wu Feng. It was that match that had resulted in him obtaining stable footing in Class 1 and in sending Wu Feng to Class 2.