Douluo: The Peerless King of Beast Tamers

Chapter 185: The Honest Man Jiang Peng

"In the first match of the semi-finals, in a team battle, Shrek Academy defeated Xingluo National Academy." Tiansha Douluo's lifeless and cold voice, as if carrying the solemn and murderous aura of the arena, sounded slowly, echoing back and forth in this vast and grand arena, announcing the end of the game.

The audience was still immersed in the Shrek Academy’s brilliant team battle performance just now, and the scene of fierce confrontation seemed to be constantly emerging before their eyes.

"Next, please welcome the second match of the semi-finals, the team battle, the players from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy and the Di Ao Academy to take the stage!" Huang Jinxu's powerful words instantly broke the brief noise.

His voice was passionate and powerful, with a magic that could ignite the atmosphere of the entire venue, successfully attracting everyone's attention to the field.

As the words fell, the players from the two academies entered the venue in an orderly manner.

The seven regular players of Dio Academy marched in unison, with resolute and confident looks, and each of them had a face filled with desire and determination for the game.

They were wearing the same college team uniforms. Under the sunshine, the badges of honor on the uniforms were shining brightly. This was not only a symbol of their identity, but also a proof of the strength they had accumulated through hard work along the way.

Meanwhile, at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, the seven people on the field finally underwent remarkable changes.

Before this, they had always played with pre-selected players, giving people a sense of unfathomable mystery, like the mystery hidden in the clouds, making it difficult to grasp their true strength.

At this moment, the seven main players strode into the arena, and the Hongchen brothers and sisters were both replaced by seven other strong main players.

When the audience saw this scene, they instantly burst into thunderous cheers. The cheers were like surging waves, one after another, shaking the entire stadium slightly.

The main players of Sun and Moon have never appeared on the field since the beginning of the competition, just like a sharp blade hidden in the darkness that has never been unsheathed. Now at this critical juncture of the semi-finals, they finally sent out everyone. How can the audience not be excited?

After seeing the amazing strength of the Shrek Academy's main players, the audience's hearts were filled with curiosity and expectation. They were extremely eager to know how strong the main players of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy were.

After all, in today's competition, only Sun and Moon have the potential to compete with Shrek Academy. This duel is undoubtedly a preview of a peak battle, and everyone can't wait to witness this powerful collision.

Unfortunately, just when the Sun and Moon players all came on the court, all the people from Shrek Academy left after the game.

They walked calmly and calmly, as if the outcome of the game had already been expected by them. Even at the important stage of the semi-finals, they still didn't care about the strength of their opponents and didn't even stop for a moment to watch the game.

The audience's eyes followed the backs of the Shrek Academy players closely, their hearts full of regret. They wished so much to see the expressions of the Shrek Academy players when they saw Sun and Moon play. That might reveal some clues about the final outcome of the game, but now they can only turn their attention back to the second game that is about to begin with this regret.

But after the second game started, a complex expression of regret and joy appeared on the faces of all the spectators.

Why is this?

It turned out that when the players from both teams stood still, the audience could clearly see the cultivation status of the seven regular members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy through the soul power detection device.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Judging from their cultivation level, the seven regular players of Sun and Moon are far inferior to those of Shrek Academy.

Among the seven regular players of Sun and Moon, only the team leader Ma Rulong is a Soul Emperor, and the other six are all Five-Ring Soul Kings.

Although the lineup of one Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings is considered the top lineup in this competition, after all, the Diao Academy has this configuration. Even the Xingluo National Academy that was defeated by Shrek Academy before did not even have a Soul Emperor.

But compared with the three Soul Emperors of Shrek Academy, the lineup of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy seems to be much inferior.

From an intuitive comparison of head-on strength, Shrek Academy was almost leading by a huge margin, which instantly lowered the expectations of the audience who were originally looking forward to this game.

However, after the game started, the audience's mood changed 180 degrees, and their faces were full of surprise.

Normally speaking, the regular players of both Sun Moon and Di Ao academies are composed of one Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings. This match should be more intense than the one between Shrek and Xing Luo.

After all, the collision between teams of equal strength will often create the most dazzling sparks, and there will be exciting confrontations and tactical games of wits and courage.

But in the actual team battle, the exciting and exciting scenes that the audience imagined did not appear.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy immediately launched a pure firepower attack, and the scene was extremely shocking.

Although Captain Ma Rulong was only a six-ring Soul Emperor, he demonstrated extraordinary strength and was able to unleash the firepower of an entire regiment by himself.

He was seen holding in each hand a seventh-level soul guide device with a unique shape and emitting a mysterious light. The two soul guide devices seemed to be given life, constantly emitting powerful energy beams.

Ma Rulong was agile and moved flexibly around the field. With his superb control skills and powerful soul power, he brought the power of the two seventh-level soul guides to the extreme, and almost suppressed the entire Di Ao Academy with his personal strength.

The fact that Sun Moon only had one six-ring Soul Emperor naturally lowered the audience's expectations before the game began. Many people even thought that Sun Moon had been sending the qualifying team to compete in order to preserve its strength because its regular team could not compete with Shrek.

But after seeing Ma Rulong's amazing performance, the audience's expectations were regained.

No matter how powerful Shrek Academy is, although Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao and others also use seventh-level soul guides, compared with the situation where Ma Rulong uses two seventh-level soul guides alone and can suppress his opponents so easily, it highlights the strength of Ma Rulong. This strength is not only a manifestation of soul power, but also an extreme display of the skills of using soul guides.

Because of Ma Rulong's almost astonishing firepower coverage, the other six people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy did not need any complicated tactics at all.

They all lined up in a row, using simple and direct soul guide turret tactics.

This seemingly simple tactic, under the cover of Ma Rulong's powerful firepower, exerted terrifying power.

What kind of scene would it be like with two level seven soul guides providing firepower and six soul guide turrets firing simultaneously?
For a moment, the entire competition stage was filled with various energy beams and explosions, and it was a seamless attack.

The blazing energy stream raged through the air, making a shrill whistling sound. The powerful airflow made the flags around the stadium flutter, and the audience was stunned by the powerful firepower.

The members of the Di'ao Academy obviously did not expect that the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy would adopt such a tactic, and they had no time to implement the tactics and plans they had carefully prepared.

Jiang Peng swung the Heaven-shaking Axe with a fierce fighting spirit flashing in his eyes. He was just about to show his might and use the Eighteen Dragon Slaying Skills to ruthlessly destroy the prestige of the Sun and the Moon, but the reality was extremely cruel.

As soon as he came on the field, he was targeted by the powerful firepower of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. Facing the overwhelming and terrifying firepower, he didn't even have the chance to display the powerful ability of his martial soul.

Jiang Peng swung the Heaven-shaking Axe vigorously, trying to resist the rain of attacks, but it was all in vain. Soon, all the people in Diao Academy were blasted out of the venue by this powerful firepower.

They stood outside the stadium with frustrated looks on their faces, looking at the stadium that was still emitting powerful energy fluctuations, their hearts filled with unwillingness. Those carefully planned tactics failed before they could even be implemented. This humiliating failure filled them with regret and reflection.

It was also because of this game that Jiang Peng seemed to have realized some of the advantages of soul guides.

He looked at the Zhentian Axe in his hand and recalled the scene where he was suppressed by the firepower of the soul guide device on the field just now. He finally had some thoughts about using the soul guide device.

He knew very well that in this era, relying solely on the power of martial spirits might not be enough to cope with all challenges. The emergence of soul guides brought new variables and possibilities to battles.

So after the game, Jiang Peng rushed to the top floor of the hotel and knocked on Zhou Sichen's room door.

At this time, Zhou Sichen, Ye Guyi, and Ma Xiaotao were discussing enthusiastically where to go to relax and have fun after the subsequent competition.

Hearing someone knocking on the door, Zhou Sichen got up and opened it.

When he opened the door and saw that the person coming was Jiang Peng, Zhou Sichen was quite surprised. After all, they didn't have much communication between them. They might not even be considered acquaintances. At most, they had met a few times at competitions.

"Brother Jiang, your match with Riyue ended so quickly?" Zhou Sichen pretended to be confused with a faint smile on his face.

Jiang Peng was not embarrassed when he heard this. He was a straightforward person and he started talking at the door. "I was so excited when I saw that the only player in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy was a six-ringed Soul Emperor. With the same soul master lineup, our Di Ao is not inferior at all. I thought that this time I could finally show my skills in the competition and let everyone see the strength of our Di Ao Academy."

Before Jiang Peng finished speaking, Zhou Sichen smiled slightly, as if he had expected the result long ago: "It's a pity that you didn't expect that there was only one Sun and Moon Selected Six-ring Soul Emperor, and he also burst out with unimaginable power. Under the firepower coverage of their soul guides, you were defeated, right?"

Hearing Zhou Sichen's prediction, Jiang Peng's eyes widened instantly, his face full of surprise: "Did you watch the game? Otherwise, how could you be so accurate."

Zhou Sichen shook his head and patiently explained: "In the past, Sun Moon used to deal with traditional soul master academies like yours, basically using this kind of firepower suppression tactics. You can probably guess it without watching the game."

"They have always been at the forefront in the research and development and application of soul guides, and are good at using powerful firepower to make up for the lack of soul power cultivation."

Jiang Peng silently gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "As expected of you who can be the captain among the three Soul Emperors, Brother Zhou's wisdom is really extraordinary. He has such a thorough understanding of the game situation and opponent's tactics. No wonder Shrek Academy is so powerful under your leadership."

Zhou Sichen smiled slightly and said gently: "Come in and sit down. I just lost the game. I believe you are not here just to flatter me. You must have something to ask me."

Jiang Peng chuckled and scratched his head: "Brother Zhou really understands me. I came to you because I really have something to ask for."

Zhou Sichen nodded and warmly welcomed Jiang Peng into the room.

As soon as he entered the room, Jiang Peng saw two beautiful women sitting on the sofa and felt a little overwhelmed for a moment.

I thought Zhou Sichen was the only one there, but I didn't expect there was a whole new world inside the room.

Ye Guyi has a cool temperament, like a plum blossom in the snow; Ma Xiaotao is passionate and has a bright and dazzling smile.

Being surrounded by two beauties made Jiang Peng, a straight man, suddenly nervous and had no time to think about anything else.

Noticing Jiang Peng's somewhat embarrassed look, Zhou Sichen laughed, trying to ease his nervousness: "Brother Jiang, don't be so reserved. We were just discussing tactics. You came at the right time. Maybe you can provide us with some different ideas."

Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao also smiled sweetly. Ye Guyi said softly, "Hello, I'm Ye Guyi."

Ma Xiaotao liked to tease honest people. She blinked her eyes and said with a smile, "My name is Ma Xiaotao. Senior Jiang looks so reserved. Could it be that he is shy seeing two beautiful women like us here?"

Jiang Peng just smiled innocently, scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I am a rough man, not very good at dealing with girls. This time I came mainly to ask Brother Zhou about soul guides. In the game with Sun and Moon, I deeply felt the power of soul guides, so I want to ask Brother Zhou what experience and insights Shrek Academy has in the use and research of soul guides."

Jiang Peng didn't think about avoiding people. After all, this room was filled with the elites of Shrek Academy. In his opinion, these people were the best in the soul master world, with knowledge and vision far beyond ordinary people. Perhaps he could get more valuable insights by communicating with them.

Besides, the doubts in my mind urgently need to be answered, and I can't care about too much.

Zhou Sichen was slightly startled when he heard this, then he raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of interest flashed in his eyes, and asked with interest: "Could it be that Brother Jiang is also interested in soul guides?"

Jiang Peng nodded vigorously, his expression serious, his tone full of sincerity: "Although our Di'ao Academy is also a traditional soul master academy, we have always focused on the cultivation and application of martial souls, but during this period of time, I have seen that the players from your Shrek Academy can skillfully use soul guides and show different fighting styles and strong strengths."

"Plus, during this battle between our Di'ao Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, we suffered from their terrifying soul guidance devices. I truly felt the huge role of soul guidance devices in battle, and I did have some ideas in my mind."

As he spoke, he gestured unconsciously, as if he was recreating the scene in the competition, and his eyes revealed his desire and contemplation for the power of soul guides.

Zhou Sichen chuckled, his smile was warm and friendly, with some encouragement: "In that case, Brother Jiang, feel free to tell me what you think. We are all spirit masters of the younger generation. We can communicate with each other and provide you with some inspiration and ingenuity, which can be regarded as mutual progress."

Seeing that Zhou Sichen did not refuse but responded so enthusiastically, Jiang Peng felt even happier, with an excited smile on his face: "Brother Zhou is really generous and straightforward. He acts so decisively without any drag. I know that coming to ask you for advice today is the right choice. It seems that I made the right decision this time."

Zhou Sichen waved his hand, still with a faint smile on his face, and looked humble: "But why did Brother Jiang choose to find me? After all, I am only a five-ring soul king. If you want to use soul guides in tomorrow's personal battle, isn't the best place to go now the Starlight Auction House? There are all kinds of soul guides gathered there, maybe you can find the one you like."

Jiang Peng straightened his back and replied seriously, "Brother Zhou, you are too modest. It is said everywhere that you are so young and only have five rings of cultivation, but you can stand out from the Shrek Academy regulars who are full of strong players and become the captain. You must have something extraordinary."

"Now all the regular players of your Shrek Academy have used soul guides and have exerted amazing power in battle, but you personally haven't even used a soul guide in the two games you have played so far. In my opinion, you must be hiding a trump card about soul guides, right?"

As he spoke, he stared into Zhou Sichen's eyes, as if trying to find the answer from his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but chuckle. Their laughter was as clear and sweet as silver bells, echoing in the room.

Hearing this heavenly laughter, Jiang Peng suddenly became shy again, and a blush appeared on his face.

He wondered in his heart, didn't he just speak out his inner guess, how come the two beautiful Soul Emperors smiled so happily?

He scratched his head, looking a little uneasy, not knowing where to put his hands and feet, his eyes full of innocence and confusion.

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