Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains!

First year, class of forty-five.

This is a height he couldn't reach back then.

Although he was slightly less talented than Wu Changkong, Xingyu was still a genuine inner court disciple. Moreover, like Xu Yuan, he had started to focus on mechas in his first year, and had always maintained simultaneous progress in mechas, battle armor, and cultivation.

It was under these circumstances that he still became a Battle Armor Master before the age of twenty-five.

To be precise, he became a Battle Armor Master at the age of twenty-two.

However, in front of Xu Yuan, he had to admit that his talent was really nothing special.

"Junior Xu Yuan, that's enough. You're not yet proficient in controlling the mecha," Xingyu called out to Xu Yuan.

He did not let Xu Yuan continue practicing.

This was Xu Yuan's first day working with mechs. If he grasped the gun techniques too deeply at this point, it would hinder his future learning to control mechs, causing his movements to become stiff and his memory of the gun techniques to be too strong.

Xu Yuan didn't force himself to continue practicing.

It's not that I think Xingyu's rigidity will affect my future studies, but rather that he has already grasped what he needs to understand.

His insights were more about concepts and willpower than about marksmanship.

"Senior Xingyu, thank you for your help today."

"It's because you're talented," Xingyu waved his hand and said with emotion.

After a mecha piloting lesson, Xu Yuan's gunmanship became even more refined.

Poseidon Island.

Yun Ming also noticed changes in his disciple's cultivation this time.

"Xiao Yuan, your gunplay has changed."

"That's right, teacher. I learned how to operate a mecha today and gained a new understanding of marksmanship."

"Oh?" Yun Ming showed a knowing expression, without offering any further comment.

Mechs have their limits locked.

But he wouldn't let that dampen Xu Yuan's interest.

Strictly speaking, mechs are only limited by the times, not by their inherent lack of development potential.

“Until the technology of Heavenly Forging improves and the continent has at least three master craftsmen at the same time, it will be impossible for a true god-level mecha to be made entirely of Heavenly Forging metal. Without a true god-level mecha, the enhancement that mecha can provide to a Soul Master cannot surpass that of Battle Armor.” Yun Ming only gave Xu Yuan a brief warning and did not persuade him to give up mecha: “You can continue to study mecha. I also know about Mu Ye’s path of fusing mecha and Battle Armor. The core parts are made of Heavenly Forging metal, which is transformed into weapons and further integrated with Battle Armor, resulting in an even greater enhancement. You can follow this path.”

time flies.

What was a short week felt like a month to Xu Yuan.

Even though Xu Yuan's cultivation time was greatly reduced due to the courses in the outer academy, his research in the dream space never stopped, and he spent at least five days a day researching the dream space.

After a week, apart from two days when Xu Yuan relaxed his mind, it felt like almost a month.

Class 1, Grade 1.

Wu Changkong breathed a sigh of relief as he observed the atmosphere in the classroom.

There was no worst of the lifelessness; on the contrary, he saw fighting spirit on the faces of Wu Siduo, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin.

Luo Guixing, Xu Yucheng, Yang Nianxia, ​​and Zheng Yiran, the four geniuses on the list of young prodigies, showed no signs of dejection. Each of them seemed to have some ideas they were preparing to use next.

The other students were even more cheerful.

When the gap isn't large, you'll feel resentful and want to surpass the other person to prove yourself.

However, when the gap between you and the other person is too large, you will be deeply impressed by them.

"Next is the final preparation time. I will arrange for you to enter the venue for this election in a moment."

Wu Changkong's gaze swept over the hundred or so students in the classroom.

A quarter of an hour later, Wu Changkong led the students of Class 1, Grade 1 out of the classroom and headed to the main teaching building.

They arrived at a spacious circular hall.

This hall can only accommodate about a hundred of them, so it would be impossible to hold a combat competition.

"Soon, you will enter a virtual space, similar to the Spirit Ascension Platform. You should all have entered the Spirit Ascension Platform before," Wu Changkong simply reminded you.

Xu Yuan spread his mental energy to observe the layout of the hall.

“Shrek has a thorough understanding of the technology of virtual space.” Xu Yuan never doubted this.

The Colosseum, the Soul Arena, and the Illusionary Space that tests humanity—and now, this room.

It's estimated that Shrek Academy uses quite a few of these illusory spaces for student assessments and even training.

"I'll have to study this carefully later."

Xu Yuan also has a need for this technology.

Dream Space is his soul skill and a small core of his current abilities. If it can be developed in the direction he envisions, it will definitely become the core of all his future methods.

Turn imaginary into reality.

In fact, dream space is not entirely illusory; it is simply constructed from mental energy and is not a space in reality.

After Xu Yuan obtained his third soul skill, he was able to transform real-world energy into virtual energy and integrate it into his dream space, which means that his dream space has the basis for changing between reality and illusion.

Only now, thanks to his soul skills, has he been able to transform external energy from tangible to intangible.

Next, he will continue to develop the dream space, striving to make it a reality.

If he can develop it himself, that's fine. But if he can't, he'll probably have to rely on Yao Yao to give him a fourth soul ring after Yao Yao reaches ten thousand years of age to try and obtain this kind of soul skill.

However, this approach is too uncertain and would also waste a Soul Ring slot.

The opening of the third spirit ring marked the beginning of a transition between reality and illusion, and Xu Yuan still hoped to complete the subsequent development himself.

After Shen Yi manipulated the wall, oval-shaped spheres emerged and cracked open.

"Each of you will choose one to enter. You will then enter a forest. The forest is limited in size and will be the location of your assessment." After a brief introduction, Wu Changkong urged the students to enter.

Xu Yuan watched as his classmates formed groups of two or three to choose nearby spherical objects, and finally chose one himself and entered it.

Fasten your seatbelt, the hatch closes, and suddenly everything goes dark.

Dizziness.

Xu Yuan was in a daze, and when he regained consciousness, he found himself in the forest that Wu Changkong had described.

"This is a world that's close to reality, similar to the Soul Tower!"

Based on experience, Xu Yuan knew that the stronger the reaction upon entering, the more real elements were present in this illusory space.

Those who talk about water are really speechless. Everyone has a different understanding of what they're looking for in fanfiction. Some people look for other people's comments, opinions, and even thoughts, especially us fanfiction readers.

Different authors have different writing styles. The same goes for my previous free chapters. When the protagonist encounters something new that triggers his own actions, isn't there any explanatory narration?

The free trial period is already a reader selection process; you can't come here and say I'm starting to act greedily.

Another issue is plot progression. I've been working on it, and it's undeniable that I'm bad at it. Anyone who's read my older books knows that my plots were terrible. I'm still figuring things out, and this book is an attempt to polish the plot. I've been very careful with every step, afraid that this book will fall apart from the characters midway through, with the protagonist going off on various imaginary adventures, seemingly completely detached from the world they're in, going on a solitary journey. That was a problem with my previous books, and I'm working on that with this one, creating plot holes and designing the story. Maybe there really are problems, which has ironically attracted readers who are particularly eager to see my plot.

The so-called water is just a feeling of disparity due to insufficient renewal.

I haven't been feeling well these past couple of days, and external factors have prevented me from posting five updates a day as required, but I've still been writing with a serious attitude, okay?

Chapter 113 Please Pamper Me to Your Heart's Content! (Please Subscribe!!!)

The closer a virtual world is to reality, the stronger the reaction will be when you enter it.

For example, even if you become familiar with the feeling of entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, you cannot completely eliminate this feeling, because it is a transformation that a Soul Master must go through when their own will is instantly pulled into another world.

If it were a purely illusory world, that would be fine. Like illusions, it could pull a Soul Master's consciousness into an illusory world without them even realizing it. However, this is not a purely fictional world. It is close to reality and can be regarded as another small world, but it is a small world at the spiritual level. All that is needed is for the Soul Master's spiritual body to enter it.

Xu Yuan felt the changes brought about by the teleportation.

"This place is much closer to reality than my dream world."

After his reflections, Xu Yuan didn't dwell on this point too much.

The so-called technique of switching between the real and the virtual is not something he can perceive through his senses right now.

Upon entering this forest space for the assessment, Xu Yuan immediately spread his mental energy outwards. Although he devoted some of his attention to sensing the reality of this space, he focused more on observing his surroundings.

Not far from him, there were five classmates who were already huddled together.

"Xu Yuan!" A tall, thin student looked at Xu Yuan with a hint of apprehension.

"I didn't expect you to come in all alone."

The spherical hatches on the outside also correspond to the locations inside the assessment area, and the nearest hatches will directly teleport them to the nearby area.

Xu Yuan appeared alone, which likely means he didn't look for any teammates at all.

Simply arrogant!

Does one person really intend to compete with three, four, or even five other equally talented classmates in a team?

How dare he!

No matter how high your soul power level is, there's always a chance of being overturned in a battle against multiple opponents.

This is a common example in the world of low-level Soul Masters.