Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

The Shield of Glory, which had previously withstood a blow from the Mighty Vajra Ape and was now being rammed by Long You carrying the shield with all his might, finally shattered.

The flying fragments of the stone shield increased the difficulty for the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master in dealing with the impact. Just as Long You had predicted, the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master lost his footing and was forced to take a step back.

Sensing the weakening resistance in front of him, Long You smiled slightly. Sure enough, a scream rang out the next moment.

Xiao Yan, who had just thrown a Thunderous Condensed Arrow at the Agility-type Azure Cloud Sparrow Soul Master over there, turned around and placed two Rock Spikes behind the Power-type Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master.

Under Long You's pressure, the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master retreated and landed right on a rock spike.

However, this time it wasn't a sudden trip during his run. Although the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master inevitably had his foot pierced, it wasn't completely punctured. Unlike the Water Buffalo Soul Master that Long You faced the day before yesterday, who suffered a broken ankle while falling to the ground.

What's the first reaction when someone's foot gets pierced? Lift the foot. Well, now that the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master hasn't been directly taken down by Long You's rock spikes, the momentum has shifted to Long You's side. How could Long You possibly let go of this perfect opportunity for his opponent to stand on one leg?

The quicksand trap reappeared, not only trapping the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master in quicksand once again, but Long You also placed a rock spike at the bottom of the quicksand.

When a person is in free fall under the influence of gravity and is spinning, controlling their landing point is extremely difficult. Therefore, without a doubt, the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master's foot was completely pierced.

The unsteady Vajra Ape Soul Master, unlike when he fell into the quicksand trap last time, was unable to maintain his balance and instead fell uncontrollably to the ground. In the end, he could not escape being swallowed by the quicksand trap and was only rescued by the referee teacher.

With the Mighty Vajra Ape Soul Master eliminated, only the Agility-type Azure Cloud Sparrow Soul Master remained. Long You assessed his still relatively ample Soul Power reserves and decided not to advance further. He timed his attacks perfectly, continuously unleashing Thunderous Strike from a distance, relentlessly wearing down his opponent until they were completely out of Soul Power.

This spirit battle had its exciting moments and its boring ones. But overall, it was a very interesting one-on-three spirit battle. At least, that's what the academy's top students in the stands thought.

"Director Du, this student deserves our attention. His timing for releasing soul skills, the combination of effects, and his control over the battle are all top-notch. However, as a control-type soul master, he only focuses on himself in team battles, which shows a lack of composure. He needs another year of training."

These words were spoken by Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Spirit Department. In short, Long You, who was already a Soul Master upon entering the school, lost the opportunity to become a core disciple of the Spirit Department in his first year.

However, just because Yan Shaozhe doesn't think highly of Long You doesn't mean that others do too.

"Fan Yu, this must be the freshman who wants to become a core disciple of our Soul Guidance Department!"

With a slight hum, Qian Duoduo, the dean of the Soul Guidance Department, uttered his voice without attracting the attention of anyone else.

"Yes, Dean, it's him. Yesterday, this kid told me that he wanted to give our Soul Guidance Department a pledge of loyalty in the ranking competition. Now it seems that this is the competition."

Having easily understood that his dean didn't want to attract attention, Fan Yu also used the technique of forcing sounds to form lines to communicate with Qian Duoduo.

"He's a promising talent, it's great that Yan Shaozhe doesn't think much of him. That old man is always so self-righteous, doesn't he ever consider that if these three kids team up, will the other freshmen even have a chance to shine?"

"If you can't coordinate with a team, are you not a qualified control-type Soul Master? Winning is the most important thing. Why have a bunch of people attacking together if you can showcase your strongest abilities and guarantee victory?"

"Then, Dean, about the core disciples..."

"Approved. Once the Spirit System announces it, we'll take our people and leave immediately."

The round of 64 to 32 has concluded. Today, the remaining rounds will be the round of 32 to 16 and 16 to 8.

However, according to the draw results, the second ranking match for the Longyou trio would be held in the afternoon, so the trio decided not to stay and watch any longer. Longyou had already gathered all the necessary information using the Insight Glasses.

In the afternoon matches, Long You didn't participate; the victories were all achieved through the cooperation of Bei Bei and Tang Ya. The trainees who made it to the ranking matches were much more ambitious than those in the round-robin stage.

Even knowing they are outmatched, everyone will perform at their best, since they won't be eliminated from the academy anyway. Therefore, they don't need to worry about being unable to accumulate enough wins due to severe injuries.

After two consecutive matches, it took quite a bit of effort to win. Both Beibei and Tang Ya were somewhat exhausted, so the draw for the quarterfinals was left to Long You.

By the time they reached the quarterfinals, even among the freshmen, there were no weaklings. Long You recalled the memories stored in his mind; among the other seven freshman teams, there were no more one-ring Soul Masters. Not only that, but the quality of each freshman's Martial Soul was also relatively higher.

Among the other seven people who went up to the viewing platform to draw lots, Long You spotted a "familiar" figure.

Tall and imposing, with strong facial features, thick eyebrows, piercing eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth, he was undeniably handsome. The analytical data provided by the Insight Glasses indicated that this person's martial soul was the Xuanming Turtle. Long You didn't remember much about his appearance, but upon seeing this martial soul, he immediately confirmed that the person before him was indeed Xu Sanshi.

Perhaps because Long You's gaze was too undisguised, Xu Sanshi realized that Long You was staring at him, and immediately stared back at Long You with an equally unyielding look.

Perhaps because he noticed the eye contact between Long You and Xu Sanshi, Du Weilun, the head of the teaching department who was in charge of the draw, actually drew the two groups into one half of the draw.

They won't meet in the quarterfinals, but they might meet in the semifinals (four to two).

Thinking of letting Beibei and Xu Sanshi meet, in the quarterfinals at the beginning of the second day, it was Long You who helped Tang Ya win.

Before the semi-finals began, Xu Sanshi approached them directly. He went straight to the point, saying, "We don't need your courtesy, please go all out."

Although they felt that doing so would end the match quickly, since their opponents had made the request, Beibei and Tangya didn't feel obligated to pretend and immediately agreed.

"Beibei, this guy is called Xu Sanshi. His soul power level has reached level 30, and his martial soul is the Xuanming Turtle. He is a rather troublesome opponent."

Even if you have one more spirit ring than him, it definitely won't be easy to fight him. So, how about it? Interested in giving him a one-on-one test?