69novels Chapter 138 Tang's First Defeat
Chapter 138 Tang's First Defeat
Chapter 138 Tang San's First Defeat
For the next few days, the opponents that Team Tiandou II encountered were all very ordinary, not the kind of seeded teams, and basically none of them had a Soul Master, at most only one Soul Master.
This was a piece of cake for Team Tiandou 2. After a winning streak, Team Tiandou 2 and Team Tiandou 1 were tied for first place.
Team Tiandou will face a more difficult schedule, as they have already encountered Xiangjia Academy, a traditionally strong team.
The Heaven Dou Team sent out four Soul Masters: Ning Heng, Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and Bai Xiaofei.
Elephant Armor Academy is a traditional, long-established powerhouse team. Some even classify it as an elemental academy because it is proficient in earth element and has always excelled in defense, making it one of the toughest teams to beat.
However, Bai Xiaofei's martial soul is the Swift, which flies extremely fast. Even if his attack is slightly lacking, he can still cause great harassment to the students of Elephant Armor Academy. Moreover, Bai Xiaofei has been training his body with Yang Podi for a long time, so his strength is not bad either. Even his ordinary attacks have a certain attack power, which perfectly restrains Elephant Armor Academy.
After a fierce battle, Team Tiandou emerged victorious. In this match, Tang San showcased the tactics of the Meteor Hammer, demonstrating his control to the fullest. Yu Tianheng, on the other hand, displayed the domineering power of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and with similar soul power levels, he was able to completely defeat Hu Yanli, the captain of Elephant Armor Academy.
Even though Hu Yanli revealed his head spirit bone, he was still no match for the group's attack and suffered a miserable defeat. Hu Yanli was even seriously injured, especially after his head spirit bone was revealed. Tang San and Yu Tianheng focused their attacks on his head, almost killing him!
Meanwhile, Tianxiang Huyanzhen in the audience was so angry that his nose was crooked, which resulted in Ning Fengzhi mocking him, making him lose both the game and his reputation.
Whether it was intentional on the part of the lottery organizers or not, Xiangjia Academy was immediately drawn into Tiandou Team 2 immediately after losing to Tiandou Team 1.
Compared to Team One, Team Two seemed even more ruthless. Facing Hu Yanli, who was extremely tall and weighed 400 jin, Team Two simply chose to confront him head-on.
Although Hu Yanli had strong defense and outstanding strength, Niu Meng of the Tian Dou Second Team seemed to be much stronger than him in every aspect. Whether it was defense or speed, he completely defeated Hu Yanli. He was simply an enhanced version of Hu Yanli.
On the stage, Hu Yanzhen was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Originally, the Elephant Armor Sect and the Yu Clan were both proficient in defense, making them rare defensive-type Soul Master schools on the Douluo Continent. However, he was actually lagging behind Niu Gao. Hu Yanzhen was only level 88, while Niu Gao was already a Title Douluo.
But now, looking at his grandson Huyanli, he seems to be far inferior to Niu Gao's grandson Niu Meng, especially since Huyanli still has a head soul bone. In their battle, Huyanli was completely defeated.
As for the other members of the Tiandou Second Team, they simply dealt with the other students from the Elephant Armor Academy quickly, and then stood aside to watch the show, watching Hu Yanli and Niu Meng fight one-on-one, turning what should have been a team battle into a one-on-one duel.
Just two days after the Tian Dou Second Team defeated Wanxiangjia Academy, they encountered Thunder Academy. Thunder Academy's Yu Tianxin possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and was a lightning-attribute Soul Master, which gave her a slight advantage over Dugu Yan. However, Thunder Academy's overall strength was far inferior to that of Tian Dou Second Team, and after several battles, Thunder Academy suffered a complete defeat.
As the competition progressed to the halfway point, both Tiandou Team 1 and Tiandou Team 2 had achieved complete victories, with neither team suffering a defeat. Moreover, both teams had achieved complete victories against their opponents, and their players suffered virtually no injuries.
However, the difference is that the Tiandou Second Team used the same lineup from beginning to end, and there were no particularly clever tactics to speak of. They simply overwhelmed their opponents with their superior strength.
On the contrary, the Tian Dou team, apart from Tang San and Yu Tianheng, seemed to have undergone multiple rotations, with a dazzling array of different tactics. In particular, Tang San's powerful control amazed everyone.
The three players with the fewest appearances are Tailong, Dai Mubai, and Ning Heng.
Tailong, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng have similar abilities; they are all offensive-type battle spirit masters with comparable strength. Ultimately, Yu Tianheng is the one who mainly takes the field, Dai Mubai has appeared relatively less often, and Tailong has not appeared at all so far.
If the first half of the competition saw Tian Dou Team 1 and Tian Dou Team 2 neck and neck, then the dominance of Tian Dou Team 1 weakened considerably in the second half.
The first problem that Team Tiandou encountered was the Blazing Fire Academy.
Although Blazing Fire Academy only has two Soul Masters, all of its Soul Masters are fire-attribute, making them natural counters to Tang San, the core member of the Heaven Dou Team.
After both sides entered the arena, Tang San continued to use his Meteor Hammer tactic, but after the Blazing Fire team used their soul skills, flames filled the sky, and the Blue Silver Grass in the entire arena was burned to ashes.
Even though Tang San's soul power was as high as level 45, he was still completely suppressed by the Blazing Fire team. His biggest helper, Yu Tianheng, was evenly matched with Huo Wushuang and could not gain any advantage.
Just as the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, Blazing Fire's core, Fire Dance, activated its fourth soul skill: Fire Dance Shining in the Sun.
A giant fireball appeared in the Soul Arena, and its attack instantly took away three members of the Heavenly Dou Team, including a Soul Master, who was none other than Bai Xiaofei.
Bai Xiaofei's martial soul, the Swift, is extremely fast and has a certain advantage in fighting against all other soul masters. However, there are four soul masters in Blazing Fire Academy whose martial souls are fire cranes.
In this way, Bai Xiaofei's harassment effect is basically eliminated, especially since his attack power is relatively weak and he is instead restricted by the opponent's Soul Master.
After a long and arduous battle, Team Tiandou barely managed to secure a victory, but this was also the hardest win Team Tiandou had ever won in all their matches.
Moreover, this match was one of the turning points for the Tian Dou team, and it also exposed the team's biggest weakness: Yu Xiaogang's tactics were all centered around Tang San, and so far, Tang San has been the only one to have participated in all the matches.
Tang San himself also revealed a huge weakness: his Blue Silver Grass spirit is relatively afraid of fire. After this battle, all teams facing the Heaven Dou Team basically had to send out a fire-attribute spirit master, with the aim of specifically countering Tang San. As long as Tang San was countered, the Heaven Dou Team's formation would become very chaotic.
If the victory against Blazing Fire Academy was a narrow one, relying on the strength of its personnel, the defeat against Heavenly Water Academy was a complete and utter failure.
Tianshui Academy's strength wasn't as exaggerated as some might think; their number of Soul Masters was far less than that of the Tiandou Team 1. However, the Tiandou Team 1 underestimated their opponents, sending only three Soul Masters.
Everyone present initially thought that Team Tiandou would win, but unexpectedly, Shui Bing'er's strength exceeded everyone's expectations. Her first soul skill alone was a group control skill, and she could even cast it instantly.
Furthermore, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used the Spirit Fusion Skill "Ice and Snow Drifting," covering the entire arena with ice and snow, and their spirits even formed a giant ice phoenix. This was also the first time Shui Bing'er had used a Spirit Fusion Skill, and its power was quite frightening, covering the entire arena.
But for some reason, Tang San did not back down in the face of the two's spirit fusion skill. Instead, he directly used the Clear Sky Hammer to fight back. This was the first time Tang San had used the Clear Sky Hammer spirit in any competition.
However, regardless of the circumstances, Tang San is currently only a Soul Master, at level 45. He hasn't undergone the Ice and Fire Body Refinement as depicted in the original story, and his physical attributes are significantly weaker than in the original work.
Moreover, Shui Bing'er repeatedly urged Tang San to surrender from the sky, but Tang San remained unmoved and instead swung his Clear Sky Hammer to meet the oncoming ice phoenix.
In the end, the Clear Sky Hammer collided with the Ice Phoenix, but the Clear Sky Hammer did not shatter the Ice Phoenix. In fact, Tang San himself was directly frozen, and all the other Soul Masters were turned into ice sculptures.
In the end, Team Tiandou suffered its first defeat. Due to their misjudgment, they underestimated the power of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's spirit fusion skill, resulting in their first loss in all the matches. Tang San himself was even frostbitten, and if it weren't for the presence of a healing-type spirit master nearby, his injuries would probably have been much more severe.
Thus, among all the academies, only three teams—Tiandou Team 2, Tianshui Academy, and Shenfeng Academy—maintained a perfect record. These three teams had not yet played against each other. Meanwhile, Tiandou Team 1 suffered its first defeat and could only temporarily settle for fourth place.
Immediately, all sorts of discussions spread among everyone. Some questioned why Team One and Team Two didn't gather all their elite personnel together, so that they could form a lineup of one Soul King and six Soul Masters, which would probably be able to sweep away all other teams.
Tang San's strength has begun to be questioned. It's not that his soul power level is being questioned, since level 45 soul power is among the best in the entire competition. The main concern is the phenomenon that his Blue Silver Grass martial soul is being countered. After all, now every soul master team tries to send out a fire attribute soul master whenever they encounter Tang San, making Tang San less of a star than before.
Some busybodies even made a commentary on all the participants in the entire Soul Master Competition.
Currently, the most famous control-type characters in the Tiandu Division are probably Shui Bing'er, Dugu Yan, and Tang San, but there are more and more doubts about Tang San.
Niu Meng is ranked number one among defensive-type Soul Masters in the Tian Dou region, a fact that is almost universally acknowledged. Besides Niu Meng, the next highest ranking is Hu Yanli.
The strongest attacking Soul Master in the Tiandou region is Yang Ping'an, after all, he is the only Soul King in the Tiandou region, and his Soul Breaking Spear is also a top-grade attack weapon spirit. Next are Yu Tianheng and Feng Xiaotian, both of whom have excellent performance on the field and their spirit power level, and both have top-grade beast spirits.
As for the strongest support, it is Ye Lingling. The Tiandou Division has held so many matches, and the Tiandou Second Team can almost leave the field without injury in every match. Sometimes they even need to heal the opponent. Among all the healing-type soul masters, she is in a class of her own.
(End of this chapter)