area51novel Chapter 192 Round Robin Match 3
Chapter 192 Round Robin Match 3
In my opinion, the Pearl of Imagination is probably the most fundamental reason why I can retain my past life memories. So, if I want to find the origin of the name "Imagination", then I have to start with my past life memories.
If "daydreaming" is an adjective, then I am indeed someone who loves to daydream. I have different fantasies every day, but I have never put them into action. It's quite apt, but this is not a good thing, and it doesn't match the abilities demonstrated by the Pearl of Daydreaming.
So, is "daydreaming" really a noun? If it is, then Lord of Mysteries, audience, and writer really do fit perfectly! In fact, if I incorporate Lord of Mysteries, it can even explain why I awakened the Book of Witness and the Glasses of Insight, two martial souls in one body.
The so-called insightful analysis, if applied to the mystery genre, is simply the audience's mind-reading ability; as for witnessing the future, the future my martial spirit witnesses is merely the future I most desire from among countless possibilities. This seems no different from forcibly writing a self-consistent story based on 0-08.
So the question comes back again: why would the Pearl of Imagination choose to deepen its fusion with the Martial Soul at this time?
What have I been doing with the Pearl of Imagination lately? I don't think so! Wait, it's not the Pearl of Imagination, it's the Martial Soul, it's Xiao Yan. The day before yesterday, Xiao Yan told me that the design blueprints for the War God Palace server have been derived.
Previously, I didn't think there was any difference between the War God Palace server and the Panlong server of the current Academy Soul Guidance Department, but now it seems that I have underestimated the impact of the War God Palace's launch.
If my previous speculations are correct, judging from the reaction of the Illusion Pearl, the completed War God Palace can probably be considered a prototype of the Subconscious Ocean. Otherwise, the Illusion Pearl wouldn't possess the ability to further fuse with the Martial Soul and thus become a complete part of this world.
After clarifying his thoughts, Long You experienced a familiar flash of inspiration once again. This time, his spiritual perception prompted him with the words "integrate into the world." Following this guidance, Long You immediately realized that the Pearl of Imagination was doing this to completely integrate into the Douluo world.
"Should I integrate into this world? Why? And if the Pearl of Imagination cannot fully integrate into this world, will I still have a chance to return to my original world?"
The old questions were resolved, but new ones immediately arose. However, this time Long You knew that with the amount of information he currently possessed, he couldn't answer this question.
"Forget about that. I should focus on mastering this Soul Guidance Powered Mech Fusion Technique Inscription Array. I have a feeling that as long as I can perfectly inscribe this inscription array, my Soul Master level will definitely reach the peak of Level 6 Soul Master, and it's not impossible for me to even touch the threshold of Level 7 Soul Master."
If I really reached that level of Soul Master, I should be able to create a prototype of the War God Palace on my own.
Haha, I'm actually kind of looking forward to the end of the competition. I was originally considering whether to visit and learn from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but now, I'll just stick to 'working behind closed doors'. I'll leave the opportunities and techniques from the Sun Moon Empire to Yuhao to experience."
Having figured out his thoughts, Long You became engrossed in the fun of dismantling the composite inscription array. With the help of the Imagination Pearl, he didn't need to draw it bit by bit. He only needed to remove the stripes that he felt should be an array. Long You's dismantling speed improved.
If we turn the clock back a little and go back to the afternoon, many of the competitions that had ended in the morning, or those colleges that didn't have any competitions that day, chose to leave Xingluo Square early and return to their hotels for closed-door meetings.
Regardless of the edition of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, Shrek Academy's presence always guarantees the spotlight. This year's Shrek Academy team, with its incomplete roster, has only amplified this focus. Moreover, this year's Shrek team members certainly live up to the spotlight, constantly causing trouble.
During the knockout stage, Shrek Academy's turnaround almost led many academies to believe that the traditional Soul Master class was doomed. Entering the knockout stage, a Soul King easily defeated three opponents in a row, effectively achieving a seven-game winning streak. Then, they pulled off another unexpected two-against-seven victory.
It can be said that after the strong bursts of Long You and He Caitou, the heavy pressure that had dissipated over many academies after the first round of the competition has begun to gather again, including the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, which originally thought it had a sure win in this competition.
"Tell us about Shrek's performance this morning."
Master Ma, the team leader of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and the grandfather of Captain Ma Rulong, had a gloomy face and his voice showed no sign of relief.
"That's not just a simple soul tool, not just a simple soul tool turret. We should have discovered this long ago. Shrek Academy's soul tool technology has made great progress."
The one who responded to Elder Ma was not any of the regular members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but the captain of the reserve team—Xiao Hongchen.
As the strongest Soul Master Academy on the entire continent, and also the academy with the most in-depth research on Soul Guidance Devices, no one understands the true power of Level 5 and Level 6 Soul Guidance Cannons better than the geniuses of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
The power of the soul-guided turrets might fluctuate depending on the soul master wielding them, but there are limits to such fluctuations. No matter what, it's impossible for two salvos to render four Soul Master-level defensive soul masters, plus two Soul Master-level control soul masters, completely incapacitated.
In that case, the answer is quite simple: the soul-guided turrets used by Shrek Academy only look like soul-guided turrets, but they actually have other functions as well.
Seeing Xiao Hongchen's eyes blazing with fighting spirit, clearly intrigued, the other members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy didn't react much. After all, it was an obvious matter. They weren't here to confirm such obvious things; they wanted to know if they knew why this change had occurred.
However, the result of the discussion was somewhat disappointing. Although the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy still enjoys the advantages in most aspects of soul tools, it does not have a good way to deal with Shrek Academy's approach of relying on cheat codes and opening up new paths.
At the very least, at the start of the match, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy did not intend to use any soul tools that could record the scene to record the situation on the field. Therefore, even if they wanted to review the match afterward, they could only rely entirely on their memory and visual observation ability.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy didn't discuss much about what Shrek Academy had shown, and naturally, other academies couldn't draw very accurate or convincing conclusions about Shrek Academy's overall strength either.
A new day has begun, and the round-robin tournament continues. However, Shrek Academy has a bye today, giving them the opportunity to rest for a day during the round-robin phase.
Throughout the day, Wang Yan, based on previously recorded videos, provided a detailed overview of the opponents Shrek Academy would face and outlined corresponding battle tactics. However, despite the lively discussion of tactics, Long You remained conspicuously absent.
Well, the others did consider finding Long You, but before going to bed last night, Long You wasn't sure if his test of the Imagination Pearl would go smoothly, so he set up a very powerful and unfamiliar barrier soul tool in his room beforehand (they had just used Xiao Yan to deduce a new node arrangement method, so how could it not be unfamiliar?) to seal the entire room (this was to prevent making a commotion that would be inexplicable).
However, it was precisely because the barrier created by this newly made barrier soul tool had such a good effect of silencing and blocking light that Long You, this half-grown boy, did not feel the change in light. His body's awakening mechanism did not work, and his consciousness was still immersed in the process of dismantling the composite inscription array.
Well, Long You would never admit that the reason he hadn't woken up was entirely because he was so angry at that composite inscription array. That feeling of always seeming to be just a hair's breadth away, but just not being able to get it right, made Long You completely lose his temper.
When Long You, his eyes bloodshot, finally disassembled the entire composite inscription array and realized that he seemed to have been in the Pearl of Imagination for too long, 14 hours had passed since his consciousness entered the Pearl of Imagination.
Realizing he might have missed something, Long You immediately prepared to get up. However, although his body was no longer tired, his mind, which had been working non-stop for 14 hours, couldn't keep up. The moment he left the Pearl of Imagination, everything went black before Long You's eyes, and he fell into a deep sleep.
The others from Shrek Academy outside were also wondering if something had happened to Long You and wanted to come in and check on him. However, the soul barrier generated by the new version of the barrier soul tool was indeed quite difficult to break. In order not to cause any problems during the breaking process and thus affect Long You inside, after confirming that Long You was indeed in the room, everyone temporarily gave up the idea of coming in to investigate.
It wasn't until 3 p.m. that Long You finally woke up from a deep sleep. Looking at the messages on her phone, she nervously tidied herself up and rushed to her teacher Wang Yan's room as fast as she could.
"What's wrong? Although you seem to be in good spirits, I personally feel that you didn't just sleep all day."
When Long You entered the room, Wang Yan was still analyzing the video. However, after Long You entered, Teacher Wang immediately switched to work mode, looked Long You up and down, and asked the question mentioned above.
"Well, the composite inscription array from yesterday has been dismantled. But while dismantling it, I accidentally overdid it, and before I could even react, I passed out."
"You, don't you ever learn your lesson? Have you forgotten how you were in pain for two days last time?" Upon hearing that Long You had caused another "accident" while researching the soul tool, Wang Yan looked helpless. "If you ask me, you shouldn't let Yu Hao take care of Xiao Muyang for you. Just keep Xiao Muyang by your side. With Xiao Muyang around, there's someone with a brain who can remind you."
Every step a Soul Master takes forward requires the support of their physical abilities; your approach of blindly overdrawing your limits is completely unacceptable.
Wang Yan spoke very seriously, and since it was indeed for his own good, Long You naturally didn't hesitate. After leaving Wang Yan's room, he immediately took back Xiao Muyang's deluxe ball from Huo Yuhao and went inside to play with Xiao Muyang for several hours.
In the blink of an eye, Shrek Academy is about to face its third opponent in the round-robin tournament. Compared to the previous two opponents, this third opponent is even stronger.
Still in the rest area, after the soul guide barrier was raised, Wang Yan reiterated the opponents everyone would be facing today: "Zhengtian Academy, a soul master academy from the Tianhun Empire, an absolutely traditional soul master academy. This academy doesn't even have a soul master branch."
Regardless of whether this academy will be eliminated by the tides of time or forced to change in the future, it is indeed one of the most powerful soul master academies on the continent today.
Take the Zhengtian Academy team for example. They have three Soul Kings, and Xiao You just checked the highest level of the one among them—he's level 58. This kid is nineteen years old this year. If he turns twenty, he might very well become a Soul Emperor. His talent is no less than that of our Shrek Academy's inner court.
Considering we lack specific information on this Zheng Tian Academy captain's fighting style, I personally believe we should take extra precautions should we encounter him.
"Level 58, 19 years old, he is indeed a young genius in the field of Soul Master. Do you have information on his Martial Soul and Soul Skills?"
"Yes, it was just analyzed. His martial soul is the Golden Leaf, and his soul skill is... He is a power-attack type soul master, but it's unclear whether he's a stationary mage-type power-attack type soul master or a violent breakthrough type power-attack type soul master."
Given similar soul power levels, if it's the former, I personally believe a soul master should be able to completely counter him; however, if it's the latter, it's best not to use the soul-guided turret tactic.
Wang Yan emphasized the captain of the academy. Dai Yueheng, the captain of Shrek Academy, agreed with Wang Yan's point of view, but Long You put forward a different idea.
"Explain in detail."
Wang Yan didn't really understand the Soul Master; he needed Long You to explain his thoughts in detail.