Soul Land: Raiden Shogun Is My Martial Soul

Chapter 212: "Can't Tell the Difference Between Ei and the Raiden Shogun!"

"Both sides have one minute to release their martial souls. Afterward, the match will officially begin!"

As the referee's words fell, both teams released their martial souls. In an instant, dozens of soul rings appeared on the stage, alternating between yellow and purple.

Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and Blazing Fire Academy were no small academies. Naturally, the soul ring configurations of their contestants followed the "optimal soul ring" ratio:

Three-ring Soul Elder: Yellow, Yellow, Purple.

Four-ring Soul Ancestor: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple.

Once preconceived notions are formed, they're incredibly difficult to dispel. Releasing martial souls only took a moment, leaving the remaining time for introductions and brief exchanges.

But the Blazing Fire Team had deep prejudices against Tang San, and Tang San had plenty of his own against everyone else. After releasing their martial souls, neither side showed any intention of introducing themselves. Instead, they unleashed their own aura, exerting pressure on their opponents.

"Plant-type martial soul?"

"How dare he!"

When Tang San released his martial soul, both the audience and the members of the Blazing Fire Team were dumbfounded. They genuinely couldn't understand.

How could a plant-type soul master dare to challenge Blazing Fire Academy?

And not just dare—he even fought for the chance to step onto the stage!

What was the meaning of this? Why was he doing this?

Everyone was confused, puzzled, and completely baffled by Tang San's decision.

They glanced at Tang San and then at the Blazing Fire Team: five Soul Elders, with both their captain and vice-captain being Soul Ancestors. Moreover, their martial souls were clearly of high quality!

"Could Tang San be a spy sent by a rival academy to infiltrate Heaven Dou Imperial Academy?"

"Is that possible?"

"I think it's possible!"

"Count me in!"

A Soul Ancestor was certainly strong, but for a plant-type Soul Ancestor to insist on challenging Blazing Fire Academy, it was a huge problem!

This felt like an outright insult to everyone's intelligence!

Between soul masters, elemental attributes create natural counterbalances. At the same level, a soul master whose attributes are countered by their opponent will find it incredibly difficult to win. Merely holding their ground would already be an extraordinary feat.

Below the Soul Sage level, as long as the gap in soul power wasn't too wide, even being one soul ring short wouldn't necessarily matter if one's attributes countered the opponent. Victory was still highly achievable.

Especially in cases of one-sided attribute suppression.

Fire counters water, but water also counters fire. In such cases, the outcome depends on whose attribute is purer, whose soul power is stronger, and whose soul skills are more advanced.

However, fire unilaterally counters wood, including plant-based martial souls—a universally acknowledged fact. Of course, some plants possess high fire resistance, but that doesn't negate fire's natural advantage over plants.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been moved by Ei to the Pure Heartland, so Tang San had never experienced the baptism of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or the immortal herbs. He certainly didn't have immunity to fire or water.

His Blue Silver Grass martial soul hadn't awakened any special bloodline—it was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

At this moment, Tang San was completely stunned!

Yes, after seeing the martial souls of Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and the others, he was left standing in place, utterly dazed.

Blazing Fire Academy's entire team consisted of fire-attribute soul masters???

This was something Tang San hadn't known beforehand.

Because he wasn't well-integrated with his team, the second squad's leading teacher hadn't explained anything about the Five Elements Academies to him.

To the members of Heaven Dou's second squad, this knowledge was common sense, so they didn't feel the need to learn it again.

The Five Elements Academies were five schools that specialized in extreme attribute-focused training. Wasn't that common knowledge?

On the stage, everyone noticed something amusing.

The preliminary rounds were 7-on-7 team battles.

Out of the 14 people on the stage, 13 were beast soul masters. Only Tang San was a tool soul master!

"As expected of the protagonist. Just standing there, he already stands out from the crowd!"

Kong muttered softly to himself. After a moment of thought, two familiar figures came to mind.

At such a grand event, he wondered whether Ei and the Raiden Shogun would be interested in watching.

Thinking of this, Kong stood up. After giving a few instructions to the members of the first team, he walked out of the venue.

"The captain said he went to pick someone up. Other than Feng Yu, who went to buy groceries, aren't we all here?"

Oscar frowned and asked in confusion.

"Are you stupid?"

Ma Hongjun rolled his eyes and said, "Oscar, you're still so careless and oblivious. Haven't you noticed that the purple-haired big sister hasn't shown up today?"

He had no idea that Ei and the Raiden Shogun were two separate individuals, nor that they were two distinct "people."

"I see!"

Hearing this, Oscar suddenly understood. Stroking the non-existent beard on his chin, he added, "That makes sense."

Oscar did have a beard. If he didn't shave for a day, his face would be covered in stubble. At such a grand event, how could he not maintain his image?

What if a girl ended up falling for him?

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged glances, their eyebrows slightly furrowed. Neither of them said anything—they were latecomers to the group, after all.

With Ye Lingling's reserved nature, how could she possibly be as bold and direct as Ning Rongrong?

"I wonder if it's Sister Ei or Sister Shogun," Ning Rongrong said softly as she glanced at Kong's departing figure.

She knew that Ei and the Raiden Shogun were two different "people," but she couldn't distinguish between them.

Come to think of it, it was rather odd. Why had Ei and the Shogun never appeared together?

Ning Rongrong pondered silently but wasn't foolish enough to ask directly. She decided to save the question for a more opportune moment.

Shaking her head, she pushed those thoughts aside and turned her gaze to the stage. "Zhuqing, what's going on with Tang San? I remember two years ago, he was only two or three levels ahead of us, right?"

"I'm not sure," Zhu Zhuqing replied, furrowing her brows as she shifted her gaze away from Kong's retreating figure. She then shook her head.

Back then, Tang San had joined them in applying to Shrek Academy, along with that girl named Xiao Wu. But for some reason, Xiao Wu wasn't around anymore...

Both Tang San and Xiao Wu had been at level 29 back then, while she and Ning Rongrong were a couple of levels behind.

Now, two years later—

Tang San had somehow reached the Soul Ancestor level, yet their soul power hadn't even reached level 35!

They had worked extremely hard on their training because of Kong's influence.

But despite their efforts, the gap between them and Kong hadn't closed—which was understandable, given Kong's monstrous talent. They could never hope to catch up to him.

But why was the gap between them and Tang San growing as well?

Could it be that they really were just "ordinary" people?

Hearing their conversation, Ma Hongjun didn't think there was anything unusual about it. After all, his improvement had been even greater than Tang San's, so he didn't feel anything was out of place.

Oscar and Dai Mubai, however, froze.

That's right—what was going on with Tang San?

Oscar had broken through to level 30 even earlier than Tang San…

(End of Chapter)

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