Douluo Dalu - Volume 01-48

by Tang Jia San Shao

  According to the spirit arena regulations, each team could at most have ten people, the smallest must not be less than seven people. In a spirit fight, the number of people on the smaller side decided how many people both sides would field. The team before their eyes appeared the same as Shrek Seven Devils, only seven people, material as follows:

  Emperor Team, seven members, all silver spirit fighter badge holders.

  Captain: Yu Tian-Heng, spirit: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon,[ (玉天恒) “Jade Sky Constant”, spirit: (蓝电霸王龙) or “Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Rex”. When they were getting Tang San’s first spirit ring, Grandmaster named this as one of the six great clans.] thirty ninth ranked power attack system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  Vice captain: Dugu Yan, spirit: Jade Phosphor Serpent,[ (独孤雁) “Only Lonely Goose”, spirit: (碧磷蛇) “Green Phosphorous Snake”] Thirty eighth ranked control system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  Member: Shi Mò, spirit: Black Tortoise,[ (石墨) “Rock Ink Stick”, (玄武龟) “Black Tortoise Tortoise” the divine beast of the north, not quite same spelling as teacher Ye Zhi-Qiu in ch 27 (玄龟).] thirty eighth ranked defensive system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  Member: Shi Mó, spirit: Black Tortoise,[ (石磨) “Rock Grindstone”, spirit: (玄武龟) “Black Tortoise Tortoise”. Good luck tracking the accents. In fact, the names can have identical pronunciation.] thirty seventh ranked defense system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  Member: Yu Feng, spirit: Wind Chime Bird,[ (御风) “Resist Wind”, (风铃鸟) “Wind Small Bell Bird”] thirty sixth ranked agility attack system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  Member: Osler, spirit: Ghost Leopard,[ (奥斯罗) Only the last character away from “Oscar”. Spirit: (鬼豹) or “Sly Panther”.] thirty sixth ranked agility attack system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  Member: Xie Lingling, spirit: Nine Heart Flowering Apple,[ (叶泠泠) “Leaf [sound of flowing water]”, spirit: (九心海棠) “Nine Heart Ocean Cherry-Apple”, but the last two characters (海棠) refers to Malus spectabilis a.k.a Asiatic apple or Chinese flowering apple.] thirty fifth ranked auxiliary system Spirit Master. Spirit rings: Two yellow, one purple.

  In all the material there was no mention of the opponents’ spirit abilities, regarding this, Grandmaster understood that it wasn’t that Great Spirit Arena didn’t want to supply them, but that they couldn’t. Who could be sure that the other side hadn’t held back in their previous two spirit fights? If the spirit abilities were determined incorrectly, it very likely would lead to disaster. Therefore, Great Spirit Arena let Shrek Seven Devils figure it out on their own.

  Having read the opponents’ data, the seven raised their heads and looked at each other, all saw that everyones’ expressions were amazed. Although they all anticipated that an opponent that could reach silver spirit fights certainly wasn’t weak, but they also didn’t expect they would be just this powerful.

  Flender pushed up the crystal glasses on his nose,

  “If I guess correctly, this team certainly has a great deal of fame in some city. Why would they suddenly come to Suotuo City? Xiao Gang, you really shouldn’t have committed to a spirit fight with them. Perhaps, we won’t be their match.”

  Grandmaster calmly said:

  “Pressure pushes you forward. Shrinking back when facing challenges, one will also always be unable to truly become a power. Flender, where is your youthful spirit?”

  Flender’s expression was somewhat unsightly from Grandmaster’s words, to the side Zhao Wuji didn’t neglect to fan the flames, taking joy in calamity:

  “Grandmaster really is strict, what you say is right. Only meeting and overcoming difficulties will have any rewards.”

  “Fine, but the main thing is safety.”

  Flender glared at Zhao Wuji, then faced Grandmaster.

  Grandmaster nodded,

  “I’ve already guessed this Emperor Team’s origins. If my conjecture is correct, then, there won’t be the slightest amount of danger. Tang San.”

  “Teacher.”

  Tang San hurriedly stepped forward.

  Grandmaster said:

  “Although this time I still ask you not to use your hidden weapons, I will permit you to use Eight Spider Lances. Before the last moment, you can’t admit defeat.”

  Seeing Grandmaster wasn’t optimistic about the outcome, Tang San frowned, saying:

  “Teacher, are we really unable to overcome the opponent?”

  Grandmaster looked deeply at him,

  “The chance is only thirty percent. And the chance mainly relies on you, Mubai and Zhuqing.”

  Raising his hand to point towards the materials on the table,

  “The other side’s seven people, as shown by the materials, are a kind of unusually perfect combination. You must pay most attention to two individuals: their captains. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master and Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Master.”

  “Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Xiao Gang……”

  Flender seemed to suddenly think of something, but his words were prevented by Grandmaster’s expression.

  Grandmaster continued:

  “Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon has an exceptionally powerful first rate attack power among Beast Spirits, considered to be the most powerful attack Beast Spirit. Its rank among Beast Spirits is equivalent to Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda among Support Spirits. As for this Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Master, since she opted to be a control system Spirit Master, then, she lets me recall one person. Flender, you still remember him?”

  At Grandmaster’s reminder, Flender’s expression abruptly changed,

  “You’re not saying it could be him?”

  Grandmaster nodded,

  “I’m saying it’s him.”

  Dai Mubai couldn’t help but say:

  “Dean, Grandmaster, don’t speak in riddles, what are you actually talking about?”

  Grandmaster sternly said:

  “On the Continent the Jade Phosphor Serpent is just like several Great Clans, classified as a rare spirit. But since the beginning of history there has only ever been one famous Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Master. He is considered an extraordinary control system Spirit Master. To be precise, he should be called Jade Phosphor Douluo. I think some of you should have heard the name.”

  Hearing the words ‘Jade Phosphor Douluo’, Dai Mubai’s complexion immediately changed greatly, urgently saying:

  “You’re saying it’s that most unreasonable Jade Phosphor Douluo, known as the world’s king of poison?”

  Grandmaster breathed in deeply, slowly nodding,

  “Besides him, there’s no other Jade Phosphor Douluo. According to what I know, apart from him, Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Masters are a rare existence, even if it was, it still wouldn’t be a control system Spirit Master. Since the other side’s vice captain is a control system Jade Phosphor Serpent, I can be certain that she is closely linked to Jade Phosphor Douluo. Others might not be aware, but I know the Jade Phosphor Douluo is also named Dugu.”

  Ning Rongrong suddenly spoke up:

  “Then don’t tell me that captain of theirs is from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan?”

  Flender smiled wryly:

  “Besides the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, at least I’ve never heard of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons existing anywhere else. This Emperor Team’s background is terrifying. Not only these two, Black Tortoise is equally as famous as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Only the Black Tortoise Spirit Masters are considerably fewer and don’t have an intact school, therefore they’re not as well known as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Although it’s like this, among defense type spirits the Black Tortoise is the number one existence.”

  Tang San seemed to suddenly realize something, as a control system Spirit Master, his biggest concern was nat
urally the other side’s control system Spirit Master, asking Grandmaster:

  “Teacher, in the end what does that Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Master use for control? As a snake spirit, it doesn’t seem like it would be expert in control.”

  Grandmaster replied very simply, only using one word,

  “Poison.”

  Using poison to control the battle, Tang San’s pupils involuntarily contracted, but his mood was steady. Poison, what a familiar and dear word. Slightly nodding, saying:

  “If it’s like this, then we still truly have a chance to defeat them.”

  What was Tang Sect’s most prominent in? Lightness skill, hidden weapons, and also their famous poisons.

  Although since coming to this world Tang San hadn’t had time to gather the required poisonous substances, let alone extracting Tang Sect toxins, he still had knowledge and understanding of poison, the essence of Tang Sect. A person using superior poison, naturally also had outstanding knowledge of and methods to resist poison.

  Grandmaster misunderstood Tang San’s meaning,

  “Oscar’s small sausage is only a second spirit ring ability, I’m afraid that when repeatedly resisting the Jade Phosphor Serpent’s poison it will only be able to restrain it for a short time, that’s all.”

  Ning Rongrong said:

  “Grandmaster, can I make a suggestion?”

  Grandmaster nodded,

  “Go ahead.”

  Ning Rongrong said:

  “In the spirit fight, our most important objective must be that auxiliary system Spirit Master.”

  “Eh? Why?”

  Hearing Ning Rongrong’s words, even Grandmaster couldn’t help but feel somewhat astonished. Even he hadn’t heard of the Nine Heart Flowering Apple spirit, such circumstances were extremely rare, but considering the two sides’ auxiliary system Spirit Masters, with Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, he had no concern this side would be weaker than the opponent.

  Part 3 (TL by Bagelson)

  Ning Rongrong said:

  “I know of the Nine Heart Flowering Apple Spirit. Different from other spirits, this spirit is inherited in a single line, each generation can only have one successor. There can also only be two Nine Heart Flowering Apple Spirit Masters alive at the same time. Only when one dies is it possible for another to appear. It can be said to be the rarest spirit. My dad once said that the Nine Heart Flowering Apple is a marvel among spirits.”

  Who Ning Rongrong’s father was, let alone Grandmaster, Flender and Zhao Wuji, even the other Shrek Seven Devils knew: the master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School. Representing the authority of auxiliary system Spirit Masters, if even he described a spirit like this, then, the scale of this spirit’s effect could well be imagined.

  Regarding new and odd spirits, Grandmaster was always even more curious than ordinary people, immediately asking for details:

  “Then what is this Nine Heart Flowering Apple’s effect? In what respect does its support effect appear?”

  Ning Rongrong lowered her voice:

  “The Nine Heart Flowering Apple only has one kind of effect. No matter how many spirit rings it has, it only has one spirit ability. This is also where it’s frightening. Its effect is in the scope of healing. The degree of healing is controlled by the Spirit Master’s intentions. The higher the rank, the more spirit rings, the more its healing can be used. My father said, with a Nine Heart Flowering Apple Spirit Master, even if you wanted to die it wouldn’t be easy. Therefore, after the fight starts, we have to first separate her from the stage, otherwise, until she runs out of spirit power, we will basically be unable to cause any injury to the opponents.”

  Listening to Ning Rongrong, Grandmaster’s complexion seemed to become rigid, blankly standing for a long time, then slowly saying:

  “This really is a close to perfect combination.”

  “We can win.”

  At this low point of morale, everyone falling silent, Tang San suddenly loudly spoke up, brimming with confidence. Everyone’s gazes turned to him.

  “I say, we can win. Mubai, little Ao, Fatty, Xiao Wu, Rongrong, Zhuqing. Have you forgotten, we already possess a record of twenty seven successive victories. The opponent is admittedly powerful, but, we’re also not weak. We have Mubai as a first rate domination system Spirit Master. We have little Ao’s support to sustain out battle capability, we have Fatty’s top notch variation Battle Spirit and Xiao Wu’s mysterious Soft Skill, Rongrong, don’t tell me you believe your Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda can’t compare with Nine Heart Flowering Apple? Still Zhuqing, your speed is the fastest of any agility attack system Spirit Master I’ve ever seen. Although the opponents are powerful, don’t tell me we’re small and weak? No, we are certainly able to prove we’re even stronger than them. Even more, you mustn’t forget our age. I dare say, they’re older than us, even if we really lose then what about it? Failure is the mother of success, even if we aren’t their match today, inevitably there will be one day when we certainly will beat them. Victory inevitably belongs to us Shrek Seven Devils. If our confidence from successive victories is already lost, then, why should we still participate in spirit fights?”

  Tang San’s words were like a fuse igniting everyone’s confidence. No member of the Shrek Seven Devils team lacked talent. Monsters among monsters. How could they be resigned to defeat?

  No one spoke, but their expressions all became steady, Dai Mubai took the lead to extend his right hand, immediately followed by Oscar, Shrek Seven Devils, seven people’s palms folded over each other. Everyone’s gazes burned. The lost confidence was already retrieved, right now, their hearts were already brimming with intense fighting spirit.

  “Teacher, this spirit fight, can I have full authority to plan it?”

  Tang San steadily looked towards Grandmaster. He knew that this fight was their most challenging trial, the reason why he said this wasn’t that he was unwilling to see his companions’ lifeless appearance. As a person of two lives, he knew that if you wanted something, then you could only rely on your own effort to win it.

  Before all their previous spirit fights, Grandmaster would give out tactical directions. But this time Tang San actively asked to take over Grandmaster’s work. Although it appeared somewhat arrogant, seeing it, Grandmaster, Flender and Zhao Wuji all nodded inwardly.

  A team required tactics, required unity, required coordination, but they also couldn’t lack another thing, that was bloodthirst. A team without bloodthirst would never be able to rouse their deepest potential. And right now, Tang San as the team’s soul, already accomplished this bit.

  To the three teachers it already seemed like victory wasn’t important, these children’s growth already surpassed their expectations. Right now all they could do was watch these children give them even more surprises and miracles, looking at what level they could reach in the end.

  …...

  Suotuo Great Spirit Arena, VIP resting area, VIP lounge number three.

  The luxurious room was more than two hundred square meters, an immense leather sofa was more than fifteen meters, enough to let more than a dozen people rest comfortably. The room’s decorations were all gold; golden lanterns, golden wallpaper, and every kind of golden ornament, nothing detracting from a splendorous dazzling feeling. In front of the white leather sofa was a crystal side table, furnished with every kind of pastry and beverage. Most important, one wall of this room was a single transparent crystal, through which the outside clearly could be seen, but nobody could look in from the outside, and outside the crystal window was Suotuo Great Spirit Arena’s most important Central Main Spirit Arena.

  Right now there were only seven people in the room, all seven each possessed clear characteristics, appearing to be twenty years old.

  Sitting in the middle of the sofa was a black-haired slender youth, not considered handsome, facial expression very lacking, like the muscles of his face were rigid. Wearing blue skin tight clothes without any decoration, g
iving people a kind of uncomplicated impression, but against expectations this kind of simplicity made people feel he was very dangerous. He was leaning back in the sofa with his eyes closed, resting. Sitting next to him was a woman, her posture certainly not as ordinary, not leaning against the back of the sofa, rather leaning against the shoulder of the blue clothed youth, face with a lazy appearance, deep purple short hair giving a strong impression of heroic spirit. Astonishingly, she possessed a pair of green eyes that gave people a somewhat strange feeling, unable to say just why, but with a kind of bewitching charm. Right now she was leaning against the shoulder of the closed eyed youth, playing with her green painted fingernails.

  “Yan, don’t always be so affectionate with the boss in front of the rest of us. Our brothers are all still a group of virgins, it’s no good if it arouses any urges. Hey.”

  The speaker was a handsome youth, not tall, moderate weight, short golden hair, a pair of extremely active eyes, leaning against that giant crystal window with a leisurely appearance.

  The young woman in the sofa shot him a glance, green eyes exuding an enchanting smile,

  “Then you come, let big sister teach you how to become a man?”

  “Ah, I’ll pass, only boss can survive your Jade Phosphor poison. I unfortunately can’t enjoy it.”

  The youth hurriedly declined, face alarmed, looking at the green eyed young woman with clear dread.

  “Serves you right. Who asked you to tease Yan.”

  Directly across the room from the crystal window, dressed entirely in black, was an equally blonde person, appearing more elegant and younger than the woman, enjoying the spectacle while waving a drink in his hand.

  The handsome youth angrily said:

  “Leopard, what’s your meaning, wait until today’s team spirit fight is over, we’ll settle it one versus one. Watch me teach you a lesson.”

  The black clothed youth snorted disdainfully,

  “One versus one with me? You have some nerve. You, a flying Spirit Master, wants to go one versus one with a ground Spirit Master like me? Clearly it’s bullying. With skill, you try for a one versus one with the boss, let alone winning, as long as you can last three minutes, I’ll admire you.”