Douluo Dalu - Volume 01-48

by Tang Jia San Shao

  The seven flesh mountains in front of Tang San’s seven hadn’t launched any attack like the power attack system Spirit Masters in the last match against Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s second team. Instead the seven stood in a line, their first spirit rings simultaneously flaring, and step by step, steadily walked over.

  Under the effect of the first spirit rings, these seven flesh mountains originally deep yellow keratin grew a lot more sparkling, as if each was covered in a layer of porcelain glaze. The seven of them really were too enormous, and advancing from the center, they practically occupied half the diameter of the stage. Even though their pace was slow, with each step forward, their imposing manner would subsequently increase somewhat. Whether it was in physique or spirit power, they accorded the Shrek Academy’s seven enormous pressure.

  “Retreat.”

  Tang San shouted. This time he didn’t conduct his members to advance an immediate attack.

  The two power attack system Spirit Masters Dai Mubai and Huang Jun, and close combat system Spirit Master Xiao Wu all withdrew quickly, the two agility attack system Spirit Masters Jing Ling and Zhu Zhuqing retreating on either side of Tang San. It was also at this moment that black Blue Silver Grass appeared on stage.

  That black vine-like Blue Silver Grass quickly spread along the ground, swiftly scattering in all directions. One strand among them twined around the thick legs of an Elephant Armored School disciple. But terrifyingly, the Blue Silver Grass after the growth of Tang San’s four spirit rings unexpectedly could only make the opponent pause for a moment. The next instant, the Blue Silver Grass immediately emitted tearing sounds.

  The pupils of Tang San’s eyes contracted. By this simple test he immediately discovered a lot of things. Not only did these Elephant Armored School disciples have astonishing strength, and knew exceptionally well to use their advantage. This terrifying body weight was in no way a decoration, not only could they rely on the power of their bodies to reduce spirit power consumption, but at the same time, after their bodies combined with their spirit power, they could erupt with even more frightful strength and defense. Even though his Blue Silver Grass was durable, a bit of twisting was insufficient to restrict the added terror of their strength after fully using their spirits. It clearly showed how scary their opponents’ strength was.

  As a result of the stage being circular, the center where both sides first started was the widest area, but now along with the unceasing advancement of their opponents, the space the Shrek Seven Devils had to use on either side was becoming smaller and smaller. In battle, the opponents’ enormous bodies allowed them to control a much larger area than ordinary people. If their opponents were force to where no space remained between them, then their strength could also be displayed to its greatest degree.

  This was also the reason why the Elephant Armored School’s seven didn’t anxiously rush forward, they didn’t want to expose the slightest gap. Even though there was space between the two sides at the moment, they still maintained their formation. They didn’t need to catch all the opponents, as long as they could settle the agility attack system, and especially the auxiliary system members, it was already a success. Another side of defense was endurance. These seven Elephant Armored School disciples by far wasn’t something those Heaven Dou Imperial Academy second stringers could compare to. Seeing that four of their opponents had spirit power that reached the fortieth rank, they immediately used their most dependable strategy.

  Part 3 (TL by Bagelson)

  On the Shrek side, nobody panicked. Everyone condensed their spirit power, quietly waiting for their team soul to pass down the orders. Even though the two new members Huang Yuan and Jing Ling began to breathe quickly under the tremendous pressure, the calm of the five Shrek Seven Devils spurred them to keep a calm heart.

  “Advance, three steps.”

  Tang San shouted.

  Besides him and Oscar, the other five swiftly took three steps forward, their auras rising, clashing in the air with the pressure from the opponents. Among the five, both Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing surpassed the fortieth rank, and their imposing manner didn’t lose out to the opponents.

  Five black lines of light shot out simultaneously, twisting around the waists of the five people, precisely Tang San’s invented special formation technique, human meteor hammer. It was relying on this technique that the Shrek Seven Devils once defeated the Emperor Team. At that time their ranks were a step below their opponents. This time Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was a lot more durable than back then, and the length he could extend it also surpassed fifty meters, absolutely incomparable to that time. How much had this human meteor hammer’s strength improved?

  “Little Ao, come.”

  Oscar swiftly reached Tang San’s side. Tang San flicked his wrist, stuffing a flying mushroom sausage down his throat, one hand grabbing Oscar and loading him onto his back. Immediately afterward, he leapt up, soaring straight into the air.

  The flying mushroom sausage took effect quickly, a set of transparent wings quietly appearing on Tang San’s back. Just like that he brought Oscar flying into the air.

  “Soften.”

  Tang San shouted once again. The five people who previously stepped forward immediately drew a deep breath, condensing their spirit power, making themselves as agile as possible.

  Among the seven, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, as well as agility attack system Jing Ling were like gas, their bodies already almost weightless. Even though Dai Mubai and Huang Yuang were a bit heavy, they still weren’t any problem. Under the effect of Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill cooperating with Controlling Crane Catching Dragon, he unexpectedly simultaneously sent all five into the air.

  Tang San once carefully researched the limits of Oscar’s flying mushroom sausage, and discovered empirically that the flying mushroom sausage could support a weight of about five hundred jin[8] or so. The combined body weight of the seven of them absolutely exceeded this number, but not by too much. After all, besides Huang Yuan and Jing Ling, the Shrek Seven Devils were all still in their early teens, and only Dai Mubai’s physique was a bit imposing. Under such circumstances, as long as everyone lightened themselves as much as possible, it was just in the range of what the flying mushroom sausage could support. This was also the key to their strategy. A major reason they didn’t bring Tai Long was that he was too heavy. Otherwise, the impact Tai Long could have right now would even be a bit bigger than Xiao Wu.

  Tang San suddenly soaring up, immediately brought an outcry from the audience. Even though there had been a few Spirit Masters with flight capability since the start of the qualifiers, there had been no one who like Tang San brought six people into the air. Relying on the Blue Silver Grass link to simultaneously bring the whole seven man team into the air was astonishing to see.

  The fight between Shrek Academy and Elephant Armored Academy had originally already drawn close to sixty percent of the audience’s attention, but now practically all the spectators focused on their direction.

  In the VIP seats, emperor Xue Ye cried out in surprise,

  “That Tang San actually has flight capability as well?”

  Ning Fengzhi smiled faintly, saying:

  “I’d say this isn’t his ability, but rather that auxiliary system Spirit Master’s. I don’t think they would do something pointless, with these people, there will inevitably be a reason.”

  Oscar being carried on Tang San’s back was equivalent to making him Tang San’s housekeeper. Without hesitation, he immediately condensed a large recovery sausage and stuffed it into Tang San’s mouth. The consumption had only just started, but he immediately helped Tang San recover in advance. The key to this match didn’t lie in how the other five attacked, but in how Tang San executed his control.

  Suddenly seeing their seven opponents all flying into the air, made the Elephant Armored Academy seven who were just pressing forward stare blankly. How could they have expected that they would encounter such a situation on the stage. Just as
Grandmaster said, their strength and defense were admittedly matchless, but that also came at the expense of speed. Agility attack system Spirit Masters weren’t bad, at least they had ways to deal with them, but these flying type Spirit Masters no doubt had the greatest restraining potential to them.

  If everyone were on the ground, then the Elephant Armored School disciples could naturally display the features of their defensive strength, but with the opponents in the air, the part closest to their opponents were their heads. Even though their head defense also wasn’t weak, they couldn’t display that fat defense power their bodies had. More importantly, the seven opponents simultaneously flying into the air immediately broke their rhythm.

  Tang San used both hands to control the five strands of Blue Silver Grass, and the five people below were like puppets. In a split second they left the attack range of the fatties.

  Tang San rotated half a turn in midair, throwing out the five human meteor hammers simultaneously, each of the five landing in a separate location below. The places the five of them fell were all surrounding the seven opposing fatties, and at the same time, countless Blue Blue Silver Grass released from Tang San as he used the Binding ability on all seven opponents.

  The whole process from everyone being sent flying to launching their attack was less than a dozen seconds. What Tang San somewhat didn’t expect was the the Elephant Armored School’s seven disciples reaction also wasn’t a beat slow. The largest, Hu Yan Li, shouted loudly, and the seven fatties swiftly gathered together, forming a back to back formation. At the same time they extended their palm leaf sized hands to swat at the five people dropping from the air.

  Watching this scene, Tang San couldn’t help being secretly alarmed. The defensive power of these seven was astonishing, and with this kind of formation their defense was even more flawless. Breaking through their formation absolutely wasn’t easy. This was just the scene Tang San wanted to see the least.

  The five strands of Blue Silver Grass pulled back Dai Mubai’s five just as they were about to enter attack range, pulling the five back up. Tang San clearly understood that even though he grasped the opponents’ greatest weakness, these fatties were extremely shrewd. Right now they were willing to take a beating in order to pull down even one of the Shrek Academy members. With that terrifying weight and strength of theirs, if they grabbed any one, it was the same as breaking the whole human meteor hammer.

  Even though the people were pulled back, the Blue Silver Grass Binding didn’t halt. Pure black, sharp thorned Blue Silver Grass twisted frantically around the seven fatties, and in just a moment, they were densely bound.

  These Blue Silver Grass could be said to spread from Tang San’s body, and the moment the Binding completed, Tang San immediately discovered the problem. The thorns of the Blue Silver Grass was basically unable to pierce the other side’s frightening skin, even so much that the highly toxic corrosive and paralysing poisons were unable to take effect. The opponents’ defensive strength was even beyond his estimation.

  The Elephant Armored School’s seven disciples roared practically simultaneously, explosive force bursting out in a moment. That extremely tough Blue Silver Grass could be seen being slowly pushed open under that explosive strength, gradually rupturing. But Tang San also clearly saw the opponents’ second spirit ring brightening simultaneously.

  He immediately made an accurate judgement: the opponents’ first spirit rings were defensive, and their second spirit rings should be of the strength boosting category.

  Blue Silver Grass was the physical form of Tang San’s spirit, and after the nourishment of four spirit rings, especially the added properties of that last ten thousand year spirit ring, this originally known as a trash spirit had long ago already become extremely durable. Not long ago when Tang San experienced that melding with the wild blue silver grass in his surroundings, his own Blue Silver Grass had also undergone a certain change. Even though the change was minute, it’s texture had become even finer. Right now as it was twisted around the opponents, even with the fatties’ astonishing strength, they still couldn’t just throw it off.

  One, two, three, four, five. Tang San counted silently, at five seconds the three fortieth ranked team members on the opposing side managed to struggle free of the Blue Silver Grass. The most powerful, Hu Yan Li, even more needed only four seconds, and the other four who still hadn’t reached the fortieth rank, all needed more than seven seconds to break free.

  Oscar once again swiftly stuffed his mushroom sausage in Tang San’s mouth, simultaneously readying a big recovery sausage.

  After simply counting time, all sorts of information flashed through Tang San’s mind, immediately proposing a second attack.

  “Twenty seconds, defeat Hu Yan Li.”

  Tang San shouted, at the same time launching Binding once again, his first, second, and fourth spirit rings flaring practically simultaneously.

  With the massive bodies of the seven Elephant Armored Academy students, standing there they made practically ideal targets. Blue Silver Grass swiftly twisted, bundling them up once again. At the same time, the five led by Dai Mubai landed swiftly, and under the effect of Tang San’s Controlling Crane Catching Dragon, simultaneously pounced at Hu Yan Li.

  Hu Yan Li snorted disdainfully, ‘Still restraining? Don’t tell me this isn’t a waste of spirit power?’ With the enormous bodies of the seven people on his side, a few rounds of Binding alone could substantially consume that control system Spirit Master’s spirit power. Once he was unable to persevere and dropped from the sky, this match would be over. ‘Want to defeat me? That might not be so easy.’

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  [1] (呼延震) “Shout Extend Shock”

  [2] 300斤 = 150 kg

  [3] 500斤 = 250 kg

  [4] (呼延力) “Shout Extend Power”

  [5] 1尺 = ⅓ m

  [6] The elephant is using the prefix (a 阿), which indicates familiarity.

  [7] RAW here says five, and it seems Tang Jia San Shao basically forgot Xiao Wu still only has three rings for the next little bit. I’ll correct it for this translation.

  [8] 500 斤 = 250 kg

  Chapter 096: Limit Team Control And Terrifying Hell White Tiger

  Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)

  The Elephant Armored School always relied mainly on defensive countering to attack, now seeing the Shrek Academy about to launch an all out attack, Hu Yan Li was happy more than alarmed. As long as he could deplete their spirit power, how could he fear defeat? ‘Twenty seconds, I want to see just how you’ll restrain these brothers of mine for twenty seconds.’

  Tang San very quickly used action to tell Hu Yan Li just how he would do it. At the same time as he launched Binding, apart from Hu Yan Li, sixteen strands of Blue Silver Grass erupted from below the feet of each of the other Elephant Armored six, instantly condensing into a cage, precisely his fourth spirit ability, Blue Silver Prison. And at the same time, his second spirit ability, Parasite, launched, covering each of them in a thick layer of Blue Silver Grass, including Hu Yan Li.

  That it took four seconds to struggle free of one layer didn’t mean it took eight seconds to break out of two layers. The overlayed restraint ability was much stronger than Hu Yan Li had imagined. Apart from his head, right now his whole body was already covered in Blue Silver Grass.

  Ever since the start of the battle, Tang San had used his keen judgement and detailed planning to grasp control of the whole battlefield. Relying on the flying mushroom sausage, he as far as possible crippled the opponents’ greatest advantage, and relying on his own three potent restraint abilities, he now also restrained the opponents below. Twenty seconds, this was already his lowest estimate for restraining the six people.

  Tang San swiftly swallowed a big recovery sausage, his face pale. He had not only used Controlling Crane Catching Dragon to precisely control the movements of his five team mates, but also released three great spirit abilities at the same time, this had consumed more than half his spiri
t power in practically an instant. Due to the seven opponents’ massive size, Binding especially consumed a lot of spirit power. If they could throw it off another few times, Tang San would inevitably be exhausted.

  Fortunately, Tang San still had Oscar on his back, and under the unending support of his big recovery sausages, the spirit power Tang San consumed could be recovered to some extent.

  Tiger’s roar, cat’s cry, rattling bones, all sorts of sounds filled the air. Five people simultaneously launched their attacks at Hu Yan Li’s exposed head.

  Tang San’s goal was very simple. Hu Yan Li was the most powerful of the opponents, and also the most important link. As long as they could defeat him first, then this fight would become a lot easier. The opponents didn’t have a control system Spirit Master, so as captain, Hu Yan Li wasn’t only the team’s heart, but also their soul. Defeating Hu Yan Li would be an enormous mental blow at the opponents’ morale. Even though Tang San had also determined that Hu Yan Li’s defense was astonishing, even if it was even more powerful, it would still be impossible to endure the combined assault of five Spirit Masters at almost the same level as him for twenty seconds.

  From the moment both sides had released their spirits, Tang San had been searching for a weakness in the opponents. Just like when they dealt with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan’s Yu Tian Heng. But these fatties were really too good at keeping formation, and as a last resort, Tang San was forced to create this opportunity to defeat Hu Yan Li.

  In the VIP seats, Hu Yan Zhen’s furious eyes opened wide, and he suddenly stood up. Watching the grandson he was most proud of about to come under the focused attack of five Spirit Masters, immediately made a powerful light fluctuate at the corners of his eyes. His lips buzzed a few times.

  To the side, Ning Fengzhi calmly said:

  “School master Hu Yan doing this seems to be against the competition rules.”

  He didn’t need to know what Hu Yan Zhen was saying to understand that he used a voice compression technique[1] to give instructions to his grandson.