Douluo: Not enough blood? Use your brain

Chapter 177: The Origin of the Star Observation Platform

“The greatest benefit of this Star Observation Platform is naturally for cultivation.”

Li Zhilong stopped beating around the bush and directly stated the platform's greatest function.

“Once the large soul-guiding formation of the Star Observation Platform is activated, it can draw the power of the stars in space down to the platform, providing the purest energy to help our students cultivate.”

“Because activating the soul-guiding formation consumes a lot of energy, only outstanding disciples are allowed to come here for cultivation at specific times. Most of the time, postgraduate students use the power of the stars to temper themselves and their battle armor.”

“Postgraduate students?” Xu Yuan caught an unfamiliar term.

Li Zhilong smiled and said, “Similar to Shrek's Inner Court, our academy's postgraduate class is nominally a class, but it is actually the core of the academy, responsible for some of the academy's scientific research and dedicated cultivation.”

Currently, no academy is purely an academy; they have all become small, hidden forces.

Especially academies like the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy, which are quite large. The fact that an academy cooperates with the military and has its own unique products gives it independent status.

Therefore, a postgraduate class was established.

One reason is to maintain the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy's lead in existing areas, and the other is to ensure the academy's strength.

The postgraduate class is composed of Battle Armor Masters.

“Please wait a moment. I have already made the arrangements, and our students will arrive soon.”

Xu Yuan went to the edge of the Star Observation Platform to observe the patterns on the surrounding walls and the rare metals used in their construction.

Even the selection of rare metals is particular, combined in a way that matches the patterns carved on them. Moreover, it is estimated that they also match the soul-guiding formation inside the rare metals, thereby realizing the greatest function of this Star Observation Platform.

Throughout the continent, this Star Observation Platform is the most successful example of utilizing the power of the stars.

Xu Yuan observed the patterns at the edge of the wall, wanting to learn from them.

Unfortunately, there must also be a part of the formation inside the rare metals that guides spirituality, which Xu Yuan could not see.

Even so, he carefully observed the outermost patterns, carefully studying them and feeling the design concept within.

“Such a complete and complex formation might not have been completed by one generation,” Xu Yuan murmured.

Li Zhilong came forward and confirmed Xu Yuan's guess.

“That's right. This Star Observation Platform was built by our Star Constellation Soul Master Academy a thousand years ago. It took three hundred years to build. Generations of strong individuals and soul masters discussed and experimented repeatedly to construct this large formation. After seven hundred years of improvement and updates, we have today's Star Observation Platform.”

Xu Yuan nodded.

The fact that this Star Observation Platform can become the most advanced achievement in utilizing the power of the stars on the entire continent must have its origins.

Moreover, it is estimated that during those three hundred years, countless genius soul masters emerged from the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy, which allowed them to construct such a complex and complete formation.

This is not just a large formation; even the location of the Star Observation Platform was carefully considered.

The Shrek group did not have to wait too long. Soon, the students from the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy arrived at the Star Observation Platform.

Because Xu Yuan brought thirteen people, Li Zhilong notified ten students.

Among them, three belonged to the academy's reserve team and were the strongest three.

They were all young men and women in their twenties.

At the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy, the school uniform is black, with a star-shaped embroidery on the chest. Silver stars represent cultivation levels, with each additional star representing one level of soul power.

The ten students in front of them were all wearing silver stars. The strongest one had forty-six silver stars, and the others all had more than forty, not only meeting Shrek's requirements but also exceeding them.

“Let me introduce you. These are the most outstanding students of our Star Constellation Soul Master Academy, and these are the top students from Shrek Academy.” Li Zhilong stood in the middle and gestured. “Next, you can introduce yourselves to each other.”

“Hello, welcome to the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy. I am the captain, Xiao Tiantian. I am a Strength Attack System Battle Soul Master,” a tall and slender young man from the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy team stepped forward and said with a smile.

“Hello, Shrek Academy, First Grade, Class One Class Monitor, Xu Yuan, Strength Attack System Battle Soul Master.”

Behind Xu Yuan, the members of First Grade, Class One, reported their names and development directions.

The students from the Star Constellation Soul Master Academy standing behind Xiao Tiantian also introduced themselves one by one.

“Our competition system is very simple. First, we will have three one-on-one single matches, and then the remaining seven will have a seven-on-seven team battle.”

“Wait, Director Li, do you mean that our ten people will compete against their ten people? What about the remaining three?”

Li Zhilong explained with a smile, “Xu Yuan and the other two are special. Their opponents are not you. If you are still interested after the exchange competition, you can compete against any one of the three of them.”

Li Zhilong barely graduated from Shrek's Outer Court, but precisely because of this, he knew the value of Shrek.

Even if it is only the first grade and they have not been screened, he actually already knows that these thirteen people in front of him must be the best of the first grade, at least above average.

Their ability to fight beyond their level will not be bad.

Especially Xu Yuan, Wu Siduo, and Xu Yucheng. At the first-grade cultivation level, two have reached level forty-four and one has reached level forty-nine, meaning that they were at level forty before entering the academy.

Such performance is definitely not simple.

Xiao Tiantian frowned.

“You're not participating in the battle?” He was looking at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan shook his head with a smile.

“Wu Siduo, Xu Yucheng, and I will not participate in the upcoming exchange competition.”

As he spoke, he led Wu Siduo and the other two to the side.

Xiao Tiantian was puzzled, but he could only temporarily accumulate a driving force, perform well later, defeat the remaining ten from Shrek, and force Xu Yuan and the other three to take action.

Seeing the mentality of his own students, Li Zhilong sighed inwardly.

How can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?

Today, I hope you can witness even more talented soul masters and work harder in your future cultivation.

"Wu Lin, you take command next."

"Okay."

Xu Yuan handed over the command to Tang Wulin.

(Omitted here: 10,000 words)

The battle was fierce.

However, it was clearly one-sided.

Whether it was the three one-on-one matches in the beginning or the seven-on-seven team battle later, the Shrek side won all of them.

The Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy fell silent.

Including the captain, Xiao Tiantian, all the students felt extremely suppressed and experienced an unspeakable sense of frustration.

This battle will not be described in detail, for fear of being called 'filler'. It will be skipped directly. The most important part is the upcoming opportunity.

Chapter 178: Starry Sky Mecha?

The Shrek students in front of them were generally at least five years younger than them.

Their soul power was also at least five levels lower.

Yet, on their own territory, in a terrain battle they specialized in, they had lost completely.

Not even a single victory.

This made Xiao Tiantian and the others very frustrated, and they even wondered if they had taken the wrong path in their cultivation.

They usually didn't give up any actual combat training, and their requirements for combat were not low at all. Why was there such a big gap?

Did Shrek really have such great magic?

Or was this just a difference in talent?

Li Zhilong couldn't smile anymore.

He whispered some comfort to his students, telling them not to be discouraged.

They had lost everything. Although it was somewhat expected, they lost too decisively.

The quality of this year's Shrek freshmen also made him wonder if he had attended a fake Shrek back then.

Li Zhilong looked at a young man who had arrived during the battle.

The young man was twenty-five years old, with a full forty-nine silver stars on his chest, obviously with a soul power as high as forty-nine levels. Challenging him were Wu Siduo and Xu Yucheng.

The two would take turns fighting this soul master named Zhang Tianyou.

Wu Siduo would first fight Zhang Tianyou, and then Xu Yuan would fight a level 57 Soul King teacher named Zhao Quan. At the same time, Zhang Tianyou would quickly recover his state, and then fight Xu Yucheng.

After three battles, the atmosphere at the Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy became even more solemn.

"Even Teacher Zhao Quan can't defeat him?"

Xiao Tiantian took a deep breath, looking at Xu Yuan with his arms crossed in front of his chest, feeling as if a weight of ten thousand catties was pressing on his heart.

Was this still human?

It was already too much that his cultivation speed was so fast, but he also had such heaven-defying combat power.

And his soul ring configuration, at the Soul Elder level, he actually possessed ten-thousand-year soul rings.

Suddenly, a huge change occurred on the field.

The patterns on the walls surrounding the Star Gazing Platform all lit up, and the stars in the sky seemed to brighten by several points. Thousands of starlight crazily converged towards a certain place.

That was where Xu Xiaoyan was sitting cross-legged.

Because at the moment the Star Gazing Platform's magic circle was activated, Xu Xiaoyan's performance was a bit strange. Tang Wulin asked her to have a one-on-one battle first, and then Xu Xiaoyan had been sitting there cross-legged cultivating. Bathed in the rich star power guided by the magic circle, her aura became more and more mysterious.

Now, it seemed to have caused a qualitative change.

At this moment, Xu Xiaoyan was surrounded by starlight, and golden starlight constructed a dazzling brilliance on her body. On her forehead, a pattern appeared, exactly the same as the star wheel at the top of her Star Wheel Ice Staff when she used it.

Martial Soul mutation!

Li Zhilong was very surprised, looking at the scene in front of him, and guessed what had happened to Xu Xiaoyan.

No matter how you looked at it, this was a beneficial mutation.

The anomaly dissipated, and Xu Xiaoyan opened her eyes, her eyes filled with surprise.

"Class monitor, my martial soul has mutated!"

She looked at Xu Yuan and said excitedly.

Xu Yuan decided to come to the Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy this time, and her martial soul was nourished by the starlight and mutated here, so everything was naturally attributed to Xu Yuan.

It turned out that bathed in this high concentration of star power, the Star Wheel Ice Staff martial soul had the opportunity to completely transform into the Star Staff martial soul!

At this moment, Xu Xiaoyan was so excited that her little face was flushed, and she couldn't wait to jump into Xu Yuan's arms and kiss him.

"This Star Gazing Platform is indeed the foundation of your esteemed academy. This time, Xiaoyan's martial soul mutated, thanks to the environment here," Xu Yuan said.

Li Zhilong waved his hand.

"It's just that this girl's martial soul is excellent. It should just be lacking a trigger."

"No, the star power here is extraordinary. I can feel it," Xu Yuan shook his head.

"Oh?" Li Zhilong looked at Xu Yuan in surprise, not continuing to be modest.

Since Xu Yuan said he felt something different, then he probably really felt the difference in the star power guided by the Star Gazing Platform.

"Senior, can we cultivate here for a day?" Xu Yuan said to Li Zhilong.

"We will compensate your esteemed academy for the consumption of opening the Star Gazing Platform. At the same time, during this period, I also plan to try forging here. If there are any finished products, they can be sold to Brother Xiao and the others first."

"Okay." Li Zhilong weighed it again and again, and nodded to agree to Xu Yuan's request.

In fact, there were many examples of lending out the Star Gazing Platform.

Every year, there would be several groups of people who came to borrow the Star Gazing Platform. They would also bear the consumption of opening the Star Gazing Platform, and then the academy's outstanding students would come here to cultivate.

In addition, the outstanding students in the academy's team could only enjoy it once during the training phase before each important competition if they wanted to cultivate here.

Today, Xu Yuan, as the class monitor of Class One in the first grade, brought his other twelve classmates to participate in the exchange competition, which could be completely regarded as representing Shrek. He naturally made the most grand welcoming ceremony, choosing the exchange competition location here and opening the great formation.

Now that Xu Yuan said he could bear the consumption of maintaining the great formation and wanted to borrow the Star Gazing Platform for a day, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

His own students could take advantage of it, which was not a loss.

Moreover, what Xu Yuan said last made Li Zhilong very tempted.

After all, Xiao Tiantian and the others were students personally brought out by Li Zhilong. Li Zhilong was very happy that they could go further.