69novels Chapter 17 Ghost Leopard, Oslo
Chapter 17 Ghost Leopard, Oslo
The origin of Douluo Tower is related to a story.
The Heaven Dou Royal Academy was originally established by the Heaven Dou royal family.
Its original purpose was to provide the Heaven Dou Empire with high-level Soul Masters.
Its initial purpose was good.
However, with the continuous investment from the royal family, which provided the academy with the best-level hardware development, it gradually became an academy that only the children of the Heavenly Dou nobles were qualified to attend.
After all, with the best schools and the best facilities, nobles would certainly want their children to study there.
Even if someone is a complete failure, getting a diploma and gaining prestige will be extremely beneficial for their future life.
However, this meant that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was worlds apart from its original vision of cultivating outstanding talents for the Heaven Dou Empire.
This caused great distress to the teachers at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, but they were helpless. However, their original intention remained unchanged.
Although the nobles sent one spoiled and unruly child after another, the teachers still longed to train a group of high-level Soul Masters with good character and ability.
In order to avoid offending the nobles and to preserve the goal of cultivating talent, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy devised a method. This involved dividing students into different levels based on their soul power and employing different educational methods for each level.
Those students who have just arrived at the academy or whose soul power is very low and who intend to just coast through their time there, let them coast through their time there.
Those with high soul power should be carefully nurtured, regardless of their social status.
Students are divided into three levels: Tianwei, Tianzhi, and Tiandou, and teachers are also divided into different levels.
Excellent teachers should be allowed to properly nurture their students, while those who are just coasting along should be allowed to continue coasting.
Lin Hao, with his innate full soul power, was rated as a Heaven Dou-level student according to the academy's rules.
To allow students at the Heavenly Dou level to study and cultivate in peace, the academy specially built a dormitory building called Douluo Building.
Not only does the primary Soul Master Academy have a Douluo Building, but the advanced Soul Master Academy, located even higher up on the mountain, also has a Douluo Building.
After taking a shower, Lin Hao sat cross-legged on the bed, sorting out his thoughts from the past few days.
The night passed quietly.
"Knock knock knock!"
A knock came at the door.
Lin Hao got up and opened the door; two people were standing outside.
One person was Avalanche, and the other looked to be around the same age. They were well-proportioned, expressionless, and had fair skin. Their dark eyes held no life, and their entire being radiated an unusual coldness—a pure, icy coldness.
Lin Hao frowned, his tone tinged with annoyance, and asked, "Why are you here again?"
Avalanche wasn't ashamed of this; on the contrary, he was proud of it, explaining earnestly, "I only said I let you go yesterday, not that I'd let you go today. Call me boss now, or I'll have my men take action against you!"
Lin Hao, outspoken as ever, retorted, "Are you out of your mind? Why are you pestering me to take you on as a follower!"
Xue Beng, unperturbed by the scolding, took a step back, shrugged, and said, "Then there's no point in talking. Either become my underling and call me boss, or I'll bully you. Same rules as always, let's go outside."
With that, Xue Beng turned and left. The young man he had brought with him followed him.
Helpless, Lin Hao walked out of the Douluo Tower and onto the small square outside. "Avalanche, what exactly do you want before you stop?"
Avalanche said, "Boow your head to me and call me boss. If I'm happy, I'll let you go. Otherwise, I'll beat you until you submit."
Lin Hao blinked, a glint of inspiration flashing in his eyes. He put his hands in his pockets and said, "If you say you'll hit me, I'll just hit you. Wouldn't that make me lose face?"
Avalanche chuckled and asked, "You have other ideas?"
Lin Hao said, "If he wins, I'll call you boss. What if he loses?"
Avalanche laughed, "How could he lose?"
Lin Hao asked again, "Anything can be an accident. What if he loses? I need you to promise me you won't bring anyone to bother me again!"
Avalanche's eyes flickered. After a moment's thought, he replied, "Alright, deal. Oslo, it's up to you now. Don't embarrass me."
"Yes, boss," the young man replied.
"Oslo? You are...Oslo?" Lin Hao recalled the identity of the person in front of him.
Oslo is a seeded member of the first team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Team.
He will represent the academy in the next Continental Elite Tournament for Advanced Soul Master Academies. This is enough to prove that he is no ordinary person.
Oslow was quite arrogant. "I allow you to surrender and admit defeat!"
Upon releasing his martial spirit, Osro's eyes simultaneously changed color, his pupils transforming from normal black to a deep blue. His ears perked up slightly, and with a flick of his fingers, sharp claws emerged from his knuckles, giving him a visual resemblance to Wolverine.
He crouched low, staring coldly at Lin Hao, as if he were eyeing his prey.
In Oslow's eyes, he did not consider younger students to be his rivals.
He already knew on his way here that Lin Hao's martial soul was the useless Blue Silver Grass.
Two yellow spirit rings fell from above his head. His spirit master level had reached the Great Spirit Master realm.
The sharp and cold aura gave people a suffocating feeling.
Having experienced defeat, Avalanche cautioned, "Oslo, don't be careless. He's different from others!"
A spirit ring of the same color appeared on Lin Hao's body.
"I'm starting now!"
Lin Hao greeted them, and the deep blue Blue Silver Grass moved silently like giant snakes.
It covers an extremely wide area, up to fifty meters.
"Blue Silver Grass, humph. Just because it has some life attribute, it thinks it can compare to Nine-Heart Begonia? How naive!"
Oslo remained brimming with confidence. Although the match had just begun, he seemed certain of victory.
They may scorn it verbally, but they value it in their hearts.
Against control-type Soul Masters, Osro is naturally superior to agility-type Soul Masters.
Although it was in a small square outside Douluo Tower, there were almost no advantageous geographical locations around it.
The difference in soul power, the number of soul rings, combat experience, and the knowledge he possessed were all trump cards that Oslo believed he would win.
Seeing the Blue Silver Grass spreading towards him, Oslo knew he couldn't just sit and wait to die. His first spirit ring pulsed upwards, his body was covered in a ghostly blue light, and he ran across the ground like a cheetah.
"First Soul Skill: Ghostly Possession!"
Xue Beng, watching from the sidelines, had a broad smile on his face. He knew the ability of his little brother's first soul skill.
Ghostly Possession, a support/amplification type soul skill. Perfectly suited to the characteristics of the Ghost Leopard.
After casting, your movement speed increases by 35%, your resistance increases by 15%, and the piercing effect of your claw attacks is enhanced by 15%.
In addition, a "shadow fit" effect is added.
If Ghostly Possession is used in a shadowy environment (night, overcast), all amplified attributes are doubled, and no footsteps are made when moving, enhancing the ability to stealthily ambush.