After resting for a while, Tang San also returned to the team. From his appearance, his injuries were indeed not serious.
Although Tang San lost this time, he was very unwilling. This was just an ordinary Soul Duel Competition, and before the match, Yu Xiaogang had already restricted him from using Hidden Weapons. Otherwise, Yang Xiong would not have been able to win at all.
Not to mention that Tang San now also possessed an External Soul Bone and even a Second Martial Soul. In contrast, Yang Xiong's Body Martial Soul seemed to have no long-range attack capabilities and was even easily restricted by his Blue Silver Grass. For example, at the beginning of the battle, he could have used the control ability of his Blue Silver Grass to restrict Yang Xiong. It was a pity that his current Soul Power level was still too low.
Compared to Tang San, everyone looked at Yu Xiaogang with a strange expression.
Just now, Yu Xiaogang had talked a lot about the power of control-type Soul Masters, but Tang San was immediately defeated by Yang Xiong. Especially looking at the entire process, Yang Xiong didn't look injured at all. Didn't that indirectly prove that control-type Soul Masters were not absolutely powerful?
As for Yu Xiaogang's statement that control-type Soul Masters were the strongest unless they encountered a Martial Soul that countered them, it seemed that Yang Xiong's Martial Soul did not counter Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. Instead, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was easily shattered by Yang Xiong.
In fact, Dai Mubai observed the entire battle process. He was originally quite depressed because he lost to Tang San, but now after seeing Yang Xiong's fighting style, he felt he could also learn from it, especially since Dai Mubai's Second Soul Skill, White Tiger Light Wave, relatively countered Blue Silver Grass.
Yu Xiaogang saw that everyone was still lost in thought and couldn't help but cough a few times.
"Ahem, the battle between Yang Xiong and Tang San just now was very outstanding. At the Soul Elder realm, it should be difficult for either of them to encounter an opponent. Their combat power greatly surprised me. I hope all of you will learn from them."
"Especially, did you notice? Both of them have very strong physical qualities and are very skilled in the use of their bodies and Martial Souls, which shows the strength of their physiques."
"I want to emphasize one point to you now: for a Soul Master, the body is the foundation. Therefore, we must pay more attention to physical training. Only with a strong physique can you use stronger Soul Skills and adapt to stronger battles."
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After Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, he turned to Yang Xiong and said, "Yang Xiong, your performance in the battle just now was very outstanding. However, I also want to ask you why you didn't use any Soul Skills from beginning to end? As far as I know, whether it was during the entrance examination or in the Soul Duel Arena, you never used any Soul Skills."
Yang Xiong said, "I'm really sorry, Master. My Martial Soul is quite special, so I don't really like using Soul Skills. On the other hand, for my personal safety, I won't use my Soul Skills unless it's a matter of life and death."
Yu Xiaogang said, "Soul Masters should still focus on Soul Power and Soul Skills. I don't know what Soul Skills you have now, but if you need to acquire Soul Rings in the future, perhaps I can provide you with some guidance."
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's confident look, Yang Xiong couldn't help but say, "Master, I'm really sorry, but my Soul Rings and Soul Skills are all planned by my teacher. My teacher will help me acquire them."
Yu Xiaogang asked with some confusion, "Who is your teacher? I have some research on Martial Souls and Soul Skills, and theoretically, I am absolutely not inferior to anyone."
Yang Xiong felt helpless and finally had to say, "Master, my teacher's name is Gu Rong, Titled Douluo Bone Douluo."
Everyone's eyes widened upon hearing this. They didn't expect Yang Xiong's teacher to be a Titled Douluo. One must know that Titled Douluo held a supreme position in the Soul Master world.
However, the Little Devil Girl Ning Rongrong directly rolled her eyes at Yang Xiong. How could her dearest Bone Grandfather take Yang Xiong, this Little Xiongzi, as a disciple? And she hadn't heard a single whisper about it. It was clearly Little Xiongzi talking nonsense.
But seeing Yang Xiong's serious expression, Ning Rongrong didn't expose him.
In fact, Yang Xiong himself was also helpless. He didn't want to provoke Yu Xiaogang. Whether it was their personalities or other aspects, the two were simply not suitable for contact. He had too many secrets, especially the special nature of his Body Martial Soul, and his Soul Skills could not be easily revealed.
And Yu Xiaogang seemed extremely high-profile. In order to show off his research abilities, he couldn't wait to publish everything he discovered, which then became his research results on Soul Masters and Martial Souls. This was contrary to Yang Xiong's relatively low-key development. Instead of getting entangled with him in the future, it was better to directly bring up Bone Douluo. Anyway, Ning Fengzhi had already said he wanted Bone Douluo to take him as a disciple.
Seeing that Yang Xiong had brought up Bone Douluo, Yu Xiaogang didn't say anything more and continued with today's class.
Next, Dai Mubai successively fought against the combination of Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, and the combination of Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
Dai Mubai seemed to have been stimulated by the battle between Yang Xiong and Tang San. He appeared incredibly powerful throughout the process, defeating these three opponents consecutively after only a short rest.
But these three opponents were clearly not weak, especially the combination of Ma Hongjun and Oscar. Oscar's Sausage worked very well with Ma Hongjun, and both of them could fly after eating the sausage, which was very restrictive for ordinary Soul Masters like Dai Mubai.
The three battles took a full hour. After Tang San took some herbs and rested for an hour, his injuries had recovered by more than half. It seemed he was no longer affected by the pain.
Yang Xiong was also surprised. It seemed that Tang San's Mystic Heaven Skill was even more profound than he had imagined. It could actually regenerate endlessly, quickly restore Soul Power, and even heal injuries.
Thinking of this, Yang Xiong also felt that he needed to perfect his Yin-Yang Meditation Method as soon as possible. Perhaps when this technique was truly perfected, his cultivation speed would greatly increase again.
After watching everyone's battles, Yu Xiaogang's face remained extremely calm, but he basically criticized everyone except Yang Xiong.
In particular, he also analyzed everyone's battle situations, mostly focusing on the shortcomings in each person's fighting process, which was relatively objective.
In fact, for some ordinary newly enrolled students, combat experience is relatively lacking. Everyone focuses more on meditation and has no practical experience at all, so they are very poor at seizing opportunities.
The main criticisms were directed at Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Tang San. Xiao Wu was too playful and casual, her Soul Skills were used too casually, and she completely failed to seize the opportunity during her battle with Dai Mubai. Otherwise, with Xiao Wu's Teleportation ability, even if she couldn't defeat Dai Mubai, she wouldn't have been at such a disadvantage. As for Oscar, being a food-type Soul Master, he didn't know how to protect himself at all.
As for Tang San, although he was Yu Xiaogang's disciple and Yu Xiaogang had always been quite satisfied with him, the battle just now was clearly proceeding at Yang Xiong's pace and didn't utilize his control advantage.
After finishing his critique, Yu Xiaogang looked extremely angry: "Are you calling yourselves a group of little monsters? You've disappointed me too much. Next, you will be punished. You are to run ten round trips to Soto City. If you don't complete it, you won't get lunch."
Yang Xiong was speechless. This was probably the so-called stone-carrying running training. Although it seemed decent, it was too simple, not to mention lacking any technical content.
Especially since no one knew that Yang Xiong was actually carrying a hundred pounds of weight during his battle with Tang San. Otherwise, his speed would have been absolutely faster than before, and the power of each move could have increased by at least twenty percent.
Just like in the original work, everyone carried stones and ran ten round trips to Soto City. Except for Yang Xiong, everyone was exhausted. Even though the stone Yang Xiong carried was the heaviest among everyone, and he even helped others carry quite a bit, he had experienced this kind of training since childhood, so it was no difficulty at all.
The key was Ning Rongrong. Her physical fitness was the worst among everyone, and she fainted directly in the last three kilometers.
Yang Xiong didn't hesitate. He directly put all the stones from her back into the huge bamboo basket on his back, and then directly carried her and started running.
Ning Rongrong slowly woke up in Yang Xiong's arms, seeming to struggle a bit: "Little Xiongzi, what are you doing? Put me down, I can run myself."
Yang Xiong's face was very calm: "They're almost finished running. Now you're the only one at the back. Either let me carry you and run, or I'll just leave you where you are. Then you won't be able to complete this punishment, and maybe Master will have even stricter punishments."
Ning Rongrong struggled in Yang Xiong's arms, almost falling down directly. Fortunately, Yang Xiong reacted quickly and quickly picked her up.
At this moment, Ning Rongrong's face was a little flushed: "Little Xiongzi, you scoundrel, you're taking advantage of me! Can't you carry me on your back?"
Yang Xiong put Ning Rongrong down on the ground without hesitation, then pointed to the basket on his back and said: "Look, my basket is full of stones. Besides yours, there are also quite a few stones from others. Do you think others can handle this weight?"
"Besides, everyone's physical strength is at its limit now. Except for me, I'm afraid no one can carry you to finish this last section."
Everyone around looked at each other upon hearing this, and no one said a word.
Both Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong were from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and they had been classmates since childhood. Obviously, their relationship was better than others, and the others didn't want to interrupt. They all lowered their heads.
As Yang Xiong said, his huge basket was already filled with stones, looking like it weighed over a hundred pounds. Besides Yang Xiong's own, there were all of Ning Rongrong's stones, and also some of Oscar's stones.
Originally, Yu Xiaogang should have calculated based on everyone's endurance. Yang Xiong's stones were originally the heaviest among everyone, followed by Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun. The three of them were Battle Soul Masters. Then came Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar, who had relatively less, and Ning Rongrong had the least.
But Yu Xiaogang had clearly miscalculated. During the battle between Yang Xiong and Tang San, Tang San suffered quite a few injuries and couldn't bear the weight of others, especially since Tang San also had to take care of Xiao Wu.
Based on this weight, it was likely that only Yang Xiong, Tang San, and Dai Mubai would be able to complete the task throughout the entire process. It was impossible for the others to complete the task.
But this weight was nothing to Yang Xiong, so he helped Oscar carry quite a few stones, and even included all of Ning Rongrong's stones.
Originally, Zhu Zhuqing, being an agility-type Soul Master, had poor endurance and struggled to keep up with Yang Xiong. Yang Xiong also considered whether to help her carry some, but this girl was particularly strong and directly refused.
Yang Xiong didn't bother with anything else. The stones in his basket were already the heaviest, so he just let her continue forward.
At this moment, Ning Rongrong was completely weak, clearly about to faint at any time, while the others were silent. They couldn't possibly carry her to complete the test, and as for the other two girls, they were also close to their limit.
Finally, Ning Rongrong struggled for a while, feeling completely weak and extremely tired. She finally gritted her teeth and said: "Little Xiongzi, take me to complete the final assessment, but I want to sit in the bamboo basket on your back."
Yang Xiong was helpless: "My bamboo basket is already full. Do you think we have any other way now?"
Ning Rongrong said angrily: "Of course there's a way. I'll just sit on the stones. Be careful and don't shake too much."
After some final communication, Ning Rongrong lay directly on the bamboo basket, her hands gripping Yang Xiong's shoulders in a strange posture.
Yang Xiong felt helpless. He held Ning Rongrong's hand with one hand, while the bamboo basket she had been carrying was given to Oscar beside him. He continued forward, carrying a basket of heavy stones and the precarious Ning Rongrong.
However, Ning Rongrong's small hands were quite smooth and fair. Although not as comfortable as holding her, gripping these small hands gave Yang Xiong, who had been single for two lifetimes, a strange feeling.
Especially since these small hands were fair, tender, and lovely, even somewhat translucent. She truly lived up to her status as the pampered little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Rongrong seemed to sense something and shouted angrily, "Little Xiongzi, what are you thinking about? Hurry up and run, or we'll be too far behind the others."
Yang Xiong inwardly complained, Just now you were lying on the ground unconscious, and you weren't thinking about continuing the task. Now that you're on my back, your temper has grown.
Finally, Yang Xiong reluctantly gathered his thoughts and continued walking. With an extra person on his back, plus the weight, it was almost over two hundred and fifty jin. Even with Yang Xiong's formidable physical strength, he could only move slowly.
Seeing Ning Rongrong like this, the others whispered among themselves, seemingly filled with gossip.
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