Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul

Chapter 74: The Arrival of the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team

After a bout of private verbal sparring that would remain untold to outsiders:

"Su Mo, your Xuan Iron Spear is now gone, so do you need a better spear?"

"I'll write home right away and have them send an excellent spear!" Ning Rongrong said, thinking about how Su Mo's martial spirit upgrade required a higher-quality weapon.

"No rush for that now; I already have a better one!" Su Mo smiled faintly.

Swish—

As he spoke, Su Mo pulled out a long spear from the storage soul tool bracelet on his wrist.

It was another spear almost identical to Su Mo's original Hunter's Spear, but this one was black-purple throughout, forged entirely from purple gold.

Purple gold, also known as refined Xuan Iron essence, was a higher-grade material than the Xuan Iron used only for the tip of his previous spear. This new spear was of an entirely superior quality.

Su Mo had kept this spear untouched for quite a while, and now he finally had a chance to use it.

The letter from Sword Douluo had mentioned that when Su Mo was close to integrating this Purple Gold Hunter's Spear into his spirit, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan would send him an even higher-quality spear.

Su Mo couldn't help but look forward to his next weapon.

Indeed, being connected with Ning Rongrong, the ultimate rich heiress, was a boon.

Life was comfortable, and so were material resources.

"What a beautiful spear!"

"Wow, so heavy!"

Ning Rongrong, who had recently taken a liking to spears, reached for the Purple Gold Hunter's Spear with excitement. The moment she grabbed it, she felt its weight and almost lost her grip.

"Yes, this spear is much higher in quality than my previous Xuan Iron Spear. It'll last me quite a while. The next replacement won't be for at least another six months to a year," Su Mo said with a smile.

"I don't care. Since you already have a better one, I'm going to send you an even better one!" Ning Rongrong declared. It didn't matter whether Su Mo needed it now; she was sure he would in the future.

That night, Ning Rongrong, feeling pleased, decided to reward Su Mo by staying as his "pillow" for the night and didn't return to her quarters.

Bibi Dong, watching Su Mo and Ning Rongrong's affectionate behavior, didn't dare look too long.

"Who would have thought that Su Mo himself would be thinking of leaving Shrek!"

"I had been planning to persuade him to leave when Xiaogang confirmed his substitute position!"

Bibi Dong was thrilled to learn that Su Mo had already been considering leaving Shrek Academy.

She had previously worried about how she would convince Su Mo to leave, but it turned out she didn't need to say a word—Su Mo had already decided.

"The audacious man, hiding so deeply, even from me!" she muttered in mock annoyance, though a smile played on her lips.

Especially upon learning that Su Mo planned to take Ning Rongrong with him, Bibi Dong's happiness grew even more.

She did not believe that Shrek Academy would refuse if Ning Rongrong wanted to leave.

With that, the original Shrek team would be incomplete!

Adding to that, the Eight Spider Lances, originally meant for Tang San, had been taken by Su Mo. This meant that in the Soul Master Tournament two years from now, the Shrek team would stand no chance against the Spirit Hall team.

Without suffering the defeat that would drive her to the Slaughter City, Hu Liena would never meet Tang San, nor would she fall for him.

Thinking of all these changes made Bibi Dong very happy.

She realized that even without asking Su Mo for help, history had already shifted due to his joining Shrek Academy.

"I'm so clever for having Su Mo join Shrek Academy!"

Pride surged within Bibi Dong as she thought of her past decisions.

In her moment of joy, Bibi Dong's eyes involuntarily drifted toward Su Mo and Ning Rongrong. Her beautiful face flushed red, and she quickly averted her gaze.

"Ugh—how shameless for a noble lady of the clan..."

...

The next day, everyone was a bit surprised to discover that Su Mo had leveled up once more.

Despite being slightly behind the others, Su Mo had managed to reach a new level quite swiftly.

Yu Xiaogang was also taken aback, but when he considered that Su Mo's level was still low—just going from level 23 to 24—he didn't pay it too much attention.

Shrek Team's second phase of special training continued as usual every day.

"In a few days, Shrek Team will advance to the Silver rank and receive the Silver Badge for the team!"

"The Heaven Dou Royal Team should be arriving soon, right?"

Calculating Shrek Team's battle points, Su Mo began to keep a close eye on their progress as they neared the Silver rank.

In preparation, Su Mo had already stocked his soul tool with ample amounts of realgar wine and a few small ignition soul tools—similar to lighters—that had caught him by surprise when he first discovered them.

However, recalling the lighting tools used in battle arenas to illuminate stages, Su Mo quickly accepted their existence.

These convenient and practical soul tools weren't expensive, so Su Mo bought a few more to keep on hand.

On the platform, using an ignition soul tool alone wasn't practical; he'd need to coordinate with Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Wire to ignite the realgar wine over a large area and neutralize Dugu Yan's snake venom.

The arrival of the Heaven Dou Royal Team didn't catch Su Mo off guard.

Paying close attention, Su Mo soon noticed the arrival of the Heaven Dou Royal Team at the Great Battle Arena of Soto City.

Of course, in the arena, they didn't go by the name Heaven Dou Royal Team but instead used the alias Emperor Dou Team!

Su Mo then observed their first team battle. In terms of strength, they were indeed formidable.

The team had optimal soul ring configurations, and their martial spirits were all top-notch, well-known types.

When Su Mo found out that the opponent for the Heaven Dou Royal Team's second match was the Berserker Team, he deliberately arranged a chance encounter with them.

Su Mo struck up a conversation with the Berserker Team.

The Berserker Team knew of Su Mo's reputation. Although Tang San had defeated them, Su Mo's popularity in the Soto City Battle Arena was significant, so they were happy to chat with him.

"Your opponents seem pretty tough!"

"You could try using realgar wine and setting it on fire to counter the poison of their control-type soul master!"

During the conversation, Su Mo casually mentioned the Berserker Team's upcoming match against the Emperor Dou Team and offered them a suggestion.

"What? Burning realgar wine can neutralize snake venom?"

The Berserker Team's captain's eyes lit up at Su Mo's words.

"Yes, I can assure you, it works!" Su Mo promised.

Since it was certain to be effective, Su Mo was giving the Berserker Team a glimmer of hope to defeat the Emperor Dou Team. Even if it didn't work, Dugu Yan would still learn about the potential for realgar wine to neutralize her snake venom from the Berserker Team.

By the time the Shrek Team used it against them, Dugu Yan wouldn't be as shocked.

Su Mo wanted her to recognize this as common knowledge.

Even if it ultimately failed, Su Mo intended to draw Dugu Yan's attention to him

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