Furina followed the address provided by the staff and quickly found the location of the room where the Jianan Academy competition team was staying.
Just as she turned the corner of the staircase, she saw a familiar figure. Gu Qiuer was standing in the corridor, holding a skewer of candied hawthorns, eating with great enjoyment.
"Eh? Isn't this Sister Furina?" Gu Qiuer's eyes lit up, and she ran over in a few quick steps, "You're here too? Are you here to participate in the competition?"
Furina shook her head with a smile, "No, I'm just here to lead the team. I'm responsible for devising strategies for the Shrek Academy team this time."
She reached out to tidy Gu Qiuer's hair, which had been tousled by the wind, "I figured you all would have arrived by now, so I came to see you today and brought some good things for you along the way."
"Oh, I see!" Gu Qiuer nodded vigorously, her face beaming with a smile, "Everyone is in the conference room. Let me take you there. They will definitely be very happy."
Furina responded with an acknowledgement, her gaze falling on the candied hawthorns in her hand, and asked casually, "How is it? Is it fun here?"
"Fun!" Gu Qiuer bit off a hawthorn, her cheeks bulging as she said indistinctly, "There are many fun places, I can find many people to fight, and there is so much delicious food! It's much more fun than being in the forest!"
As she spoke, her expression became troubled again, "It's just that I have to suppress my strength, which is a bit difficult. I also have to control the golden dragon spear so I don't absorb too much of other people's life force."
"Sigh—" She sighed, looking helpless, "And I can't reveal my original abilities; it's really troublesome. Although it feels quite good to be noticed by others, Uncle Neuvillette said it's easy to expose my identity and cause trouble. Fortunately, I managed to fool them with the golden dragon spear; anyway, they don't know what abilities the golden dragon spear has and just assume it's related to the golden dragon."
Furina asked, "In other words, you have used Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light?"
"That's right!" Gu Qiuer nodded matter-of-factly, "You have to show your true skills in a competition. Xiao Huohuo and Huo Linfei and the others wanted to spar with me seriously and even asked me to use my true strength without holding back, so I did."
She paused, "Anyway, with Uncle Di Tian and Sister Gu Yuena helping, and since they are all our own people, I believe it won't be exposed."
She lifted her chin proudly, "Later, I figured since I'd already used them, I might as well be straightforward. I did the same in subsequent Soul Arena matches. Those guys were no match for me, except for Ye Guyi..."
Her eyes lit up, and her tone was filled with anticipation, "I hope I can meet a real opponent in this tournament."
"Don't worry, there will definitely be opponents," Furina smiled, "Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong are in this year's Shrek Seven Devils; they will become your formidable rivals."
In fact, besides Shrek, the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, Star Luo National Academy, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy could all be considered formidable rivals. In the original work, they were also the top four, so their strength was naturally not weak. Especially the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
However, Furina knew clearly in her heart that the biggest problem with her own Jianan Academy was that, apart from Ye Guyi and Gu Qiuer, the rest of the team were only around the Spirit Elder Rank. Even if they all possessed unique skills, the gap in strength was too large. She couldn't just have them all go berserk and overpower opponents beyond their Rank, right?
Gu Qiuer pondered for a moment, "Wang Dong? Oh, you mean that boy who looks a lot like me? I sensed an aura of light on him last time, but it's a pity it's still far inferior to mine."
"Don't be too careless," Furina reminded, "He and Huo Yuhao have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"Is that so..." Gu Qiuer nodded thoughtfully, "Then that might indeed be difficult to deal with."
Furina suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I've always forgotten to ask you, why is your Martial Soul the golden dragon spear?"
Gu Qiuer said with a grin, "Because it's cool, and strong! This way, I can also boldly use my abilities."
"That's true."
Furina was also pondering another matter in her heart. In the original work, what Gu Qiuer simulated was the ancestor of strength, the Golden Dragon, not directly using the golden dragon spear as her Martial Soul. After turning into the Golden Dragon, she used only strength-type Martial Soul Abilities.
Clearly, the specialty of the Three-Eyed Auspicious Beast was Ultimate Light, Ultimate Fire, as well as powerful mental force and the power of destiny, which had nothing to do with the Golden Dragon King, yet because she had this Bloodline, she could still Simulate the corresponding Martial Soul.
In the original work, there were several versions of the settings regarding the Golden Dragon. The version in douluo 2 says that the Golden Dragon and Silver Dragon gave birth to descendants, gradually forming the Dragon Clan; another version is that the Silver Dragon King's life energy dissipated, creating Soul Beasts; in Douluo 4, there is a third version: the God Realm's aura leaked, and after a large number of Divine Beasts died, their Bloodline aura fell onto the Douluo Planet, affecting the creatures there, causing ordinary animals to evolve, and humans to evolve as well, which is how Soul Beasts and Spirit Masters came to be.
The question is, was Di Tian already on the Douluo Planet before or after he followed the Dragon God?
It's really hard to say what is official history and what is unofficial history.
"We're here, we're here!" Gu Qiuer's voice pulled Furina's thoughts back.
She pushed open the door to the conference room and skipped inside first, "Everyone, look! Who's here!"
Furina followed her inside and swept her gaze across the conference room.
Neuvillette was sitting in the main seat, holding a teacup, his expression rarely relaxed. He usually dealt with the affairs of the Axis Cult in Fontaine and was so busy he couldn't touch the ground. Accompanying the Jianan Academy to participate in the competition this time could be considered a rare "vacation." He hardly had to do anything; just the aura he emitted was enough to prove his strength.
During this period of douluo 2, some people might still dare to provoke a Super Douluo, but absolutely no one would dare to touch a Limit Douluo. Even the Holy Spirit Cult would have to weigh whether their lives were tough enough, unless they had a Level 9 Fixed Stationary Soul Guidance Cannon capable of taking out a Limit Douluo.
Lei Bao was sitting in the vice-seat, and Ye Guyi, Xiao Huohuo, Han Li, Gu Yue, Fangyuan, Huo Linfei, Yae Guuji, and Bai Luo were also there, sitting scattered around the conference room.
"Ms. Furina, you have arrived." Neuvillette put down his teacup and spoke calmly, "I was just wondering why the aura outside felt so familiar."
He looked much more relaxed than when he was in Fontaine, with less fatigue between his brows and a bit more leisure.
Furina waved her hand with a smile, her tone light and cheerful, "Hi—Neuvillette, and everyone, good morning!"
However, she knew clearly in her heart that having Neuvillette come along was a necessary arrangement. Ye Guyi's situation was too special; the Angel Martial Soul was inherently the nemesis of Evil Soul Masters, and now that her Martial Soul had evolved, it was about to become Ultimate Light. If the people from the Holy Spirit Cult found out, they would most likely send a Titled Douluo to kill her.
Although Lei Bao and the other four could contend with ordinary Titled Douluo through Martial Soul Abilities and Fusion Skills, Evil Soul Masters were always stronger than ordinary Spirit Masters of the same level, and their Martial Soul Abilities were bizarre and varied. If they encountered a tricky one, it would be really hard to handle.
Not to mention Gu Qiuer; she was an Auspicious Beast and had Ultimate Light, making her also a nemesis of Evil Soul Masters. As long as the Evil Soul Master did not have Ultimate Darkness or a significant level advantage, they would basically have no power to resist in front of her.
Therefore, Neuvillette had to be there to hold the fort. Even if he did nothing else, just standing there was the best deterrent.
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