Douluo: Let me loot an airdrop first.

Chapter 14: On the Battle! The First Battle.

As stated in the original work, the soul skills that any martial soul acquires after obtaining a soul ring are difficult to predict. Just as no two snowflakes are the same, the effects of soul skills also vary from person to person and from soul ring age to age.

Ning Yuanshan felt that his soul skill was quite unique, or rather, his martial soul was the same as Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia, regardless of what kind of martial soul was attached to it, it only had one soul skill. Ye Lingling's soul skill was a wide-area healing for all, while his soul skill was "licking airdrop crates".

However, the airdrop crate has nine equipment slots, effectively giving Ning Yuanshan nine martial souls. With each breakthrough in his cultivation level, he can anticipate the effect of the next piece of equipment by looking at the unlockable pattern, allowing him to focus his training and strengthening in a targeted manner. The downside, however, is that his soul skills might have been fixed since his birth on the Douluo Continent. He won't be able to acquire a single-target attack soul skill like Tang San did with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, because the Blue Silver King, considering Tang San's skill deficiencies, consciously endowed him with one.

"Good grief, I've become a gambler. Whether I'll ever make it big depends on what I get from the airdrop crates. The guns in PUBG are still too weak. I wonder if I can ever pull off some high-tech gadgets..."

Liu Qingfeng and Su Manxue, as teachers at the academy, have daily teaching schedules. Ning Yuanshan has already achieved his goal for this trip and successfully obtained the soul ring. So, without further ado, they packed up and headed back.

……

Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, behind the campus mountain.

Two groups of people faced off in the woods, the atmosphere extremely tense. These two groups were Xiao Wu and her work-study students, and the school bully Xiao Chenyu and his many henchmen.

"If you regret it, it's not too late now," Xiao Chenyu shouted. "Little sister, you're no match for me. If you insist on fighting me, I don't mind taking in a pet rabbit."

The underlings chuckled, looking like villains. "Little sister, your martial soul is a rabbit, right..."

Xiao Chenyu was handsome and tall, but his arrogant expression greatly disrupted the harmony.

"Enough with the nonsense... Just tell me, how are we going to fight?" Xiao Wu urged impatiently. Even though she was facing a team of over twenty senior students, Xiao Wu wasn't afraid.

Xiao Chenyu was able to become the leader of the academy not only because of his strength, but also because he was quite clever. Just from the attitude of Wang Sheng and others in acknowledging Xiao Wu as the leader, Xiao Chenyu guessed that the girl in front of him must have some skills.

The saying goes, "A fool wouldn't take advantage of a good deal." Seeing Xiao Chenyu's eyes darting around mischievously, a sinister look slowly crept across his face. "We'll each send ten people to take turns fighting. The winner will continue to fight the next opponent. This will continue until everyone on either side is defeated."

……

Ning Yuanshan didn't expect that his return would be so timely, just in time to see Xiao Wu and Xiao Chenyu each leading a group of soldiers in a fight.

Upon arriving at the dormitory and finding it deserted, he had a premonition of trouble. After inquiring around, he discovered he had indeed encountered a scene from the original story. When Ning Yuanshan arrived at the back of the academy, he looked closely and saw Wang Sheng and Liu Long engaged in battle.

Wang Sheng was clearly no match for Liu Long. His body was covered in bruises, while Liu Long's clothes remained completely untouched, as if Liu Long were toying with him like a cat playing with a mouse. In the original story, it was only because Tang San threw a hidden weapon that Wang Sheng was able to defeat Liu Long and avenge his previous defeat.

However, Tang San had not yet emerged from the Soul Hunting Forest. Without Tang San's secret assistance, Wang Sheng was being suppressed and had no chance of winning.

Liu Long unleashed his long staff martial spirit, striking Wang Sheng repeatedly until Wang Sheng, who had not yet acquired a spirit ring and was unable to perform martial spirit possession, was covered in swelling and pain.

"Watch out!" all the students in Dormitory 7 exclaimed in unison. The situation in the arena had become extremely intense. Anyone could see that Wang Sheng was at his limit. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and suddenly pounced forward.

Wang Sheng was ruthless and tough enough. He knew he was no match for Liu Long, so he was determined to leave some scars on his opponent, no matter how badly he was beaten.

"Brother Sheng!" Ning Yuanshan had barely arrived when Wang Sheng was sent flying backward. Then, Xiao Chenyu's group laughed wildly, clearly extremely satisfied with Liu Long's performance. "Who else? Little rabbit, you'd better just be our pet!"

Although the work-study students were furious, none of them dared to step forward. Even Wang Sheng couldn't defeat this opponent; aside from Xiao Wu, they would only be easy prey if they went.

"I never thought I'd steal Tang San's spotlight. Why isn't that kid here yet?" Ning Yuanshan hesitated. The other side had a large and powerful force, and he had just acquired his spirit ring, so he wasn't in his best condition. After this brawl, Ning Yuanshan wasn't sure if he could defeat Xiao Chenyu and the others.

"I'll do it!" Ning Yuanshan stepped forward. "However, I don't need to be so hesitant about fighting with my classmates in the academy." Ning Yuanshan let out a long breath. Ever since he came to Douluo Continent, he had always been burdened by a layer of lingering fear. This fear was intertwined with his cautious and timid attitude as an ordinary person in his previous life, like a fine net that tightly bound Ning Yuanshan.

"Let's have a good fight!" Ning Yuanshan wasn't entirely confident in his ability to defeat his opponent. Both were level 11 Soul Masters, but Liu Long possessed a Soul Skill attached to a Soul Ring, while Ning Yuanshan was, in a sense, like a Soul Master who had just obtained a frying pan Martial Soul and hadn't yet acquired a Soul Skill. There was also an age gap between them. Ning Yuanshan had just returned from the Soul Hunting Forest and had been running at full speed with his Soul Power all the way to the back mountain of the academy. In addition, he had the characteristic of "an inch longer, an inch stronger," so this battle might be very difficult.

However, Ning Yuanshan was not afraid. This was also an opportunity to test the strength of his newly acquired spirit ring. Moreover, the only way to become stronger was through constant battles against other spirit masters. This was vastly different from his previous life in the village, where he would casually hunt wild animals with the adults, and from bullying low-level spirit beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest. Only by fighting could he grow stronger!

The spirit rings on Ning Yuanshan's body lit up, and the bright yellow halo made everyone present gasp.

"What? Aren't you a first-year student? How come you have a spirit ring...?"

Amidst the astonished and envious gazes of the crowd, Ning Yuanshan took out the frying pan. "Ning Yuanshan, a first-year work-study student, a level 11, one-ring weapon spirit master, martial spirit 'Wooden Box'..."

The envious looks turned into mockery. "Is it a martial spirit that can store items...?" the students whispered. "A poor person is a poor person. Not only does their martial spirit look tattered, but they can't even afford a knife. They can use pots and pans as weapons."

Ignoring the ridicule of the crowd, Ning Yuanshan shouted and charged out after Liu Long finished reporting his martial soul.