Chapter 286: Dugu Bo’s Twisted Logic
“It’s over! A small Star Luo Royal Academy team, solved in just a few moves…”
As soon as Ling Mo finished speaking, for a moment… the members from Heaven Dou Royal Academy all fell silent.
These words were too damn infuriating!
After all, Star Luo Royal Academy was on the same level as Heaven Dou Royal Academy, one of the three seed teams.
He didn’t expect it to be so fragile in his eyes; wasn’t this indirectly cursing them?
Saying that Star Luo Royal Academy was nothing was indirectly saying the same about their Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Dugu Yan: “…”
“Are you serious? Coming over here to curse us?”
Dugu Yan said angrily. She was a member of Heaven Dou Royal Academy after all, and Ling Mo’s words had directly included her too.
“Uh… Yanyan, hear me out, no, listen to the explanation!
Slip of the tongue, completely a slip of the tongue. That Star Luo Royal Academy is pretty strong, but it wasted quite a bit of my time…
Although the opponent didn’t last more than a few minutes before losing, they were still pretty strong…”
Ling Mo said with a straight face.
“Are you serious?” Dugu Yan said with a dark face. This was his explanation?
Wasn’t it the same thing? It still meant Star Luo Royal Academy was no good.
“Forget it! I’ll deal with you later…”
Dugu Yan was very unhappy and said resentfully.
“Since you’re here, just watch! We’ll probe the details of that Spirit Hall team for you later, so you won’t suffer losses if you face them…”
Dugu Yan was quite dejected. She had thought they could make it to the top four this time, but unexpectedly, they met this Spirit Hall team in the quarterfinals.
Obviously, their Soul Master Competition journey was pretty much over here.
“Why say such discouraging words! Is that Spirit Hall Golden Generation really that strong?”
Speaking of which, Ling Mo had seen Hu Liena before. Last time, she had suffered a loss at his hands.
He hadn’t seen her as particularly impressive! Why did everyone say facing this team meant certain defeat?
“What do you know! That Golden Generation has three Soul Kings, and their overall strength surpasses ours.
Whether it’s soul power or Martial Souls, they don’t lose to us, and even their tactical coordination is not inferior to ours.
Fighting such a strong team, there’s no chance of winning to begin with.
The most we can do is probe their details for you.
So far, among all the Heaven Dou Empire teams, the only one that can truly challenge this Spirit Hall team is your Shrek Academy.
In the top four contention battles, aside from you who have already advanced, within the Heaven Dou Empire lineup, only Divine Wind Academy fought their way out desperately.
Having two teams from the Heaven Dou Competition Area in the top four lineup is already the greatest honor.
What we can do now is clear the path for your Shrek Academy, all the way to the finals to face this team head-on.”
Yu Tianheng said seriously.
He didn’t seem to be joking, but was telling Ling Mo very earnestly.
Although he didn’t like Ling Mo, this time, for the Heaven Dou Competition Area to win, the only chance was to ensure Shrek Academy advanced.
Because… all current signs indicated that from the start of the tournament until now, the only one maintaining an undefeated record was Shrek Academy.
“I didn’t expect you to say something like that. It really makes me see you in a new light…”
Ling Mo was quite surprised. Yu Tianheng had set aside the grudge between them for the glory of the competition area.
Such a person knew how to prioritize, which was very rare.
“Do you think everyone is like you, only thinking of themselves?
This time, we’re fighting for the glory of the entire Heaven Dou Competition Area, not just one team’s honor.
You should be able to see that the entire venue has formed three factions, representing the three competition areas respectively.
The face involved here concerns not just individuals, but the entire competition area…”
Yu Tianheng valued this so-called face very much, but… Ling Mo had never considered this issue.
Not to mention the competition area, he didn’t even care about the empire.
Anyway, it would be gone sooner or later, so why care about the empire’s face.
He thought differently from Yu Tianheng, naturally leading to differences.
“Sigh! Well, you… good luck!”
Don’t hit a smiling face; since they were willing to probe the way for Shrek Academy, how could Ling Mo refuse.
Moreover, Dugu Yan was in the team, making it even harder for Ling Mo to refuse.
While observing, Ling Mo noticed that Ye Lingling’s gaze had been fixed on him.
It seemed to verify Dugu Yan’s words; this girl… really liked him?
Ling Mo suddenly felt a bit panicked and said hello to Dugu Yan: “Yanyan, I’m heading to the VIP Seating first. Be careful later, don’t get hurt…”
“Mm, go ahead! I’ll find you after the match…”
With that, Ling Mo left directly, not wanting to continue chatting idly.
Originally, he wanted to motivate the Heaven Dou Royal team a bit, but seeing they had no will to win, further motivation was useless.
Returning to the VIP Seating, Dugu Bo and the others were still there. Ling Mo went back to his seat.
“Sect Master, what did you say to Yanyan? Why does she look so down…”
Dugu Bo asked curiously. He had been paying attention to Dugu Yan’s side and naturally noticed Ling Mo’s movement.
“Nothing much. I wanted to motivate them a bit, but who knew… they have no fighting spirit at all and clearly intend to withdraw from the match.”
Ling Mo shrugged helplessly.
“Heh, that’s no wonder. This girl has her grandfather’s style, with a clear sense of her limits!
When I roamed the continent back in the day, facing opponents I couldn’t beat, I would usually just slip away directly.
From this point, Yanyan has well inherited my battle style: knowing when it’s unwinnable and withdrawing directly.”
Dugu Bo was very gratified. He had never thought Dugu Yan could win the championship and wished she would withdraw early.
As long as she was safe, nothing else mattered.
“Pfft…”
Dugu Bo’s shameless words made Qian Renxue beside him unable to hold back her laughter.
It was the first time she had seen fear of death explained so clearly and elegantly.
If you can’t win, just run—this was indeed a fine tradition worth inheriting.
“I say, Old Monster, how come I never noticed before that you could be so shameless…”
Ling Mo said with a dark face.
Wasn’t this Old Monster’s focus off? Shouldn’t he question why they were withdrawing?
Wishing for his own granddaughter to withdraw as soon as he opened his mouth—was this how a grandfather acted?
“Heh heh, Sect Master! You don’t understand this. Tactics, tactics—it’s about maximizing your safety.
Running when you can’t win isn’t shameful; it’s a strategic retreat. As long as the green hills remain, there’s no fear of running out of firewood…”
“Damn, calling fear of death what it is, yet saying it so righteously… but it makes sense!”
Ling Mo had to admire Dugu Bo’s twisted logic. No way around it—as the weakest Titled Douluo in one-on-one duels.
Dugu Bo’s life was either running away or on the way to run away.
He had turned himself from a control-type Soul Master into a support Soul Master alive.
He wouldn’t fight you one-on-one and would run if he could, but… if you had numbers, sorry… he’d suddenly want to fight.
