Wang Dong froze when he heard Zhou Yi's words.
"Sit down." Zhou Yi waved her hand lightly, and a surge of powerful soul power forced Wang Dong back into his seat.
"Over four thousand years ago, that answer would have been correct. But today, it is outrageously wrong. Huo Yuhao, tell me why."
Huo Yuhao jolted when his name was called. He had not expected Zhou Yi to know his name.
He stood up and answered, "Because of soul tools."
Zhou Yi glanced at him and continued.
"Sit down. Yes, it was precisely the emergence of soul tools that blurred the line between offense and defense. That is also the topic of today's lesson."
Zhou Yi then gave a broad overview of soul tools and offered numerous examples.
"Even a food-type soul master can unleash offensive power on par with a power attack system Battle Soul Master, provided they wield a sufficiently powerful soul tool."
Outside the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang listened to Zhou Yi's theory without understanding any of it.
He immediately wrote in the chat box.
[Yu Xiaogang: How could soul tools possibly improve a soul master's strength? Only soul rings and soul bones can change a soul master's strength!]
Yu Xiaogang even had a classic theory for this: more rings, more bones-unleash your skills in one mighty wave; fewer rings, fewer bones-turn tail and run.
Before long, everyone challenged Yu Xiaogang's theory again.
[Wu Zhangkong: Soul tools provide the greatest boost! Even soul rings and soul bones don't improve your strength as much as soul tools do. Don't you have battle armor?]
[Yu Xiaogang: What is battle armor?]
[Xu Xiaoyan: So you're a useless fool who doesn't even know what battle armor is, yet you dare call yourself a Theory Master?]
Yu Xiaogang's head was full of questions. What exactly was this battle armor? A new kind of soul tool?
Tang San was equally lost in the clouds. Why did these soul tools sound so much like his hidden weapons?
"Could soul tools be what caused the Tang Sect's decline?"
Tang San found it even harder to understand now.
"How could these lousy soul tools compare to the Tang Sect's hidden weapons? In terms of destructive power, aren't the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle and the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus both stronger than soul tools?"
So Tang San typed in the chat box.
[Tang San: In terms of destructive power, how could soul tools possibly compare to hidden weapons?]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: You're not talking about Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, are you?]
[Tang San: Of course I am. The Tang Sect's hidden weapons are invincible.]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Hahaha, that's hilarious. This chat really is full of talent. First, a Theory Master who doesn't know what battle armor is, and now a Tang Sect disciple who thinks hidden weapons are stronger than soul tools. Your Tang Sect really is a joke.]
Inside the Spirit Pagoda, Qiangu Dongfeng could not stop laughing. At that moment, he truly wanted to fire a Level 12 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool Shell at the Tang Sect headquarters and show those people just how powerful soul tools were.
Meanwhile, inside the Tang Sect, Amorous Douluo Zang Xin was also rather bewildered.
In this day and age, did they actually still have a disciple obsessed with hidden weapons?
Did he not know that hidden weapons had been rendered obsolete ten thousand years ago?
Just then, Zhou Yi continued her lecture.
"You could say that the emergence of soul tools drastically changed the direction and current state of soul master cultivation. In reality, only the role of soul rings has been diminished."
"Without question, this method of cultivation is effective in the short term, particularly for soul masters below level fifty. However, let me make this clear: Shrek Academy does not train such soul masters, because beyond level fifty, those soul engineers are all useless!"
"The higher the level, the weaker the advantages of soul tools become, and the clearer the advantages of soul masters become."
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang stood up again.
[Yu Xiaogang: You heard that, didn't you? The boost from soul tools is limited. A soul master's own strength is what matters.]
[Yun Ming: The stronger a soul master is, the greater the boost their soul tools provide. Her theory is wrong to begin with.]
[Yu Xiaogang: She's a teacher at Shrek, and you're saying her theory is wrong? Who do you think you are? The headmaster of Shrek Academy?]
Yun Ming: "???"
Who on earth was this man?! He kept provoking him, again and again!
This was utterly intolerable!
Meanwhile, after hearing Zhou Yi's theory, Ye Chen could no longer hold back his laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Yi asked coldly.
"Nothing much. Just your shortsightedness," Ye Chen said calmly.
"If two people are roughly equal in strength, but one has a soul tool while the other has nothing but soul power, who do you think would win?"
"The stronger the soul tool, the more soul power it consumes. If you expend all your soul power on your soul tool, how will you contend with me? Your offensive power might be great, but if you're weak in every other respect, it's still useless," Zhou Yi retorted.
"What if there were a soul tool that could enhance a soul master's combat strength in every respect?" Ye Chen asked.
Outside the Sky Screen, the soul masters of the Dragon King Era were stunned by Ye Chen's reply.
Wasn't he describing the battle armor and mecha of their own era? Soul tools used to enhance their own strength?
Indeed, what Ye Chen was talking about was precisely the battle armor and mecha that would emerge ten thousand years later.
With the enhancement of battle armor and mecha, forget fighting someone at the same level-even if he let them have an extra soul ring, what could they do?
At that moment, Ye Chen was actually quite eager to hear Zhou Yi's answer.
If I brought out battle armor theory, how would you refute it?
"No such soul tool exists. Ye Chen, stop trying to force your way into a bull's horn," Zhou Yi answered after thinking for a while.
Even her husband, Fan Yu, did not know of any such soul tool.
"You don't know about it because your knowledge is shallow and narrow." Ye Chen had no desire to explain it to Zhou Yi.
A fool would never understand.
Even the emergence of the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools had failed to change Shrek's outdated thinking.
No wonder the Sun Moon Empire had ultimately unified the continent.
Once Ye Chen reached four or five rings, he would be able to forge himself a suit of One-Word Battle Armor.
When that happened, Ye Chen was very curious to see how those Inner Courtyard students at Shrek would contend with him while he wore battle armor.
Once his soul power level rose a little higher, Ye Chen could even create an entire legion of mecha or battle armor.
At that point, the Douluo Continent would be his for the taking!
For the rest of the lesson, Zhou Yi discussed some upcoming training plans before dismissing the class.
But as class ended, Zhou Yi specifically called Huo Yuhao over.
Ye Chen did not even need to think about it. She was certainly taking Huo Yuhao to see Fan Yu and test soul tools.
Even after everyone had left the classroom, Yu Xiaogang of the Spirit Hall Era, outside the Sky Screen, still had not understood.
"Wait, what? What exactly are soul tools? Aren't soul rings and soul bones the only things that affect a soul master's combat strength?"
As a distinguished Theory Master of martial soul theory, how could there be a theory even I didn't understand?
Just as Ye Chen was about to return to his dormitory, Bibi Dong suddenly asked from within his sea of spirit.
"Can soul tools really improve a soul master's strength?"
"Of course," Ye Chen answered with absolute certainty. "Once I'm strong enough, I'll forge a set of soul tools just for you, Teacher."
"Then, even if three Limit Douluos surround and attack you, Teacher, you'll be able to stand undefeated."
Outside the Sky Screen, a flash of shock crossed Qian Daoliu's eyes when he heard Ye Chen's words.
"Fighting three Limit Douluos alone and remaining undefeated... could the curtain truly be falling on pure soul masters like us?"
Unlike the shocked Qian Daoliu, Yu Xiaogang wore an expression of contempt.
"No matter how powerful a soul tool is, it couldn't possibly give a soul master such an enormous boost! One Limit Douluo fighting three Limit Douluos at once? Keep blowing your own trumpet!"
Compared with those of the Spirit Hall Era, the many Limit Douluos of the Dragon King Era were so stunned that they could not speak.
"Could Ye Chen be talking about Four-Word Battle Armor?"
"This fellow called Ye Chen wants to forge Four-Word Battle Armor ten thousand years in the past?"
"How is that possible?! If he can forge battle armor ten thousand years in the past, I'll get down and kowtow to everyone!"