Chapter 447: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor [447]
The one who collided with Tang San was a member of the Elephant Armored Sect, representing the Elephant Armored Academy.
Although the Elephant Armored Academy didn't share particularly close ties with the other four academies and often hovered on the edge of inclusion, it was still one of the Five Elemental Academies of the Heaven Dou Empire. With its dual attributes of earth and metal, the academy specialized in producing powerful assault and defense-type soul masters and was an institution with a long-standing reputation.
In the past, the teams sent out by the Elephant Armored Academy were typically composed entirely of clan members of the Elephant Armored Sect. Leveraging the Diamond Mammoth's expertise in group combat, they dominated the arena. However, due to the large number of experts participating in this competition, the academy made a rare adjustment by pulling two Diamond Mammoth soul masters from the clan and adding a control-type and support-type soul master to their lineup.
The entire team, aside from their leader Hu Yanli, a soul Ancestor, consisted of Soul Elders. On the surface, their strength seemed evenly matched with the Blue Tyrant Academy. But as soon as they entered the arena, the imposing aura of the Elephant Armored team was notably stronger than that of the Blue Tyrant Academy.
Apart from the control and support soul masters, all the members of the Elephant Armored Sect's team were giants over two meters tall, with body widths exceeding one and a half meters. Their entire bodies were covered in fat, making them look like mountains of flesh. They resembled sumo wrestlers with their hair tied in skyward topknots.
Even including Tang San's hair, his height barely matched the shortest of the Elephant Armored Sect members without their topknots. Two of the opponents together probably weighed as much as the entire Blue Tyrant team.
When the match began, the team members from both sides summoned their martial souls. The soul masters of the Hu Yan family, whose martial souls were Diamond Mammoths, underwent dramatic transformations.
Under Tang San's watchful gaze, the fat on their bodies instantly tightened into solid muscle. Their heights surged by about three fists' worth, transforming them in an instant into a group of muscular devils.
In the very first clash between the two sides, Jing Ling and Huang Yuan from Tang San's side were immediately grabbed by the Elephant Armored Sect's soul masters. They were bear-hugged so tightly that they lost consciousness and were tossed aside like ragdolls.