Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 105 Gu Yuena’s Provocation (4.2)
Liuying's fighting style is bold and aggressive, pursuing efficiency. Others will more or less consider their teammates and restrain their attacks, even Xue Nu and Gu Yuena are the same.

But Liuying doesn't have this concept. She only has the target in her eyes and ignores everything else. Only meteors can make her worry.

Of course, this has been restrained a lot through practice over the past month.

Therefore, Mr. Ma was very glad that Xiao Hongchen refused the position of captain, otherwise he would probably be the captain in name only.

It really doesn't shock people!

Each of these people in the reserve team does his or her own thing and has a strong personal style. It is only thanks to Meteor that he can force them together that they can barely cooperate and at least appear to be a team on the surface.

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At the training ground of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Meteor and others were training. Meteor stood aside and watched his teammates practice in pairs.

Xiao Hongchen was being beaten by Liuying. His ability to control metal and the soul guide he operated were all restrained by Liuying's extreme fire. If Liuying had not been serious, Xiao Hongchen would have been lying down now.

Snow Girl was also fighting against Meng Hongchen. Both of them had ice attributes, and Snow Girl's ultimate ice perfectly suppressed Meng Hongchen. Meng Hongchen's ice toad poison had no effect on Snow Girl. Like her brother, she was very frustrated during the fight, and her little face turned red.

Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi were much more normal. The silver dragon spear and the angel holy sword in Ye Guyi's hand collided in the air, and sword energy and spear light flew everywhere.

Arriving at the training ground, Mr. Ma nodded with satisfaction. He didn't know whether this session's regular players could beat Shrek Academy, but he was sure that their Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy would win the next session.

"Okay, everyone, stop training and gather here."

Mr. Ma clapped his hands and spoke.

As soon as the words fell, everyone stopped their actions at the same time. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen also breathed a sigh of relief. They were restrained too badly, and continuing the fight would be torture.

"You have performed very well recently. I have seen your efforts and progress. The training ends here. Next, follow me."

Old Ma first praised everyone, then took them out of the training ground and walked towards the depths of the soul guide experimental area.

Soon, they arrived at the center of the experimental area.

A building that looks ordinary on the outside but is built in the center of the soul guide test area and occupies the core area came into the eyes of Liuxing and others.

At the gate of this building, there is a team of well-equipped soul guides stationed. Meteor senses a dangerous aura from them.

The one who could give him this feeling had to be at least a Soul Sage, which meant that this was a soul guide team composed of at least seventh-level soul guides.

Located in the core of the experimental area, senior soul masters were guarding the gate. Liuxing looked at Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen blinked at Liuxing.

Liuxing understood. It was indeed Mingdetang. Only Mingdetang could have such treatment and could afford a doorman of high-level soul guide level.

Although Mingde Hall is a holy place in the hearts of all soul masters in the Sun-Moon Empire, it is a pity that the seven people including Liuxing are either already members of Mingde Hall or are not pure soul masters, and they do not have that kind of reverence at all.

I don't think it's a great honor to be able to enter this place.

At the same time, Mr. Ma took the lead and took out a golden token engraved with the patterns of the sun and the moon.

The guard at the door took the token and inserted it into the detection soul guide.

"Ding! Elder's order."

After a mechanical sound, the guard took out the token and handed it to Mr. Ma respectfully.

With Mr. Ma leading the team, they easily passed the inspection and entered the gate.

After entering the gate and passing through several checkpoints, I finally officially entered Mingde Hall.

Mingde Hall is the most important research base of the Sun-Moon Empire. Not only do the students of Mingde Hall study there, but there are also many research projects of ninth-level soul mentors, and even top-secret projects of the empire.

Even Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, as Jing Hongchen's grandchildren, can only walk in the student area in Mingde Hall and are prohibited from entering other areas.

Under the leadership of Mr. Ma, they took the soul guide elevator and headed straight to a training ground under Mingde Hall.

When Liuxing and others arrived at the underground training ground, there were already people training inside.

Like Liuxing and the others, there are also seven of them. Judging from their school uniforms and mature looks, it is obvious that they are the regular team members of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy participating in this year's competition.

"Mr. Ma is back?"

"The people behind Mr. Ma are probably the younger students in this reserve team."

"I heard that this class is very strong, the strongest class in the history of our Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy!"

"Those schoolgirls look pretty. Are they really as strong as you say?"

"Humph! No one can be stronger than me."

"..."

While Liuxing was looking at the regular players, the regular players were also talking about the reserve team.

The seven of them were discussing one after another, without lowering their voices at all, and the entire training ground could hear them clearly.

Hearing someone commenting on them, Xue Nu, Gu Yuena and Liu Xing all frowned.

In Liuxing's opinion, among these regular players, only the leader is worth looking at. The others are just of the right age and were chosen just to make up the numbers. Many of them can't even beat Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

Who gave them the confidence to make such comments?

Xiao Hongchen was also full of disdain. He was more familiar with these regular players than Liuxing. In his opinion, except for the captain Ma Rulong, the others were just there to make up the numbers. If they were not too young in the reserve team, they would never have the chance to be regular players.

Although he felt disdainful in his heart, Xiao Hongchen, whose arrogance had been restrained a lot, did not show it. After all, they were his companions who would represent the college in competitions in the future, so he had to give them some face.

Quiet!"

Mr. Ma frowned slightly and shouted in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell, the regular players fell silent, and the entire underground training room became quiet and silent.

"Now, there is still a month until the start of the new Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. I believe you have all guessed it. Yes, the fourteen of you are the main team and the reserve team for this competition. Starting today, your two teams will train together."

"One is to let you get to know each other, and the other is to let the two teams get used to each other. Because no one knows what unexpected events may happen in the game, so the reserve team may also play."

Ma Lao turned around and looked at the seven members of Meteor. "This time, you are participating as the reserve team to assist the main players. When facing weaker teams, you will be needed to play. This will better conceal the identities and strengths of our main players."

"Mr. Ma, if they are the starting players, then with all due respect, they are not good enough. Let us play."

Gu Yuena took a step forward, raised her chin, and spoke in a clear and pleasant voice, like the sound of nature, but it plunged the entire underground training ground into dead silence.

Liu Xing's mouth twitched slightly. He knew that the comments made by the regular players would definitely anger some people. Gu Yuena's provocation was also within his expectations. "What did you say?"

"Who do you think can't do it?"

"Don't think that just because you're a girl, you can provoke us without restraint."

"That's too much! I have to teach you a lesson today!"

After the dead silence, there was anger like a volcanic eruption. No one could tolerate Gu Yuena's provocation. What did she mean by "they are not good enough"? They were all geniuses, elites selected from thousands of people in the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy. Otherwise, they would not have been selected as the main team members to represent the academy.

Among the regular team members, two of them walked towards Gu Yuena angrily, obviously wanting to attack.

Meteor flashed and instantly stood in front of Gu Yuena, emitting a cold aura that pressed towards the two regular team members.

At the same time, Liuying, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Xue Nu and Ye Guyi also stepped forward and stared at the two regular team members who had hot tempers and wanted to fight at the slightest disagreement.

The situation was about to get out of control and tensions were high.

"stop."

Among the regular players, a tall and strong young man with short hair, who looked about five or six points similar to Mr. Ma, shouted angrily and stopped the other regular players who were about to step forward.

"team leader!"

"Captain, they."

Captain Ma Rulong was obviously quite prestigious among the regular team members. Although they were furious, the regular team members still stopped and looked at Ma Rulong.

"Li Yan, Mika, come back!"

Ma Rulong let out a low roar, and the two angry regular team members, although they looked at Gu Yuena with resentment, still obeyed the captain's order and turned back to the regular team.

Ma Rulong looked at Gu Yuena and said in a deep voice, "My team members were rude first. I apologize to you on their behalf, but whether we can succeed or not is not up to you. You need to pay the price for your words."

Ma Rulong knew that it was indeed his players who were at fault for criticizing the reserve team, but this was no reason for Gu Yuena to insult them. As the captain of the regular team, he needed to make Gu Yuena pay the price for her outrageous remarks.

Gu Yuena showed disdain on her face. She wanted to see how the other party would make her pay the price. Except for the opposing team's captain, she didn't take any of the other regular players seriously.

Liuxing grabbed Gu Yuena's hand to prevent her from saying anything extreme. Gu Yuena had an arrogant personality, and when the regular team members criticized them, he knew things were going to get troublesome.

Even if Gu Yuena doesn't provoke, one of Xue Nu or Xiao Hongchen will always cause trouble.

In fact, Liuxing also looked down on the group of regular players, but after all, the regular players were seniors from the same college. From a standpoint, they were companions, and he did not want to escalate the conflict.

The starting captain Ma Rulong did the same, stopping his teammates to prevent the conflict from escalating.

Old Ma raised the pipe in his hand, took a deep puff, and watched coldly, without any intention of intervening.

In the past, this kind of situation rarely occurred between the starting team and the reserve team because the age and skill gap between the two teams was too large. This was the first time he had seen a situation where the reserve team provoked the starting team.

But every student present was unruly. If he suppressed the matter by force, although nothing would happen in the short term, it would still be a hidden danger. He also wanted to see how the two captains, Liuxing and Ma Rulong, would handle the matter.

"I'm the captain of the reserve team, Meteor. What price do you want my team to pay?"

Liuxing grabbed Gu Yuena's hand to prevent her from continuing to provoke him, looked at Ma Rulong, and said in a deep voice.

Ma Rulong's pupils shrank and he glanced at Xiao Hongchen. He originally thought that Xiao Hongchen was the captain of the reserve team.

He knew Xiao Hongchen. They were both members of Mingdetang. They met each other every day. He knew Xiao Hongchen very well and how powerful he was. Even he did not dare to underestimate him. But how could such an arrogant and powerful Xiao Hongchen not be the captain?
Ma Rulong looked at Liuxing deeply and said in a deep voice: "Captain of the regular team, Ma Rulong, since your teammates look down on us, then let's speak with strength."

"You mean, a fight?"

Meteor narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Let your players fight my players one-on-one in a fair duel. Let me see what she has the confidence to say that!"

Ma Rulong nodded and said, although doing so might seem like bullying, after all, his team members were all eighteen or nineteen years old, and their cultivation was above Soul King, while the reserve team members were obviously very young, and their cultivation was not much higher. Letting the two sides fight one-on-one was completely bullying.

"Okay, just fight."

Without waiting for Liuxing to reply, Gu Yuena pulled her hand out of Liuxing's hand and looked at Ma Rulong without fear.

Upon hearing this, Ma Rulong began to look at Gu Yuena with a new respect. Although her words were harsh, at least her courage was commendable.

"Okay, let's have a fair one-on-one fight. Regardless of whether we win or lose, this matter ends here."

Ma Rulong looked at the team members behind him.

"Okay, we'll listen to the captain."

The regular team members thought about it and decided that this way they could teach the rude girl a lesson without making things worse. After all, they were seniors and it would not be good to bully them too much.

"In that case, how about a full-scale duel, also one-on-one, for seven rounds."

Liuxing looked at Ma Rulong with burning eyes.

Upon hearing this, Ma Rulong looked deeply at the meteor.

"Well, a fight is better than any training. It's a good opportunity for you to get to know each other."

Mr. Ma also spoke at this time.

Ma Rulong looked at Mr. Ma in confusion. All the members of the starting team played against the reserve team. Isn't this bullying?

In a room in Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen looked at the image projected on the soul guide screen in front of him with a smile on his face.

"Master, is this really appropriate? They are still too young, and their soul power cultivation is not high."

Lin Jiayi looked at the soul guide screen, which had been divided into two columns, the main team and the reserve team facing each other.

"Although this year's main team is very strong, it's far from enough to defeat Shrek. If the reserve team can beat the main team, why not let them replace the main team to play against Shrek?"

Jing Hongchen put his hands behind his back and said calmly that based on his understanding of the little guys in the reserve team, they would not be willing to be a substitute. Moreover, with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's cultivation strength, it would be easy for them to replace a regular player.

As for the other members of the reserve team, Liuxing, Liuying, Gu Yuena, Xue Nu, Jing Hongchen all knew that among the current regular team members, except Ma Rulong, no one could be their opponent.

As for Ye Guyi, although he was a little inferior and couldn't match the main force, didn't he still have Ma Rulong? Jing Hongchen would not give up on this sixth-level soul master's captain.

(End of this chapter)