Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 108 Targeting Shrek Academy? Long Yeyue's Little Scheme!
"Prepare."

Guan Yue's voice rang out at just the right moment.

Xu Zihuang composed himself and ignored Long Tianwu.

As required, the two maintained a distance of 150 meters. At that moment, Guan Yue had already raised her hand, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, her palm quickly descended:
"Game start!"

"Roar."

Long Tianwu let out a low roar, his soul power surging within him. Moist, azure-blue energy enveloped his entire body, and his robust form was covered with numerous round, fine dragon scales, making his physique slender and agile. With a 'sizzle,' the dragon scales behind his shoulder blades erupted with powerful waves of wind, transforming into a pair of luminous dragon wings. With a gentle flap, they actually stirred up a powerful gust of wind.

Xu Zihuang's entire body was engulfed in deep purple dragon flames, and his dragon scales became noticeably thicker. He also spread his dragon wings and gently flapped them, causing the blazing dragon flames to spread out. The terrifying destructive properties were enough to easily cause the surrounding space to distort or even collapse.

"call out."

As soon as Long Tianwu's martial spirit possessed him, he moved. With his dragon wings spread behind him, he rushed towards Xu Zihuang as fast as lightning, and a strong wind and waves swept over him like a tsunami.

Just as Xu Zihuang was about to make a move, his expression subtly changed.

Long Tianwu was still in the air when his whole body radiated a blue-green light, flowing through his body like a vortex. In the blink of an eye, a set of two-word battle armor was completed.

No one expected Long Tianwu to release his battle armor so quickly. Normally, when cultivation levels are similar, the two sides would not use their battle armor to fight quickly, but would instead have a few regular clashes.

"Roar." Xu Zihuang's pupils suddenly turned vertical, and scorching destructive dragon flames spewed out from the gaps in the thick dragon scales, swirling and enveloping him. In an instant, he transformed into a set of deep purple, extremely understated two-word battle armor, and his signature wings were like a sky-covering canopy.

The two of them instantly rose to the level of Contra Douluo.

The next moment, the azure waves collided violently with the deep purple flames of destruction.

A terrifying shockwave spread out, crashing into the soul power shield and creating layers of horrifying ripples.

The earth-attribute soul master responsible for repairing the competition platform finally succumbed to his tension, as the floor had been shattered into ruins.

This is a Contra-level battle, with astonishing destructive power.

midair.

The brutal destructive dragon flames devoured the wind and waves as much as possible, and countless water elements evaporated, forming a large fog. However, at the critical moment, the extremely sharp wind elements produced a miraculous effect. Under Long Tianwu's exquisite control, they continuously cut through the destructive dragon flames released by Xu Zihuang.

Then defeat them one by one!

Destruction is indeed a top-tier attribute, but it doesn't mean invincibility.

Long Tianwu's Cloud Roaring Dragon is a mutated martial soul. Its mastery of water element is ordinary, but its wind element is endowed with cutting attributes that possess spatial power.

That's why he was able to prevent Xu Zihuang's Destructive Dragon Flame from suppressing the enemy as effectively as it used to, even with minimal energy expenditure.

Amidst the howling blue and deep purple light, there were shattered spatial rifts, within which the destructive dragon flames were extinguished. Occasionally, swirling gales could be seen flowing, only to be quickly burned into nothingness.

Xu Zihuang's eyes were icy cold. As his first soul ring lit up, his claws grew thicker and sharper, with a deep purple light shimmering at the tips.

Forcibly pushing aside the encroaching waves, he slashed down with his claw, aiming straight for Long Tianwu's chest.

Long Tianwu was not to be outdone. His second soul ring lit up, and the dragon wings on his back closed inward, unleashing countless wind blades.

Xu Zihuang's vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and his second soul skill, Path of Destruction, was activated.

His figure transformed into a void-like purple-red dragon of light and shadow amidst the countless wind blades. With his aura locked on, the dragon wings tore through the space on both sides, and the distorted dragon flames could be vaguely seen floating, briefly destroying all elemental matter in its path.

At that moment, Xu Zihuang was like an unstoppable thorn, arriving in front of Long Tianwu in the blink of an eye. His sharp right claw ignored the armor's defense and stabbed into Long Tianwu's body.

Amidst gasps of alarm, Long Tianwu's pierced body strangely splattered outwards, like waves splashing from a boulder hitting the surface of water.

In the blink of an eye, their confrontation came to a temporary end.

With dragon wings flapping behind him, Xu Zihuang floated in the air, his deep dragon flames boiling, and his ferocious battle armor made him look like a demon king incarnate, shocking the hearts of countless viewers. However, his deep gaze was fixed on the vortex-shaped figure rising from the ground.

A figure in blue stood firmly on the ground, looking up to meet his gaze.

The two auras spread out again and collided in mid-air, creating a strong buzzing sound. What the audience could hear was as if two weapons were constantly rubbing against each other, making a piercing 'sizzling' sound.

Two dragon shadows, one deep purple and the other cyan, glared angrily and let out a passionate dragon roar.

"Sixty-four points." Zang Xin nodded silently.

In the brief exchange, neither Xu Zihuang nor Long Tianwu escaped unscathed.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that Xu Zihuang's battle armor has countless fine cracks, clearly left behind when it was covered by wind blades.

Similarly, Long Tianwu's battle armor also bore traces of the burning from the Destruction Dragon Flame, and the destructive power was even still eroding his battle armor, demonstrating how terrifying its adhesion was.

Although Long Tianwu seemed to have dodged the attack from the Path of Destruction, in reality, the Destruction Dragon Flame destroyed all the elements in the path, resulting in Long Tianwu's soul skill not being used perfectly.

Overall, Long Tianwu suffered more damage.

Boom!
Suddenly, Long Tianwu stomped his foot on the ground, and his battle armor emitted a dazzling blue-green light. Some kind of obscure and incomprehensible light patterns appeared, and his third, fourth, and fifth soul rings lit up at the same time.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of people, the spirit ring and the light pattern actually merged into one.

"It's a battle armor skill!"

The host's voice rang out at just the right moment, "Contestant Long Tianwu has actually unleashed his Battle Armor skill directly. He is an agility-attack type Soul Master, and the Battle Armor skill he inscribed is also primarily offensive. Does he intend to decide the outcome with a single blow?"

With the help of the explanation, the audience finally understood.

Xu Zihuang frowned slightly, wondering if Long Tianwu was a madman!
Using battle armor skills is nothing special; the effect is just like giving a Soul Master an extra Soul Skill. However, injecting Soul Ring energy into the battle armor increases the power of the skill with each additional Soul Ring, but it also puts a greater burden on the battle armor itself. Once the battle armor exceeds its load limit and damage occurs, it will require at least a Level 7 mecha repairman to repair it. There is even a low probability that the battle armor will suffer irreversible damage and have to have parts replaced, which would result in a staggering loss.

Generally speaking, only high-quality three-word battle armor can ignore the damage caused by the injection of soul rings, so as not to kill a thousand enemies but lose eight hundred of your own. Therefore, for two-word battle armor masters, unless it is a life-or-death moment and they are prepared to fight to the death, few people would choose to use this move.

"He's going all out." Xiao Pojun was completely dumbfounded.

"Compared to the four-word battle armor, everything is worth it," Xu Junlan said calmly, her gaze falling on Xu Zihuang.

However, Xu Zihuang's 'Radiant Dragon' battle armor also emitted a dazzling light. The dragon patterns on the armor seemed to come alive, and black and purple flames ignited in its pupils. Large fragments of space fell around it and then melted away.

Fourth and fifth, the two soul rings merged into the light patterns, but Xu Zihuang's terrifying aura was strangely restrained, mainly concentrated in his chest cavity, where a terrifying energy fluctuation was clearly gathering.

Xu Zihuang ultimately chose to infuse the power of the Soul Rings into his Battle Armor skills.

This is, after all, a competition arena, which has limited space. Unlike in the wild, one cannot simply dodge attacks here. Conventional methods are simply not enough to withstand a full-force attack from someone whose battle armor has been enhanced to the level of a Soul Douluo.

"Cloud Roaring Tornado!"

Long Tianwu remained expressionless, then clasped his hands together abruptly. Under the watchful eyes of countless people, as if the ground of ruins had cracked open and the wind and clouds had been stirred up, a series of hurricane tornadoes burst forth. Under his deliberate control, the tornadoes raged wildly across the arena.

The rubble turned to dust and was swept away by the hurricane. The floor was almost torn apart by the terrifying suction force. Occasionally, a wisp of blue-green fluctuation was released, which easily tore through space. It was even clear that the space was layered, obviously caused by being cut.

"Radiant Dragon Destroys the Heavens!"

Xu Zihuang felt the terrifying suction force from the tornado, which was trying to pull him into the eye of the storm and pulverize him. He immediately released his battle armor skill, and the next moment, a deep, abyss-like purple-black dark light burst out from the core of the chest armor.

It was as if a god had descended to punish them, slamming them hard into the center of the arena.

In an instant, a torrent of purplish-black energy, capable of incinerating everything, surged in all directions, turning the entire arena into a forbidden zone.

When the two energy fluctuations collided, there was no deafening roar, only visible collapse, sinking, annihilation, and shattering... All the primordial energy of heaven and earth vanished, and vacuum areas formed by the cutting were created.

The soul power shield outside the arena clearly made cracking sounds, and continuous cracks began to appear.

The frightened some spectators who were close to the competition stage almost caused them to run away in a panic.

At the critical moment, the staff of the Soul Arena quickly increased the amount of soul power injected, which stabilized the situation.

"Who's winning?"

Many more spectators stared wide-eyed, trying to glean the answer from the barely visible competition arena.

Suddenly, a beam of light slashed open like a sharp sword. Whether it was a hurricane tornado or a torrent of energy, it all dissipated upon contact. Guan Yue's slender figure was seen suspended in the center of the arena, with two figures standing beside her.

On the left is Long Tianwu, whose battle armor is over 60% damaged, his dragon wings are almost gone, and the surface of his armor is dull and lacks luster. Blood from excessive soul power consumption is still dripping from the corner of his mouth. On the right is Xu Zihuang, whose battle armor is over 35% damaged. His once handsome face is now haggard and covered with many cuts and wounds. His aura is also extremely weak; any Soul King could probably defeat him.

They both took a deep breath and looked at each other.

But in the end, it was Guan Yue who made the announcement.

"I hereby declare the winner of this match to be..."

In an instant, everyone's attention was focused on them.

"Xu Zihuang!"

Guan Yue's voice fell as she spoke.

Upon hearing this, the audience who supported Xu Zihuang were taken aback at first, and then burst into enthusiastic cheers.

Long Tianwu sighed regretfully. Yun Xiaolong's martial soul was strong, but it was still not as powerful as Zihuang Mietianlong's. If he wanted to be able to rival its martial soul someday, he had to increase the strength of his mastery of the water element.

Do we have a grudge?

A sudden voice sounded.

Long Tianwu looked over instinctively, only to see Xu Zihuang staring at him with a complicated expression.

"I didn't even know you before this, so how could we have any grudge?" Long Tianwu was a man of principle and wouldn't throw a tantrum for no reason.

"Then why are you fighting so hard?" Xu Zihuang finally asked the question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time, "even at the cost of damaging your battle armor."

Long Tianwu denied it, saying, "I didn't risk my life. I was just curious about what would happen if I injected the soul ring energy into the battle armor array. You just happened to be the best reference. It seems that the power is not bad, but the price is too high. I basically have to replace half of the parts of this battle armor."

Xu Zihuang was taken aback.

So you went all out right from the start? You even went so far as to damage your battle armor, causing irreversible damage, just to use me as a test subject?
Holy crap!
Long Tianwu ignored him and glanced discreetly at the location where Nan Liujing was.

There's nothing wrong with the Soul Forged Metal created by the master craftsman Zhenhua, but the Heaven Forged Metal created by the next generation of master craftsmen offers him even greater possibilities.

As Nan Liujing watched Long Tianwu leave from the ruins of the competition arena, his eyes were filled with deep meaning.

Xu Junlan faced him without using her battle armor, Xiao Pojun chose to engage in a battle of intents, and although Long Tianwu did not fight him, he undoubtedly weakened Xu Zihuang's strength in this battle.

The finals start tomorrow, and he can only recover to about 80% of his peak condition at most.

The match ended, and the poor earth-type soul master began repairing the arena. The audience left reluctantly, looking forward to tomorrow's final.

"nervous?"

On the way back to the hotel, Leng Yaozhu sat in the driver's seat and asked Nan Liujing, who was in the passenger seat, with a smile.

Because it was a suspended soul-guided vehicle, the aerial lanes were not crowded, but the land roads were very crowded, filled with spectators who had just left the Great Soul Arena.

"I'm not nervous." Nan Liujing shook his head slightly. "Sparring with an opponent whose cultivation level far surpasses mine will only excite me."

Leng Yaozhu laughed and said, "You really have a lot of energy to burn."

"Aunt Leng, Ah Jing, the format for the adult group team competition has been released."

Ye Xinglan suddenly spoke up from the back seat.

Wu Siduo and Yuan En Yehui were also watching together.

Nan Liujing turned around and said, "Let me see."

Ye Xinglan handed over the phone, and Nan Liujing took a look and immediately became interested.

Leng Yaozhu asked, "What do you mean?"

Nan Liujing said, "The name of the competition venue has been determined to be Sun and Moon Canyon. The competition method is not a duel between two teams, but a free-for-all in which all eighteen participating teams enter the canyon. Defeating a player with the cultivation level of Soul Saint will earn five points, and defeating a player with the cultivation level of Soul Emperor will earn three points. In the end, the team that eliminates the most enemies and has the highest score will be the champion."

Leng Yaozhu pressed the auto-drive button, then took the phone from her apprentice. After just one glance, her beautiful eyes showed a clear change in expression.

Ye Xinglan said to Nan Liujing, "Isn't this chaotic melee a bit too abrupt? This kind of competition is probably the first time we've seen it before."

Nan Liujing noticed the strange look in his teacher's wine-red eyes and said thoughtfully, "Perhaps this competition format was specially prepared for certain people."

Leng Yaozhu stared at her phone screen in silence.

Ye Xinglan was taken aback, while Yuan Enyehui and Wu Siduo, who were looking at the official news together, looked up.

Prepared specifically for certain people?

Inside the car, everyone was discussing the adult competition, while online, the official website update caused a huge stir.

The citizens of the Sun and Moon Federation had never seen a competition resembling a large-scale free-for-all before, and the Federation's trending topics were quickly dominated by it.

The discussion was so lively that it even overshadowed the recently concluded semifinals of the youth group individual competition.

Mingdu Royal Hotel.

Inside an extremely luxurious suite, a group of young people looked respectfully at an old woman sitting on the sofa.

"Elder Long, this competition format is clearly targeting us."

"A Shrek elder spoke in a deep voice."

Long Yeyue stared intently at the bird's-eye view of the Sun and Moon Canyon displayed on the light screen in front of her, as well as the teams participating in this adult group competition.

The eighteen teams are considered favorites to win the championship: War God Temple, Spirit Pagoda, and Shrek Academy.

The Tang Clan did not participate.

This means that if the Temple of War and the Spirit Pagoda cooperate to deal with Shrek Academy, the academy will be in grave danger.

It would be extremely embarrassing to be eliminated so early in the game.

Long Yeyue waved her hand to close the light screen, her gaze sweeping over the team members, and said disdainfully, "Any hostility will only vanish under the eternal glory of Shrek Academy. Just focus on preparing for the battle, and don't worry about anything else."

"Yes."

Yu Hanshuang, Yan Rong, and the other students looked at each other, and could only respond in response.

He then left the suite.

The two elders who had accompanied the group hadn't left. One of them respectfully asked, "Elder Long, how can we..."

Long Yeyue suddenly raised her hand, stopping the elder from continuing.

Long Yeyue sneered, "With the academy returning to a continental competition, some people can't stand the loneliness and are preparing to cause trouble. Perfect, this is also a good opportunity for the academy to regain its former glory."

"Listen to me, go to the Mingdu Tangmen branch right now and get some medicinal herbs according to the list I provided."

"Elder Long, isn't this a bit much?" another elder couldn't help but say. "Taking drugs during a competition, if it gets caught, it'll be a huge problem."

"That's only if they can find out." Long Yeyue glanced at him and sneered, "The Federation is openly targeting us, why bother with all that?"

"Besides, this medicine isn't something you can just take casually. As long as the War God Temple and the Spirit Pagoda don't cooperate, the students naturally won't need to take the medicine."

"Go quickly and fetch the medicinal herbs so as not to delay my refining process."

"Yes, sir." Knowing they couldn't dissuade Elder Long, the two had no choice but to comply and leave.

After the two left, Long Yeyue called Shen Yi again.

Several finals will be held at the Central Stadium tomorrow.

Shrek Academy's junior group has advanced to the three-on-three finals and the seven-on-seven finals. She needs Shen Yi to guarantee that they will win the championship and that they cannot afford to lose the individual championship again.

(End of this chapter)