Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 95 Long Yeyue got angry in a fit of rage!
The following morning, the Shrek Academy Arena was packed with spectators. Eight inner court students lined up on the stage, and although the match hadn't started yet, the atmosphere was already tense.

On the platform, the academy's senior officials and the Tang Clan's senior officials whispered among themselves.

Yun Ming stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze fixed on the eight students: "The Inner Court Competition is about to begin."

Upon hearing this, the other six people left the competition stage to Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang.

A buzzing sound rang out, and a deep yellow soul power shield rose from both sides of the arena, quickly turning transparent, with Yali standing in the center.

"Brother, who do you think will win between them?" Na'er asked, her mouth bulging as she ate like a squirrel.

For Na'er, today was a day to celebrate because the annoying Gu Yue was not around, so she bought hundreds of eggplant fritters as snacks, although they were just a small appetizer.

Ye Xinglan, Ning Yun, and Yu Jiutian all seemed to be aware of this.

Nan Liujing's gaze lingered on the two of them. "A draw is highly likely."

Yu Jiutian supported his cousin and couldn't help but ask, "How do you know?"

Nan Liujing shook his head and smiled: "It can't be explained in a sentence or two, but their aura, eyes, and soul power fluctuations can explain everything."

Yu Jiutian was about to say something when he suddenly heard Ya Li's voice, "The competition begins!"

In an instant, hundreds of eyes turned to the competition stage.

Yu Hanshuang was on the right and Lei Qianjie was on the left. The two were in perfect sync and summoned their battle armor at the same time.

Yu Hanshuang's battle armor is called Ice Dragon. It is ice-white in color, with fine ice crystal dragon patterns covering the armor, and a bone-chilling cold aura lingers around it.

Lei Qianjie's battle armor is called Lei Yu. It is deep purple and looks much heavier from a distance. The smooth armor surface is also filled with violent arcs of electricity.

Their eyes were as sharp as the ice of the far north. With the help of their battle armor, their cultivation reached the peak of the Soul Douluo level in one fell swoop. The terrifying fluctuations of their soul power caused the surrounding air to be obviously distorted.

The reason it's the peak of Soul Douluo, rather than being forcibly raised to Title Douluo, is because Title Douluo is a hurdle. Unless one becomes a Soul Saint with a three-word battle armor, the highest one can improve to is this.

The so-called "conservative upgrade of battle armor by twenty levels" is still reliable when cultivation is low. However, once you break through to the seventh ring, the difficulty of upgrading further increases dramatically. Therefore, the quality of the battle armor will have a greater impact on the soul master. This is why top blacksmiths are so popular.

"Roar."

A melodious dragon roar resounded, and Yu Hanshuang took the lead in attacking. Seven soul rings, three purple and four black, emanated an astonishing pressure from beneath her feet, and her second soul ring lit up immediately.

Second Soul Skill: Ice Dragon Breath!
His throat glowed with an icy white light. He opened his mouth and roared, drawing in the ice elements of heaven and earth. The ice elements gathered in a vortex, and then a burst of extremely cold air roared out. Wherever it passed, ice crystals condensed, reflecting a clear, translucent light under the sunlight.

Lei Qianjie's gaze remained calm as he activated the same soul ring configuration as his opponent. His second soul ring flashed, and a ball of deep purple lightning transformed into a barrier around him. The flowing lightning magma intertwined, resembling an impenetrable high wall that forcefully withstood the torrent of freezing air.

Frost and plasma collided, suddenly exploding into rising ice mist and electric arcs, like a grand ice and lightning fireworks display. The areas not protected by the barrier had already become a frozen wasteland.

"This is your last battle before graduation, you'd better satisfy me!" Lei Qianjie's body trembled, lightning snakes danced around him, and he charged forward, his third soul ring lighting up.

Third Soul Skill: Thunder Dragon's Might!
A deep purple lightning bolt streaked out, spanning nearly two hundred meters, instantly closing in on Yu Hanshuang. Her right fist was wrapped with a lightning dragon head that seemed to solidify, and a ferocious phantom of a Thunder Prison Dragon roared from behind her, crashing down with immense force.

The force of the fist arrived first, and the violent lightning pressure caused the area around Yu Hanshuang's body to rumble. Attacking the body starts with attacking the mind!

Yu Hanshuang was resolute and reacted extremely quickly, her fifth spirit ring quietly lighting up.

A dazzling white light shone forth, gathering immense freezing energy within. A crystal-clear ice mirror materialized, hovering in mid-air before Yu Hanshuang. The smooth surface of the mirror reflected Lei Qianjie's figure.

Fifth Soul Skill: Ice Mirror Reversal!

A strange scene unfolded: inside the ice mirror, a shadow resembling Yu Hanshuang took shape and unleashed a punch with astonishing force, seemingly replicating Lei Qianjie's movements and aura.

Reality and illusion collided, unleashing a terrifying shockwave. The previously frozen arena was crushed into dust, and the strong wind carrying the cold air blew against the soul power shield, forming a thin and brittle ice crystal shell.

Lei Qianjie's heavy, deep purple battle armor was stained with a layer of deep purple frost. As the electric arcs crackled and the frost dissipated, he retreated rapidly, creating a blank area a hundred meters long in the middle.

Click!

Moments later, the ice mirror shattered into pieces and finally exploded, revealing Yu Hanshuang's body, which was covered with a layer of icy white electric arcs.

"Let's get serious, otherwise a protracted war will just be a waste of time." Lei Qianjie clenched his right fist, electric snakes crackling around it, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Yu Hanshuang's eyes were deep.

Lei Qianjie grinned, a deep black light enveloped his body, and his seventh soul ring suddenly bloomed.

The surging soul power within his body helped his body expand rapidly, transforming into a purple dragon twenty meters long under the gaze of hundreds of eyes. Dark arcs of electricity emanated from the gaps in the dragon's scales. As its wings spread, the sky turned into a deep purple, thunderclouds gathered, and deafening thunder echoed back like a beating drum.

Yu Hanshuang, without hesitation, also released her Martial Soul True Form.

A twenty-meter-long ice dragon appeared out of nowhere. Unlike the Thunder Prison Dragon's true form, it had three pairs of wings on each side, which looked like they were made of ice crystals from a distance. They reflected a translucent light under the sunlight. When the dragon's wings flapped, a bone-chilling cold air floated up, and the sky kept freezing, as if it had fallen into the extreme northern abyss.

Soon, the two giant dragons engaged in a fierce battle in the air.

"Roar!!"

The two colossal dragons simultaneously unleashed awe-inspiring roars, with ice and thunder intertwining beneath the dome to create a destructive spectacle. Each claw strike distorted space, spreading cracks everywhere, and each breath carved out elemental ravines in the sky, enduring and indestructible.

Blinding and violent energy turbulence swept in all directions, making the soul power shield as hazy and helpless as an ocean lighthouse being eroded by a tsunami, constantly groaning warnings of imminent collapse, with visible spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly across the transparent barrier.

Ya Li slightly raised her hand, and the energy of her soul power shield surged, allowing the cracks to heal quickly and become even stronger.

The audience in the stands were already excited, cheering continuously to encourage the two dragons in the inner courtyard.

"One move decides the outcome!"

Thunder Dragon roared to the sky, its eyes bursting with deep purple light. Its first to sixth soul rings fused together, and its aura surged in an instant. Under the churning thunderclouds, purple light and lightning poured down like a torrential rain, weaving together in the air to form a thunder prison that blotted out the sky.

The ice dragon exhaled a chilling aura, its entire body becoming almost translucent. Apart from its seventh soul ring, the other six soul rings quietly merged into its flesh and blood. As its soul power surged, six hexagonal magic arrays, each engraved with frost patterns, materialized around its body.

Within each magic array, an ice dragon emerged from its head, and then simultaneously unleashed extremely cold dragon breath at the Thunder Prison Dragon.

When the two strongest soul skills, Frost Abyss Dragon Breath and World-Destroying Thunder Prison, collide, what the audience experiences is an exceptionally exquisite feast of soul light.

The deathly cold and the blazing lightning merged, outlining a magnificent curtain of light in the sky, almost obscuring the figures of the two giant dragons.

As everyone waited anxiously, the rampant soul light gradually dissipated after a short while, and hundreds of eyes widened, awaiting the outcome.

In the hazy light, two figures stood on the broken competition stage.

Both Yu Hanshuang and Lei Qianjie had cracked battle armor and were covered in blood.

"..." The entire audience remained silent. Everyone could see that both of them were extremely weak and had no strength left to fight, yet neither of them had fallen, making it difficult to determine the winner.

A green-gold light, like spring rain, fell and showered upon the two, and the powerful life force quickly stabilized their auras.

Yali smiled and announced the result: "I declare it a tie!"

Wow.

Cheers immediately erupted, mostly from prospective students, while the inner court students watching shook their heads in regret.

Lei Qianjie was about to graduate, and they still hadn't seen which of the two dragons was stronger.

"We'll look for another opportunity later!"

"it is good."

As soon as the word "draw" was uttered, Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang exchanged a glance, endured the excruciating pain in their bodies, bowed to the elders on the podium, and then, with the help of their respective collateral colleagues, stepped down from the competition stage.

"It really is a draw," Yu Jiutian said in astonishment.

Nan Ryu-kyung remained calm, saying, "I'm more looking forward to the next match than the duel between the two dragons."

On the competition stage, even before the match began, the atmosphere was already incredibly tense.

Dressed in a striking red outfit, Ma Xue was as beautiful as a rose. Her looks alone were enough to make many inner court students yearn for her. Every time the Sea God's Fate event took place, someone would confess their love to her, but unfortunately, she had never succeeded.

Yan Rong stared coldly at the woman whose martial soul attribute and cultivation level were the same as hers, but whose appearance far surpassed hers. A surge of anger ignited in her chest.

From the elders of the Sea God Pavilion to the prospective students, everyone knows that these two inner courtyard volcanoes are at odds; this is going to be quite a show.

Yali glanced at the two of them, then announced, "The competition begins!"

Clang!
Roar!
Phoenix cries and lion roars rang out one after another, and blazing flames burst forth, each of the two women being clad in battle armor.

Ma Xue's two-word battle armor was crimson gold, with phoenix feather-like patterns adorning the armor. A pair of phoenix wings on her back looked like pure flames from a distance, with blazing dark light flowing along the edges. The battle armor was fitted and fit her exquisite and curvaceous figure perfectly.

Yan Rong's battle armor was dark red, with lion head shoulder armor, wild and heavy, with cold beast eyes that were awe-inspiring. Her gauntlets were also quite special, adding a sharp edge to her look.

The battles between women are often more ferocious than those between men.

As soon as their battle armor appeared, the two women simultaneously unleashed their seventh soul skill, Martial Soul True Form.

The Flame Lion and the Fire Phoenix immediately began to wrestle in the center of the arena. The shockwaves they generated caused ripples to spread across the soul power shield, and the terrifying high temperature made the interior appear scorched red, as if it were after the end of the world.

The distorted lighting made it impossible for the audience to see what was happening inside; they could only hear occasional mournful phoenix cries and hoarse lion roars.

In a battle that reaches the level of a Soul Douluo, the size of the Soul Arena is clearly insufficient. Even Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang are suppressing their Martial Soul True Body size, for fear of exceeding the limit.

Yun Ming's gaze pierced through the scorched red as he looked at the arena, which had long since turned into a molten lava field. He said in a low voice, "It seems that the Inner Court Grand Competition will have to be moved to a different location in the future. This place is too small, and the students can't really show their skills."

Zang Xin smiled and said, "If you ask me, why don't we send your inner court students to fight in our Tang Sect's Hall of Heroes? Anyway, there's a special space there, which can ensure that the students can fight to the death without any worries, and also ensure that their bodies won't be harmed."

Yun Ming gently shook his head: "This does allow people to fight with all their might, but it is precisely because they know in advance that no matter how they fight, it will not cause damage to their own bodies that students lose their judgment and affect the form of combat in the real world."

Zang Xin was taken aback: "That's true."

"How boring!" Na'er stared at the competition stage, which she could barely see, and tried to stuff eggplants into her brother's mouth with a bored expression.

Nam Ryu-kyung naturally accepted his sister's loving feeding. His lips occasionally brushed against her delicate, white fingers. Na-er seemed to be teasing him on purpose, and unintentionally put her fingers into Nam Ryu-kyung's mouth like a toothbrush. If Nam Ryu-kyung hadn't reacted quickly, the fingers would probably have gone down his throat.

"If you dry-vomit, you clean it up." Nan Liujing tapped his sister on the head in an annoyed tone.

Na'er pretended to be in pain and said aggrievedly, "No, I've tried poking my throat with my finger before, and I've never gagged."

Nan Liujing's pupils dilated in shock.

"Phoenix Soars Through the Sky!"

Suddenly, a delicate shout came from inside the arena, instantly causing the other spectators, who also couldn't see the battle scene clearly, to gasp in surprise.

But then, in the sky above, the fiery phoenix split into nine streams of light, each like a sharp blade of phoenix feather, slicing through space and falling to the earth.

With a blinding torrent of flames bursting forth, the previously rousing lion's roar vanished completely.

A green-gold rain fell from the sky, nourishing the scorching, parched earth. As the extreme heat dissipated, the arena, which had long since solidified into magma, was revealed before everyone's eyes.

Ma Xue stood tall and voluptuous, her battle armor riddled with cracks. In contrast, not far away, Yan Rong lay on the dark red ground, the lion head on her shoulder broken off, her battle armor, once glossy, now dull and lifeless.

Lost!

Everyone immediately understood that Ma Xue had the last laugh in this duel.

"Old Ma is awesome!"

The wild-type students immediately cheered.

On the contrary, the students from other departments didn't look too good.

Ma Xue was panting, having consumed about 90% of her soul power. She never expected that Yan Rong would have two soul bones supporting her. If it weren't for the superior quality of her battle armor, the outcome would have been uncertain.

"I declare Ma Xue the winner!" Ya Li announced the result immediately after healing the unconscious Yan Rong.

With her arm raised, Ma Xue nodded in the direction of Nan Liujing, her expression conveying gratitude.

Nan Liujing smiled slightly. With the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and under the guidance of the teacher with the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Soul, he was destined to become a top expert in the future.

The competition stage has been repaired, and the competition has resumed.

Just before noon, the final results were announced, and as people had guessed, Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng, and Ding Xiaoling won the top three places.

Everyone stood up as Yun Ming personally announced the competition rewards, which drew envious cheers from the crowd.

More than a hundred inner court students stood on the competition stage, thinking that the competition would end after the awards were announced. However, Yun Ming's tone changed and he said in a deep voice, "Now, I have something else to announce."

Everyone looked on in confusion.

Yun Ming smiled and said, "The Sun and Moon Federation Grand Competition is less than half a month away. After the Sea God Pavilion meeting and discussions with the Federation, the academy will return to the Federation Grand Competition starting from this year!"

hiss!
These words stirred up a huge wave of discussion among the students.

It's important to know that Shrek Academy has been out of the Federation Competition for thousands of years, or rather, the academy has never participated in the Federation Competition.

The last All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament he participated in was the one before the Sun Moon Empire reorganized into a federation and unified the continent.

In retrospect, that year's competition was rather boring. After all, the major empires were on the verge of collapse and were too busy fleeing to send powerful Soul Master geniuses to participate.

Nan Liujing raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected Yun Ming to consider bringing the academy back to the Grand Competition.

Yun Ming smiled and said, "Since this is our first time returning, the academy will only participate in the junior and adult groups of the Federation Grand Competition, which will consist of individual matches and seven-on-seven games."

The list of participants is as follows.

As the dean of the inner academy, Ya Li immediately responded, and the names of the students were read out one by one.

It started with the youth group under the age of fifteen. The candidates were selected from the reserve students. Yu Jiutian was also selected. After a moment of surprise, he became excited.

This is much better than participating in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Tournament.

Faced with the envious looks from their classmates, the selected students blushed.

If the academy achieves good results in its first return to the Federation Grand Competition, the rewards will be plentiful.
Lose? Sorry, I've never even considered it.

Shrek Academy had maintained its dominance in the Elite Tournament for many years, even though it hadn't participated for a long time. The students still believed that Shrek could still dominate.

"Next up is the adult group, and the participants must be under 28 years old," Ya Li said gently. "Lei Qianjie, Ma Xue, Yu Hanshuang, You Bingqing, Yu Luyao..."

The seven names were read out one by one.

Yan Rong's face darkened immediately when she didn't hear her name called; this was even more painful than losing to Ma Xue.

“Those who think the candidate is unsuitable can stand up and explain,” Yali said.

No one stepped forward to say, "I could do it too," and the results of the insider competition speak for themselves.

Just as everything was about to come to an end, a deep, steady male voice rang out; it was Lei Qianjie.

"I'm sorry, Ma Xue and I are unable to represent the academy."

For a moment, everyone's expressions varied.

You actually refused the opportunity to pass on the academy's honor for ten thousand years?
"The reason?" Yun Ming asked, frowning.

Ma Xue said solemnly, "I'm sorry, Pavilion Master, Lei Qianjie and I have already joined the Spirit Pagoda, and we will participate in the Federation Grand Competition as members of the Spirit Pagoda."

"Wow."

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar.

The wild students, on the other hand, remained calm and did it too!

"Bastard!"

A furious shout suddenly rang out, and a terrifying pressure descended. Lei Qianjie and Ma Xue felt their blood surging, as if a huge boulder was pressing down on them, and they immediately knelt down on one knee.

Long Yeyue, who had been sitting silently, suddenly stood up and came to the two of them, her eyes gleaming with a cold light.

"The academy trained you so you could join the Spirit Pagoda?" Long Yeyue said coldly. "Your actions are those of traitors!"

"Sister Yue!"

Yun Ming was also surprised that the two had joined the Spirit Pagoda, but he did not forget to stop Long Yeyue.

The statement that there are also Shrek Academy graduates in the Spirit Pagoda will cause public controversy.

As soon as she relaxed, Ma Xue's fiery temper flared up immediately. Without any fear, she said, "What does this have to do with us joining the Spirit Pagoda? Doesn't the academy always pursue freedom and democracy? How is it not democratic for us to join the Spirit Pagoda?"

"You dare to talk back?" Long Yeyue glared at him, about to say something, but Ma Xue's next words tore away Shrek Academy's most embarrassing fig leaf.

"Lei Qianjie and I applied to stay at the school, wanting to join the academy's patrol team to fight against evil spirit masters, but what happened? We were rejected because the patrol team was full and they wouldn't accept any more members for the time being. The academy didn't even intend to keep us. Are we not supposed to find our own way out?"

Ma Xue's voice was passionate, and hundreds of people in the audience could hear it clearly.

Upon hearing this, Yun Ming and Ya Li's expressions changed drastically.

The patrol team is the Shrek Academy Inspection Corps from ten thousand years ago. It mainly cooperates with the Federation to deal with evil spirit masters. This organization is always short of people, never full.

After all, fighting evil spirit masters can really kill people. Some unlucky members may even have their souls enslaved, which is truly a case of wishing for death but being unable to die.

The only advantage of being part of the inspection team is that it's easy to accumulate merit and become a senior member of the Sea God Pavilion ahead of time. This is also one of the best ways for many students from ordinary backgrounds to advance to the upper echelons of the academy.

In the group of elders, one old man immediately broke out in a cold sweat because Yun Ming was looking at him with a cold gaze.

Long Yeyue's eyes flickered as she said, "That's simple. I'll give you a chance to rejoin and promote you directly to team leader."

The vice president has always been her staunch supporter; she must be protected.

Lei Qianjie shook his head: "I'm sorry, now that I've joined the Spirit Pagoda, that won't change."

Long Yeyue was furious. Now even a junior was not giving her any face.

Ya Li reacted quickly, grabbing Long Yeyue and leading her to the back.

Long Yeyue's face darkened, knowing that making trouble would only annoy Yun Ming more.

However, their withdrawal from the federal competition presents an opportunity, allowing them to gain the support of the elders from the collateral branches.

Yun Ming took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The list of participants will be re-selected on another day. Everyone, you may leave."

The trainees looked at each other, each with their own feelings, and left.

The elders of the Sea God Pavilion did not leave, because an invisible, sky-piercing spear intent emanated from each of them.

At Zang Xin's signal, the Tang Clan's higher-ups quickly slipped away.

This is not a show to stay and watch.

"Let's go." Nan Liujing got up and left. This matter would likely make Shrek Academy, which was already in turmoil due to the reforms, even more chaotic.

Ye Xinglan shook her head. Originally, her father wanted her to stay at Shrek Academy and strive to become a Shrek elder, but now that things are like this, it's better to give up. It seems that the rumors about the upper beam being crooked are true.

(End of this chapter)