Douluo Jueshi: I can only explode the ring, all I can do is operate.

Chapter 330 I Don't Want to Take Advantage of You
Qiang Qiang~

The knocking sounded precisely on time, causing Long Aotian, who had just arrived in the rest room to recover his soul power and physical strength, to pause for a moment before speaking:

"Enter!"

"How are you doing? Will you be able to recover by the semifinals?"

Pushing open the door, Ning Wuque's eyes were filled with fighting spirit as he looked at Long Aotian. He couldn't wait to have a go at him!
Long Aotian did not lie or show off in response:

"If we speed up the recovery of the Martial Soul True Body, we can still make it, but we definitely won't be able to fight you at full strength. We can only wait and see when you come to visit my Body Sect before we have a fight!"

The Round of 16 will end tomorrow, followed by a day of rest the day after tomorrow. The Quarterfinals will end the day after that, followed by a day of rest before the semifinals begin.

Even if he starts recovering now, Long Aotian can at most activate his Martial Soul True Body during the semi-finals; a full recovery is simply impossible.

Ning Wuque felt a pang of regret. Not being able to fight Long Aotian with all his might on this best stage was definitely one of the regrets of his life. There were many opportunities to go all out, but there was only one chance in the competition.

The fighting spirit in Ning Wuque's eyes subsided slightly, but quickly rose again. He asked directly:

"How much difference would it make? I, Ning, don't want you to give in to me. I can't do something like taking advantage of you."

"Haha! I don't know either, maybe it'll recover to 70%, maybe it'll recover to 80%."

"Seven or eight out of ten? Okay, I'll be going now. You take good care of yourself and recover well. Also... are you sure you want to get involved in that kind of thing?"

Before leaving, Ning Wuque glanced around at the others in the lounge, then said to Long Aotian meaningfully:

“Mingdu is now surrounded on three sides and one side is open. The only escape route has been ambushed. Xu Tianran’s palace is not easy to conquer. I saw a fortress made entirely of all kinds of soul tools at Mingde Hall alone.”

“I know the saying ‘Where there’s life, there’s hope,’ but this isn’t something I can decide. Besides, it’s not just our family that has to do this.”

"Never mind, I just came to remind you not to die. I'll be going to the Body Sect later."

"welcome any time."

After speaking, Ning Wuque did not linger. He turned around, closed the door, and left.

The group of people, their minds filled with complex emotions, were left behind. They had been informed of the purpose of this mission before they arrived—to test/assassinate Xu Tianran!
"Alright, everyone get ready. It's still a long way from the start of the operation. Yuhao, you're under a lot of pressure this time. Try not to get injured in the upcoming matches."

"Yes, I know, Brother Aotian."

.........

After leaving the rest room of the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Academy, Ning Wuque leisurely returned to the rest room of Shrek Academy.

The second match of the day started quickly, with the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan facing off against the Mingyu Clan. Just like in the original story, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, led by Yu Tianlong, won easily.

However, this joy did not last long, and their journey ended in the quarterfinals. In fact, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was the weakest of the eight teams in their group, and on paper, they were the kind of team that could not beat anyone.

"Tomorrow we'll be facing the Sun Moon Royal Academy. Xiao Hongchen isn't much of a threat now that he's lost his Martial Soul True Form. Wuque, what's the lineup for tomorrow?"

The competition will not allow two teams that have already played each other to meet again before the finals, so Shrek Academy will definitely face off against the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy, which has successfully advanced, tomorrow.

However, after losing his Martial Soul True Body, Xiao Hongchen's danger level was greatly reduced, and even Bei Bei could defeat him in a one-on-one fight.

In response, Ning Wuque first reached out and touched Wu Feng's smooth, long red hair, and said in a very firm tone:

"Leave the 'Laughing at the Mortal World' scene to me, the rest are yours."

"Oh? Are you planning to avenge your wife?" Bei Bei asked teasingly.

Ning Wuque didn't find Bei Bei's teasing offensive and responded directly, while also exaggerating a bit:

"Yeah, that's true. If I don't give that guy a couple of punches for Fengmei, I'll never have a good life again."

"Haha, aren't you good friends? He'll probably be very sad if you treat him like this."

"They're just rivals who respect each other, nothing compared to my sweet, soft, beautiful wife~"

"You actually said something like that?!"

"Please, I'm a man too, a normal human being, okay? Why can't I say things like that?"

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The Round of 16 matches are played four times a day, with the lower half of the venue today and the upper half tomorrow, for two days. The quarterfinals, on the other hand, are played on the first half of the day, with the upper half in the morning and the lower half in the afternoon, in reverse order.

So today's matches were over quickly, since apart from a few weaker teams, the other strong teams all had crushing victories in the four matches.

Especially in the afternoon's first round of the top 16 matches, Shrek Academy and Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School both chased their opponents to advance to the top 8.

It only took a little over half an hour to finish.

So the competition ended at 3 p.m., and all the teams left the venue and headed to their respective hotels.

.........

"Phew, I'm so full."

At eight o'clock in the evening, Wu Feng, having finished dinner, sat at the desk in his hotel bedroom and rubbed his slightly swollen belly.

Ning Tian sat quietly on the edge of the bed reading a book titled "The Complete Cooking Manual" on the cover. She seemed to think that as long as she could memorize the recipes, she could cook a sumptuous feast.

She hadn't forgotten to cook for Ning Wuque, of course, in a prank-like way, so that the food would be delicious and fragrant, but its true flavor would be revealed as soon as it entered his mouth, definitely giving Ning Wuque a big surprise!

Click~

The bedroom door opened, and Ning Wuque walked in shirtless, covered in sweat, clearly having just returned from weight training.

"Fengmei, Tian'er, come take a bath with me?"

"Huh? You're not going to tell me..."

Hearing this familiar hint, Wu Feng blushed and grinned mischievously, teasing, "Who said we should be in top condition to deal with Long Aotian?"

In response, Ning Wuque offered a very righteous and eloquent defense:
"I'm not trying to take advantage of him, you know? As long as I'm also weakened, it will be a battle of the titans, not a case of the strong bullying the weak!"

"Hehe~ You're right, you're right! Oh dear, I was wrong, I was wrong, put me down!"

Before Wu Feng could even laugh after saying something bad, Ning Wuque suddenly appeared and hoisted him onto his shoulder, making him thrash around.

Behind him, Ning Tian closed the book and slowly stood up. He took a few steps to Ning Wuque's back and patted Wu Feng's buttocks twice.
"Alright, hurry up. I'll ask Beibei for leave for you guys tomorrow morning. We have a match the day after tomorrow, so don't play for too long."

(End of this chapter)