Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 22 Water Balloon
"Ah."

Facing the attack about to fall from behind, Bei Bei instead revealed a triumphant smile, and the light on her fourth spirit ring flashed by.

"Thunder Dragon Head!"

A dense blue current burst forth instantly, converging behind Beibei into a lightning net about one meter in diameter. A dragon head with bared scales and teeth then rushed out, opening its bloody maw towards Xu Sanshi with a series of dragon roars and thunderous sounds.

The sudden burst of power at such close range caught Xu Sanshi completely off guard. The ripples on the tortoise shell shield were instantly shattered by the dragon head, and the exploding lightning snake net sent him flying.

"Yes, that's it! Beibei, give him a good beating!"

"Fight back... Xu Sanshi, fight back!"

As the two clashed, cheers erupted from the audience, and the overwhelming excitement left the people in the preparation seats somewhat bewildered.

Are they really watching a fight?

Xiao Xiao's eye twitched.

I always felt that they treated this as some kind of entertainment performance or drama, just spending money to have some fun and relax.

"I don't know, maybe they were gambling?"

Huo Yuhao shrugged.

As they spoke, the situation on the stage changed several times in a row. After a period of intense back-and-forth fighting, Beibei suddenly pulled back and threw out several darts.

No one knows what tricks he used, but after the darts left his hand, they traced strange and tricky arcs, attacking Xu Sanshi from all angles.

"Tang Clan hidden weapons? He's also a member of the Tang Clan?"

Xiao Xiao was suddenly startled.

Huo Yuhao, who was standing next to her, was also stunned.

Oh right... Xiao Xiao should have joined that so-called Tang Sect by now.

Why is she so unfamiliar with Beibei?
Tang Ya and Bei Bei usually appear together, so how could she only know one of them?

"Never mind, it's none of my business."

In less than half a second, Huo Yuhao gave up thinking.

He was at most acquainted with these two people; whether they could be considered friends was another matter entirely. It was best not to meddle in their private affairs.

"Damn it! If you're going to fight, fight fair and square! Why use all these tricks!"

Xu Sanshi on the field roared incessantly.

At this moment, Bei Bei's hands were almost blurring with afterimages as dozens, even hundreds, of metal projectiles rained down on him, leaving him unable to defend himself. The shield in his hand, barely the size of his torso, twirled left and right, and it took a great deal of effort to just barely protect his entire body.

"I've had enough... the power of the Dark Netherworld!"

With a low roar from Xu Sanshi, the sound of water suddenly echoed across the field. Thick, dense white mist first engulfed him, and then layers of water rapidly emerged from the air, swirling around him.

As soon as Beibei's many hidden weapons entered the water, they were instantly suspended in mid-air by the resistance that appeared, and then surged along with the water flow.

"field?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes narrowed, and he tentatively released a mental probe into the arena, trying to find out his strength.

"Not quite like it."

The water around Xu Sanshi's body was more like a manifestation of elemental power, which was naturally accumulated after the soul skill was activated, and had no fixed range or special effects.

So...

It seems Huo Yuhao could also learn this move?
As long as the soul power is strong enough, enough water element can be gathered from the surroundings. If the external energy is insufficient, it can be replenished by drawing soul power from within the body.

Ignoring the fact that Xu Sanshi had successfully gathered metal and water around him and was being subjected to a barrage of electric shocks by Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao tentatively raised his hand to support him.

There were no incantations, no magic circles, and not even any magic.

It is simply controlled by one's own soul power.

A moment later, a cloud of water mist slowly condensed above Huo Yuhao's palm, forming a water ball the size of a walnut, which then began to grow rapidly.

When it grew larger than a fist, the water sphere suddenly lost its support and slammed into his palm. "It seems like I need something to stabilize the elemental form?"

Huo Yuhao frowned, his hand clenching and unclenching in the air a few times, seemingly unable to grasp the technique.

Hey! What are you daydreaming about?

Wang Dong suddenly slapped him on the shoulder: "It's our turn!"

Look up.

Xu Sanshi, with a sour face and a smoking afro, listened to the referee announce the result.

Although he was almost electrocuted to the point of being eight-tenths cooked, although he was beaten up by Bei Bei for most of the time, and although he never managed to put up any decent counterattack.

But they still ended in a draw.

There's no way around it; one is on defense, the other on offense. Even if these two don't collude to fix the match and cheat for money, there's no real winner.

It's simply a matter of whether Xu Sanshi gets beaten up and looks disheveled or handles the situation with ease.

"Now that you've won your first match, do you want to continue playing on stage?" The teacher, who was acting as the referee, glanced at Beibei.

"Hmph~ Of course!"

Beibei surveyed the entire arena, her fighting spirit soaring: "Today, I will push my fighting spirit points to the maximum limit this year! I will not return until I am defeated!"

The moment he said that, the entire audience erupted in cheers.

"it is good."

The referee nodded. This made things much easier for him. All he had to do was call people up to the stage in order of their numbers, saving him the trouble of random matching.

"Next is number twenty-three... um."

The referee had barely uttered the word when he frowned: "This is a three-person team."

"Ahem! Next up is a three-person team composed of first-year students. Would you like to skip this, Beibei?"

A three-person team?

First grade?

Beibei's eyebrows twitched inexplicably a few times, and a sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in her heart.

Instead, the audience only remained silent for a moment before erupting into an even louder shout: "Attack! Attack!..."

"Then let's fight."

Standing in mid-air, Bei Bei, who had just made a bold statement, couldn't back down and could only agree with a dark expression on her face.

"Number twenty-three is...?"

On the bench, Xiao Xiao nervously rubbed her hands as she listened to the referee's announcement.

Then, Wang Dong lifted her up.

"That's us."

Huo Yuhao showed the sign in his hand and took the lead as he walked towards the stage.

"I'm coming……"

Some viewers were quite observant, and they spotted Huo Yuhao the moment he set off: "Judging by his age, he really is a first-year student! How dare he come here to fight?"

"Hmph! You'd better not underestimate these guys. I heard that the quality of this year's freshmen far exceeds that of previous years, and there are even a few three-ring Soul Masters among them."

"Wow~ Three Rings at this age? That's amazing! By the time they're in higher grades, they'll probably be aiming for Soul Emperor..."

"Definitely, who knows, this year might produce a bunch of Title Douluos..."

Amidst the chaotic noise from the audience, Xu Sanshi and Huo Yuhao met head-on.

The former's eyes lit up instantly, and with a mischievous grin, he hooked his arm around Huo Yuhao's shoulder: "Fight hard later! Let Bei Bei know how powerful you are! If you win, I'll give you a Xuan Shui Pill, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)