Chapter 217: Tang San: “so I Took Action”
Xuan Lao swept his gaze over the entire venue, his eyes lingering for a while in the first-year area.
This year was quite special; normally, first-years weren’t allowed to participate in the reserve team assessment, but this year’s first-years were strong like monsters.
Mu Lao’s two young disciples Bai E and Mademos were in the first-year group, so he needed to pay extra attention.
As for Bei Bei, Mu En’s great-grandson, Mu En had told Xuan Zi not long ago not to interfere too much with Bei Bei, just to make sure he didn’t die.
Finally, Xuan Zi glanced at Sui who was warming up, satisfaction flowing from his eyes.
A week ago, Huo Sui’er had successfully emerged from seclusion; her Martial Soul had fully evolved from Taotie Spirit Sheep to Taotie, making her the human with the purest Taotie Bloodline in the history of the Douluo Continent.
“Now, the match begins!”
Xuan Zi’s figure instantly vanished, appearing on a high platform in the Dueling Arena; he leaned against the wall, took out a jug of wine, and watched the match below without blinking.
At this moment, a tall silver-haired elder came to Xuan Zi’s side; the elder’s face was ruddy, with no signs of declining vitality.
“Xuan Zi, not giving me a jug?”
Xuan Zi glanced at the newcomer, took another jug from his Storage Soul Tool, handed it over, and said:
“What brings you here?”
Long Xiaoyao took the jug, drank a few mouthfuls from the mouth of it, and said:
“Came here to see the style of Shrek’s younger generation.”
“Back in the day, I also fought against Shrek on the fighting platform with my teammates.”
“Unfortunately, I lost to Mu En by a few moves back then.”
A hint of reminiscence flowed from Long Xiaoyao’s gray eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
Xuan Zi also chuckled a few times and said, “Then this time you can broaden your horizons.”
“Shrek has plenty of monsters this year!”
Long Xiaoyao stroked his stylish mustache, eyes on the fighting platform below, and said:
“That girl in the second-year area is your granddaughter?”
“Her aura is just like yours, but much stronger.”
“Her Martial Soul should be stronger than yours.”
Xuan Zi loved hearing others praise Sui; he chuckled happily and said:
“Something like that; there should only be the two of us with Taotie Bloodline on the entire Continent.”
“She’s my proudest disciple.”
“Originally wanted to arrange for her to enter the main selection team, but she refused.”
“With this girl’s strength, she wouldn’t fear those in the main selection team in a head-on fight.”
“She could even squeeze out the White Tiger Duke’s eldest son; what a pity.”
Long Xiaoyao had long heard about the conflict between Shrek Academy and the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion; the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion actually dared to assassinate Mu En! That was one of a kind.
Xuan Zi casually tossed a few chicken drumsticks to Long Xiaoyao and said:
“Have them with the wine.”
“I’m not eating; Sui won’t let me.”
Long Xiaoyao waved his hand in disgust, sending the chicken drumsticks back, and said:
“Don’t disgust me.”
“I won’t eat your chicken drumsticks.”
“These past few days have worn me out; a bunch of people came to probe Shrek Academy.”
Xuan Zi put the chicken drumsticks away and said to Long Xiaoyao:
“Didn’t I just clean out a batch not long ago?”
“Already more?”
Long Xiaoyao looked below and said:
“Didn’t Shrek Academy cancel the City Lord recommendation letter system?”
“And they’re even willing to recruit commoners without Soul Power; the entire Continent knows Shrek Academy has started an unprecedented reform.”
“The three great Empires can’t sit still; they’ve been sending people here to investigate.”
“Heh, I heard that Heaven Soul and Dou Ling, those two old brothers, are thinking that if Shrek Academy becomes very weak from the reform, they’ll divide it up.”
“Heaven Soul wants the Martial Soul Department, Dou Ling wants the Soul Tool Department.”
“Truly stupid beyond belief!”
“Almost made Mu En and me laugh.”
“Heaven Soul Empire has Body Sect, so it’s not a big deal, but if Shrek Academy were weak, they really could do it.”
“What does Dou Ling Empire have? Any random cats and dogs?”
Xuan Zi’s gaze turned hostile, killing intent flowing from his eyes as he said:
“I knew these Empires were restless long ago; didn’t expect them to be so bold?”
Long Xiaoyao waved his hand and said:
“The ignorant are fearless; it’s normal.”
“Yesterday, Mu En and I took a stroll through the Imperial Palaces of the three great Empires.”
“Heh, upon seeing the two of us alive, those Emperors and royal Offerings had much clearer eyes.”
“There were quite a few old acquaintances among those Offerings.”
“Hahaha!”
“The match has started; let’s watch together.”
Xuan Zi nodded and began watching the match situation below intently.
“Die Bao, let’s go! We’ll go find Sui Jie!”
After the melee began, Feng Jin pulled Xia Die and Ti Bao toward Sui’s side.
Bai E and Mademos followed closely behind.
At that moment, a very conspicuous Martial Soul fluctuation appeared at the edge of the Fighting Platform; accompanied by a beam of white light, a Netherworld White Tiger over eight meters long and more than two meters tall appeared in the arena.
A deafening tiger roar swept the entire field, then it charged fiercely at Mademos wrapped in transparent Fluctuation!
The Netherworld White Tiger ignored all core disciples, its eyes fixed solely on Mademos.
Seeing this, Mademos stopped, his golden eyes slightly downcast, and said:
“This guy.”
“You all go ahead; I’ll deal with him.”
“Hmph, he wants to make us the common target.”
Indeed, that was Dai Huabin’s goal; he clearly knew that even with Martial Soul Fusion with Zhu Lu, he was no match for Mademos.
He didn’t want to win; he just wanted to lose together with Mademos!
Mademos activated his Martial Soul; two Soul Rings shone around his body, gold-red Battle Armor covered him, and a lion head appeared on his left shoulder.
Scarlet flames enveloped his body as he collided straight with the Netherworld White Tiger; powerful energy Fluctuation erupted from both, Gale scattering the surrounding core disciples.
After this time cultivating in Sea God Pavilion, Mademos was already level twenty-nine; his palm pressed dead onto the Netherworld White Tiger’s tiger head, then he slammed it into the ground!
Cracks like a spiderweb appeared on the Fighting Platform; the Netherworld White Tiger let out a mournful cry, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu inside turned pale, a sweet taste in their throats.
“This guy, even stronger!”
The Netherworld White Tiger madly twisted its body, trying to escape Mademos’s large hand, but how could Ultimate Power be something they two could resist?
The Netherworld White Tiger’s head was pinned dead to the ground, its body twisting like a wild dog with a broken spine.
Then, Dai Huabin changed strategy; intense white light gathered in the Netherworld White Tiger’s mouth, preparing a close-range devastating blow to Mademos.
Mademos glanced over, clenched his free hand into a fist, ready to blast the Netherworld White Tiger in one go and send these two clowns out.
“Hey, Bei Bei, I think this is a good opportunity.”
“Cooperate with them; let’s eliminate that Mademos first!”
Xu Sanshi blocked attacks from surrounding students and said to Bei Bei beside him.
Bei Bei considered the possibility, nodded, and said:
“Let’s do it!”
Xu Sanshi grinned and said:
“I’ll go first!”
“Xuanming Substitution!”
The core disciple nearest to Mademos and the Netherworld White Tiger vanished instantly; Xu Sanshi appeared beside them.
His first and third Soul Rings lit up together; intense shockwaves spread from him outward, followed by massive water Elements condensing into a long whip lashing toward Mademos.
The surrounding core disciples reacted, thought for a moment, and decided to eliminate Mademos first; after all, everyone present had heard of Mademos’s reputation.
At this moment, Bei Bei unleashed his third Soul Skill Thunder’s Wrath and fourth Soul Skill Thunder Dragon Head; erupting thunder condensed into a blue Thunder Dragon Head that charged fiercely at Mademos.
At that moment, a beam of golden light streaked across, blocking the Thunder Dragon Head; brilliant golden light like flowing Scorching Sun submerged it, then counter-rushed toward Bei Bei.
Bei Bei’s eyes contracted; he used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps to dodge, his Dragon Clan’s Danger Perception making him hurriedly raise his right arm’s Dragon Claw to block.
A blue-white greatsword flashing with cold light, golden light flowing on it, slashed straight toward Bei Bei.
“Clang~”
Bei Bei sucked in a cold breath, grimacing in pain; his blue Dragon Scale had shattered, and the scarlet blood hadn’t even flowed out before being evaporated by the scorching high temperature.
He hurriedly retreated, but that golden light stuck closely to him; passing core disciples were knocked out by it at extremely tricky angles.
“Bai E…”
Bei Bei recognized his opponent; just as he tried to use a Soul Skill again, he saw the other vanish suddenly, spatial Fluctuation coming from behind; a Doorway instantly opened, and Bai E swung sword light toward his back.
Bei Bei’s eyes contracted; tearing pain came from his back, a fearsome wound spreading there.
As he just turned his head, the figure vanished again; a illusory Doorway appeared beside Mademos, Bai E bursting out from it with golden light forcing back all attacks.
Xu Sanshi was no exception; he hurriedly stopped his assault, retreated quickly, then shouted:
“Bei Bei! Where are you?!”
“How come it’s just me fighting alone?”
Bei Bei helplessly showed Xu Sanshi the wound on his back, instantly leaving him speechless.
With no more interference, Mademos punched the Netherworld White Tiger’s head; Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu inside spat out blood and fainted.
Mademos casually kicked the two out of bounds and said to Bai E:
“You’re here.”
Bai E smiled and said:
“We’re partners, after all.”
At that moment, waves of earthy yellow Fluctuation spread across the ground; countless massive rocks rose from the earth, separating the gathered other core disciples.
A girl emanating the aura of a primordial fierce beast, surrounded by earthy yellow light, stood atop a rock; faintly behind her was a bizarre fierce beast with a sheep’s body, human face, tiger teeth, and human claws.
“Hey, you all just band together to bully my little brother and sisters?”
Huo Sui’er had Feng Jin, Ti Bao, and Xia Die beside her; the four leaped to Mademos and Bai E’s side.
The six now stood in the center of the venue, surrounded by core disciples separated by the rocks.
Helplessness showed on Bei Bei’s face; this was the situation he least wanted to see—them six teaming up would make things troublesome.
At the distant edge, Jiang Nannan crouched with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao whispered:
“They’re probably about to start a team fight; let’s play it safe.”
“Take out the last team.”
“If they’re in too good condition, we’ll just jump off.”
Wang Dong smacked his lips and said:
“I say, just jump now.”
“This reserve team isn’t mandatory.”
“Just get beaten for nothing.”
Xiao Xiao had black lines on her forehead and said:
“Don’t rush; what if Sui Jie and them win, leaving one spot—we still have a chance.”
“Our relationship with Bai E and them isn’t bad.”
Not sure if some keyword was triggered, a golden trident on Wang Dong’s forehead faintly glowed.
“Bai E? Let me see what’s going on.”
A strand of Divine Sense slightly probed out, seeing the venue situation clearly, but due to Butterfly God’s and Huo Yuhao’s shielding, it didn’t detect the anomaly in Wang Dong’s body.
“I see.”
“They’re selecting the reserve team.”
“This is a great chance to gather information!”
“As a Tang family daughter, even if only one-third, I can’t say such discouraging words!”
“Father, lend a hand!”
Sea God Tang San in the God Realm sensed the lower realm situation and lightly waved his finger, transmitting something unknown downward.
In the venue, Wang Dong didn’t notice that his Haotian Hammer inside faintly emitted gold-blue patterns.
