Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 338 The Absent One
A few seconds later, Wang Shiyu and Yan managed to half-get up from the ground, one after the other.

The Goddess of Light Butterfly Martial Soul is no less powerful than the ancient Martial Soul Flame Lord. Therefore, Wang Shiyu's extra 100,000-year Soul Ring compared to Yan's became a crucial factor in gaining a half-move lead.

If this situation continues, the Spirit Hall seed team will lose the game because Yan stood up half a beat slower than Wang Shiyu.

Hu Liena, watching from the side, realized this.

She didn't want to disappoint her teacher, nor did she want to bring shame to the Spirit Hall's honor.

Therefore, if they want to win the game, they can only rely on Yan, and they must do something to turn the tide and win.

Hu Liena hesitated for a moment, but ultimately, for the sake of the Spirit Hall's victory, she mustered her last bit of strength and shouted through gritted teeth:
"Yan, if you stand up first, I'll agree to date you!"

When the words reached Yan's ears, he realized that the power of love—no, the power of a simp—was boundless.

Upon learning that Nana wanted to date him, Yan was like a man possessed, his adrenaline surged, his physical potential was instantly unlocked, and he suddenly had inexhaustible strength.

Of course, these are just Yan's personal illusions and cannot change the fact that he is currently weak and powerless, but the stimulation of his physical potential is real.

With that surge of energy, Yan exerted all his strength in an instant, surpassing Wang Shiyu's progress in getting up in a fraction of a second, becoming the first of the five people on the stage to stand up completely.

Wang Shiyu also stood up almost simultaneously, but unfortunately she was less than half a second slower.

Because of this mere half-second difference, the Holy Light team lost the game.

"The Spirit Hall seeded team wins this match!"

Below the ring, the referee announced the result of the match.

As soon as the results of the match were announced, Yan fainted due to excessive excitement and extreme physical weakness, collapsing onto the ground of the ring.

Preparation area, Tian Dou Royal Academy area.

Xue Qinghe watched this scene, his calm expression concealing deep disappointment.

"We were one step behind, and that woman's team still won."

"However, with three inheritors of divine power, plus that woman herself, that makes four, right?"

"Fortunately, Grandpa Golden Crocodile has reached the final stage of the divine succession. In front of a true god, no matter how many successors there are, they cannot cause any trouble."

Xue Qinghe admitted that after seeing that the three members of the Golden Generation were all inheritors of divine power, he felt a sense of panic, fearing that the power of the Spirit Hall would fall entirely into Bibi Dong's hands.

But when Xue Qinghe thought of Golden Crocodile Douluo undergoing his final divine qualification test in the Angel Inheritance Space, he felt much more at ease.

He himself was a person who cherished talent. For the sake of the Spirit Hall's interests, he would not take action against Hu Liena and the other two. However, in order to consolidate the Angel lineage's rule over the Spirit Hall, if the three members of the Golden Generation did not submit, then he would have no choice but to use extreme measures to force them to voluntarily hand over their divine inheritance.

At this moment, Xue Qinghe turned to look beside him and instructed the servant disguised as the Serpent Spear Douluo:

"Go find the leader of the Holy Light Team and arrange a dinner tonight in my name."

As he spoke, he handed Serpent Spear Douluo a royal waist token engraved with the character "Snow".

As both possessors of light-attribute martial souls and inheritors of divine powers, Xue Qinghe was very happy to bring Wang Shiyu and Yan Mo to his side.

By then, including himself, he would have four inheritors of divine power. If he captured Ye Lingling, that would be five, and if he captured Tang San, that would be six... As for Tang San, forget about him. He is a fallen one and has a blood feud with the Spirit Hall. It would be best to kill him as soon as possible.

On the other side, seeing this outcome, Bibi Dong's anxiety subsided. As a woman, especially one who had experienced the secret chamber incident, Bibi Dong felt gratified yet also heartbroken by the final role her disciple Hu Liena played.

In her opinion, Yan was not a good match for her disciple in any way. If they were truly in love, then so be it. As his teacher, she would offer her sincere blessings and would never let the same thing happen to her and Yu Xiaogang.

The truth is that Hu Liena only dated Yan to provoke him in order to win the competition; they weren't truly in love.

If Yan dares to use this incident to harass Hu Liena further, then she, as the teacher, will have to step in and play the villain.

……

Of the three matches today, the last one will be held tonight.

The time soon came to night.

Xue Qinghe, who had never missed a single match since the start of the knockout stage, was absent from the preparation area of ​​the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

Because Xue Qinghe was busy with other important matters.

The Four Elements Academy and the Body Sect are internal power struggles within the empire, one being a high-level soul master academy of Heaven Dou and the other a hidden sect of Heaven Dou. They do not involve the issue of face between empires.

Therefore, there is no strict requirement for Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of Tiandou, to attend the match between the two families.

Compared to the competition, the banquet was more important, as it concerned whether Xue Qinghe could win over Wang Shiyu and Yan Mo, the two inheritors of the divine power, from the Holy Light Team.

Not only Xue Qinghe, but Tang San also locked himself in his hotel suite, not joining the people from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to watch the match between the Four Elements Academy and the Body Sect at the Soul Arena that night.

Since Tang San was alone in the hotel suite, no one could vouch for his alibi, making it easier to shift the blame later.

Battle Arena, Preparation Area.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School area.

"Rongrong, where is Miss Yun? Why didn't she come?"

When Ning Fengzhi saw that Yunhui was not there, he asked his daughter.

"Yes, Sister Yun had something to do tonight, so she didn't come."

As Ning Rongrong spoke, she winked at Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi immediately understood that Yun Hui had a mission and that was why he hadn't come tonight.

"The lord has issued a mission; it looks like tonight won't be peaceful!"

As the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi was well aware of the ulterior motives of the various top forces, because he himself was one of them.

Tang San is in the eye of the storm, yet he still dares to stay alone in his hotel room. He truly inherits the foolishness of the Haotian Sect disciples without realizing it.

For instance, Xue Qinghe didn't even choose his own hotel as the venue for the banquet; instead, he chose the hotel where the Holy Light Team was staying.

On the one hand, this would show Xue Qinghe's sincerity, and on the other hand, it would make room for the people who were going to take action tonight.

In this way, even if something happens, it won't affect the banquet that Xue Qinghe specially organized to win over Wang Shiyu and Yan Mo in the first place.

(End of this chapter)