Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 344 Love Song
The highlight of today's competition is the match this afternoon.

The match between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School seed team and the Void Nether Team was the last match of the third round of the knockout stage.

Sure enough, in the preparation area, not only were not all the members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School present, but the same was true for the Void Battle Team. The team's captain and vice-captain, who were also the inheritors of the God of Space and the God of Darkness, Luo Minghua and Xu Keming, did not attend the competition.

As for this morning's match, if it hadn't involved a battle for face between the two great empires, the Star Crown Sect might have voluntarily conceded defeat without even starting the match.

However, since the opponent is Tian Dou, the Star Crown Sect, as a member of the Star Luo Empire, cannot and will not back down before the battle even begins.

A soldier may die on the battlefield, but he must never be a deserter.

The principle behind both is the same.

Soon, after all the spectators were seated, the two teams took turns stepping onto the stage.

"Lingling, shall we do it?"

Dugu Yan smiled and spoke, clearly showing that she didn't take the seven members of the Star Crown Sect across the arena seriously.

That makes sense. How could the Star Crown Sect's seven Soul King lineup possibly compete with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's lineup of one Soul Saint, one Soul Emperor, and five Soul Kings, unless it's a seven-in-one fusion skill, whether it's martial soul fusion or soul skill fusion?

Moreover, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan was defeated by the Star Crown Clan, and Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan is Dugu Yan's boyfriend. Given this relationship, they should at least teach the Star Crown Clan a lesson in the competition.

"Sister Yan, let me do it!"

Ye Lingling was aware of the grudge between Dugu Yan and Xingguan Sect, but precisely because of this, she couldn't let Dugu Yan make a move.

Poison-attribute soul skills make it difficult to assess the extent of injuries. Once they strike, all is well, but if they succeed, blood will inevitably be drawn. Soul masters poisoned by these skills will suffer severe damage to their vital energy at best, and at worst, permanent sequelae, and the severity of these sequelae will certainly be considerable.

Especially given this past grudge, Dugu Yan will definitely not hold back during the match. If she gets carried away and doesn't stop, it could cause a lot of trouble.

"Uh, okay!"

A hint of regret flashed in Dugu Yan's eyes, and she immediately lost interest, replying with a slightly dejected tone.

Although she is the captain of the Heavenly Dou Royal Seed Team, the person with the most say in the team is actually Ye Lingling, who is the vice captain.

It's just that Ye Lingling doesn't like managing affairs or interacting with people, which is why she's only a vice-captain, and the captain's position was given to Dugu Yan.

Before long, the match began.

Faced with such a formidable enemy, the seven members of the Star Crown Sect did not choose to attack. Instead, the moment the one-minute preparation time ended, they unleashed their defensive Star Soul Skill, Star Guardian.

However, the expected barrage of soul skill attacks did not occur. All seven members of the Heaven Dou Royal Seed Team stood still without making a move, and did not even release their martial soul rings.

The fact that the entire team did not release their spirit rings during the one-minute preparation time was already a sign of considerable disrespect towards their opponents. When the match officially started, they still did not release their spirit rings. The seven members of the Star Crown Sect felt that their dignity had been insulted, and their anger surged.

"Since you are all so angry, how about listening to a song of mine to calm your tempers?"

Ye Lingling's cool and indifferent voice echoed in the arena.

Behind her, Zhi Qingze wove a rattan chair out of the Azure Vine, and Ye Lingling sat down and summoned the Cupid's artifact, Moonlit Love.

A moon-white harp appeared before Ye Lingling. Her eight fingers, excluding her little fingers, rested on the strings, her fingertips gently plucking them. A melodious, flowing sound, like a tranquil stream, emanated from the harp. Music requires heartfelt appreciation, and the performer must also perform with heart.

Ye Lingling was focused and single-minded, and soon she was immersed in the melody of the piano piece she was playing.

This is a song of longing. Whether it is the performer or the listener, they will inevitably recall the person they miss. The deeper the longing and yearning, the greater the power of the music.

Even if the longing and yearning are not deep, if one is immersed in the music and cannot extricate oneself, the initial shallow emotions will become more profound under the influence of the music.

Ye Lingling had no idea what was happening outside, because after playing the piece for only a short while, she was completely immersed in the melody, which stirred up her longing for her deceased loved ones.

This sincere family affection gave Ye Lingling's performance of the love song an extraordinary power of emotion, almost several times the basic effect of the song.

Of course, this only applies to family relationships; it doesn't affect other emotions in the same way.

Of all the countless emotions in the world, kinship is undoubtedly the strongest, especially kinship based on blood ties.

Aside from those who have severed all ties, even orphans can experience kinship without blood relation.

All seven members of the Star Crown Sect came from distinguished backgrounds and held prominent positions within the sect. However, the higher one's position, the more precious family ties became.

This also made the effect of the melody of longing, which evoked the longing for their loved ones in the hearts of the seven of them, much higher. It was as if they had been given a vulnerability effect, while Ye Lingling, who was playing the melody, had been given a damage amplification effect.

With one increase and one decrease, the power of the Melody of Longing against the seven members of the Star Crown Sect was simply too great.

The score for "Song of Longing" is not long. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the music will come to an end. When the last note is played, the song of longing will also come to a close.

"We... admit defeat!"

Without needing anyone else to say anything, after the seven members of the Star Crown Sect regained their senses from the music, team captain Xu Chengmian spoke on behalf of the team to concede defeat.

Although they didn't know how much time had passed, the seven of them were so engrossed in the music that they had completely lost all sense of the outside world. If the Heavenly Dou Royal Seed Team wanted to, they could take this opportunity to eliminate them.

With the song over, the huge gap in strength between the two teams was laid bare, so admitting defeat now wouldn't be shameful.

Upon seeing this, the referee below the ring loudly announced the result of the match:
"The Heavenly Dou Royal Seed Team has won this competition!"

At this point, five of the eight seeded teams have been eliminated, leaving three teams remaining.

Preparation zone.

The area where the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was located was in an uproar, with everyone cheering and jumping for joy, except for one person: Tang San.

He chose to risk coming to Wuhun City to participate in this competition for the sake of the soul bone. As a result, he not only lost the competition, but also got into trouble and was targeted by forces that he could not afford to offend at the moment.

If you can't get good things for yourself, you can't stand to see others do well either.

The better the first team performs, the more it highlights the incompetence of the second team.

As the captain of the second team, Tang San bears the primary responsibility.

(End of this chapter)