Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 338 The Return of the Wondrous Heart: The Third Test
As Ling Luochen walked out of the woods, she saw a large group of people waiting for her ahead.

"Sister Luo Chen, you're amazing! You defeated a Title Douluo so easily!" Xiao Xiao stepped forward and held Ling Luo Chen's hand, praising her.

"Actually, it wasn't that easy." Ling Luochen smiled. "Although I seemed calm and composed, I actually used all my trump cards and gave it my all. In addition, I restrained him to a certain extent, which is why I won so smoothly. Title Douluo is indeed very powerful. If you are careless, there is a risk of collapse. If you face him in the future, you must not be careless either."

She didn't want Xiao Xiao to underestimate Title Douluos just because she saw this battle.

This Ghoul Douluo isn't considered particularly strong among Title Douluos. If it were a Title Douluo from the Body Sect, she knew she wouldn't be able to win.

Xiao Xiao nodded obediently, "Yes, I understand."

"Sister Luo Chen, what was the content of your third exam?" Yuwen Tuo asked.

His divine test and Ling Luochen's test are connected; the content of Ling Luochen's third test may be his third test afterward.

Upon hearing this, Ling Luochen had a sudden thought and summoned the third card: "Protect the people of Ghost Valley and get them out of Mingdu. If any one of them dies, the assessment will be failed."

"Leave Mingdu? Why is there such a test? Is the divine test a warning to us that this competition is dangerous?" Vina asked疑惑地.

“That’s for sure. Xu Tianran is probably planning to target the elite disciples and important figures from various countries during the competition, and take them all down in one fell swoop,” Yuwen Tuo said with a smile.

"What? In that case, are we still going to participate in the competition? Wouldn't that be walking into a trap?" Nana exclaimed in shock. The Sun Moon Empire was actually hiding such a big plan.

"Don't worry. This competition is indeed dangerous, but as long as we are prepared, we can turn the tables on them. I have already asked the sect leader to do something to catch Xu Tianran off guard. The vice sect leader will remain hidden in the shadows, while the titled Douluo leading the team on the surface is also Senior Sister Vina's master, His Majesty God Brain. It can be said that our Body Sect's three strongest members are coming out together."

"Not three, but four," Yuwen Tuo said, but before he could finish, a woman's voice suddenly came from the sky, "My third test is also to protect you, so I will go too!"

Everyone looked up and saw an elegant woman standing in the air, surrounded by nine soul rings, an unconventional and top-quality configuration of two purple, six black, and one red.

It was Miaoxin, the youngest elder of the Body Sect.

"Miaoxin!" The most excited person at this moment was, of course, Jiang Peng. His beloved, whom he had been longing for for so long, had finally returned.

Yunyi smiled and said, "Miaoxin, it seems you have broken through to level 95 and completed the Gold-level awakening."

Only a Gold-level awakening could strengthen her soul rings again. Now she has no yellow rings left, and most importantly, her ninth ring has turned red.

This is the most important thing; it means that she already has the potential to become a peak Douluo or even a limit Douluo.

Miao Xin landed gracefully and said, "Yes, becoming a Super Douluo is really difficult. Even for me, it took me a full five years to go from level 91 to level 95."

Yunyi's lips twitched. Was this little sister deliberately provoking her?

She became a superstar in five years, and she still complained that it was too slow.

It's important to know that leveling up after becoming a Title Douluo is extremely difficult; many people remain stuck at level one for decades.

Yunyi was also exceptionally talented. She broke through to the Title Douluo level at the age of fifty, but it took her nearly seventy years to reach the Super Douluo level.

Miao Xin's ability to maintain a level-one-per-year improvement rate at this stage is already far beyond her usual level. "Alright, since you're here, let's set off for the Sun and Moon Empire," Yun Yi said as the team leader for this competition.

The Ghost Valley Team, consisting of seven main members, six vice-captains, two titled Douluo leaders, and two senior students leading the team, totaling seventeen people, officially set off for the Sun Moon Empire.

At the same time, teams from all over the continent, from various academies and sects, also set off one after another.

For academies, achieving good results in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament is a golden opportunity to make a name for themselves and will also help with enrollment the following year. Shrek Academy has had a constant stream of students precisely because it has won the tournament for countless consecutive years, and isn't the same true for sects?
The development of any force cannot be achieved without talented individuals.

Previously, sects simply didn't have the opportunity to participate, but after the competition format was confirmed to be changed for this year's tournament, almost 60% of the sects on the continent chose to register.

In the end, a total of 167 teams participated, several times more than the previous competition.

If it weren't for the age limit of twenty, the number would probably be at least ten times higher.

The Sun Moon Empire is the strongest country on the continent, so hosting such a grand competition is no problem for them. Moreover, this year's champion prize is no longer a soul bone, but a level nine soul tool, which is more precious than a soul bone in some ways.

After all, all the major powers have some stock of soul bones, but apart from the Sun Moon Empire, few powers can produce level nine soul tools.

The three level-nine soul tools that Jing Hongchen gave in exchange for Yuwen Tuo are now being treated like national treasures by the Heavenly Soul Emperor.

In the Mingdu Imperial Palace of the Sun and Moon Empire, in the beautiful back garden, a wheelchair slowly moved along the wide bluestone path.

"Ju Zi, how is Father Emperor doing lately?" Xu Tianran, sitting in a wheelchair with her eyes closed and a thin blanket covering her legs, asked softly.

Only when he's with oranges will this madman show a rare hint of tenderness.

Now, Ju Zi is the Crown Princess. She has changed out of her school uniform and wears a pale yellow palace dress when she is in the palace. Her long hair is also styled into a married woman's updo. She looks noble and elegant, a truly stunning beauty.

If Cao Cao were to see this, even the deaths of E'lai and Hu Chi wouldn't be able to shake his desire to possess her.

"His Majesty's health is probably failing. The imperial physician said that in the past few days, His Majesty has frequently fallen into a coma. When he is awake for a short time, he is cursing Yuwen Tuo until he loses consciousness again," Ju Zi said softly. "He is so angry with Yuwen Tuo that he has suffered a stroke. I'm afraid he doesn't have long to live!"

Xu Tianran kept his eyes closed, as if the old emperor who was nearing the end of his life, as mentioned by Ju Zi, had nothing to do with him at all. He even felt a little joy in his heart. This was probably the only thing his younger brother had done right by him, which was to make the old emperor so angry that he fell ill and could not get out of bed.

"The problem is that, because of Yuwen Tuo's actions, our control over the country is not as strong as we imagined, especially the military. We only control less than 40%, another 40% is controlled by other princes and nobles, who are eager to seize power at any time using your health as an excuse, and the remaining 20% ​​are still observing."

"The same goes for all the major Soul Master Legions. Mingde Hall is completely uninvolved. Jing Hongchen has had much less contact with us lately, and he's even stopped contacting the Evil Soul Masters," Orange said, frowning.

She certainly understood the principle that "to repel external enemies, one must first secure internal stability."

However, the domestic environment has been thrown into chaos by Yuwen Tuo. Even if Xu Tianran ascends the throne, he will have to spend two years pacifying the country before he can launch a war. This has undoubtedly disrupted her original strategic plans.

"Yuwen Tuo! This time, we must kill him!" Xu Tianran gritted his teeth and unleashed a murderous intent when he mentioned Yuwen Tuo.

(End of this chapter)