Douluo: The Peerless King Dong'er's Restarted Life

Chapter 313 He Caitou Loses an Arm! (4 words)

"The production time is over. Everyone, stop what you are doing. Next, we will conduct a skills test."

"In addition, in the following matches, you may only use the soul tools you made in this round. You are not allowed to use any other soul tools."

Despite saying that, Ye Yulin's gaze was fixed on Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.

Judging from their performance just now, it's clear that these two demonstrated superior skill. Huo Yuhao, in particular, had incredibly steady hands and performed with unparalleled precision, almost as if he possessed a microscopic eye.

According to the competition information, the two names they gave were Bingxue and Huo Tong.

It is said that prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain. Originally, Ye Yulin thought that these soul masters were wasting their time participating in this competition. Now he began to think that perhaps Bingxue and Huo Tong were just geniuses among commoners, which is why they needed a lot of rare metals to continue their studies and progress.

Ye Yulin couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for their talent. She secretly decided that after the competition, no matter how the two of them performed, she would take them back to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to study.

However, even he, a level nine soul master, couldn't quite understand some of the things. Ye Yulin had a vague feeling that the two of them were using the same techniques, but why was one in the Ordinary Alliance and the other in the Evening Water Alliance?

Ye Yulin suppressed her thoughts and said, "Next is the skills assessment. You will complete some skill operations within a specified time. The last person to finish will be eliminated. If no one completes all the skills, then the ranking will be based on the number of skills completed."

Next, each of the nine contestants was presented with a tray containing nine different rare metals.

To ensure the fairness of this assessment, each Soul Master is not allowed to use their own carving knife. They can only use the carving knife provided on the tray to carve different patterns of the core magic array on the nine rare metals, with a time limit of 15 minutes.

Everyone's martial spirit is different, but everyone has their own methods.

The burly man in disguise, who resembled He Caitou, had already shown signs of weakness since he started making the soul tool.

Because his left arm is not coordinated, as if he cannot exert full strength.

If he weren't right-handed, which is his dominant hand for both creating soul tools and inscribing core magic arrays, he would have been eliminated in the soul tool creation stage.

Soon, the first person to complete the skills test was Wang Dong'er.

As a Soul Saint, her soul power was far too great, far beyond the level of others. So even though Huo Yuhao's talent in soul tool making was higher than Wang Dong'er's, he was only a Soul King. He still needed to save his strength for battle and couldn't afford to expend too much energy in this assessment. Therefore, he could only come in second. Ye Guyi was the third to finish, and Huang Zheng from the Xishui Alliance was the fourth.

"Time's up!" With Ye Yulin's command, everyone stopped what they were doing.

He Caitou had a gloomy expression.

He was unable to complete the carving of all the patterns within the allotted time.

Given his skill in soul tools, he wouldn't have ranked so low, but due to a problem with his left arm, He Caitou spent a lot of energy on soul tool making, which resulted in a poor performance in the skills assessment.

Ye Yulin also noticed that He Caitou seemed to have a problem with his left arm, but this was He Caitou's own choice. As the referee, he couldn't make exceptions for He Caitou unless He Caitou had some qualities or skills that could impress him.

Ultimately, after verification, five of the nine contestants completed the skill test, while four failed. The contestant with the lowest completion rate was eliminated, and that was a representative of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.

He Caitou is stuck in sixth place, meaning he has the most inscribed patterns among the four who are not yet finished.

Upon hearing his ranking, He Caitou secretly breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, he had completed more depictions than the next two.

However, I'm third from last, which means I'll have to fight against the third from the top.

In the rest area of ​​the Xishui Alliance, the Third Elder frowned and said, "This guy named He Xu's left arm injury is affecting his condition, should we..."

Nangong Wan thought for a moment. He and Cai Tou were facing off against members of the Ordinary Alliance, and the injury to his left arm would indeed have a significant impact on their battle. So he nodded and said, "Perfect, Third Brother, you go and do it. While you're at it, see if he's qualified to join the Holy Church. I think his talent for soul tools, while not as good as that mental-type kid Huo Tong, won't be too bad either."

Except for the Soul Master from the Aodu Chamber of Commerce who was eliminated and could not participate again, the others were given a five-minute rest period. Next, the top four would fight against the bottom four.

The counterpart to radish is leaf bud.

Wang Dong'er, ranked first, faced off against the eighth-ranked Soul Master from the Aodu Chamber of Commerce. Huo Yuhao faced off against the seventh-ranked Soul Master, also from the Aodu Chamber of Commerce. Finally, Huang Zheng faced off against the only member of the Ordinary Alliance, a girl in a blue dress.

Wang Dong'er and Ye Guyi returned to the Ordinary Alliance's rest area, where Shangguan Wei'er quickly greeted them.

"Guyi, Bingxue, you don't need to worry about the Aodu Chamber of Commerce. Just do your thing," Shangguan Weier said.

Ye Guyi was originally invited by her to deal with the evil soul masters of the Xi Shui Alliance, but unexpectedly, Bingxue, who came to participate in the competition, actually reached some kind of cooperation with Ye Guyi, and the two seemed to be quite close.

On the Xishui Alliance side, He Caitou was taken aside by the Third Elder.

"He Xu, how is your left arm injury?" the Third Elder asked.

He Caitou was taken aback for a moment, then said, "No need for you to worry, it won't affect the battle."

"I see that you have a good talent for making soul tools. No matter whether you win or lose the competition, you can come back to Xishui Alliance later, and I will find someone to treat your left arm."

"Can my left arm be healed?" He Caitou wondered.

Although his left arm is temporarily usable thanks to the medical team of the Soul Fighting Tournament organizing committee and Xuanzi's temporary treatment, he will need to wait until he returns to Shrek Academy to seek treatment from an elder with a healing martial soul in order to fully recover.

If we can recover here in advance, that would be great.

Moreover, the Xishui Alliance clearly possesses more rare metals than the other two merchant guilds. If I could bring back more...

Greed gradually crept into his heart; after all, he didn't care about the losses he was getting from the Xi Shui Alliance...

Thinking of this, He Caitou pretended to be extremely grateful: "I have been wandering for half my life without meeting a wise ruler. If the elder does not abandon me, I am willing to join the Xishui Alliance."

The Third Elder was overjoyed at this unexpected surprise and said with a smile, "You're so kind. I'll find someone to treat your arm right away, but you'll have to be blindfolded first."

"Blindfolded?" He Caitou wondered, but didn't think much of it. His identity hadn't been exposed, and as long as his arm was healed, that was enough. Then, the Third Elder led He Xu away from the arena.

Huo Yuhao had been keeping an eye on the situation with the Third Elder, and he was quite surprised to see He Caitou and the Third Elder chatting happily together.

Because of the Third Elder's obstruction, their conversation could not be heard, but Huo Yuhao could roughly guess what the two were talking about from the movement of their lips.

It seems that He Caitou wants to become the disciple of the Third Elder, or perhaps even his godfather.
In short, this Third Elder seemed to be able to heal He Caitou's arm.

But how could that be possible? Unless He Caitou is also turned into a cultist who can restore himself through evil magic.

I wonder what Fan Yu will think if she finds out.

The battle on the stage had barely begun when the outcome was already decided. The eighth-ranked contestant from the Aodu Chamber of Commerce was sent flying backward, coughing up blood, after taking only one punch from Wang Dong'er. He didn't even have time to use his soul skills or soul tools.

This result was undoubtedly unexpected by most people.

Next up are Huo Yuhao, ranked second, and another member of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce. An Litong, the president of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, is now ashen-faced.

But when An Litong saw that Huo Yuhao only had a five-ring cultivation level, his expression immediately brightened. The three soul masters he brought were all six-ring soul emperors, and they clearly had a great advantage over Huo Yuhao, who only had a five-ring cultivation level, especially since his first ring was a white soul ring.

The result still left An Litong in despair; the soul tool Huo Yuhao created was actually a level six soul tool that could be compared to a level seven soul tool to some extent.

Under Huo Yuhao's precise mental detection, the lone member of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce was unable to harm him at all. Instead, Huo Yuhao used his soul tool to immobilize him and then unexpectedly stunned him with a mental shock.

At this point, all three Soul Masters of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce have been wiped out.

Those gamblers who had bet on the three Soul Masters of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce screamed and wailed in agony.

Next, Ye Guyi appeared. Seeing that He Caitou had not yet arrived, Ye Yulin frowned and said, "I will count to ten. If he doesn't come by then, I will declare him the loser!"

When Ye Yulin counted to the fifth number, He Caitou finally rushed back, a dark aura flashing across his face.

Ye Guyi held a longsword-shaped close-range soul tool in his hand, his gaze fixed on He Caitou.

She could sense that He Caitou, who had not been tainted with any evil aura just moments before, was now tainted with a trace of evil aura, especially on his left arm.

Clearly, when He Caitou left, he did something unspeakable with those evil spirit masters from the Xishui Alliance.

At this moment, He Caitou was unaware that Ye Guyi had set her sights on him. She kept marveling at the comfort of her left arm. She didn't know what the Third Elder had done, but it seemed that he had applied a sticky, fishy-smelling substance to her left arm, and then her left arm felt much better.

The Xishui Alliance has quite a few good things; besides rare metals, we should also try to get some other things.

Soon, a confident He Caitou stepped onto the competition stage, clenched his left fist, felt the surging power between his muscles, and shouldered the level 7 rapid-fire giant cannon he had created.

Ye Guyi raised her longsword and saw the six spirit rings rising from He Caitou's body. She also released her own six spirit rings at the same time.

She is no longer the same person she used to be; she is now a stronger version of herself!
Seven golden stars shone on the blade of the longsword, and under the intense golden light, a layer of white holiness quickly spread out.

The elders of the Xishui Alliance stood up almost immediately.

As evil spirit masters, they are extremely familiar with this attribute that restrains them.

Holy attribute!
The light released by Ye Guyi contains a sacred aura, which is a complete nemesis to evil soul masters.

However, Ye Guyi did not seem to know how to hide her true strength, and dared to unleash her real power in front of them.

The Third Elder frowned. Although He Caitou was only initially corrupted, he was not yet depraved. If he were to perish in such a competition, what would have been the point of all his previous efforts and attempts to win him over?
However, the Third Elder still didn't move; he wanted to see how well He Caitou fared in the battle of the Soul Master.

With his strength, he was capable of saving He Caitou before Ye Guyi could unleash her killing move.

Meanwhile, Moke, standing to the side, looked excited, wishing he could transform into Ye Guyi and kill He Caitou on the spot.

You must know, he was the disciple of the Third Elder, but the Dark Azure Dragon Carving Knife was used as a wager by Huo Yuhao—no, he lost it, and he lost both his legs.

Now that my teacher seems to be very interested in He Caitou, does that mean I have no hope at all?
On the competition stage, He Caitou continuously used the characteristics of the rapid-fire cannon to attack Ye Guyi, but Ye Guyi only dodged and looked for an opportunity to raise his longsword and slash at He Caitou.

He Caitou's heart was pounding, and he felt as if he had just experienced a slight sense of suppression when he was facing Ye Guyi.

But he couldn't understand why he felt this sense of oppression, since his cigar martial soul didn't have any attribute counters.

He Caitou took a deep drag of the cigar, which amplified his soul power. Ye Guyi hadn't even released a single soul skill yet, but he still had one trump card up his sleeve.

Just as He Caitou was about to create the invincible shield golden cigar, Ye Guyi's sword stance suddenly changed. Two pure white wings appeared on his back, and golden-white sword light covered the Seven Star Longsword in his hand. A sword light slashed down, heading straight for He Caitou.

At this moment, He Caitou's old strength had been exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated. He could only watch with bloodshot eyes as the huge sword light slashed towards him.

At this moment, he only regretted why he hadn't made the Invincible Shield Golden Cigar earlier, and why he had underestimated the female soul masters of the Ordinary Alliance, thinking they were weak and frail.

He could only try his best to dodge the enormous sword beam.

The Third Elder rushed over without saying a word, trying to save He Caitou, but he was too late.

He Caitou's left arm was severed at the shoulder, gushing out a large amount of blood. His right arm, having lost its strength, was unable to withstand the massive rapid-fire cannon, causing it to roll down and strike his right foot.

The Third Elder's protection arrived at this moment. He squinted at Ye Guyi, sneered, and said nothing. He immediately stopped He Caitou's bleeding and then took He Caitou directly back to the Xishui Alliance's rest area.

Ye Guyi felt a little regretful that she couldn't kill the person named He Xu on the spot.

However, judging from the Third Elder's expression, this Xu seems to have really joined the Xishui Alliance, or rather, the Holy Spirit Cult behind the Xishui Alliance. Otherwise, why would the Third Elder be in such a hurry?
(End of this chapter)