Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 209 The End
Looking at Long Yue, whose aura was getting weaker and weaker, who was still struggling like a salted fish under his feet.

Lin Xingyu pulled out the long spear that had pierced through Long Yue's body and pinned him to the ground, and carefully took two steps back to create distance between them.

He hasn't been injured at all since the start of the match. If he were to be injured by Long Yue after the match is over due to carelessness, that would be incredibly dramatic.

At this point, Long Yue had almost gone mad.

They did not wait for the medical team waiting below the ring to come up.

After announcing Long Yue's surrender, Enci immediately stepped from his spot onto the ring.

With a casual wave of his hand, golden light descended, binding Long Yue. Without saying a word, he left the scene with a slight frown.

This match was a huge loss.

Long Yue not only failed to win, but also excessively unleashed the potential of the Mountain Dragon King bloodline, leaving him completely exhausted.

They might even be influenced by the will within the bloodline of the Mountain Dragon King for quite some time.

Originally, Enci's cultivation plan for Long Yue was to gradually integrate the Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul, trying not to stimulate the activity in his bloodline.

Let the will within the bloodline of the Mountain Dragon King remain dormant forever.

This way, Long Yue Soul Saint's cultivation speed will be a bit slower, but with the Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul as a guarantee, even if he relies on time to grind, he can still grind to level 98!

As for the final ninety-nine levels, it all depends on whether Long Yue can completely control the Mountain Dragon King!
This is the advantage brought by a powerful martial spirit.

Now that Long Yue has unleashed his power, even if he uses various rare and precious materials to counteract it, Long Yue won't be able to make a move for at least the next month.

They even need to hone their spirit.

What also upset Enci about this match was that his carefully trained disciple lost to a Soul King in a head-on confrontation.

Even if this Soul King might be the strongest of the younger generation on the Douluo Continent...

It still made Grace's heart clench.

In the Monster Academy's VIP box below the competition stage.

The students of Monster Academy stared blankly at the figure on the arena.

They lost, a very simple loss. Long Yue, on whom they had placed their hopes, didn't even inflict much damage on his opponents.

Although the two sides fought fiercely, Long Yue was completely suppressed from beginning to end.

At that moment, an unprecedented feeling of suffocation enveloped all of them, making it extremely difficult for them to breathe.

Monster Academy, Eight Heavenly Kings—at this moment, they all seem to have become a joke.

In the waiting area, Wu Changkong's icy expression finally softened, and he couldn't help but reveal a smile.

The fact that Long Yue also needed to go back to bed for half a month made him feel even happier.

The anger that had been building up inside him dissipated.

The cheers of the hundreds of thousands of spectators below the stage subsided when Lin Xingyu pinned Long Yue to the ground and started beating him, and fell completely silent when Enci conceded defeat on Long Yue's behalf.

Only then did the stadium erupt in cheers again.

"Damn it! Long Yue! Give me my money back! I bet everything I had on you winning the championship!"

"Why promote so much before a match if you don't have the ability!"

Voices of grief and indignation could be heard continuously from the audience.

"Bang, thank goodness I didn't believe it..."

"Exactly, gamblers deserve to die a horrible death."

Others, however, were thankful for their rationality.

Most of the audience remained silent; only a minority spoke up, and their supporter, Long Yue, had fallen.

But there was nothing he could say to the champion, so he could only vent his anger through this.

Dai Tianling's face was quite stiff. His original plan to make Long Yue the new generation leader of the Star Luo Continent had failed.

In the future, when people talk about Long Yue, they will more likely think of him as the champion's rival.

To put it bluntly, he wasn't even this heartbroken when Dai Yueyan lost.

……

Lin Xingyu returned to the private room and saw a group of people waiting excitedly.

"Xingyu! Champion!" Xu Xiaoyan rushed over and hugged Lin Xingyu, kissing him on the cheek.

Wu Siduo glanced at Xu Xiaoyan with some surprise, not expecting this usually timid girl to suddenly become so brave.

"Congratulations!" Wu Siduo stepped forward and gave Lin Xingyu a hug, then pushed Xu Xiaoyan aside.

"Congratulations!" Ye Xinglan's usually expressionless face showed a rare faint smile.

Others also came forward to offer their congratulations.

Considering that Tang Wulin is currently lying in bed alone, it would be inappropriate for others to leave him and go to congratulate him.

The group tacitly refrained from mentioning going out to celebrate.

On the way back, Lin Xingyu pondered Long Yue's situation.

Considering the vitality of a Soul Master, which is comparable to that of a cockroach, Long Yue's injuries were not too serious.

With the help of a healing-type Soul Master, it should take about ten days to recover.

The doubles match was destined to be a no-go.

However, excessive use of the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline may prevent them from even participating in team battles.

Even if Long Yue didn't care about his life, En Ci would still hold him down firmly.

The next day, the two-player battle began.

There are a total of 32 duo teams.

There's not much to say about the battle itself.

The only girl that Lin Xingyu found somewhat amazing was Zhou Tian'er.

It wasn't that she was particularly strong, but rather that the combination of her several soul skills was truly astonishing to Lin Xingyu.

Her martial soul is Wood Spirit, and her first soul skill, Thorn Vine, is rated as "a roadside vine," which is only slightly stronger than Entangling Vine.

The second soul skill, Wood Spirit, not only comprehensively amplifies the user and allows for the control and absorption of surrounding elements, but what's even more remarkable is that it shares the same name as her martial soul.

It's a minor gem.

The third soul skill, Wood Spirit General, can control wood elements to create humanoid puppets, but the movement speed is relatively slow. The only interesting thing is that it can be stacked with the first soul skill.

The thorny vines generated by the first soul skill are directly transformed.

And then comes the interesting part: her fourth soul skill is called Wood Spirit Explosion!
This is a soul skill that allows the user to detonate their own plants.

Thorn vines control the field, Wood Spirit recovers, and Wood Spirit Explosion detonates when Wood Spirit gets close, Wood Spirit recovers again.

The whole process was exactly like a self-destructing truck.

Lin Xingyu was quite shocked to see a perfectly good Wood Spirit Martial Soul developed into this state. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

After all, its power is indeed formidable!
All I could do was swallow that old grumble.

As Lin Xingyu had predicted, Long Yue and Dai Yun'er's team withdrew from the competition.

On Shrek's side, Na'er didn't want to participate, and Gu Yue, who wasn't very interested to begin with, also gave up.

Xie Xie also forfeited the match because he was missing a teammate. In the end, the team was left with three pairs: Lin Xingyu and Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan, and Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er.

On the third day, the doubles competition, round of 16 to 8, was uneventful, with all three teams advancing smoothly.

On the fourth day, in the doubles battle, Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er, one a Soul King and the other a Soul Master, used their Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Forest, to transform the entire arena into an ice and snow world.

They won the match smoothly.

When Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan joined forces, it felt almost like a martial soul fusion technique.

Or perhaps the only difference between the two is their sexuality; their martial souls are already quite compatible.

On the fifth day, in the doubles competition, Lin Xingyu and Yuan Enyehui faced off against Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan. Xu Xiaoyan and her partner immediately conceded defeat, allowing Lin Xingyu and his partner to advance smoothly.

On the same day, Tang Wulin finally woke up, and his injuries had mostly healed.

The healing-type Contra warrior standing nearby exclaimed that it was a medical miracle.

They strongly invited Tang Wulin to conduct medical research at the largest hospital in Xingluo.

Finally, after Tang Wulin's repeated rejections, he could only turn and leave with regret.

On the sixth day, Lin Xingyu and his partner successfully won the doubles championship.

In the final team battle, the group once again achieved a series of victories with overwhelming force.

On the ninth day, it was Shrek Team's turn to face off against Monster Academy's Heavenly King Team.

Long Yue was also absent from the competition stage this time.

The seven participants are the remaining seven members of the Monster Academy's Eight Heavenly Kings.

On Shrek Academy's side, Lin Xingyu quite readily pulled seven offensive-type Soul Masters onto the stage: Yuanen Yehui, Wu Siduo, Zhou Hanyou, Ye Xinglan, Gu Yue, and Na'er.

All seven were pure damage dealers, and Lin Xingyu was unaware of the battle armor worn by Gu Yue and Na'er.

However, the remaining few, except for Lin Xingyu, were all One-Word Battle Armor Masters.

The entire battle can only be described as utterly devastating.

The seven members of Monster Academy were completely wiped out.

……

Inside the Xingluo Hotel.

Cai Yue'er and the other two couldn't help but smile as they watched the group celebrating in front of them.

Although this competition was not held on the Douluo Continent, it was able to crush all the Soul Masters on the Star Luo Continent. This not only made the academy famous once again, but it was also an extremely valuable experience for these children.

This can be considered a good start to the journey across the Star Luo Continent for the next year.

"Alright, kids!"

Cai Yue'er cleared her throat, drawing the attention of the celebrating crowd, and said, "You all performed exceptionally well in this competition. When you return to the academy, you will each receive a special reward."

"In addition to the academy's reward, the Federation delegation has also taken note of your performance. When you return to the mainland, you can also receive a commendation from the Federation!"

Zhou Hanyou asked with some curiosity, "Elder Cai, what exactly are the rewards from the academy and the Federation?"

Cai Yue'er said, "The Federation's reward is roughly one piece of Soul Forging Metal for each of you, which is quite valuable."

Don't think that a piece of Soul Forging Metal is cheap. The annual champions of the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament, such as Star Luo, only receive a piece of Soul Forging Metal per person.

Even any master craftsman can forge it.

But even if you combine all the continents, the number of master craftsmen is only a few hundred.

Moreover, most of them are old guys who need a long rest after each forging.

Soul-forged metal is considered a top-tier strategic resource no matter where it is placed.

Even the core metals of god-level mechs that rival titled Douluo are mostly of this level.

Then Cai Yue'er said mysteriously, "As for the reward the academy will give you, it's that all of you will be included in the selection list for this generation of Shrek Seven Devils!"

"The Shrek Seven Devils!" Tang Wulin's expression immediately became excited.

Or rather, many people present became excited.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of this group of people, Lin Xingyu could only let out two "Wows".

Satisfied with the expressions on the students' faces, Cai Yue'er nodded and said, "Now you can celebrate to your heart's content! You've won three consecutive championships!"

Although he had already anticipated what the reward from the academy would be, Lin Xingyu still felt a little overwhelmed when it was actually implemented.

After all, Cai Yue'er had mentioned this matter when she directly registered the group.

'At least opening up some of the meditation rooms in the Golden Tree would be a good thing without costing anything.'

Lin Xingyu mentally grumbled to himself, then watched as the group of people, who were getting even more excited, chug glasses of sparkling wine mixed with some unknown beverage into their mouths.

Lin Xingyu sat there quietly watching this scene. He didn't dislike it; in fact, he sometimes even liked it.

However, he always found it difficult to learn this lively and enthusiastic drinking behavior. When drinking with others, he would usually just drink one glass for himself and the other person for the same glass.

When he first went to the War God Temple in Mingdu, he used this method to get Duanmu Yan drunk.

"Xingyu! I've got a secret to tell you!" Before long, Wu Siduo came over with a slightly flushed face.

Compared to Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Siduo took the initiative to attack Lin Xingyu, and often showed great enthusiasm.

Now, fueled by the alcohol, Wu Siduo seemed to have suddenly become even bolder.

Looking up, the girl's cheeks were slightly flushed, her long, wine-red hair was casually draped behind her, her eyes were slightly narrowed, and her gaze seemed somewhat dreamy, exuding a charming allure.

Feeling the touch on his shoulder, Lin Xingyu's breath hitched slightly. Wu Siduo truly lived up to her reputation as a descendant of the Zhu family.

I could smell the faint scent of alcohol emanating from the girl, along with her unique fragrance.

Lin Xingyu, as if possessed, recalled the kiss on the ship that night and nodded involuntarily: "What secret?"

"Actually, I have a kitten that I keep in my room. Would you like to come and see it?" Her words were full of suggestive charm.

In particular, Wu Siduo hugged Lin Xingyu's shoulders quite tightly.

This deepened Lin Xingyu's feelings about the Zhu family bloodline.

'Your cat can do backflips, right?' Lin Xingyu thought to himself as he saw Wu Siduo revealing her purpose in just three sentences.

Lin Xingyu was not averse to Wu Siduo's contact; the two simply kept talking.

As for going to Wu Siduo's room?
Then forget it.

Although Soul Masters are all quite physically developed due to their Soul Power, they are still ultimately a group of minors.

Let's forget about targeting minors.

Seeing Wu Siduo insist on dragging him to see her pet kitten, Lin Xingyu was speechless for a moment.

"Sido, you're a little drunk."

"I didn't..." Before Wu Siduo could refute, she was pulled away.

"Siduo, we've been waiting for you here for a long time. Everyone has already had their round of drinks. It's your turn!" Yuanen Yehui pulled Wu Siduo, who had tried to escape, back with him.

"No!"

Looking at Wu Siduo, who was being dragged away and was still struggling, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but smile.

(End of this chapter)