Wuhun Luo Sanpao? I am the Dragon Emperor!

Chapter 254: Both sides vie for the Queen Bee; Tang San requests to join the battle.

On the forest path on the outskirts of the Starry Sky Forest, the sound of a group of footsteps broke the silence.

Flander walked at the front, occasionally scanning his surroundings with his sharp eyes. Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang followed closely behind, with Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the other Shrek Seven Devils in the middle, as well as Shi Yang, a substitute player from Gray Rock Academy, and Zhao Wuji at the very back.

"Brother Dai, what attribute do you want for your fourth spirit ring?" Ma Hongjun asked, leaning closer to Dai Mubai.

Before Dai Mubai could speak, Yu Xiaogang took the initiative to answer: "Mubai's White Tiger Martial Soul belongs to the offensive type and is good at frontal attacks. It would be best if it could increase explosive power. It would be even more perfect if it could have a soul skill with multi-point attack."

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang glanced at Shi Yang behind him and said confidently, "Your Magnet Sand Martial Soul belongs to the control type and is good at area control. It would be best if you could master an area attack soul skill."

Shi Yang nodded hurriedly, his fingers unconsciously rubbing together. This young man from a miner's family was about to break through to the Soul Master level and bring glory to his ancestors!

Xiao Wu followed beside Tang San, her pink eyes scanning the jungle with lively interest. Suddenly, her ears twitched slightly, and she whispered, "Third Brother, there's movement!"

Tang San suddenly stopped, his Purple Demon Eyes fixed on the front, his brows furrowed slightly: "Everyone be careful, there's something strange ahead."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became alert, and Flander signaled for them to slow down.

Sure enough, a faint buzzing sound came from the bushes not far away. At first, it was not obvious, but soon the sound became more and more intense, as if countless wings were vibrating at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, a golden "cloud" suddenly burst forth from between the tree canopies.

That was a swarm of tens of thousands of Golden Bees!
They were entirely golden, their wings vibrating rapidly, the buzzing sound sending chills down one's spine. Their tail stingers gleamed with a cold, eerie light, radiating powerful soul energy fluctuations, like a well-trained army.

But their target didn't seem to be the Shrek Seven Devils; instead, they flew off in a somewhat panicked direction in the distance.

"It's a swarm of Golden Bees!"

A hint of joy flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes. "Judging from the size of this bee swarm, there's likely a queen bee behind it! Mu Bai, you'd better be prepared!"

The queen bee's stinger contains intense explosive power; its spirit ring will likely grant you spirit skills with multiple attack points, perfectly compensating for your lack of area-of-effect attacks—it's practically tailor-made for you!

Dai Mubai's eyes blazed with fighting spirit, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked: "They've finally come!"

Liu Erlong snorted coldly, and suddenly released her Fire Dragon Martial Soul, causing the seven soul rings under her feet to light up instantly.

Yu Xiaogang still maintained a distance from her that fluctuated between closeness and distance every day.

This made her, who already had a fiery temper, feel extremely frustrated, and she was just looking for a place to vent her anger.

Blazing flames swirled around her: "Leave it to me!"

A flash of fire appeared in his eyes, and his fifth spirit ring suddenly lit up beneath his feet, "Soaring Flame!"

"boom--"

Behind them, a massive phantom of a fire dragon opened its mouth and spewed out a thick stream of flame, instantly engulfing the swarm of bees, filling the air with the smell of burning.

With a single strike, the swarm of bees was burned to pieces, as if a huge gap had been torn open in a massive cloud.

"The queen bee is over there!" Tang San, with his sharp eyes, shouted, pointing deep into the bee colony.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a huge golden queen bee fleeing in panic.

"Don't let it get away!" Dai Mubai shouted, his White Tiger Martial Soul activating as he charged forward.

However, just as he was about to approach the queen bee...

"Shh!"

A blue lightning chain suddenly struck from the side and behind, coiling around the queen bee's wings like a serpent, electrifying her until she was numb all over and fell to the ground!

The queen bee let out a sharp hiss and struggled frantically on the ground, but she could not break free from the binding of that soul power.

"Who?!" Dai Mubai suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking warily in the direction from which the chains had come.

Two figures emerged from the nearby woods.

Leading the group was an elderly man dressed in the attire of the Blue Lightning Sect, none other than the Sixth Elder. Behind him followed a young girl in a pale yellow outfit, none other than Yu Linglong. "The Sixth Elder?" Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were both stunned, clearly not expecting to encounter someone from the Blue Lightning Sect here.

"Yu Linglong?!" Tang San and Xiao Wu immediately recognized the girl they had met once at the jewelry store.

Yu Linglong skipped and hopped over to the Golden Bee Queen, tilted her head, and said with satisfaction, "Finally caught you."

"What are you doing?!" Dai Mubai's face darkened. "We discovered this queen bee first!"

Yu Linglong glanced at him, her tone indifferent: "Oh? Is that so? I chased them all the way here before they came here."

"Insolence!" Liu Erlong roared, flames erupting around him once more. "Little girl, don't think you can be so arrogant just because you're Yu Xiaolie's daughter!"

"So what if you discovered it first?" The Sixth Elder stepped forward, shielding Linglong behind him, and coldly looked at Shrek Academy and his group. "I was the one who trapped it first, so it naturally belongs to us."

"you--!"

Liu Erlong was so angry that her chest heaved violently. Just as she was about to lash out, Yu Xiaogang raised his hand to stop her.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his displeasure, and said as calmly as possible:
"Sixth Elder, this Golden Bee Queen is a 4,600-year-old soul beast. Dai Mubai needs it as his fourth soul ring, while Yu Linglong has only just broken through to level 30 and cannot absorb such a high-age soul ring. How about we give it to her?"

In his theoretical system, Soul Masters must strictly follow their level when absorbing Soul Rings. A level 30 Soul Master can only absorb a Soul Ring of 1760 years at most. To absorb a Soul Ring of 4600 years, which is beyond one's level, is tantamount to suicide.

The Sixth Elder scoffed as if he'd heard a joke: "The conventional limit? Xiao Gang, you've been away from the Blue Lightning Sect for too long. You probably don't know the current situation, do you?"

He pointed at Yu Linglong, his tone carrying a hint of arrogance:
"Which of the dragon cubs personally trained by Dragon God Douluo didn't absorb soul rings that exceeded the normal lifespan?"

Young Master Yu Tianlin's first spirit ring took 620 years to absorb, and his third spirit ring took 5,000 years to absorb.
Furthermore, Miss Shui Bing'er's fifth spirit ring directly reached 20,000 years; what's wrong with Miss Linglong absorbing a 4,600-year spirit ring for her third spirit ring?

"What?!" The Shrek students were stunned.

Tang San was shocked. No wonder Yu Tianlin's Blue Silver Grass was so powerful; it turned out that the spirit rings he absorbed far exceeded the norm! This completely overturned the theoretical common sense that the Grandmaster had taught them!

Dai Mubai was even more incredulous: "How is this possible? It's way beyond the limit of so many years, the body simply can't withstand the energy of the spirit ring!"

"That's because you can't handle it," the Sixth Elder said disdainfully.

Yu Xiaogang felt dizzy and disoriented; he didn't know how Yu Xiaolie had done it.
Although his disciple Tang San's third spirit ring was also obtained by absorbing a 2000-year-old human-faced demon spider, the members of the Dragon Cub team were clearly even more extraordinary.

Why is this happening? Is my teaching ability really inferior to Yu Xiaolie's?!

Seeing this, Liu Erlong could no longer hold back and angrily said, "Sixth Elder! It's one thing for the sect to kick us out, but now we want to prove ourselves with our own strength. Can't you be a little more accommodating?"

Yu Xiaogang also came to his senses, took a step forward, wanting to say something, but seemed a little embarrassed, and only said: "Sixth Elder! We are ultimately of the same origin, why bother!"

But the Sixth Elder just looked at them coldly: "If it weren't for the fact that you used to be members of the Blue Lightning Sect, I would have kicked you out long ago. Why would you be here bargaining?"

Having spent a long time by Yu Xiaolie's side, he had also picked up some of his iron-fisted style and didn't have much affection for those who had been expelled from the sect.

The two sides were deadlocked, and the atmosphere became tense.

A glint of malice flashed in Tang San's eyes. He suddenly stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the Sixth Elder, and said, "Senior, since everyone wants this Queen Bee, how about we make a bet?"

The Sixth Elder raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What kind of bet?"

"Both I and this young lady are control-type Soul Masters," Tang San said calmly, looking at Yu Linglong.

"How about I have a duel with her? I won't use my soul skills, just my soul power and movement techniques. If I lose, this queen bee will be yours; if I win, I ask Sixth Elder to part with it."

He was confident that with the techniques from the Xuan Tian Treasure Record and his precise control over his soul power, he could defeat this girl who was about his age, even without using soul skills.

Just as the Sixth Elder was about to speak, a deep and cold voice suddenly rang out, exploding in everyone's ears like a thunderclap!

"Sixth Elder, why are you wasting your breath talking to them?"

Everyone froze, turning around abruptly.

(End of this chapter)