Douluo Continent: I, the world's greatest immortal master, have taken Ning Rongrong as my disci

Chapter 106 The Two-Faced Dog Yu Xiaogang; Acupressure Technique Makes the Girl Blush
The next day.

The sky over Wuhun City was clear and cloudless.

Students from more than thirty teams across the continent mostly wore faint smiles as they walked toward the fighting arena in front of the Papal Palace.

Only a few teams, including Tianshui Academy and the Botanical Academy, showed signs of worry on the faces of several beautiful young female students.

They were very worried about the teachers and their situation.

Similarly, Shui Bing'er and Yao Zi also felt a surge of anger. Not only were the seeded teams of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy targeted for their desperate struggle, but now the Spirit Hall Academy was also on their list!

"After more than two months of competition, congratulations on finally reaching the finals of this year's Soul Master Competition!"

"The teams from both empires have arrived, a total of thirty-three teams."

"The finals will be a draw-based elimination tournament. In the first round, the three seeded teams will receive a bye. In the second round, the two teams ranked higher in the qualifying rounds of the two major empires will receive a bye."

"Next, please have the teachers from each college go to the central venue to draw lots to determine the next match."

The opening ceremony of the finals was very simple, and the audience consisted mostly of Spirit Masters from the Spirit Hall.

Just as Su Ran walked to the center of the field to draw lots for the competition, all the students were paying attention to the match results.

Outside the arena, in a corner.

"Erlong, how are you doing at Peach Blossom Academy?"

Looking at the middle-aged man before her, even as the golden headband on her head tightened rapidly, Liu Erlong felt a surge of emotion upon hearing his concern.

"I'm fine."

"As long as you're doing well, that's all that matters. I've said before that Peach Blossom Academy is a great place for you to study. By the way, did Su Ran teach you how to cultivate a mutated martial soul? You should have gotten to know the students at Peach Blossom Academy quite well by now, right?"

Yu Xiaogang asked calmly.

Liu Erlong's heart skipped a beat. She remembered what Su Ran had said in the valley... Xiao Gang had indeed come to ask...

The metal headband on her head was starting to tighten, causing her a terrible headache.

"Xiaogang, what would happen if I told him he taught me this technique?"

“Erlong, we were lovers after all. I’m naturally happy for you that he can teach you and help you become better. Of course, if you’d like, I can help you decide whether what he teaches you is suitable for you.”

“Xiao Gang, if I remember correctly, your martial soul is also a mutated martial soul…” Liu Erlong’s eyes were complicated.

"Erlong, what do you mean? Do you think I'm asking you these questions for my own sake? I'm doing this for your sake!"

He didn't notice the pain on Liu Erlong's face, but he instantly caught the suspicion in her tone.

Liu Erlong pressed his hands against the golden headband on his head and couldn't help but ask Yu Xiaogang:
"Xiao Gang, is the Spirit Hall's ambush on Peach Blossom Academy related to you? Can you tell me the truth?"

Yu Xiaogang's expression changed: "Of course it has nothing to do with me. Is that how you see me? In that case, let's just leave each other alone and not see each other again."

"Xiaogang, that's not what I meant."

"If that's not what you meant, then what did you mean? Did you learn to doubt our Golden Trio while at Peach Blossom Academy? You promised to help me, is this how you help me?"

"I……"

"I can't say."

Liu Erlong clutched his head, crouching on the ground in agony as he convulsed.

"Is it that you can't say, or that you don't want to say? I, Yu Xiaogang, am upright and honest. Since you don't trust me, why bother meeting me? Let's leave it at that. I wish you all the best at Taoyuan Academy."

Yu Xiaogang waved his sleeve and left.

“Xiaogang, you…” Liu Erlong’s eyes were filled with pain.

……

At this moment, on the field.

Su Ran has already drawn the tournament draw. The finals will be played faster than the qualifiers and qualifying rounds because it is an elimination system: 30 teams will be reduced to 15, 16 to 8, 8 to 4, and so on until the finals. Each team will only play three or four matches.

Su Ran returned to the waiting area of ​​Taoyuan Academy, where Ning Rongrong and the others had already surrounded her.
"Teacher, which college are we playing against?"

"It's a pity that both Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, both seeded teams, received a bye in the first round. I've been holding back against them for a long time!"

Su Ran said calmly, "Your first opponent is the Star Luo Empire's team, Fire Leopard Academy. Their strength is average. As long as you perform normally, you can win. We get a bye in the second round, which means that if you win this match, you can directly advance to the quarterfinals."

The fifteen teams that advanced from the Star Luo Empire were not strong, and were mostly weaker than the four major elemental academies, so Peach Blossom Academy won without much pressure.

Most of the teams that advanced to the top 16 and top 8 were likely Soul Master teams from the Heaven Dou Empire.

From the top of the Papal Palace, one can directly overlook the entire Soul Fighting Arena.

Pope Bibi Dong's gaze fell on the teams from Peach Blossom Academy and Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, her thoughts seemingly unfocused.

"The Taoyuan Academy's participating list includes teachers Su Ran, Su Ran, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Wang Sheng, and Ye Lingling. There are only seven members, with no substitutes. Each member has performed exceptionally well in the preliminary and qualifying rounds. Ning Rongrong's Golden Bell Shield is unbreakable, Xiao Wu's Yin-Yang Fist technique uses the opponent's force against them, and Dugu Yan's deadly poison is terrifying..."

Bishop Salas, the Platinum Archbishop, respectfully reported the situation of the Peach Blossom Spring team to Pope Bibidon from behind.

"He is indeed an extraordinary teacher. His temperament alone is extraordinary. No wonder Yue Guan and Gui Mei both suffered losses at his hands."

"However, their soul power is still a bit weak." "Your Holiness, you must not be careless. The techniques learned by the students of Peach Blossom Academy are all unpredictable and unheard of."

"Alright, I, the Pope, will observe their performance from now on."

Bibi Dong spoke calmly. Shortly after Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang emerged from the corner, another beautiful woman appeared from where he had left. The woman looked disheveled, her hair disheveled, as if she had been ravaged by something. Her hand gripping the papal scepter tightened, and her face darkened.
Well done, Yu Xiaogang. Is this what you call "once in love"?

At the crucial moment of the competition, he still had the mind to do this kind of thing!
Ugh! Disgusting!

As Yu Xiaogang returned to his seat in the Heavenly Dou Sect, a cold voice echoed through the air:

"Who is she? Your new lover?"

Yu Xiaogang said in a deep voice, "Like you, she's an old acquaintance with whom I had feelings, but she's not the same person she used to be."

"is it?"

……

"Round 1: Plant Academy vs. Blazing Academy!"

"Round 1: Tianshui Academy vs. Xingluo Royal Academy Team 2"

As expected, Taoyuan Academy easily won the first match, but Su Ran and his group did not leave the arena and continued to watch the game in the spectator area.

After all, it's not just the members of the Peach Blossom Team who are Su Ran's students on the field now; Tianshui Academy and the Plant Academy also have students who have received his temporary teachings.

Tianshui Academy is already quite strong, and Shui Bing'er is also very perceptive, so victory is a foregone conclusion.

What Su Ran was looking forward to was the performance of the Plant Academy. Huo Wu from the Blazing Fire Academy was arrogant and hot-tempered, and also had the advantage of being able to counter the Plant Academy.

"Teacher, can these junior girls from the Plant Academy defeat the Blazing Fire Academy?"

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu were also a bit confused. Yao Zi, Mu Yunteng, and Mu Yunzhu had actually improved their strength a lot during this period, but after all, they were using a counter attribute, and their opponents were still a T1 level Soul Master team.

Su Ran took a deep breath: "If they use their newly learned skills properly, their chances of winning are still very high. Don't forget that Yao Zi's Crimson Thorns have fire immunity."

Meanwhile, the match between the Plant Academy and the Blazing Fire Academy had already begun on the field.

Having long heard that three students from the Plant Department had studied with the Peach Blossom Academy team, Huo Wu, who had been thoroughly defeated by the Peach Blossom Academy twice, was eager to make a name for herself. From the very beginning, she and her brother Huo Wushuang worked in perfect harmony to launch a powerful offensive against the Plant Department team.

If they can't beat the team from Taoyuan Academy, can't they at least beat this half-baked team?

Little did they know that a month in an ordinary academy wouldn't be enough to learn much, but in Su Ran's hands, it was enough to achieve a small transformation.

The three girls from the Plant Academy directed the other team members to set up a defense. Among them, the green vines of the Twilight Cloud Vine were much tougher and had a larger diameter than they had a month ago.

Moreover, he learned a vine-binding technique from his teacher, Su Ran. This vine-binding technique is not complicated; it is a shield weapon that uses green vines to form a hexagonal diamond structure at an extremely fast speed. It is a self-created defensive soul skill that can resist extremely strong attacks.

Even with Fire Dance and Fire Warriors, whose attributes are countered, they were unable to burn it in an instant.

In addition, Yao Zi's soul skill, Thorn Barrier, blocked in front of her teammates, neutralizing the attacks from Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.

The next moment, under the cover of Mu Yun Teng's Green Snake Whip technique, Yao Zi actually took the initiative to attack Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang. The phantom of the firebird flashed on the thorn whip and actually managed to force Huo Wu and her brother to retreat!

It was only because Yao Zi's thorn whip was covered with barbs that it could scrape off a layer of skin from a person's body once it hit them. In addition, the Vermilion Bird Whip Technique was so fierce that ordinary soul masters dared not compete with it.

Just as Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang were clashing with Yao Zi, Mu Yunzhu from the Plant Academy, wielding a green bamboo, attacked the other teammates from the Blazing Fire Academy with the help of her teammates.

Although Qingzhu lacks fire immunity, her strength lies in the profoundness of her swordsmanship. She can find the weak point of the human body in a very short time and strike the vital point with a single sword.

"How can this be?"

Huo Wu looked somewhat surprised when she noticed that two of her teammates had lost their fighting ability.

When did the College of Botany become so difficult to deal with?
It's worth noting that in the preliminary rounds, Blazing Academy defeated Plant Academy without much effort.

It was during the brief moment that Huo Wu lost her focus.

The green vines of the Twilight Cloud Vine emerged from the embers of the flames at an extremely tricky angle. Although they were also charred black, they only touched Huo Wu's shoulder and the back of her head, and Huo Wu was unable to move!

[The Vermilion Bird's Tail!]

Yao Zi seized the opportunity, sending a Vermilion Bird Thorn through the air to bind Huo Wu and fling her off the field, leaving a bewildered Huo Wushuang behind.
"Fire Dance, why didn't you dodge?"

"I...I can't move!"

Huo Wu looked completely dumbfounded. Sorcery! This is definitely sorcery!
Su Ran simply smiled faintly:
"Alright, your three junior sisters have secured the victory. I didn't expect that Yun Teng would actually grasp the technique of acupoint striking in the past few days. I thought I would have to wait until after the competition to teach her how to combine green vine with acupoint striking to reach the beginner level."

"Acupressure? Combined with vine? What is this?"

Ning Rongrong was stunned for a moment.

Xiao Wu blushed slightly and tugged at Ning Rongrong:
"Acupressure? There's such a thing? How is it practiced? Which acupoint is being pressed? Does the teacher apply the pressure personally?"

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up: "Oh! Teacher, I want to learn this too, so I can do it for everyone when I get home!"

"Teacher, you're so biased! You're letting the female students learn these fun and amazing techniques without including us! I want to learn this too!"

"What are you girls thinking? Acupressure, it involves pressing major acupoints all over the body, which can block the flow of qi, blood, and muscles and bones..."

(End of this chapter)