Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 133 The Final Battle: One Against Three
After the start of the new semester, Jiang Nannan officially broke through to the fourth-ring Soul Master level, with four Soul Rings—two yellow and two purple—circling around her. In the state of her Martial Soul Possession, her body became even more slender, and her every move exuded a mature charm.

The two didn't have much contact usually, and since they weren't in the same grade, this was the first time Ye Xixuan had seen Jiang Nannan use her martial soul's abilities.

The astonishment in his eyes gradually faded, and his expression returned to calm.

"Sister Nan, it seems we're going to be rivals this time."

"Xi Xuan, I know you are very strong, but I hope you won't hold back." Jiang Nannan said earnestly, her red lips slightly parted.

"I will do my best from now on."

Although Jiang Nannan came from a humble background, her sense of self-respect was stronger than anyone else's.

“Alright.” Ye Xixuan nodded solemnly, slowly raising the Shadow Spear in his hand to his front, and an astonishing aura burst forth from his body.

Jiang Nannan was slightly taken aback, and her expression immediately changed. Having grown accustomed to Ye Xixuan's gentle demeanor, she had never seen him so assertive before.

At this moment, Jiang Nannan seemed to vaguely understand why her best friend was attracted to the younger Ye Xixuan. Ye Xixuan, who had revealed his sharp edge, did indeed possess a certain indescribable charm.

Because she was well aware of Ye Xixuan's strength, she went all out from the very beginning.

Jiang Nannan bent slightly at the waist, and a hint of sharpness appeared in her originally gentle eyes. Her long legs suddenly pushed off the ground, and she appeared in front of Ye Xixuan in a flash. Her speed was so fast that Ye Xixuan only saw a blur.

Among agility-based Soul Masters of the same level, Jiang Nannan's speed is absolutely unmatched. After all, the core ability of the Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul lies in its long legs.

However, Ye Xixuan had even faced a seventh-ring Soul Saint like Lian Keluo, a speed-based Battle Soul Saint, so he naturally had no shortage of such combat experience. He calmly stored the Shadow Spear in his hand into his Shadow Domain space. In close combat, a spear with wide-ranging attacks would only become a hindrance and would not be able to exert its due effect.

Long spear-type martial spirits and soul tools are best suited for frontal battlefield combat.

Jiang Nannan had clearly considered this, precisely anticipating Ye Xixuan's momentary lapse in reaction. She silently raised her right leg, almost into a split, her right ankle easily surpassing Ye Xixuan's shoulder. The movement was light yet swift, aimed directly at Ye Xixuan's chin.

Faced with this rapidly changing situation, Ye Xixuan remained calm, instantly shifting half a step backward. Just as he dodged Jiang Nannan's kick, he seized the opportunity to reach out and grab Jiang Nannan's ankle.

Jiang Nannan, without changing her expression, touched the ground with her left foot and leaped into the air, abruptly altering her original trajectory. She passed over Ye Xixuan's head, her straight, fair, and powerful legs already clamping tightly around Ye Xixuan's neck.

The first soul skill, Waist Bow, was activated with a fierce attack.

Prior to this, Jiang Nannan's second spirit ring had already emitted a bright yellow light.

Centered on Ye Xixuan's body, a space with a diameter exceeding twenty meters was filled with a dense, heavy, earthy-yellow light. He felt as if his body had suddenly become several times heavier, and this physical discomfort caused his movements to unconsciously freeze for a moment.

Jiang Nannan perfectly maximized the power of her waist bow by taking advantage of the abruptness of her second soul skill, gravity control.

Although her martial soul is not particularly powerful, each of her soul skills is a god-like skill, and they are highly compatible with each other.

A tremendous force came from behind, but Ye Xixuan remained completely calm. Eerie black demonic patterns surged across his face, adding a touch of ferocity and domineering power to his appearance. Amplified by his innate ability, the Heart Demon Pattern, he stomped his right foot hard on the ground, forcefully withstanding the force of Jiang Nannan's bent waist.

Immediately afterwards, he grabbed Jiang Nannan's delicate ankles on both sides of his neck with his hands.

A burning sensation traveled from her ankle, and Jiang Nannan's cheeks flushed instantly. The purple millennium soul ring, which was third in line beside her, shone brightly, and her delicate body instantly teleported ten meters away.

But before she could recover, Ye Xixuan's figure had already pierced through the strange and dazzling silver light and caught up with her.

"Teleportation?!" Jiang Nannan's eyes widened. She hadn't expected that Ye Xixuan also possessed a soul skill that allowed him to teleport instantly. Moreover, the level and quality of Ye Xixuan's teleportation soul skill far surpassed that of her third soul skill. The dense spatial elemental energy around them brought immense spatial compression, suppressing her from using her third soul skill to continue teleporting.

While teleportation soul skills are powerful, they are not omnipotent. Against soul masters with superior control over spatial power, having their soul skills suppressed is commonplace. If a powerhouse of the Limit Douluo level were to intervene, they could even cause their opponent to become permanently lost in the spatial turbulence while using a teleportation soul skill.

The reason why Ye Xixuan's teleportation soul skill is said to be of a higher level and quality is not only reflected in its suppression of Jiang Nannan, but more importantly in its consumption of soul power.

Generally speaking, the higher the quality of a soul bone, the lower the consumption of soul power. This is especially true for non-offensive soul skills like teleportation.

With Ye Xixuan's current soul power cultivation, if he controls the distance well, he can use the teleportation soul skill attached to his Three-Life Wolf Ape left leg soul bone nearly a hundred times. On the other hand, Jiang Nannan's third soul skill not only consumes a lot of her own soul power, but also has a limit on the number of times she can teleport, not exceeding ten times a day.

Ye Xixuan unleashed a simple and unadorned punch, without even using his own soul skills, yet he had already driven Jiang Nannan into a desperate situation.

"Invincible Golden Body!" Jiang Nannan shouted, crossing her arms to protect her chest. Her fourth purple spirit ring finally shone brightly at this moment. A strong layer of dark golden light suddenly enveloped her entire body, turning every inch of her skin into a translucent and divine gold.

"boom--"

Although Jiang Nannan was in an invincible golden body state and would not suffer any harm, she was still sent flying by Ye Xixuan's powerful punch, and her body crashed heavily into the wall on one side of the passage.

Ye Xixuan turned and followed closely, unleashing a barrage of punches, giving Jiang Nannan no time to catch her breath.

Through the transparent golden light barrier, Jiang Nannan, whose body was embedded in the wall, stared at Ye Xixuan at close range. For some reason, watching Ye Xixuan, whose body was covered in demonic runes, frantically suppressing herself in the corner, she felt inexplicably uneasy.

"Bang—" The invincible golden body could not be maintained for long, and it shattered under the bombardment of Ye Xixuan's fists.

Jiang Nannan let out a muffled groan, her arms involuntarily rising high, her chest wide open. As Ye Xixuan's fist loomed larger in her vision, she instinctively bit her red lips and closed her eyes.

However, after waiting for a long time, she still didn't feel Ye Xixuan's punch land.

When Jiang Nannan opened her eyes again, she saw Ye Xixuan awkwardly holding his right fist not far from her full breasts.

"Sister Nan Nan, I won."

"Mmm." Jiang Nannan responded with a slight blush, crossing her arms again to protect her chest. Feeling the warm breath from Ye Xixuan's nostrils, she suddenly thought of what happened on the first night of school.

Just as Jiang Nannan was lost in thought, Ye Xixuan had already turned around and continued walking deeper into the passage.

After defeating Jiang Nannan, the sealed passage opened on its own, and Ye Xixuan arrived at a circular open area, only about ten meters in diameter. The other three directions also corresponded to three stone doors.

Clearly, he was the first person to arrive here.

Not long after, the three stone doors opened almost simultaneously, and three more people walked out one after another.

It was Tang Wutong, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi.

Upon seeing Ye Xixuan, Xu Sanshi was taken aback at first, then chuckled mischievously, "Xixuan, how come you're so fast? It's not good for a man to be too fast."

"Can you tone it down a bit? There are girls here." Bei Bei was already used to Xu Sanshi's irresponsibility, and just shook her head helplessly. "Don't you think about the consequences of your words?"

However, in the next moment, the expressions on Bei Bei's and Xu Sanshi's faces froze instantly.

Tang Wutong is no longer the naive and innocent girl she once was. During her return to the Haotian Sect, she specifically crammed on matters concerning men and women. Otherwise, she wouldn't have attempted to do *that* with Ye Xixuan on her very first day of school. She learned all of this from those books.

She naturally understood the underlying meaning behind Xu Sanshi's words, and immediately retorted even more eagerly than Ye Xixuan, giving Xu Sanshi a disdainful look.

"You're the one who's fast! Only those who are truly lacking in themselves assume everyone else is like you! I think you're just being rejected by your fiancée, you're so useless!"

"Uh..." Xu Sanshi's face darkened. He opened his mouth as if to speak but hesitated. How could this girl's words be so sharp, yet they had hit a nerve? But someone as stubborn as him would never give in so easily.

"No, you haven't even tried it with Xi Xuan, how do you know?"

"Who said I haven't tried it with him!" Tang Wutong snorted nonchalantly, even with a hint of boasting and pride.

Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei both paused, looking at Ye Xixuan with great shock.

"What nonsense are you spouting again?!" Ye Xixuan glared at Tang Wutong, looking expressionless but actually feeling quite guilty.

Tang Wutong gave a haughty snort. She was already exhausted from using the "spiritual victory" method, but she didn't say anything more. She was now wondering if Ye Xixuan would still be as stubborn as he was today after he was completely smitten.

"You two are just saying one thing and meaning another. I'm going to make you feel my charm even more deeply. There are so many methods I haven't tried yet, hehe."

"Those who are eliminated, go back. You four stay." Just then, Elder Xuan's voice rang out again.

The surrounding terrain began to change back to its previous state, returning to its original spacious arena.

From Ye Xixuan's perspective, he could just see Jiang Nannan and He Caitou's departing figures.

He Caitou looked somewhat dejected, while Jiang Nannan, before leaving, inexplicably turned back to look at Ye Xixuan and the other three standing in the center of the Soul Arena. More accurately, her gaze was mainly fixed on Ye Xixuan.

Elder Xuan sauntered onto the Soul Arena, faced the four of them, and spoke in a calm tone.

"You've all probably heard of the Shrek Seven Devils, right? To commemorate the contributions of the first generation of Shrek Seven Devils to the academy, the academy selects a new generation of Shrek Seven Devils every five years. They will also represent the academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, which is held every five years."

"Going to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament? Great!" Tang Wutong giggled. The opportunity to fight alongside Ye Xixuan was simply wonderful.

Elder Xuan curled his lips in annoyance, “The age limit for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is under twenty years old. You four little things are just the reserve team. The main force is still our inner academy’s regular members.”

"Elder Xuan, haven't the regular and reserve teams always had seven people? Why were only four of us selected this time?" Although Ye Xixuan already had some guesses in his mind, he still wanted to confirm the academy's thoughts.

Elder Xuan leisurely took a sip of wine and said matter-of-factly, "That's because the four of you have already been selected as the next Shrek Seven Devils. This assessment is just a formality. Moreover, outer court core disciples with too weak a cultivation level, even if they enter the reserve team, will have little chance of appearing in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. As for the remaining three spots, that depends on their performance in the next five years. Everything will depend on their own strength."

"The academy truly has a discerning eye, recognizing my talent at a glance, haha." Having just been exposed by Tang Wutong, Xu Sanshi is now smug again, truly a shameless scoundrel.

Beibei couldn't help but roll her eyes, then said with a mischievous grin, "A discerning eye for pearls? It should be a discerning eye for turtles, shouldn't it?"

"Hey Beibei, who are you calling a turtle?" Xu Sanshi glared at him angrily.

Bei Bei looked at Xu Sanshi with an innocent expression, "Isn't someone's martial soul a tortoise?"

"You two little rascals are quite energetic. You'll have your chance to cause trouble soon." Xu Sanshi wanted to say something more, but Elder Xuan just chuckled strangely.

"Although there are only four of you in this year's reserve team, we still need to select a captain according to the procedure. You'll have a match here in the arena, with no rules. The one who's still standing at the end will be the captain. That's it, let's get ready to begin!"

"No, Elder Xuan..." Xu Sanshi's face immediately fell as he stared at Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong opposite him.

Judging from Tang Wutong's posture, she's clearly on Ye Xixuan's side. If she and Bei Bei team up, wouldn't one of them have to face Ye Xixuan alone?

Isn't that just pure masochism?
Ye Xixuan also scrutinized Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, then glanced at Tang Wutong beside him, who was smiling, and frowned slightly.

Meeting Ye Xixuan's gaze, Tang Wutong excitedly raised her small pink fist.

"Ye Xixuan, we can join forces to deal with them. Don't worry, I definitely won't hold you back."

"Who wants to join forces with you?" Ye Xixuan said coldly, showing no respect for Tang Wutong.

"This isn't a two-on-two battle; there can only be one winner in the end."

Elder Xuan sucked a chicken bone out of his mouth, and as if he had thought of something, he continued indistinctly, "By the way, Elder Mu said before that everyone else can lose, but if you, Xi Xuan, lose in the end, you will have to accept the punishment."

"Elder Xuan, what punishment?" Ye Xixuan was stunned for a moment, and almost subconsciously blurted out.

A gloating smile appeared in Elder Xuan's eyes.

"As punishment, you must grant Tang Wutong's request. No matter what it is, you must agree to it."

"Did Elder Mu really say that?!" Tang Wutong's eyes lit up, and she eagerly asked, her excitement palpable.

"So he actually thought highly of us!"

Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi exchanged a glance and said to Tang Wutong with a knowing look, "Junior Sister Tang, now we have the same goal: let's join forces to deal with Xi Xuan."

"Okay!" Tang Wutong nodded eagerly, a cheerful smile spreading across her pretty face. If she were alone, she really wouldn't be very confident. But with Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei joining in, the situation was completely different.

Ye Xixuan took a deep breath. Regardless of Elder Mu's purpose in doing this, he had a reason not to lose, and he did not blindly follow the rules.

"If I win in the end, you have to grant me one request. That is, don't bother me anymore. I already have someone I like."

Upon hearing Ye Xixuan's words, Tang Wutong immediately bit her red lips in grievance.

"Okay, I promise! But if you lose, you can't go back on your word!"

(End of this chapter)