Douluo's Demon Blade Thousand Blades and the Original Martial Soul

Chapter 89 Reward: Thousand-Year Soul Bone

Just as Shui Ningshuang and her group were about to go inside, a voice came from afar, "Wait a moment, Dean Shui."

Shui Ningshuang, Yu Xiaolei, Huo Tianming, Feng Ming and the others looked curiously in the direction from which the sound came, and saw Ling Xu leading the second team of people walking quickly toward Tianshui Academy.

When Ling Xu and the others approached, Shui Ningshuang looked at Ling Xu and asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

"Hello, Dean Shui. My name is Ling Xu, and I am a teacher at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy," Ling Xu replied with a bow.

"Oh? A teacher at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy? How can you prove your identity?" Shui Ningshuang asked.

Ling Xu quickly handed over his identity certificate as a Heaven Dou-level teacher at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After checking everything was in order, Shui Ningshuang glanced at Lin Yizhang and the others behind Ling Xu and said, "Hmm, what brings you here?"

"Actually, I didn't come here specifically to see you. I heard that your Four Elements Academy will be holding a Soul Battle competition, so I came here specifically to discuss with you whether my students can also participate in the Soul Battle?" Ling Xu said.

"I'm afraid this is not a good idea. It's already a tradition for our elemental academies to spar and fight each other. Moreover, our academy trains students who specialize in elemental limit techniques, unlike your Heavenly Dou Royal Academy which trains students who specialize in balanced techniques. I don't think you need to come and compete," Yu Xiaolei objected directly.

"That's right, I also think that there's no need for your students from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to compete with our students. Anyway, you can be guaranteed a spot in the finals, so it's not too late to settle things there," Shui Ningshuang also refused.

Huo Tianming and Feng Ming exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.

Ling Xu was surprised that even bringing up the name of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy was of no use. At this point, he had no choice but to glance at Lin Yizhang out of the corner of his eye.

Lin Yizhang noticed Ling Xu's gaze and knew that he was also at a loss. So he stepped forward and said, "Deans, please don't be in such a hurry to refuse. First of all, let me clarify that we are not the first team of Tian Dou Royal Academy, but the second team. Our second team does not have the qualification for direct admission, and we also have to participate in the preliminary rounds like you."

"Oh, you're not a seeded team from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy? Haha, then there's even less need for a competition. Don't you have any self-awareness about your own strength? You actually have the nerve to come and ask our Elemental Academy for guidance, you really don't know what's good for you, humph!" Yu Xiaolei mocked without any politeness.

Yu Xiaolei had no idea about the identities of the second team members, nor did he know about their recent battle experiences. He only knew that the second team of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was a bunch of good-for-nothings, the kind of trash that wouldn't even qualify for the preliminaries. Moreover, the second team's status was far lower than that of the first team, which was a seeded team. He himself was a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the dean of Thunder Academy. He was also a Soul Douluo powerhouse, so he wasn't afraid of offending Ling Xu and the others and incurring the Heaven Dou Royal Family's wrath.

Shui Ningshuang, Huo Tianming, and Feng Ming nodded in agreement. Shui Ningshuang then ignored Lin Yizhang and the others, and called to Yu Xiaolei and the others to turn around and head into the academy.

"Wait!" A majestic voice came from the sky.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked up at the sky and saw a middle-aged man dressed in green robes surrounded by nine soul rings, two yellow, two purple, and five black. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the crowd below.

Who else could this person be but Dugu Bo?!

Shui Ningshuang, Huo Tianming, and Feng Ming had not been to Tiandou City in recent years and had never met Dugu Bo, so they were on high alert, thinking that he was a Title Douluo from the Spirit Hall.

Yu Xiaolei had seen Dugu Bo's portrait before, so he recognized the Title Douluo before him as Dugu Bo, a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Empire. The reason why Yu Xiaolei had seen Dugu Bo's portrait before was because of Yu Tianheng.

Yu Tianheng studied at the Tiandou Royal Academy and often visited Tiandou City. He knew that Dugu Bo had basically settled in Tiandou City in recent years, and that Dugu Bo often visited Dugu Yan and Lin Yizhang at the academy. Yu Tianheng had also seen Dugu Bo in person.

However, the image of Dugu Bo that he saw was completely different from the one that his grandfather Yu Yuanzhen had described to him before. Out of curiosity, he sent the portrait of Dugu Bo back to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family to Yu Yuanzhen.

Later, Yu Yuanzhen learned that Dugu Bo's appearance had indeed changed a lot, and his strength had also improved significantly. Fearing that his clansmen might accidentally offend Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen sent a portrait of Dugu Bo to his clansmen to see, warning them not to provoke him.

Just as Yu Xiaolei was about to tell Shui Ningshuang and the others about Dugu Bo's identity, Shui Ningshuang had already released her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

"May I ask which senior has graced our Tianshui Academy with their presence?" Shui Ningshuang asked coldly.

Seeing that Shui Ningshuang had already released her martial soul, Huo Tianming and Feng Ming immediately followed suit, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly became cold and murderous.

Dugu Bo directly unleashed the soul power pressure of his level 94 Title Douluo, pressing down on Shui Ningshuang, Yu Xiaolei, Huo Tianming, and Feng Ming.

Shui Ningshuang and the other three were completely immobilized under Dugu Bo's soul power pressure, and could only rely on their martial souls and soul power to barely hold on. Of course, if they used their soul skills, they could still resist Dugu Bo's soul power pressure.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yu Xiaolei hurriedly said, "Your Majesty Poison Douluo, please forgive us. This is all a misunderstanding. We should not have insulted the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. We apologize now and ask Your Majesty Poison Douluo to calm down."

Upon hearing Yu Xiaolei's words, Shui Ningshuang, Huo Tianming, and Feng Ming realized that the Title Douluo before them was not from the Spirit Hall, but rather Dugu Bo, a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Empire. They immediately spoke in unison, "We have never seen the Venerable Poison Douluo before, and thus have offended you. Please forgive us."

Dugu Bo withdrew his soul power pressure and directly took out three thousand-year-old soul bones from his soul tool. One of them was a wind-attribute thousand-year-old left leg soul bone, one was a water-attribute left arm soul bone, and the other was a fire-attribute left leg soul bone.

These three soul bones were gifts from others when Lin Yizhang got married. Because they were not old enough and their attributes were not compatible, none of Lin Yizhang and the others were able to absorb them.

Dugu Bo spoke up: "Let them participate in the Soul Battle as well. I'll offer a thousand-year-old soul bone as the reward for first place. The winning team can choose any one of these three soul bones. What do you think?"

Deans Shui Ningshuang, Yu Xiaolei, Huo Tianming, and Feng Ming, along with all the other students present except Lin Yizhang, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhang Fan, were all drawn to the soul bone that Dugu Bo had taken out.

Soul bones are treasures known as the Blood River Treasures, priceless. In previous years, a thousand-year-old soul bone could be awarded as the champion of the Pan-Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. No one expected that Dugu Bo would actually bring out a thousand-year-old soul bone for Team Two to participate in the Soul Battle, and offer it as the first-place prize.

After hearing Dugu Bo's words, the four deans, Shui Ningshuang, Yu Xiaolei, Huo Tianming, and Feng Ming, exchanged glances and nodded.

Shui Ningshuang said, "In that case, we welcome the geniuses of the second team from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to come and have a friendly spar. Please come in."

Everyone followed Shui Ningshuang into Tianshui Academy.

(End of this chapter)