Douluo V: Daily Intelligence - I Want All of Tang San's Opportunities

Zou Jing's breathing began to become erratic.

After failing to change his moves for the thirteenth time, he gritted his teeth and suddenly exerted his strength. A thicker layer of rock-like soul power spread from his arms to his entire upper body, and he punched Su Yuntao in the face.

This was his last resort.

Su Yuntao didn't take the punch head-on. He sidestepped the blow, slightly bent his left knee to adjust his center of gravity, and drew an arc in the air with his right claw. He silently activated his third soul ring, Soul-Seizing Wolf Howl, at close range. A dark purple mental shock hit Zou Jing's face. Zou Jing's movements were obviously stiffened for a second, and his arm stopped in mid-air.

Su Yuntao did not miss this opportunity, and slapped Zou Jing's ribs with his claw, instantly channeling a massive amount of soul power into him.

Zou Jing staggered several steps to the side, barely managing to steady himself by touching the ground with one knee.

He raised his head, his lips moved slightly, then he slowly withdrew his soul power, his voice slightly hoarse: "I surrender!"

The cheers from the stands surged forth like a tidal wave, with some people even standing up in excitement:

"Lone Wolf, you're so cool!"

"We won! The Lone Wolf won!"

"He completely dominated a level 49 Soul Master like that, he's too strong!"

Su Yuntao didn't say anything more and turned to walk towards the passage.

Back in his meditation room, he closed the door, sat down on the futon by the wall, closed his eyes, and mentally reviewed every detail of the match.

Zou Jing's final punch was indeed quite powerful. If he hadn't used the Soul-Stealing Wolf Howl to interrupt the rhythm, it might have taken him several more moves to finish the fight.

Overall, the match went more smoothly than he had expected. Although the level 49 Soul Master was stronger than his previous opponents, he was not strong enough to make him feel overwhelmed.

It seems that my training in the Soto City Arena is coming to an end.

However, for now, Su Yuntao sat on the futon for a while, and after his breathing stabilized, he began to circulate the Silver Moon Profound Heaven Technique again.

About an hour later, the door to the cultivation room was suddenly knocked urgently from the outside.

Su Yuntao opened his eyes, stood up, walked over and opened the stone door. Outside the door stood Manager Han and Qin Ming.

The usual composed smile on Manager Han's face vanished, replaced by extreme urgency. Seeing Su Yuntao open the door, he strode in:

"Lone Wolf, are you free right now?"

Su Yuntao glanced at Qin Ming, who was standing behind Manager Han. Although he didn't speak, his expression was serious, and he nodded at him.

Su Yuntao closed the door again and pointed to the stool by the table: "Manager Han, please sit down and talk."

Manager Han didn't sit down and went straight to stating his purpose:

"Today, a duo called 'Twin Stars' came to the Grand Arena. At first, we didn't pay much attention to them, since challengers come to the Grand Arena every day, which is normal. But later, the situation changed. Normally, no matter what type of challenge, our Grand Arena stipulates that it can only be held once a day. The only exception is the bounty defense match. As long as the defender is willing to pay enough bounty, they can defend the title indefinitely, without limit on the number of matches, until the bounty reaches zero."

He paused for a moment, his voice deepening slightly:

"After those two won a match, they immediately started a bounty defense tournament, offering 10,000 gold soul coins right off the bat. That bounty was so huge that no one could resist. Before your match with Zou Jing, several pairs of people had already challenged them, but unfortunately, they all failed."

"Of course, if it were just a loss, that would be fine. For our Great Soul Arena, we don't really care who wins or loses. But the other side just went and killed us in front of everyone on the stage. Now three Soul Masters have died and more than ten Soul Masters are seriously injured. This is something our Great Soul Arena absolutely cannot tolerate."

"What's more troublesome is that every time they win a match, they add all the winnings to the bounty for the next match. When I arrived just now, the bounty had already accumulated to 50,000 gold soul coins. Faced with such a huge bounty, I wanted to force them to withdraw, but no one else was willing."

Su Yuntao was silent for a moment before speaking:

"you mean?"

Manager Han didn't beat around the bush: "I want you and Fire Wolf to take action."

Su Yuntao didn't agree immediately, but first asked, "How strong is the opponent?"

Supervisor Han paused for a moment, carefully considering his words:

"Just before we came in, the Zou brothers had just fought a match with the other side. Both of them are level 49 Battle Soul Masters, and the two brothers have excellent teamwork. They are the strongest duo in the Soul Master stage of our Soto City Great Battle Arena."

He paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "But they lost, and they lost without any chance to fight back."

After listening, Su Yuntao calmly replied, "Then I disagree."

Manager Han was taken aback: "Why? You clearly defeated Zou Jing before, and Fire Wolf's strength is about the same as Zou Jing's. If the two of you attack together, you still have a good chance..."

Su Yuntao shook his head without explaining.

Manager Han wanted to continue persuading him, but Qin Ming interrupted him at that moment:

"Manager Han, why don't you go out and check on how the Gemini team is doing in defending their title? I'll try to persuade them."

Manager Han glanced at Su Yuntao, then at Qin Ming, and finally nodded. He quickly walked out of the training room, closing the door behind him.

After the door closed, the training room was quiet for a moment.

Qin Ming leaned against the wall, looking at Su Yuntao, his tone much more serious than before: "You're not agreeing because you think I'll be a burden to you?"

Su Yuntao looked up and glanced at him:

"Don't overthink it. Manager Han also said that the opponents are very strong. The Zou brothers are from the Soto City Grand Soul Arena and had no choice but to accept the challenge. As for us, it's not worth getting involved. Although the 50,000 gold coins reward is tempting, since so many people have fallen to those twin stars, it's definitely not easy to get those 50,000 gold coins. If we rashly go into battle, we'll just be adding to their achievements."

Qin Ming was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "What if I said I had a reason why I had to play?"

Su Yuntao paused slightly, looked up at Qin Ming, and waited for him to continue.

Qin Ming did not avoid his gaze, his voice not loud but very clear:

"Do you remember when you first arrived in Soto City, you were constantly investigating clues about the Zhuge Crossbow?"

Su Yuntao's expression froze slightly.

He hadn't expected Qin Ming to know even this.

One of his main targets in Soto City was Tang San, and he did not give up his investigation of the Zhuge Crossbow after entering Soto City.

However, he later discovered that Tang San and Grandmaster had already entered Shrek Academy, and Qin Ming happened to be in contact with both of them.

After confirming this, he ultimately chose to pretend he hadn't discovered anything, neither actively contacting Tang San nor digging any deeper.