Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 124 Heartbroken Gale Simp

Ning Fengzhi's decision to have Gu Rong intervene was not truly to stand up for Huo Wu, but rather to further strain the relationship between the Nine Star Hall and the Spirit Hall. In addition, it was also a gesture of goodwill towards Xiao Yu, since the previous incident involving Tang San and Xiao Wu had already created a rift between the two sides.

Xiao Yu was well aware of Ning Fengzhi's intentions, but now he wanted to seek justice for Huo Wu. Moreover, even if Ning Fengzhi didn't let Gu Rong help, Milo and Aiolia were always ready to act.

Therefore, Ning Fengzhi's help at this time was not very meaningful to him, and he did not need to accept this favor.

Salas and Huyan Zhen were both within Bibi Dong's sphere of influence. From the beginning, their attitude towards Xiao Yu of the Spirit Hall was clear: discard the dross and keep the essence, strive to retain their original intentions, and adhere to the teachings of the Angel God as the worship lineage. As for the Papal lineage, whose reputation was already comparable to that of the nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire, they had no interest in it.

Under the intimidation of the ancient banyan tree, Hu Yanzhen reluctantly apologized to Huo Wu and angrily led the dejected Elephant Armor Academy students away from the competition venue.

Xiao Yu carried Huo Wu off the arena and walked to the rest area belonging to the Nine Star Palace. Ye Lingling immediately summoned her martial soul, and the white petal-shaped light faintly merged into Huo Wu's body.

Under the treatment of Sacred Heart Begonia, Huo Wu's pale complexion gradually improved.

"How is Huo Wu?"

Just then, an urgent voice suddenly came from outside the Nine Star Palace rest area. Xiao Yu turned his head and looked over. It was none other than Feng Xiaotian, the captain of the Divine Wind Academy.

The Sacred Heart Begonia truly lived up to its reputation as a healing-type martial soul, even surpassing the Nine Heart Begonia. In just a short while, Huo Wu had recovered most of her strength, and her complexion had become rosy again. Upon seeing Feng Xiaotian arrive, she couldn't help but frown: "Feng Xiaotian, what brings you here?"

Feng Xiaotian fully utilized his sycophantic instincts, completely ignoring the impatience in Huo Wu's tone: "Sister Huo Wu, I'm just concerned about you. That shameless Hu Yanzhen attacked you just now. Should I ask a few good healing-type Soul Masters to come and check you out?"

"No!"

Huo Wu suddenly turned to the side and hugged Xiao Yu's arm: "Feng Xiaotian, I know you've been very good to me, but I already have someone I like. Please don't bother me anymore, I'm afraid Xiao Yu will misunderstand!"

Click~

Upon seeing this, Feng Xiaotian was struck dumb, as if something inside him had cracked.

After a pause, Feng Xiaotian suddenly came to his senses and turned his eyes to Ye Lingling, who was still healing Huo Wu: "Aren't they a couple?"

Huo Wu said nonchalantly, "Lingling will be the older one, and I'll be the younger one!"

Click-clack~ Click-clack~

If Feng Xiaotian only had a few cracks in his heart a moment ago, now it has been shattered into pieces.

The goddess he longed for would rather be someone else's mistress than be with him. Was he really that bad?

"I challenge you!"

Unwilling to accept defeat, Feng Xiaotian challenged Xiao Yu instead: "If I win, you must leave Huo Wu!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Wu immediately flew into a rage, her gaze towards Feng Xiaotian now filled with disgust: "Feng Xiaotian, this is my own business, what right do you have to make decisions for me? Get out of here!"

Sensing the disgust in Huo Wu's eyes, Feng Xiaotian would have already vanished by now if it were any other time.

But this time he disobeyed Huo Wu, ignoring her reprimands and staring intently at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu shook his head: "I won't agree."

Feng Xiaotian's face showed a mocking expression. "Are you scared?"

"It's not a matter of being afraid or not!"

Xiao Yu said seriously, "Huo Wu is a free person. She has her own thoughts and her own choices. Her feelings should not be used as a bargaining chip between us. Feng Xiaotian, when you proposed this bet, you already put yourself in a losing position!"

"I"

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaotian was speechless, unsure of what to say.

"However, I will give you a chance to challenge me. When we face Kamikaze Academy, I will be the first to step up!"

Xiao Yu continued, "I'm doing this not for any other reason than to prove to you that I am more qualified and more capable than you to protect Huo Wu!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Wu felt a warmth in her heart and leaned half her body down into Xiao Yu's arms, wishing she could merge into Xiao Yu's flesh and blood.

Feng Xiaotian tried hard not to look at Huo Wu, who was leaning against Xiao Yu's chest, and nodded heavily, saying, "Alright, let me see just how capable you are to win over Huo Wu's heart."

Although a duel was agreed upon with Feng Xiaotian, it was still a long way off before the showdown between Nine Star Academy and Divine Wind Academy took place. Divine Wind Academy was ranked first in the Heaven Dou preliminary competition area with a perfect record of 26 wins. Because Huo Wu was no longer present, Feng Xiaotian did not hold back and concede defeat when facing Blazing Fire Academy as he did in the original story. As for Shrek Academy, just like in the original story, they forfeited two matches after facing Canghui Academy, thus avoiding the clash with Divine Wind Academy.

Nine Star Academy is also the first team to emerge from the Kingdom of Sylvia. Although there are only two teams in total, according to the unspoken rules of the competition, the first team to emerge from each region will not meet in the first few days. After a few days, the teams will be arranged according to the winning rate of the academy teams. Therefore, according to Xiao Yu's estimate, the showdown with Shenfeng Academy will probably not be until the last round or the penultimate round.

In the following days, Nine Star Academy did not encounter any particularly strong opponents and advanced triumphantly, defeating several academy teams that had qualified from various kingdoms, achieving a six-game winning streak.

Huo Wu seems to have become obsessed with the thrill of winning seven consecutive matches, and insists on starting as a player in every game.

Based on his memory of the original work and the information he had gathered about the opponents, Xiao Yu found that there were no particularly strong opponents. So he indulged Huo Wu and, except when they encountered an academy team that mainly used water attributes, he always let Huo Wu be the first teammate to go on the field.

Huo Wu lived up to expectations. Except for one time when she encountered a Soul Master whose attribute was countered and she was forced to give up, she won three consecutive victories against seven opponents. Her name as the Goddess of Flame resounded throughout the academies and she became popular with countless male students.

"Our next opponent is Shrek Academy!"

After receiving the schedule for the new round of competition, Xuanwu and Xiaoyu immediately convened a meeting with all the participating team members to discuss it.

"Very good!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Wu couldn't help but excitedly pump her fist: "We have to settle the score with that little thief Tang San for sneaking into the Heaven Dou City branch! Xiao Yu, I'm going to be the first one out tomorrow. Let's see how I deal with that Tang San guy!"

(End of this chapter)