Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 152 Yu Tianheng's Provocation

The finals format includes a one-day rest and adjustment period between each round.

As the top team in the Tiandou Division's qualifying round, Nine Star Academy will receive a bye in the second round.

Therefore, after the match against Tianshui Academy, Jiuxing Academy had three days to adjust and prepare for the third round of the competition.

The opponent of Nine Star Academy in the third round was none other than the Royal Fighting Team, the seeded team of the Heavenly Dou Empire.

On the day the competition started, the Nine Stars team arrived at the venue early and bumped into the Royal Fighting team led by Yu Tianheng as they entered the venue.

Xiao Yu didn't take the Royal Fighting Team seriously at all. Yu Tianheng, the team's highest-ranking soul power, was only level 45, and they didn't have any special moves like martial soul fusion skills that could impress Xiao Yu. Not to mention the Spirit Hall Academy team, even the Star Luo Royal Academy team could easily crush the Royal Fighting Team.

The Star Luo Royal Academy team has six Soul Masters, while the Royal Fighting team only has three, a difference of half.

In terms of soul power, the captain of the Star Luo team, Davis, has a soul power level of 49, which is only a step away from the Soul King. The vice captain, Zhu Zhuyun, also has a soul power level of 47. The martial soul fusion skill Netherworld White Tiger that the two of them use together probably already has the strength to fight against the Soul Emperor.

If the top teams from the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires were to actually clash, the Star Luo team wouldn't even need its other five members to intervene; Davis and Zhu Zhuyun's Martial Soul Fusion Technique would be enough to crush the Royal Fighting team.

Xiao Yu didn't want to pay attention to the Royal Fighting Team, but he couldn't resist the fact that some people liked to court death.

"Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, you two traitors to the Royal Fighting Team!"

With a roar, Yu Tianheng stood in front of the Nine Star Academy team, his eyes glaring fiercely at Dugu Yan.

Compared to Ye Lingling, Yu Tianheng naturally hated Dugu Yan even more, after all, he had once pursued her. His eyes were filled with anger as he stared intently at the dashing figure not far away.

"Brother Tianheng, she's Dugu Yan, the one who betrayed the Royal Fighting Team!"

As soon as Yu Tianheng finished speaking, a delicate voice echoed his words; it was Xue Ying, the control-type soul master who had replaced Dugu Yan.

As a princess of the Heaven Dou royal family, Xueying's task of joining the Royal Fighting Team to replace Dugu Yan as a control-type Soul Master was just a small one. Her more important goal was Yu Tianheng, the first successor of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

If she could marry Yu Tianheng and give birth to a child who would inherit part of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family's bloodline, then Xue Ye would raise their branch into a special royal family.

The Swan Martial Soul of the direct descendants of the Heaven Dou royal family is too weak. There are very few direct descendants of the royal family who are not worth mentioning. Apart from the few royal family retainers who have been bribed with heavy money, the only other thing they can rely on is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. In Xue Ye's heart, these outsiders are ultimately not as reliable as family.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family had always wanted to align themselves with the Heavenly Dou royal family, and this desire became even stronger after the Sunset Forest was attacked by the Nine Star Palace. With the matchmaking of their elders, Yu Tianheng and Xue Ying naturally came together.

Xueying gave a charming laugh, walked to Yu Tianheng's side, took his arm, and gave Dugu Yan a rather provocative look.

Yu Tianheng had once pursued Dugu Yan madly, which was no secret at the Tiandou Royal Academy. Xue Ying was naturally wary of the suddenly appearing Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan had no intention of competing with Xue Ying. Without even glancing at Xue Ying, she coldly said to Yu Tianheng, "Yu Tianheng, watch your mouth! It was your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that colluded with the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, intending to harm my grandfather and Young Master Xiao. You are the ones who wronged me, which is why I dropped out of school and left the Royal Fighting Team!"

Just as Yu Tianheng's hatred for Dugu Yan surpassed that for Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan's hatred for Yu Tianheng also far exceeded that for Ye Lingling.

Although Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng had not yet officially gotten together at the Tiandou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng's long-term pursuit had indeed shaken her resolve. However, just as she was considering whether to accept Yu Tianheng's advances, he unexpectedly stabbed her in the back.

If it weren't for the powerful background of the Nine Star Palace suppressing the joint attack by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Heavenly Dou Royal Family, my grandfather would probably have only one path left: death.

Having lost his grandfather's protection, what would become of him? How would his grandfather's past enemies treat him? As the young patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, could Yu Tianheng not have imagined this?

Even so, Yu Tianheng still chose to betray them without hesitation, which made Dugu Yan, who once regarded Yu Tianheng as a partner to spend the rest of her life with, hate him!

The other members of the Royal Fighting Team, such as the Graphite and Stone Mill brothers and Oslo, lowered their heads after hearing Dugu Yan's rebuke. Being selected by the Royal Fighting Team meant that their families held a high position in the Heavenly Dou Empire, and they had a general understanding of what had happened back then, even if they didn't know the whole story.

To put it bluntly, given the circumstances at the time, they would have also chosen to drop out of school and sever ties with the Heavenly Dou Royal Family without hesitation.

However, their families were all affiliated with the Heavenly Dou Empire, so they naturally couldn't slap the Heavenly Dou royal family in the face at this time. They could only express their invisible support for Dugu Yan through silence.

Yu Tianheng argued forcefully, "Dugu Yan, it's clear that you and your grandfather had long harbored rebellious intentions; this is merely an excuse you've made for your betrayal!"

"Yu Tianheng, you are shameless!"

Seeing that Yu Tianheng was lying through his teeth, Dugu Yan was furious. Her well-developed chest heaved up and down, and her soul power surged around her. She was almost subconsciously preparing to take action.

"Young Master."

Just as Dugu Yan was about to make her move, Xiao Yu reached out and stopped her.

"Yu Tianheng, you can't win on the field, so you resort to such dirty tricks off the field. You, the current successor of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, have truly opened my eyes!"

Xiao Yu's gaze passed over Yu Tianheng and landed on a referee who was acting somewhat evasively not far from them.

"Yu Tianheng, you're truly despicable!"

Dugu Yan suddenly realized that Yu Tianheng was trying to sabotage the competition because he saw that Nine Star Academy was too strong and that they had no chance of winning in the official competition. Just now, Yu Tianheng deliberately provoked her. If she made the first move, the referee hiding in the shadows would immediately jump out and disqualify the Nine Star Academy team from the competition on the pretext that they had violated the competition rules by attacking the participating students outside the arena.

The thought of almost falling into Yu Tianheng's trap filled Dugu Yan with lingering fear, and her gaze towards Yu Tianheng became even more disdainful.

The Shi brothers and Oslo, who were unaware of the situation, also realized what was happening and looked at Yu Tianheng with strange expressions. If you're not strong enough, you're not strong enough. What's the point of winning by resorting to these dirty tricks?

(End of this chapter)