The Tree Realm Descends on Douluo Continent

Chapter 202 After the competition, you and I will go.

Tomorrow is the start of the qualifying rounds, but the people of the Heavenly Dou Empire are not as excited as they were during the preliminary rounds.

The organizers suddenly announced that, under the pretext of protecting the privacy and safety of the participating teams, they would move the competition to the Royal Hunting Ground, located fifty miles southwest of Tiandou.

This immediately drew criticism and insults from some viewers.

They watched all the preliminary rounds in the Tiandou City division, so what secrets could there be? Could this be to protect the participating teams from the other five ducal kingdoms from being seen by the people of Tiandou City?

However, the Heavenly Dou Empire's official response to these questions has been completely unanswered.

When Li Xun and the Heavenly Dou Royal Team arrived at the Royal Hunting Grounds, the area was already under martial law.

This hunting ground covers a vast area with varied terrain. It is where members of the royal family usually hunt and train, and commoners are not allowed to approach it on ordinary days.

Now, with such a grand event and Bibi Dong's arrival, the requirements are even stricter, and the number of Royal Knights patrolling has been expanded from the original 10,000 to 20,000.

"Welcome. I am Roxon, the captain of the Third Battalion of the Royal Knights. Please follow me."

A middle-aged general dressed in gleaming armor with a red plume on his helmet dismounted to greet them. Although he was greeting a member of the Heavenly Dou Royal Team, his gaze remained fixed on Li Xun.

Knowing what the other party meant, Li Xunchong and Luo Kesen smiled and nodded.

The Royal Knights are arguably the strongest force in the hands of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. It is an elite force that the Heaven Dou Empire has devoted its efforts to building, with a total strength of 50,000. Every 100 members are assigned a Soul Master as a squad leader, and every 10,000 members are assigned a battalion leader.

Roxon was the captain who led such an elite force.

Despite the small number of people under his command, they are all elites with formidable power. Even the key ministers of the major duchies and kingdoms under the name of the Heavenly Dou Empire have to give him a smile.

Speaking of which, Li Xun and Roxon have a history. The chubby kid that Li Xun and Ning Rongrong beat up at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was this middle-aged man's son.

However, this person was also pragmatic. Not only did he apologize at the time, but he was also among the first to choose sides when Li Xun and Qian Renxue were purging the opposition of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Another die-hard, Goron, wasn't so lucky. As the Imperial Marshal, such an important position, he was the first one Li Xun targeted.

Not only was Golong dismissed from his post as Imperial Marshal and replaced with Yang Wudi, but evidence of embezzlement and misappropriation by Golong and his family members was also collected, and he was imprisoned. If it weren't for the fact that some important positions in the empire had not yet been fully filled and the positions of those who took over were not entirely secure, Li Xun would have already eliminated this man completely.

Roxon, accompanied by two hundred fully armed royal knights, escorted Li Xun and his party as they slowly made their way into the hunting grounds.

Such a scene was extremely rare, attracting the attention of many royal knights around. After Li Xun and the others disappeared from sight, they all inquired about the information. After all, the previous groups did not have such a grand display; this was treatment befitting a prince.

The hunting grounds were vast, and Li Xun and his group walked for a long time without riding horses. Finally, after crossing a small hill, the view suddenly opened up before them. The boundless grassland seemed to connect with the sky, which made them feel broad-minded and their eyes light up.

However, the large military camp not far away somewhat spoiled the ambiance.

The other fourteen teams had arrived in the past two days. Some teams that were training on the grassland were stunned when they saw Li Xun and his group. They did not understand why some teams would break the rules and arrive so late for such an important competition.

But when they saw Roxon and two hundred royal knights beside Li Xun, they all understood. They cursed inwardly that there was something going on and that he looked down on them. Why were there only fifty escorts when they came yesterday?

Shrek and his friends were among them.

I never imagined that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had grown to such a great extent within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang San and Dai Mubai's eyes narrowed as they looked at Li Xun, who was surrounded by the crowd.

"If the Haotian Sect were still around, we might be treated the same way," Tailong said, his eyes flashing with resentment as he looked at Li Xun.

His grandfather is still in the Spirit Hall's prison and has not been released. No one knows how much suffering he will endure inside. His clan has tried various methods, but none of them have been able to rescue him.

All of this likely stemmed from the betrayal by the Po clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Tyrone, don't worry. After the competition, you can come with me. I will definitely find a way to rescue Senior Titan." Tang San's eyes flashed, and he patted Tyrone's shoulder.

As a former vassal of the Haotian Sect, the Power Clan is fundamentally different from other clans. They are more like their father's exclusive subordinates, outside the control of the Haotian Sect.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is growing stronger and stronger than before, and there are even rumors that it is in contact with the Spirit Hall and will soon join forces.

If he and his father relied solely on themselves, they would likely be overwhelmed; they would have to gather all available forces to fight against them. Titan, as an 86th-level, powerful attack-type Soul Douluo, was a crucial resource they could not afford to abandon.

"This is where we'll be staying for the next while!" Ning Rongrong looked around the luxuriously decorated military camp with curiosity.

Unlike the other participating teams who stayed in regular military camps, Li Xun asked everyone to arrive a day later so they could prepare in advance. After all, there were still two weeks of competition ahead, and even if the competition wasn't tiring, poor living conditions would affect their rest.

"Our rooms are all the same. If you like this one, I'll let you have it."

Seeing Ning Rongrong lingering on his bed, Li Xun smiled after trying to push her away without success: "Or you can sleep with me."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Hmph! Dream on." Ning Rongrong stuck her neck out on the bed, then rolled her eyes and said with a grin, "Sleeping together is fine, but you have to sleep on the floor."

"Ha! Now you not only have a concept of gender, but you've also gotten quite bold. Has it been a while since I've hit you? You actually dared to make me sleep on the floor?"

Li Xun let out a "yo-ho," a grin spreading across his face as he squinted at Ning Rongrong, who was hugging his blanket.

"How am I being audacious? Didn't you say all our rooms are the same? Wouldn't it be the same if you stayed in another room?" Ning Rongrong pouted and retorted, then quickly rolled up in the blanket and wrapped it around herself, leaving only her head sticking out.

"What you said makes sense, but you seem to have forgotten that in our relationship, my reasoning is always the only valid reasoning."

Li Xun chuckled, then stood up on the bed, grabbed the edge of the blanket, lifted it up, and shook it, throwing Ning Rongrong, this pest, off the blanket and onto the bed.

"Ah! Brother, I was wrong."

"Isn't it a bit too late to admit your mistake now?" Li Xun sneered, then waved his hand dismissively.

Snap snap snap—

After a series of noises, Li Xun walked out of the barracks in a cheerful mood, leaving Ning Rongrong clutching her buttocks, on the verge of tears.

"Zhu Qing really knows how to care for people."

(End of this chapter)