Douluo: Adventure Begins from Wuhun City

Chapter 286 Cheating
Chen Yao's half-smile made Sea Star Douluo feel overwhelmed. He didn't dare to agree, nor could he refuse. He could only smile awkwardly.

"Let's start the assessment first."

Chen Yao did not stop it. He was just watching from the side and did not believe that any accidents would happen.

Zhu Zhuqing did not show any smug look on her face, and she clasped her fists to Sea Star Douluo with a hint of respect.

"Senior, I'm ready."

Upon seeing this, Sea Star Douluo subconsciously glanced at Chen Yao with the corner of his eye. Looking at the other party's lazy posture and playful expression, he sighed slightly in his heart, nodded to Zhu Zhuqing, straightened his body, and raised his right hand. The Sea Star Holy Pillar behind him shone brightly, and a golden light shot up into the sky, illuminating the dawn which had not yet fully shone.

Then, as if responding to the golden light emitted by the Seahorse Holy Pillar, a golden light also rose from another direction in the distance. That was the place where Tang Yuehua had just left. Together with the light emitted by the Seahorse Holy Pillar, the two golden lights formed a huge ball of light in the air, emitting several condensed golden flames.

Starfish Douluo was also enveloped in the golden light at this moment, with a slightly sacred glow emanating from his body. His golden eyes looked at Zhu Zhuqing and spoke.

"This golden light symbolizes the duration of your test, which is one hour in total. As long as the two of you can hold on until the golden light goes out, you will be considered to have completed the test."

Upon hearing this, a thick dark fog suddenly burst out. While Zhu Zhuqing released his martial soul, he also activated his fifth soul ring bestowed by God on the Sea God Island.

Facing a Titled Douluo was already a huge pressure for her, not to mention that this was a sea within a sea, the most suitable place for a sea soul master to display his strength. If she didn't exert her full strength from the beginning, she might not be able to hold out for even a moment.

When Zhu Zhuqing activated his martial soul, Sea Star Douluo also released his own martial soul. In an instant, his entire body was covered by a layer of gray-white strange armor, and behind him appeared a huge sea star phantom that was very similar to the statue on top of the Sea Star Holy Pillar.

Moreover, the phantom was still solidifying. On the five thick tentacles of the starfish, the densely packed suction cups kept wriggling and contracting, which made people feel creepy just by looking at it.

At the same time, two yellow, two purple, and five black, nine soul rings shine at the same time. In the absence of a hundred thousand year soul ring, this is already the best soul ring ratio, and it is a symbol of the strength of the Seven Sacred Pillars of Poseidon.

Ning Rongrong didn't have the heart to show off her chattering mouth at the moment. Her martial spirit was shining, and her spirit ring lit up, guiding the dazzling halo towards Zhu Zhuqing.

The moment Zhu Zhuqing felt the effect of Ning Rongrong's auxiliary aura on her, she had already moved. The gap in strength between the two sides was like an insurmountable chasm. If she didn't take the initiative, she would probably be defeated soon.

The black light under her feet spread, instantly covering the entire Seahorse Holy Pillar Platform area. As her figure leaped, dense shadows appeared on the path she passed.

Starfish Douluo only felt that the air around him had dropped in temperature, and then he saw that Tang San in front of him had disappeared. The surroundings had turned into a dark and lightless world, and the roar of a wild beast from the underworld echoed in his ears. The thick black fog was filled with cold and tangible murderous aura, and rushed towards him madly from all directions.

There was a look of shock on Starfish Douluo's face. He had not expected that the attack of a mere Soul King could be so outstanding.

For a moment, he found that there was no way to resolve Zhu Zhuqing's attack except to break it with overwhelming strength.

But just as he was about to mobilize his soul power, Sea Star Douluo suddenly remembered what Chen Yao had just said, and a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

It is true that he could directly break Zhu Zhuqing's attack and knock her out of the scope of the assessment with his strength advantage, but the consequences would probably be hard for him to imagine.

Chen Yao behaved so unscrupulously in front of them and did not take Lord Poseidon seriously at all. If they caused Zhu Zhuqing and others to fail the assessment and made Chen Yao angry, he would directly sink the Poseidon Island. What would they do?
However, it was precisely because Sea Star Douluo was indecisive that Zhu Zhuqing's attack arrived while he was distracted, and he was immediately put on the passive side.

Facing the Netherworld Blade that was so close to him, Starfish Douluo did not dare to hesitate any longer.

It's not good to anger Chen Yao, but you can't just stand there stupidly and be hit like a punching bag. If you do that, won't the Poseidon assessment become a joke?

With a thought, Sea Star Douluo's body instantly merged with the flesh-colored tentacles on his body, and a flesh and blood armor that looked somewhat twisted and weird was instantly draped over his body. Then he shook his body, and a circle of strange ripples were released from his body, and at the same time, his fourth soul ring lit up.

The ripples were light blue, densely covering an area within a five-meter diameter around his body, and actually forced the black mist released by Zhu Zhuqing out. However, the ripples also controlled themselves from directly dissolving Zhu Zhuqing's soul power, thinking of maintaining a stalemate first, wasting some time, and then making a decision when the assessment was about to end.

Each layer of ripples spread out, like a shield covering the entire body of Sea Star Douluo. The ripple shield he released was used entirely for defense, and there was no sign of attack. The other five Saint Pillar Douluos who were watching below the assessment stage all twitched their mouths slightly, unable to bear to watch.

Zhu Zhuqing also understood Sea Star Douluo's concerns, but she didn't act pretentiously. After all, this assessment was simply making things difficult for people. It was probably because the Sea God had already noticed the lower world and didn't want to waste his divine power anymore, letting Zhu Zhuqing and others take advantage of him.

Since Sea Star Douluo doesn't dare to attack her at this moment, she will not be polite.

The scene in front of Starfish Douluo suddenly changed, and the previous fierce murderous aura suddenly disappeared, replaced by a huge black blade that crossed the field. At the moment when the dark fog was whistling, Starfish Douluo caught the trajectory of the black blade, stepped forward with his left foot, and punched forward with a simple and unpretentious punch.

The black blade shattered and turned into countless light particles, but strangely, it did not dissipate. Instead, it merged into the surrounding dark fog, making the scale of the black fog even larger. In the huge venue, there was only a few square areas where Starfish Douluo landed that were not covered by the black fog.

At the same time, in the thick black fog, Zhu Zhuqing's soul power, as well as the sounds of blood flow and heartbeat, disappeared in an instant, and the field fell into a dead silence, so quiet that Sea Dragon Douluo could hear the throbbing heartbeat coming from his body. At this moment, he felt as if he had come to a den of ghosts. For some reason, he felt a creepy feeling in his heart.

It’s not because of Zhu Zhuqing’s strength, but because of human nature’s innate aversion to such scenes.

In a moment of panic, Sea Star Douluo retracted his fist, and the seventh spirit ring on his body lit up, and he displayed his martial spirit true form.

In an instant, the flesh and blood armor on his body began to wriggle violently, and then continued to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into a giant blue and gold starfish about ten meters tall. The starfish flew into the air, not caring about Chen Yao's previous instructions, and its five thick blood-red tentacles slammed heavily into the dark fog.

A series of explosions sounded in the air, and the air seemed to be under tremendous pressure. In the sea behind the assessment site, a huge wave rose into the sky due to the rampage of the tentacles. At the same time, these waves condensed into a huge tornado in the air, and headed straight for the site, forming a pincer attack with the five-horned raging of Starfish Douluo.

However, Starfish Douluo's riot not only caused the gravel in the examination area to fly everywhere, but also caused the thick black fog to continue to spread, and was completely unaffected by Starfish Douluo.

The attack was ineffective, and Sea Star Douluo was shocked. How could this be possible? Logically speaking, his attack plus the waterspout should have covered the entire test site. How come he didn't even touch Zhu Zhuqing's shadow?
Just as Sea Star Douluo was surprised, there was a sudden surge of aura behind him, and Zhu Zhuqing's figure unexpectedly appeared behind him. The aura on her body was sharp and cold, and it was even close to that of the Soul Emperor. The cold light reflected from her dark claws made Sea Star Douluo, a Titled Douluo, feel inexplicably tremble in his heart.

At the same time, countless tiny strange black threads appeared around Zhu Zhuqing, quickly covering Seahorse Douluo. There was actually a sense of absorption and devouring in them.

Starfish Douluo didn't take it seriously at first, but when the devouring golden thread fell on the ripple shield he had opened earlier, he was shocked. The energy of the ripple shield actually began to dissipate under the influence of the black thread.

Although the speed was slow, a mere Soul King actually caused a loophole in his defense. If this had happened in the past, Sea Star Douluo would definitely have thought it was a fantasy.

But now that the facts were before his eyes, he had no choice but to believe it.

For a moment, all kinds of strange thoughts flashed through the mind of Starfish Douluo. The Soul King from this continent should not be underestimated. If this test was not obviously targeted at him, I am afraid that with the strength of this woman, she could really complete the top seven tests of the red level in one fell swoop.

But thinking about it, Sea Star Douluo's face twitched again. Even if the assessment was targeted, Chen Yao was also eyeing this assessment covetously. If he wanted to intervene forcibly, it seemed that Zhu Zhuqing would be able to complete the assessment smoothly?

It's all done, so what's the point of assessing him? Is he just going to go through the motions?

Starfish Douluo felt a little numb for a moment.

His heart was filled with helplessness, but the test was still going on, so Sea Star Douluo had no choice but to retract the ripple shield around himself to around his body to reduce contact with the black silk that could be swallowed as much as possible. At the same time, he swung out another tentacle, this time into the air.

For a moment, these dense black threads were indeed blown up by his movement, but they were not destroyed, as if they were not under any force at all. And a small part of the energy he blasted out of these tentacles was actually absorbed by the blown black threads.

What a terrifying soul skill! I wonder what will happen when her strength reaches that of a Titled Douluo?
I guess opponents at the same stage wouldn't have an easy time facing the encirclement of these black silk stockings, right?

Fortunately, this black silk does not seem to be without flaws. Although it did not disappear under the attack of Starfish Douluo, it seems that the energy it absorbed has reached its limit. Each black silk has become a full circle larger, and even the speed of its movement has become a little slower.

This look of being full made Zhu Zhuqing, who was in the dark, reluctantly pull back the black stockings.

However, facing the retreat of these black silks, Starfish Douluo did not pursue the victory. Even because of the retraction of the black silks, Zhu Zhuqing's figure was still flickering in the black fog, and Starfish Douluo had no intention of taking action.

He now realized that Lord Poseidon wanted to target Zhu Zhuqing and the other two, and did not want to bestow any more divine gifts on them, so he planned to make them fail directly. However, Chen Yao did not want to do that and wanted to get some benefits from Lord Poseidon.

Lord Poseidon was in the heavenly realm and could not come down. However, Chen Yao stood beside him, staring at his every move without moving his eyes. The playful smile on his face was like a devil's smile, and it could not be erased from Sea Star Douluo's mind.

"Alas, Lord Poseidon, it's not that I don't obey your will, but the situation is just too difficult. You don't want to watch Poseidon Island sink under your wrath, do you?"

It was not known whether he was confessing to the Sea God or comforting himself. After Sea Star Douluo muttered something silently in his heart, he began to ignore Zhu Zhuqing. He stood in the same place, waving his tentacles aimlessly, looking really funny.

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been hiding in the black fog the whole time, twitched her lips after seeing this scene. She didn't expect that Sea Star Douluo would be so straightforward and didn't even bother to act at the beginning. She didn't know what the Sea God who was watching in the sky felt at this moment.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't have time to worry about that. Under the cover of the black fog, she went directly to a corner of the examination site, away from the random attacks of Starfish Douluo. She sat cross-legged and began to recover her soul power.

Ning Rongrong, who had been staying in the auxiliary position, couldn't help scratching her head when watching this farce. She glanced at the golden light in the sky that represented the test time and found that it was still strong and there was still a long time. So she simply sat down cross-legged and began to play with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower in her hand out of boredom.

Soon, time passed by, and the brilliant golden light emitted by the holy pillar in the sky slowly went out, symbolizing that this test, which was like a child's play, was coming to an end.

Zhu Zhuqing completed her fifth test.

However, at this moment, she looked a little nervous as she waited for the mark on her forehead to be lifted. She didn't know whether this obviously cheating test would be recognized by the God of the Sea.
(End of this chapter)