Douluo: Dragon King's Star Devouring Wings

Chapter 703 The Strongest Control Under the Stars
"Tch, I thought this freshman was some kind of genius, but it turns out he's nothing special." Zhang Yangzi glanced at Xu Xiaoyan, who was lying on the ground, and said disdainfully.

Zhang Yangzi, a former student of Class 1 at Donghai Academy, was a second-ring Soul Master, just like Wei Xiaofeng and Wang Jinxi.

Although he is no longer a match for Tang Wulin, he is still not convinced by this captain who only possesses the 'Blue Silver Grass' martial soul.

As for Jia Lin, who replaced him as the only student in the class to fight, he was not dissatisfied, but he still had some resentment.

"How dare you speak like that?" Tang Wulin glared at Zhang Yangzi.

Although Xu Xiaoyan has only temporarily joined Class Zero and may not be able to stay at Donghai Academy for a long time, as the team leader, Tang Wulin felt that as long as Xu Xiaoyan stayed in Class Zero, she should not be discriminated against.

"Did I say something wrong?" Zhang Yangzi said irritably, then left, but he still bumped Tang Wulin with his shoulder as he left.

Jialin naturally held back and didn't knock Xu Xiaoyan unconscious. However, Xu Xiaoyan was now staring blankly at the sky, looking as if she had lost her dreams.

Now her plan to make a name for herself in the first battle has completely failed; she was instantly defeated by Jialin before she could even show anything.

Xie Xie walked up to Xu Xiaoyan, squatted down, looked into her eyes, and comforted her, "Actually, you don't need to be sad. Our whole class didn't perform any better than you against Jialin."

"Whether it's me or Lao Da, we can't really last a single move against Jia Lin when she's really serious."

"Although you didn't stand out in front of others, you didn't lose face either. Now that we've brought Zhang Yangzi here, he might lose even more miserably than you!"

Xu Xiaoyan blinked, looked at Xie Xie seriously, and said, "Has no one ever told you that you're actually not very good at comforting people?"

"what?"

...

After the actual battle, Wu Changkong and Long Bing didn't comment on today's fight. There was nothing to comment on; they were simply defeated instantly, so what was there to say?

Although Xu Xiaoyan felt a little better after Xie Xie comforted her, it didn't change the fact that she was currently the weakest in Class Zero.

In the evening, Xu Xiaoyan did not return to her dormitory, but went to the top floor of the teaching building alone.

Xu Xiaoyan raised her hand and waved it in the air. A yellow spirit ring rose from beneath her feet, and a long ice staff appeared in her grasp.

Xu Xiaoyan's face turned serious, she raised her ice staff high, and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Stars in the sky, bright and shining, forever radiant, bringing peace to Chang'an! Grant me strength, my star wheel."

As she softly murmured, the tip of her ice staff suddenly lit up. An inconspicuous pale golden light descended from the sky and landed on her ice staff.

Instantly, at the tip of the ice staff, it was as if a lamp had been lit, and a ball of golden light spread out, gradually transforming into a golden halo containing a six-pointed star.

When the star wheel appeared, Xu Xiaoyan's entire temperament began to change. She, who was originally weak and delicate, suddenly became tall and straight. In the starlight, she became noble and elegant, with a kind of awe-inspiring and inviolable air.

The spirit rings beneath her feet were also filled with starlight, and a golden star lit up on her forehead, becoming her most beautiful adornment.

Xu Xiaoyan's martial soul has undergone mutation, which is why her family requires her to become a soul master.

However, her mutation is undoubtedly imperfect; she can only complete the mutation of her martial soul at night by drawing on the power of the starry sky.

Similarly, Xu Xiaoyan's cultivation speed will also increase in the starry sky.

After witnessing the strength of Tang Wulin and the others, Xu Xiaoyan, who was determined to stay, naturally didn't want to be a loser anymore. So she chose to cultivate at night to quickly improve her cultivation level.

After meditating for a while, Xu Xiaoyan began to unleash her soul skill. Looking at the stardust that had turned into fragments in front of her, and recalling Jia Lin's terrifying dragon flames during the day, a hint of melancholy flashed in Xu Xiaoyan's eyes.

Her talent was already the best in the family in the last hundred years, but compared with Jialin, she was still too weak.

"I...I can't do anything..." Xu Xiaoyan said dejectedly.

"Password correct, account incorrect." A cool yet slightly playful voice suddenly rang out, instantly attracting Xu Xiaoyan's attention.

"Who?" Xu Xiaoyan asked instinctively, startled.

The space around Xu Xiaoyan suddenly distorted, and a beautiful young JK girl with long flaxen hair and a widow-like demeanor suddenly appeared in front of Xu Xiaoyan.

It was none other than the ancient phoenix feather that used the alias Su Youli.

Su Youli casually picked up Xu Xiaoyan's Star Wheel Ice Staff, examined it carefully, and said, "A very beautiful martial soul."

"You...you are?" Although the Xu family of Donghai was not a major family in the entire Douluo Empire, Xu Xiaoyan had seen pigs run even if she hadn't eaten pork. She could tell at a glance that this woman who suddenly appeared was definitely not ordinary.

"My name is Su Youli, and I am Jialin's teacher," Su Youli said calmly.

Xu Xiaoyan's pupils suddenly contracted. There had been many rumors about this person in Donghai City over the past six months.

Some say she is a cousin of the ancient family and the current emperor's most beloved younger sister; others say she is the secret lover of the Emperor of the East Sea; still others say she is the current emperor's personal concubine.

Xu Xiaoyan didn't know which of these messages were true and which were false, but she knew that the woman in front of her was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Would you mind chatting with me?" Su Youli asked with a smile.

"Mm!" Xu Xiaoyan nodded gently.

After hearing this, Su Youli just smiled. Then, she lightly twirled her fingertips and casually flicked her wrist backward. Before the wind from her sleeves even landed, tiny specks of light suddenly lit up the empty space on the rooftop.

Stardust seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, gathering quietly from the night and condensing into two smooth arcs of light beside her.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into two chairs adorned with shimmering light, with star-like fragments still flickering gently on the surface, as if a small patch of starry sky was steadily held atop the rooftop.

"Wow, that's amazing!" After witnessing Su Youli's skill, Xu Xiaoyan's eyes widened and she couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister, are you also a Starry Sky type martial soul?"

Su Youli clearly enjoyed the sweet "older sister" address. Although she was already of grandmotherly age, people would still deliberately call her old.

She just turned seventeen this year!
Su Youli smiled and said, "My martial soul is the Starry Sea Dragon. Have you heard of it?"

"Starry Sea Dragon?" Xu Xiaoyan exclaimed. "Isn't that one of the most powerful star-type martial souls? I remember that His Majesty the current emperor has two Starry Sea Dragon soul bones."

[Sigh, that's the downside of being an emperor; every move you make is magnified infinitely.] Qian Gu Huang Yu thought to herself, while smiling as she spoke.
"Hmm, I also have the soul bone of the Starry Sea Dragon!"

Xu Xiaoyan's eyes lit up instantly. Although the difficulty for ordinary people to obtain soul spirits had been greatly reduced since the establishment of the empire, the Star Dou Great Forest was incorporated into the human administrative region for the first time in history, as soul beasts represented by the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian swore allegiance to the Thousand-Year Phoenix Feather.

Hunting soul beasts without permission is strictly prohibited. The price of obtaining soul bones has actually increased, and top-tier soul bones like the Starry Sea Dragon are something that money can't buy.

It can be said that possessing such a soul bone is not only a reflection of a family's wealth, but also a symbol of the family's status.

Xu Xiaoyan is now increasingly convinced that Su Youli has a very powerful background.

"Would you mind telling me about your martial spirit?" Su Youli asked softly after pulling Xu Xiaoyan onto the starry chair.

Xu Xiaoyan hesitated for a moment before saying, "At night, I can use the power of the Star Wheel. That's why my martial soul is the Star Wheel Ice Staff, not the ice staff of my family's inherited martial soul."

"Family tradition, you're from the Xu family of the East Sea?" Su Youli asked.

"You know about our family?" Xu Xiaoyan had already confirmed that Su Youli was no ordinary person, and she naturally felt quite honored that Su Youli had heard of her family.

"I guess so," Su Youli said somewhat awkwardly.

Perhaps because so much time has passed, Qian Gu Huang Yu can no longer remember some things from her previous life.

This happened a year earlier, when Chen Hanyu was reporting to Qian Gu Huang Yu about the Tianhai Alliance and casually mentioned the Xu family of the East Sea.

Qian Gu Huang Yu even remembered what Chen Hanyu had said back then: 'Each generation can basically produce a powerhouse above the Soul Saint level, and occasionally a Title Douluo-level powerhouse will appear.'

'Although it's rumored to possess a special mutated martial soul, it hasn't appeared for hundreds of years, so overall there's no need to worry too much.'

The Xu family, who wielded immense power in Donghai City, was, in the eyes of the Sea God family, only deserving of a dismissible assessment.

Xu Xiaoyan continued, "The Star Wheel Ice Staff is a special mutated martial spirit passed down from our family in ancient times. Only one of them has awakened in hundreds of years."

"The Star Wheel will grow along with my strength, so whatever my soul spirit is, after being absorbed, it will become a part of my Star Wheel."

"Its true power is only unleashed at night. During the day, I am just an ordinary Ice Staff Soul Master, but at night, I am protected by starlight."

"The Star Wheel will grant me astrological attributes in addition to my icy attributes, allowing me to draw upon the power of the stars."

"The best thing about astrological attributes is their absolute validity. With my current strength, I can use a star wheel as a guide to freeze a person in place."

"The speed at which he defused the attack is related to his own cultivation level. But at the very least, it can freeze him for one second."

[Is it really absolutely true?] Su Youli pondered to herself. The reason she was willing to stay at Donghai Academy was not only to give Tang Wulin and Jialin a happy childhood.

Another thing is waiting for Xu Xiaoyan to appear. In Douluo Continent, anything that has absolute validity is bound to be powerful.

Although Qian Gu Huang Yu is now the emperor, even if she specifically requests to see Xu Xiaoyan, no one will ask any questions. In fact, the Xu family of Donghai will be overjoyed and send Xu Xiaoyan over.

However, conquering cities is inferior to conquering hearts and minds; otherwise, it becomes a purely superior-subordinate relationship. A truly solid relationship requires not only simple interests but also emotional connection to maintain it.

But feelings need to be cultivated little by little; they can't be formed overnight.

If time is of the essence, then of course we just take it and use it. In fact, back then, in order to better control that group of evil soul masters, Qian Gu Huang Yu cast a blood demon curse on each of them.

However, now that Qian Gu Huang Yu has plenty of time, there is no need for a method that leaves hidden dangers.

"Is it absolutely true?" Su Youli murmured to herself, "Release it on me."

Xu Xiaoyan nodded slightly, waved her ice staff lightly, and the magical six-pointed star flew out and landed directly at Su Youli's feet.

The stars shone brightly, and streaks of starlight rose from beneath Su Youli's feet, transforming into chains of ice that bound her body.

then…

Su Youli felt that nothing had happened. Su Youli took a step forward, and the moment her body touched the starlight chain, the starlight shattered instantly as if it were made of paper.

"Uh..." Xu Xiaoyan was clearly surprised by the situation before her, and had never expected things to turn out this way.

"I'm sorry, I'm too strong," Su Youli said somewhat embarrassedly.

Xu Xiaoyan's lips twitched slightly. "N-nothing..."

Even so, Xu Xiaoyan's eyes, which had just lit up, dimmed again. In her opinion, her absolute control over the Star Wheel Ice Chains was her only advantage against geniuses like Tang Wulin.

But even the Star Wheel Ice Chain, which she considered her trump card, was so easily broken free, making her feel utterly ashamed.

Noticing Xu Xiaoyan's emotions, Su Youli comforted her, "But you don't need to underestimate yourself. I just felt it, and even an ordinary Title Douluo should not be able to break free."

"It's just that my martial soul is the same as yours, a celestial type martial soul, and my Starry Sea Dragon is of a higher rank than yours, which is why this situation has occurred."

"Actually, you are very strong, you just haven't noticed it."

"Really?" Xu Xiaoyan asked excitedly.

"It's true, your talent is even greater than you think, you just haven't discovered it yet."

"Um... could you teach me?" Xu Xiaoyan asked somewhat shyly. She knew that the person in front of her was probably the strongest astrological soul master in the world.

“Of course, then it will be the same time every weekday evening, see you there.” Su Youli said with a smile.

"Yes! I will try my best!" Xu Xiaoyan immediately perked up and shouted excitedly.

Xu Xiaoyan did not bring up the matter of becoming an apprentice, even though she already knew from Xie Xie that Su Youli was Tang Wulin and Jialin's teacher.

It wasn't that she didn't want to, but that she felt unworthy. She was already very grateful that the other person was willing to spend time teaching her, a complete stranger.

According to the culture of Douluo Star, a Soul Master can only have one teacher in their lifetime. Once they become an apprentice, it is equivalent to a strong bond. Xu Xiaoyan naturally wouldn't cause any more trouble for Su Youli.

Even if he were to become her disciple, it would only be after Xu Xiaoyan felt that she was qualified to be her disciple.

(End of this chapter)