Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 259 The Question of Dignity
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The qualifiers continue.

In the following days, the Royal Fighting Team did not encounter any strong opponents.

Xuanming didn't even need to make a move. As long as his opponent couldn't break through Dugu Yan's domineering and extremely poisonous control, the battle would be one-sided without any suspense.

Even though all the teams knew that Royal Fighting Team's tactics were simple and their teamwork was rusty, in the face of an absolute gap in strength, they didn't even have the right to touch the opponent's weaknesses.

"Our next opponent is Kamikaze Academy."

Inside the lounge, Xue Qinghe was synchronizing intelligence.

"Although they had previously lost to Blazing Fire, they subsequently defeated Skywater Academy and Thunder Academy."

Overall, if Xuanming hadn't forcibly changed the guaranteed admission quota, Shenfeng Academy would undoubtedly be the strongest team in this preliminary round.

"I'm being restrained again, it's up to you now." Dugu Yan leaned to the side, her tone nonchalant.

It wasn't until this competition that she truly realized the extreme nature of her martial soul. When it wasn't countered, even if her opponent had higher soul power, they would still be wary of her. After all, winning or losing was a small matter, but losing one's life was a big deal.

But once she is restrained, even if the opponent's soul power is lower, she is helpless.

If she could use her fifth soul skill, she would still have control over the field even if the poison mist was countered, but Xuanming forbade her to use it, as that move was too cruel to Soul Venerables and low-level Soul Masters.

Ultimately, her poison skills were still far from matching her grandfather's.

After the competition ends, I need to go into seclusion.

“Shenfeng Academy…” Xuanming frowned slightly.

"What?" Dugu Yan looked over.

“Last night, their captain, Feng Xiaotian, came to see me,” Xuanming said calmly, “saying he wanted to have a fight between men.”

"A fight between men?" Ning Rongrong's eye twitched. "You stole his girlfriend?"

Xuanming glanced at her: "Do you want to listen to what you're saying?"

"Then why did he suddenly tell you this?" Ning Rongrong asked, puzzled. "Why would a man suddenly challenge another man he doesn't know to a fight, besides because of a woman?"

"..."

The game starts soon.

Even if Dugu Yan is not countered by a strong team like Shenfeng Academy, the chances of losing to Huang Dou, with their makeshift teamwork, are still quite high.

Team battles are too chaotic. A team with no teamwork will only hinder each other, no matter how strong the individual players are.

If they were to encounter a well-coordinated team, it would be perfectly normal for them to be picked off one by one.

Amidst deafening cheers, both teams stepped onto the central arena.

"Captain, are you really going to fight him right here?"

The members of the Shenfeng Academy team looked at Feng Xiaotian with some worry.

Before the competition began, they did have doubts about Xuanming's strength, but after both Blazing Fire Academy and Heavenly Water Academy lost to Xuanming in such a manner, they no longer doubted his strength.

Xuanming's strength is undoubtedly above that of a Soul Emperor, given that he was able to block the Soul Fusion Technique of the Tianshui Academy team!
Feng Xiaotian's plan to fight such an opponent head-on was not only risky, but also extremely dangerous!
If Feng Xiaotian is seriously injured, then the Shenfeng Academy team will definitely be greatly affected in the following matches!
“I’ve already told him that this is a battle between men. Once the match starts, you can just go down. Even if I get injured, with your strength, you’re more than capable of winning the qualifiers,” Feng Xiaotian said.

Hearing Feng Xiaotian say this, the members of the Shenfeng Academy team didn't say anything more.

"Both teams, get ready!" The host, DouDou, rang out loudly, echoing throughout the arena.

Strangely, the Shenfeng Academy team did not set up a formation, and apart from their captain Feng Xiaotian, no one released their martial spirit.

"Looks like he really intends to fight you one-on-one?" Ning Rongrong looked puzzled; it had been a long time since she had encountered such a brave warrior.

Back when Xuanming was still a Soul Master, no Soul Sect dared to challenge him.

"Then we won't disturb you any longer." Dugu Yan cooperated and led the remaining team members off the stage.

The strength of Shenfeng Academy is not weak. Without using her fifth soul skill, she is not confident of winning this match. In the end, Xuanming will still have to make a move, so they might as well just go down and leave. It won't affect the outcome anyway.

"You may all leave as well," Feng Xiaotian said.

"Captain, take care."

Amidst the bewildered gazes of tens of thousands of spectators, all members of both the Royal Fighting Team and the Divine Wind Academy Team, except for their two captains, left the stage during the preparation phase.

"Is he planning a one-on-one fight?"

In the VIP seats, everyone was puzzled by the strange behavior of the two teams. Although the Royal Fighting Team had an advantage in soul power level, their teamwork was extremely poor.

In this situation, why did the Kamikaze Academy team actually give up their team fight advantage?
"If you know there's no chance of winning and want to avoid team casualties, wouldn't it be better to just forfeit?" Gu Rong said.

Why do this?

"Uncle Gu, from the start of the competition until now, apart from the first match between Shrek Academy and Royal Fighting Team, have you seen any other team forfeit their match against Royal Fighting Team?" Ning Fengzhi asked.

Gu Rong was taken aback. "It seems not."

Apart from Shrek Academy, no other team, no matter how badly they were beaten or how humiliatingly they lost, ever forfeited in a match against Royal Fighting Team.

“Among the Five Elements Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Heavenly Water Academy have all fought against the Royal Fighting Team, and they all gave it their all. If Divine Wind Academy chooses to forfeit here, how will they gain a foothold among the Five Elements Academy?” Ning Fengzhi said.

As the competition has progressed, both the participating teams and the audience are quite clear that, at least among the teams in the qualifiers, no one can defeat Xuanming.

Therefore, losing to Xuanming is not a shameful thing, and everyone can even accept it.

Now that everyone has fought and lost, what will the other academies think of them if Shenfeng Academy chooses to forfeit?
This is no longer a matter of winning or losing; it's a matter of the academy's dignity!

Kamikaze Academy can lose, but they absolutely cannot run away!

"I see." Gu Rong nodded, indicating her understanding.

Sending only the team captain avoids damage to the entire team and saves face for Shenfeng Academy, which is indeed the best solution for Shenfeng Academy at present.

At this moment, only Xuanming and Feng Xiaotian remained standing facing each other in the Soul Arena. Feng Xiaotian had completed the Martial Soul Possession, and his body had become much larger than usual, with a wolf head emerging from his left shoulder.

The Gale Two-Headed Wolf is a variant of the Gale Demon Wolf. This mutation transformed it from a mid-to-high-level martial soul into one approaching the top-level martial soul.

"Xuanming, aren't you going to release your Martial Soul?" Feng Xiaotian frowned.

Xuanming looked calmly at Feng Xiaotian and slowly said, "I don't understand why you all have this question. Hasn't my martial spirit always been there?"

Feng Xiaotian was taken aback. "You've been here all along?"

Xuanming sighed, and the two dragons on his back slowly landed on his shoulders. "My mutated martial soul, that doesn't seem to be a secret, does it?"

Feng Xiaotian was taken aback. "But aren't you cultivating a weapon spirit?"

"I just didn't attach a spirit ring, it's not like I haven't cultivated," Xuanming said.

"As for soul skills, is it only possible to rely on soul rings?"

His Black Dragon Martial Soul only lacked soul rings and soul skills, but in terms of its power, after absorbing the power of the Dragon King's Dragon Soul and being nourished by the energy of the dragon bones, it had already surpassed the Blood Spear.

However, everyone seemed to only see his blood spear; as long as he didn't take it out, they felt he wasn't serious.

Although he wasn't serious.

So far, he has only fought with all his might twice: once in Soto City against Tang Hao, and once in Sunset Forest when he stabbed Qian Daoliu.

That's true selflessness.

"Is that so..." Upon hearing this, all of Feng Xiaotian's doubts vanished at that moment.

They seemed to be overly concerned with whether Xuanming had brought out his signature weapon spirit, while ignoring his beast spirit.

As for soul skills, he also has self-created soul skills. He is naturally aware of their power. Although they do not take shape naturally like the soul skills granted by soul rings, self-created soul skills are based on his own situation and are the most practical.

Those colorless walls that appeared in previous matches were probably derivative soul skills of this beast martial soul domain ability.

"Game start!"

The moment Dou Dou finished speaking, Feng Xiaotian shot out with incredible speed, even faster than Zhu Zhuqing!

At the same time, the first spirit ring lit up, and the wolf claws unleashed ten sharp wind blades, tearing through the air and sealing off all evasive angles!
Xuanming, however, did not retreat even half a step.

The wind blade struck first, but crashed into an invisible barrier a meter away from him and suddenly dissipated!
Feng Xiaotian followed closely behind, slashing wildly with his claws, but they were also steadily blocked by the colorless wall.

When his first attack missed, he quickly changed direction and launched a fierce attack from different directions, his claw shadows filling the sky, but all of them were completely neutralized by the flexible and insurmountable barrier.

"Relieve the force?!" Feng Xiaotian suddenly retreated, his heart skipped a beat.

He had expected the wind blades to be ineffective, but only after experiencing it firsthand did he truly understand the strangeness of this defense. The wall did not directly impact the force, but rather diffused, buffered, and dissipated the power like deep water!
No wonder even Tianshui Academy's "Falling Snow and Ice" technique failed to shake her in the slightest, and even forced Shui Bing'er to overdraw her own essence.

This defense mechanism consumes far less soul power than a hard defense, making it virtually invincible!

(End of this chapter)