Douluo Sharingan, I really didn't coerce Xiao Wu!

Chapter 52 Everything is Self-Inflicted

Chen Xuan passed by a meat bun shop and noticed a street lamp next to it. He noted down these buildings.

He continued walking on the empty streets, where there were fewer and fewer pedestrians. He quickened his pace and passed through one familiar street after another.

After walking for half an hour, Chen Xuan stopped and his gaze fell on a street lamp on the right. Next to it was a meat bun shop.

The shop was empty; there was no one in sight.

Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly; this was the third time he had returned to this place.

Earlier, he felt the scene was familiar, but thought it was just his imagination, so he memorized the meat bun shop and the street lamp.

He walked at a fast pace, covering about two or three kilometers in half an hour, and ended up in the same place again.

He was very familiar with this place; he passed by it almost every day and walked through it many times, so there was no way he would go the wrong way multiple times.

Chen Xuan took a step forward and set off again, walking straight north.

This time, he was twice as fast as before, crossing many streets, and as a result, half an hour later, he was back in the same place.

The familiar streets, the familiar meat bun shop, the familiar streetlights.

It was eerily quiet. The street was so long, yet there wasn't a single person in sight. Even in the suburbs, it wouldn't be this deserted.

Tian Dou City, one of the largest cities in the Tian Dou Empire, is unusually quiet and deserted, like a dead city.

The sun was high in the sky, and the sunlight was bright, but Chen Xuan could not feel any warmth. Instead, a cold and gloomy atmosphere filled the surroundings.

The word "illusion" came to his mind.

Chen Xuan's face was grim. Even if he wasn't good at illusions, it was impossible for him not to know when he was caught in one.

Who is the other party, and how exactly did they launch this attack?

Even the Tsukuyomi technique within the Kaleidoscope Sharingan requires eye contact to succeed.

Illusion techniques are nothing more than a few types: visual, auditory, olfactory, and other sensory invasions that disrupt the chakra of the person being treated.

Chen Xuan was certain that this person's realm was above his own, and not just by a tiny bit.

His skill in illusion is definitely superior to his.

"Come out, stop hiding," Chen Xuan said, scanning his surroundings warily, not missing a single detail.

However, despite his repeated calls, the city remained quiet, the streets empty and deserted.

Chen Xuan's expression was solemn, and six black tomoe appeared in his eyes, indicating that he had awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan.

Then, the tomoe in the eyes spun rapidly, began to connect, and eventually merged together, presenting a pattern of the yin and yang of the Bagua.

At this critical moment, with danger lurking everywhere, Chen Xuan had no choice but to use his trump card. If he wasn't careful, he might really die here today.

He carefully observed the surrounding scenery and shouted, "If you want to hunt me, why don't you show yourself?"

However, there was still no response; the city was silent and deserted.

Chen Xuan strode forward and continued walking along the street. He guessed that the other party was probably waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that would be foolproof.

He soon realized he was wrong. It was still the same meat bun shop, except that there was now a table and two chairs under the streetlights.

There, on a wooden table were some tea sets and several steaming buns. An extremely obese middle-aged man was sitting in a chair, drinking tea and eating buns in a leisurely manner.

In the quiet city, on the empty streets, only a fat middle-aged man sat drinking tea and enjoying meat buns.

Chen Xuan narrowed his eyes and strode forward. He pulled out a chair and sat down, showing no fear of the man.

Since the other party is willing to show himself, it means that he is very confident in his own strength and thinks that he is already a caged bird and cannot fly away even if he grows wings.

"Not bad, to discover the anomaly in such a short time, you truly deserve to be called a genius capable of absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring." The obese middle-aged man sipped his tea slowly and leisurely.

Chen Xuan frowned, and images of various individuals flashed through his mind: powerful illusion-type soul masters who appeared in Heaven Dou City, and who made their moves at this critical juncture of the All-Continent Soul Master Competition.

Soon, a picture that met all the conditions gradually became clear.

"You are Shi Nian, the team leader from Canghui Academy?" Chen Xuan asked, now that he was pretty sure.

The obese middle-aged man was drinking tea, seemingly calm and collected, but the hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.

"Looks like I guessed right." Chen Xuan's eyes were sharp; he had caught this moment.

This made him even more confused. The timeline didn't match up. Wasn't this old man supposed to have died long ago?

In the original timeline, in order to help Canghui Academy pass the preliminary rounds, Shi Nian secretly assassinated every powerful opponent, and Tang San was one of them.

However, he was too arrogant, thinking that his illusion was invincible and that no one could break it. In his carelessness, he was hit by Tang San's Deadly Soul-Chasing Yama's Sticker and killed by the deadly poison.

This hidden weapon is extremely poisonous; even a tiny bit of it will kill you. Even a titled Douluo cannot withstand this kind of poison.

"Why are you targeting me?" Chen Xuan asked, utterly bewildered.

Even if the timing doesn't match, you shouldn't be looking for him, but for Tang San.

Why?

Shi Nian laughed immediately, a laugh filled with utter irony, and said, "Fine, I'll let you die knowing why."

Shi Nian said in a deep voice, "Back then, on the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, your Shrek Academy humiliated my Canghui Academy. Do you think this grudge has been forgotten?"

"Back then, I was still a student at Blue Tyrant Academy, so it shouldn't concern me, right?" Chen Xuan said calmly.

Shi Nian revealed a ruthless smile and said, "How can it be unrelated? Who told you to join Shrek Academy?"

"You want to kill me just for that? That's too domineering," Chen Xuan said.

Shi Nian's smile was as ruthless as a viper, gradually turning sinister as he said, "Of course there's a second reason. You can only blame yourself for being too outstanding. A ten-thousand-year soul ring! What a monstrous existence! Without you, the stumbling block to our Canghui Academy can be removed."

"Then you should go find Tang San or Dai Mubai," Chen Xuan said.

At the same time, he was speechless. Couldn't they tell who the important characters were in Shrek Academy? They were really senile.

"Do you think I don't want to?" Shi Nian said with a sinister expression, "I've been holding that Tang San captive for five days, and I haven't had a single chance to make a move."

Then, he readily admitted that he had started hunting Tang San and Dai Mubai a week ago, but the two of them never returned to the academy alone.

Tang San, in particular, was surrounded by companions, teachers, Ning Fengzhi, and royal nobles.

Chen Xuan, almost always alone, was the easiest target.

After hearing this, Chen Xuan felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly. He was speechless. So, not living at the academy had caused him to end up in this situation?

In fact, Tang San returned home very late every day during this period because Xiao Wu did not want to see him, so he spent his time on other things.

If Chen Xuan knew that this whole thing was related to him, it would be worse than killing him.

He now felt that the world was full of malice, as if it wanted to erase him, a transmigrator.

"Alright, I've finished speaking. You can die now." Shi Nian drank the last sip of tea and stood up.

"This is yours..."

Shi Nian stomped his foot, and a massive earthquake struck Tian Dou City.

In an instant, the entire world turned upside down, time and space were displaced, and cities, houses, and streets were shattered, like a mirror, pieced together into fragments of a scene.

A brand new world has emerged.

In the real world, the two appeared in a forest, where the vegetation was lush and the trees were as thick as water vats, reaching to the sky.

(End of this chapter)