Douluo Continent: Starting with the Tiger Emperor Template

After a long while, Xuanzi took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

The oppressive power of his soul force gradually subsided, the rubble in the corridor stopped trembling, and the air became breathable again.

The feeling of constraint was still there, but it was no longer as intense as before.

"Good lad, I admit defeat." Xuanzi's voice carried a hint of gritted teeth, yet it was also filled with helplessness. "I accept this bet."

"If you win within a year after the match, I will gladly offer you the 100,000-year-old soul bone."

He finally understood that the boy in front of him was not an ordinary genius at all, but an old fox in the guise of a young man.

In a battle of wits with him, even a super Douluo who had lived most of his life had been at a disadvantage.

A satisfied smile appeared on Lu Ren's lips.

"In that case, I thank Senior Xuanzi for his kindness."

Xuanzi snorted coldly, not wanting to look at Lu Ren again.

With a swift movement, he vanished from the dormitory, leaving only a cold sentence echoing in the air.

"I'm waiting to see how you lead a group of Soul Masters to defeat Shrek Academy!"

The corridor returned to calm.

Gravel was scattered all over the ground, cracks spread across the walls like a spider web, and most of the soul-guiding lamps on the ceiling were shattered, leaving only a few still struggling to survive, emitting a dim yellow light.

Lu Ren stood there, slowly raising his hand to rub his chest, which felt tight. Enduring the pressure of a Title Douluo had still caused him some internal injuries.

My ribs ache slightly, my internal organs feel like they've been squeezed, and my breath has a slightly fishy, ​​sweet taste.

"Thankfully, the worst didn't happen..."

Lu Ren muttered to himself.

He was able to do all this because he knew the whole plot and had long understood what kind of person Xuanzi was.

If others can trick Xuanzi, why can't he?

In the original story, if Huo Yuhao hadn't been there, that fifth-ring evil soul master probably would have escaped right in front of Xuanzi.

Thinking of this, Lu Ren shook his head and was about to leave when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Xuanzi returned, his face extremely pale, as if he had swallowed a live fly.

Lu Ren paused for a moment, then raised an eyebrow.

"What's wrong, Senior Xuanzi? Are you reluctant to leave?"

Xuanzi's lips twitched slightly.

"I've suddenly realized something."

His voice was low, and his gaze swept over Lu Ren with a strange look, as if he were appraising a piece of merchandise waiting to be sold.

"Because of the bet, I really can't do anything to you."

"But I can take you away right now and let you join Shrek Academy."

"As long as you can join any team from another academy before the continental tournament begins..."

He paused, a smug smile playing on his lips.

"When you lose, you'll willingly and obediently become a member of Shrek Academy, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and grabbed at Lu Ren.

Then the alarm went off.

A piercing shriek shattered the tranquility of twilight, and the entire academy's soul-guided defense system activated simultaneously.

The red warning lights flashed wildly at the end of the corridor, making the shattered stone slabs and bloodstains on the walls appear as if they were soaked in blood.

Xuanzi's hand froze in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, a torrent of blood gushed from Lu Ren's body.

A massive amount of blood erupted like a volcano, instantly flooding the entire corridor. The red waves of blood surged and surged, obscuring Xuanzi's vision and swallowing his figure.

The entire process took less than 0.5 seconds.

From the sounding of the alarm to the formation of the sea of ​​blood, it took less than a blink of an eye.

Xuanzi's brain went blank for a moment.

"That's impossible!"

He stood still, letting the waves of blood surge past him.

When the blood touched his body, it seemed to circumvent him as if it were alive, not a single drop touching his robes.

But this is not the point.

The key point is that, with his abilities, he could infiltrate the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy without being discovered.

He was a level 98 Super Douluo; once he concealed his aura, even experts of the same level could hardly detect him.

But the alarm went off.

Xuanzi closed his eyes, and his spiritual power spread outwards like a tide.

Then he sensed a large number of high-level Soul Masters rushing towards this place from all directions of the academy, with the dozen or so leading figures all being Title Douluos.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of these alone. What he feared most was that all the Title Douluos were level nine Soul Masters, and with the entire academy's Soul Guidance Defense System, even if Xuanzi was incredibly powerful, he couldn't withstand them.

"So, how exactly was I discovered? And judging from their auras, it seems they pinpointed my location immediately..."

Xuanzi opened his eyes, a hint of realization flashing across them, which quickly turned into deeper anger.

"I see, I understand now."

Xuanzi remembered the spherical soul tool that he had casually thrown away.

There was a drop of blood on that thing.

A drop of blood containing soul power.

At the time, he thought it was just ordinary bloodstains and didn't pay any attention to it.

Looking back now, Lu Ren had poured his soul power into that drop of blood from the very beginning, and through the connection between that drop of blood and the soul tool, he could trigger an alarm at any time.

Even if the soul tool is not on his body, as long as that drop of blood is still there, he can do it.

In other words, from the moment Xuanzi stepped into this corridor, Lu Ren had already prepared an escape route.

With the negotiations successful, everything is negotiable.

The negotiations failed, so they immediately sounded the alarm, mobilizing the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to deal with him.

"Interesting, very interesting." Xuanzi suddenly laughed.

The laughter gradually rose from a low murmur to a deafening roar.

He looked at the vast ocean formed from congealed blood, watching the surging waves turn the entire corridor into a red abyss.

Lu Ren's figure had already disappeared into the sea of ​​blood, and not even a trace of his aura could be found.

"One of your abilities is to convert soul power into blood, so you can escape, right?"

Xuanzi's voice echoed through the sea of ​​blood, tinged with disdain.

"Unfortunately, you have no idea how terrifying a level 98 Super Douluo truly is."

He snorted angrily, and his immense spiritual power spread out like a net, covering the entire sea of ​​blood.

He needed to find Lu Ren's true form. Although the blood was filled with Lu Ren's aura, his true form must be hidden somewhere.

Then his expression changed.

The information fed back by his mental energy completely stunned him.

The entire sea of ​​blood was filled with Lu Ren's presence.

Every drop of blood contained the same soul power fluctuations and spiritual imprints, exactly the same.

In his perception, there seemed to be thousands upon thousands of Lu Rens here, yet there seemed to be none at all.

He couldn't find the other party's true form.

"Impossible." Xuanzi gritted his teeth. "My mental power sealed off the scene; you had no way to escape. You're still here, but why can't I find you?"

But his words went unanswered.

Only the sound of surging blood waves could be heard, like the tide crashing against the rocks.

Xuanzi's expression grew increasingly grim.

He finally understood.

From the very beginning, Lu Ren had been making plans.

When he used his soul power to resist the pressure, he wasn't really resisting; rather, he was subtly spreading his soul power throughout the entire scene.

The soul power merged into the air, seeped into the stone walls, and settled on the ground, disguised as traces of resisting the pressure.

When the conflict breaks out, this soul power instantly transforms into blood, obscuring vision and confusing perception, thus delaying time and waiting for the academy's power to come and protect him.

Every drop of blood belongs to Lu Ren, yet every drop of blood does not belong to Lu Ren.

Finding the true body from this sea of ​​blood will take time, and that's exactly what Xuanzi needs most right now.