Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 346 The Thirty-Two Strongest

"Look everyone, Long Yue has used River, clearly trying to force Xie Xie to appear, but the effect doesn't seem to be very good."

"Hey, Xie Xie has finally appeared! He's launching a surprise attack from behind Long Yue, it seems he's going to make a final stand. And Long Yue has also begun his counterattack. Who will prevail between them?!"

Fang'er's voice trembled slightly as she spoke, because she had witnessed an incredibly shocking scene.

"Long Yue! Player Long Yue has been cut in half by player Xie Xie!!"

"Aaaaaah!!!!"

Someone's dead!!!

In the audience, some timid viewers couldn't help but scream in terror, as the scene was simply too horrifying.

Although the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Advanced Elite Tournament has stated that a life-or-death contract must be signed, so far, no one has killed an opponent!

After all, those referees weren't just sitting around doing nothing; each of them possessed at least the cultivation level of a Soul Saint.

By the time the competition reached the round of 64 to 32, the referees' skill level had reached the level of a Soul Douluo, making it easy for them to intervene in the battle before it spiraled out of control.

It can be said that, so far, no one has lost their life because of this game.

However, what was presented to the audience at this moment was a scene that they could not believe: their invincible war god, Long Yue, had actually been cut in half at the waist!

"Dragon Leaps!"

On the podium, Enci couldn't help but crush the armrest, her gaze fixed on the top of the arena.

"That's... my leg?!"

Losing his balance, Long Yue stared blankly at the half of Xie Xie's body in front of him, which was his lower abdomen and two legs.

But why? Xie Xie's attack shouldn't have been able to penetrate his defenses!

"No, that's not right!"

Long Yue quickly realized something was wrong. Although Xie Xie had cut him in half at the waist, no blood was flowing from his waist. This was not spatial cutting, but...!

"Spatial teleportation!"

The blade of the Light Dragon Blade in Xie Xie's hand began to shrink, as his soul power was no longer sufficient.

Seeing Long Yue's somewhat absent-minded state, Sha Fulin smiled. If he were to use spatial cutting, it would probably trigger a warning in Long Yue's mind. Advanced Soul Masters always feel inexplicably uneasy in times of crisis.

Given that Shafulin currently only has the strength for one strike at most, he can still barely manage to use the Spatial Slash.

But there's no need. First, we don't know if Long Yue will dodge it. Second, this is just a competition; there's no need to fight him to the death, otherwise he'll be hated by the people of the Star Luo Empire.

His move did indeed look like he had cut Long Yue in half at the waist, but that was just an appearance. In reality, he had simply teleported and displaced Long Yue's upper body.

"Now it's up to you whether you can react."

Shafulin glanced at Long Yue. Spatial teleportation was indeed harmless, but it was a different story when he only teleported Long Yue's upper body.

If Long Yue doesn't react in time, he will be cut in half once the spatial passage closes, just like that arrogant prison master who thinks he's the only one who matters in the world.

"not good!"

Long Yue, as expected of a seasoned veteran, was a man of great martial prowess in the Star Luo Continent. To become the number one among the younger generation, Long Yue had experienced countless battles, so he immediately realized something was amiss.

The squeezing and pain coming from his waist made Long Yue realize in an instant that he was in a bad situation and had to find a way to get out of this teleportation portal, or he would really be cut in half at the waist.

"Mountain Dragon!"

In this situation, it's too late to use soul skills, especially since this kind of space-type soul skill has nothing to do with his abilities. So, under pressure, Long Yue unleashed his power.

A roar filled with madness suddenly rang out from Long Yue's mouth. Immediately afterward, a layer of dark golden light burst forth from his massive body.

The moment the dark golden light appeared, points of light lit up all over his body, and even his legs, not far away, began to glow.

A pair of enormous dark golden dragon wings emerged from behind Long Yue, the metallic wings carrying an overwhelming pressure that swept outwards.

Wings—that's the symbol of the two-word battle armor!

"rise!"

The pair of dark golden dragon wings on Long Yue's back immediately flapped, carrying his body, which was over five meters tall, into the air. Finally, at the critical moment, he lifted his lower body, which was not far away, into the air, avoiding the enormous pressure brought about by the healing of the spatial passage.

Boom! The dragon leaped and its massive body slowly landed.

"you!"

Having just narrowly escaped death, Long Yue was now consumed by violent emotions, his pupils filled with bloodlust, revealing his ruthless nature.

Facing Long Yue's savage eyes, Xie Xie showed no fear. Instead, he grinned, raised his left hand, and said to the referee not far away, "I surrender!"

Upon hearing Xie Xie's voice, the referee immediately reacted, leaping to block Xie Xie's path and then saying to Long Yue, "Contestant Xie Xie has conceded defeat. Contestant Long Yue has won this match."

Upon hearing the referee's words, a flash of madness appeared in Long Yue's eyes. He took a step forward with his left foot, as if he wanted to do something, but ultimately managed to restrain himself.

"Hoo..." Taking a deep breath, Long Yue slowly retracted the two-word battle armor from his body, and the red light in his eyes gradually faded as he forcibly suppressed the madness in his heart.

"A two-word battle armor master, indeed impressive." At this moment, a voice came. Long Yue looked over and saw Xie Xie looking at him with a half-smile. Before he could answer, Xie Xie turned and left the arena.

Xie Xie's words made Long Yue's face flush slightly. Indeed, in terms of cultivation, he was a Soul Emperor, while Xie Xie was a Soul Sect Master. And Xie Xie, with only two pieces of battle armor, had managed to force out his two-word battle armor as well.

Whatever the reason, he was indeed forced to use his battle armor by Xie Xie, and on the surface, he won. But what was the reality? Xie Xie was almost five years younger than him.

The audience at the scene clearly saw this as well. Although Xie Xie did lose, he successfully forced Long Yue to use his battle armor. This was the first time Long Yue had used his battle armor in this competition, and it was all to deal with a Soul Master.

This is really...

"Cough cough, is the energy expenditure still too high?"

Xie Xie, stepping off the arena, looked at Tang Wulin and the others running towards him in the distance, and finally his legs gave way, causing him to collapse to the ground. The soul power consumed in this match was simply too great, and he had almost reached the limit of his body.

"Thank you for the encounter!"

Tang Wulin was startled and immediately quickened his pace to help Xie Xie, but there was another figure who was faster than him.

"I'll do it."

Yuan Enhui flashed forward and touched Xie Xie's body. At this moment, she appeared as a girl, with long dark red hair cascading down her back, and her beautiful eyes looking at the sleeping Xie Xie with a complicated expression.

"Huh?" Tang Wulin was taken aback for a moment, and then he saw Yuanen Yehui pick up Xie Xie in a princess carry. She was very careful not to wake Xie Xie, and then strode outside.

"That Xie Xie guy!"

A playful smile appeared on Tang Wulin's lips, followed by a hint of envy.

The audience was somewhat silent at this moment. Although Long Yue had clearly won, they couldn't feel happy. Even Fang'er didn't know how to comment on it.

Regardless of the circumstances, it's a fact that Long Yue won. However, it's also a fact that he was forced to use his two-word battle armor by a Soul Master. Can this really be considered a crushing victory?

"Shrek Academy truly produces a wealth of talent!" On the platform, Saint Dragon Douluo Enci couldn't help but sigh.

"Indeed, as expected of our origin, it always produces such incomprehensible geniuses." Emperor Dai Tianling of Xingluo also said, and then he and Enci left the platform together.

Long Yue's match was the last one in the round of 64 to 32.

……

night.

In the Star Luo Hotel, the Shrek Academy group's accommodation, in Le Zhengyu's room, everyone gathered together for the first time in a rare occurrence.

"You bunch of ungrateful bastards! You left me standing in the living room for a whole day and night, and no one even came to see me this morning! Do you have any humanity at all?!"

Looking at his companions, Le Zhengyu was immediately filled with anger.

These ungrateful bastards not only failed to get him to his room to rest last night, but when he woke up this morning, not a single one of them came to check on him. That's going too far.

Upon hearing Le Zhengyu's words, Tang Wulin immediately felt ashamed, because everyone was busy caring about Xie Xie's match that morning, and inadvertently, they had indeed forgotten about Le Zhengyu.

However, Tang Wulin remembered that Fusheng, Xiaoyan, and Guyue were still in the hotel, weren't they? Didn't Le Zhengyu go to call them?

"I forgot," Nan Fusheng said honestly. After all, he had gone to the Spirit Pagoda that morning to check on Long Yue's information, and occasionally he had to take a break to check on the progress of the fusion between Xie Xie and Shafulin.

He'd really forgotten about Le Zhengyu.

"I forgot," Gu Yue said indifferently. Apart from Tang Wulin, she really didn't care much about anyone else.

"I forgot too," Xu Xiaoyan said somewhat embarrassedly. Because she didn't have to play for the time being, she and Fors had been strolling around Xingluo City these past few days.

Unlike Tang Wulin and his group, Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan were quickly eliminated in the individual competition, so their popularity couldn't compare to Tang Wulin's. Even now, they don't have to worry about being pointed at or gossiped about when they go shopping.

As for Fors? Please, she was meant to be the last trump card, but she never even got a chance to play.

Upon hearing their blunt answers, Yue Zhengyu felt completely flustered. "You, you guys..."

"What, do you have a problem with Fusheng?" Facing Le Zhengyu, who seemed about to cause trouble, Fors immediately stepped forward and glanced at him.

"You guys did a great job. I've been wanting some peace and quiet lately." Le Zhengyu immediately came to his senses and gave Nan Fusheng a thumbs up.

Almost forgot, Nan Fusheng and Fors are incredibly close, yet he's genuinely quite afraid of Fors, and he can't afford to offend anyone else.

In his heart, Yue Zhengyu silently lamented, "Single people have no rights!"

Fors looked at the group, gently twirling a strand of hair between her fingers, and asked directly, "Alright, is there something you want to announce that you've gathered us all here?"

When Fors brought up the main topic, the group exchanged glances, and Tang Wulin finally spoke first, "You all should have seen Long Yue's match today, right?"

Upon hearing Tang Wulin's words, Le Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and the others fell silent.

To be honest, although they had expected it beforehand, when they actually saw that Long Yue was a two-word battle armor master, they still couldn't help but feel tremendous pressure. He was a two-word battle armor master!

It should be noted that even Wu Changkong is only a two-word Battle Armor Master at present, not to mention that Long Yue's Mountain Dragon Martial Soul is so powerful. With the assistance of the Battle Armor, his strength is probably no less than that of Wu Changkong.

How could this not put them under immense pressure!

"I thought you wanted to say something?" Fors yawned boredly. "It's so boring to bother me with something so trivial." With that, Fors turned and left.

"Wait." Tang Wulin was about to call out to Fors when he suddenly felt a pressure on him, and the air in the room suddenly became heavy.

"You might think that Long Yue is comparable to Teacher Wu, but how could you possibly think that Teacher Wu is necessarily my opponent?" Fors glanced at Tang Wulin, then pushed open the door and left.

The air in the room only felt lighter after Fors left.

Le Zhengyu was the first to come to his senses. "So domineering, so incredibly domineering! I think that old lady's mental strength is comparable to some of the Super Douluo in our clan."

Le Zhengyu's words were sincere. He was already quite afraid of Fors, and after this incident, Fors had been marked as the number one person in his mind who should not be provoked.

Nowadays, a Soul Master's cultivation level is, to a certain extent, linked to their spiritual power. If you don't have the spiritual power of the Spirit Sea Realm, it's difficult to break through to the Soul Saint Realm; if you don't have the spiritual power of the Spirit Abyss Realm, it's difficult to break through to the Title Douluo Realm.

Based on the strength Fors has shown in the past, coupled with the mental pressure she just unleashed, Le Zhengyu is certain that Fors will definitely stand among the top few in the future.

Just ...

"Sis, I didn't say anything! Why are you attacking me indiscriminately?!" Looking at his bandages that were starting to bleed again, Le Zhengyu was on the verge of tears.

The speaker was Tang Wulin. If you want to put pressure on someone, just put pressure on him. Why do you have to put pressure on me too?

At this point, Nan Fusheng stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "That's just her personality, everyone, please don't mind. I'll have a proper talk with her later."

"Hmm." Tang Wulin nodded upon hearing Nan Fusheng's words. They were familiar with Fors's personality. Although she might appear very approachable on ordinary days, her proud nature had never changed.

Basically, aside from dealing with Nan Fusheng, he doesn't give anyone else a friendly look. At most, he only shows them some face out of respect for Nan Fusheng.

Just like how Gu Yue treated him. Thinking of this, Tang Wulin subconsciously glanced at Gu Yue.

The others were aware of her lack of consideration and naturally didn't say anything, since she had the right to do so.

"Then let's continue our discussion." Although Fors had left, the others felt that they still needed to discuss Long Yue's situation and come up with some countermeasures.

The following plot isn't just filler; it's setting the stage for the relationship between the protagonist, Fors, and the Shrek academy members after Shrek Academy is destroyed.

(End of this chapter)