Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 173 The Vast Ocean Universe Cover is Obtained

Ye Liangchen has already fleeced Tang San, and now that Tang San's hammer spirit has appeared, he's not going to play anymore.

"Strangulation of life."

"Swish..."

A dozen or so crystal-clear long strips shot towards Tang San.

"Huff huff..."

Ye Liangchen was multitasking, simultaneously unleashing a long dragon formed from the power of ice towards Tang San.

"Disheveled cloak... hammer hammer hammer hammer... I'll hammer some more... forty for a small hammer, eighty for a big hammer..."

"Click...click..."

When Tang San saw Ye Liangchen unleash two skills to attack him, he immediately swung his hammer to protect himself and shatter the ice.

"Here, have a little fire to enjoy!"

"Blazing Divine Palm".

"Huff huff..."

Ye Liangchen thrust his right palm towards Tang San, and in an instant, raging flames shot out towards Tang San, instantly engulfing him.

"What? He also controls the power of fire?"

The audience was stunned once again. They had just witnessed Ye Liangchen's amazing ice skills, and now he had used his flame skills.

"Third Brother."

"The other woman"

Dai Mubai, Fatty Ma, and the others were about to rush over to save Tang San, but they were immediately blocked by Shui Bing'er and the others.

"If you want to save Tang San, you'll have to get past us first." Shui Bing'er looked calmly at Dai Mubai and the others, thinking: Do you think we don't exist?

"White Tiger Meteor Shower"

"Thunder Fury"

"Phoenix Soaring Through the Sky"

Dai Mubai and the others immediately activated their soul skills and attacked Shui Bing'er and the others.

"Resist the halo."

"Netherworld Ghost Blade Slash"

"Fish and Dragon Devouring the Sky"

"Turning the tides upside down..."

Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Yu Hairou, Gu Qingbo, Qiu Ruoshui, and Shen Liuyu simultaneously unleashed their soul skills to retaliate.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Ah ah..."

After a few rounds, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun were all knocked off the stage.

"Zhu Xiaomei, Ning Rongrong, we're all women, so we won't bully you." Shui Bing'er, Yu Hairou, and the others looked at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Xiaomei trembling in the distance and decided not to make a move.

"Ah...! Oh! Thank you." Ning Rongrong replied weakly, her heart filled with fear.

"Damn it... what kind of fire is this?"

On the other side of the battlefield, Tang San was dumbfounded. His opponent actually had fire skills, and he could never predict what skill he would use next. At this moment, Tang San was surrounded by raging flames, so he immediately wrapped himself in Blue Silver Grass.

"Ahhh..."

But Tang San's Blue Silver Grass couldn't withstand the flames and burst into flames, causing him to scream in pain, feeling like he was about to be cooked through.

"Shrek Team concedes defeat."

At this moment, Flander, who was in the stands, saw that Tang San could not break Ye Liangchen's flame attack. If they continued to fight, Tang San would be roasted alive. Since Dai Mubai and the other two were already eliminated, there was no need to continue the fight. So he shouted at the referee.

Yu Xiaogang had completely forgotten to shout. He was still reeling from Ye Liangchen's incredible ice and fire skills, his mind racing with questions: How did he do that? How is he so amazing?...

"Tianshui team wins." The host, DouDou, snapped out of his daze and immediately announced the end of the match.

Ye Liangchen withdrew the flames, and then withdrew the chill from the little rabbit's body. He noticed a blue hairpin on the rabbit's head, which also carried Ye Cailan's aura. He immediately realized that it was Ye Cailan's relic from her previous life, which Tang Dachui must have used to conceal the little rabbit's soul beast aura.

Thinking of this, Ye Liangchen immediately used his soul power to force the sound into a line and transmit it to Xiao Wu, dropping a time bomb to see what the result would be.

"Little white rabbit, whiter and whiter, two ears standing up, loves to eat radishes and green vegetables, hopping and jumping, so cute."

"Little rabbit, you're really brave to come to our human world. Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Just as the little rabbit was about to get up and run towards Tang San, she suddenly heard Ye Liangchen's voice, which instantly made her mind explode.

"How...how did he know my identity? Uncle Hammer gave me a treasure to conceal my soul beast aura, there's no way he could have seen through me, right?"

"Could he also be a 100,000-year-old soul beast in human form? But he doesn't seem like it; there's not a trace of soul beast aura on him."

The little rabbit looked back at Ye Liangchen's kind smile and felt incredibly nervous.

However, Ye Liangchen ignored the little rabbit, turned around and left to meet up with Shui Bing'er and the others. Then, surrounded by several beauties, he walked out of the arena.

The little rabbit was a little scared, but when it thought that Uncle Hammer was a Title Douluo and would protect it, the little rabbit stopped worrying and ran to Tang San, whose face was flushed, to check on him.

"San Gege, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just a little exhausted from my soul power. Xiao Wu, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, I'm not cold anymore."

The two of them, supporting each other affectionately, walked to Dai Mubai and his group, and then walked out of the arena together.

"I never expected Ye Liangchen to possess both ice and fire skills. He's truly an incredible guy."

"How can he have so many self-created soul skills? There's ice, fire, wind elemental power, and even leaves. It feels like he can do everything!"

"This guy is amazing. His humanoid female martial soul has three attack skills and the other two are support skills. We've never even heard of a martial soul like that before."

"We have no choice but to admit defeat to such a monster!"

Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, and others discussed Ye Liangchen's strength with a mixture of envy and jealousy. Ma Hongjun, in particular, felt that Ye Liangchen was handsome, strong, and surrounded by beautiful women—he was living the dream! He kept fantasizing that he was Ye Liangchen.

……

After the Tianshui Academy's match ended, other teams started many more matches, which didn't all finish until the afternoon.

With that, the preliminary rounds came to an end. Emperor Xueye, Ning Fengzhi, Salas, and others, representing the organizing committee, presented prize money and certificates to the members of the top five teams in the preliminary rounds. Each of the top five teams received 10,000 gold soul coins.

"Now, please welcome His Majesty to address all the contestants." The host handed the soul-guided megaphone to Emperor Xueye.

"Congratulations, children..."

Emperor Xueye rambled on and on about a lot of nonsense, bestowing viscount titles upon the captains and vice-captains of the top five teams in the preliminaries, hoping that these people would serve the empire in the future.

"Young friend Ye Liangchen, I wish to bestow upon you the title of Earl."

Emperor Xueye specially wanted to bestow a high official title upon Ye Liangchen in order to win over this unparalleled genius, but he discovered that this guy was standing at the very end of the Tianshui team.

"Emperor Xueye, I am just an ordinary substitute player for the Tianshui team. Don't give me any official title; it's against the rules."

Ye Liangchen was surprised to hear that the old man Xueye wanted to bestow upon him the title of Earl, but he knew he could never be an official, so he refused outright.

"Brother Chen, the Earl is a high-ranking official! You don't want him?" Zhu Zhuqing turned around and looked at Ye Liangchen, unable to help but smile.

"A substitute player?"

"This guy is the strongest, but he's stuck being a substitute player."

"Now that's what you call true swagger, always by my side."

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Lei Dong, Yu Tianheng, Tang San and others stood at the front of the team, enjoying their moment in the spotlight. When they turned around and saw Ye Liangchen standing at the very back of the Tianshui team, they were very surprised. At this moment when he was in the limelight, he was so low-key. He was truly an unfathomable guy.

"What do you want? Just tell me, and I will definitely do it for you."

Emperor Xueye knew that the power behind this guy was very strong, and wanted to use this method to resolve the previous misunderstanding.

"I don't want anything. Just stop causing trouble and have your people stop bothering me."

Ye Liangchen calmly said, thinking to himself: They used to send assassins to kill me, but now they're trying to win me over. How ridiculous.

"Young friend Ye Liangchen, we had some misunderstandings before..."

When Xue Ye heard that the other party clearly wouldn't forgive the Tian Dou royal family, she felt a chill run down her spine. So she immediately started praising Ye Liangchen, hoping that he wouldn't hold a grudge against the royal family.

"Young friend Ye, we are all citizens of the empire. With His Majesty's sincerity, there is no misunderstanding that cannot be resolved."

Ning Fengzhi also helped to persuade him from the side. He both admired and feared Ye Liangchen, this god-like young man.

"Emperor Xueye, it was your royal family that was targeting Xiaochen before, and now you're saying it's a misunderstanding? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

The Shui Lanxin sisters stood behind Ye Liangchen, questioning the Snow Night Emperor on the high platform in front of them. Dugu Bo, Ye Cailan, Bibi Dong, Ye Suling, and Su Lin also stared coldly at the Snow Night Emperor.

"Dean Shui, this is a misunderstanding..." Emperor Xueye felt his scalp tingle as he was stared at by several powerful figures.

"Brother Ye, Father has already punished my uncle and brother. For the sake of our acquaintance, please give me face and don't blame the royal family. How about it?"

At this moment, Xue Qinghe, played by Qian Renxue, came to Ye Liangchen's side and pretended to plead for him on behalf of the royal family.

"Alright! You're the Crown Prince, I'll definitely give you face." Since Qian Renxue had stepped in, Ye Liangchen had to play along.

"Father, in order to resolve the misunderstanding between our royal family and Brother Ye, why don't we select some treasures from the palace and give them to Brother Ye as an apology for the offenses that our uncle and brother committed against him in the past?"

Qian Renxue directly offered to give Ye Liangchen some treasures from the Heavenly Dou royal treasury, with the aim of obtaining the Han Hai Qian Kun Cover. In this way, the two 30,000-year-old soul bones that the little guy gave her would no longer be needed.

Qian Renxue now regards the two 30,000-year-old soul bones that the little guy gave her as tokens of their love. They are her own treasures, and she is unwilling to let them fall into the hands of the Heaven Dou royal family.

Hearing Xue Qinghe say such things about them from afar, Xue Xing and Xue Beng felt extremely angry and their faces darkened, but they dared not retaliate.

"Good! Good! Qinghe! You'll handle this matter. Young friend Ye can take whatever he likes, any treasure from the imperial palace or treasury."

When Emperor Xueye saw Ye Liangchen's attitude change so quickly, he was overjoyed and agreed without hesitation.

"The qualifying rounds will be held in the military training grounds one month from now. I hope you can all perform to your best. The top three contestants will be provided with soul beasts under 30,000 years old by the Empire..."

Emperor Xueye rambled on and on, spouting nonsense and making empty promises. But then he remembered that Ye Liangchen and Shui Bing'er were both only at the fourth level of the Soul Ring, and they were already Soul Kings, so it seemed like they didn't need to.

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and the others all thought in unison: Emperor Xueye's reward is as good as nothing at all.

"Children, the gates of the Spirit Hall are always open to you. Once you enter our Spirit Hall, you will receive the best training and will have the opportunity to become a Title Douluo in the future."

After Emperor Xueye finished speaking, Salas also received a telepathic message from Bibi Dong, and immediately extended an invitation to all the participating team members. These were all top-tier elite geniuses, and the Spirit Hall had to try to win them over.

"Bishop Salas, you're going too far by stealing talent from the Empire." Xueye felt disgusted watching Salas pull this stunt.

"Your Majesty, I am merely offering the children a direction to choose from. As for where they want to go, that is their own decision. The Spirit Hall never forces anyone, much less engages in any underhanded or despicable acts."

Previously, the Heaven Dou Royal Family, Tang Dachui, and Bone Douluo had joined forces to plot against Young Master Ye's opportunity. Salas also learned of this, so he took this opportunity to express the Spirit Hall's attitude and maintain the Spirit Hall's image.

"That would be best."

Xue Ye replied domineeringly, "As the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, what I fear most is the behemoth that is the Spirit Hall."

……

After the awards ceremony, the eliminated teams began to return to their respective academies. Some of the fifteen teams that advanced returned to their academies, while others, who lived far away, simply stayed in Tiandou City to await the upcoming qualifying rounds.

The Tianshui team also chose to stay in Tiandou City. In addition, there were the Chihuo and Shenfeng teams. If they wanted to return to their respective academies, it would take about 20 days to go back and forth, so everyone stayed.

In the evening, Xue Qinghe, played by Qian Renxue, personally came to Yueman Hotel to deliver the Hanhai Qiankun Cover to Ye Liangchen.

"Brother Ye, let's go out for a cup of tea and have a chat," Xue Qinghe invited Ye Liangchen.

"Alright! Let's go then." Since a beautiful woman had invited him, Ye Liangchen had no choice but to go.

"Xiao Chen, are you going with His Highness the Crown Prince? Won't that be..." Shui Lanxin and Ye Cailan were worried that the Tian Dou royal family might be up to some trick again.

"Shui Lanxin, I'll go with Xiao Chen! With me here, everyone doesn't need to worry about anything."

Bibi Dong didn't want Shui Lanxin and the others to know Qian Renxue's identity yet, so she accompanied Ye Liangchen out of the Yueman Hotel. The three of them wandered around and arrived at a private manor, which was also a secret stronghold of the Spirit Hall.

"Master, what do you need us to do?"

As the three entered the manor, two young women immediately came forward and respectfully inquired.

"You two should leave here tonight and find a hotel to stay in." Qian Renxue felt that the two female housekeepers were causing some disruption in the manor, so she instructed them to leave temporarily.

"Yes, Master." The two women immediately left the manor, not daring to disturb their master.

After seeing the two butlers, Qian Renxue led Bibi Dong and Ye Liangchen to an attic.

"Your Highness, so you also keep a mistress in a gilded cage!" Ye Liangchen teased.

"Xiao Chen, what are you saying?"

"Wait for me a moment, I'll go change my clothes first."

After entering the attic, Qian Renxue removed her disguise, went into the room, changed into an exquisite long dress, and carefully dressed herself before meeting the two.

"Little Chen, I got you the Vast Ocean Universe Cover. Can you call me 'big sister' now?"

Qian Renxue looked at the amazing boy with a smile, thinking that since the little guy was her mother's godson, it was quite reasonable for him to call her "sister".

"Sister Xue, thank you."

Ye Liangchen was naturally grateful to Qian Renxue for helping him obtain the key to unlock the Sea God's legacy.

"Oh my! Finally, I have a godson brother."

When Qian Renxue saw that Ye Liangchen really called her "sister," she excitedly hugged the little guy and let him feel her warmth.

Wow! This feeling is indescribable.

Ye Liangchen hadn't expected Qian Renxue to give him such a big surprise.

"Xiaoxue, you're only focused on hugging Xiaochen, what about me?"

Bibi Dong was making tea nearby when she saw her daughter holding the little guy in her arms. She was speechless. This girl was probably going to do something to the little guy. Should she stop her? But she couldn't think of any reason to! Ugh! What a headache!

"How could that be? You'll definitely get your share."

After letting go of Ye Liangchen, Qian Renxue walked over, gently hugged Bibi Dong, and kissed her on the cheek. Bibi Dong also hugged Qian Renxue back and kissed her on the cheek, letting the girl feel her care and preventing her from being jealous of the little guy.

Holy crap! This scene is absolutely stunning.

Ye Liangchen watched the two most beautiful goddesses of Douluo Continent being intimate, and it was such a feast for the eyes.

"Xiao Chen, how do I use the Vast Ocean Universe Cover to unlock the Sea God's inheritance?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously, looking at the crystal-like Vast Ocean Universe Cover he was holding.

"A drop of blood will suffice. I plan to have Sister Bing'er or Sister Yue'er activate the Sea God's inheritance in five years."

"At that time, you can have some geniuses from the Spirit Hall come with us on the sea voyage. This way, they can also have some opportunities to improve their strength."

Ye Liangchen explained to Bibi Dong that he planned to bring more people to Poseidon Island and use the Poseidon's Light to upgrade everyone.

(End of this chapter)