Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 181 The Ruthless Hammer Douluo

In the blink of an eye, the qualifying rounds began. The Heaven Dou Empire held the qualifying rounds in its military camp, so that the empire's soldiers could see the prowess of the young Soul Masters.

The qualifiers are team matches, which don't showcase individual skill, while the qualifying matches are one-on-one duels between team members, which allows for a better display of individual fighting ability.

On this day, the top fifteen teams in the preliminary rounds all rushed to the military camp to prepare for the start of the competition.

When Ye Liangchen and his group arrived at the gate of the military camp, a tall man wearing armor and carrying a large sword at his waist immediately came to greet them.

"Everyone, please show your tokens."

This guy was also a general and a Soul Emperor. In addition, he was followed by ten soldiers wearing armor and holding spears.

"This is our Tianshui team's competition token." Shui Lanxin showed the token to the team leader.

"I am Roxon, and I have come on His Highness the Crown Prince's orders to welcome the members of the Skywater Team. Please follow me."

After receiving the token from the Tianshui team, Roxon immediately returned it respectfully to Shui Lanxin and then led everyone towards the military camp.

"Thank you, General Roxson."

Seeing the leader's respectful attitude, Shui Lanxin thanked him in return.

"It's my duty, Dean Shui, you don't need to be so polite."

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General Roxon had learned from the Crown Prince that there were several Title Douluo in the Tianshui team, so he dared not be negligent.

This competition was held in the Tian Dou Empire's military camp. Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, Shui Lanxin, Shui Lanyue, Su Lin, Ye Suling, and Ye Cailan were even more worried and stayed by the side of the Tianshui team members the whole time. All of them were Title Douluo, and such a team made the empire feel scared.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

As everyone entered the military camp, a group of soldiers were escorting a prison cart that carried a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

This soul beast has two long, blue crystal-like horns on its head, and its scales are also light blue. It also has four claws, just like the Scaled Armor Beast. In fact, it is a type of Scaled Armor Beast, called the Blue Armor Beast.

The ancient blue-armored beast lay asleep in the prison cart with its eyes closed. Suddenly, it opened its eyes, its blue eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

"Roar roar roar..."

The aura emanating from Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, and the others probably frightened this ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. At this moment, it kept roaring, and its huge body kept crashing into the steel prison cart. Before long, the prison cart was overturned, which terrified the team of soldiers escorting it. Several of them fell to the ground.

"What are you yelling about? If you keep shouting, I'll roast you and eat you."

Ye Liangchen roared a few times at the blue-armored beast and used his powerful mental energy to press down on it. In an instant, the blue-armored beast obediently lay down on the prison cart.

"Waaaaah..."

After being mentally crushed by Ye Liangchen, the blue-armored beast trembled all over and made whimpering sounds, clearly terrified.

"Even the blue-armored beasts were frightened by Xiao Chen."

"I guess the Blue Armor Beast might really be afraid of being roasted by Xiao Chen."

"Even a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast is afraid of a big glutton."

Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Dugu Yan, and the others chatted and laughed nearby, very happy to see this guy subdue the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.

General Roxon's mouth was agape. He had wanted to use his own soul power to suppress the frightened ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, but he never expected that the young man in front of him would subdue it so easily.

"Thank you, young man."

The small squad of soldiers escorting the prison cart immediately helped to steady it and thanked Ye Liangchen profusely. They were also very impressed by the young man's strength, as he could easily crush even a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Just how powerful must he be!

"You're welcome," Ye Liangchen waved his hand dismissively.

Ye Liangchen didn't care about this ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Even the top five teams in the preliminary rounds didn't need it, because everyone had teachers from the academy helping them acquire it. So, the Heaven Dou Royal Family would probably give these soul beasts to the students of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the end, such as the Shi brothers, who would be very suitable for the soul ring of this blue-armored beast.

"General Roxson, this ten-thousand-year-old blue-armored beast must have been captured by you in Sunset Forest, right?" Ye Liangchen asked curiously.

"Young brother is right. This soul beast was indeed captured by us in Sunset Forest. For this, the Empire even asked the three teaching committee members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to help us."

Seeing that Ye Liangchen was young but his strength was almost the same as his own, Roxon immediately started chatting with him and didn't dare to put on any airs.

"The three major education committee members are all at the level of Soul Douluo. With them taking action, it will definitely be easy." Ye Liangchen heard that the three major education committee members had all mobilized, and that the Heaven Dou Royal Family had really gone all out this time.

"That's true. Both Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin, the two education committee members, are control-type soul masters, so capturing three ten-thousand-year soul beasts wasn't too difficult for us. However, it's been a bit difficult for us to find ten-thousand-year soul beasts in Sunset Forest this time, because a large number of ten-thousand-year soul beasts have been killed. We've encountered at least thirty ten-thousand-year soul beast corpses alone."

Roxon told Ye Liangchen and his group about the difficulties in finding the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. The empire also hated the person who slaughtered a large number of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts and began to investigate and prepare to punish that person.

"They hunted down dozens of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts? Could they be trying to extract their soul bones?"

When Bibi Dong, Dugu Bo, and the others heard Luo Kesen mention that a large number of ten-thousand-year-old soul beast corpses had appeared in Sunset Forest, they immediately knew that this matter was not simple.

"Your Excellencies, the corpses of those ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts have all been dissected, and it does seem like they are searching for soul bones..." Roxon recounted what they had seen to everyone.

"Who on earth is so heartless as to hunt down dozens of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts at once? Most of the high-level soul beasts in Sunset Forest are under thirty thousand years old, with the majority being over five thousand years old. Now that dozens of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts have died, it will be quite difficult for these young soul masters to find suitable ten-thousand-year-old soul rings in Sunset Forest in the future."

Dugu Bo used to live in Sunset Forest for a long time and was very familiar with the soul beasts there.

"I think I know who it is!"

Ye Liangchen knew it must have been Tang Dachui who did it, his purpose being to enhance Tang San's physical abilities so that he could add a spirit ring to his hammer spirit. So, this guy had no choice but to go to Sunset Forest to kill spirit beasts and obtain spirit bones. It has to be said, this guy really went all out.

"Xiao Chen, the person who hunted down a large number of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts should be Tang Dachui."

When Ye Cailan was a Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast, she was Ye Liangchen's pet and had a telepathic connection with her master. Now that she has become a real human, her relationship with Ye Liangchen is even closer, and she immediately knows what the little guy is thinking.

"Hammer Douluo? I understand now, he's doing this to add a spirit ring to his son Tang San's hammer." Bibi Dong also possessed twin martial souls, so she naturally knew Tang Dachui's purpose in doing so.

"Everyone, who is this Hammer Douluo you're talking about? He's so destructive and insane, destroying the soul beast resources of Sunset Forest. The Empire must punish him."

Roxon was also furious about this. He knew that there were many Soul Masters in the army who needed Soul Rings. The fact that the other side had killed dozens of ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts made it much more difficult for everyone to find suitable ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts in the future.

"General Roxon, Hammer Douluo is a titled Douluo who wields a hammer. The Empire still wants to punish him? Don't be delusional."

"Young man, are you talking about that Haotian Douluo?"

When Luo Kesen heard Ye Liangchen mention the titled Douluo who wielded a hammer, he immediately guessed that it was the world-renowned Haotian Douluo.

"What Haotian Douluo? He's not worthy of that title. That's Senior Tang Chen's title."

"Tang Dachui is now calling himself Hammer Douluo, so you don't need to call him Haotian Douluo anymore. Just call him Hammer Douluo or Big Hammer Douluo."

Ye Liangchen spread the title of Hammer Douluo to the military camp, so that the world would call Tang Hao Hammer Douluo.

"Haha...! Hammer Douluo, we feel like this young man is cursing that Title Douluo."

When the soldiers heard the name Hammer Douluo, they couldn't help but laugh, but when they thought about how he had killed dozens of ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in Sunset Forest, they realized he deserved to be cursed.

"Team Tianshui, this is your camp."

Roxon led the Skywater team to a huge barracks and had them settle in there.

"Thank you, General Roxson."

Ye Liangchen looked at the huge barracks, which was about the size of a house of five or six hundred square meters. It had many rooms and could probably accommodate thirty or forty people.

The army prepared a row of barracks like this for the teams participating in the promotion competition, about twenty or thirty in total. Even some teams that came specifically to watch the competition could stay in these barracks.

In the afternoon, after Ye Liangchen finished his meal, he left the barracks to take a walk, with his two bodyguards, Bibi Dong and Ye Cailan, following him.

"Swish..."

Just as the three of them were passing an intersection, Ye Liangchen sensed a murderous aura from behind. He turned around and immediately saw that the Shrek Academy team had also arrived, and Tang San's eyes were fixed on him.

"Xiao Chen, I sense that Tang San has developed murderous intent towards you."

"This Tang San is practically courting death!"

Standing beside Ye Liangchen, Ye Cailan and Bibi Dong naturally sensed Tang San's killing intent. So they used their soul power to force their voices into a line to communicate with the little guy.

"Let him hate! The stronger his hatred, the better."

Ye Liangchen is going to make that guy the successor of the Rakshasa God. How can he turn evil if he doesn't hate him?

"Buzzing..."

Ye Liangchen closed his eyes and used his divine sense to examine Tang San's strength.

Having absorbed two ten-thousand-year-old soul bones, one of which was a ten-thousand-year-old torso soul bone, Tang Dachui's soul power was close to that of a Soul King. He really went all out for him.

A short while later, Ye Liangchen detected Tang San's information with his divine sense, so he stopped paying attention and continued his walk with the two women.

Just then, Xue Qinghe, played by Qian Renxue, and Ning Fengzhi also arrived at the military camp. Upon seeing Ye Liangchen, their eyes lit up, and they walked over, each with their own thoughts.

"Young Master Ye, you're so lucky! Even your walks are accompanied by beautiful women." Qian Renxue teased Ye Liangchen as soon as she arrived.

"Your Highness, if you just wave your hand, a whole bunch of beauties will surely follow you."

"No! I almost forgot, you have no woman in your heart, so drawing your sword is naturally divine."

When Ye Liangchen saw Qian Renxue arrive, he had no choice but to play along.

"Young Master Ye, you say you have no feelings for women, so why are you surrounded by beautiful women?"

Qian Renxue was outmaneuvered by the little guy, and felt a pang of annoyance in her heart, so she started teasing him again.

"Ahem! Your Highness, there's another saying: 'Holding a woman in your arms doubles the damage.' That's far more powerful than 'drawing a sword when there's no woman in your heart.'"

Ye Liangchen's serious-sounding nonsense immediately stunned Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe.

"Pfft...!" Ye Cailan was immediately amused by this guy's outrageous remarks, and in an instant, she seemed like a blooming flower.

"All you do is spout nonsense."

Bibi Dong gently tugged at Ye Liangchen's ear, pretending to be angry. However, since she was wearing a veil, no one could see that her beautiful face, hidden beneath the veil, was beaming with joy.

"What brings Your Highness the Crown Prince and Sect Leader Ning here? If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving."

Bibi Dong looked at the two of them and asked them a cold question, mainly targeting Ning Fengzhi. This old guy had sent Bone Douluo to launch a sneak attack not long ago, and now he's pretending nothing happened. He's a real old fox.

"Brother Ye, I heard that you specially developed the combat skill 'Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flowers' for the Nine-Star Begonia Soul Master. I would like to purchase this self-created skill from you. I am willing to pay any price."

After making inquiries from various sources, Ning Fengzhi learned that the combat skills of the Nine-Star Begonia Soul Master were specially developed by Ye Liangchen. He was very interested, so he took the initiative to come to the military camp to contact Ye Liangchen through Xue Qinghe.

"Sect Leader Ning, you don't need to waste your time. You can't learn it." Ye Liangchen directly rejected the other party's request.

"Why?" Ning Fengzhi asked curiously, unwilling to give up.

"To learn the Myriad Leaves Flying Flowers Style, one must master the life attribute. Your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is a gemstone attribute martial soul; how could you possibly learn it?"

"If you want to learn self-defense skills, I will put them up for auction after I develop them."

Ye Liangchen had already decided that he would write out the cultivation techniques from the Xuan Tian Bao Lu and auction them off, causing Tang San's mentality to collapse a few more times.

"Gentlemen, we'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Ye Liangchen and the two women left, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe bewildered in the wind. However, Xue Qinghe was just pretending; in her heart, she was laughing her head off.

(End of this chapter)