Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 380 A Day That Will Be Recorded in History!

The morning sun shone as gently as ever, and not a single cloud graced the azure sky. The venue on the outskirts of Mingdu City was packed with people, all with expectant smiles on their faces, awaiting the upcoming Soul Master Competition finals.

Today is a day destined to be recorded in history, from any perspective.

On the platform, Xu Tianran, Ju Zi, and a group of officials from the Sun Moon Empire had been seated for some time. Xu Tianran wore a smile, showing no trace of the unpleasantness brought on by the troubles of the past few days. As the saying goes, good news makes one's spirits soar, and Xu Tianran, as the regent and crown prince of a nation, was no exception. Last night, he reached a cooperation agreement with Ye Xishui, the Supreme Leader of the Holy Spirit Sect. The Holy Spirit Sect would fully support him—two Limit Douluo! How could he not be happy?

"Your Highness, it seems the Tang Clan hasn't come!" Ju Zi reminded him in his ear.

Xu Tianran was taken aback, his gaze sweeping towards the players' rest area. Sure enough, the vast area only housed the Shrek Academy team; the Tang Sect team hadn't even arrived yet. He immediately understood what was going on and exclaimed, "Looks like we won't be able to watch the match today! How shameless!"

Orange's expression remained unchanged, clearly indicating that she understood the reason behind it.

Clearly, Tang Sect forfeited the final match. This was actually a decision made by the Tang Sect team themselves. As inner disciples of Shrek Academy, Tang Ya and the others were very familiar with the strength of the Shrek Academy team led by Zhu Ziyang. They knew very well that they were no match for them and there was no need to humiliate themselves. So, on the night the semi-finals ended, Tang Ya and Bei Bei found Zhu Ziyang and told him about Tang Sect's forfeit.

Now, they're probably almost back in the Star Luo Empire.

Time quickly came to the start of the match. Zheng Zhan, standing on the arena, looked at the empty Tang Sect rest area below and immediately understood what this meant. With a grim face, he announced, "Since the Tang Sect team has chosen to forfeit, I hereby declare the champion of this Soul Master Competition to be Shrek Academy!"

The audience erupted in anger, shouting and cursing. They were extremely dissatisfied. What was supposed to be a thrilling final had turned into a rout for the Tangmen team. What kind of nonsense was this? Were they being played? They had been waiting there since before dawn, and this was the result?

The scene was chaotic, but no one seemed to care about the audience's dissatisfaction. Zhu Ziyang stood up and said to the Shrek Academy students, "No matter what happens here, don't make any rash moves, understand?"

"Understood!" the Shrek Academy students answered in unison.

Zhu Ziyang calmly walked onto the arena. The prize for the tournament champion was a level nine soul tool, he couldn't refuse it.

On the arena, Zheng Zhan watched Zhu Ziyang walk towards him step by step, feeling extremely apprehensive. If it weren't for his dignity as a Title Douluo holding him back, he probably would have already knelt down before Zhu Ziyang. There was no way around it; Zhu Ziyang's display of power earlier was simply too terrifying. He, Zheng Zhan, was just a minor Title Douluo, and he was not worthy of being compared to such a strong person.

"Where's the reward? Hurry up, don't waste everyone's time!" Zhu Ziyang said bluntly, showing no intention of going through the motions.

Zheng Zhan was stunned, but he had no choice but to look at Xu Tianran on the platform. Xu Tianran didn't want to deal with Zhu Ziyang at all, so he simply nodded to Zheng Zhan. Upon seeing this, Zheng Zhan immediately waved his hand, and then a group of people carried a strangely shaped soul-guided cannonball onto the stage. This soul-guided cannonball exuded a terrifying aura, and its extraordinary nature could be discerned just by looking at it.

"This is a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball..." Zheng Zhan began to introduce it, but Zhu Ziyang had no intention of listening to his nonsense. With a wave of his hand, the level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball, which required five or six people to carry, disappeared.

This startled Zheng Zhan greatly. His eyes widened, and he pointed at the location of the shell, stammering, "You...you...how did you do that?"

Zheng Zhan was genuinely shocked, because a level nine soul-guided cannonball could not be stored by an ordinary storage soul tool. Soul masters like him stored high-level soul tools through special means. However, this person in front of him was clearly not a soul master, yet he could easily store a level nine soul tool. How was that possible?

Given Shrek Academy's level of soul tools, it's impossible for them to possess a level nine spatial soul tool! Even if Zheng Zhan racked his brains, he couldn't have imagined that Zhu Ziyang might not have a level nine spatial soul tool, but he had a demiplane, which was far superior to a spatial soul tool.

Zhu Ziyang glanced at Zheng Zhan, then said, "Give me the runner-up prize from the Tang Sect and the third-place prize from the Snow Demon Sect too!"

"Yes, yes!" Upon hearing this, Zheng Zhan did not disobey in the slightest and immediately handed over the level eight soul tool of the runner-up and the level seven soul tool of the third-place winner to Zhu Ziyang.

"You're very good!" Zhu Ziyang was very satisfied with Zheng Zhan's actions, gave him a deep look, and then stepped off the stage.

Xu Tianran found Zhu Ziyang's behavior extremely boring and felt extremely dissatisfied but helpless. So when he saw Zhu Ziyang step off the stage, he prepared to return to the palace. However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.

"Xu Tianran, you traitorous, patricide and murderer, prepare to die!" An assassin suddenly rushed out from the audience, his body flashing with seven soul rings, and with a death wish, he attacked Xu Tianran.

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence. Everyone was terrified by the reckless assassin and stared blankly at his actions. Just as the assassin rushed onto the stage and was about to attack Xu Tianran, he suddenly exploded and died, startling the audience.

Looking closer, one could see a man in black standing in front of Xu Tianran. The man in black was expressionless, toying with a dagger in his hand. Nine spirit rings shimmered on his body, indicating his identity as a Title Douluo. This was Xu Tianran's personal bodyguard, the Shadow Douluo, whose martial spirit was the Shadow Dagger.

"You're courting death!" Xu Tianran remained calm, not taking the Soul Saint assassin seriously at all. Instead, he was pondering who could be so foolish as to do something so stupid.

But he quickly lost his composure. The Soul Saint assassin's role was merely to let everyone know that someone wanted to assassinate Xu Tianran; the crucial part was what followed.

"It's starting." Zhu Ziyang sat in the rest area with only Ma Xiaotao by his side. Jiang Nannan and the others had been taken into the Holy Law Demiplane by him. What was to come would be a big scene, and their strength was insufficient. Going in would only cause them more trouble.

"Xu Tianran, you murdered your father and killed your emperor! This is an outrage against heaven and earth! Today I will avenge my father!"

The grand show has begun. Xu Tianci, the second prince of the Sun Moon Empire, appears on the arena, surrounded by several cloaked figures. He points at Xu Tianran and shouts righteously.

Xu Tianci's appearance immediately attracted the attention of all the spectators. Their hearts skipped a beat, and they regretted not leaving immediately. What was this? Coming to watch a match had led to royal infighting. Couldn't things just stay peaceful?

"Xu Tianci!" Xu Tianran's eyes were icy cold, his heart filled with rage. He said grimly, "Fool, you think you're worthy to lay a hand on me? Kill them!"

As soon as Xu Tianran finished speaking, the Shadow Douluo in front of him rushed out, and three or four figures rushed out from behind him. They were all titled Douluo, including Jing Hongchen, the hall master of Mingde Hall!

"How could this be?" Xu Tianci was dumbfounded, because this was not what he had expected. He looked blankly at the person next to him, but that person did not look at him at all, but directly confronted the titled Douluo on Xu Tianran's side.

Xu Tianci was completely panicked. His side had one less Title Douluo than the enemy, and the enemy's extra Title Douluo was charging straight at him. Xu Tianci was so frightened that he fell to the ground, shouting for help, but no one paid him any attention.

Watching Xu Tianci be killed by one of his own men, Xu Tianran felt incredibly pleased. He hadn't even planned to deal with his foolish younger brother, but he hadn't expected him to jump out first. How foolish!

With Xu Tianci dead, the Title Douluos he brought immediately began to retreat. However, how could Xu Tianran let them go? He waved his hand to signal his men to chase after them, while he himself kept looking at Zhu Ziyang in the rest area. Although he was puzzled as to where the other Shrek Academy members were, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao were both there.

Xu Tianran had long known that Xu Tianci had colluded with the people of Tianhun and Xingluo Empire to assassinate him. His only concern was Shrek Academy. Now that he saw that Shrek Academy was not involved, his tense heart immediately relaxed.

"Your Highness, this..." Ju Zi said with some worry. She wanted Xu Tianran to return to the palace first, so that he would be safer. She did not want Xu Tianran to die now, after all, she still needed him to take revenge.

"No need!" Xu Tianran waved his hand confidently. You see, one of the contents of his cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult was to have Ye Xishui protect him, so even if Zhu Ziyang attacked him, he could leave calmly!

However, just as Xu Tianran was feeling smug, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He subconsciously looked down and saw a slender, white hand holding a pounding heart. It was so red... It was his heart!

Xu Tianran turned around in disbelief, and a stunningly beautiful face with cold expression and dark pupils came into view. So beautiful... This was Xu Tianran's last thought.

(End of this chapter)