Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 173 Winning Team MVP and Losing Team Actor (4K Combination)

(The previous text has been revised; the original version stated that Xixi died and Chen Zifeng was seriously injured, but this has been changed to Xixi being severely disabled and Chen Zifeng dying.)

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"Damn it, I've messed things up again from drinking!" Xuanzi spat out a mouthful of wine mixed with chicken leg meat, not caring about his disheveled state, and rushed towards the lair of the Grim Reaper.

Just hearing the explosion, Xuanzi knew something was wrong.

The sound was too loud, and in his perception, the soul power fluctuations caused by the explosion had clearly reached the Soul Saint level.

Of everyone present, Lin Yun had run away and was not there. The only one capable of launching a Soul Saint-level attack was Ma Xiaotao, and she would never release a Soul Saint-level attack in a confined environment like a cave.

Because it might accidentally hurt teammates!

It's a well-known fact that Ma Xiaotao is brainless, but even if she's brainless, she wouldn't disregard the lives of her teammates.

That leaves only one possibility: the attack was launched by the enemy!

Xuanzi was inwardly groaning, his soul power surging, and he used the terrifying speed he had used to capture the Void Kun Chicken, arriving inside the cave almost instantly.

Just a second before his arrival, Ning Tianwufeng's invincible shield had just dissipated, and the golden crystal at his waist shattered into sand, losing all its function.

After all, the invincible shield is a one-time use item.

Huo Yuhao had his back to them, his face showing intense pain and discomfort.

Xuanzi glanced at him briefly before turning his attention to the injured inner court students. In his opinion, Huo Yuhao's distressed expression was likely due to the heavy casualties among the inner court students, because his own eyes had turned red when he saw the horrific scene.

Huo Yuhao was actually just feeling sorry for the source power that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had just consumed.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had placed nine seals in Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness, which meant that it had just used up an entire seal in order to protect Huo Yuhao.

A single seal can upgrade a ten-year soul ring to the hundred-thousand-year level. How could Huo Yuhao not feel heartbroken?

Faced with an attack from a Soul Saint level, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had no way to hold back; otherwise, given Huo Yuhao's small frame, he would have been certain to die.

At this time, he was not Huo Yuhao's soul spirit, so he could not give him the so-called life reflection shield. He could only use the most brutal method to form a shield in front of Huo Yuhao to block the attack.

Do you think Tianmeng Ice Silkworm doesn't want to save money?

That's giving him way too much credit for his energy manipulation abilities!

If they weren't careful, the seal they broke couldn't be sealed back up. The energy that couldn't be sealed back up was enough to kill ten Huo Yuhaos. Tianmeng Ice Silkworm could only suppress her heartache and use the entire seal to protect Huo Yuhao.

Waste is inevitable, but when it comes to life, none of that matters.

Huo Yuhao understood this principle, but it didn't stop him from feeling heartbroken, which is why he had the same expression as if Huo Yun'er had died.

Wang Dong remained silent, but his gaze towards Huo Yuhao changed slightly. Coupled with the lingering goodwill he still felt for Huo Yuhao, his gaze softened considerably.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng exchanged a glance, both seeing relief and a sense of having survived a disaster in each other's eyes.

Although they were at the cave entrance, the violent explosion still reached them. Huo Yuhao's protection range did not include them. If they had been affected by the shockwave of the explosion, the consequences would have been unpredictable.

Ning Tian goes without saying; he's a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master, a support character whose health bar is as fragile as shattered ice.

Although Wu Feng possessed a Beast Martial Soul, she was merely a Great Soul Master; how could she withstand the aftershocks of an explosion at the Soul Saint level?

Feeling their soul power drop significantly due to maintaining the invincible shield, Ning Tian and Wu Feng both breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Then, the two of them helped Jiang Nannan, who had been knocked away, to her feet.

Jiang Nannan's injuries were quite severe. Without the treatment of a healing-type Soul Master, she wouldn't be able to recover her combat strength in less than a week or two.

If she hadn't decisively activated her invincible golden body the moment she was knocked away, her injuries wouldn't have been much lighter than Ma Xiaotao's and Ling Luochen's.

"Jiang, are you alright?" Ning Tian asked in a low voice.

After wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Jiang Nannan shook her head bitterly, feeling the sharp pain emanating from her body.

Ning Tian's heart sank.

Jiang Nannan was already seriously injured just from being jolted by the shockwave from the explosion; the inner courtyard disciples at the epicenter of the explosion must have suffered even more.

The dust kicked up by the explosion still lingered, and apart from Xuanzi, no one else paid attention to the specific situation inside the cave.

At that moment, the winning team's MVP once again displayed his settlement animation.

"Hehehehe! If you want to kill this messenger, first ask if this messenger's Corpse Explosion Technique agrees!" The Grim Reaper's messenger laughed loudly, his tone filled with intense arrogance and domineering pride.

Soul King, Soul Emperor?

Even if it's the best soul ring combination, so what? Even if I only have two yellow and three purple soul rings, even if I don't have a ten-thousand-year soul ring, I am still the strongest soul king in the Douluo Continent, unprecedented and unparalleled!

"How was my Corpse Explosion Technique? Are you all satisfied?"

Dai Yue/Heng: I'm truly sorry I couldn't get the Grim Reaper to use his full power...

Just as the Grim Reaper was gloating, Xuanzi erupted, his eyes bloodshot, panting heavily, and the veins on his forehead throbbing.

"You bastard!!!"

With a roar, nine soul rings instantly appeared on his body. The immense pressure of soul power suddenly swept through the entire cave. All the bandits who were still alive were directly shaken by Xuanzi's soul power, their internal organs shattered, and they died bleeding from all seven orifices.

"A Title Douluo?!" The Death Messenger also sensed this strong fluctuation of soul power. His arrogant expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to his gloomy one.

He sneered, his tone contemptuous, "So what if they're a Title Douluo? Give me a few more years, and even a Title Douluo will fall at my hands!"

"A few years? How many more years do you want?" Enraged, Xuanzi even activated his Martial Soul True Form, his crimson bull-like eyes fixed on the Grim Reaper. "You've caused such heavy casualties among my Shrek Academy disciples; you've already chosen your own death!"

"Die!"

Xuanzi unleashed a punch, his violent soul power carrying a strong killing intent. Under this punch, the Death Messenger even had a feeling that he was about to see his great-grandmother.

However, he certainly wouldn't just sit there and wait to die.

The messenger of death let out a shriek, used his soul power to grab Gongyang Mo's heavily injured corpse, and threw it directly at Xuanzi's fist.

You want to kill me?

Then step over the corpses of your descendants first!

The Grim Reaper cackled, and casually stirred up the corpse poison in Gongyang Mo's body. Gongyang Mo, who was already on the verge of death, was unable to resist the rampaging corpse poison in his body. Xiao Nanliang's fair skin turned into a boiled red shrimp, and his body swelled up uncontrollably.

The main issue is that he's currently flying in a direction close to Xuanzi, and his fist, carrying the furious blow of a Super Douluo, is aimed straight at Gongyang Mo's head. Gongyang Mo: ???

Help me! I'm going to die!!! Help me!

Xuanzi was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red. He was caught between a rock and a hard place, but when he thought of the several students below who were still alive and watching, he forced himself to withdraw his attack despite the risk of injury.

Although his strength has reached a level where he can basically control his attacks, this does not include attacks at full power.

Although Xuanzi's attack did not use any soul skills, it was truly an attack without any reservations. To retract that punch would be quite painful for him, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He couldn't help but be dishonest.

The team had already suffered heavy casualties due to drinking, and if he were to cause further trouble by spouting nonsense like "He couldn't control himself and caused Gongyang Mo's death," Mu En would tear him to pieces and stuff him into jars in no time.

Those students below, who lacked experience, might think he couldn't stop in time, but would Mu En, a fellow peak expert, believe his nonsense?

If they're not being honest, just beat them when they are!

Fortunately, because Xuanzi was afraid that Mu En would cause him trouble, his life was finally back in his own hands. Although he could still be poisoned to death by the corpse poison at any time, at least he was not in any serious danger for now.

Not only that, after catching Gongyang Mo's body, Xuanzi also had to use his soul power to suppress his injuries and ensure that he would not be blown to pieces by the Corpse Explosion Technique.

The Grim Reaper seized this opportunity...

Ran!

The strongest Soul King truly lives up to his name. Even when locked onto by a level 98 Super Douluo, he can simply turn into a wisp of gray smoke and disappear!

The strongest Soul King truly lives up to his name.

Xuanzi was so angry at the sight that his nose was crooked and his stomach ached. His subconscious thought was to chase after the Grim Reaper and kill him, but the most important thing now was not to kill the Grim Reaper, but to send the heavily injured Shrek team to get treatment.

At that moment, he was incredibly conflicted, wishing he could just slit his own throat and die on the spot.

Once again!

This is the second time he has led a team to suffer heavy casualties. The first time was because he was drinking, which caused him to get separated from the Soul Hunting Team composed of Zhang Lexuan and other inner court students. As a result, Zhang Lexuan and her team were almost wiped out by a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Even though Zhang Lexuan and the others fought desperately to kill the 100,000-year-old soul beast, and Zhang Lexuan obtained the soul ring and soul bone of the 100,000-year-old soul beast, it still could not cover up the fact that the Soul Hunting Team suffered heavy casualties.

This time, it was again due to drinking that things went wrong, putting the Shrek team participating in the Soul Fighting Tournament in danger once again, resulting in another complete wipeout.

The PTSD that had been dormant deep in his mind suddenly jumped out and attacked him fiercely.

Xuanzi was now even a little afraid to look at the injured or dead students from the inner and outer academies, because they suffered such heavy casualties all because of his drinking and negligence as their team leader, and all because of his dereliction of duty as an old good-for-nothing.

How could he possibly face these children?

The Grim Reaper, as the MVP of the winning team, made his way away.

Xuanzi, acting as the loser, was attacked by all her teammates.

With blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, Ma Xiaotao leaned against the mountain wall, her eyes flickering uncertainly. When she saw that her team members had almost become a defeated army, her dark red eyes were filled with anger and resentment.

Ling Luochen stared blankly at Chen Zifeng's severed arm, which was still gripping the Soul-Chasing Sword, not far away, his expression filled with pain and sorrow.

Dai Yueheng, who had been cut in half at the waist, and Xixi, whose left leg and right arm had been severed, struggled helplessly on the ground in pain, letting out suppressed agonizing howls.

Severely injured, Yao Haoxuan knelt in a corner, his eyes filled with the terror and fear of surviving a disaster.

Gongyang Mo floated in front of Xuanzi, his whole body enveloped in earth-yellow soul power. His chest was rising and falling very weakly, he was taking in more air than exhaling, and he was about to die.

On the outer courtyard side, Ning Tian and Wu Feng supported Jiang Nannan, whose face was pale, on either side, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stood on the other side, looking completely at a loss.

At this moment, everyone looked at Xuanzi, their eyes revealing the same question:

Where did you go just now?

Those gazes, filled with incomprehension and doubt, were like sharp swords, piercing Xuanzi's heart. Guilt and regret, like an abyss, wanted to devour him completely, leaving him unable to rise again.

It hurts, it hurts too much!

Xuanzi's body trembled, and the Taotie Martial Soul, which had been possessing him, gradually retreated back into his body. The nine soul rings that exuded a terrifying aura also dissipated one by one.

"My children, I have failed you all!" Xuanzi cried, tears streaming down his face, his expression filled with pain and remorse. "This mistake is entirely my fault!"

No one spoke. Except for Dai Yueheng and Xixi, who didn't even have the strength to get up, everyone else watched Xuanzi's performance in silence.

"There's no point in saying more now. I will not shirk the responsibility I must bear, but we cannot give up on this competition." Xuanzi took a deep breath, used his soul power to evaporate the tears in his eyes, and said in a heavy tone, "Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, and Xixi's injuries cannot be delayed any longer. I need to take them back to the academy for treatment now."

"The rest of the competition depends on you guys!"

"Go and fight with confidence. Glory and fame belong to you, while defeat and infamy belong to me!" After forcibly feeding everyone a bowl of soup, Xuanzi turned around, grabbed Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, and Xixi, and quickly got wet.

He feared that if he stayed any longer, he would truly be killed by the children's gazes.

And everyone else here: ? ? ?

You just left like that?

Everyone seemed to have a million grass mud horses galloping through their minds, their faces showing shock and blankness.

What utter nonsense! Glory and fame belong to us, while failure and infamy belong to you? Do you want to listen to the gibberish you're spouting?

Ning Tian and Wu Feng exchanged a glance, speechless with emotion.

Now they understood why Lin Yun had given them such serious and earnest instructions before they set off, and they were even more grateful that they had listened to Lin Yun and had an invincible protective shield that could save their lives.

With such an unreliable team leader, you can't be too careful!

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