In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

In a one-on-one situation, no one else has a chance of defeating Dai Mubai.

Yet this very person was utterly defeated by a little girl who had never even appeared in the qualifiers and was completely outmatched. How could anyone not be shocked?

Especially the final fourth soul skill - Netherworld Terror Claw. In terms of attack power alone, so far, apart from Lan Si's Azure Lotus Sword, no other soul ring skill can compare with it.

Unfortunately, Lan Si's skill is a ten-thousand-year soul skill, while Zhu Zhuqing's is only a thousand-year one.

In an instant, the words "Netherworld Terror Claw" popped into everyone's mind.

On the VIP stage, Ning Fengzhi's gaze toward Zhu Zhuqing was slightly dazed. Perhaps in the eyes of others, they only saw the terrifying power of the Netherworld Terror Claw, comparable to a ten-thousand-year soul skill, but in the eyes of this old fox who had been in the soul master world for many years, he saw other clues.

First, there's Zhu Zhuqing. As an agility-type Soul Master, she belongs to an unpopular type among battle Soul Masters. In terms of attack, she's inferior to power-attack types, and in terms of utility, she's inferior to control types. In a team, she's mostly used for surprise attacks. She belongs to the least noticeable group. But Zhu Zhuqing almost makes up for this.

While possessing both agility and attack power, she has also gained attack power even stronger than that of a power-attack type Soul Master. It is no exaggeration to say that she is a Soul Master with both agility and attack power, just like Feng Xiaotian.

Most importantly, her unpredictable movement techniques, comparable to Tang San's, directly compensated for the fatal flaw of agility-based Soul Masters having a limited combat style. This is why Dai Mubai repeatedly suffered setbacks at Zhu Zhuqing's hands, and couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call Zhu Zhuqing a perfect Soul Master now.

"She's really a lucky girl," Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but think to himself.

Looking at Zhu Zhuqing, then at Lan Si, it was no surprise that Lan Si had helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain this soul ring, whose power was comparable to that of a ten-thousand-year-old spirit ring. Looking at Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi felt another headache coming on, and couldn't help but rub his forehead. From beginning to end, his precious daughter's gaze towards Lan Si contained only hatred and a barely perceptible hint of fear.

Ning Fengzhi sighed helplessly, secretly regretting that perhaps Uncle Gu was right; he shouldn't have let Rongrong go to Shrek Academy in the first place.

"First round of the qualifying tournament, first match: Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeats Shrek Academy." The referee announced loudly, and Zhu Zhuqing turned and walked off the stage.

At this moment, she felt incredibly relieved, because the disgusting marriage contract and the anxiety that had weighed on her heart for so many years seemed to have been truly relieved. From now on, the name Dai Mubai would never appear in her life again.

"Thank you, A-Si, thank you so much, thank you for saving me from the endless abyss." As soon as she reached Lan Si's side, Zhu Zhuqing excitedly threw herself into his arms. Her voice trembled. Perhaps because she was too excited, tears welled up in her eyes. These were tears of joy.

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Lan smiled without saying a word, simply stroking the kitten's back gently to comfort it.

Ye Lingling looked at the two of them with a sweet smile and murmured to herself: Ah Si, Zhu Qing, it's so good to have met you in this life!

On the other hand, compared to the warm atmosphere on Lan Si's side, Shrek Academy was in a terrible state.

Of the seven people who took the stage, only Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Xiao Wu fared slightly better.

Xiao Wu, needless to say, only suffered from black eyes. Thanks to Jiang Zhu's healing scepter, she recovered to about 70-80%, though some bruises remained. Huang Yuan and Jing Ling were less injured, having been sent off the arena by Lan Si's punches and kicks. Apart from slight swelling around their chins, they were otherwise largely unharmed.

The remaining four were not so lucky.

Tailong and Dai Mubai were seriously injured and unconscious. Ma Hongjun was slightly better; although he was still unconscious, he was not seriously injured, except that he had lost most of his teeth.

As for Tang San, although he wasn't unconscious, he wasn't in much better shape. Lan Si had destroyed his Eight Spider Spirit Bones, leaving only two intact ones. It would be almost impossible for him to recover in less than ten days to half a month. His body had also suffered considerable internal injuries from Lan Si's chaotic slashing attacks. The most serious injury was to his buttocks, where a fragment of his own Eight Spider Spears had pierced a large hole. Fortunately, he was the owner of the Eight Spider Spears and was able to suck out the poison in time; otherwise, he would have been paralyzed from the waist down.

Even so, the pain was unbearable. Only with the help of Oscar's recovery sausage and Jiangzhu's healing scepter could he barely regain normal mobility. However, with every step he took, his buttocks would burn with pain, making him tremble uncontrollably. The sensation of being torn between ice and fire was indescribably unpleasant.

"How is the situation?" With Xiao Wu's help, Tang San changed his pants and returned to the Shrek Academy rest area.

Upon hearing this, the Shrek Academy members fell silent, stepping aside to make way for Tang San, their eyes fixed on Dai Mubai, who was lying on the ground receiving treatment from Jiangzhu.

"What happened? Mu Bai's soul power has reached level 42, and he is only a step away from level 43. Could it be that Zhu Zhuqing used some kind of special method?" Tang San couldn't help but frown when he saw Dai Mu Bai's miserable state. He had only changed his pants, so how could Dai Mu Bai have been beaten up like this?

Upon hearing this, everyone remained silent. Finally, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but speak up, her eyes red with envy: "Zhu Zhuqing has already broken through to the Soul Master level, and her soul power seems to be higher than all of ours."

"Immortal herb?" Tang San's eyes were vacant, and he unconsciously uttered these two words. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

No wonder... no wonder Lan Si has become so powerful in less than two years, to the point of being almost despair-inducing.

It turns out he had already taken the magic herb.

Damn it, how could this happen? This was clearly an opportunity that should have been mine. I should have relied on these immortal herbs to make rapid progress in my cultivation and obtain the fourth soul ring of ten thousand years. Why... why did it ultimately benefit Lan Si?

It's all because of that damned Tang Ritian.

Tang San screamed inwardly, "Tang Ritian, you deserve to die even more than Lan Si! Never let me run into you, or I will eat your flesh and sleep on your skin..."

..........

The first match has ended, and the second match is about to begin.

The teams appearing are Blazing Fire Academy and Jackie, a minor academy not mentioned in the original work. Although it's a minor academy, anyone who makes it to the qualifying rounds is no mediocre. Their lineup is not much inferior to Blazing Fire Academy, boasting one Soul Master and five Soul Venerables with Soul Power approaching level 40.

Fire Blaze Academy's captain, Huo Wushuang, was the first to appear. After defeating three Soul Masters with Soul Power approaching level 40, he ultimately succumbed due to a significant depletion of his Soul Power. Next was Huo Wu, whose strength was clearly far superior to Huo Wushuang's, both in Soul Power and combat skills.

What's most commendable is her fearless fighting spirit. When she fought, it didn't feel like a competition; it was more like a desperate struggle. Leveraging her control-type Soul Master advantage, she single-handedly defeated the remaining four opponents, including the Soul Master, completely crushing Jack West Academy.

When Huo Wu defeated her last opponent, her face was slightly pale due to exhaustion of her soul power, but her beautiful face was still full of pride.

For some reason, whenever she faced an opponent, she would intentionally or unintentionally bring the battle closer to the rest area of ​​the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

"Ah Si, did you notice?" Seeing Huo Wu taking a roundabout route from the edge of the arena in front of the Tian Dou Royal Academy's rest area, Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly. Her woman's intuition made her instinctively feel threatened. When Huo Wu looked over, she immediately grabbed Lan Si's arm with both hands, and at the same time glared at the other party, and began her daily act of protecting her food.

It's as if to say, "This is my boyfriend, don't even think about hitting on him."

This ignited a nameless anger within Huo Wu, but she didn't know how to refute it. Helpless, she could only stomp her foot angrily and walk away.

"What did you notice?" Lan Si slowly opened his eyes and exited his cultivation state. He felt that he was not far from reaching level 48 of soul power, so he took advantage of the break while recovering his soul power and simply began to cultivate it.

"It's nothing..." A faint smile appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's lips as she pressed her beautiful face against Lan Si's arm. Clearly, Lan Si hadn't glanced at Huo Wu once throughout, which pleased her greatly.

Lan Si was puzzled and gave Ye Lingling a questioning look.

Meeting Lan Si's gaze, Ye Lingling smiled sweetly and echoed, "Zhu Qing is right, it's really nothing."

Lan Si simply said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions, instead watching the match.

The following matches were largely predictable. Of the six teams that qualified from the Tiandou City division, only Shrek Academy lost to Tiandou Royal Academy, another of the six qualified teams. The other four academies won their matches in a crushing fashion.

Of course, other academies occasionally produce one or two outstanding Soul Masters. For example, Meng Yiran from the Beast Academy, with the deadly poison on her snake staff and her varied and fierce attack methods, managed to defeat three people in a row with her Soul Master cultivation of around level 37.

However, her teammates were not very effective, and the opponent defeated four of them. In the end, the game went to the tenth match before the winner was decided, and she narrowly defeated the opponent.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the final rankings in the qualifying rounds will be decided among the six teams that emerged from the Tiandou City division.

No... to be precise, the decision will be made among the five teams: Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Divine Wind Academy, Thunder Academy, Heavenly Water Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy. This is because Shrek Academy's top-tier combatants were almost entirely crippled by Lan Si and Zhu Zhuqing.

They will find it difficult to achieve anything in the upcoming qualifying rounds.

Fortunately, the qualifying rounds are not as strict as the preliminary rounds. There are a total of 30 teams, and as long as they make it into the top 15, they can qualify for the finals. So even if Shrek Academy has to withdraw from four or five rounds to recover from injuries, they can still qualify.

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Chapter 189 Ning Fengzhi Seeks Immortal Herbs Late at Night

That night!

The moon was round like a plate, and the sky was filled with stars.

After a day of intense competition, everyone was exhausted and returned to their temporary accommodations to prepare for the next day's matches.

In a small courtyard near Emperor Xueye's palace, Lan Si stayed in his room. He had already deactivated the Azure Lotus Domain transformation skill. He neither cultivated nor slept, but instead took out the Eight Spider Soul Bone fragments he had collected during the day from his storage soul tool.

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This is what he cut off Tang San.

Since his trip to Soto City, after witnessing Tang San's Eight Spider Spirit Bones, Lan Si had vaguely sensed his own Soul Devouring Eight Spider Spears beginning to stir. Now, the stirring was even more intense. It was quite clear; it seemed as if the Soul Devouring Eight Spider Spears were yearning for Tang San's external spirit bones. Therefore, as he left the arena, he casually collected the fragments of the Eight Spider Spirit Bones.

"Let's give it a try." Lan Si murmured, purple light swirling behind him, and eight pale purple, semi-transparent spider spears were released.

The moment the Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Spears were released, Lan Si clearly felt the eight spider spears suddenly become active. Without hesitation, he controlled the eight pale purple spider spears to move towards the soul bone fragments on the ground.

A bizarre scene unfolded: the instant the spear tip touched the fragments of soul bones on the ground, those fragments immediately transformed into wisps of pale purple energy, surging wildly towards the Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Spears like a vast ocean, and were devoured in the blink of an eye.

The Eight Spider Spears of Soul Devouring seemed to have some unsatisfaction. The point where the eight spider spears connected to Lan Si's body trembled violently, as if a heart was beating, leaving a faint purple light and shadow in the air.

Lan Si vaguely sensed that his Soul-Devouring Eight Spider Spears had become even more powerful.

"If it can actually be absorbed, then can it also be absorbed by other types of soul bones?" Lan Si was overjoyed. He took out the Illusionary Wisdom Skull he had obtained from Shi Nian from his storage soul tool. Just as he was about to start the experiment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Then, a kitten's voice came from outside the door, "Ami, are you asleep?"

Putting away the soul bone, Lan Si opened the door, and the familiar figure of the kitten came into view. He pulled the kitten into the room and kissed its lips with practiced ease. At the same time, his two groping hands began to wander.

Taking a breather, Lan Si said with a smile, "Zhu Qing, did you deliver this to me yourself?"

"Um...wait a minute, A-Si, I have something to say." A familiar, strong masculine scent wafted over, and the kitten's pretty face flushed red as she breathed heavily.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow." Lan Si persisted, seemingly determined not to give up until she had completely devoured the kitten.

"Ah Si, something really has happened, Ning Fengzhi is here." The kitten pressed her jade-like hand against Lan Si's lips.

"What's meant to come will come eventually." Hearing this, Lan Si paused, murmured to himself, stood up and straightened his clothes, then casually asked, "Where is that old fox now? Is there anyone else besides him?"

"He's all alone, in the empty room on the west side. Teacher Sun is receiving him right now." Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face flushed, and she asked with a slightly evasive gaze, "Why did he come to see you?"

"What else could you do? Today you showed strength far exceeding Dai Mubai's. Most of the Shrek Academy people probably already know you took the immortal herb. Ning Rongrong was unwilling to accept it, but she couldn't bring herself to beg me, so she went to her father, Ning Fengzhi. I reckon this old man came to me to beg for the immortal herb for his daughter," Lan Si said coldly.

"Ah Si, if Ning Fengzhi finds out the wonderful uses of those immortal herbs, will he try to take them by force?" Zhu Zhuqing asked with some concern.

"That's not the case. Unless we threaten the safety of his sect or join the Spirit Hall, he won't harbor any ill intentions towards us. So far, I've maintained close ties with Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Qinghe is his disciple. To outsiders, it seems I'm preparing to pledge allegiance to the Heaven Dou royal family, which is exactly what Ning Fengzhi wants. Before truly confirming the effects of the immortal herb, even if he knows it's on me, he won't risk antagonizing the Heaven Dou royal family by force. Besides, he won't have the opportunity to forcibly take it. Moreover, it was Tang Ritian who stole the immortal herb; what does that have to do with me, Lan Si?" Lan Si shrugged slightly. With Qian Renxue as his powerful backer, he had nothing to worry about.

Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing felt much more at ease and continued to ask, "So what do you plan to do?"

Lan Si said, "We'll deal with whatever comes our way. At worst, we'll just give him a few common but expensive medicinal herbs to fool him. I doubt the old man would feel comfortable accepting them. After all, he gave me the Mind Control Technique and the Ring Fusion Technique last time, which he considers a favor to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Unless it's a rare herb, he won't easily use up that favor for a few mere expensive herbs."

As she spoke, Lan Si began to walk outside.

Just then, the kitten's clear voice rang out again, "Ami..."

"What's wrong?" Lan Si turned around.

The kitten blushed and said, "I'll wait for you to come back."