Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

After chatting for a while, Qian Renxue and Xue Ke could tell from Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's reactions that the two were reluctant to meet.

As for Xue Ke, Qian Renxue could use her royal responsibilities to persuade her to let go of her feelings of rejection, but Lin Dong, who was being courted, and the "prospective son-in-law" of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, were not people she could discipline as the crown prince.

"Xiao Yan, Lin Dong," Qian Renxue finally couldn't hold back after another topic ended, "You two... both understand the significance of this meeting arranged by my father, right?"

The two were taken aback; neither of them had expected that it would be this "Crown Prince" who would bring up the topic so directly.

'Good, it's better to explain the pros and cons clearly sooner so we can end this sooner...'

Xiao Yan muttered to himself. At first, he was interested in guessing why this girl was impersonating the crown prince, but as time went by, he found himself increasingly unable to understand why this girl with the Angel Martial Soul was so devoted to the Heaven Dou Empire. So he focused his attention on the Fusion Ring.

'Good, let's end this sooner and go home sooner...'

Lin Dong, who loathed such political meetings, muttered to himself, "With Xiao Yan's 'fusion technique' as a reference, I can't wait to go back and study my own fusion technique."

Seeing that Xiao Yan and Lin Dong both nodded without hesitation, Xue Ke looked utterly defeated. She had thought that her looks would at least make the two of them take her seriously.

Looking at Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, who nodded without hesitation and stared straight at her, and Xue Ke, who slumped on the table in defeat, Qian Renxue couldn't help but want to facepalm. In the end, she was the only one who wanted to make this meeting a success.

“Father needs Lin Dong to stand on the side of the Heaven Dou Empire,” Qian Renxue said with a sigh, “Of course, it doesn’t mean he wants to be an enemy of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.”

Fearing that Xiao Yan might misunderstand, Qian Renxue added an explanation: it was precisely because of her previous conversations that Qian Renxue had consistently offered this explanation to prevent Xiao Yan... or rather, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School "behind" Xiao Yan, from misunderstanding that Xiao Yan was becoming increasingly confused as to why she, who should be a member of the Spirit Hall, was so firmly standing on the side of the Heaven Dou Empire.

“My father just wanted to ensure that, without the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall as enemies, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family could maintain relative peace with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School,” Qian Renxue continued. “For this reason, he instructed me to make sure that Lin Dong was brought into the Empire’s camp.”

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong both nodded.

Having a wealth of knowledge about palace intrigue, Xiao Yan understood Xue Ye's meaning after learning that Xue Ke was involved. He even explained it to Lin Dong on the way, afraid that Lin Dong might not understand the significance of this meeting.

"So, just so I can get away with this..."

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's reactions relieved Qian Renxue. "After this, could you occasionally arrange for my little sister to meet with you?" Qian Renxue looked at Lin Dong earnestly.

"Uh... just a meeting, right?" Lin Dong hesitated for a moment before asking.

"What? You think meeting me is beneath you?!" Xue Ke, who had been pretending to be gentle and refined, revealed her willful nature after hearing Lin Dong's disdainful words.

"Not really..." Lin Dong unconsciously shifted his gaze.

"You..." Lin Dong's averted gaze only made Xue Ke more embarrassed and annoyed.

"Alright, Xueke, control your temper!" Qian Renxue frowned and scolded.

After Xue Ke lowered her head with a pitiful look, Qian Renxue continued, "That's right, it's just a meeting. As long as people think that the two of you have a good relationship, that's enough!"

"Then I'm fine with it."

After receiving Qian Renxue's assurance, Lin Dong answered very readily.

And so, after the agreement was reached, the meeting came to an end amidst everyone's pleasant expressions.

After leaving the teahouse and confirming that the two Title Douluos who had been accompanying Qian Renxue were no longer with him, Lin Dong couldn't help but ask Xiao Yan a question—

"Why did you act so intimately with that person in the beginning?"

"I checked her soul power and also saw her martial soul..." Xiao Yan sighed. "By the way, under what circumstances would the heir of a faction be so concerned about an ally of an opposing faction?"

Seeing Lin Dong's bewildered expression, Xiao Yan explained the relationship between the "Crown Prince" and the Spirit Hall.

However, after learning that the Crown Prince was from the Spirit Hall but had shown a wholehearted devotion to the Heaven Dou Empire, Lin Dong became even more confused. He had also clearly sensed the two Title Douluos who were obviously from the Spirit Hall!

"You can't possibly... think you can take over the Heaven Dou Empire without firing a single shot by pretending to be the Crown Prince, can you?" After hesitating for a long time, Lin Dong said a reason that even he himself didn't believe.

"That's ridiculous!" Xiao Yan scoffed.

“Indeed…” Lin Dong chuckled dryly.

A 24-year-old level 59 Soul King...

Why not just focus on cultivating properly? Why insist on playing the role of a prince who is practically powerless? Even if the Spirit Hall is stupid, they shouldn't use a genius so casually, right?

Chapter 115 Transition

The arena used for the Soul Master Competition at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena was completely destroyed in a battle between two people. Although a bunch of Soul Emperors and Soul Saints participated in the repair, it still took more than half a day to complete the repairs.

Looking at the rudimentary new arena, the Soul Master Competition officials discussed the matter and decided to postpone the competition by one day. At the same time, they issued a new rule: if the arena is completely destroyed during the competition, all repair work will be the responsibility of the two competing academies.

Why is everyone looking at me like that?

Noticing that everyone in the conference room was staring at him, Xiao Yan rolled his eyes in annoyance. "This time is just an exception! And unless it's the finals or I'm on the verge of elimination, I don't plan to make a move!"

"There's no way we should be eliminated, right?" Ma Hongjun said strangely. "Even if you, Boss Xiao, don't participate, we still have ten Soul Masters on our side. Apart from Blazing Fire Academy, no other academy has as many Soul Masters as we do."

“We’ve already faced Blazing Academy in the preliminaries, so there’s no way they’ll be next.” Oscar nodded in agreement.

"Aren't there also Tianshui Academy, Thunder Academy, and Divine Wind Academy?" Xiao Yan smiled maliciously. "Have you all forgotten that I mentioned before that among the five elemental academies, there is one with a Martial Soul Fusion Technique?"

"If one of them is seriously injured and unable to fight again, are you absolutely sure you won't be eliminated?"

A chilling remark sent a shiver down the spines of all the participants in the meeting room.

"I remember, Xiao Yan, you said that the holder of that Martial Soul Fusion Skill was related by blood, right?" Ning Rongrong blinked, noticing the flaw in Xiao Yan's words. "We've also had quite close exchanges with those academies recently..."

"Among the remaining three academies, it seems that only Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er from Tianshui Academy are related by blood among the participating students?"

Because Xiao Yan hadn't gone to the Great Soul Arena during this time, Shui Yue'er, who harbored "illicit feelings" for Xiao Yan, frequently went to their team to inquire about news. As a result, she didn't get any information about Xiao Yan and accidentally exposed her blood relationship with Shui Bing'er.

Hearing Ning Rongrong's explanation, Xiao Yan's lips twitched uncontrollably. This scene was all too familiar, as if it had happened before—

It was because of Shui Yue'er that he unexpectedly learned about their spirit fusion skill at Blazing Academy. He even got to experience their spirit fusion skill, Ice Phoenix, and because the distance between them was quite far, the fully charged spirit fusion skill completely stunned him.

"In short, that spirit fusion skill is quite powerful. I suggest you be careful," Xiao Yan warned with a helpless sigh. "Unlike the flames of Blazing Fire Academy, even with Rongrong's protection, you can't withstand this spirit fusion skill."

"...Xiao Yan, you can't withstand it either?" Tang San hesitated for a moment before asking.

“I haven’t tried it,” Xiao Yan shrugged. “However, if you are confident that you can break through my ice seal unscathed, you can survive the additional damage from this Martial Soul Fusion Skill.”

"Additional damage?" Zhu Zhuqing asked, puzzled.

"Just like the burns from the flames, it's a secondary injury, much weaker than the initial one," Xiao Yan shrugged. "So, my suggestion is to be swift and decisive, defeating them before they can use their Martial Soul Fusion Technique..."

'However, it's probably impossible...'

Xiao Yan chuckled to himself. Water and ice attribute soul masters who had mastered the technique of soul power explosion were unparalleled in simply stalling for time.

"If we get dragged into their Spirit Fusion Technique..." Xiao Yan's face showed a pleasant expression, "If you don't want to be frozen into an ice cube and have to be carried off the stage, you'd better get off the stage yourself."

Seeing Xiao Yan's delighted expression, his teammates' lips twitched. They had reason to suspect that Xiao Yan wanted to see them frozen solid.

The next day, the twelfth round of the Soul Master Competition continued, but some well-informed people received some incredible news—

Xiao Yan, the captain of Shrek Academy who currently holds an undefeated record and is a Soul King with a Soul Power level of 53, will not appear a second time in the preliminary rounds unless Shrek Academy suffers a complete defeat and falls to the brink of elimination!

"How should I put it..."

After verifying the authenticity of this rumor with the Shrek Academy team members, Feng Xiaotian muttered somewhat uncomfortably, "Although I feel like he's looking down on us..."

"...However, after realizing that he really wouldn't make a move again, I actually calmed down a lot..."

Shui Bing'er and Yu Tianxin, who learned the same news as Feng Xiaotian, had the same feelings.

Looking at the brand-new arena below, the three of them were still shaken. Even though they knew Xiao Yan wouldn't use that incredibly powerful self-created soul skill on them, given Xiao Yan's "wicked" personality, if he really went up on stage, he might just use that self-created soul skill to scare them.

The competition continued, and in the thirteenth round, Shenfeng Academy faced off against Canghui Academy.

While Feng Xiaotian and his group were on high alert, seven male Soul Masters with restrained auras emerged from the Canghui Academy's contestant stands. Among these seven Soul Masters, one of them even had a Soul Ring combination that wasn't optimal... Although Xiao Yan and Lin Dong's Soul Ring combinations practically rendered the traditional optimal Soul Ring combination useless.

In short, these seven Soul Masters unleashed an unprecedented Seven-in-One Fusion Technique. After the light of the fusion technique dissipated, all seven members of the Divine Wind Academy were unable to rise again.

For a time, these seven Soul Masters were the talk of the town. Shi Nian, who had discovered their potential and helped them complete this seven-in-one fusion skill, became an honored guest of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. If he hadn't been so devoted to Canghui Academy, he might have been able to become the fourth teaching committee member of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Amidst such momentum, the "rumor" that Lin Dong would not continue to play in the preliminaries did not cause much of a stir. Only the students who had not yet encountered Canghui Academy paid attention to this matter.

However, neither the Soul King nor the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique are things that these academies can easily challenge. If they encounter Canghui Academy, they will probably only face defeat.

Then, in the fourteenth round of the competition, Shrek Academy faced off against Tianshui Academy. With Xiao Yan's reminder, Tang San, who was in charge of the on-site command, hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to replace Ning Rongrong with Jiang Zhu, Zhu Zhuqing with Oscar, and Xiao Wu with Ma Hongjun.

Tang San had a good plan: to use Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Tai Long, Ma Hongjun, and himself as the main attackers, with Oscar, a food-type soul master, and Jiang Zhu, a support-type soul master, as healers, to force the students of Tianshui Academy out of the arena in the shortest possible time by trading blows.

With Jiangzhu's healing and Oscar's sausage to assist them, even without Zhu Zhuqing's damage, they have Ma Hongjun, whose flame temperature is no weaker than Xiao Yan's, as an exchange. As long as the substitution is successful, their victory is almost a foregone conclusion.

The idea was good, and the actual operation was very successful. The only problem was that although they eliminated five students from Tianshui Academy with a zero-to-five exchange, the two remaining students successfully executed their Martial Soul Fusion Technique.

Faced with the majestic ice phoenix, after much hesitation, Tang San chose to confront it head-on. After each of them consumed the four kinds of sausages given to them by Oscar, and used Ma Hongjun's flames and his Blue Silver Grass as protection, the agility-type Jing Ling and the support-type Oscar and Jiang Zhu left the field, leaving the remaining four to face the extremely low temperature and the enormous ice phoenix.

Although Tang San's actions were very manly, the scene of him being frozen into an ice block and then being sent off the stage by Ma Hongjun, the only one who broke through the final ice seal, was a bit abstract.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan provided healing medicine, preventing the other seven from continuing to fight until the end of the preliminary rounds.

In short, the only surprising thing in all the subsequent preliminary rounds was that the seven-person team from Canghui Academy was defeated by Leiting Academy. It can only be said that if the seven-person fusion technique is used too often, it is easy for others to find a flaw and then eliminate them directly.

After the fifteen rounds of competition, it was determined that the five academies that would advance were Shrek Academy, which had only lost once; Canghui Academy and Tianshui Academy, which had lost twice; and Chihuo Academy and Shenfeng Academy, which had lost three times. The Golden Iron Triangle, who had been in prison for more than half a month, also returned to the academy.

Then, as soon as she was released from prison, Liu Erlong brought Yu Xiaogang and Flander to find Xiao Yan.

What did the Nine Heart Begonia family say?

After understanding the purpose of their visit, Xiao Yan sighed helplessly and asked.

“The meridians are damaged and cannot be treated,” Liu Erlong coldly uttered.

"Since you know it's a meridian injury, Teacher Liu, why do you think I can treat it?" Xiao Yan was puzzled. He had never revealed any particularly effective pills for treating injuries.

"Just because I refined this Soul Master Pill?"

After asking the question, seeing the matter-of-fact expressions on Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang's faces, as well as Flander's embarrassed look, Xiao Yan knew that this was the reason.

But the question is, why did he treat Yu Xiaogang? Were they really close?

“Crimson Grass…you can ask Tang San about the effects of this herb,” Xiao Yan sighed. “After consuming a whole Crimson Grass, the user will experience severed meridians throughout their body, because it is a notorious ‘poisonous herb’.”

"However, if the Crimson Grass is divided into six parts and its toxicity is suppressed with various medicinal herbs, it can become a good medicine for expanding meridians. If some herbs that are beneficial to cultivation are added, it can be formed into a Soul Master Pill."

“Because of the existence of the Crimson Grass, a Soul Master can only take one Soul Master Pill in his lifetime. If he takes too much…” Xiao Yan glanced at Yu Xiaogang, “the meridians will suffer uncontrollable damage. This is caused by the Crimson Grass. Unless there is a medicinal herb with the exact opposite properties and the same medicinal power as the Crimson Grass, this kind of meridian damage cannot be cured.”

All of the above are lies fabricated by Xiao Yan. The Nine Heart Begonia Clan's "incurable" condition is simply because they are unsure which meridian of Yu Xiaogang is malfunctioning. If the location of the meridian damage could be accurately found, any normal doctor could treat it.

"By the way, even if we do find that medicinal herb," ​​Xiao Yan casually added, looking at Liu Erlong's flustered expression, "after taking the 'antidote,' the Master's soul power, which was boosted by the Soul Master Pill, will also disappear. Furthermore, due to the residue of the Crimson Grass in his meridians, he will be unable to take the Soul Master Pill again."

With just two sentences, Yu Xiaogang was easily plunged into an abyss.

Xiao Yan didn't care at all. He wasn't a good person anyway. Yu Xiaogang should be thanking his lucky stars that he didn't kill him after Yu Xiaogang's repeated provocations.

Do you want Xiao Yan to take the time to resolve the tragedy caused by Yu Xiaogang's own greed?

Unless he is Xiao Yan's blood relative.