Sect Master Yu Yuanzhen

Dugu Bo was immensely gratified. He knew this favor had been firmly secured.

Though the little fellow's master was somewhat abnormal, he still greatly admired the little fellow.

Especially after hearing from his granddaughter that Ye Xiaobao had defeated Yu Tianheng in a single move without even using any soul skills.

That shocked him even more.

The boy's future was boundless.

"Yan'er, Grandpa will be leaving first. You need to learn more from the little fellow too. Don't be lazy from now on."

His words were filled with indulgent affection for his granddaughter.

Dugu Yan shot Dugu Bo a glare, as if blaming her grandfather for exposing her shortcomings.

"Hahaha..." Dugu Bo left with a hearty laugh.

On the road back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Yu Yuanlong's face was utterly grim.

"I will report this matter to Big Brother! Heaven Dou Royal Academy, just you wait."

Yu Tianheng followed behind him, looking listless. He could not understand how things had turned out this way.

They had clearly gone to reclaim their honor, only to come away humiliated.

They had utterly disgraced themselves.

After the group returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect,

Yu Yuanlong immediately went to see his elder brother, Yu Yuanzhen, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's only Titled Douluo-level expert.

Inside the main hall of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect,

Yu Yuanzhen sat at the head of the hall, expressionlessly listening as his younger brother recounted what had just happened.

Before long,

"Big Brother, that's what happened. You must stand up for Tianheng."

Yu Yuanlong's voice was filled with rage.

"Foolish!"

After hearing the matter, Yu Yuanzhen shouted in a deep voice.

"It was only a selection match. So what if he suffered a little injury? Which Titled Douluo did not rise through battle after battle? How can one become accomplished without tempering oneself?"

After saying that, he patiently explained to his younger brother,

"Think about it. Back then, our talents were nearly equal. Why was I able to become a Titled Douluo while you have been stuck as a Soul Douluo for so many years, only reaching level eighty-six even now? Isn't it because of that temperament of yours? You're already so old, yet you still don't know your limits."

By the end, his tone carried several traces of anger.

Yu Yuanlong lowered his head and said nothing.

Yet he did not take it to heart. After all, he had not been scolded by his elder brother any less over the years.

Seeing his younger brother looking like hopeless mud that could not be plastered onto a wall, Yu Yuanzhen could not help feeling frustrated at his failure to live up to expectations.

He pondered silently for a moment before continuing,

"However, no matter how excessive you were, for the mere Heaven Dou Royal Academy to dare treat the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect with such contempt... do they think I have grown old? It seems it is time to let them know what the Upper Three Sects are."

Hearing that his elder brother would stand up for him, Yu Yuanlong became somewhat excited.

Poison Douluo might be strong, but he was nothing before his elder brother.

Imagining his elder brother overwhelming Heaven Dou Royal Academy with his might, Yu Yuanlong felt as though even his soul had been elevated.

Yu Yuanzhen, however, was considering much more.

Now that the Clear Sky Sect had sealed itself away and Spirit Hall stood alone as the dominant force,

the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still had two Titled Douluo-level experts. Together with Sect Master Ning Fengzhi's support, they could rival six or seven Titled Douluos.

Yet the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had no successors. They did not even have a second Titled Douluo.

He alone could only support the sect with great difficulty.

If even the prestige they had built over the years was gone, more challengers would surely emerge in the future.

After all, the title and privileges of the Upper Three Sects were simply too tempting.

Early the next morning, in Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Soul Fighting Arena,

Ye Xiaobao officially formed the Heaven Dou Battle Team with the other nine, and he was made captain.

"Today is the day the Heaven Dou Battle Team is established. Over the next two years, you will be each other's closest teammates!"

Qin Ming stood before the team and looked at the ten students before adding,

"To help you get to know one another, today's first lesson will be a five-versus-five match."

The moment Dugu Yan heard it was five versus five, a sly glint flashed through her eyes. She excitedly raised her hand.

"Teacher, I want to be on the same team as Ye Xiaobao."

Qin Ming suddenly felt that seemed a little unfair, mainly because a certain someone was too strong.

So he changed his words.

"Teacher misspoke just now. How about this? You'll form teams of three and take turns fighting Ye Xiaobao."

Ye Xiaobao?

Teacher, are you messing with me?

Still, he did not voice any objection.

After all, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. He had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy purely to seize someone's opportunity. Nothing else mattered.

The teams of three were quickly formed.

The first team consisted of the brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo, along with Ye Lengleng.

The Shi Mo brothers both had Soul Power at level thirty-four, and both possessed the Black Tortoise martial soul.

Ye Lengleng was a support-system Soul Master with Soul Power at level thirty-two.

Her martial soul was the Nine Hearts Begonia, known as the strongest healing-system martial soul.

Under Qin Ming's guidance, this was the strongest defensive team they could form.

Because Ye Xiaobao's previous matches had ended too quickly, they needed the strongest defensive combination to first probe Ye Xiaobao's true strength.

Soon, only four people remained on the Soul Fighting Platform.

The Shi Mo brothers tacitly activated their martial souls and soul rings at the same time. Holding their manifested Black Tortoise Armor, they stood in front of Ye Lengleng.

Meanwhile, a Nine Hearts Begonia appeared in Ye Lengleng's hands. The cool and beautiful young girl held an immortal herb of intermingled blue and white, looking so beautiful that she seemed not of this world.

Ye Xiaobao also summoned his Golden Cudgel and held it in his hand.

When the Shi Mo brothers saw Ye Xiaobao draw his martial soul, they unconsciously edged closer to each other. Shi Mo in particular had already broken out in a cold sweat.

Ye Xiaobao smiled faintly.

"You still haven't seen my soul skills, have you?"

As he spoke, three soul rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—appeared beneath his feet in succession.

Hearing this below the platform, Dugu Yan clenched her fists nervously. Could she finally see Ye Xiaobao's soul skills?

Qin Ming also stared intently at Ye Xiaobao on the platform without blinking, afraid he might miss anything.

Ye Xiaobao plucked three hairs from the back of his head and muttered softly,

"Outer Body Incarnation."

Then he blew a breath into his palm, sending the hairs flying from it.

They transformed into three figures identical to him, each holding the same Golden Cudgel,

and they charged toward the three Shi Mos.

From their appearances alone, they were exactly the same as Ye Xiaobao himself.

"A clone soul skill! I've only ever seen this kind of soul skill in ancient records."

When Qin Ming saw the Outer Body Incarnation soul skill, he could not help exclaiming from below the platform.

"Is he really just a Soul Elder? That's absurd!"

It was also everyone else's first time seeing such a soul skill, and they found it incredibly novel.

The three on the platform were also having a difficult time resisting.

The clones possessed all of Ye Xiaobao's combat techniques and did not require Ye Xiaobao's control. With only simple direction, they could fight on instinct.

Ye Xiaobao had already lowered the clones' strength as much as possible.

Otherwise, clones summoned with level forty-nine Soul Power were not something ordinary Soul Elders could withstand.

Before long, the Shi Mo brothers were finding it difficult to hold on.

They had to block every strike from the clones with all their strength, and their palms were numbed from the impacts.

Fortunately, Ye Lengleng, as a healing-system Soul Master, continuously healed them. Otherwise, the brothers would have collapsed long ago.

But Soul Power was ultimately limited. The three gathered together.

"Teacher, we surrender."

Seeing that the three had already conceded defeat, Ye Xiaobao withdrew his soul skill.

Qin Ming walked onto the platform and asked Ye Xiaobao,

"Ye Xiaobao, Teacher is especially curious about where your limits lie. How about you have a match with Teacher?"

Ye Xiaobao was taken aback, but he quickly reacted.

He did not want to fight Qin Ming. It was not that he could not defeat him, but revealing too much of his strength would be far too shocking.

"Teacher Qin, how could I possibly be your opponent? Better not..."

Before Ye Xiaobao could finish speaking, a terrifying voice instantly rang throughout the entire academy.

"People of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, get out here for this old man!"