Trouble Comes from Careless Words

It wasn't just Xing Yan. The Training Field had fallen silent. Every Heavenly Dragon Gate disciple stood dumbfounded, while the Earthly Dragon Gate disciples who had followed them over, along with Nan Shui Shui and Luan Yu, wore expressions of shock.

Yu Tianlong struggled to his feet. Both arms felt numb, and a faint pain came from where he had been struck. When he looked up at Firefly, there was no longer any disdain in his eyes.

"Riiip!"

As his clothes tore, the sleeve on Yu Tianlong's right arm was shredded by the swelling of his limb. His arm grew more than half a foot longer, becoming incredibly thick and covered in blue-purple scales. His hand turned into a claw covered in the same scales, every joint thickening immensely. At the same time, blue-purple lightning snakes slithered around his body, crackling with sharp pops.

At the same time, a Yellow Soul Ring tightly encircled his right hand, which had transformed into a dragon claw, as arcs of electricity crackled around it.

"That's... Partial Dragonification. Tianlong is serious!"

Xing Yan's pupils suddenly contracted. During their usual sparring sessions, Yu Tianlong rarely used Dragonification. Once he did, it meant he was serious.

Yu Tianlong stomped hard on the ground. As shattered stones flew, he charged at Firefly in a surge of lightning. Firefly remained expressionless as the reflected electric light in her pupils drew closer and closer. Just as the dragon claw was about to strike her, she suddenly sidestepped and kicked Yu Tianlong in the abdomen.

"Bang!"

Yu Tianlong was sent flying back once more. Of everyone present, only Nan Shui Shui and Luan Yu saw what had happened clearly. The others merely saw Yu Tianlong turn into a streak of lightning as he rushed Firefly, only to rebound as if he had slammed into a spring.

Liu Xing's eye twitched. He felt that if he still had the frail body from his previous life, one kick from Firefly would probably make her kneel down on the spot and beg him not to die.

Only children on Douluo Continent matured early, with physical development far beyond that of children his age in his previous life. Otherwise, that kick alone would have put someone out of commission.

Yu Tianlong clutched his stomach with a twisted expression and fell to his knees. Though his physical constitution far surpassed that of ordinary people, he was only seven years old in the end. After taking Firefly's heavy punch and kick, he could not recover for the moment.

"Tianlong!"

Xing Yan cried out in alarm and hurried forward to help Yu Tianlong up. With Xing Yan supporting him, Yu Tianlong staggered to his feet. Looking at Firefly, he said in a deep voice, "I lost."

He was not someone who could not accept defeat. Though their exchange had been brief, he had already realized the gap between himself and Firefly. He did not know why a little girl who had not awakened her Martial Soul was so strong, but he would not fly into a rage out of humiliation just because he had been defeated by a little girl.

Yu Tianlong was proud, but he had never thought himself invincible. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was no longer the greatest Beast Spirit Soul in the world as it had been ten thousand years ago. Losing to someone his age would not crush his spirit.

But losing to Firefly, a little girl who clearly had not awakened her Martial Soul and was not even six yet, still made him feel terribly stifled.

Stifled or not, a loss was a loss. He admitted it calmly.

Nan Shui Shui nodded to herself. Heavenly Dragon Gate truly had worthy successors. With Yu Tianlong's talent and temperament, there would be no problem with him taking over Heavenly Dragon Gate in the future and becoming the next Heavenly Dragon Douluo.

Firefly pointed at Xing Yan and said flatly, "You too."

"Huh!?"

Xing Yan pointed at himself with a bewildered look. What was going on? He had to fight too?

Firefly nodded, signaling for Xing Yan to fight her. She had not forgotten that Liu Xing had told her to give Xing Yan a thorough beating.

Xing Yan, who had no idea that trouble came from careless words, twitched at the corner of his mouth as he faced Firefly's challenge. He normally could not even beat Yu Tianlong. Going up against Firefly, who had dealt with Yu Tianlong with one punch and one kick, would just be asking for a beating.

But all the Heavenly Dragon Gate children were watching from the side. If he refused the challenge of a little girl who had not even awakened her Martial Soul today, he would never be able to show his face in Heavenly Dragon Gate again. Where would he put the title of Heavenly Dragon Gate's second greatest genius?

"Fine. Let's fight."

Xing Yan gritted his teeth and smoothed out his red hair. A fight was a fight, but his hairstyle could not be messed up.

Yu Tianlong did not try to stop him. He knew Firefly had probably held back. He had looked miserable just now, but he had only suffered superficial injuries. His internal organs had not been hurt, and Aunt Nan was here as well. She would not let anything happen to Xing Yan.

He also knew that Firefly had most likely come to stand up for Nan Qiuqiu. They had not been too harsh on Nan Qiuqiu and the others, so Firefly would not be ruthless either.

Xing Yan did not dare to let down his guard in the slightest. He immediately activated Martial Soul Possession. As a Yellow Soul Ring rose from the ground, his arms transformed into crimson dragon claws, two scarlet dragon horns grew from his forehead, and blazing flames ignited all over his body.

The scorching heat slightly distorted the air. Firefly's punch that had sent Yu Tianlong flying had left a deep impression on Xing Yan, and he did not dare approach her in close combat. A blazing fireball condensed above his crimson dragon claws. After compressing it slightly, he swung his claws, firing fireballs like cannon shells toward Firefly more than ten meters away.

Nan Shui Shui shook her head. A top-tier beast soul master with such powerful physical abilities had lost even the courage to fight in close quarters. How could he possibly win?

Still, he was only a child. It was normal for his temperament to be lacking. Wasn't her own daughter, with her Little Demon Girl personality, the same?

Firefly darted through the air, paying no attention to the blazing fireballs. Without hesitation, she charged into the barrage. Her movements were graceful, and as her feet shifted and turned, she weaved through the fireballs. She quickly crossed the distance of more than ten meters, while not a single one of Xing Yan's fireballs struck her.

Firefly was too fast. Xing Yan's reaction speed could not compare to Yu Tianlong's at all. Facing Firefly's swift assault, Yu Tianlong could at least rely on instinct to raise his arms and block. But Xing Yan was a step behind, and Firefly's fist struck him squarely in the cheek.

"Don't, don't hit my face! I was wrong, I surrender!"

As punches and kicks rained down, the sound of fists striking flesh echoed across the entire field. The Heavenly Dragon Gate disciples could not bear to watch and turned their heads away. A few of the female disciples even closed their eyes.

"Good! Nicely done, Firefly! That's it, beat him up!"

Nan Qiuqiu waved her little fists at the side, her face flushed red with excitement. Though Xu Shenshu and the others were not as exaggerated as Nan Qiuqiu, their faces were equally animated. Their fists were clenched as they watched Firefly beat Xing Yan up with looks of admiration.

More than ten seconds passed. Firefly shook out her arm and returned to Liu Xing's side with an easy expression.

Xing Yan lay spread-eagled on the ground with a lifeless look on his face. His bruised and swollen appearance made several little girls who usually admired him look heartbroken. Lying on the ground, he stared up at the sky. His panda eyes cracked open slightly, and a crystalline tear rolled down from the corner of one eye.

Liu Xing shook his head slightly. This was what happened when trouble came from careless words.