Douluo: Dragon's Roar in the Nine Heavens
Chapter 1

Prologue: I Can't Even Dent This Kai! (Please Vote!)

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"I can't even dent this Kai! I shot him with an arrow and he only lost ten HP. How the hell are we supposed to fight that?"

At the blue side's top-lane outer turret, the red side's marksman player stared in utter frustration at the blue side's jungler, who was chasing him down and hacking away like mad.

The reason for his frustration was simple. They were four against one, for crying out loud. Four versus one, and they were still being suppressed by a single enemy.

One Hou Yi, one Yao Mei, one Si Kong Zhen, and one Mi Lai Di.

"Kill: Killing"

Suddenly, Kai's blue-green broadsword swept out in an arc, carrying the light and shadow of an azure dragon as it chopped into the weak, pitiful, and helpless Hou Yi. His already-bottomed-out health bar instantly hit zero. The screen went black, and a crisp kill announcement rang out.

Inside a university dorm room, a slightly chubby young man set down the phone in his trembling hand, then tactically took a sip of water.

"Double kill: double kill"

Just as the young man was drinking, another voice line rang out. His motion paused. Then he glanced at the roommate beside him, whose expression had turned rather grave, lifted his cup, and asked, "Want a sip?"

"No!" The man's face darkened.

"Triple kill: triple kill"

Suddenly, the triple-kill announcement rang out. The two hurriedly looked at their phones, only to see that the Si Kong Zhen player had already fallen beneath Kai's blade, becoming another soul claimed by the sword.

On the bed by the dorm window, a Youth had sunk into deep thought. At that moment, countless thoughts raced through his mind. One of his skills had dealt two hundred damage to the enemy, but this Kai had actually healed six hundred HP with a single first skill.

Of their four-man lineup, only one Yao remained. As for their jungler, he had run off to backdoor the base, only to be caught by the other four blue-side players. He was still soaking in the fountain now.

"This Kai is still chasing me! Help!" The Yao player was a girl. She fled in panic, hurriedly running from mid lane toward bottom lane. Behind her, Kai, carrying his huge sword, followed at an unhurried pace.

This fight had gone all the way from top lane to mid lane, which showed just how fierce the battle was.

When they reached the dragon pit in the bottom lane, Kai suddenly stopped. Yao Mei looked back and saw that Kai was no longer chasing. She immediately let out a breath of relief, then planned to hide in the bush and recall. But just as she came out of the river and was about to enter the bush, she saw the blue side's Zhang Liang and Dong Huang repeatedly tapping recall right in front of her.

Oh, and a Lu Dan swaggering past with a very punchable gait.

Yao Mei: "???"

The two sides stood in place and looked at one another for a few seconds. Everything seemed very peaceful!

Dong Huang obediently walked up to Yao Mei with both hands tucked away, then sucked her in with one bite.

Whoosh!

The next second, Yao Mei, who did not have much health left to begin with, was hit by Zhang Liang's ultimate as well, and promptly went off to soak in the hot spring in bitter defeat.

One minute later!

The red side's crystal shattered!

Blue side: "Victory: Victory"

Red side: "Defeat: Defeat"

The five players on the red side stared silently at the two large words before them.

"How about next round, I play tank Kai too?"

"Works for me!"

"This tank Kai is seriously annoying. What genius came up with this build? Four people couldn't even dent him."

"I'm tired. I wish this guy destruction."

"Ding!"

"A new order has arrived. Please sign for it!"

Inside a huge villa, a middle-aged man's tightly shut eyes abruptly opened.

Inside a student dormitory at Shancheng University, Qin Ze calmly said to the friend he had been playing with over voice chat:

"You're King rank now too, so I'm logging off."

"Got it! Take care, Brother Ze!" said the friend on the other end of the voice chat.

Qin Ze smiled, then closed the game and gently slipped his phone into his pocket. He leaned against the bed and looked at the dorm room ceiling without saying a word.

"When summer vacation comes, I should go back and visit Aunt Zhang and Uncle Chen. This time, there's a good chance I can get the scholarship. I can buy them some gifts to take back."

Qin Ze murmured inwardly.

Qin Ze, nineteen years old, had been admitted to Shancheng University a year ago. His parents had died when he was young, and he had been taken in by an orphanage.

"It's noon. Time to get something to eat." After checking the time on his roommate's computer below, Qin Ze immediately got up from bed and climbed down.

His roommate had chosen a pretty nice wallpaper. It was even a "Jerusalem" wallpaper. Very smooth, very tempting!

"A Ze, where are you going?" Seeing Qin Ze walk toward the door, one of his roommates asked.

Qin Ze glanced at him and said, "What else? Grabbing food at the usual spot outside the school gate!"

"Food!" The three roommates' eyes lit up.

"Fuck!" Qin Ze realized something was wrong and hurriedly tried to retreat from the dorm.

"Lord Ze! Dad Ze! Bring me back a meal! I want chicken giblet rice!" the roommate sitting by the window hurriedly shouted.

"I want beef noodles, with a fried egg!"

"Then I'll have dry-tossed spicy diced chicken noodles, and an egg too!"

The other two roommates rushed to speak, afraid Qin Ze would just slip away.

Hearing this, Qin Ze immediately slapped his own forehead in frustration. Why did my stupid mouth say I was going to eat? Wouldn't it have been better to say I was going out to take a walk with a girl?

Looking at the three roommates' expectant gazes, Qin Ze could only nod helplessly. "Fine, fine. I'll bring it back for you in a bit."

"Dad Ze is awesome!"

The three roommates cheered, then continued playing their games.

"Damn it!" Qin Ze cursed with a laugh, then left the dorm room.

Although the food in Shancheng University's cafeteria was tasty too, compared to some restaurants outside, it still felt a little lacking. The restaurant Qin Ze was heading to was tucked away in a corner less than three hundred meters outside Shancheng University. It was called Kang Ba Zi Restaurant.

To dare use such a name in Shancheng, the owner of this restaurant clearly possessed some extraordinary ability.

A little over ten minutes later, he walked out of the school gate and came to the roadside outside to wait for the traffic light. There were quite a lot of people waiting for the light, roughly twenty or so.

A dozen seconds later, the light turned green. Qin Ze was the first to step out. Strangely, the others seemed half a beat slower, and their pace as they walked out was slightly delayed.

"Get out of the way!"

However, just as Qin Ze was halfway across, a scream suddenly rang out without warning. The sharp voice stabbed painfully at his ears. Qin Ze turned his head in confusion, and his pupils instantly shrank.

A red jeep that had come from who knew where had inexplicably arrived at the crosswalk. Judging by its speed, the gas pedal seemed to be floored.

"There clearly wasn't any car. How could this happen?"

Qin Ze stared at the jeep and murmured. Time seemed to freeze. Through the windshield, he saw a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was looking at him excitedly.

Bang!

In the next instant, a dazzling burst of multicolored light bizarrely erupted from the jeep. Then it slammed straight into him. The violent speed of the car sent Qin Ze flying.

Qin Ze's vision instantly went black, and his body inexplicably vanished in an instant.

Just as the passing crowd was about to scream, a bizarre scene occurred. That jeep actually disappeared. Everyone's eyes went blank for an instant, and in the next second, they recovered, then walked across the crosswalk chatting and laughing.

It was as if everything that had just happened had only been an illusion!

Inside the dorm room, the bed that had originally belonged to Qin Ze had inexplicably changed to another student's!

In the villa, the middle-aged man's body slowly took shape. Excitedly, he poured himself a glass of red wine and muttered, "The jeep really is easier to use. That truck was way too lousy. It hit someone and even messed up the laws. I almost got sanctioned by the Time and Space Administration again."

The middle-aged man suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured, "Come to think of it, the last person I sent away also went to Douluo Continent. How truly wonderful. Forget it. Once he's been sent away, it has nothing to do with me anymore. Hope everything goes smoothly for you, kid!"

Space-time seemed to be spinning. Qin Ze's head reeled dizzily.

He stared hollowly at this space.

Whoosh!

Inside the space, a streak of golden light suddenly shot out, then rushed straight into his body.

The next second, drowsiness seemed to overcome Qin Ze. In the blink of an eye, he fell unconscious, and as his body moved along, it gradually turned into a streak of light and vanished within the space.

Woohoo! The new book has set sail!

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