Heaven Dou Grand Arena

Ever since Elysia brought up that theory, Lang Lei was like a completely different person, acting unusually active within Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Whether it was the in-class spirit fights or the internal ranking matches of the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lang Lei showed an extremely high level of enthusiasm and proactiveness, signing up for all the events without a moment's hesitation.

Furthermore, Lang Lei's performance in these matches could be described as stunning. He crushed his opponents with an absolute advantage and easily claimed first place in every competition. Whether he faced classmates of comparable strength or formidable foes a few ranks higher than him, Lang Lei handled everything with ease, displaying formidable strength and combat skills.

However, although Genesis Radiance was already immensely powerful, it naturally had its limitations. When facing opponents with an overly vast gap in strength, even Genesis Radiance struggled to cross a gap of three major tiers to secure victory. Therefore, sometimes Lang Lei still resorted to using a few "minor tricks," such as directly knocking his opponents out of bounds to ensure he could win.

Still, Lang Lei held a unique view on his use of this "cheat." He believed that as long as he was not caught, this "cheat" could be considered a form of his own power. After all, in the fiercely competitive spirit fights, any method that could help oneself achieve victory was entirely reasonable.

Moreover, Lang Lei knew very well that anything tainted with divinity was definitely not simple. One could tell from the fact that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a national treasure of the Heaven Dou Empire that it was absolutely no ordinary item. Being able to acquire the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud this time was simply like striking a massive bargain for Lang Lei. And since the people of the Heaven Dou Empire happened not to know how to use this thing properly, it allowed Lang Lei to reap the benefits.

Consequently, Lang Lei acting so lively was also an attempt to get in touch with higher-level things, so that he might have the opportunity to access them.

His identity as a Sea Ranger prevented him from simply robbing others, but that did not mean robbing was his only option.

One had to remember that he still had a whole pile of spirit bones on him!

If one piece wasn't enough, then he would take two, or three...

Until he had enough!

As for being targeted by people green with envy who wanted to kill him and seize his treasures...

Lang Lei maintained that such a thing did not exist; there were basically no people currently daring to come and snatch his possessions.

Finally, one day, Lang Lei's abnormal actions managed to attract the attention of certain people, and the person paying the closest attention among them was none other than "Xue Qinghe," who was currently sitting right across from him.

"Brother Xue, I wonder what brings you here to see me today?" Lang Lei looked at Xue Qinghe before him, secretly guessing at his intentions in his heart.

Xue Qinghe smiled slightly, speaking in a gentle tone, "Actually, there's nothing particularly special. It's just that yesterday I happened to hear some nobles mention things about you again, little brother Lang Lei, and I couldn't help but miss you dearly, so I specially came to visit you today, little brother Lang Lei."

The corners of Lang Lei's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a nonchalant smile. "What kind of good words could possibly come out of those nobles' mouths? It's nothing more than sarcastic taunts." He shrugged casually, appearing completely unconcerned about those nobles' remarks.

Seeing this, Xue Qinghe hastily explained, "Little brother Lang Lei, please don't misunderstand; I'm not here to be a lobbyist. I'm simply showing genuine concern for you, wanting to know how you've been doing lately."

Lang Lei smiled and said, "I appreciate Brother Xue's good intentions. However, my behavioral style has always been this way, and it won't change easily. If Brother Xue is hoping to persuade me to change, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you." He paused for a moment, then continued, "Of course, if those nobles have anything they want to say, they are more than welcome to come find me themselves. I guarantee I won't go complaining to anyone."

During these past few days, Lang Lei had made quite a name for himself in the spirit arena. Whenever he engaged in a spirit fight, if he utilized power other than his martial soul, the outcome was often just sending the opponent directly off the spirit fighting stage. However, if he defeated his opponent relying solely on his martial soul's power, and that opponent happened to have a noble status as well, then he was truly sorry—he would never hold back, and unless they admitted defeat, the referees would fear those noble scions being beaten to death on the spirit fighting stage by Lang Lei.

Lang Lei used his First Spirit Skill to judge good and evil. This skill was exceptionally precise, almost to the point where it hit the mark every single time, leaving entirely no possibility of misunderstandings. After all, these spoiled scions were used to being arrogant and domineering on a daily basis, and some of their actions had nearly become an instinct.

As for Lang Lei's criteria for judging good and evil, they were naturally set according to his own standards. After all, this was his very own spirit skill, so the definition of good and evil rested entirely upon Lang Lei's personal values.

Because of this, a portion of the nobility in the Heaven Dou Empire quickly realized that this suddenly emerged genius was not someone they could easily win over. Coupled with the fact that standing behind Lang Lei were a Peerless Douluo and a Super Douluo, the existence of these two powerhouses made those nobles completely too terrified to play dirty against Lang Lei, because they knew very well in their hearts that doing so not only had an extremely low success rate, but might also bring a fatal disaster upon themselves.

Therefore, these nobles could only suppress the dissatisfaction in their hearts, forcing themselves to swallow their anger.

Right at this moment, Qian Renxue suddenly spoke up, saying, "How could that be? My visit this time has nothing whatsoever to do with those nobles."

She waved her hand gently, appearing to want to deny any association with those nobles.

As the wielder of the Six-winged Angel martial soul, Qian Renxue actually felt quite disgusted by the behavior of these nobles as well. However, due to certain special reasons, she had to put up polite pretenses with these nobles. Still, seeing Lang Lei mercilessly beating those nobles this time, she felt immensely thrilled inside, and even wished Lang Lei would hit them harder.

"Oh? Then what brings Brother Xue here today?"

"I heard that little brother Lang Lei has taken a liking to spirit fights during this period and frequently goes onto the academy's spirit fighting stage. I wonder if that's true?"

"That's right, my hands have been itching a bit lately." Lang Lei nodded. "It's just that fewer and fewer people go onto the spirit fighting stage lately, which is quite frustrating."

The corners of Qian Renxue's mouth twitched. With you being this fierce, the people who dare to step onto the spirit fighting stage are bound to be few!

"Since that's the case, I have a suggestion here. I wonder if little brother Lang Lei might be interested?"

"Let's hear it."

"Does little brother Lang Lei know about the Heaven Dou Grand Arena?"

"What's that?"

Lang Lei genuinely did not know. Before the age of six, he had always lived in a small place with the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress. That location was on the edge of the empire, lacking in spirit masters. Now that he had come to Heaven Dou City, he had continuously stayed within Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so to be honest, he was truly no different from a country bumpkin.

"It's an organization co-founded by several major families on the Douluo Continent. Spirit masters can independently register their identities and then engage in spirit fights within the arena. If you win multiple times, you even receive certain rewards, and the spirit fighting ranks are recognized across all major organizations..."

Before Qian Renxue could finish speaking, Lang Lei's eyes lit up. With a continent-wide spirit fighting organization like this, surely he wouldn't run out of opponents anymore, right?

Fine, Lang Lei admitted that while his actions during this period were helping Elysia, part of the reason was also about letting loose his nature.