Douluo Continent Version of the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus [Seeking Follow-up Reads!!]

This day, the sky was a vast azure, sunny and breezy.

At the outer courtyard of Shrek Academy, a small Soul Fighting Arena had been requisitioned by Xiao Jin and his Class Two of the first year.

Though called a small arena, it could still hold several thousand people; the entire Shrek Academy was hardly different from a city in scale.

Lu Lin's class had only ninety-eight students, so gathering here together made the space feel quite empty.

They were still in the first stage of the ninety-eight to forty-nine elimination.

Standing at the edge, Lu Lin watched two classmates currently battling on the arena platform, a hint of gravity in his eyes.

Both were only one-ring Soul Masters, and in Lu Lin's view, their fight was no different from two chicks pecking at each other.

Still, at least they could trade blows back and forth, and both had hundred-year Yellow Soul Rings, which was decent enough.

In the end, the match concluded with one side's bitter victory.

Standing on the sidelines, acting as both host and referee, Xiao Jin saw that the outcome was decided and said calmly:

"Group twelve: Dai Xichen versus Ruan Yi."

As Xiao Jin's words fell, Dai Xichen—with brown hair, handsome features, and an air of full aristocratic bearing—slowly walked onto the arena platform.

Perhaps due to his family's inherited Martial Soul, though Dai Xichen was not yet twelve years old, his build was unusually tall and robust, making him look almost like an adult.

His opponent, named Ruan Yi, was much slighter in stature.

Xiao Jin's gaze swept over the two, and he said succinctly: "Begin."

At Xiao Jin's command, Dai Xichen looked at Ruan Yi expressionlessly and said: "Dai Xichen, Level 28 Attack System Soul Grand Master, please advise."

"Martial Soul Possession!"

As Dai Xichen's words ended, the White Tiger Martial Soul possessed him.

From the outside, his hair turned almost white, and his figure grew even more imposing. More importantly, the two Soul Rings—one Yellow and one Purple—pulsing around Dai Xichen were especially conspicuous.

Seeing Dai Xichen's Soul Rings, Ruan Yi's pupils contracted. He quickly turned to Xiao Jin and said seriously: "Teacher, I concede."

Xiao Jin was also taken aback at the sight of Dai Xichen's Soul Ring configuration, then hearing Ruan Yi's words, he raised an eyebrow and nodded: "Fine, you may step down."

Ruan Yi let out a breath of relief and jumped straight off the arena platform.

Qin He, who was standing beside Lu Lin, saw this and his eyes lit up—so you could just concede directly?

Seeing this, Lu Lin's mouth twitched slightly. Big fool Chun, what are you about to do...

Sure enough, a few rounds later, it was Qin He's turn to go up. His opponent was a girl, and her Soul Ring was only a single Yellow one.

Yet the moment she released her Martial Soul, Qin He immediately turned his head and called out to Xiao Jin: "Teacher, I concede."

Xiao Jin gave a slight nod and said flatly: "Fine. Next group."

Hearing this, Qin He promptly and cleanly ran off the arena platform, cheerfully scurrying back to Lu Lin's side.

Leaving only that girl standing alone on the arena platform, at a loss.

Lu Lin looked at Qin He with some pity. If his guess was correct, once this "election" was over, this kid was going to be in trouble...

The match progressed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they reached the thirties.

"Group thirty-four: Lu Lin versus Zhou Rui."

Hearing his name, Lu Lin nodded lightly and prepared to go up, but Qin He grabbed his arm and whispered:

"Lu Lin, if it's no good, just surrender first too. No shame in it."

In his view, Lu Lin's Green Lotus Martial Soul had no combat ability either, and his soul power was only seventeen. He genuinely considered Lu Lin a friend, so he offered the reminder.

Lu Lin smiled faintly and said mysteriously: "I'll give you a surprise in a bit."

With that, Lu Lin stepped onto the arena platform.

As Qin He had said, Lu Lin's First Soul Skill was merely an amplification skill, offering no effective attack method at the Soul Master stage.

And Battle Skills from the Body Sect, like Mirage Thousand Illusions, Lu Lin could use with his main body, but those were trump cards only to be used when absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, if anyone deduced the connection between his main body and his avatar, things would really go south.

For this reason, Lu Lin had been constantly trying to solve this problem.

Zhou Rui was slightly taller than Lu Lin, with an ordinary appearance. Still, having entered Shrek Academy, he naturally had some merit.

At Xiao Jin's command, Zhou Rui was the first to release his Martial Soul—his Martial Soul was called the Heavenly Origin Hammer, a high-quality Tool Martial Soul.

More importantly, two Yellow Soul Rings appeared on him in succession, marking him as a Level 20 Soul Grand Master.

Facing Zhou Rui with his Martial Soul activated, Lu Lin remained unhurried. He raised his right hand and released his own Martial Soul, the Pure Fire Green Lotus.

As a jade-green, exquisitely translucent lotus with faint fiery red patterns at the tips of its petals leaped into Lu Lin's palm, the surrounding air seemed to grow a few degrees hotter.

At the same time, a Yellow Soul Ring appeared on him.

Seeing this Soul Ring, Xiao Jin raised an eyebrow imperceptibly. A Soul Ring exceeding the normal age limit... interesting. But how did this little guy manage to absorb it...

A flash of yellow light emanated from Lu Lin's body as his First Soul Ring lit up.

"Blazing Lotus Domain!"

With Lu Lin's soft shout, the green lotus in his hand immediately transformed into a Crimson Fire Red Lotus. At the same time, a faint red halo spread outward from the lotus, covering half the arena.

The Blazing Lotus Domain was an amplification soul skill. Through years of mastery, Lu Lin could freely choose the size of the amplification area—or even amplify only himself, avoiding the awkward situation of boosting an enemy's attack power during battle.

Lu Lin wore a faint smile as the red fire lotus slowly spun in the palm of his right hand, both dazzling and magnificent.

But only Lu Lin knew that on the arena, within the area covered by the Blazing Lotus Domain, the free and active fire elements were frantically gathering into the fire lotus in his palm.

At the same time, the soul power in his body poured into the fire lotus as if it cost nothing, and while consuming soul power, his body also activated a reverse recovery state for soul power.

Xiao Jin, watching from the side, felt his heart race. What was this kid doing?

Zhou Rui lacked Xiao Jin's strength and insight, so naturally he had no idea what Lu Lin was cooking up.

He only saw Lu Lin standing still in place and grew impatient. With a flash of yellow light on his body, he gripped the Heavenly Origin Hammer and charged straight at Lu Lin.

But Lu Lin was prepared. He shifted his footing and narrowly dodged Zhou Rui's strike.

Then, the fire lotus in Lu Lin's palm lightly detached and drifted away.

Xiao Jin frowned and instinctively wanted to intervene, but then forcibly stopped himself—because he noticed that the fire lotus wasn't flying toward Zhou Rui.

Of course, Lu Lin wouldn't smash this fire lotus onto Zhou Rui. He wasn't trying to send Zhou Rui to the afterlife.

The fire lotus's landing point was where Zhou Rui had originally stood.

As soon as the fire lotus touched the ground, Lu Lin spat out a single word: "Explode!"

Zhou Rui's attack missed, and seeing Lu Lin's fire lotus also miss, a flicker of mockery crossed his mind—so close and still couldn't hit, and what power could such a flimsy fire lotus have?

Unmoved, Zhou Rui was about to use his second soul skill to continue attacking Lu Lin when he suddenly heard a earth-shattering explosion behind him.

He whirled around, his pupils contracting sharply, his expression instantly shifting dramatically.

In his view, the massive bluestone arena was blasted apart, half of it destroyed. Smoke filled the air as rubble and fiery sparks flew together.

Where he had just stood was now a charred black patch.

At that moment, Lu Lin spoke word by word:

"Sorry, I missed!"