Doudou Joins the Ranking, Past Events Revealed

Dark Night Arena.

The atmosphere, which had been frozen by Xue Linglong's terrifying aura, began to loosen.

As the drums for the next match sounded, cheers rose once more.

On the stage, the two Soul Sages had already begun to clash.

The spectators threw themselves back into that primal frenzy, cheering for the side they supported.

As for why they were no longer watching the Heavenly Curtain, they simply lacked the nerve to do so!

Just then, the Heavenly Curtain above their heads trembled again, displaying a new name and its information.

The two fighters locked in battle stopped at the same time.

Every spectator in the arena also raised their heads in unison.

When [Peerless Beauty Ranking · Twenty-Fourth Place: Doudou] and her information appeared...

The entire Duel Arena fell silent for a moment.

Then, everyone's gaze shifted in unison toward one side of the stage.

There hovered a sweet-looking girl in a short white dress, white wings fluttering behind her back.

She was none other than Doudou, the gold-medal Host responsible for commentating on the match!

She looked no older than eighteen.

She wore a pure white short dress, with long brown wavy hair.

Her eyes curved with laughter, shallow dimples rested at the corners of her lips, and her long slender legs were especially eye-catching.

"Eh?!!!"

Doudou herself froze, before an enormous wave of joy surged through her heart.

She covered her little mouth, her eyes curving into two crescent moons.

Her hands held her burning cheeks in flustered confusion.

"I... I made the ranking?!"

"Oh my, how embarrassing. Why did they put me on there?"

"I'm not even that pretty!"

Doudou twisted shyly, then spun playfully through the air.

Her skirt fluttered slightly, revealing fleeting glimpses beneath it.

"Everyone, don't like me too much, okay? Hehehe..."

She was secretly delighted and had already prepared herself for the cheers and whistles of the entire arena.

However...

The frenzy she had expected never came.

The spectators merely stared at her silently for three seconds.

Then, with remarkable coordination, everyone turned their attention back to the stage.

They continued shouting at the two Big Men on the stage.

"Kill him, Monka! Crush that weakling across from you!"

"You bastard! What about your sixth Soul Skill? Use it!"

Earth-shaking cries erupted again, even more passionate than before.

They completely treated the freshly ranked beauty as if she were invisible.

"Eh...?"

Doudou's bashful expression froze on her face, and even her wings stopped flapping.

She remained suspended in the air, utterly bewildered.

She blinked her Big Eyes twice and looked down at the crowd below, who could not even be bothered to spare her a glance.

Why was this happening?

Wasn't this way too disrespectful?

She had made the ranking!

Shouldn't it have caused an even bigger commotion than before?

Why were none of you reacting at all?!

Doudou was both embarrassed and angry now, her face turning completely red.

She stamped her foot in midair and shouted down below:

"Hey, hey! What is this supposed to mean?!"

"Why is no one reacting? I'm the one who made the ranking! Me!"

"Shouldn't you be gasping over me? Going crazy over me?"

Her indignant voice echoed over the Duel Arena, earning nothing but speechless eye rolls from the crowd.

An Old Spectator seated in the front row silently raised his cup and took a sip.

His gaze drifted toward several pools of dark red blood on the ground not far away.

The grass on the grave of the last person interested in a ranked beauty had not even started growing yet.

How were they supposed to be interested?

They were here to watch matches and make money, not throw their lives away.

At that moment, as the Heavenly Ranking trembled once more...

The previously noisy Duel Arena fell silent again.

Everyone outside stared intently at the Brand New Scene slowly unfolding.

[Memory Recall · Activated · Doudou]

The scene showed an ordinary little village.

Two dilapidated Thatched Cottages.

A Farmer Couple and four children—this was Doudou's family.

The family was dirt poor.

Doudou was the eldest sister, and she had been sensible from a young age.

After awakening her White Dove Martial Soul...

She attended the Primary Soul Master Academy while also working part-time at a Flower Shop in the city.

Every day after school, she carried a basket of flowers through the streets to sell them.

All so she could earn a few more Copper Soul Coins to help support her family.

The scene shifted.

Doudou gradually grew older.

One day, while selling flowers, a torrential downpour suddenly fell from the sky.

She carried her basket into a Tea House to shelter from the rain. After patting the droplets from her body, she noticed a figure seated in the corner.

That person was drinking tea alone. Though the scene remained blurry and his face could not be seen clearly...

The loneliness that so sharply clashed with his surroundings...

Could be felt by everyone watching.

"That figure..."

"Is that the Master of the Dark Night Arena again?"

Many people paused inwardly. Wasn't this too much of a coincidence?

In the scene, Doudou hesitated for a moment before revealing a Brilliant smile.

She picked out an azalea from her basket and boldly walked over.

"Sir, you look like you have something on your mind."

"Here, this flower is for you."

"The shop owner said that when you look at beautiful flowers, all your worries will go away!"

The blurry Man seemed to pause. He accepted the flower and replied in a calm yet polite voice.

"Thank you."

In the scenes that followed, Doudou often encountered the Man here.

And every time, he would take the initiative to buy an azalea.

The two gradually grew familiar and became friends.

Seeing these scenes, some people began complaining.

"He has a lot of free time. Doesn't he cultivate?"

"He spends every day sitting in this Tea House waiting for this Young Girl?"

"I think Doudou is pretty, but she isn't exceptionally beautiful, is she?"

"Why did she make the ranking?"

"I think I finally understand why there are so many beauties around him."

"When it comes to courting girls, patience is the most important thing!"

"Get lost. If she isn't interested in you, then you're just a pathetic simp!"

The scene in the sky continued to move, showing that a year had passed.

Doudou stood before the Man, her face carrying a trace of unease.

"In a few days, I'm going to the Soul Beast Forest with a Mercenary Squad."

"The pay is huge. It'll be enough for my family for a long time!"

The blurry Man's voice remained calm. "That is very dangerous. It does not suit you."

Doudou nervously tugged at the hem of her faded, washed-out clothes with both hands, pretending nothing was wrong.

"I know it's dangerous."

"But... I still have three younger brothers. They're all growing up."

"Don't worry. I'm only a Support Soul Master."

"As long as I stay behind the squad, I probably won't face too much danger."

The scene gradually darkened.

Then, the new scene made many people with weaker nerves gasp sharply.

Shrek Academy.

Oscar's scalp tingled.

"Damn... that's too tragic, isn't it?"

"Looks like she ran into an incredibly ferocious Soul Beast."

Dai Mubai shook his head in sympathy.

Yu Xiaogang watched the scene with a grave expression.

"There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters!"

"This is what happens when you do not cultivate properly. Remember it well!"

The scene showed a ravaged forest.

Doudou lay in the mud, covered from head to toe in blood.

One of her eyes had already gone blind, its socket filled with blood and grime.

Her right arm and right leg were twisted at grotesque angles. They had clearly been broken.

White bone spurs protruded from the wounds.

Those White wings had also become tattered and ruined.

"It hurts..."

A faint cry for help escaped her lips, filled with the desire to live.

"My eye... I can't see out of my eye anymore..."

"Save me... save me..."

At that moment, that familiar blurry figure appeared out of thin air.

He did not mind the blood or mud covering the Girl.

He bent down, gently picked her up, and turned to leave.

The scene darkened once more.

But this scene caused an uproar outside.

"Did the Arena owner deliberately wait until she was injured before showing up?"

"Looks like he isn't that impressive after all. He couldn't even protect a young girl. We overestimated him."

"Besides, doesn't he run a Duel Arena?"

"He clearly isn't short of money, so why did he agree to let her take such a dangerous job?"

But many others began discussing something else.

"She ended up like that and can still make the Peerless Beauty Ranking? That ranking is way too inflated!"

"Could this Ranking List be manipulated behind the scenes too?"

Qin Chen never dreamed...

That after coming to the Douluo Continent for several decades, he would end up getting attacked online...