Douluo: Starting Out by Rebuking the Grandmaster

There probably wouldn't be any problems.

Lu Yu nodded helplessly.

Although he wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, his life was more important by comparison.

Then they would take it slow. A couple of days wouldn't make much difference.

As for Lu Fei...

He remained silent throughout, and it was faintly apparent that he was somewhat afraid.

But Lu Yu could understand.

Such a huge commotion had suddenly been stirred up, and their enemy was even a Title Douluo. Let alone Lu Fei, even Lu Yu himself was a little scared.

If he weren't afraid, he wouldn't have informed Salas.

Still, Lu Yu smiled and comforted him. "Don't be afraid. It's not a big problem yet. Things haven't reached such a terrible point. Just stay home and cultivate peacefully for the next couple of days."

Lu Fei nodded blankly.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid.

Who wouldn't fear an enemy at the level of a Title Douluo? No matter how blindly he trusted Lu Yu, there was nothing he could do.

What use was trust in the face of an absolute gap in strength?

Lu Yu did not say anything about Lu Fei's state.

Once things reached a certain point, nothing anyone said would help.

If they pulled through, bright skies awaited them.

If they failed to pull through...

Then it would depend on whether the system was reliable enough to let him transmigrate again.

Salas had even less to say.

Faced with an opponent at the level of a Title Douluo, he had not chosen to retreat and had instead stayed here. That was already quite responsible of him.

Anyone else...

The moment they heard a Title Douluo might attack, they would probably have fled long ago. Arranging guards for them would already have been the utmost goodwill.

Then Let's Go Take a Look at the Great Soul Arena

That night, neither Lu Yu and Lu Fei nor Salas and the others had any mood to cultivate. The atmosphere was somewhat tense.

Fortunately, the anticipated attack never came.

They waited until dawn before finally receiving a reply from Spirit City.

To be honest.

Lu Yu was rather surprised that Spirit City's reply had arrived so quickly.

After all.

Back in Nuoding City, when Ma Xiunuo and the others had sent word to Spirit City, Lu Yu and the others had waited nearly a week. Yet Salas had settled it in just a few hours.

Even with a difference, it shouldn't have been this great, right?

"Be careful. I'm going out for a while."

After reading the letter, Salas left behind those words and hurried away.

"This..."

Hua Yuan and Lu Fei were utterly bewildered, while Lu Yu alone wore a thoughtful expression.

The reply had arrived, yet no Title Douluo had come to stand guard. Then Salas had hurried off immediately after reading it...

Could it be...

Lu Yu immediately thought of Qian Renxue.

Two Title Douluo secretly protected her. Could Bibi Dong be planning to transfer one of them to protect me? That wasn't impossible.

The letter couldn't possibly say to leave him to fend for himself and that Salas was running away, could it?

They would know the details soon enough.

That wait lasted an entire hour.

When the morning sun rose from the east, Salas finally returned with someone.

The newcomer wore a suit of golden armor decorated with many snake-related ornaments and carried a snake-shaped spear in his hand.

Was his identity hard to guess?

Lu Yu and the others hurriedly rose to greet him. Hua Yuan directly bowed and said, "Hua Yuan, deacon of the Heaven Dou Holy Temple, pays respects to Snake Lance Douluo."

Since Hua Yuan had exposed the other man's identity, Lu Yu no longer pretended not to know him and bowed as well. "This junior, Lu Yu, pays respects to Snake Lance Douluo."

"This youngster, Lu Fei, pays respects to Snake Lance Douluo." As he bowed, the unease and fear in Lu Fei's heart finally vanished completely.

Since a Title Douluo had arrived, there was nothing left to fear.

"Mm."

Snake Lance Douluo glanced at Lu Yu and Lu Fei, then nodded indifferently. "For the time being, I'll protect you two from the shadows. Do whatever you want."

Snake Lance Douluo was fairly interested in these two youngsters. After all, anyone whom the Pope had personally assigned him to protect was certainly no ordinary person.

But that was all.

Being interested did not mean he would treat them especially well. Protecting little brats like them was hardly a pleasant assignment.

On the contrary, it was a miserable job.

Generally, only the weakest or least favored people were assigned work like being bodyguards. He and Porcupinefish Douluo were clearly such people.

"Then we'll have to trouble Snake Lance Douluo." Lu Yu bowed in thanks.

With this, they no longer needed to stay cooped up at home.

Snake Lance Douluo might not be Chen Xin's match, but as long as Snake Lance Douluo was present, Chen Xin would not dare attack Lu Yu and Lu Fei.

Unless...

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was already prepared to go to war with Spirit Hall.

But was that possible?

Obviously not.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only had Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. What could they use to fight Spirit Hall? Wouldn't that just be throwing their lives away?

Snake Lance Douluo nodded slightly, then vanished from the living room.

He slipped into the shadows.

"Since that's the case, I'll withdraw as well." Salas did not want to stay any longer. It was seriously delaying his waist-strength training.

"Lord Bishop, I..." Hua Yuan immediately grew anxious.

A Title Douluo had already arrived. What use was there in him staying behind?

Salas shot him a sidelong glance. "You stay."

What a joke.

He absolutely could not let this guy return.

"Ah..." Hua Yuan looked utterly lost.

There was no use in him staying.

But Salas naturally could not hear his inner cries.

Even if he could, he probably would not care.

"Take care, Lord Bishop!" Lu Yu and Lu Fei saw Salas off together at the door.

As for Hua Yuan, whose face had fallen...

Lu Yu guessed that Hua Yuan must have offended Salas somehow. Otherwise, there was no reason not to withdraw him under these circumstances.

But it did not matter.

One more person meant one more layer of protection. With him around, Snake Lance Douluo could also have an easier time.

He was still a Title Douluo, after all. They couldn't possibly make him handle every trivial little matter, could they?

After seeing Salas off.

The three of them went out for breakfast, then returned to their residence.

They cultivated their Soul Power.

Heaven Dou Imperial City, the Crown Prince's chambers.

After ending a night of cultivation, Xue Qinghe slowly opened her eyes. A trace of coldness flashed through them, something rarely seen on her.

At this moment, Xue Qinghe no longer had that approachable and kindly demeanor. All that remained was an aloof holiness that kept others at a thousand paces.

This was her true self.

"Your Highness, two interesting youngsters have arrived from Spirit City. Old Snake was sent to protect them." Porcupinefish Douluo emerged from the shadows.

"Oh?"

Xue Qinghe looked at Porcupinefish Douluo in surprise.

After all.

For all this time, Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo had never once been transferred away from her side. This showed just how significant those two so-called youngsters were.

In her heart.

Porcupinefish Douluo explained, "Your Highness has probably heard of these two youngsters as well."

"Heard of them?" Xue Qinghe frowned slightly.

Could they be Hu Liena and the others?

Among Spirit Hall's younger generation, Hu Liena and the others were the only ones memorable enough to her.

But that should not be the case.

First of all.

Why would Hu Liena and the others come to Heaven Dou City for no reason?

Second.

Even if they had come, Snake Lance Douluo should not have been sent to protect them.

Seeing her doubts, Porcupinefish Douluo stopped keeping her in suspense. "These two youngsters are the recently popular Nine Absolutes and Food God from the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena."

Xue Qinghe suddenly understood. So it was them.

But in the next instant, Xue Qinghe's brows furrowed again.

They were actually from Spirit City.

Xue Qinghe had thought they were two unaffiliated Soul Masters and had been planning to find time to recruit them. Yet they had actually come from Spirit City.

No...

Why would people from Spirit City come to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena?

That made no sense.

If the two of them had originally belonged to Spirit Hall, there would have been no need for them to come to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to train. Was the Spirit Great Soul Arena not good enough?

That left only one possibility.

The two had not originally belonged to Spirit Hall. They were only recruited into Spirit Hall after making a name for themselves. Only that explanation made sense.

They acted quickly.

"Then let's go take a look at the Great Soul Arena tonight." Xue Qinghe had wanted to go long ago, but she had always had some reservations.