Douluo Traversal: I Pulled Out a Dou Technique, and You Didn't Explode? Section 12

Boom—!!!!

The compressed golden-white fireball collided head-on with the violent azure lightning sphere, without a trace of flourish!

A deafening explosion swept across the entire arena, and the blinding light made everyone instinctively shut their eyes.

The light faded, and the dust slowly settled.

At the center of the arena, two figures still stood.

Liu Bai's face was pale as paper, and his body swayed slightly. The Golden Flame around his fist had already gone out. The skin on his fist was charred and split open, blood seeping through.

Yu Tianheng had also taken two steps back. The lightning on his fist had dimmed, and his sleeve was torn to shreds.

He looked at Liu Bai, his eyes filled with shock and admiration.

The next moment, Liu Bai's legs gave out, and he was about to fall forward.

Yu Tianheng rushed forward in a single stride and firmly caught his arm.

"...You won."

Liu Bai forced out a smile.

Yu Tianheng shook his head.

"No. Your Soul Power ran out first. That strike was evenly matched. This battle... counts as a draw."

Supporting Liu Bai, he said with blazing eyes, "Once you've recovered, we'll find another chance to fight with everything we have!"

Liu Bai looked at the fighting spirit in Yu Tianheng's eyes and nodded. "Heh... alright!"

"Good!"

Qin Ming's voice rang out at just the right moment. He was extremely satisfied with both of their performances.

"Since you've made that agreement, you can fight again next time. Liu Bai, step down and rest."

He looked below the stage. "Yanzi, help him down. Lingling, treat him."

"Yes, Teacher Qin!"

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling immediately answered and hurried onto the arena.

Dugu Yan supported Liu Bai from the other side, letting him lean most of his weight against her. Liu Bai was only as tall as her neck, and as he tilted his head, his gaze involuntarily... sank into a soft ravine.

Uh... don't look at what you shouldn't, don't look at what you shouldn't!

Liu Bai hurriedly shifted his gaze away.

"Xiao Bai~"

Dugu Yan's teasing, drawn-out voice sounded beside his ear.

"Where are you looking?"

"Uh... Sister Yanyan, listen to my explanation..."

Liu Bai looked embarrassed.

"Hmph."

Dugu Yan snorted lightly, though she was not truly angry. She carefully helped him down from the arena.

After sitting down by the side of the arena, Dugu Yan took Liu Bai's injured right hand. Looking at his charred, split, bloodstained fist, her brows knitted slightly.

"It was just a sparring match. Did you have to fight so desperately? I really don't understand you boys."

Ye Lingling had already summoned her Martial Soul. It was a delicate pinkish-white begonia flower, its petals layered upon layer as a gentle aura spread outward. This was the Nine-Heart Begonia.

The greatest healing-type Martial Soul in the world. Even after cultivating to the level of a Title Douluo, it would possess only one Soul Skill: Complete Healing!

As long as someone was not dead, a Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master could basically save them.

Because of that, some people said that with a Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master around, even dying was difficult.

A soft light fell from the begonia flower and enveloped Liu Bai's body.

A cool, comfortable sensation spread through him. The pain rapidly faded, while his wounds began healing, scabbing over, and falling away at a visible rate.

Liu Bai withdrew his hand.

"So this is the Nine-Heart Begonia? With this kind of effect, no wonder they say it's hard to die."

An idea suddenly occurred to Liu Bai: Dou Techniques that required constantly damaging the body in order to cultivate.

For example, Eight Extremities Collapse. Then Ye Lingling could continuously restore him, allowing his body to recover quickly, grow stronger quickly, and reinforce itself.

Step on his left foot with his right foot and ascend to heaven on the spot!

Wait, both feet off the ground?

In just a short while, Liu Bai's physical injuries had completely recovered. However, his Soul Power was still depleted. Clearly, the Nine-Heart Begonia could only heal injuries and could not directly restore Soul Power.

"Thank you. Big sister still doesn't know your names."

Only then did Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling realize that they had not even told Liu Bai their names.

"My name is Ye Lingling."

"My name is Dugu Yan. You can call me Sister Yanyan."

Liu Bai smiled.

"Alright. Thank you, Sister Yanyan, Sister Lingling."

Dugu Yan reached out and rubbed his little face.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Even I'm jealous of this skin. You're really cute. And your strength is actually this impressive. You already have a Self-Created Soul Skill at such a young age. At Soul Power Level sixteen, you defeated so many Soul Grandmasters whose Soul Power Levels were ten levels higher than yours."

Liu Bai chuckled. The Dou Techniques from the world of Battle Through the Heavens were simply too authoritative. Bringing over any random Yellow-tier Dou Technique made it a Self-Created Soul Skill here.

"I was lucky. I just messed around and came up with it. Sister Yanyan, Sister Lingling, I need to recover some Soul Power first. Please watch over me."

The two girls nodded.

Liu Bai directly sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, beginning to meditate and cultivate Dou Qi while restoring his Soul Power.

After that battle, he had thoroughly determined his current strength. Although his Soul Power Level was only sixteen, with Dou Qi, Roaming Cloud Steps, and the two Dou Techniques, Stone-Crushing Fist, his true combat strength feared no powerhouse below the level of a Soul Elder.

But if he faced a Soul Elder, he could probably only hold them off and would be unable to defeat them.

There was another issue as well. His Soul Power Level was too low, and his Dou Qi was not plentiful enough. He could only release his Soul Skills a few times before exhausting all his Soul Power.

However, that was difficult to change in a short time. After all, both Soul Power and Dou Qi required a long period of gradual accumulation. Neither could be broken through overnight.

After recovering for roughly half an hour, he felt that a fair amount of his completely depleted Soul Power had returned. Only then did he leave his cultivation state. By then, Yu Tianheng was no longer on the arena.

Though Yu Tianheng was very strong, his Soul Power was ultimately only level twenty-nine. The elite class had Soul Elders as well, so he naturally could not guard the arena forever.

After holding on for three rounds, he had been defeated.

Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo!

Seeing that Liu Bai had recovered some Soul Power, he walked over as well.

"Let's formally introduce ourselves. My name is Yu Tianheng."

Liu Bai stood up too.

"Liu Bai."

Yu Tianheng nodded.

Then he turned and walked away, his voice drifting back.

"I'll be waiting for our next duel."

Liu Bai suddenly felt like he had been struck in the heart. How did this guy manage to act so cool so naturally?

"Tch, what's he acting so arrogant for? Isn't it only because his Soul Power Level is higher? Xiao Bai, once your Soul Power Level rises, make sure you give him a good beating."

Dugu Yan stood up as well and huffed in Yu Tianheng's direction.

Liu Bai was somewhat puzzled. In the original story, weren't Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng a couple? Why did their relationship seem so poor?

"Sister Yanyan, do you hate him?"

Dugu Yan answered without hesitation.

"He acts all high and mighty all day long. Of course I hate him. Xiao Bai, you're still young. Don't ever learn from that guy, or you won't be able to find a wife in the future."

"Uh."

The corner of Liu Bai's mouth twitched. This was how Dugu Yan evaluated Yu Tianheng now? Then how had they ended up together five years later in the original story?

Forget it. It wasn't important.

The battle on the arena ended once more. The one defending the arena now was a four-ring Soul Ancestor who had already held it for several rounds.

"Alright, today's practical combat class ends here."

Qin Ming stepped onto the arena and began pointing out various shortcomings everyone had displayed during their battles. His explanations were often clear with only a few words, yet incredibly thorough.

This showed Qin Ming's teaching ability. If his teaching were poor, he could not possibly have become the teacher of the elite class.

Liu Bai vaguely remembered that Qin Ming's Soul Ring configuration seemed to be yellow, yellow, purple, purple, purple, black. His fifth Soul Ring was only a thousand-year purple ring. Logically speaking, with Qin Ming's talent, he should not have been unable to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for his fifth ring.

There were only two possible reasons for absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring. One, no one had helped him hunt a Soul Ring, and he could not defeat a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast alone. Two, the person teaching him had been incompetent and had simply arranged a thousand-year ring for him to get it over with.

It was most likely the second reason.

Shrek's standards were only this much?

It could be said that Qin Ming's future had likely been ruined by that thousand-year fifth Soul Ring. With his original talent, breaking through to Title Douluo should have been a certainty. But because of that fifth Soul Ring, breaking through to Title Douluo would likely become far more difficult.

And even if he broke through to Title Douluo in the future, he probably would not be able to reach level ninety-five. At the very least, Liu Bai had never seen a level ninety-five Title Douluo whose fifth Soul Ring was purple.

His upper limit had been locked in place. Reaching Title Douluo would be the absolute ceiling of his life.

What a pity...

Qin Ming was extremely satisfied with Liu Bai's performance in this sparring session and praised him several times in a row.

It made Liu Bai feel a little embarrassed. After Qin Ming had finished explaining everyone's issues, the morning lesson came to an end.

The afternoon was theory class.