Douluo: Golden Cudgel Martial Soul, Gangzi Says It's an Embroidery Needle
Chapter 5

Instantly Defeating Yu Tianheng, Beating Dugu Yan with a Stick

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At the spirit fighting training grounds of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Bai Yi and Yu Tianheng faced each other.

The area below the stage was packed with students, almost all from the Heaven Dou Class and Heavenly Supreme Class.

They had heard that an eight-year-old child who had just enrolled wanted to join the Heaven Dou Class.

He had even specifically challenged Yu Tianheng, so they had all come to watch the excitement.

To see whether he was an overconfident little brat or a prodigy.

Most believed it was the former and had come to watch him make a fool of himself.

Meng Shenji and the other two stood on the viewing platform and said,

"All right, you may begin. But remember, do not maliciously injure your opponent. You may very well become teammates in the future, so friendship comes first."

Upon hearing the command, Bai Yi immediately unleashed his Martial Soul and revealed his Soul Rings.

Yu Tianheng had initially been rather irritated.

But when he saw that Bai Yi truly possessed two purple thousand-year Soul Rings,

his expression became solemn. Blue lightning crackled around his body as he summoned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

At the same time, three Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—circled around him.

"To have two thousand-year Soul Rings, your physique must be incredibly strong. No wonder you dared to challenge me alone."

"But my Martial Soul is the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the strongest beast Martial Soul, and I am also a Soul Elder. You cannot defeat me."

Yu Tianheng's gaze was resolute as blue-purple dragon scales covered his right arm, transforming it into a dragon claw.

"Take this! Thunderclap Dragon Claw!"

Without any unnecessary movements, Yu Tianheng stomped off the ground and charged at Bai Yi.

Bai Yi gripped the Golden Cudgel, and the first Soul Ring at his side lit up.

The Golden Cudgel was instantly coated in a faint golden film, seeming to become extraordinarily heavy.

Faced with the attack, Bai Yi had no intention of dodging and swung his staff with both hands.

First Soul Skill, Mountain Crushing Peak Suppressing.

Bang!!

The staff collided with the dragon claw. Golden light and blue lightning flashed across the arena, making it impossible to keep one's eyes open.

But a scream soon drew everyone's attention.

After the lightning faded.

Yu Tianheng was sent flying and crashed to the ground. Several claws on his right hand had broken.

A large patch of the dragon scales covering it had been shattered away, and blood flowed without end.

"What?! Yu Tianheng was defeated in a single move!"

"No, what kind of tool Martial Soul is that? How could it have such power? Even the strongest tool Martial Soul in the world shouldn't be able to crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon like this, should it?"

The students below were dumbfounded, and nearly all of them rose to their feet.

On the viewing platform, Meng Shenji froze for several seconds before remembering to shout,

"Ye Lingling, stop standing there! Hurry and treat Tianheng!"

As soon as he spoke, two girls had already run out from the Heaven Dou Class section.

The one in front looked extremely anxious.

"Tianheng, Tianheng, are you all right?"

Dugu Yan's face was filled with worry, and seeing Yu Tianheng's wound pained her deeply.

"Let me treat him. Nine Heart Begonia."

The other girl following behind was Ye Lingling.

As she spoke, a flower of crystalline blue, as transparent as glazed glass, appeared in her hand and slowly bloomed in her palm.

Then, a soft and holy white light descended from above.

It enveloped Yu Tianheng, and the injury on his hand immediately began to heal at a visible rate.

Bai Yi watched thoughtfully from afar.

Nine Heart Begonia. Was this the strongest support-type tool Martial Soul in Douluo?

All of its Soul Rings had only one Soul Skill: complete healing, so long as the target was not dead.

It was indeed quite useful.

Perhaps he could ask her to help him cultivate his Indestructible Diamond Body.

After watching for a while.

Bai Yi turned to Meng Shenji and asked,

"So I can enroll now, right? Do I need to defeat anyone else?"

The moment he finished speaking, Dugu Yan angrily said,

"Why did you hit Tianheng so hard?!"

Bai Yi turned back and glanced at Dugu Yan.

He had indeed hit a little too hard.

The main issue was that he had misjudged the power of the Golden Cudgel when using a thousand-year Soul Skill.

Over the past two years, Bai Yi had mostly fought spirit beasts and had not needed to consider how hard he hit.

Usually, all he had to do was smash them to death with a single blow from the Golden Cudgel.

He truly had not expected Yu Tianheng's combat strength to be so weak this time.

He had thought a top-tier beast Martial Soul could withstand at least a couple more hits.

Mortals were simply too fragile.

So Bai Yi sincerely apologized,

"I'm sorry. I didn't consider that Student Yu's body was rather fragile. I thought he could withstand my first Soul Skill. Next time, I'll go easier on him and try not to use Soul Skills."

Dugu Yan instantly flew into a rage and said through gritted teeth,

"What did you say?! Don't think having two thousand-year Soul Rings makes you so great that you can bully people whenever you want!"

"I challenge you to a duel!"

After saying that, Dugu Yan immediately used Martial Soul Possession. A diamond-shaped scale appeared on her forehead, her pupils turned vertical, and her two legs fused into a thick jade-green snake tail.

The next instant,

her third purple Soul Ring lit up. She opened her mouth and spewed out a large amount of dense purple poisonous mist, which rapidly spread throughout the arena.

"What? Why did Dugu Yan use her Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison right away? What if she poisons that kid?"

"Didn't you see what Yu Tianheng got beaten into? When an angry woman gets going, nothing she does is surprising. Run, before you breathe it in."

The students below immediately fled. They knew the power of the Jade Phosphorus Purple Poison best.

They had often been hit by it in previous matches, suffering miserably because of it.

"Hehe, let's see how you deal with my poison."

Dugu Yan sneered as she slithered forward, trying to watch Bai Yi collapse.

Bai Yi remained completely calm. This little poison could not affect him at all.

As soon as the poison entered his body, the spiritual power cultivated through the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Art would dissolve it, rendering it useless.

But this woman had attacked without a word. She truly had no manners.

She needed to be taught a proper lesson.

Bai Yi plucked a few hairs from his head, then gently blew on them.

Several clones of Bai Yi instantly appeared on the field.

This was the divine ability: Body Outside Body Technique.

The clones quickly found Dugu Yan's position.

Then they swung the Golden Cudgel, taking turns striking Dugu Yan from every direction.

Their strength was controlled perfectly: enough to hurt terribly, but not enough to injure her.

"Ah... ah!!"

Within the poisonous mist, Dugu Yan screamed continuously. She had clearly seen Bai Yi just now.

But whenever she tried to catch him, someone else would strike her from behind.

When she turned around, she would be hit from another direction.

It felt as if several Bai Yis were beating her at once.

Dugu Yan could only flee while screaming.

After a while, unable to endure it any longer, Dugu Yan cried out tearfully,

"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me. I was wrong, I surrender."

Only then did the staffs striking her from all around finally stop.

She then took the poisonous mist back into her body, but there was no one around her.

Bai Yi was still standing where he had started in the distance, completely unmoved.

Dugu Yan froze. She looked at the red marks on her body and realized that what had just happened was not fake.

Yet she had no idea what exactly had happened. Finally, a few tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

She ran over and threw herself into Ye Lingling's arms, too afraid to raise her head.

After treating Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling hurriedly healed Dugu Yan as well, her eyes full of concern and confusion.

"What happened? Why are there so many marks on your body? Did he hit you?"

Dugu Yan merely buried her head and cried without saying a word.

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