Dugu Yan: I Already Have Someone I Like!

Qin Ming, Yu Tianheng, and the others could hardly believe their ears.

Dugu Yan... was actually going to withdraw from school?

Behind the crowd, Ye Lingling blinked, and her gaze quickly settled on Huang Long.

If she remembered correctly, this person had come looking for Dugu Yan two days ago, claiming to be Dugu Yan's relative.

What had they said afterward?

Ye Lingling thought back carefully. It seemed to have had something to do with Dugu Yan's grandfather.

But Dugu Yan withdrawing now probably wasn't because something had happened to Grandpa Dugu.

If something really had happened, then based on what she knew of this close friend of hers, there was no way Dugu Yan could be this calm.

So there was only one possibility.

This person must have said something to Dugu Yan that made her decide to withdraw.

Dugu Yan said then, "Yes, withdraw! I'm very grateful to everyone for taking care of me all these years, and I, Dugu Yan, will remember it."

"But now I've found a path more suited to me, so this is where we part!"

With that, she called out to Ye Lingling, "Lingling, we're leaving. We're going to find your grandfather!"

Ye Lingling nodded slightly and walked straight over to Dugu Yan's side.

She did not know what Huang Long had said to Dugu Yan.

But she knew that as long as she followed Dugu Yan, she would not be wrong.

Huang Long glanced at this quiet, reserved young girl and said with a light smile, "Since everyone's here, let's go."

Dugu Yan nodded in agreement, then turned with Huang Long and was about to leave.

Xiao Wu, however, froze for a moment. "My lord Dragon God, that's it?"

"What else did you want?" Huang Long asked back with a smile.

Xiao Wu curled her lip. She had thought there would be something fun about Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but it turned out to be really boring.

However, just as they had turned and walked less than three steps, Yu Tianheng suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Wait!"

Huang Long and the others acted as if they had not heard him and continued walking forward.

Being ignored like this, Yu Tianheng's face immediately flushed green and red by turns. Then, with a quick stride, he rushed up and spread his arms to block their path.

He asked, "Yanzi, you were doing perfectly fine here. Why are you leaving?"

Instructor Qin Ming also walked up and earnestly advised, "That's right, Dugu Yan. There are only three years left until the Spirit Master Tournament. These three years are the most important period."

"If you leave now, the loss won't be worth the gain!"

Dugu Yan only smiled and shook her head. "It won't. We have our own path."

Yu Tianheng saw that no matter how everyone tried to persuade her, they could not move Dugu Yan. It was as if she had made up her mind to leave.

But why was this happening?

Only two days had passed.

In just two days, why had Dugu Yan changed so much?

Yu Tianheng suddenly fixed his gaze on Huang Long, as if thinking of something, and cried out, "Yanzi, did he say something to you?"

Dugu Yan glanced at him and replied in a flat voice, "It is indeed related to Huang Long, but it was also my own choice."

"And Yu Tianheng, I know you like me, but I told you long ago that the two of us aren't suited for each other."

"Besides, I already have someone I like, so please stop pestering me, all right?"

Boom—!

Those words exploded in Yu Tianheng's mind like a bolt from a clear sky.

He stood there dumb as a wooden chicken, staggering four or five steps back.

"That's all. The next time we meet, we'll be opponents on the competition stage. I hope you work hard."

After Dugu Yan finished speaking, she took Huang Long's large hand and pulled him around Yu Tianheng.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu pressed her lips tight, while Sea Maiden Douluo laughed aloud.

Xiao Wu felt even more sour inside, with an urge to go pry their hands apart.

Ye Lingling gently raised an eyebrow, wisdom flickering in her eyes, as if she had finally figured something out.

As for Yu Tianheng, he stared at the hands the two of them held tightly together. His already less-than-handsome face twisted with jealousy and rage.

Why?

I chased you for two whole years!

But you never once looked at me properly.

And the moment this person showed up, you immediately threw yourself at him?

Am I, Yu Tianheng, really that pathetic?

Yu Tianheng gritted his teeth hard, his eyes bloodred, his chest heaving violently.

The thought made him charge straight forward and block the two of them again.

"Stop! Dugu Yan, you're not allowed to leave! You have to explain yourself today!"

Dugu Yan's brows drew tight, and impatience clearly began to show on her face. "Yu Tianheng, I think I've already made myself clear enough, haven't I? What exactly are you still clinging to?"

"I..."

Yu Tianheng's throat instantly seized up. His lips moved twice as if he wanted to say something, but he had no idea what he should say.

He turned to glare at Huang Long and said angrily, "Kid! Do you dare fight me? Whoever wins is the only one qualified to be Dugu Yan's boyfriend!"

"Uh..."

Huang Long awkwardly rubbed his nose, then turned to Dugu Yan and asked, "There's nothing wrong with his head, is there?"

Dugu Yan's gaze instantly turned cold. "Yu Tianheng, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"I just want to prove to you that I'm more suited to you than this person!" Yu Tianheng roared, his eyes red.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu immediately perked up and hopped forward with a grin. "A fight, is it? Lord Dragon God, let me do it! Let me!"

Huang Long saw how excited she was and shook his head with a wry smile, reaching out to stop her.

He took a step forward and looked straight into Yu Tianheng's rage-filled eyes. Then he said, "You're Yu Tianheng, right? I really don't know where you learned such a hackneyed routine."

"If you want to prove you're more suited to Yanzi than I am, why not find some other way? Why use this method that only humiliates yourself?"

"Don't tell me you think that if you beat me, Yanzi will actually fall for you?"

"No. Yanzi will only feel even sorrier for me, and she'll hate you even more."

"On the other hand, if I beat you, Yanzi won't feel sorry for you. She'll just admire me even more."

As he spoke, Huang Long spread his hands and asked with a puzzled look, "So tell me, what's the point of challenging me?"

"This..."

Hearing those words, everyone was instantly dumbfounded.

Since they were young, they had all been taught that the strong were respected. When soul masters competed for partners, resources, and status, using battle to prove themselves was the most direct method.

So none of them felt there was anything wrong with Yu Tianheng proposing a duel.

But now that Huang Long had put it this way, it suddenly seemed like there were problems everywhere.

Even Yu Tianheng's brain seemed to crash on the spot. He stood there in a daze, completely at a loss as to how to answer.

Huang Long looked at him, frozen like a wooden chicken, and shrugged at Dugu Yan. "See? I told you there was something wrong with his head."

Dugu Yan looked at him and immediately burst out laughing with a "pfft."

Even Ye Lingling couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up, praising how truly flawless his logic was.

Yu Tianheng came back to his senses and thought he had been made a fool of. He instantly flew into a rage.

"I'll kill you!"

As he spoke, his right hand transformed into a dragon claw covered in blue-purple scales and wrapped in blue-purple arcs of lightning. Three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, slowly revolved around his arm.

He raised his right hand directly, spread his dragon claw, and viciously swatted it toward Huang Long!