Dugu Yan: Grandpa, I Want Long Tian to Be My Husband...

Long Tian nodded lightly.

"Thank you for thinking so highly of me, Your Highness."

Xue Qinghe let out a soft sigh.

"There are still other matters to attend to today, so I will not stay any longer."

"Captain Long Tian, see you at the Soul Master Tournament."

After saying that, Xue Qinghe turned and walked toward the Emperor Team.

Yu Tianheng had recovered some of his ability to move.

As he passed Long Tian, he paused for a moment.

"At the Soul Master Tournament, I will come for you."

Long Tian did not stop him.

"I'll be waiting."

The Emperor Team soon left the Soul Arena.

Dugu Yan walked at the very back of the team.

Her jade-green eyes remained fixed on Long Tian.

The red finger marks on her wrist had yet to fade, while her buttocks still ached from the spanking she had received earlier.

Thinking of how she had been restrained in public, Dugu Yan's cheeks grew hot again.

"Long Tian."

"This isn't over!"

The figures of the Emperor Team vanished at the end of the passage.

The Skywater Team could no longer suppress the joy in their hearts.

Shui Yue'er was the first to rush over, grabbing Long Tian's arm in a tight embrace.

"Captain, we really beat the Emperor Team!"

"So what if they have the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? Didn't the captain still defeat him in one move?"

Xue Wu also stepped forward.

"The Myriad Thunder Soul-Fusing Seal is far too powerful."

"It first seals away the source of lightning, then accumulates the damage we inflict, and finally detonates it from within."

"Yu Tianheng had no chance to break it."

Yu Hairou nodded seriously.

"If it had been another opponent, they probably would not have been able to withstand it either."

"The captain used his third soul skill for the first time and still suppressed Yu Tianheng to such an extent."

"Once he completely masters it, its power will become even greater."

Gu Qingbo and Shen Liuyu gathered beside him, the admiration in their eyes completely undisguised.

"The captain is incredible!"

"With the captain around from now on, let's see who still dares look down on Skywater Academy!"

Long Tian looked at the excited group.

"This victory wasn't my achievement alone."

"The Myriad Thunder Soul-Fusing Seal needs to accumulate power through attacks."

"If Bing'er hadn't led you in surrounding Yu Tianheng, the thunder seal would not have reached its limit so quickly."

Shui Bing'er gently shook her head.

"Even without us, Yu Tianheng would not have been able to break through your bloodline suppression."

"You are willing to share the victory with everyone. That is your magnanimity."

"But today, the only person who truly determined the outcome was you."

Shui Yue'er immediately echoed her.

"My sister is right."

"Long live the captain!"

All the Skywater girls cheered at once.

"Long live the captain!"

"Skywater will win!"

Joyful gazes fell upon Long Tian one after another.

The figure in white stood amid the crowd, and his noble bearing made it impossible for anyone to look away.

After leaving the Great Soul Arena.

The Emperor Team boarded a carriage back to the academy.

The carriage was extremely quiet.

Yu Tianheng leaned against his seat, eyes closed as he circulated his Soul Power, attempting to dispel the lingering nine-colored lightning within his body.

Yu Feng and Osler sat on the other side without initiating any conversation.

Shi Mo and Shi Mo also kept their heads lowered.

Before setting out, everyone had believed the Emperor Team would certainly win.

Yet even with the entire team fighting, they had still lost to Skywater.

For a time, none of them could accept such an outcome.

Dugu Yan sat in a corner of the carriage, feeling increasingly stifled the more she thought about it.

The finger marks on her wrist were still there.

The blow to her buttocks made her too ashamed to even think back on it.

Everyone in the Soul Arena had seen Long Tian pin her down.

"Damn it!"

"When have I ever suffered such humiliation!"

Dugu Yan raised her hand and slapped the edge of the carriage window.

Yu Feng, seated opposite her, lifted his head.

"Yan Yan, what are you planning to do?"

"Wait until the Soul Master Tournament and settle things with Long Tian then?"

Dugu Yan snorted coldly.

"There are still three months until the Soul Master Tournament."

"I can't wait even a moment."

Once the carriage left Heaven Dou City, Dugu Yan suddenly stood.

"Stop the carriage."

The coachman swiftly pulled on the reins.

Yu Tianheng opened his eyes.

"Yan Yan, where are you going?"

Dugu Yan stepped down from the carriage.

"You all go back to the academy first."

"I'm going to Sunset Forest to find my grandfather."

Yu Feng's expression changed slightly.

"You want Poison Douluo to deal with Long Tian?"

"This is my own affair."

Dugu Yan turned back to glance at Heaven Dou City.

"If I do not avenge this grievance, I swear I am not human."

Her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul was released.

Her long legs transformed into a jade-green snake tail, carrying Dugu Yan swiftly into the forest.

Yu Tianheng wanted to stop her, but his injuries prevented him from standing.

"Yan Yan!"

That jade-green figure did not pause and soon vanished deep within the dense forest.

Sunset Forest.

Thick poisonous mist blanketed the valley.

Any ordinary Soul Beast that approached would immediately be corroded by the deadly poison.

Dugu Yan passed through the poison formation and followed a familiar trail until she arrived before a wooden cabin.

Outside the cabin.

A green-haired old man was sorting medicinal herbs.

He was tall and slender, with deeply sunken eye sockets and a gray robe hanging to his feet.

Sensing a familiar aura, Dugu Bo raised his head.

"Yan Yan?"

"Weren't you taking part in an exchange match with the Emperor Team?"

Dugu Yan quickly walked up to him.

"Grandpa, you have to avenge me!"

Seeing his granddaughter's reddened wrist, Dugu Bo's face immediately darkened.

"Who hurt you?"

"Was it someone from Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"

"Tell Grandpa. I'll cripple him right now!"

Dugu Yan shook her head.

"It was Long Tian from Skywater Academy."

Dugu Bo put down the herbs in his hand.

"Long Tian?"

"Never heard of him."

"He is Skywater Academy's new captain, a level thirty-seven Soul Elder."

"His Martial Soul is the Rainbow Dragon, and his third Soul Ring has already reached the ten-thousand-year level."

Dugu Bo frowned slightly.

"Level thirty-seven, with a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring?"

"There is such a monster on the continent?"

Dugu Yan bit her red lip.

"The Emperor Team had an exchange match with Skywater Academy."

"Long Tian used his Martial Soul to suppress Yu Tianheng, then defeated him with his third soul skill."

"I wanted to launch a sneak attack from behind, but Long Tian caught my wrist."

"After that..."

At this point, Dugu Yan's cheeks swiftly turned red.

Dugu Bo immediately pressed her.

"What happened after that?"

"What else did he dare do to you?"

Dugu Yan lowered her head.

"Long Tian pinned me down in front of everyone in the Soul Arena, then spanked me."

"What?"

Dugu Bo slammed his palm onto the stone table.

The sturdy stone table exploded into several pieces on the spot.

Jade-green poisonous mist surged from his body, and the surrounding grass and trees withered in an instant.

"He dared humiliate this old man's granddaughter like that!"

"A mere level thirty-seven Soul Elder dared bully the Dugu Family!"

"Rest assured, Yan Yan. Grandpa will go kill him right now!"

Dugu Bo flicked his sleeve and turned to leave Sunset Forest.

Dugu Yan hurried after him and stretched out a hand to block his path.

"Grandpa, wait!"

Dugu Bo stopped.

"What?"

"You don't want him to die too easily?"

Dugu Yan shook her head.

"Don't kill him."

Those words left Dugu Bo frozen in place.

"He humiliated you in public, and you still want to plead for him?"

"Yan Yan, what exactly do you want to do?"

Dugu Yan's fair cheeks reddened even more.

"Grandpa, just capture him alive and bring him back."

Dugu Bo grew more confused the more he listened.

"After we catch him, then what?"

Dugu Yan hesitated for a moment, but still voiced what was on her mind.

"Make him my husband."

The valley suddenly fell silent.

Dugu Bo stood where he was, unresponsive for a long while.

"Yanyan, what did you just say?"

Dugu Yan raised her head and repeated herself.

"Grandpa, don't kill Long Tian."

"Catch him and bring him back. Make him my husband."