Douluo: I Can Become Stronger by Pitfalling Yu Xiaogang

This aurora was like light shining onto a mirror—it was instantly reflected back.

Then, using the incoming aurora as stepping stones, the reflected aurora began bouncing continuously. With every bounce, it canceled out one aurora attacking Zhang Tianyu!

After controlling Huangquan to give that strike, Zhang Tianyu let Huangquan fly back behind him. He stood there with both hands in his pockets, watching leisurely!

Flender's glasses nearly fell off in shock!

The host was so stunned he couldn't say a word!

Many people abruptly shot to their feet, staring dumbly at the shocking scene as if they had been struck by lightning!

Using the enemy's spear against the enemy's shield!

Zhang Tianyu had neutralized their Martial Soul Fusion Skill without even using one of his own soul skills!

Terrifying!

Zhang Tianyu had utterly shocked the entire audience!

The Aurora Brothers looked as though they had seen a ghost. Both of them stood frozen in place, completely petrified!

This [Aurora Heavenly Eye] wasn't some pathetic combined skill, much less an ordinary soul skill.

This was a freaking Martial Soul Fusion Skill!

If you had used an even more powerful soul skill, or some powerful equipment like a Soul Tool or Soul Bone, to break this fusion skill, we could have accepted it.

But you merely reflected it once with your martial soul, and somehow it became, "I broke myself"?

And that wasn't even the most outrageous part—the power was.

The power of every aurora was basically the same. Logically, after canceling each other once, both beams should have vanished completely.

So why could the aurora you reflected cancel out so many auroras?

Zhang Tianyu was actually somewhat shocked as well.

The reason this aurora was so powerful and able to cancel so many incoming auroras was because of the instant Huangquan had made contact with it.

Huangquan carried a terrifying, sinister aura. Zhang Tianyu understood it as a kind of Death Aura.

A Death Aura capable of corroding all things.

It was this aura that strengthened the aurora, making it unbelievably resilient and able to collide with so many subsequent auroras without dissipating.

At the same time, the Death Aura attached to it, capable of corroding all things, was the secret behind how it could instantly cancel out the other auroras.

Watching that "mutated aurora" bounce back and forth through the auroras, endlessly canceling out the others, Zhang Tianyu finally saw Huangquan's attribute of [Strongest] for what it truly was for the first time.

He also roughly understood what the (Ground) in the parentheses after [Strongest] meant.

Strongest on the surface!

Or strongest aboveground!

Or strongest both underground and aboveground!

Correspondingly, that naturally meant strongest in the sky.

Could [Strongest in the Sky] be the attribute of his still-unawakened Second Martial Soul?

He was getting ahead of himself. Zhang Tianyu pulled his thoughts back to reality.

The entire Arena Ring and its surroundings had fallen completely silent!

Everyone stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the astonishing sight before them.

This tiny little trick was enough to shock you all like this?

The corner of Zhang Tianyu's mouth curled up. With another wave of his hand, Huangquan shot out like a black bolt of lightning, rapidly weaving through the auroras.

Everyone watched the scene without blinking.

The Aurora Brothers had already gone pale!

You only used your martial soul to slap a single aurora, and that one aurora nearly canceled all the others.

Now you had directly released your martial soul to dance among the auroras. Were you planning to treat all these auroras like balls to be smacked around?

As if responding to their thoughts, Huangquan danced through the air a few times before returning behind Zhang Tianyu.

More than a dozen auroras had been "turned," dancing among the countless incoming auroras as though they had formed an indestructible barrier. They shimmered brilliantly, beautiful and magnificent!

The Aurora Brothers could neither sit nor stand at ease. At this moment, they felt like two monkeys!

"Let's end it here," Zhang Tianyu said.

Everyone's eyes immediately widened. What was he going to do next?

Zhang Tianyu casually swung Huangquan in his hand. The dozen or so "turned" auroras instantly canceled every incoming aurora, then surged upward toward the ceiling, charging straight at the giant eye floating in midair!

"Not good!" The Aurora Brothers turned pale with fright and hurriedly shouted, "We surrender!"

The auroras stopped in midair. The giant eye flashed, transforming into two illusory rays of light that returned to the Aurora Brothers' bodies.

This giant eye was formed from the fusion of their Martial Souls. If it had been shattered, it would have been equivalent to their Martial Souls suffering a fatal blow. Even if they survived, they would have been crippled.

Seeing Zhang Tianyu stop in time and their Martial Souls safely return to their bodies, the two of them let out long sighs of relief and looked at Zhang Tianyu with gratitude written all over their faces.

"Thank you for showing mercy! We'll remember this kindness!"

To them, this truly was a kindness. In a Gambling Duel like this, as long as one did not kill the opponent, it was not against the rules. Destroying the other party's Martial Soul was completely permissible.

"We have no grudge between us. There was no need to be so ruthless." Zhang Tianyu smiled calmly and clasped his hands in salute. "You let us win."

The Aurora Brothers bowed to him gratefully once more before turning and leaving.

Only then did the host recover his senses. "Congratulations! Congratulations to the War Spirit Heavenly Dance team for winning their debut match! Wow! The newcomers this year are truly incredible, truly powerful! Contestant Zhang Tianyu is not only immensely strong, but also carries himself like a true master. He has not only won our admiration, but even earned the admiration of his opponents!"

The entire venue erupted in cheers!

The spectators who had already witnessed Zhang Tianyu instantly defeat opponents of the same rank in solo battles now shouted themselves hoarse.

"Zhang Tianyu! Zhang Tianyu!"

"War Spirit Heavenly Dance! War Spirit Heavenly Dance!"

Yet no one called out Xiao Wu's name.

Xiao Wu raised an eyebrow, shrugged, and spread her hands.

There was nothing she could do.

If you weren't the main carry, the traitor, or the healer, then you could only be a freeloader.

And why would anyone cheer for a freeloader?

The two waved to the crowd and walked off the ring.

When they returned to the stands, Flender nodded in satisfaction. "Though it gets boring praising you all the time, you really did well. Tianyu, you never stop making me see you in a new light."

"How exactly did you do that?" the others crowded around and asked.

"That was so cool!" Ma Hongjun said excitedly. "You didn't even need to use a soul skill. You just blocked and smacked it with your Martial Soul, and the soul skills they unleashed started 'killing each other'! That was ridiculously cool!"

"Exactly. I never expected that to happen either," Flender said. "I was even thinking it would be good for you to suffer a little, but I didn't expect you to resolve it so easily."

"It wasn't that magical. I just understand and use Martial Souls a little better," Zhang Tianyu said. "At the end of the day, their soul skill was merely a light-element ability. As long as it's light, it will bounce, reflect, or refract when it meets a mirror. That's a law of nature."

"Although my Martial Soul is a Wooden Sword, its surface isn't all that different from a mirror, so I gave it a try. I didn't expect it to work."

Everyone found that rather hard to believe.

How could it possibly have worked so easily?

Setting everything else aside, just in terms of power, why could that aurora neutralize so many other auroras? The so-called theory of "mirror reflection" alone could not explain it.

But it did not matter. They were friends, and everyone had their secrets. There was no need to get to the bottom of it.

In any case, Zhang Tianyu already had plenty of secrets. His Martial Soul, "Huangquan," was simply that peculiar and that mysterious.

Once all the matches had ended, everyone headed back to the academy in high spirits.

Flender was extremely satisfied with tonight's results, especially the two hundred thousand gold coins they had won. It was enough to make him laugh in his sleep.

When they reached the academy gates, Flender waved a hand. "You all performed well tonight. Go back and get some rest early. Assemble at the training ground tomorrow morning!"

"Yes, Dean!"

Zhang Tianyu thought about it. Next should be the part where Oscar reached level thirty and they headed to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Then Yu Xiaogang should arrive!

Hehe! Yu Xiaogang!

After leaving the Battle Soul Arena and taking a breath of fresh air, Flender said, "Well, you all head back first. Ma Hongjun, come with me."

"Yes, Teacher!" Ma Hongjun immediately understood what he meant, and a lecherous gleam appeared in his eyes.

Zhang Tianyu knew perfectly well that Flender was taking Ma Hongjun to a brothel to vent his Evil Fire.

A faintly amused expression appeared on Dai Mubai's face. "Alright, Dean, then we'll head back first. Hey, fatty, take it easy."

"Boss Dai, aren't you coming?"

"No. Stop talking nonsense and get going already!" Dai Mubai shot him an annoyed glare, though the corner of his eye drifted toward Zhu Zhuqing.

The fatty's reaction was clearly rather slow. He failed to catch the meaning in Dai Mubai's gaze, and his chubby face reddened with excitement. "Come on, let's go together. Didn't you say women aren't people, they're resources?"

Dai Mubai immediately bristled. "Get lost! My taste isn't as terrible as yours!"

Ma Hongjun, are you fucking blind?!

I was giving you signals! I was telling you not to let Zhu Zhuqing hear, and you're still blabbering on here? Do you want me to beat you to death?!

Ma Hongjun was about to say more, but when he saw the murderous look on Dai Mubai's face, he decisively shut his mouth and hurried off to follow behind Flender.

Xiao Wu's cat-killing curiosity and meddlesome nature surfaced again as she asked, "Boss Dai, look at that lecherous, sleazy expression on his face. Where's the Dean taking him?"

Dai Mubai laughed heartily. "You already called him lustful. What else could he be doing? His Evil Fire is getting too hard to suppress."

Xiao Wu said irritably, "Out ruining girls again? I seriously wonder whether the mutation in his spirit had something to do with his inborn personality."

Dai Mubai said, "Ruining them is a bit much. Don't you know there's a place in this world called a brothel?"

Tang San said in disbelief, "You mean the Dean would take Ma Hongjun to that kind of place?"

Dai Mubai spread his hands. "There's no other way. Aside from that flaw, Ma Hongjun's spirit is one of the strongest among Beast Spirits. He's also the Dean's direct disciple. We can't exactly have him give up cultivation or watch him explode and die."

Zhu Zhuqing finally uttered that classic line—

"Men are all filthy."

Xiao Wu giggled. "Little Sister Zhuqing, don't cast such a wide net. Tianyu is very clean. He's nothing like Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun."

Tang San: ...

I'm pretty clean too. I haven't even held a girl's hand in either of my lives!

Ah, forget it. That doesn't seem like anything to be proud of, so I'd better not mention it.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Zhang Tianyu. Zhang Tianyu pretended not to hear them, keeping his eyes straight ahead as he strode forward with his head held high and chest out.

In truth, while he looked steady as an old dog on the surface, he was a little flustered inside and did not dare meet any of their eyes.

Dai Mubai said irritably, "Fine, your Zhang Tianyu is pure and spotless, while the rest of us are filthy. Happy now? But I have far better taste than Fatty."

Xiao Wu immediately put on an expression that said, Exactly, making Dai Mubai feel thoroughly aggrieved. He shook his head helplessly.

When he stole a glance at Zhu Zhuqing, he found that she was looking at him too, but the gaze in her eyes seemed even colder.

Zhu Zhuqing made no movement and said nothing. She merely looked at him quietly with the eyes of someone looking at trash.

That contempt and disdain made Dai Mubai's head buzz. He felt all the blood in his body rush to his head.

As a prince, even if he was not a particularly capable one, he had never been looked at with such eyes before!