Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin exchanged a glance, preparing to step onto the stage together.
Their clan master was sitting right up there. The prestige of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not be sullied. In that case, they would let Long Yue witness the might of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!
"Let's go up together, Yu Tianheng."
Dugu Yan's green eyes stared fixedly at Long Yue, who stood onstage in brazen arrogance, as she swept back her deep-purple hair.
"Don't leave him unsatisfied."
"..." Yu Tianheng was speechless.
What did Dugu Yan mean by that? Had she fallen for Long Yue the moment she saw him?
Yu Tianxin remained silent, but a cold sneer stirred within him:
Yu Tianheng, you spent all that time and effort going out of your way to court Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, yet you couldn't attract a girl as well as Long Yue did with just two matches.
Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin were the equally renowned twin stars of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Although the cousins could present a united front against outsiders, they also competed with each other.
Yu Tianheng was younger than Yu Tianxin and was the clan master's eldest grandson, so the clan placed greater importance on him.
But Yu Tianxin refused to accept that. He had been cultivating relentlessly, hoping to surpass Yu Tianheng one day and seize the lead in the future contest for clan master.
He had never expected Yu Tianheng to resort to off-board tactics. Besides cultivating himself, the brat had also gone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to court Dugu Yan.
In Yu Tianxin's eyes, Yu Tianheng's attraction to Dugu Yan's looks was only part of it. More importantly, he had his sights on her grandfather, His Eminence the Poison Douluo.
A marriage alliance with a Titled Douluo would benefit the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Tianheng would benefit even more. Thus, the clan did not oppose it-they even encouraged it.
Is Yu Tianheng trying to find a bride whose family has a Titled Douluo to back him up, giving him an advantage when he competes with me for the position of clan master? But wouldn't that bring a powerful outside force into the clan's internal affairs?
Yu Tianxin had thought this more than once.
Fortunately, Dugu Yan did not seem particularly interested in Yu Tianheng and usually ignored his advances.
Seeing this scene today almost made Yu Tianxin laugh aloud.
"Long Yue, Monster Academy of the Divine Realm Empire." Long Yue looked at the people stepping onto the stage and introduced himself again. "No need to repeat the rest, right?"
"Please go easy on me." Dugu Yan flashed a mischievous smile. "Dugu Yan, Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Level thirty-one control-type Battle Soul Elder."
The referee was rather bewildered. He had not even announced the start yet.
"Yu Tianxin, Thunder Academy. Level thirty-two power attack system Battle Soul Elder."
"Yu Tianheng, Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Level thirty-one power attack system Battle Soul Elder."
"Huo Wushuang, Blazing Fire Academy. Level thirty-one power attack system Battle Soul Elder."
"Xue Wu, Skywater Academy. Level thirty-one control-type Battle Soul Elder."
Every one of them was a Soul Elder, and every one possessed the ideal soul ring configuration of two yellow and one purple.
With an average age of only thirteen or fourteen, their achievements were outstanding. They could even be said to represent the pinnacle of the Heaven Dou Empire's younger generation of Soul Masters.
Since they had already announced their names and academies, the referee could hardly demand that they start over. He could only roll with the mistake and proceed. "Release your martial souls! Begin!"
A diamond-shaped green scale appeared between the brows of the purple-haired, green-eyed Dugu Yan. Her legs fused into a thick serpent's tail, making her look as though she were cosplaying Queen Medusa of some snakefolk tribe.
"A jade phosphorous serpent martial soul?" Sima Lanxiao remembered that the Zheng Family in the Sun Moon Federation's Heaven Dou City also passed down this martial soul. Could Dugu Yan actually be an ancestor of the Zheng Family?
Hearing the Divine Realm Empire's representative sound surprised, Prince Xue Xing looked as though he shared in the honor. "Indeed. Dugu Yan is the granddaughter of His Eminence the Poison Douluo, whose poison reigns supreme beneath the heavens."
The Poison Douluo had only accepted the invitation to become a guest elder of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family because he owed Prince Xue Xing a favor.
Rounded up, that meant Prince Xue Xing had a Titled Douluo-level guest elder at his disposal.
Onstage,
Dazzling blue light suddenly flared between Yu Tianheng's and Yu Tianxin's brows. Streaks of blue-violet lightning erupted, coiling around their bodies like little snakes, and a blue lightning emblem appeared on each of their foreheads.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon! The foremost power attack system beast martial soul on the Douluo Continent!
Yu Tianheng's and Yu Tianxin's sleeves turned to ash. Their right arms transformed into dragon claws covered in blue-violet scales, with serpentine lightning gathering or darting along them.
"Roar-"
A resonant dragon roar burst from Huo Wushuang's mouth. Flames surged over his entire body, a layer of scorching dark-red scales covered his skin, and a short horn protruded from the top of his head-the one-horned fire tyrannosaur martial soul.
Dragon-type martial souls had always epitomized powerful martial souls, and among these young people from the Heaven Dou Empire, there were actually three Soul Masters with dragon-type martial souls.
Unfortunately, what made them was their dragon-type martial souls, and what would break them was also their dragon-type martial souls.
In terms of noble bloodlines, how could these ordinary dragon-type martial souls compare to Long Yue's Mountain Dragon King?
A mountain dragon was destined to be king.
Long Yue almost laughed aloud. In the original story, the dragon bloodlines of the Lin-Yue couple had suppressed him his entire life. Today, it was finally his turn to suppress others.
"Dark Clouds!"
Xue Wu danced gracefully in place, her three soul rings flashing in turn. Ripples of blue light spread across the entire arena with her movements.
Xue Wu's martial soul was fine-dance snow satin, a flower resembling a snowflake, and its ability was to control the weather.
"Rainfall!"
A bank of dark clouds appeared directly above the arena. Raindrops the size of beans fell from the sky, pouring down in a curtain of water.
The droplets did not soak the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Masters, but they drenched Long Yue into a drowned rat. A chill seeped from the raindrops, icy cold invading his body.
"Ice and Snow!"
The rain froze, and great quantities of ice and snow formed in the sky. The temperature plummeted within the soul skill's range, affecting even her teammates from the Heaven Dou Empire.
Huo Wushuang's one-horned fire tyrannosaur was fire-attributed, and its fire was the volatile yang kind at that. In this cold, it actually seemed somewhat weakened.
This was why Yu Tianheng did not want a team battle: without years of training together, they simply could not coordinate properly.
But if they fought one-on-one, Long Yue would utterly trounce them just as he had Gu Tianming and Huyan Li. They would have no chance at all and would not even be able to weaken him in the slightest.
"Your martial soul is interesting." A layer of ice crystals formed over Long Yue, only to be melted into steam by the heat of his blood and body. He was completely unaffected, and was even in far better shape than Huo Wushuang.
Xue Wu said nothing and merely continued dancing.
Long Yue tilted his head, looking toward the spectators in the VIP seats. "The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's master and His Majesty are both watching you young talents. Show whatever moves you've got. At least you'll get to make an impression."
He's actually letting us attack first?
How arrogant!
Huo Wushuang, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin lunged forward first, fitting their roles as power attack system Soul Masters.
"Kneel!"
A dark-red glow appeared in Long Yue's eyes. He lifted his upper body, and an enormous silhouette materialized behind him. It shifted constantly, one moment resembling a colossal wingless dragon, the next an ancient city.
The colossal dragon bore the city on its back, the two inseparably intertwined.
The Mountain Dragon King!
At Long Yue's deep roar, Yu Yuanzhen, master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, rose to his feet. Bone Douluo Gu Rong stood as well. Every Soul Master present with a dragon-type martial soul felt an oppressive force.
-The oppression of bloodline hierarchy.
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