"Information about the Clear Sky Sect, huh? There is one thing I really want to know. Sigh, forget it. You might not know about it either. I won't trouble you."
Lu Yu first looked at Wang Dong with excitement, but disappointment then entered his eyes, and finally he sighed.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? Do you want me to beat you up?"
Wang Dong was furious. What was that look? Was there anything in the Clear Sky Sect she didn't know about?
"Forget it, forget it. This might be a secret of your Clear Sky Sect. Prying into it might offend someone. It's fine, let's call off the agreement. It's not as if this is the first or second time you haven't played by the rules."
"I really am going to hit you! When have I ever broken the rules?"
"You were supposed to lower your head whenever you saw me after losing the bet, but you wriggled out of that. The dorm room was already mine, but you still shamelessly came back. Sigh, I'm afraid you'll tell me your sect's secret, then change your mind and send people after me to kill me."
"Hmph, how could that count as wriggling out of a bet? Didn't I put up a sect secret to bet you for the dorm room...?"
Wang Dong looked at Lu Yu, whose eyes betrayed his distrust.
"Anyway, I, Wang Dong, accept defeat when I lose a bet, and my word carries unquestioned weight in the Clear Sky Sect. Even if I tell you a sect secret, my Eldest Father and Second Father won't do anything to you."
"Since I promised you, even if it's something I don't know, I'll coax and pester them until I get it out of them. And I definitely won't reveal your name. I swear on my Clear Sky Hammer: if anyone from the sect comes looking for trouble with you afterward, I'll cripple my own martial soul!"
"Are you satisfied now?"
Wang Dong looked at Lu Yu. After everything she had said, surely he could believe her now.
"Fiiine, then I'll tell you what information I want. Actually, I want to ask about the secret to Soul Ring Lifespan Increase."
Just as planned. Only after seeing Wang Dong swear that dire oath did Lu Yu speak.
Now Wang Dong would definitely keep pursuing the matter. Given her identity as the Daughter of a God King, the people of the Clear Sky Sect would definitely tell her about Soul Ring Lifespan Increase in the end. And with her refusal to admit defeat, Wang Dong would definitely unlock soul rings for her Clear Sky Hammer.
The Clear Sky Hammer! Lu Yu had been coveting it for ages. Though this martial soul was boring to play, its stats were the real deal. The Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Ring Detonation, the Great Sumeru Hammer-which of them wasn't pure "with enough force, even a brick could fly"?
Now, if the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron could absorb the Clear Sky Hammer's traits, it could use the copied Clear Sky Hammer soul rings. Then it would transform straight into a super martial soul, becoming a real Dayun truck that could ram whoever it wanted!
Lu Yu might have copied plenty of soul skills by now, but the only ones that truly counted as top-tier martial souls were the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and the Soft Bone Rabbit.
The Soft Bone Rabbit was called top-tier, but it was actually the same case as the White Tiger: it relied on its skills to qualify as a top-tier martial soul, while its own stats were only high-grade. Besides, it couldn't be combined with the Clear Sky Hammer.
As for the hair-fine Blue Silver Grass, it barely brushed the threshold of top-tier with skilled handling. The unawakened Spirit Eyes were also a high-grade martial soul, and with the skill pool... the chances of drawing from the Spirit Eyes skill pool were high, too, so those soul beasts really weren't easy to find.
As for the remaining top-tier martial souls, the Red Dragon and the Sun, Lu Yu had tested them and found they could be combined. Their flame level would rise after fusion, but however much two non-ultimate martial souls improved, they still couldn't reach the ultimate level. The biggest bonus was that his entire body would come wreathed in flames, making every basic attack an AoE. Against that sorry Prison Blue, every beating would leave it unable to make a peep.
It was just that the Sun Martial Soul had no soul rings, and Prison Witch's two lousy soul skills weren't very useful.
In short, Lu Yu really wanted to play with a super martial soul. Aside from the pie in the sky Tian Meng had promised, his only current hope was the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron combined with the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Soul Ring Lifespan Increase? That's actually possible?" Wang Dong's eyes widened. How could something like that be possible...? Wait, if soul ring lifespans really could be increased, wouldn't she be able to add soul rings to her Clear Sky Hammer?
She stole a glance at Xiao Xiao. If she added soul rings to her Clear Sky Hammer, her two martial souls against Xiao Xiao's one could definitely hammer her into an even shorter little winter melon.
Little did she know that Xiao Xiao caught that glance precisely. From the look in her eyes, Xiao Xiao judged that someone was mocking her height again, so she climbed a ladder, opened her Book of Grudges, and added an entry.
"Of course. You know Sea God Tang San from ten thousand years ago, right? I heard Tang San became a god through the Sea God Inheritance. Judging from that, gods might leave inheritances in the lower realm. Tang San belonged to two organizations: the Tang Sect and the Clear Sky Sect. The Tang Sect has fallen into utter decline. My guess is that if he left an inheritance, it must be in the Clear Sky Sect."
"Of course I know Tang San. He's the greatest figure the Douluo Continent has seen in ten thousand years." Wang Dong glanced at Lu Yu. "You're not trying to obtain the Sea God Inheritance, are you?"
"How could I? The Sea God belonged to the Clear Sky Sect. If he were passing it on to anyone, it would definitely be you."
What a joke. Even if he handed it to me, I wouldn't dare take it.
Lu Yu stared at Wang Dong. Although the Tang San of the Douluo Continent treated the Shrek Seven Devils very well, strangers were another matter. Now this damned God King was using his daughter to bait the waters around him every day. There had to be some plot.
He's probably the boss of this run.
Lu Yu thought it over. He remembered that in the Tang San postgame story he had played, the God Kings of Kindness and Evil had gone gallivanting through the lower realm and tossed part of the Divine Realm's administrative authority to Tang San. If Tang San became the boss, wouldn't that mean being branded an evil Soul Master outright and getting mobbed by the Divine Realm?
Surely it won't go that far? There should still be people in the Divine Realm who can restrain Tang San. Otherwise, why would Tang San bother using his daughter as bait? He could just put a dog leash straight around Lu Yu's neck.
In short, even the easiest scenario would mean fighting one God King, one First-Level God, and five Second-Level Gods. The Shrek Seven Devils had ascended to the Divine Realm so long ago that they couldn't possibly have made no progress at all, could they? Their combat strength would probably have to be rated even higher.
He hoped he was overthinking things. In a game, he could save and get information on the boss in advance to devise a counter. In reality, Lu Yu couldn't risk his life to uncover every last secret the boss had, then put together a strategy to counter him.
Anyway, I'll mark him down as a hypothetical enemy for now.
"I just want to increase the lifespans of my earlier soul rings. Look, if soul ring lifespans can't be increased, wouldn't my Blue Silver Entanglement become a useless soul skill later on? Even now, who's afraid of Blue Silver Entanglement?"
"That makes sense. I'll ask when I get back." Wang Dong also very much wanted this inheritance to be real. Then she could unleash her true strength and personally defeat Xiao Xiao with her twin martial souls, before beating Lu Yu along the way and taking back the dorm room.
Besides, she remembered that there were indeed several places in the Clear Sky Sect where she wasn't allowed to go. If there really was an inheritance, it had to be there.
After Wang Dong left, Huo Yutong asked Lu Yu a question.
"Master, do you want the Sea God Inheritance?"
She stared at Lu Yu. If he really wanted the Sea God Inheritance, she would get it for him, even at the risk of offending the Clear Sky Sect.
"No. Oh, and none of you should inquire about the Sea God, Asura God, God of War, Food God, Phoenix God, Nine-Colored Goddess, or God of Speed from now on. Those divine positions mustn't be touched."
"Mm." Huo Yutong nodded. Although Lu Yu's words would have sounded like outright bragging to anyone else, she believed her master. With his abilities, he would surely have his pick of divine positions in the future.
Unfortunately, that had been the situation ten thousand years ago. Judging by the current information, divine positions might not be so plentiful now.
"Freshman Class Nine wins!"
Because Lu Yu's group had been the first to finish its battle, the other groups only began finishing one after another after he had finished maneuvering Wang Dong into his trap.
A tall, blond youth dusted himself off and strolled out of the arena as leisurely as if walking through a courtyard. He was handsome, with a cold expression, but the strangest thing was that each of his azure eyes actually had two pupils.
The instant Huo Yutong, standing nearby, saw this youth, her entire body trembled. Her fists clenched, her nails digging deep into her palms.
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