"Lost?"
Even Qian Renxue couldn't help but question as she looked at the scene in the arena.
It wasn't that she couldn't see through it; it was just that being with Li Yu at this moment, she didn't want to think too much.
"The Purple Phosphorus Poison hasn't had its effect yet," Li Yu said with a faint smile.
After the toxin in Dugu Yan body was resolved, her aptitude had been enhanced, and her poison abilities had also improved significantly.
Just as Li Yu finished speaking, in the arena,
Dugu Yan smiled and said, "You really underestimate me!"
Then, her fourth Soul Ring flashed.
A few illusory-looking serpents slithered into the ice and snow storm.
Swish~
Dugu Yan voice was very low, ensuring that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu definitely didn't hear her.
The ice and snow storm had already swept up the nearby Yu Tianheng, Yufeng, Osler, and the Shi Mo brothers.
After a moment, the group was frozen into ice statues.
"Give up!" A voice sounded again from within the ice and snow storm, and then it began to approach the remaining Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at the edge.
Ye Lingling was fully focused on assisting Dugu Yan, helping her recover her condition with all her strength.
"I say, you guys are celebrating too early," Dugu Yan sneered.
"Huh?" A voice of confusion came from the ice and snow storm, and in the next moment, the intensity of the storm suddenly started to weaken.
Ye Lingling couldn't hold on any longer and, under the pressure of the ice and snow storm, she was eventually knocked off the stage.
Dugu Yan stood alone at the edge of the arena, struggling to hold on.
Gradually, the ice beneath her feet began to form, and her whole body was about to be frozen.
But at that moment, the ice and snow storm stopped, and the freezing process halted.
Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu landed, both faces purple and their breath weak.
"This... Purple Phosphorus Poison!" Both looked at Dugu Yan with hatred but couldn't understand how, in the midst of their Martial Spirit fusion technique, the ice and snow state, they still couldn't avoid it.
"What's your fourth Soul Skill?" Shui Bing'er suddenly realized.
"None of your business," Dugu Yan sneered, and then said, "Look at your teammates. If they don't Give up, in a moment or two, they will all die from the toxin."
Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's expressions changed, and they turned to look. They saw the faces of their teammates, both on the arena and on the edge, all turning purple.
But none of them were as serious as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
More importantly, as the Martial Spirit fusion technique ended, those who had been frozen, such as Yu Tianheng and the others, were now beginning to thaw.
Their breath had hardly weakened at all!
"How is this possible?" They were confused, but soon they noticed a faint life force flowing from the members of Heaven Dou Team 1.
It was the Nine Heart Flowering Apple!
They suddenly recalled what the team leader had mentioned — Ye Lingling Martial Spirit, the [Nine Heart Flowering Apple].
In some ways, it was an auxiliary Martial Spirit that wasn't much weaker than the [Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda].
"So, you guys had already planned this!" Shui Bing'er looked at Ye Lingling off the stage, a bitter expression flashing in her eyes. Then she said, "We lost."
"The victory goes to Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 1 against Skywater Academy Team. Heaven Dou Royal Academy wins!" The referee's voice rang out.
The audience cheered.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 1 advanced to the top six, which was already a great achievement.
Dugu Yan immediately turned her gaze to where Li Yu was sitting, and upon seeing Li Yu giving her a thumbs-up, she smiled happily.
In the next match,
The Spirit Hall Academy Team quickly defeated their opponents and successfully advanced to the fourth round, entering the top six.
Then, the main event arrived.
It was the battle between Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy.
These two teams, along with Shen Feng, who was eliminated by Qian Yu, were considered by many to be contenders for the championship. Unfortunately, due to bad luck, they had to face each other early.
Before the battle began, the audience entered "melon-eating mode."
"What? Dai Mubai is actually Dai Weisi brother, and also a prince of the Star Luo Empire?"
"What? Zhu Zhuqing from Qian Yu Academy was actually engaged to Dai Mubai, and they have a Martial Spirit fusion technique just like Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, but now they have fallen out?"
"What? The reason they fell out is that Dai Mubai is a playboy who can't control his pants?"
In no time, the final round of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had turned into a massive gossip fest.
The crowd clicked their tongues in amazement, while Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, veins bulging, his face looking extremely grim.
"My good little brother, you can't even keep your own woman under control. What's the point of your existence?"
Dai Weisi mocked as he looked at Dai Mubai, "If it were up to me, you'd better come back quickly. Don't try too hard. I'll grant you a title of king, and you won't have to live like this anymore."
Zhu Zhuyun, however, wasn't as relaxed as Dai Weisi. After all, Zhu Zhuqing was now at level 47, her soul ring configuration and soul power level were already above her own.
But she too sneered and said, "Brother, just call me 'sister-in-law' and I might consider talking to my sister on your behalf."
Dai Mubai fists clenched, his breath unstable.
On the stands,
Zhu Zhuqing expression was also extremely ugly.
Right now, she had no sympathy for Dai Mubai, nor did she have any feelings left for him.
However, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were belittling her with every word!
If it weren't for the fact that the timing wasn't right and Li Yu hadn't said anything, she would have exploded by now.
At this moment, Qian Renxue squeezed Li Yu hand and gave him a look.
Li Yu looked at Qian Renxue, feigning confusion.
He had already noticed Zhu Zhuqing condition, but ultimately, this was something Zhu Zhuqing had to face on her own.
Before, even though Zhu Zhuqing will was strong enough, Li Yu knew that her ultimate goal was still to become stronger and return to the Zhu family, attempting to rewrite the "rules."
Unfortunately...
Zhu Zhuqing had never considered that the binding relationship between the Zhu family and the imperial Dai family, after so many years, couldn't be changed just by her will alone!
In the end, even though Li Yu had given Zhu Zhuqing the Water Fairy Jade Bone, enhancing her aptitude, without other opportunities, Zhu Zhuqing would still need tremendous effort to break through the age at which Tang Hao became a Title Douluo.
That's assuming that the "Gate of Life" could help her improve her cultivation speed!
After all, as time goes on, the "amount" of Soul Power required for breakthroughs increases, the difficulty grows, and the speed slows down — unless Li Yu no longer helped her.
Moreover, the opportunity that Tang Hao received from Ah Yin's sacrifice was by no means smaller than a Water Fairy Jade Bone!
Not to mention that the Zhu family and the Dai family would never give her time to grow.
Therefore, Li Yu needed Zhu Zhuqing to understand the situation now, and he needed her to be determined to thoroughly free herself from it.
"hiss!" Li Yu suddenly sucked in a cold breath, as Qian Renxue hand snaked around his waist, pinching a piece of flesh.
He looked at her in disbelief.
"Hey, sister, do you still remember that you're 'Xue Qinghe' now?"