The Legend of the Dragon King

Tang Wulin raised his chin in Qiangu Zhangting’s direction while Qiangu Zhangting responded with just a faint smile. He was quite a good-looking man with a tinge of elegance.

Even though Tang Wulin had makeup on, Yu Longyue’s visage was not that bad either. One of them was arrogant while the other was elegant. They appeared to have their own strong points, and both of them appeared formidable.

Lan Fozi was looking in Tang Wulin’s direction as well. The rage in her eyes earlier had already vanished and in place was a peculiar stare.

The drawn lots were announced in order. There were some other powerhouses placed into the same group afterward. There were some eye-catching targets too, but none were like the pair made up of Tang Wulin and Qiangu Zhangting.

The summary of the top one hundred finalists flashed past Tang Wulin’s mind. Out of the top one hundred contestants that participated in Joust For A Spouse Festival, there were about twenty-three Title Douluo-ranked soul masters and fifty-six Soul Douluo-ranked soul masters.

Soul Douluo cultivation bases made up most of the one hundred contestants. There was no doubt that the Soul Douluos capable of becoming top one hundred finalists were all rather lucky and had not met any overly powerful opponents in the competition earlier. On the other hand, they were the candidates that knew they would be eliminated prior to the group match after becoming the top one hundred finalists.

There was a total of four Title Douluos in Tang Wulin and Qiangu Zhangting’s group. Other than both of them, there were two slightly older Title Douluos, so they could definitely be considered the ‘group of death’. Given how things worked out, the public was convinced of the Spirit Pagoda’s ‘fairness’ even more. Qiangu Zhangting, who was the favorite to be the winner of this festival and was also the grandchild of the Pagoda Master, was placed in such a group. Who could complain about fairness anymore?

A promising young talent that originated from the Blue Electric Overlord Dragon Clan like Tang Wulin could not possibly be bribed by the Spirit Pagoda either. Moreover, there were two other Title Douluos. If Qiangu Zhangting was still capable of making his mark in this situation, then it would be sufficient to prove his abilities.

“The drawing of lots is completed. The round-robin tournament will begin tomorrow. There will be one round each day and five matches in each group. Two groups will be carrying out the match every day in this very arena.”

Tang Wulin frowned. The competition was truly consuming quite a long period of time. There was a total of ten groups. If two groups were to compete every day, then one round would be completed in five days. In order to allow every opponent to encounter one another in the round-robin match, then there must be a match between each opponent. In other words, at least nine rounds were needed to determine the top ten finalists, or in forty-five days’ time. It was his first time encountering a qualifying system that took such a long period of time.

Without a doubt, the Spirit Pagoda was planning to use an extended qualifying system to attract more attention. At the same time, it was also meant to act as an advertisement for their Ten Thousand Beast Platform.

Even Tang Wulin had no choice but to admit that the Ten Thousand Beast Platform was genuinely very attractive. It was capable of elevating a spirit soul’s cultivation base beyond even what the spirit ascension platform could do. The spirit ascension platform had limits, but the Ten Thousand Beast Platform did not.

“Please return and try to get some rest. We will be carrying out the first round of the round-robin tournament for the contestants of group number one and group number two. Please come prepared.”

There would be ten matches in one day, but the competition would definitely become more exciting because of the soul masters’ powerful abilities. Forty-five days’ worth of tickets to Mingdu Coliseum would make a huge profit.

Moreover, according to the qualifying system, there would be some focal battles almost everyday. The organizer would only need to arrange for one or two battles between Title Douluos every day when making the arrangements. The Spirit Pagoda’s scheme in this area would never disappoint.

One hundred soul masters that were about to become each other’s opponents walked down from the competition stage, heading for the exit. As Tang Wulin went along with them, he felt his chest tighten and his shoulders sank subconsciously. It made him take a half step to the side.

“Humph!” He heard a frosty grunt. Despite lowering his shoulders, someone still grabbed him. It felt as if there was a powerful suction force coming from that hand. It did not manage to move Tang Wulin but actually pulled the owner to Tang Wulin’s side.

“Anything?” Tang Wulin turned his head around feeling a little exasperated. There was no need to see for he could use his spiritual cultivation base to tell the identity of the newcomer based on their aura.

Lan Fozi looked at him coldly. “You should be glad that you’re not in the same group as me. Otherwise, I’ll be sure to beat you so hard your mother won’t even recognize you anymore.”

Tang Wulin’s expression turned dark upon the mention of his mother. Coldness flashed past his eyes. “Let go of me if you have nothing to say. If you’re here just to threaten me, then why don’t you go and look for the opponents of your group.”

Lan Fozi was stunned for a moment. Her spiritual cultivation base had also achieved Spirit Domain realm, so she could naturally sense the change of Tang Wulin’s emotions during that split second.

She loosened her grip on him and spoke with a cold voice, “Are you feeling confident that you can defeat that fellow?”

Tang Wulin spoke indifferently, “Of course, I am. Just like how I’m feeling confident that I’d defeat you.”

Lan Fozi scoffed in disdain. “There’s no use bragging about yourself. Let’s have a match if you are capable.”

“I’m not interested.” Tang Wulin turned around and walked toward the exit upon saying that.

“You!” Lan Fozi was furious. She blocked his path in a flash. “Don’t you be thinking that you can just forget the matter from the other day like that!”

Tang Wulin frowned. He tilted his head to the side to look at her. “Why? Are you planning to thank me properly for saving your life? Alright then, how do you plan to thank me? You’re going to give yourself entirely to me, huh?! Or something else?”

“Damn you!” Lan Fozi seemed to remember the awkwardness of that day. She raised her hand and slapped Tang Wulin’s chest in rage.

The surrounding air turned thick in a split second. Tang Wulin felt as if he had fallen into the abyss of the sea. His entire body was frozen in time. It was even more terrifying that as soon as Lan Fozi slapped him, everything else seemed to be completely cut off. Their surrounding had become the vacuum of space, so there was no way Tang Wulin could breath or feel any other elemental molecules other than the water element. He could genuinely feel the terrifying air pressure shooting straight at his chest.

The slap was not just a vortex as it had even contained a myriad of changing feelings. If the vortex outside of his body was spinning in clockwise direction then her slap was spinning anticlockwise. The contrast of the two vortexes resulted in them squeezing one another. Tang Wulin felt like he was about to be ground into powder.

Just like the old saying that a real connoisseur can tell the flavor as soon as he takes a sniff, Tang Wulin had a slight change of countenance just from enduring this simple slap of hers. He had always known that Lan Fozi was very powerful, but he had never expected just how much she could do when she was at her best.

This had already shown that her power had surpassed Tang Wulin’s normal defense range. In other words, this attack of hers was capable of threatening him.

Tang Wulin scoffed. He stamped on the ground with his right foot abruptly. At the same time, a powerful compressive force burst forth from the center of his body in a top-down motion.

It was Gravitational Control!

Tang Wulin’s cultivation base was elevating continuously, so his Gravitational Control naturally kept advancing. It felt as if someone was pulling the two great internal and external vortexes downward. The vortexes sank abruptly, and Tang Wulin threw a punch.

Blue-purple scales emerged on the surface of his fist. Every scale seemed to contain tiny lightning. The lightning accumulated and finally gathered into a lightning ball that exploded loudly!

“Boom!”

Both of them had an instant outburst in the collision, still inside the Mingdu Coliseum. Following the loud boom, Tang Wulin’s body swayed while Lan Fozi staggered and fell back by two steps.

The wild and unruly boast bloomed outward with their collision point as the center.

As soon as both of them had made a move on each other, the other contestants in the surrounding area felt it. Astonished, they leapt away from the scene.

They were still not too familiar with Lan Fozi, but they knew how powerful Tang Wulin was based on the abilities displayed earlier. They were afraid that they would be affected.

They were proven correct. The streams of spiraling energy that were unleashed were carrying intense lightning. There were a few slower participants struck by numbness all over their bodies involuntarily and some even found their hair standing on end. This happened despite the fact that the energy produced by Tang Wulin and Lan Fozi’s collision was rising up into the air, not diffusing into the surroundings.