radicalducati Chapter 176 Ambush of Mingfeng Douluo
Chapter 176 Ambush of Mingfeng Douluo
Chapter 176 Ambush of Mingfeng Douluo
Yan Shaozhe smiled warmly, but his smile didn't reach his eyes. "Master Hongchen, didn't you come in person as well? Last time Master Hongchen visited our Shrek Academy, you paid the entrance fee, but we failed to extend our full hospitality. It was truly impolite of us."
He was alluding to Jing Hongchen's previous humiliation at the Sea God Pavilion—a level nine soul tool! It had fallen into the hands of Shrek Academy. Moreover, even the several fixed soul cannons he had deployed outside were taken by Shrek Academy. For Sun Moon Academy, this was a devastating loss.
Jing Hongchen's cheek muscles twitched, clearly stung by a sore spot, and he immediately retorted, "I heard that Elder Mu of your academy has passed away? Dean Yan, you must accept my condolences! Alas, it's such a pity that our meeting became our last. Among all the Title Douluos I've ever met, Elder Mu was indeed the most powerful and the most respectable."
Jing Hongchen's counterattack was even more powerful, directly exposing Yan Shaozhe's biggest wound.
Yan Shaozhe's face instantly turned icy, and he could no longer maintain his fake smile. He said coldly, "Sect Master Hongchen, let's stop with this pointless talk. Since we've already made an agreement, let's exchange students now. On behalf of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, I welcome your students to come and learn."
Standing behind Dai Youheng, Nana, relying on her powerful senses as a Title Douluo, heard the conversation below clearly. She couldn't help but chuckle and shake her head, "These two deans are mocking and exposing each other's shortcomings, arguing like two petty children. They don't have the demeanor of a dean at all."
Dai Youheng smiled calmly and commented, "Generational enemies with deep-seated grudges, it would be strange if they could meet peacefully. This situation is quite normal."
His gaze swept over the students who were about to exchange places. Shrek Academy mainly had the tall and strong He Caitou and the resolute Huo Yuhao; the Sun Moon Empire had the dazzling blond Xiao Hongchen with an arrogant look and the pretty and lively Meng Hongchen. Apart from these four, the rest were just scraps.
Sure enough, the younger one was just like the older one. Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen were also engaged in a verbal exchange.
Xiao Hongchen confidently declared that he would definitely suppress Shrek Academy in the next competition. Huo Yuhao responded without backing down, "Bring it on!"
When Xiao Hongchen specifically mentioned, "If it weren't for Dai Youheng, you would have lost last year. I heard he's already graduated, so you won't have another chance next time," Huo Yuhao replied earnestly and firmly, "To deal with you, I'm enough!"
Listening to this conversation, Dai Youheng thought to himself that Huo Yuhao was becoming more and more imposing.
After a series of "friendly" exchanges between the older and younger members of both sides, they finally began the formal exchange of students.
However, just as the ceremony was drawing to a close, Yan Shaozhe's gaze, seemingly casually sweeping across his surroundings, suddenly sharpened, his brows furrowing slightly. His eyes, like two invisible arrows, shot swiftly towards the high-rise window of the hotel where Dai Youheng and the others were!
Despite the great distance and the reflective glass, the Super Douluo's spiritual senses were incredibly sharp! He had clearly felt several extremely subtle yet exceptionally powerful gazes coming from that direction!
One of the auras even aroused a strong sense of hostility in him.
"A Title Douluo? Or an Evil Soul Master? Who is spying on us?" Yan Shaozhe's heart instantly became vigilant, and his gaze sharpened as he tried to penetrate the glass and see who was behind it.
Inside the room, Nana and Lingya sensed Yan Shaozhe's gaze the moment it fell upon them, and instinctively concealed their presence even more deeply.
Dai Youheng remained calmly standing by the window, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"Hmm? He's discovered us. Yan Shaozhe truly lives up to his reputation as the Dean of the Martial Soul Department. But why do I sense such strong hostility from him?"
He immediately became vigilant. Fortunately, although Yan Shaozhe was very hostile, he did not make a move on the spot and left. He assumed that Yan Shaozhe's keen senses as a Super Douluo had detected his spying and did not investigate further.
After resting for a night, he got up and planned to first detour to visit his mother in her secluded village before returning to Xingluo City.
However, just halfway there, a familiar tremor surged from the depths of his soul once again, and the power of fate warned him once more!
A fleeting image flashed through his mind: he was struck head-on by an incomparably dazzling phoenix flame containing ultimate purifying power, and the surrounding terrain crumbled, clearly indicating that a fierce battle had broken out!
"Something's not right!" Dai Youheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stopped in his tracks. "Ling Ya, Nana."
The two men beside him respectfully replied, "Your subordinates are here. Please give your orders, young master."
Without hesitation, Dai Youheng immediately circulated his soul power, and a flash of light appeared in his palm, condensing a crystal-clear Snow Soul Ice Condensation Pill and a red and blue intertwined Ice and Fire Body Refining Pill, which he handed to Ling Ya.
"You all hide immediately and conceal your presence. Lingya, take these two pills. If the situation changes and I need you to intervene, take them before engaging in battle!" Dai Youheng spoke rapidly and solemnly. "Nana, you are responsible for providing covert support and observation. Unless absolutely necessary or you receive my explicit instructions, do not reveal yourself easily."
"Yes, young master!" The two accepted the pills without hesitation, and their figures flickered again, disappearing as if they had merged into the shadows, their auras completely concealed.
Dai Youheng took a deep breath, outwardly resuming his solo journey, but his entire body was on edge, his mental energy highly focused, secretly on guard against his surroundings.
Sure enough, after traveling for about an hour, when he entered a secluded and deserted valley, an incomparably powerful aura suddenly descended, blocking his way like a mountain!
"I've been waiting for you for a long time." A cold voice, laced with anger, rang out. "I just never expected that the person who made me sense that overwhelming evil aura in Maple Leaf City yesterday would be you—Dai Youheng!"
With a flash of light, Yan Shaozhe, dressed in a Shrek Academy teacher's uniform with a calm and composed expression, stood in the middle of the road, unleashing his powerful Super Douluo aura without any concealment, locking onto Dai Youheng.
Dai Youheng's heart sank. As expected, they were coming for him. He remained calm and pretended to be suspicious and wary, "Dean Yan? I wonder what your purpose is in intercepting me halfway? My appearance in Maple Leaf City yesterday was indeed just a coincidence. I had just returned from hunting for a Soul Ring and was simply resting there for a while."
"A coincidence?" Yan Shaozhe sneered, his eyes sharp as knives, as if trying to see right through Dai Youheng. "If it were the old you, I might have believed a little. But the you now—humph, I won't believe a single word!"
"Why is that?" Dai Youheng was genuinely puzzled. Although he had left Shrek Academy, his procedures were proper, and he hadn't broken ties with the academy. Why would Yan Shaozhe harbor such hostility? Was it simply because he glanced at him in Maple Leaf City?
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