Chapter 234: 234. Chapter 232: Shui Bing

234. Chapter 232: Shui Bing'er's Thoughts

Yu Tianyun thought he finally could escape the torment of wanting to eat but daring not to, and he breathed a sigh of relief, when Huo Wu's arms suddenly rested on his shoulder, and her red lips suddenly leaned toward his for a kiss.

This is playing with fire!

Yu Tianyun felt helpless; he knew this was Huo Wu's parting kiss. On an ordinary day he would gladly cooperate, but under the eyes of everyone, this kind of temptation toward a hot‑blooded youth was truly unbearable.

Nevertheless, he didn't dodge; he simply closed his eyes, hoping it would end quickly.

As he expected, a warm, gentle, fiery sensation landed on his lips, touching and instantly withdrawing, like Zhu Bajie eating a ginseng fruit—gone before he could taste it.

Snap! But just as Yu Tianyun's mouth twitched upward halfway, eager to savor it, a crisp slap rang against his face.

Yu Tianyun opened his eyes, his gaze clear yet bewildered.

"Who am I? Where am I?" Yu Tianyun was bewildered again; everything changed so fast that his brain overloaded, leaving him unable to grasp the situation.

Huo Wu clutched her chest and stepped back, as if grievously wronged, her finger angrily pointing at him, "Bastard, scoundrel, you actually used a charm soul skill on me."

"Referee, I concede!"

Huo Wu tossed that line at the referee, then bowed her head and ran off the arena; no one noticed that her upturned mouth corner refused to stay down.

"Despicable! Shameless!" Feng Xiaotian slammed his hand on the railing in fury, wishing he could storm the arena and shred Yu Tianyun to pieces for daring to insult his sister Huo Wu! Though his hair flared in anger, inside he felt relieved: his sister wasn't truly attracted to Yu Tianyun, she was merely controlled by a charm soul skill, which meant he still had a chance!

Yu Tianyun quickly recovered, realizing he'd been toyed with; he felt both angry and amused, but since Huo Wu had already fled after conceding, he couldn't chase her and could only sigh helplessly, vowing revenge later. At that moment, the Referee rushed to the center of the arena, blocking Yu Tianyun, his expression tense, fearing Yu Tianyun might act out in a dangerous outburst.

Yu Tianyun stood still, motionless, like a statue. Only then did the Referee exhale slightly, then surveyed Yu Tianyun with a monster‑like stare before announcing the match result.

"Lan Ba Academy versus Blazing Fire Academy, Lan Ba Academy wins!"

The Referee himself was a Soul Emperor‑level powerhouse, but seeing Yu Tianyun's astonishing strength just now, he knew he was no match.

If he had to face the seven from Blazing Fire Academy, he would have had no confidence of winning, yet Yu Tianyun not only won, and seemed unscathed.

"People from the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur family really are perverts," the Referee thought to himself, subconsciously attributing everything to Yu Tianyun's immensely powerful family background.

Then Yu Tianyun lingered not a moment, hurried off the arena, bypassed the rest area, and headed toward the exit passage of the Great Dou Soul Arena.

Huo Wu's deliberately back‑handed move made him the target of everyone's arrows.

The audience on site launched verbal attacks at him, offering no cheers despite his victory.

However, it wasn't that there were no discerning eyes.

Anyone with a bit of insight, or a trained Soul Master, mostly didn't believe Huo Wu's words.

Never eaten pork nor seen a pig run?

The Blue Electric Tyrannosaur, recognized as the world's number‑one Beast Weapon Soul, boasts not only extremely high Weapon Soul strength but also a domineering, majestic appearance, making it a superstar among Weapon Souls, revered throughout the Soul Master World.

Thus, almost every Soul Master knows the traits of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur Weapon Soul: its attack, defense, speed, and burst are all top‑tier, and it also wields the rare thunder attribute.

Aside from its slightly poorer endurance due to excessive burst, it is virtually the perfect Weapon Soul.

Moreover, apart from Yu Xiao Gang's unprecedented mutation of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur into a farting pig, other members of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur family, even when their Weapon Souls mutate, usually become powerful true‑dragon Weapon Souls of other elemental types.

Yet for such a mighty Weapon Soul, no one has heard of it mutating into a mental attribute. They think Yu Tianyun wouldn't coincidentally develop a mental‑type mutation.

Furthermore, many know that golden Soul Beasts usually signify immense power, and Yu Tianyun's Weapon Soul shifted from the Blue‑purple of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur to gold, so they're about ninety‑nine percent certain his Weapon Soul favors physical strength over mental power.

Among them, either are self‑respecting Soul Saints or Soul Douluo who disdain explaining to ordinary people; or low‑rank Soul Masters jealous of Yu Tianyun's strength and background, harboring a resentment of the rich, eager to mock Yu Tianyun and the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur sect.

Only a handful of Yu Tianyun's fangirls strive to speak for him, but Douluo Continent isn't like his past life; these little fairies have little influence, lacking the T0‑level adoration he once enjoyed.

"That Huo Wu really has no shame, put on a skirt and then deny…" Shui Yue'er pouted, rubbed her reddened little butt, and said with obvious resentment.

But when she saw Shui Bing'er's stern gaze, she quickly shut her mouth and lowered her head like a startled rabbit.

Facing Shui Yue'er's unrepentant, daring‑again sister, Shui Bing'er could only sigh helplessly.

Then she shifted her gaze from Shui Yue'er to Yu Tianyun.

She naturally didn't believe Huo Wu's words, yet her curiosity about Yu Tianyun grew even stronger.

Yu Tianyun's age is similar to hers, but his soul power cultivation far exceeds hers, having reached Soul Emperor level—a fact she had never heard of.

When Duguyan claimed to have Soul Emperor cultivation before, Shui Bing'er was skeptical, and even if true, she could console herself by noting Duguyan was several years older than her.

But now, after seeing Yu Tianyun's six gleaming Soul Rings, she could find no reason to console herself, and a hint of disappointment rose within her.

Her pride is no less than Huo Wu's, only her cool temperament keeps emotions hidden, unlike Huo Wu's blunt expression.

The Five Elements Academies often exchange with each other, and she has long known Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Yu Tianxin.

Aside from Yu Tianxin's rapid cultivation progress these past years, she has remained extremely composed when dealing with Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and others.

Even though Feng Xiaotian possesses the powerful mutated Weapon Soul Gale Twin‑Headed Wolf, is innately full of soul power, and his soul power level is one tier above hers, she does not give him much regard, feeling a subtle contempt. Feng Xiaotian's outstanding talent, only reaching level 44 at twenty‑four, leaves her unable to find any reason to respect him.

Shui Bing'er doesn't know that Feng Xiaotian has wasted much time cultivating self‑created soul skills, so she can't understand what he's been doing all these years.

"Could he be spending all his time trying to please Huo Wu?" Shui Bing'er could only think that, which made her disdain Feng Xiaotian even more.

A brilliant future soul master, yet wasting massive time at the prime age for cultivation on an unattainable woman, she deems Feng Xiaotian an utterly foolish, ambition‑less waste.

In fact, she wasn't entirely wrong; Feng Xiaotian indeed delayed his soul power cultivation by focusing on self‑created soul skills, partly because he deliberately kept his soul power from exceeding too much to please Huo Wu, and he often lingered near her, which also consumed training time.

All his efforts were in vain; Huo Wu never paid him any attention. Even if she knew, she'd likely look down on him even more.

Shui Bing'er, like Huo Wu, is not at all interested in a man like Feng Xiaotian, who lacks any self‑respect.

Within the Five Elements Academy, only Yu Tianxin can earn her a glance of respect.

Yet before Yu Tianxin, she feels no great pressure, as she is the youngest among them, though her soul power level isn't the lowest.

She believes that among peers of the same age, her cultivation is certainly not inferior to Yu Tianxin's, so she has always harbored a slight pride.

But this pride now gradually fades as this tournament begins.

First, the women of Lan Ba Academy opened her eyes in the first match of day one.

Not only were all members above Soul Ancestor level, but there was even a Soul King among them.

That wasn't the most important; the key is her previously proud age advantage vanished.

Among the Lan Ba Academy women, aside from the debuting Zhu Zhuyun who is clearly several years older, the others are either younger or about the same age as her.

Moreover, those close in age have higher cultivation, and those younger have comparable cultivation, which once made her mindset collapse and lose confidence in herself.

When did these top‑tier geniuses start clustering together?

What's even more outrageous is that as the later matches progressed, Thunder Academy suddenly produced Yu Tianheng, a Soul King even stronger than Yu Tianxin, and additionally, Lan Ba Academy presented Duguyan, who claims to be a Soul Emperor.

The former is a Soul King, which is easy enough—she has already seen Zhu Zhuyun and Yu Tianxin, so it wasn't overly shocking—but the latter being a Soul Emperor left her stunned for a long time.

A Soul Emperor contestant has never appeared in this continent‑wide Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament; she briefly wondered if she had misheard, or if Duguyan was bragging, but she didn't really believe it.

But today she changed her mind, because Yu Tianyun's appearance made her think Duguyan had no reason to lie.

The six gleaming Soul Rings on Yu Tianyun are more compelling than any words, so Duguyan being a Soul Emperor on the same team as him seems perfectly normal.

Thinking of this, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but feel even more puzzled and curious; these geniuses, who make her feel inferior, all seem to have an extremely close relationship with Yu Tianyun.

Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin need no introduction; they are, respectively, full brothers and cousins of Yu Tianxin, a fact known to everyone.

And the women of Lan Ba Academy are, at least on the surface, teammates of Yu Tianyun; Shui Bing'er even strongly suspects that they all share the same nest and are Yu Tianyun's women.

"Could Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect have something that can boost a Soul Master's talent?" the clever, icy Shui Bing'er immediately thought of the reason.

Yu Tianyun, and those closely connected to him, are all geniuses surpassing her, and when did geniuses become so numerous? Moreover, they all belong to the same faction, which is truly thought‑provoking.

Shui Bing'er neither announced nor dared to announce it; the assets of Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect are not something her Heaven Water Academy can covet. It is a great power that has stood on the continent for thousands of years without waning, its history even longer than that of the two great empires, with profoundly deep foundations, able to rival the other two of the top three sects and the Spirit Hall.

However, after understanding all this, the sense of powerlessness in her heart dissipated considerably.

It's not that Shui Bing'er isn't hardworking enough, nor that her talent is inferior; it's simply that Yu Tianyun and his group obtained a treasure that can enhance talent.

Shui Bing'er has innate soul power at level nine, but her cultivation is not only higher than other innate level‑nine soul power practitioners, it is even not inferior to that of Feng Xiaotian, who possesses full innate soul power; she has grounds for pride.

Shui Bing'er adjusted her mindset and regained composure.

She gazed at Yu Tianyun's back, her beautiful eyes flickering; although she was no longer discouraged, she thought that any claim that Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect might have a treasure or method to boost talent was certainly false.

She believes that being able to strengthen one's talent is something every Soul Master longs for.

But facing the colossal Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect, she cannot see any value in herself that would merit them giving her a talent‑enhancing treasure.

Shui Bing'er, unlike Tang San, does not feel jealousy or resentment when others surpass her; she simply feels a slight sense of disappointment.

"Yu Tianyun is so lecherous, perhaps he would want my body… No, I could never do that. Even if I never obtain a talent‑boosting treasure in my lifetime, I will never trade my body. Moreover, even without external aid, I will certainly become a Title Douluo!" Shui Bing'er quickly quashed that absurd thought, "It's all Yue'er's fault; staying with her for too long inevitably influences me."

Shui Bing'er cast a resentful glance at Shui Yue'er, who was quietly meditating against the wall, and said nothing.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up as she thought of something, which made her glance at Shui Yue'er a few more times.

Although she herself does not wish to make such a deal with Yu Tianyun, Shui Yue'er would certainly be willing.

If it works, as close sisters she would certainly get a share, and it would also give their academy a powerful backing; when facing the Spirit Hall's pressure, the strain would be greatly reduced.

Moreover, Shui Yue'er is only one among Yu Tianyun's many women; she can at most be a tiger‑skin tied to Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect, and does not represent the Heaven Water Academy fully aligning with Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect, allowing it to retain independence. (End of chapter)