Douluo Dalu: Starting With Tom Cat

Just as Huo Wu was passionately inspiring her teammates, a staff member came to deliver a message.

"The Heaven Dou Second Team says that as long as you don't forfeit, then if he can't win within ten seconds, he will surrender."

When Huo Wu heard this, her vision nearly went black. She pointed a trembling finger at the staff member and said, "This is bullying, simply bullying too much!"

"You go back and tell Shen An that we at Blazing Academy are fearless!"

At this moment, Blazing Academy was like an exploded pot, each and every one filled with righteous indignation.

"Who does he look down on? Does he think he's that great, to dare to be so contemptuous of our Blazing Academy?"

"That's right! It's only ten seconds! How could we possibly not hold on!"

Huo Wu suddenly turned her head and looked at the team member who said they could hold on for ten seconds. Are you trying to extinguish our own prestige and boost the enemy's morale?

"Tomorrow, I want you all to use me as the core. I will let him know that anyone who looks down on Blazing Academy will pay a price!"

Shen An waited boredly for the news. He was starting to regret that he had been too ruthless in his previous two matches, which had led to no soul master academy being willing to play with him.

Twenty-seven rounds of competition, and so far he had only fought two matches. What was the difference between this and being given a bye?

Fortunately, the audience's expectation for Shen An had already been established, and the speed of his fame value was still increasing.

It had already reached a massive five million. He just had to wait for the qualifiers to end, and then Shen An would absorb a soul ring and advance to Soul King.

And he would also absorb the mysterious soul bone that the system had given him.

The next day, Shen An led Na'er onto the stage.

As the most watched team, they were naturally assigned to the main stage. The space here was the largest and could accommodate the maximum number of spectators.

There would be fourteen matches in one day, which could be divided into three rounds. The other few stages found that their usually packed audiences had disappeared by more than half.

They would rather stand in the main dueling arena to watch Shen An's match.

The audience, who had not seen Shen An make a move again for a long time, cheered excitedly. The sound was deafening, truly pulling the sense of anticipation to the maximum.

"Heaven Dou, Shen An! Na'er!"

Countless audience members were cheering for Shen An.

"Contestants from both sides, please prepare to release your martial souls!"

The extremely beautiful Huo Wu's face was as gloomy as water. "Shen An, you shouldn't have looked down on Blazing Academy like this."

Shen An shrugged lightly. Of course, he had no grudge against Blazing Academy. Everything was just for the sake of fame value.

Although he was now tacitly acknowledged as number one, and countless people knew his name, there was still a huge difference in the fame value that could be obtained from fighting versus not fighting.

"I have no such intention. This is just a soul master's thirst for battle. Please understand. My promise is still valid," Shen An spouted serious nonsense.

What he thirsted for was fame value, not battle. Right now, the only ones who could bring pressure to Shen An were figures like Soul Sages.

As for Blazing Academy? A small dish, that's all.

"There's no use in talking more. Take this!" Huo Wu shouted delicately.

Offstage, Feng Xiaotian looked on with an anxious face. He was afraid, afraid that his little sister Huo Wu would be injured.

"Match, begin!" the referee commanded.

"The ten-second limit will be calculated starting from when you officially attack me," Shen An said.

A ruthless look flashed in Huo Wu's eyes. Didn't Shen An say he would surrender if he couldn't win in ten seconds?

Then within these ten seconds, I will burst forth with my most ultimate power. If I don't succeed, then I will die trying!

Boom—

At this moment, within Blazing Academy, flames instantly rose. Dazzling flames filled half of the stage, and the scorching high temperature made people sweat profusely.

The audience members who were a little closer already felt their mouths go dry.

The two auxiliary-type soul masters of the Blazing team released specks of fire sparks. Countless tiny red dots of light converged on Huo Wu's body at an astonishing speed.

This caused the fire shadow behind Huo Wu to instantly grow countless times larger, as if she were a Goddess of Blazing Flames with infinite divine might!

At this moment, Huo Wu's expression was grave. Her hands, as if weighing a thousand jun, slowly lifted into the air. Scorching flames condensed in her hands.

The movements of the flame silhouette behind her were exactly the same as her own.

What was even more surprising was that all four of her soul rings lit up, and a look of pain appeared on her extremely beautiful face.

It wasn't just the two auxiliary soul masters providing her with support. The other four members of the Blazing team were also outputting blazing flames onto the field without any regard for soul power consumption.

The rolling flames even burned the ground into lava.

A smile appeared on Huo Wu's pained face. She had decided to stake everything on this one move, gathering the power of all seven people for the strongest blow.

She, Huo Wu, the number one prodigy of Blazing Academy, was born with the talent of Ring Fusion.

She could simultaneously output the soul power that could be released from all her own soul ring skills, thereby converging it into the strongest blow.

With the help of the two flame auxiliary-type soul masters, this blow was equivalent to the power of three people combined.

And inspired by Tianshui Academy, the other teammates did not use their soul skills, but purely released their most refined flame energy onto the field, forming a flame home field.

After her fourth soul skill took shape, they would then inject their remaining power into it.

This way, it could be maximally fused into this strongest blow!

One after another, condensed balls of fire were injected into Huo Wu's body. The orange-red flames on her palms became brighter and brighter.

Gradually changing color, from orange-red to a ghostly blue, and then from ghostly blue to an incandescent white.

"Huo—Wu—Yao—Yang!" (Fire Dance Shines like the Sun!)

Huo Wu slowly spat out these four words. When the last word "Yang" was spoken, a huge ball of fire condensed in the hands of the giant fire shadow behind her.

The light of the incandescent fire ball was brilliant. For a moment, countless people thought there were two suns in the sky.

Shen An felt the energy contained in this flame. Not only did it possess an extremely terrifying temperature, but it also contained an extremely violent explosive power.

Huo Wu smiled smugly, "You will regret your arrogance."

Then, the giant fire shadow gently released its hand, and the terrifying little sun flew towards Shen An at an astonishing speed.

"Can Shen An take it?" Ning Rongrong said nervously.

Xue Qinghe also had a grave expression. At this moment, even she dared not rashly draw a conclusion.

This blow was definitely the most powerful blow in the competition so far, even surpassing Shui Bing'er's martial soul fusion skill.

It wasn't that Huo Wu was too strong, but only that Shen An had given her the opportunity.

He had given Huo Wu the opportunity to gather power, given her the opportunity for her fourth soul skill to absorb the soul power and flame energy of the other six people. That was what had created this blow.

This terrifying blow, combining the soul power of seven people, was definitely comparable to a blow from a Soul Sage-level expert.

Shen An had Na'er hide behind him, but his face was not the least bit flustered.

He was immune to fire. What was he afraid of? He would just take it head-on.

However, I can't win too easily this time, otherwise no soul master academy will dare to fight me in the future.

Shen An muttered to himself. In his star-like eyes, the ball of fire grew brighter and brighter.

The Nine Leaf Sword Grass suddenly appeared in Shen An's hand, its blade shining brightly.

The brilliant sword light transformed into a giant longsword, slashing down from above towards the ball of sun.

The two colors of green and white converged in the air and then smashed open with a roar. The scorching heatwave and the sharp sword qi spread in all directions.

The intense light made it impossible for people to see the situation on the stage clearly.