Douluo Dalu 3: Legend of the White Fox

Yali had always known that Wu Jin harbored a great vengeful spirit within him.

But she never expected that instead of finding a way to expel it, Wu Jin would actually choose to merge with it.

If it were an ordinary person attempting such a thing, their spiritual world would undoubtedly be eroded by the vengeful spirit.

However, when Wu Jin released the vengeful spirit just now, there was another aura within him.

An aura similar to the demigod presence around Yun Ming—though very faint, not even one-thousandth of Yun Ming's power.

But it was enough to protect Wu Jin's spiritual world.

This was the divine foundation Wu Jin had condensed in the Extreme North using the power of heaven and earth there, with the help of Di Tian and the Demon Emperor.

Although Yali could vaguely guess as much, when she considered Wu Jin's age, she immediately dismissed the thought.

She simply assumed that Wu Jin possessed some other secret within him.

The vengeful spirit was essentially a combination of resentment and fragmented souls.

What Wu Jin did was suppress the resentment using the divine foundation, allowing him to fuse with the fragmented souls.

This ensured that Wu Jin wouldn't be affected by the resentment. However, sealing the resentment within the divine foundation was extremely dangerous.

The divine foundation would grow along with Wu Jin.

Right now, the divine foundation within him was still too weak.

If it became overwhelmed, it would explode within him, leaving him with no chance of survival.

Even though Yali didn't believe he truly possessed a divine foundation, the risk remained the same if it were any other force suppressing the resentment.

Therefore, Shrek Academy wasn't worried about Wu Jin turning into an evil spirit master.

He would either succeed or die trying.

There was no possibility of him falling to darkness.

What surprised Yali was that Xia Yi's Fox Thought Technique could directly strip away the resentment from the vengeful spirit.

If that were the case, Wu Jin could simply fuse with the resentment-free vengeful spirits from now on.

This would significantly reduce the burden on his divine foundation.

Then Wu Jin would only need to worry about his body's endurance.

"He treats resentment like food and is completely fine... What a monster." Yali muttered as she looked at Xia Yi, who was meditating to recover.

Little did she know, the resentment Xia Yi had consumed was actually being suppressed by the Silver Dragon Queen's scale given to him by Nanalie.

It would take at least a month for Xia Yi to fully digest it.

This time, Xia Yi had completely exhausted his soul power. To fully recover through meditation alone, it would take him at least an hour.

Yali waved her hand, and a beam of holy light descended upon Xia Yi, instantly restoring his soul power to its peak.

However, Xia Yi continued to meditate for another half-hour to fully restore his spiritual power, stamina, and body to peak condition before standing up.

Outside the Soul Battle Arena, Na'er was stunned.

She never expected Gu Yue to really challenge Xia Yi without caring about victory or defeat.

If Gu Yue had the Silver Dragon Spear in hand, Na'er was certain she'd win against Xia Yi.

But right now, Gu Yue's chances of winning were at most sixty percent.

"Doesn't she care about losing? About being ridiculed by Xia Yi or looked down on by Di Tian and the others?" Na'er wondered to herself.

Before she could figure it out, Xia Yi and Gu Yue had already begun fighting in the arena.

Gu Yue made a gesture toward Xia Yi, and three soul rings lit up simultaneously.

Before Xia Yi could react, walls of earth burst from the ground, trapping him.

These walls weren't just ordinary earth—they were a combination of earth and ice elements, making them incredibly sturdy.

Each wall was over ten meters high.

The four walls tightly confined Xia Yi, leaving him with less than a square meter of space.

His first instinct was to use the Fox Thought Technique to fly out.

But as soon as he took off, a rain of fire descended from the sky—an attack combining fire and wind elements.

Each droplet of fire moved at incredible speed, leaving flaming trails as they fiercely pursued Xia Yi.

"Well played!" Xia Yi chuckled. His third soul ring lit up, and a block of ice over a meter thick appeared in his hand.

He held the ice above his head and flew upward.

However, just as he escaped the walls, a silver vortex of spatial energy appeared beneath him, instantly teleporting him back inside the walls.

From the stands, it looked like Xia Yi was hopelessly trapped in a tiny space, bombarded by fire from above.

Every time he managed to escape, he was immediately sent back inside.

Seeing the steam rising from the walls, the spectators could almost imagine Xia Yi being steamed alive.

"Idiot... you must be doing this on purpose." Na'er gritted her teeth as she watched Gu Yue's smug smile, hating her even more.

Although it seemed like Gu Yue had the upper hand, anyone could see that such extravagant use of soul power couldn't last long.

Even if Gu Yue's soul power was greater than Xia Yi's, she couldn't sustain this consumption rate.

Xia Yi could simply defend without attacking and wait for Gu Yue to exhaust herself.

"Winning doesn't matter... Seeing him so frustrated is more satisfying than victory." Gu Yue's smile was radiant. She knew she couldn't maintain this strategy indefinitely.

But she wasn't aiming for victory; she just wanted to torment Xia Yi a bit.

To humble his arrogance.

Through her elemental sensing, Gu Yue noticed that a corner of Xia Yi's clothes had caught fire. Though he quickly put it out, it was still burnt.

Just as she planned, Xia Yi was in a sorry state—and thoroughly annoyed.

He realized Gu Yue wasn't trying to fight him seriously.

Just like him, she was playing around.

Or rather, she didn't want to reveal her trump cards like Wu Jin did.

Just then, flames burst from the ground, while fire rained from above.

Xia Yi had no choice but to use his Fox Thought Technique to control the flames around him, preventing them from burning him.

Helpless, he grabbed his cyan bronze hammer and smashed the wall.

With a loud crash, the wall collapsed.

"Just as I thought..." Xia Yi sighed bitterly. Outside one wall was another wall.

No matter how many he destroyed, Gu Yue would just raise more, not caring about the soul power cost.

Realizing his options, Xia Yi considered:

Keep breaking walls to wear her down and eventually win, but get toyed with in the process.Go all out and secure an instant victory.Admit defeat.

Gritting his teeth, Xia Yi pulled out his Yin-Yang Wine Jug.

Without hesitation, he drank deeply.

Four tails... five tails!

That was enough.

With five tails behind him, Xia Yi's third soul ring glowed brilliantly.

In an instant, the fire rain above, the flames below, and even the walls were frozen solid.

Crack! Crack!

Frost rapidly spread, instantly sealing the entire Soul Battle Arena in ice.

Only around Yali—protected by her four-word battle armor—remained unaffected.

The entire arena was now a colossal ice sculpture.

"Absolute Zero..." Yali's eyes widened in shock. Although Xia Yi's temperature was still far from true absolute zero, it already bore its semblance.

Gu Yue had reacted swiftly, attempting to teleport away, but the extreme cold disrupted space itself.

Her teleportation failed, and she was frozen solid.

Only absolute zero could influence space like this.

(End of Chapter)